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A guide to the 212 known planets in 106 star systems. The only reference book of it's kind. Indispensable for anyone who wants to keep up with the latest developments in interstellar planetary...

"Why," said a child listening to Stevenson's poems, "he did all the things that we do!" * * * * These famous poems of childhood owe much of their luminous understanding of children's play and...

A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is Charles Dickens' second historical novel (his seventeenth novel overall). Set in London and Paris, both before and during the French Revolution, it depicts the plight...

Elizabeth Keckley's rise from slave to White House confidante makes for an involving story that details the cruel and terrible life for those in slavery, and the drive and determination of a woman...

Charles Thompson was born in Atala County, Mississippi, near the town of Rockford, on March 3, 1833. The son of slaves, he spent most of his life as a slave. This book covers the first half of...

Blacky the Crow is always watching for things not intended for his sharp eyes. The result is that he gets into no end of trouble which he could avoid. In this respect he is just like his cousin,...

Children will love hearing, and reading, about Bowser the Hound and his adventures in the Green Meadow with Reddy Fox, Old Man Coyote, and Blacky the Crow. What happens when Old Man Coyote plays a...

Bundling was the traditional practice of wrapping one person in a bed accompanied by another, usually as a part of courting behavior--essentially, dating in bed. The tradition is thought to have...

The four books in "Burgess' Bedtime Story-Books, Volume 1" are a continuation of Thornton W. Burgess's long running - and much beloved - series of children's nature books about the Green Meadow, the...

Something strange is going on in the Green Forest! Sticky-toes the Tree Toad is hearing his voice coming from another tree, yet he hasn't said anything! Everyone is complaining that Sammy Jay is...

Children will love hearing, and reading, about Chatterer the Red Squirrel and his adventures in the Green Meadows and Green Forest as he desperately uses Redtail the Hawk, one of his other deadliest...

There is something strange is going on in the Green Forest! First Peter Rabbit sees a scary creature with no legs, head, or tail, rolling straight at him! And then the scary creature chases Reddy...

Poor Bobby Coon! He is having the worst dream ever! There's this terrible thumping noise, and his whole house is shaking. But wait, he isn't dreaming! What's happening? How does he end up living in...

"Captain Macklin" - Royal Macklin is tossed out of West Point because of a minor infraction. This displeases the father of his sweetheart Beatrice and he forces the young couple to break up. But as...

For untold generations in countless Irish cottages, in front of peat-fueled fires, some of the gayest, most fanciful, and most sparkling folk tales that ever caused young eyes to grow brighter and...

Almost everyone knows of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." Few, though, know that that story was merely the first of a set of five Christmas stories he wrote between 1844 and 1848. This book...

This book comprises the Christmas stories published in the Christmas Numbers of the "Household Words" and "All the Year Round" serials published by Charles Dickens between 1852 and 1867. The 1896...

If you are looking for a book that truly reflects the feeling of the Christmas season, and the Christian meaning behind it, then you can't miss this book. Originally published in 1912, this book was...

Every fall in school and home recurs the need for a collection of literature on Christmas, an anthology comprehensive enough to include all the best that has been written about this intensely, and...

A Science Fiction adventure of alien first contact. "Trapped aboard an unfamiliar ship, at the merciless whim of alien beings, the four prisoners from the Kreene scout ship Gentle Wind must somehow...

This volume has two of the early novels of P.C. Wren, the author of the famous Beau Geste soldier of fortune series. "Cupid in Africa" - Bertram Walsingham Greene is a clever and studious young man...

David Copperfield or The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger, of Blunderstone Rookery was published in 1850. Like all except five of Charles...

Over a century ago, Joseph Jacobs began collecting the first known set of English fairy tales, in response to a then popular feeling that "there were no English fairy tales," and thereby contributing...

Over a century ago, Joseph Jacobs began collecting the first known set of English fairy tales. His first book, "English Folk and Fairy Tales," was very well received by the English-speaking world and...

In those early days before magazines or newspapers or books the most learned men were ignorant of things which intelligent children know to-day. Only a very few men and women could read or write; and...

"Gallegher and Other Stories" - The leading reporter (Richard Harding Davis) for the New York Sun in the 1890's published this collection of stories about an intrepid newspaper copyboy with a talent...

First published in 1906, "Geronimo's Story of His Life" is the true account of the life of Geronimo, in his own words, narrated in the style of his people. * * * * In the annals of the Wild West, the...

Readers in the 19th Century were firm believers in supernatural phenomena. As a result, numerous writers exploited this market with ghost stories. Many famous literary authors, names well-known...

Readers in the 19th Century were firm believers in supernatural phenomena. As a result, numerous writers exploited this market with ghost stories. Many famous literary authors, names well-known...

Halloween is a time for costumes and parties, especially for the children. But if you're not a professional party organizer, how do you know what to plan for the guests to do? * * * * Let Mary F...