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The Princess and Curdie by George Macdonald, Classics, Action & Adventure
$14.95 Add to cartThe adventure continues with Princess Irene and Curdie a year or two older. They must overthrow a set of corrupt ministers who are poisoning Irene’s father, the king. Irene’s grandmother also reappear
- Author: MacDonald, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: December 01 2006
- ISBN10: 1598186175
- Language: English
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The Mysterious Stranger by Mark Twain, Fiction, Classics, Fantasy & Magic
$30.95 Add to cart“H.L. Mencken wrote of Mark Twain, ‘I believe that he was the true father of our national literature, the first genuinely American artist of the blood royal.’ Father, Mark Twain is. And brother, frien
- Author: Twain, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 01 2006
- ISBN10: 1598184946
- Language: English
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Mother Carey’s Chickens by Kate Douglas Wiggin, Fiction, Historical, United States, People & Places, Readers – Chapter Books
$32.95 Add to cartSUMMER MAGIC!
When Captain Carey went on his long journey into the unknown and uncharted land, the rest of the Careys tried in vain for a few months to be still a family, and did not succeed at all.
- Author: Wiggin, Kate Douglas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: July 11 2008
- ISBN10: 1606648799
- Language: English
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The Day Boy and the Night Girl by George Macdonald, Fiction, Classics, Action & Adventure
$14.95 Add to cartThe hero of the sun-drenched hours, he looks godlike with his golden hair aglow in the sun as he hunts the wild beasts of field and wood. Yet as the light flees at the onset of evening, his self-assur
- Author: MacDonald, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: May 28 2008
- ISBN10: 1606640429
- Language: English
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Old Mother West Wind by Thornton Burgess, Fiction, Animals, Fantasy & Magic
$29.95 Add to cartOld Mother West Wind sweeps across the woods and into the meadow, and opens her bag full of the Merry Little Breezes — who quickly spin and fly around all their animal friends, including Peter Rabbit
- Author: Burgess, Thornton W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 110
- Publish Date: July 01 2011
- ISBN10: 1463895542
- Language: English
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The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne, Fiction, Fantasy & Magic
$42.95 Add to cartDuring the American Civil War, five northern prisoners of war decide to escape, during the siege of Richmond, Virginia, by hijacking a balloon. There is no safety visible beneath them, as the gas fall
- Author: Verne, Jules
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 412
- Publish Date: August 22 2008
- ISBN10: 1606648144
- Language: English
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Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc by Mark Twain, Fiction, Classics
$40.95 Add to cartTwain, aware of his reputation as a comic, asked that each installment appear anonymously so that readers will treat the piece seriously. Originally, this novel was published as a serialization in Har
- Author: Twain, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: September 01 2006
- ISBN10: 1598184938
- Language: English
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Rootabaga Stories by Carl Sandburg, Fiction, Action & Adventure, Fairy Tales & Folklore
$29.95 Add to cartThe whimsical, sometimes melancholy stories, which often use nonsense language, were originally created for his own daughters. Gimme the Ax decided to let his children name themselves. “The first word
- Author: Sandburg, Carl
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 126
- Publish Date: August 01 2011
- ISBN10: 1463899025
- Language: English
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The Prince by Nicolo Machiavelli, Political Science, History & Theory, Literary Collections, Philosophy
$33.95 Add to cart“Machiavellianism” is a widely used negative term to characterize unscrupulous politicians of the sort Machiavelli described most famously in The Prince.
The Catholic Church banned The Prince. Humanist
- Author: Machiavelli, Nicolo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 204
- Publish Date: July 01 2006
- ISBN10: 1598181637
- Language: English
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The Prince by Nicolo Machiavelli, Political Science, History & Theory, Literary Collections, Philosophy
$16.95 Add to cart“Machiavellianism” is a widely used negative term to characterize unscrupulous politicians of the sort Machiavelli described most famously in The Prince.
The Catholic Church banned The Prince. Humanist
- Author: Machiavelli, Nicolo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 204
- Publish Date: August 01 2006
- ISBN10: 1598189360
- Language: English
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A Room with a View by E.M. Forster, Fiction, Classics
$16.95 Add to cartLucy is a well-mannered Edwardian lady who finds that true love has no interest in playing by her rules. But how can she choose between what she wants and what everyone around her expects her to want?
- Author: Forster, E. M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 172
- Publish Date: January 03 2008
- ISBN10: 1603123865
- Language: English
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Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson, Fiction, Classics, Action & Adventure
$20.95 Add to cartThe political situation of the time is portrayed from different viewpoints, and the Scottish Highlanders are treated sympathetically. If you ever read this tale, you will likely ask yourself more ques
- Author: Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 01 2005
- ISBN10: 1598185225
- Language: English
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Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz, Fiction, Classics, History, Christian
$46.95 Add to cartQuo Vadis tells a powerful tale of love and redemption in a time of ultimate danger — for Christians and Romans alike. “Quo vadis Domine” is Latin for “Where are you going, Lord?” and alludes to the
- Author: Sienkiewicz, Henryk
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 452
- Publish Date: December 01 2006
- ISBN10: 1598182897
- Language: English
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White Jacket by Herman Melville, Fiction, Classics, Sea Stories
$24.95 Add to cartThe mixture of journalism, history and fiction; the presentation of a sequence of striking characters; the metaphor of a sailing ship as the world in miniature-all of these prefigure his next novel, M
- Author: Melville, Herman
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 01 2006
- ISBN10: 1598180703
- Language: English
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True Irish Ghost Stories, Compiled by St. John D. Seymour, Fiction, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Ghost, Horror
$13.95 Add to cartIrish fairy and folklore there were in abundance but there was no book of ghosts.
Suddenly a brilliant thought struck me. I wrote out a letter, stating exactly what I wanted, and what I did not want, a
- Author: Seymour, St John D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: October 01 2006
- ISBN10: 1598184768
- Language: English
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The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, Fiction, Classics
$23.95 Add to cartThe book depicts working class poverty, the lack of social supports, harsh and unpleasant living and working conditions and a hopelessness among many workers. These elements are contrasted with the de
- Author: Sinclair, Upton
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: December 01 2006
- ISBN10: 1598183222
- Language: English
