A Winter Amid The Ice - And Other Thrilling Stories
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11524.33 | Fiction literature | 1 November 2010
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A Winter Amid The Ice - And Other Thrilling Stories
A Winter Amid the Ice - and Other Thrilling Stories is a popular classic work by Jules Verne. If you enjoy the works of Jules Verne then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11524.33 | Fiction literature | 1 November 2010
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A Woman Tenderfoot
Theoretically, I have always agreed with the Quaker wife who reformed her husband - "Whither thou goest, I go also, Dicky dear." What thou doest, I do also, Dicky dear. So when, the year after our marriage, Nimrod announced that the mountain madness was again working in his blood, and that he must go West and take up the trail for his holiday, I tucked my summer-watering-place-and-Europe-flying-trip mind away (not without regret, I confess) and cautiously tried to acquire a new vocabulary and some new ideas. Of course, plenty of women have handled guns and have gone to the Rocky Mountains on hunting trips - but they were not among my friends.
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11524.33 | Fiction literature | 1 November 2010
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Adventures in Australia
Some years ago two travellers, mounted on wiry yet strong looking steeds, were wending their way through a forest in Australia. They were both young and dressed much alike in broad-brimmed pith hats, loose red shirts, corduroy trousers and high boots A couple of young men go to Australia to stay awhile with the uncle of one of them. While on the way up to the uncle's station they meet with various adventures.
Added by: algy | Karma: 431.17 | Fiction literature, Literature Studies | 31 October 2010
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Romeo and Juliet (Simply Shakespeare)The plays have endured, but over the course of 400+ years, the English language has changed in many ways—which is why today's students often find Shakespeare's idiom difficult to comprehend. Simply Shakespeare offers an excellent solution to their problem. Introducing each play is a general essay covering Shakespeare's life and times. At the beginning of each of the five acts in every play, a two-page spread describes what is about to take place. The story's background is explained, followed by brief descriptions of key people who will appear in the act...