Louisiana Pastimes: Ancient Fishing Methods, the Hippo Bill, a Squirrel Stampede and Other Tales, Paperback - Terry L. Jones Phd

Few states can match Louisiana in terms of rich history, colorful characters and strange occurrences. It was home to America's first mound builders...

DescriptionApril 2011 marked the 150th anniversary of the attack on Fort Sumter, South Carolina, and the beginning of the American Civil War. It al...

Reducere. Violets and Other Tales (1895) is a collection of stories and poems by Alice Dunbar Nelson. While working as a teacher in New Orleans, Dunbar Nelso...

Savage tales of Conan the Barbarian by blockbuster creators First, visionary artist Esad Ribic writes and illustrates the never-before-told story o...

Reducere. Young readers will delight in these three charming puppy stories from Holly Webb. Features The Lost Puppy, The Secret Puppy, and Leo All Alone.

High above the city, on a tall column, stood the statue of the Happy Prince. The Happy Prince stars the statue of the Prince, who persuades a swall...

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Reducere. "Wilde's first authentic work...marked the beginning of his true creativity...Wilde's stories are splendid." -Jeanette Winterson "...partly for chi...

The effects of Absolute Carnage are felt across the Marvel Universe The late Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross was once the Red Hulk - and briefly bonded...

DescriptionA classical work of philosophy that has inspired readers around the world for generations. Upon its initial publication in 1923, Kahlil ...

The four tales in this volume share autobiographical origins in Conrad's experience at sea and his exile from Poland. They vividly present Conrad's...

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In this collection of Roald Dahl's finest stories we meet some quite ordinary people who behave in extraordinary ways. There is a man who is sure h...

Reducere. In The Great Plains, Katie Schmidt thinks she is ordinary but is far from it. To change her fortunes she decides to get false fingernails, brighter...

Reducere. This volume includes eight tales in new translations by David Magarshack: The Singers, Bezhin Meadow, Mumu, Assya, First Love, Knock...Knock...Knoc...

DescriptionDavid Jones has lived a rich and varied life, the highlights of which are beautifully presented in this wry and irresistibly intelligent...

DescriptionTHIS IS A SERIES OF TALES, MOSTLY IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER, ABOUT THE SHORT RHODESIAN COLONIAL PERIOD UP TO 1980, AFTER WHICH TIME THE COU...

A ?Boomer Generation? Indian, raised on the reservation in the past, writing of the evolution of Indians today. Ancestors and traditions color toda...

Reducere. The third book of our well-received Speculative Japan series, this volume brings more outstanding authors from the Japanese archipelago to English,...

An eclectic collection of short stories from master manga artist Rumiko Takahashi, beloved creator of Inuyasha, Ranma 1/2, and Urusei Yatsura!Publi...

A wonderful new collection of Henry James's short stories about Americans in Europe Daisy Miller is one of Henry James's great heroines: a young, i...

DescriptionThree folk tales from around the world retold by the wonderful storyteller Gervase Phinn. In the first, a golden turtle offers a kindly ...

An impressive new selection of Henry James's short stories, edited by Pulitzer Prize-nominated James biographer Michael Gorra This volume gathers s...

Four well-loved traditional tales that have been retold in line with your child's phonics learning at school. This Read with Oxford Stage 2 collect...

Reducere. "Whatever dreams he was having, Jason knew they had nothing to do with his physical body. His eyes were firmly shut and his consciousness withdrawn...

Horror, madness, violence and the dark forces hidden in humanity abound in this tales, including - among others - the bloody, brutal and baffling m...

Four well-loved traditional tales that have been retold in line with your child's phonics learning at school. This Read with Oxford Stage 3 collect...

Four well-loved traditional tales that have been retold in line with your child's phonics learning at school. This Read with Oxford Stage 4 collect...

Welcome to London, capital of the British Empire, home of the Forever Queen, Her Imperial Majesty Alexandrina Victoria, Empress of India, the Good ...

Reducere. DescriptionTable of Contents: - Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951) was an English short story writer and novelist, one of the most prolific writers of ...

Reducere. "It was the straying that found the path direct." - Austin Osman SpareIn the final throes of the Blitz, Austin Osman Spare is the only salvation fo...

Reducere. Beautiful, haunting, and grotesque, The Carp-Faced Boy and Other Tales offers stories reminiscent of traditional Japanese folktales alongside conte...

The finest of all Conrad's tales, Heart of Darkness is set in an atmosphere of mystery and menace, and tells of Marlow's perilous journey up the Co...

Reducere. A pioneer of weird fiction, H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) holds a place with Poe and King in the vanguard of great American horror writers. This anth...

Contributor(s): Author: Nathaniel HawthorneEditor: Brian HardingThe first paperback edition to include full annotations of these twenty Hawthorne t...

Four well-loved traditional tales that have been retold in line with your child's phonics learning at school. This Read with Oxford Stage 3 collect...

Four well-loved traditional tales that have been retold in line with your child's phonics learning at school. This Read with Oxford Stage 2 collect...

Four well-loved traditional tales that have been retold in line with your child's phonics learning at school. This Read with Oxford Stage 1 collect...

Reducere. The eighteen stories collected in this volume showcase the simple eloquence of a spectacular literary talent. Lu Hsun practically invented modern C...