Who Was Mark Twain?

Mark Twain, the American comic genius who portrayed, named, and in part exemplified America's "Gilded Age, " comes alive in Justin Kaplan's extraor...

"Twain wrote that Huck was based on Tom Blankenship, a poor white boy he knew in Hannibal, MO. But Shelley Fishkin found an 1874 article where Twai...

Description"What am I writing? A historical tale of 300 years ago, simply for the love of it." Mark Twain's "tale" became his first historical nove...

New York Times Bestseller A School Library Journal Best Book A never-before-published, previously unfinished Mark Twain children's story is brought...

Reducere. The classic adventures of one of American literature's most beloved characters from Mark Twain, one of America's best-loved writers. Here is a ligh...

Reducere. When CNN citizen journalist Neal Moore slid his canoe into the headwaters of the Mississippi River to begin a 2, 300-mile odyssey across the midsec...

Reducere. Scottish novelist, poet, and essayist Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was a writer of power and originality, who penned such classics as Treasur...

Reducere. This is the story of two young boys, one a prince and the other a pauper, who look identical. They meet and on a whim trade places. Unfortunately e...

Reducere. Mark Twain's humorous account of his six years in Nevada, San Francisco, and the Sandwich Islands is a patchwork of personal anecdotes and tall tal...

Reducere. First published in 1865, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" was Mark Twain's first real literary success and arguably launched his c...

Reducere. Considered an American classic, "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain is a bold coming of age story about a clever school boy who loves to m...

"Mark Twain was born fully grown, with a cheap cigar clamped between his teeth." So begins Sid Fleischman's ramble-scramble biography of the great ...

Reducere. EXTRACTS FROM ADAM'S DIARY (1904) and EVE'S DIARY (1906) are essentially send-ups of the scripture, in which Twain parodied Genesis, the parables o...

Reducere. Originally one story but divided into two, "Puddn'head Wilson and Those Extraordinary Twins" is a combination of Mark Twain's light-hearted humor a...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is an 1876 novel about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River. The story is set i...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Tragedy Of Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894) is a novel by American writer Mark Twain. Its central intrigue revolves around two boys - one, b...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant is an autobiography by Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States, focused mainl...

Reducere. DescriptionMark Twain's semi-autobiographical travel memoir, "Roughing It" was written between 1870-1871 and subsequently published in 1872. Billed...

Reducere. Regarded by many as the most luminous example of Mark Twain's work, this fictional biography of Joan of Arc was purportedly written by Joan's page ...

Description"You don't know about me, without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, but that ain't no matter. That book ...

"Man proposes and God disposes." There are but few important events in the affairs of men brought about by their own choice. Although frequently ur...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Mark TwainIllustrator: Franklin BoothMark Twain's first attempt at historical fiction, "The Prince and the Pauper, " was fi...

Reducere. To the majority of people Einstein's theory is a complete mystery. Their attitude towards Einstein is like that of Mark Twain towards the writer of...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Yakov PerelmanPublished in 1913, a best-seller in the 1930s and long out of print, Physics for Entertainment was translated...

Reducere. DescriptionPhysics For Entertainment by Yakov Perelman. Published in 1913, a best-seller in the 1930s and long out of print, Physics for Entertainm...

Reducere. Published in 1913, a best-seller in the 1930s and long out of print, Physics for Entertainment was translated from Russian into many languages and ...

Nikola Tesla: inventor or magician? Tesla was one of the most famous inventors who ever lived, but after his death, he was nearly forgotten. He was...

DescriptionOriginally conceived as a Portuguese-English phrase book, this literary curiosity was written by an author who, remarkably, spoke no Eng...

Reducere. DescriptionWho holds the world record triple jump record - for bullfrogs?Rosie, the Ribeter.She set the record in May 1986 at 21 feet 5 3/4 inches....

DescriptionHelen Keller lost her ability to see and hear before she turned two years old. But in her lifetime, she learned to ride horseback and da...

Reducere. HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.'We said there warn't no home like a raft, after all. Other place...

Mark Twain's darkest novel--about a master and slave switched at birth--combines a courtroom drama with a provocative fable about race and identity...

Reducere. DescriptionAs a young man from Meridian, Mississippi, Steve Forbert managed to carve out a niche in New York City's vibrant club scene, playing now...

Reducere. DescriptionOft quoted but seldom credited, Charles Dudley Warner's My Summer in a Garden is a classic of American garden writing and was a seminal ...

Reducere. Thirty billion people from throughout Earth's history have been resurrected along the great and winding waterways of Riverworld. Most began life an...

Reducere. Heidelberg City, Germany. Travel Guide, Tourism. Surrounded by forest, Germany's oldest and most famous university town is renowned for its baroque...

Reducere. "A Second Chance... An Inspirational Journey through the Eyes of an Animal Shelter Volunteer" was created to give back to those that work and give ...

Reducere. The first full-scale biography of John Hay since 1934: From secretary to Abraham Lincoln to secretary of state for Theodore Roosevelt, Hay was an e...

Reducere. Completed just days before his death and hailed by Mark Twain as "the most remarkable work of its kind since the Commentaries of Julius Caesar, " t...

Reducere. DescriptionBefore multimillion-dollar salaries, luxury boxes, and player strikes became synonymous with professional sports, there existed the beli...

Witty, shrewd, and always a joy to read, John Gierach, "America's best fishing writer" (Houston Chronicle) and favorite streamside philosopher, has...

Reducere. In January 1868, a Union veteran named Gilbert Bates set out from his Wisconsin farm for Vicksburg, Mississippi, to prove a point and win a bet: th...

Reducere. "I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one." - Mark Twain The world of penny stock trading is often misinterpreted to b...

DescriptionROSIE THE RIBETER: THE CELEBRATED JUMPING FROG OF CALAVERAS COUNTYWho holds the world record triple jump record - for bullfrogs? Rosie, ...

Reducere. The Civil War Re-Lived in 40 Stories! Between the first shots fired at Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, to Lee's surrender at Appomattox Courthouse o...