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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass an American slave (Illustrated) By Frederick Douglass Published on: 2016-11-27 Released on: 2016-11-27 Format: Kindle eBook See customer reviews / Shop Now! Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass an American slave is an 1845 memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and former slave Frederick Douglass. It is generally held to be the most famous of a number of narratives written by former slaves during the same period. In factual detail, the text describes the events of his life and is considered to be one of the most influential pieces of literature to fuel the abolitionist movement of the early 19th century in the United States. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass encompasses eleven chapters that recount Douglass' life as a slave and his ambition to become a free man. Editorial Reviews From School Library Journal Grade 9 Up-This classic text in both American literature and American...

The Jungle Book: adapted by Neil Duffield By Rudyard Kipling, Neil Duffield Published on: 2016-06-19 Released on: 2016-06-19 Format: Kindle eBook See customer reviews / Shop Now! This timeless classic is brought to life for the stage in a vibrant new version by award-winning children’s playwright Neil Duffield. Mowgli, the ‘wolf-cub boy’ and his friends Baloo the bear and Bagheera the panther transport us to the jungle in a story that has remained a favourite for generations. Can Mowgli discover the secret of man’s red flower? Can he fight off the terrifying tiger, Shere Khan? Will he be able to overcome the many dangers of the jungle and live there happily? Or will he leave his wild friends and join the humans in the village? Faithful to Kipling’s original beloved story, this beautifully staged musical adaptation has proven a hit with theatres both in the UK and abroad. Editorial Reviews From School Library Journal PreS-Gr 2-This retelling opens with Mowgli s...

JANE EYRE AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Illustrated Classics Vol.25 By CHARLOTTE BRONTË Published on: 2016-06-10 Released on: 2016-06-10 Format: Kindle eBook See customer reviews / Shop Now! Product Description JANE EYRE AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY BY CHARLOTTE BRONTË AND ILLUSTRATED BY F. H. TOWNSEND Editorial Reviews Review "At the end we are steeped through and through with the genius, the vehemence, the indignation of Charlotte Brontë." --Virginia Woolf From the Trade Paperback edition. Review "At the end we are steeped through and through with the genius, the vehemence, the indignation of Charlotte Brontë."—Virginia Woolf From the Publisher In conjunction with the New York Public Library, Doubleday is proud to introduce a very special collector's series of literary masterpieces. Lavishly illustrated with rare archival material from the library's extensive resources, including the renowned Berg collection, these editions will bring the classics...

Hamilton: The Revolution By Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeremy McCarter Amazon Sales Rank: #19115 in eBooks Published on: 2016-04-12 Released on: 2016-04-12 Format: Kindle eBook See customer reviews / Shop Now! Product Description Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Eleven Tony Awards, including Best Musical Lin-Manuel Miranda's groundbreaking musical  Hamilton  is as revolutionary as its subject, the poor kid from the Caribbean who fought the British, defended the Constitution, and helped to found the United States. Fusing hip-hop, pop, R&B, and the best traditions of theater, this once-in-a-generation show broadens the sound of Broadway, reveals the storytelling power of rap, and claims our country's origins for a diverse new generation. HAMILTON: THE REVOLUTION gives readers an unprecedented view of both revolutions, from the only two writers able to provide it. Miranda, along with Jeremy McCarter, a cultural critic and theater ar...

The Odyssey By Homer Published on: 2016-11-28 Released on: 2016-11-28 Format: Kindle eBook See customer reviews / Shop Now! Product Description The Odyssey (/ˈɒdəsi/;[1] Greek: Ὀδύσσεια Odýsseia, pronounced [o.dýs.sej.ja] in Classical Attic) is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, the other work ascribed to Homer. The poem is fundamental to the modern Western canon, and is the second oldest extant work of Western literature, the Iliad being the oldest. Scholars believe it was composed near the end of the 8th century BC, somewhere in Ionia, the Greek coastal region of Anatolia. The poem mainly centers on the Greek hero Odysseus (known as Ulysses in Roman myths) and his journey home after the fall of Troy. It takes Odysseus ten years to reach Ithaca after the ten-year Trojan War.[3] In his absence, it is assumed he has died, and his wife Penelope and son Telemachus must deal with a group of unruly suitors...

Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain Amazon Sales Rank: #588776 in eBooks Published on: 2015-02-09 Released on: 2015-02-09 Format: Kindle eBook See Customer reviews, Rating and Buy. Editorial Reviews Amazon.com Review Mark Twain's classic novel,  The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , tells the story of a teenaged misfit who finds himself floating on a raft down the Mississippi River with an escaping slave, Jim. In the course of their perilous journey, Huck and Jim meet adventure, danger, and a cast of characters who are sometimes menacing and often hilarious. Though some of the situations in  Huckleberry Finn  are funny in themselves (the cockeyed Shakespeare production in Chapter 21 leaps instantly to mind), this book's humor is found mostly in Huck's unique worldview and his way of expressing himself. Describing his brief sojourn with the Widow Douglas after she adopts him, Huck says: "After supper she got out her book and learned me about M...

Pride and Prejudice (Annotated) By Jane Jane Austen Published on: 2016-12-10 Released on: 2016-12-10 Format: Kindle eBook See Customer reviews, Rating and Buy. Pride And Prejudice, the story of Mrs. Bennet's attempts to marry off her five daughters is one of the best-loved and most enduring classics in English literature. Editorial Reviews Amazon.com Review "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." Next to the exhortation at the beginning of  Moby-Dick , "Call me Ishmael," the first sentence of Jane Austen's  Pride and Prejudice  must be among the most quoted in literature. And certainly what Melville did for whaling Austen does for marriage--tracing the intricacies (not to mention the economics) of 19th-century British mating rituals with a sure hand and an unblinking eye. As usual, Austen trains her sights on a country village and a few families--in t...

Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus By Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Amazon Sales Rank: #3378995 in eBooks Published on: 2014-10-08 Released on: 2014-10-08 Format: Kindle eBook See Customer reviews, Rating and Buy. Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, is a novel written by English author Mary Shelley about eccentric scientist Victor Frankenstein, who creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was eighteen, and the novel was published when she was twenty. The first edition was published anonymously in London in 1818. Shelley's name appears on the second edition, published in France in 1823. Shelley had travelled through Europe in 1814, journeying along the river Rhine in Germany with a stop in Gernsheim which is just 17 km (10 mi) away from Frankenstein Castle, where two centuries before an alchemist was engaged in experiments. Later, she traveled in the region of Geneva (Switzerland)—where...

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay By J.K. Rowling Amazon Sales Rank: #2074 in eBooks Published on: 2016-11-18 Released on: 2016-11-18 Format: Kindle eBook See Customer reviews, Rating and Buy. J.K. Rowling's screenwriting debut is captured in this ebook edition of the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them screenplay. When Magizoologist Newt Scamander arrives in New York, he intends his stay to be just a brief stopover. However, when his magical case is misplaced and some of Newt's fantastic beasts escape, it spells trouble for everyone... Inspired by the original Hogwarts textbook by Newt Scamander,  Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay  marks the screenwriting debut of J.K. Rowling, author of the beloved and internationally bestselling Harry Potter books. A feat of imagination and showcasing a cast of remarkable characters and magical creatures, this is epic adventure-packed storyte...

The Art of War - Annotated, Illustrated By Sun Tzu Amazon Sales Rank: #632631 in eBooks Published on: 2016-07-24 Released on: 2016-07-24 Format: Kindle eBook See Customer reviews, Rating and Buy. This edition of “The Art of War” includes:  -Introduction - Translation by Lionel Giles -Notes - The Articles of Sun Tzu - 17 illustrations Editorial Reviews Amazon.com Review The Art of War  is the Swiss army knife of military theory--pop out a different tool for any situation. Folded into this small package are compact views on resourcefulness, momentum, cunning, the profit motive, flexibility, integrity, secrecy, speed, positioning, surprise, deception, manipulation, responsibility, and practicality. Thomas Cleary's translation keeps the package tight, with crisp language and short sections. Commentaries from the Chinese tradition trail Sun-tzu's words, elaborating and picking up on puzzling lines. Take the solitary passage: "Do not eat food...

The Elements of Style (Illustrated) By William Strunk Jr. Amazon Sales Rank: #1048822 in eBooks Published on: 2014-08-05 Released on: 2014-08-05 Format: Kindle eBook See Customer reviews, Rating and Buy. The Elements of Style is an American English writing style guide. It is one of the most influential and best-known prescriptive treatments of English grammar and usage in the United States. It originally detailed eight elementary rules of usage, ten elementary principles of composition, and "a few matters of form" as well as a list of commonly misused words and expressions. Updated editions of the paperback book are often required reading for American high school and college composition classes. Editorial Reviews Review "...a marvellous and timeless little book... Here, succinctly, elegantly and without fuss are the essentials of writing clear, correct English." John Clare, "The Telegraph" Review   "So friendly, so c...

Born to Run By Bruce Springsteen Amazon Sales Rank: #1500 in eBooks Published on: 2016-09-27 Released on: 2016-09-27 Format: Kindle eBook See Customer reviews, Rating and Buy. “Writing about yourself is a funny business…But in a project like this, the writer has made one promise, to show the reader his mind. In these pages, I’ve tried to do this.” —Bruce Springsteen, from the pages of  Born to Run In 2009, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performed at the Super Bowl’s halftime show. The experience was so exhilarating that Bruce decided to write about it. That’s how this extraordinary autobiography began. Over the past seven years, Bruce Springsteen has privately devoted himself to writing the story of his life, bringing to these pages the same honesty, humor, and originality found in his songs. He describes growing up Catholic in Freehold, New Jersey, amid the poetry, danger, and darkness that fueled his imagination, leading up to the moment he refers to ...

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: 1884 edition, illustrated with 160 original illustrations By Mark Twain Published on: 2016-08-20 Released on: 2016-08-20 Format: Kindle eBook See Customer reviews, Rating and Buy. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is an 1876 novel about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River. It is set in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, inspired by Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain lived. Tom Sawyer's best friends include Joe Harper and Huckleberry Finn. In The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Tom's infatuation with classmate Becky Thatcher is apparent as he tries to intrigue her with his strength, boldness, and handsome looks. He first sees her after he confessed his feelings for Amy Lawrence, one of his classmates. He lives with his half-brother Sid, his cousin Mary, and his stern Aunt Polly in the (fictional) town of St. Petersburg, Missouri. There is no mention of Tom's father. Tom has another aunt, Sally Phelps, who liv...

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing By Marie Kondo Amazon Sales Rank: #625 in eBooks Published on: 2014-10-14 Released on: 2014-10-14 Format: Kindle eBook Number of items: 1 See Customer reviews, Rating and Buy. This #1  New York Times  best-selling guide to decluttering your home from Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo takes readers step-by-step through her revolutionary KonMari Method for simplifying, organizing, and storing. Despite constant efforts to declutter your home, do papers still accumulate like snowdrifts and clothes pile up like a tangled mess of noodles? Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo takes tidying to a whole new level, promising that if you properly simplify and organize your home once, you’ll never have to do it again. Most methods advocate a room-by-room or little-by-little approach, which doom you to pick away at your piles of stuff forever. The KonMari Method, with its ...