Robert Louis: 1244 books

     When these two traders came aboard I was pleased with the looks of them at once, or, rather, with the looks of both, and the speech of one.

* Book : The Black Arrow * Biography * Bibliography In fifteenth-century England, when his father's murderer is revealed to be his guardian, seventeen-year-old Richard Shelton joins the fellowship of the Black Arrow in avenging the death, rescuing the woman he loves, and participating in the struggle between the Yorks and Lancasters in the War of the Roses.

For two years it had been notorious in the square that Sam'l Dickie was thinking of courting T'nowhead's Bell, and that if Little Sanders Elshioner (which is the Thrums pronunciation of Alexander Alexander) went in for her, he might prove a formidable rival. Sam'l was a weaver in the tenements, and Sanders...

This classic novel has been abridged and adapted into 10 illustrated chapters. This format is ideal for bilingual education - people learning English as a second language (ESL),  English Language Learners (ELL), people of any age intending to improve reading skills and students for whom the original...

   Table of contents A Cosmopolite in a Cafe At Sea Aunt Kipp Little Bun Rabbit    The Ambitious Guest   The Story Of The Bad Little Boy Vanka   The Body Snatcher   The Mark On The Wall   The Affair at Coulter's Notch   A Cosmopolite in a Cafe by O. Henry     At midnight the cafe was crowded....

A Blunder by Anton Chekhov ILYA SERGEITCH PEPLOV and his wife Kleopatra Petrovna were standing at the door, listening greedily. On the other side in the little drawing-room a love scene was apparently taking place between two persons: their daughter Natashenka and a teacher of the district school,...

Following Sterling's spectacularly successful launch of its children's classic novels (240,000 books in print to date),comes a dazzling new series: Classic Starts. The stories are abridged; the quality is complete. Classic Starts treats the world's beloved tales (and children) with the respect they...

PRAYER I ASK good things that I detest, With speeches fair; Heed not, I pray Thee, Lord, my breast, But hear my prayer. I say ill things I would not say - Things unaware: Regard my breast, Lord, in Thy day, And not my prayer. My heart is evil in Thy sight: My good thoughts...

This edition contains the most important and best known short stories, that were not included in other prominent collections. Included are: The Body-Snatcher Thrawn Janet Will O' the Mill The Treasure of Franchard Markheim The Misadventures of John Nicholson The Story Of A Lie Heathercat The Great North Road The Young Chevalier Fables

L'isola del tesoro (Treasure Island) fu il primo successo di Stevenson, che ne iniziò la stesura a 30 anni. Scrisse i primi capitoli a Braemar, nelle highland scozzesi, nel 1881. Stevenson si trovava in un cottage di campagna con altri membri della sua famiglia, fra cui il figliastro Lloyd Osbourne,...

This early works is a fascinating novel of the period and still an interesting read today. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

I GRANDI CLASSICI PER RAGAZZI. Un marinaio di lungo corso va a morire in una taverna poco lontana dal porto e trasforma la vita di Jim che, da quieto ragazzino con l'ambizione di ereditare l'attività del padre si trasforma in un provetto marinaio all'inseguimento di un tesoro nascosto. Un'avventura incalzante e mai prevedibile che non attraversa solo i mari.

This classic novel has been abridged and adapted into 10 illustrated chapters. This format is ideal for bilingual education - people learning English as a second language (ESL),  English Language Learners (ELL), people of any age intending to improve reading skills and students for whom the original...

El protagonista de este magnífico libro es un niño, Jim Hawkins. Su emocionante aventura comienza el día en que un viejo marinero con la cara marcada por un sablazo llega a la posada de su padre. El cofre que transporta el desconocido contiene un extraño mapa que Jim descubrirá por casualidad....