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Illustrated
- Fiction
- English
- 143870 Words
- Ages 3 and up
- 497
- 1
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne.
Illustrated with 116 color and black and white Illustrations by Alphonse de Neuville, Édouard Riou and engravings by Hildibrand.
This is a classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne published in 1870.... Read more...
Keywords: Literature, Fiction, Julves Verne, Sea Adventure, Abraham Lincoln, Action, Voyages, Giant Narwhal, Aquatic Life, Sea Monster, Science Fiction, Pierre Aronnax, Ned Land, Captain Nemo, Nautilus, Twenty Thousand Leagues, Under the Seas, Illustrated
$2.99
- History
- English
- 61322 Words
- Ages 6 and up
- 246
- 1
John Muir (1838–1914) was a Scottish-born American naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States.
John Muir was the first modern preservationist and founder of the Sierra Club. He helped save the Yosemite Valley and wilderness... Read more...
Keywords: Yosemite, John Muir, Mountains, Travel, Sequoia National Parks, Yosemite Valley, Sierra Nevada Mountains, Sierra Club, Preservationist, Preservation, National Park, Adventure, Nature
$1.99
Annotated and Illustrated in Two Complete Volumes
- History
- English
- 287515 Words
- Ages 6 and up
- 611
- 1
The Medici: Annotated and Illustrated in Two Complete Volumes by George Frederick Young.
The Secrecy, the conspirators, the Rise and Fall of the House of the Medici.
In this exquisitely written book, you get the history of thirteen generations of a family who brought... Read more...
Keywords: Medici, Cardinal, Nemours, Francesco, Ferdinando, Ricci, History, Piero, Cosimo, Italy, Renaissance, Lorenzo, Giovanni, Giuliano, Duke, House of Medici, Art, Learning, Europe, Florence, George Frederick Young, Illustrated [more]
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Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House
- Biography & Autobiography
- English
- 58489 Words
- Ages 6 and up
- 229
- 2
Behind the Scenes: Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House is an autobiographical narrative by Elizabeth Keckley. In it she tells the story of her life as a slave and her time as a seamstress for Mrs. Lincoln in the White House.
The life and times of one... Read more...
Keywords: Elizabeth Keckley, Slaves, History, Biography, Autobiography, White House, Behind the Scenes, Slavery, African American, Women, Thirty Years Slave
$2.99
- Fiction
- English
- 111080 Words
- Ages 6 and up
- 654
- 1
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (1896–1940) was an American author of novels and short stories, whose works are the paradigmatic writings of the Jazz Age, a term he coined. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century.
Tender Is the Night... Read more...
Keywords: Tender Is the Night, Fitzgerald, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Literature, Fiction, United States of America, America, Autobiographical novel, Nicole, Dick, Novel
$1.99
- Fiction
- English
- 220526 Words
- Ages 6 and up
- 1554
- 1
James Joyce (1882–1941) was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century.
Finnegans Wake is a work of comic prose by Irish writer James Joyce that is significant for its... Read more...
Keywords: James Joyce, Finnegans Wake, Literature, Fiction, Experimental, Comic Prose, Humour, Anna Livia Plurabelle, Irish Wake, Ireland
$1.99
- Romance
- English
- 117029 Words
- Ages 10 and up
- 169
- 2
The Diary of a Provincial Lady by E. M. Delafield. Original Illustrations Included.
This edition includes: The Diary of a Provincial Lady The Provincial Lady Goes Further The Provincial Lady in Russia
A great classic of the national literature, Diary of a Provincial... Read more...
Keywords: Delafied, Provincial Lady, Fiction, Humour, Anthologies, Women, Sagas, Romance, Classics, E. M. Delafied, Arthur Watts, Literature, Funny, Comedy
€1.99