Political fiction novel, which tells the rise of a dictatorial oligarchy in the United States and the struggle of the nascent American Socialist Party against injustices, abuses and oppression perpetrated against the poor people.

Radici

The Iron Heel

Scotland during the years of the Jacobite Rising, is the background to the conflict between two brothers, one good and faithful to King George II, while the other bad and supporter of the rebels.

The Master Of Ballantrae

The young Billy is forced to enlist as a sailor in the British navy, a series of events will lead him to be wrongfully accused and tried for conspiracy.

Billy Budd

A bad rabbit, attacks a good rabbit to steal a carrot and starts to munch it on a bench. After a while, a hunter mistake the bad rabbit for a bird and shoots. The bad rabbit will run away without whiskers, tail and carrot.

The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit

Looking for a quiet place to hide her eggs to hatch them herself, Jemima Puddle-duck encounters a gentleman fox who offers to host them at his home and organizes a party for the same evening to mark the event. Fortunately Kep, the farmer's dog, understands the fox's plan and saves Jemima and her eggs. Book illustrated with beautiful Potter's watercolors.

The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck

Timmy Willie is a country mouse who falls asleep in a hamper of vegetables and wakes up in the city. It will be made welcome by Johnny Town-Mouse, but soon regrets the peace and simplicity of the life in the countryside. Book illustrated with beautiful Potter's watercolors.

The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse

Buck is a mongrel between a Saint Bernard and a Collie, who is kidnapped and sold as a sled dog in Alaska, where, with spirit of adaptation will be able to impose itself as lead dog, until the final freedom given to him by Thornton.

The Call Of The Wild

The adventures of Robinson Kreutznaer, said Crusoe, who in search of adventure and freedom is shipwrecked on a wild island on which will live for 28 years using his ingenuity striving to survive, in the company of a parrot and his friend the savage Friday.

Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

While Mr. and Mrs. McGregor are absent, Peter Rabbit and his cousin Benjamin Bunny venture in search of clothes Peter lost before. Busy gathering onions for Peter's mother, they don't notice a cat who to traps them under a basket. The intervention of Benjamin's father will release the two kids. Book illustrated with beautiful Potter's watercolors.

The Tale of Benjamin Bunny

Lucinda and Jane are two dolls living in a beautiful doll-house in the nursery. During their absence for a walk in perambulator, Tom Thumb and Hunca Munc, a curious pair of mice, bring havoc throughout the house once discovered that the magnificent food is actually plaster. Come back home, the two dolls are dismayed, but the two mice will prove to be tender-hearted. Book illustrated with beautiful Potter's watercolors.

The Tale of Two Bad Mice

Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit sets up for a tea in good company. His three rowdy children Mittens, Tom Kitten and Moppet, however, prefer to play the dust, climb the walls and make the fight rather than sit quietly in their clean clothes. Book illustrated with beautiful Potter's watercolors.

The Tale of Tom Kitten

The little Tom Kitten runs away from his mother up the chimney and, through a crack in the wall, he finds himself under the floor of the attic. Here he meets Mr. Samuel Whiskers and his wife Anna Maria, two rats, that capture him with the intention of eating him in a pudding. Tom's siblings understand the plan and with the help of their mother and John Joiner, the carpenter, free Tom and scare off the couple of rats. Book illustrated with beautiful Potter's watercolors.

The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or,The Roly-Poly Pudding

A collection of seven nursery rhymes with accompanying illustrations.

Appley Dapply's nursery rhymes

Tommy Brock, a badger, kidnaps the sons of Benjamin Bunny and disappears hiding in one of Mr. Tod's houses. Mr. Tod, came home and discovered the invasion starts a fight with Tommy. Benjamin Bunny and Peter Rabbit take advantage of the confusion to rescue the young bunnies. Book illustrated with beautiful Potter's watercolors.

The Tale of Mr. Tod

A children's novel about Dorothy, a girl who lives in Kansas with his uncles and the dog Toto. One day, a tornado lifts Dorothy's house with the girl and the dog still inside and carries it in the air, depositing it in the land of Oz. Here they will live many adventures and meet bizarre characters who will help them to return home.

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

The protagonist wakes up child in a strange land in the Paleolithic era. At the side of his friend Lop-Ear and the Tree People will be engaged in a struggle for survival and against the violence of the fearsome Red-Eye and the cruel Fire People.

Before Adam

Darrell Standing, a death row inmate at San Quentin, finds a way to "escape" from the torture and imprisonment, traveling in space and time.

The Jacket (The Star-Rover)

In his absence, a tailor frees some mice that Simpkin, his cat, has imprisoned under teacups. Grateful for the rendered freedom will help the tailor to complete in time the waistcoat commissioned by the mayor for his wedding. Book illustrated with beautiful Potter's watercolors.

The Tailor of Gloucester

2073, sixty years after the "Red Death", an unstoppable plague, has eliminated the most part of the human population and casting the few survivors back into the Stone Age, James Howard Smith, an old man among the few survivors, recounts to the wild grandchildren of survivors how things went, trying to teach them a lesson of wisdom and knowledge.

The Scarlet Plague

Ginger and Pickles are two shopkeepers who extend unlimited credit to their customers and, as a result, are forced to go out of business. Tabitha Twitchit, the proprietor of the now only village shop, exploits the situation and raises the prices of everything in her shop and refuses to give credit. Although she has trouble counting the change, Sally Henny-Penny decides to reopen the store of Ginger and Pickles. The many bargains will delight everybody. Book illustrated with beautiful Potter's watercolors.

The Tale of Ginger and Pickles

The Flopsy Bunnies are six young rabbits, sons of Benjamin and Flopsy Bunny. One day, while they are eating some rotten vegetables in the garden of Mr. McGregor, the six rabbits fall asleep and are captured and imprisoned in a sack. Their parents, with the help of Thomasina Tittlemouse, will free them. Book illustrated with beautiful Potter's watercolors.

The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies

Romanzo che narra il tentativo da parte di uno scienziato di dare la vita ad mostruosa creatura ottenuta assemblando parti di cadaveri, il cui risultato finale sarà la ribellione verso il suo stesso creatore. Libro in lingua originale inglese con traduzione in italiano.

Frankenstein ovvero Il Moderno Prometeo (Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus)

"The Princess and the Goblin" is a fantasy classic written by Scottish author George MacDonald in 1872. Although MacDonald wrote "The Princess and the Goblin" primarily for children, his fantasy continues to delight readers of all ages. MacDonald's book contains the elements of good story telling—an exciting, well-paced plot and believable characters, who have human weaknesses as well as strengths. The twentieth-century English poet, W. H. Auden, called MacDonald's technique "dream realism" and honoured "The Princess and the Goblin" as "the only English children's book in the same class as the Alice books." Unquestionably MacDonald employed fantasy as a way of presenting the Christian spiritual concepts of faith and love. But MacDonald's marvellous story, with its fusion of fantasy and realism, is so original that it appeals to the imagination rather than to analytical faculties. The nurse Lootie raises the princess Irene in a house on a mountain, it is here that she meets her mysterious great-great-grandmother, and her friend the minor boy Curdie. Things are peaceful for Irene until the hideous race of goblins that live beneath the mountain start planning something big… In summary, "The Princess and the Goblin" is the story of two young people who grow in maturity and spiritual development as they thwart the evil plans of goblins.

The Princess and the Goblin

"A Study in Scarlet" was written in 1886 and published in 1887 in the magazine Beeton’s Christmas Annual, and is one of the four original full-length novels that Arthur Conan Doyle wrote about his genius detective. It is set in late Victorian London and marks the first appearance in literature of the great consulting detective Sherlock Holmes. In "A Study in Scarlet", Doyle introduces the characters of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson and places them in the crime-solving partnership that lasts for numerous future adventures together. Watson, a physician and British military veteran who is at loose ends after returning from Afghanistan, meets Holmes, an eccentric, well-educated man who solves crimes using unorthodox methods, especially logical deduction. Watson aids Holmes on a murder case with which Scotland Yard has requested assistance. The body of the victim, Enoch Drebber, has been found in a deserted house... (Source: www.enotes.com)

A Study in Scarlet

While orphaned Ogg, Rae, dreams of being able to socialise with humans, she doesn't expect to be welcomed into the home of two complete strangers. When she learns they're from another land and have no idea that humans are supposed to fear and hate Oggs, she begins to settle down and count them as family. But when the mysterious phenomena that brought them there - great gashes in the sky that cause dramatic shifts within Culmina's landscape - suddenly get more frequent, the situation soon threatens Rae's new-found way of life. Discovering that the cause is the war between the Fae and the Dragon-people, who live on floating cities high above the clouds, she vows to put an end to it to save those she loves. To do so, she must team up with the sassy ninth princess of the dragon-people, the down-trodden third prince of the Fae, and Max, a fellow orphan and hot-air balloon enthusiast. But when prejudice runs high and time is running out, can she get them to work together?

Wings In A Wounded Sky

After joining the school hurling team, Declan must find a way to juggle training for this new sport and football at the same time. When Smithgreen's goalkeeper gets injured, Declan convinces his brother, Daniel, to take the spot. But their parents mustn't find out, as a childhood illness means Daniel is forbidden from playing sport. Declan struggles to hide the truth while competing in two championships. Has he finally bitten off more than he can chew? 'Ideal for GAA-loving children aged 9+.' Hogan Stand Magazine

Declan Kirby: GAA Star

The fourth book in the hilarious series from Roald Dahl Funny Prize winning author Philip Ardagh and illustrator of The Gruffalo, Axel Scheffler. Over the years, the Grunts have made more than a few enemies. But fortunately they're all safely behind bars. Or are they? There's been a prison break-out, and three of them are after REVENGE. It's time for the Grunts to go On the Run... This last book brings back some familiar faces from the series and solves a couple of mysteries too...

The Grunts

The Grunts on the Run

Bringing the spirit and beauty of Yeats's writing to a whole new young audience! This sumptuously illustrated book complements the carefully selected works of W.B. Yeats, which include poems, stories, a letter from childhood, and an account of his daughter Anne's memories of childhood. Including unpublished work, this gorgeous book draws on Yeats's preoccupation with magic, fairy lore, place, family and childhood. A mystical and magical tone that pervades the collection will enthral younger readers.

The Moon Spun Round

When teenager Ciara Farrelly visits her dead grandfather's Ontario home she uncovers a secret from his childhood. Back in 1928, twelve-year-old Mike Farrelly made friends with Wilson, a lonely, rich boy whose family had emigrated from Ireland, and Lucy, a feisty Ojibwe girl from a local reservation. The three spent the bright, warm summer holidays having adventures together. But then a murder was committed, and Mike, Wilson and Lucy found themselves in danger. Suddenly, they had to trust each other, not only with their secrets, but with their lives… Follow their story with Ciara as she traces its echo down the years – and find out what really happened one summer, long ago.

Arrivals

From the author of The Norfolk Story Book comes this book of delightful stories. Set sail for adventure on the stormy seas of Yarmouth, discover enchanting tales woven by strangers in Elizabethan Norwich, journey through the forests of ancient Norfolk with a courageous Iceni girl, travel through time with the curious kitten of Thetford, meet the King of a magnificent Norman Castle and find out what life was like in a Victorian Workhouse. Inspired by the museums throughout Norfolk Museums Service, this book consists of eight short stories, all original works of fiction which combine local history with imagination and fun.

Once Upon a Time in Norfolk

"On reunion morning, we rise before the sun. Daddy hums as he packs our car with suitcases and a cooler full of snacks. He says there’s nothing like going down home.” Down home is Granny’s house. Down home is where Lil’ Alan and his parents and sister will join great-grandparents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. Down home is where Lil’ Alan will hear stories of the ancestors and visit the land that has meant so much to all of them. And down home is where all of the children will find their special way to pay tribute to family history. All the kids have to decide on what tribute to share, but what will Lil’ Alan do?

Going Down Home With Daddy

In "Mark the Match Boy," Horatio Alger weaves a poignant tale emblematic of his hallmark themes: resilience, ambition, and the pursuit of the American Dream. Set against the harsh backdrop of urban poverty in 19th-century America, the narrative follows the young protagonist, Mark, as he navigates the struggles of life as a street vendor. Alger's straightforward yet impactful prose captures the innocence and determination of youth while emphasizing the moral virtues of hard work and integrity. This novella is not merely a work of fiction; it serves as a social commentary on the socioeconomic conditions of the time, epitomizing the literary style associated with the 'Rags to Riches' genre so prevalent in Alger's oeuvre. Horatio Alger's own life experiences profoundly influenced his storytelling. Born into a prosperous family in Massachusetts, Alger became aware of the challenges faced by the less fortunate when he embarked on a teaching career in urban settings. His subsequent struggles with personal crises and the moral imperative to uplift the downtrodden infused his works with empathy and advocacy for social mobility, making him a pioneer in children's literature. For readers seeking inspiration and a glimpse into the spirit of perseverance amidst adversity, "Mark the Match Boy" is a compelling read that resonates with timeless truths. Alger's narrative encourages young readers to hold fast to their dreams, portraying the possibilities of transformation through resilience and virtuous living.

Mark the Match Boy

Join Meg and her friends as they compete in a 10-day scavenger hunt across the state of Virginia. Each day starts with a clue sheet that reveals a series of outdoor adventures they have to complete to stay in the race. Their journey includes hiking to Devil's Bathtub, sliding down a natural water slide in Shenandoah National Park, discovering shark teeth at Fossil Beach, and kayaking through the Great Dismal Swamp. The competition heats up when they encounter two bullies who try to throw them off their game. Along the way, Meg and her friends explore several regional treasures and visit the gravesites of all 7 U.S. presidents buried in Virginia.

Virginia is for Adventurers

Thuvia, Maid of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs - This installment shifts focus from John Carter and Dejah Thoris, protagonists of the first three books in the series, to their son Carthoris, prince of Helium, and to Thuvia, princess of Ptarth, and follows Carthoris' efforts to win the heart of Thuvia, who will have nothing to do with him. When Thuvia is kidnapped Carthoris is presented with an opportunity -- throw in an airship battle, lost cities, savage creatures, and the fabulous phantom bowmen of Lothar, and you have thrills, chills, and high adventure of the best kind.

Thuvia, Maid of Mars

Wild Apples Henry David Thoreau - Wild Apples is a compilation of two classic philosophical nature essays by the great American naturalist and philosopher, Henry David Thoreau. I wish to speak a word for Nature, for absolute freedom and wildness, as contrasted with a freedom and culture merely civil--to regard man as an inhabitant, or a part and parcel of Nature, rather than a member of society. I wish to make an extreme statement, if so I may make an emphatic one, for there are enough champions of civilization: the minister and the school committee and every one of you will take care of that. Walking, or sometimes referred to as "The Wild", is a lecture by Henry David Thoreau first delivered at the Concord Lyceum on April 23, 1851. It was written between 1851 and 1860, but parts were extracted from his earlier journals. Thoreau read the piece a total of ten times, more than any other of his lectures. "Walking" was first published as an essay in the Atlantic Monthly after his death in 1862.[1] He considered it one of his seminal works, so much so, that he once wrote of the lecture, "I regard this as a sort of introduction to all that I may write hereafter." Walking is a Transcendental essay in which Thoreau talks about the importance of nature to mankind, and how people cannot survive without nature, physically, mentally, and spiritually, yet we seem to be spending more and more time entrenched by society. For Thoreau walking is a self-reflective spiritual act that occurs only when you are away from society, that allows you to learn about who you are, and find other aspects of yourself that have been chipped away by society. "Walking" is an important canon in the transcendental movement that would lay the foundation for his best known work, Walden. Along with Ralph Waldo Emerson's Nature, and George Perkins Marsh's Man and Nature, it has become one of the most important essays in the Transcendentalist movement. "Walking" The main theme is Nature. Thoreau is looking at nature, and how nature brings self-reflection through the act of walking, how nature represents the wild natural aspect to man that has been suppressed by society, and criticizing society and people who think society is everything, and lastly Thoreau is trying to push us towards exploration particularity in the west, because at the a time the United States was living under the idea of Manifest destiny that promised westward expansion to fulfill a duty to cultivate and civilize land, however, for Thoreau the west represents a different kind of future with new opportunities.

Wild Apples

Imagine being the new kid in town, with no friends and just moved into a creepy house. Strange things are happening, and you don't know why. This is what's happening to Bryan Sanders, and that's where Miller and Smith come in. They're the founders of Monster Files; the only ones willing to listen and help Bryan out. Miller believes the whole town of Manila, Arkansas, is surrounded by the supernatural. And it only happens to the kids, not the adults: that's why not a single adult will listen, and that's why Monster Files was started. This is their first real case, and Miller will do everything he can to help Bryan figure out what is under his bed. But is one of them hiding something? It Lives Under My Bed is a story with a lot of laughs and fun scares for children of all ages.

Monster Files

It Lives Under My Bed

Six stories -- one set in Dublin, the others in the countryside -- about children who get caught up in the War of Independence and suffer dire consequences. Mattie Foley dreams of escaping the harshness of life in the Dublin slums, but her dreams and reality become dangerously entwined with the discovery of a gun. When Statia Mulligan sets off to get feed for the hens, she longs for the peace and quiet of her favourite spot by the stream; she doesn't expect to become part of an ambush. Larry Quinn goes after the cow that has strayed -- how could he know that in his absence the Black and Tans would force his mother to reveal all she knows?

War Children

The year is 1914 and Amelia Pim will soon be thirteen. There are rumours of war and rebellion, and Dublin is holding its breath for major, dramatic events. But all that matters to Amelia is what she will wear to her birthday party and how she can be the envy of her friends. But where are Amelia's friends when disaster strikes her family? Now that the Pims have come down in the world, what use will Amelia have for a shimmering emerald-green dress? When Mama's political activities bring the final disgrace, it is Amelia who must hold the family together. Only the friendship of the servant girl Mary Ann seems to promise any hope.

Amelia

A fictionalised account of the life of James Lovett, son of Lord Dunmain, set in 1730s Dublin and colonial America. Dublin. A city in flux, its population swelling, a place of great wealth and grinding poverty, a playground for the rich but also a violent and dangerous city. Here James Lovett, thirteen year old son of Lord Dunmain and heir to several titles and grand estates, finds himself homeless and dispossessed on the streets. His boorish, drunken father must conceal his son's existence to collect a large inheritance. He announces James's death and even stages a funeral in the city's cathedral. But James is not dead. A spirited and resourceful boy, he is surviving by the skin of teeth. Can he survive against terrible odds? The adventure works its way to a thrilling climax in the forests of Pennsylvania, followed by return to Dublin and a final confrontation with his family ...

Black Wreath

Katie Berger-Jones-Burg is a lonely New York teenager. It's Christmas, and with her pop-star mother away on a whirlwind tour, all is not well with Katie. She is having visions. She remembers... Katie is needed in another time. In 1860 it's Christmas too. Princess Alice is helping her father Prince Albert with his endless stream of work while the rest of the family - including Queen Victoria - are enjoying the wonderful snow. But the merry royal family are under a shadow. There is a plot - both political and supernatural - to bring down the Queen. A Britain without its Queen is weak, and where Britain stumbles, the rest of the world falls...

CHRONICLES OF THE TEMPUS

The Queen Alone

Jack Marvell's latest stunt is to stay up on a high-wire for thirty days and nights. Olivia is worried for her father, but very proud of him. But then the rumours start, claiming that Jack's cheating. Olivia must give her all to her role in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and also prove to the world that her father is no fraudster.

Olivia series

Olivia and the Great Escape

Seahorses are really amazing. Did you know that a male seahorse is the only species on Earth that carries and delivers the babies? The female seahorse releases up to 50 eggs into a pouch on the male's abdomen. The male's job is to carry the eggs in his pouch until they are ready to hatch. Seahorses are not very good swimmers. They like to swim in pairs with their tails linked together. Seahorses can be red, yellow, white or green, because they camouflage themselves to blend in with the color of underwater plants. This helps to protect themselves from predators. Catchy lyrics and a fun melody line will teach kids all about seahorses in this fabulous audiobook.

Male Sea Horses Do Amazing Things

Did you know that dolphins are mammals? They are actually “toothed whales” that breathe air and nurse their young. They have a streamlined body well suited for swimming. They have a blowhole on top of their head for breathing. Dolphins have two flippers, a dorsal fin, and a strong tail with two flukes. Dolphins have a special kind of language. They communicate with clicks, whistles, and high-pitched noises. They use echolocation to find objects underwater. In echolocation, sound waves are sent underwater, striking objects and bouncing back to the dolphin. So, the dolphin knows where objects are located. Dolphins are in danger. Pollution that is dumped into the ocean has caused some dolphins to die from disease. Another threat to dolphins is overfishing because if there are not enough fish for the dolphins to eat, they will starve. Catchy lyrics and a fun melody line will teach kids all about dolphins in this fabulous audiobook.

It's The Dolphin Symphony

Some people call insects bugs, but they aren't all true bugs. True bugs are grouped in a special class called hemiptera, meaning “half-wing.” The front wings of an insect in this class have a leathery base with a filmy outer edge. True bugs have sucking mouth parts and only go through three stages before developing into an adult. Examples of true bugs are bed bugs, stink bugs, and chinch bugs. Did you know that the giant water bug can catch a small fish or frog with its hooked front legs? Water bugs can grow to four inches long in South America. Kids will learn all about these fascinating creatures with this fabulous audiobook.

True Bugs

Although most bath sponges are made in factories today, sponges are found in the ocean. A sponge is the soft skeleton on an animal. But sponges are very different from other animals. A sponge does not move about to find food, but depends on the surrounding water to provide food and oxygen for it to live. Did you know that a sponge is like a filter? Through holes called pores, the water is pumped into the sponge leaving behind tiny plants, animals, and oxygen that the sponge needs to survive. Catchy lyrics and a fun melody line will teach kids all about sponges that live in the ocean in this fabulous audiobook.

I Need A Sponge To Take A Bath

People often think of octopuses as scary creatures, but octopuses are actually quite shy. They like to live alone in reef crevices, caves, and even human pollution, such as tin cans. An octopus has a soft body with eight arms called tentacles. Each tentacle has over 200 suction cups on it. The octopus uses the suction cups to cling to rocky surfaces and to catch tasty meals. An octopus has a unique way of defending itself. If the octopus senses danger, it will shoot out an ink-like liquid to confuse the predator. Because the liquid smells like the octopus, the predator will attack the blob of black liquid, and the octopus will quickly swim away. A female octopus will lay more than 200,000 eggs in a safe den. Once she has laid her eggs, she strings them together and hangs them in her den. Each string is about four inches long. She will protect the eggs and clean the water around them. After about 4 to 6 weeks the eggs will hatch. Then the female octopus will die and the babies will take care of themselves. Catchy lyrics and a fun melody line will teach kids all about octopuses in this fabulous audiobook.

Shy Octopus

The Great White shark is one of the largest predators in the sea.  Its thick torpedo-shaped body can weigh 2 to 5 tons. Great White sharks can grow up to 35 feet in length. Although the average length of a Great White is 15 feet long. They like to eat seals, sea lions, and large fish. They are well known for their razor sharp triangular teeth. Did you know that as their teeth fall out, they are replaced by those in the row behind them? Great White sharks have a keen sense of smell. In fact, Great Whites can detect the scent of blood from up to three miles away. Sharks do not have any bones. Their bodies are made up of cartilage. Catchy lyrics and a fun melody line will teach kids all about the Great White shark in this fabulous audiobook.

I'm The Great White Shark

Another great audiobook classic from the world’s most prolific and prestigious new company, Icon Audio Arts. Presented by actor author Geoffrey Giuliano, here is an exciting ‘listen while you learn’ audio production which promises to entertain, enlighten and enliven the listener. Icon productions offer a daring, fresh perspective on the hundreds of perennial favorite tales which have inspired generations and imbued a deep love of literature and art in millions over time. Welcome to the wonderful, unparalleled world of Icon Audio Arts.

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