Mark Twain's novels are filled with humor, wit, and astounding insight into the world of the 19th-century United States. Written entirely in the vernacular, these classic satirical tales exposed the bigotry and hypocrisy of American life. The cheerful Tom Sawyer, the goodnatured Huck Finn, the independent Hank Morgan, and the well-meaning Tom Canty are quintessential Twain characters, full of life, verve, and a sense of justice they often felt was missing from the world around them.
Included are four of his greatest and most popular novels: "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", "The Adventures of ... |
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This illustrated collection of the classic fairy tales collected by the brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm and translated by Margaret Hunt. Several illustrations by the famous Arthur Rackham accompany the text. The fairy tales included range from the ever-popular "Cinderella" and "Snow White" to the morbid "Hansel and Gretel" to the fantastic "King Thrushbeard". Containing morality lessons while often maintaining a darker side than most children's stories, these fairy tales make excellent reading for both children and adults. ... |
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Once upon a time, there lived this little frog named Zho. He needed of nothing, he was healthy and owned a lttle house, and also had his three best girlfriends. Still, Zho kept thinking he was missing a THING. Zho had to look for and find the THING at any and all cost. ... |
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The Sunday Times Bestseller and New York Times Bestseller. A book of hope for uncertain times. ... Enter the world of Charlie's four unlikely friends, discover their story and their most important life lessons.
The conversations of the boy, the mole, the fox and the horse have been shared thousands of times online, recreated in school art classes, hung on hospital walls and turned into tattoos.
In Charlie's first book, you will find his most-loved illustrations and some new ones too.
"The World that I am required to inhabit is this one. But the world that I long to inhabit is the one that Charlie Mackesy ... |
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Doctor Dolittle has been on a great many voyages and knows more about animals and birds than anyone - he can even speak their language! This time Doctor Dolittle sets sail with his young assistant, Tommy Stubbins, to the mysterious floating Spider Monkey Island where they make some surprising new discoveries!
"The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle" has been fully updated for today's readers by the author's son, Christopher Lofting.
"It is he!" he whispered.
"The Great Glass Sea Snail himself..."
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The book is part of the series "Masters of Fairy Тales". ... This deluxe edition gathers together all the finest fairy tales of the unrivalled story-teller, Charles Perrault. The wonderful illustrations will transport young readers into a magical world where they will meet the beautiful Sleeping Beauty, the trusting Little Red Riding Hood, the resourceful Puss in Boots and Ricky of the Tuft, who is endowed with exceptional brains and wit. They will look for the owner of Cinderella’s glass slipper and Donkey Skin’s golden ring, and search for the way home with Little Thumb.
The extraordinary adventures of ... |
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Illustrated by Joe Berger.
Complete and unabridged.
A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... With the proceeds from his latest invention, Crackpot Whistling Sweets, Commander Caractacus Pott buys his family their first car. It looks like a wreck, but once restored it turns out to be no ordinary vehicle; Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang is a magical car which can fly, swim and even think. Chitty and the eccentric, plucky Pott family set off on a succession of increasingly perilous adventures that take them across the English Channel and all the way to Paris.
First published in 1964, "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" was ... |
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Complete and unabridged.
A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Now a major motion picture with a hugely star studded cast, featuring the likes of Robert Downey Jr., Tom Holland, Emma Thompson, Antonio Banderas and Selena Gomez.
Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.
Doctor Dolittle is one of the most delightful and fascinating characters in children's literature. This Macmillan Collector's Library edition of The Story of Doctor ... |
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Illustrated by W. W. Denslow.
Complete and unabridged.
A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Regarded as a modern fairy tale, L. Frank Baum's "The Wizard of Oz" is one of America's most cherished and enchanting children's stories.
Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition features original illustrations by W. W. Denslow, coloured by Barbara Frith, and an introduction by Professor Sarah Churchwell.
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Introduced by Judith Flanders.
Complete and unabridged.
A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... "Poems for Christmas" is an exquisitely produced gift anthology which is guaranteed to get anyone in the festive spirit.
Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library, a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold-foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition features an introduction by Judith Flanders, author of Christmas: A Biography.
Through the generations, poets from William Shakespeare to Thomas Hardy and from ... |
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Introduced by Michael Morpurgo.
Complete and unabridged.
A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... A child's life should be full of poems, rhymes and songs, and "Poems of Childhood" is a celebration of that.
Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library, a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold-foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition features an introduction by acclaimed children's writer, Michael Morpurgo.
"Poems of Childhood" combines the best of classic children's poetry into ... |
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Complete and unabridged.
A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart.
Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition features a specially commissioned translation by Ros and Chloe Schwarz, as well as the charming original black and white illustrations by Saint-Exupery himself.
After crash-landing in the Sahara Desert, a pilot encounters a ... |
