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2) Classic Poe
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Series
Publisher
Sound Room Publishers, Inc
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
The Bells, The Cask of Amontillado • The Tell-Tale Heart • The Fall of the House of Usher • The Raven THE BLACK CAT • Berenice • The Man Who Was All Used-Up.
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Series
Publisher
Sound Room Publishers, Inc
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Unabridged Stories by Mark Twain. Twenty-one of Twain's funniest and most endearing stories: all of those below plus Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses, The Art of Authorship, The Great Beef Contract, and more.
7) Kidnapped
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Kidnapped was published in 1886 amid one of the most productive periods of Robert Louis Stevenson's career. Although it was immediately met with popular success and critical acclaim, the novel was derided for decades as a story for children before being recognized as a major work of English literature.
Set in the aftermath of the Jacobite uprising of 1745, and full of a rich blend of English and Scots, Kidnapped is a powerful work with strong Scottish...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The classic boyhood adventure tale, updated with a new introduction by noted Mark Twain scholar R. Kent Rasmussen. A consummate prankster with a quick wit, Tom Sawyer dreams of a bigger fate than simply being a "rich boy." Yet through the novel's humorous escapades-from the famous episode of the whitewashed fence to the trial of Injun Joe-Mark Twain explores the deeper themes of the adult world, one of dishonesty and superstition, murder and revenge,...
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English
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The classic boyhood adventure tale, updated with a new introduction by noted Mark Twain scholar R. Kent Rasmussen In recent years, neither the persistent effort to "clean up" the racial epithets in Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn nor its consistent use in the classroom have diminished, highlighting the novel's wide-ranging influence and its continued importance in American society. An incomparable adventure story, it is a vignette of a...
10) Black Beauty
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Black Beauty is a handsome, sweet-tempered colt with a strong spirit. As a young colt he is free to gallop in the fresh green meadows with his beloved mother, Duchess, and their kind master. But when his owners are forced to sell him, Black Beauty goes from a life of comfort and kindness to one of hard labour and cruelty. Bravely he works as hard as he can, suffering at the hands of men who treat animals badly. But Black Beauty has an unbreakable...
12) Treasure Island
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When a mysterious old sailor comes to stay at the Admiral Benbow Inn, the innkeeper's son, Jim Hawkins, is set on course for a thrilling adventure. The old man soon ends up dead, and among his possessions Jim discovers a map leading to buried treasure. Before long, Jim is setting sail to find it - but pirates are lurking in the ship's crew, and the notorious Long John Silver is planning a mutiny... Frequently adapted and dramatised, Treasure Island...
13) Frankenstein
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by English author Mary Shelley that tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a grotesque but sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition of the novel was published anonymously in London in 1818, when she was 20. Her name first appeared on the second edition, published in France...
14) Robinson Crusoe
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
During one of his several adventurous voyages in the seventeenth century, an Englishman becomes the sole survivor of a shipwreck and lives for nearly thirty years on a desert island.
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English
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"We are such stuff as dreams are made on…"
While the language of William Shakespeare's plays can make them challenging for some readers, their plots are filled with fantastical, almost fairytale-like plot devices-misunderstandings involving identical twins, magical forests, ghosts and witches, and foolish kings-that make them irresistible to almost any reader.
This gorgeous new edition of Charles and Mary Lamb's beloved book collects...
16) Warship
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English
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An alien fleet stands poised to invade Federation space. The only vessel available to hold it back is the Liberator, commanded by Roj Blake and his crew. As an intergalactic war breaks out, old enemies become allies, and friends will become separated. And Blake will be forced to leave behind all that matters to him…
17) Battleground
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English
Description
The crew of the Liberator have a new mission. Their target is on Straxis, a planet also known as Battleground 9, a training ground for thousands of Federation troops. Has Blake finally picked a battle he cannot possibly win?
18) Caged
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English
Description
Roj Blake and the President of the Terran Federation stand face to face. Two men with polar opposite political views, meeting for the first and last time. The long crusade is at an end. And Blake stands to lose everything that matters in his life...
19) Cold Fury
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English
Description
When Travis scores a victory over the Liberator crew, Blake is willing to risk everything in order to get back what is theirs. Horst Minor has many secrets. And Blake is not going to like what he finds there...
20) Drones
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Language
English
Description
The assistance of the Liberator crew is urgently needed on Straxis - but Roj Blake has acute problems of his own. After taking drastic emergency measures, Blake, Vila and Cally teleport back into a war zone in a bid to make new allies...
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