Chris Lutkin
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Stories include: The Raven; Hop-Frog; The Black Cat; The Cask of Amontillado; The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar; The Fall of the House of Usher; The Gold-Bug; The Masque of the Red Death; The Murders in the Rue Morgue; The Purloined Letter; The Pit and the Pendulum; and The Tell-Tale Heart.
4) Hurricanes!
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Young viewers will learn how hurricanes are formed, how they are named and classified, and what to do if a dangerous storm is on the way.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
This beautifully illustrated children's book explores how Walt Whitman was affected by the Civil War and inspired by President Lincoln.
O Captain, My Captain tells the story of one of America's greatest poets and how he was inspired by one of America's greatest presidents. Whitman and Lincoln shared the national stage in Washington, DC, during the Civil War. Though the two men never met, Whitman would often see Lincoln's carriage on the road. The...
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Join Francis Scott Key on the choppy waters of the Chesapeake Bay in this stunning iconographic video that will transport you to one of the most important days in U.S. history. This video tells the story of the creation of the American National Anthem. Includes patriotic songs performed by acclaimed singer/songwriter Jo Dee Messina.
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
It is almost impossible to escape the Spanish Inquisition alive. However, Edgar Allan Poe's unnamed narrator, after suffering innumerable tortures upon his body and soul in the hands of his tormenters, sees the light of the day at the very end of his sanity's tether. Even despite the lack of supernatural elements, "The Pit and the Pendulum" (1842) has enjoyed and influenced several notable movie adaptations. Animations such as The "Flinstones", TV...
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Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Adventurer Richard Hannay has just returned from South Africa and is thoroughly bored with his London life- until a murder is committed in his flat, just days after the victim had warned him of an assassination plot that could bring Britain to the brink of war. An obvious suspect for the police and an easy target for the killers, Hannay goes on the run in his native Scotland, where he must use all his wits to stay one step ahead of the game- and warn...
12) The golden acorn
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
While winning can be fun, it's certainly not everything! Squirrel learns that lesson in this beautiful story about friendship, teamwork, and forgiveness
13) Hurricanes!
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Young readers can learn how hurricanes are formed, how they are named and classified, and what to do if a dangerous storm is coming their way.
Author
Pub. Date
2020
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Concerns about memory and other thinking skills are common, particularly in middle age and beyond. Due to worries about declining brain health, some seek out dubious products or supplements purportedly designed to improve memory and other cognitive abilities. Fortunately, scientific research has uncovered a clear-cut set of evidence-based activities and lifestyle choices that are inexpensive or free and known to promote brain and cognitive functioning....
15) The black cat
Author
Language
English
Description
Embarking upon a journey to discover the limits of one's sanity and guilty conscience, "The Black Cat" is a perfect example of how no bad deed goes unpunished. Obsessively dark and violent, the story draws a psychological portrait of Poe's own miserable life spent in depression and alcoholism. Together with the superstitious symbolism of the black cat, Poe's narrative teems with guilt, violence, and dark portents. Similar to "The Tell-Tale Heart"...
16) Tornadoes!
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Tornadoes are funnel-shaped clouds that can cause massive destruction on the ground. Their winds can swirl faster than 260 miles per hour! In addition to factual information, youngsters will learn about how such extreme weather affects the lives of people in areas where these atmospheric storms are common. Using her acclaimed combination of clear wording and detailed illustrations, Gibbons explains how tornadoes form, the scale used for classifying...
17) Greenmantle
Author
Series
Richard Hannay adventures volume 2
Pub. Date
[1916?]
Language
English
Description
John Buchan (1st Baron Tweedsmuir; 1875–1940) was a Scottish novelist and public servant who combined a successful career as an author of thrillers, historical novels, histories and biographies with a parallel career in public life. At the time of his death he was Governor-General of Canada.
Greenmantle, the second of Buchan's five thrillers featuring the adventures of central character
...18) The raven
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Presents Poe's haunting poem, which explores the terrifying truths that lurk deep within the human psyche.
19) By the grace of the game: the Holocaust, a basketball legacy, and an unprecedented American dream
Author
Language
English
Description
"This book details a family's unique story from escaping the Holocaust to landing in America to playing in the NBA"--
Author
Pub. Date
[1995]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Why is there winter in the Southern Hemisphere at the same time there is summer in the Northern Hemisphere? Here is an explanation of how the position of Earth in relation to the sun causes seasons, and the wonders that come with each one of them. Summer. Autumn. Winter. Spring comes again. Year after year the seasons repeat themselves.
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