Books with author Charles Morris

[Children's Fiction (Ages 10-12)] [Read by Kirby Heyborne] When Abby, Derick, and their friends enroll in a tournament at Cragbridge Hall, they must figure out how to succeed even when they know they are destined to fail. Every year the futuristic school, Cragbridge Hall, holds its most popular tournament - the Hunt: a series of challenges that range throughout the school and require the use of its amazing inventions like its holographic time machine! But this year is different. Rather than a monetary or academic reward, this year's winner will be the recipient of a carefully guarded school secret: a secret that could prove both powerful and dangerous. Afraid that the secret may be one of their grandfather's inventions, Abby and Derick gather several friends and enroll. But when Derick gets a mysterious message from the future, the team of friends must figure out how to succeed even when they know they are destined to fail. The stakes have never been higher. - - A page-turning, time-travel adventure that teaches powerful lessons about choice and consequence, believing you can do hard things, and valuing our history.

Imagine you were no longer here. What would you say to your child so that she can feel guided and connected to you.What would you want her to know?What experiences would you want her to have?What kind of person would you want her to be?I believe the greatest things we can pass on to our children are clues about how much we love and adore them. Imagine sharing moments with them that they may not even remember... What if every daughter has the chance to swap stories, look into the perspectives and views her mother shares. Write your thoughts leave them to your daughter, she will cherish them for lifeWhat an amazing legacy to leave your child, notes of their day to day experiences of the joys, cry and triumph.This beautiful floral Journal features a vibrant floral design that stands out against a soft background.200 lightly-lined and doodle pages Share your memories, wisdom, advice, personal reflection-Pass on favorite quotes or poems, great books to read, music to listen to, places to travel, food to try6" wide x 9" high; perfect size diary or daily journal to jot notes. fits in most purses, backpacks, and totes. Just Between a Mother & Daughter can have a bond deep within the pages of this journal

An adventure novel for children and young adults.Albarn and Romy are two teenage children who meet by chance just before a calamity hits the island where they live. In order to rescue their King who has been captured, they have to travel halfway across the world, encountering wizards, pirates and warriors, not to mention Dukes and Sultans. They endure capture, shipwreck, a fierce battle and attack by ravenous wolves. They learn the power of music and healing, and the virtues of calmness under pressure. But nothing they meet on their travels is enough to prepare them for the final encounter with the most evil man in the world...Set in an imaginary world in the distant past, this is a book to be enjoyed by young and old. Each of the 21 chapters can be read out loud in about 30 minutes.

Imagine a school where learning about history inludes 3-D holograms; where running in gym class isn't around the track, but up a virtual mountain; and where learning about animals means becoming one through an avatar! Join twins Abby and Derick as they enter Cragbridge Hall--a school with amazing technology and a secret that could alter both history and reaility. This CD is a time-travel adventure that teaches powerful lessons about choice and consequence, believing you can do hard things, and valuing history.

The adventure continues when Abby and Derick begin their second semester at Cambridge Hall, the most prestigious secondary school in the world. But when Grandpa Cambridge admits them to the Council of Keys--a secret group of people who have keys to travel back in time--strange things begin to happen. One by one, members are found unconscious and unable to wake, their keys stolen. Now Abby and Derick must scramble to figure out who is behind the attacks before they become the next victims, which would give their enemy the power to change the past forever. A page-turning, time-travel adventure that teaches powerful lessons about choice and consequence, believing you can do hard things, and valuing history.

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Excerpt from Pig IronThe news of Lee's surrender at Appomattox reached the little Massachusetts town of Mendon almost at the very hour of Sam Smith's birth. The baby's father, gray-featured and gray-bearded Theophilus Smith, who had given two sons to the Union cause, took his Wife's hand in his as he knelt beside the bed, and gently patting it, told her the glad tidings in a voice that slightly trembled.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Tales of the Genii, or the Delightful Lessons of Horam, the Son of Asmar: Faithfully Translated From the Persian Manuscript; And Compared With the French and Spanish Editions, Published at Paris and MadridHavin g full liberty to usi'e his literary works as I pleal'ed, I have made it my bufinefs to become mafler of them by degrees; and I lhould have publilhed his Account of India long ago, had I not found that work al ready. Done to my hands, though nut in l'o'malterly a manner, yet fuf ficient to prevent the fale of any fecun'd work. But although this was a very curious performance, and I was vexed that ecuniary prudence Ihould oblige me to witheld it for fame time longer rom the publick, as his elegant drawings alone, relative to the fubjeét he wrote upon, would coil five hundred pounds to en rave; yet I hepe to make it up to the world, by offering them a boo which, if it is lefs ufeful to commerce, yet it may be of tar more entertainment and infiruétion to all degrees of men; and this 'is a tranllation, in his own hand-writing, of the works, (or, as they are called in the title-page, the Delightful Lefi'ons) of Horam the (on of Afrnar. Delightful, indeed! Whether we confider the matter, the l'ubjeét, the manner, or the moral of the work.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.