Books with author Richard L. Alexander

Without our moon, Earth would be a very different place. Readers discover fun facts about our closest neighbor, including the way it controls the ocean tides and how long it took astronauts to get there. People have always been captivated by the idea of exploring the moon, and readers will enjoy exploring these interesting facts and stunning pictures, which support important science curriculum topics.

Excerpt from Fantastic StoriesWhen the day's work was done, and the shades of evening descended upon the lovely heights crowning the city of the Seine, we sat by the lonely firesides of the deserted French villas and Chateaux, and when the fire crackled and the sparks flew upward, to many of us came strange old-world thoughts. In life and in form they came from behind the dark heavy window curtains, or from out the gay many-coloured chintz hangings, and advanced close to the dreamer.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.