Books published by publisher Living Book Press

Viking Tales is the thrilling story of Harald Fairhair. Starting at his birth it follows through his many adventures until he unites Norway as its King.As the Viking population grows their lust for adventure takes them on many brave journeys, discovering and settling foreign lands, even setting foot in America.This edition features a large font for easy reading by younger readers, and all the original images, a pronunciation guide, and teachers notes.

Princess Irene lives in a lonely mountain castle with only her nursemaid, Lootie, for company. Her mother is dead and her father, the King, is away. One day, while outside the castle near dark, the Princess and Lootie are chased by the goblins that live underground and only venture near the surface in the dark. What do the goblins want with the Princess? And can the friendly young miner Curdie discover their plot in time to thwart it? This edition is presented complete and unabridged in a large easy to read font, with all the original delightful illustrations.

According to some accounts, Mary Queen of Scots bore a child to her last husband, the earl of Bothwell, while imprisoned at Loch Leven. The child is christened Bride, and put on a ship bound for France. However, the ship is wrecked. Bride, the sole survivor, is rescued by one Captain Talbot. He and his wife rechristen her Cicely, and rear her as their own. However, they live near the place where Queen Mary, having escaped from Scotland, is living under the charge of the weak Earl of Shrewsbury and his wife, Bess of Hardwick. Captain Talbot, as a gentleman in the service of the earl, has to endure the violent quarrelling of the noble family and the constant intriguing that surrounds Queen Mary.Miss Yonge’s descriptive sketches of the personages who figured in connection with Marys captivity, of the inception and development of the plot, and of the social and domestic manners of the noble and middle classes of the period, are a delightful blending of fact and romance.

Although first published in 1869, Charles Kingsley's Madam How and Lady Why remains a classic book on earth science. Presented as a series of easy conversations dealing with natural phenomenon like earthquakes, volcanoes, coral reefs etc, it gives readers a basic understanding of geologic and earth knowledge. This edition is presented complete and unabridged, including all of the intricate illustrations featured in the original publication.

After the success of Fifty Famous Stories Retold, author James Baldwin was inundated with requests for more stories just like them. Nine years after the release of the original this was the result, a collection of another thirty stories of heroes, history and science. This edition has been formatted in the same manner as our release of Fifty Famous Stories Retold and features all of the original images.

Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare is a collection of twenty stories retold by the great Edith Nesbit. First released in 1907 with the goal of making the great plays that have influenced western culture easily understandable for children, these re-tellings have been a perfect introduction to 'The Bard' for over a century. This edition is presented with all the original page decorations and over eighty illustrations rearranged to match Ambleside Online reading order.

¿MY NAME IS MARY, and I am setting down all these things about our people here in this new world, hoping some day to send to my dear friend, Hannah, who lives in Scrooby, England, what may really come to be a story, even though the writer of it is only sixteen years old, having lived in Plymouth since the day our company landed from the Mayflower in 1620, more than eleven years ago.¿ So begins the compelling and historically-accurate Mary of Plymouth, the tale of sixteen-year-old Mary, who sailed with over a hundred Pilgrims on the Mayflower to establish a colony in America.

Have you ever wondered why it seems like you are standing still – even though you are on a planet that is moving through space? Albert Einstein wondered why. Do you know what the famous equation E=mc2 means? Einstein could have explained it! Do you know why black holes exist? In this engaging book, author Paul Fleisher answers these and many more questions as he looks at the laws of relativity and quantum mechanics. With easy-to-understand concepts and experiments, readers are introduced to the basic principles of modern physics in an exciting way.This edition of Paul Fleisher’s Secrets of the Universe has been fully revised by the author and features all of the original illustrations by Patricia Keeler.

The amazing story of a Venetian trader who becomes an aide to the great Kublai Khan comes to life in this retelling for students by Manuel Komroff. Follow along as Marco Polo travels through deserts littered with bones, encounters animals previously unknown to Europeans, and comes to serve in the court of one of the greatest kingdoms ever known.Included is a gorgeous new map tracing his journey, and 29 full page illustrations from an early edition written for adults.The text in this edition is a reprint of the original Messner Biography, a series that was created for students. "Well told and with engaging narratives, they unknowingly flow nicely from story to fact. You will find a plethora of information packed between these pages, not only about the title’s subject, but the subject's time and the world they lived in."

After A Wall Street Murder The FBI Has Their Suspect, But Do The Facts Add Up?In the lobby of a prestigious Wall Street investment firm, one man is dead and another seriously injured. The man accused of the crime now a fugitive. When the Director of the FBI personally orders Special Agent Sean Kruger to New York City to find the fugitive, Kruger questions the reason. Told to shut up and do his job, he starts looking into the case. What he finds is troubling. Eye-witness accounts seem contrived with little variance between individual testimonies. The more he hears, the more he feels someone is manipulating the story. ˃˃˃ A Fugitive Without A Paper TrailAs the investigation unfolds, he discovers the only information known about the fugitive is a HR file from a former employer. Public records of the man do not exist. The fugitive is a ghost, a ghost who has disappeared. ˃˃˃ Uncovering The ConspiracyWhen Kruger unearths information the investment firm lied about the incident in the lobby, he learns there is a possibility the fugitive was defending himself. He also discovers another individual is searching for the fugitive. An individual who has no interest in allowing the truth to be discovered. ˃˃˃ When the cat and mouse game turns lethal, Kruger must use all of his skills and experience to find the truth, protect the fugitive, and ultimately stay alive. Scroll Up And Grab Your Copy Today!

This wonderful book was used as a textbook in schools for many years as an introduction to chemistry and atoms.In a wonderfully easy to understand manner it takes the reader from the basic states of matter right through to how molecules are composed, how elements combine to make compounds, what’s in an atom, and so much more.This edition is presented in full color with all of the original interior illustrations.