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THE BEST OF UNCLE REMUS: FOLKTALES OF THE OLD SOUTH features more than 100 short stories told by Uncle Remus, Joel Chandler Harris' fictional Reconstruction-era former slave. Kindly Uncle Remus lives on a plantation, regaling the young with witty tales of Brer Rabbit and other wise animals whose tricks and trouble-making have entertained generations of readers in the United States and throughout the world.• Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings• Nights With Uncle Remus• Uncle Remus and Brer RabbitJoel Chandler Harris (1848-1908) was an American journalist and writer. Born illegitimately to an Irish immigrant, Harris grew up on the margins of Southern society. Self-conscious of his illegitimacy, his Irish ancestry, and his red hair, Harris was an avid reader but struggled in school. He went to work during the Civil War as a printer's devil on a Georgia Plantation, where he listened to stories and animal tales told by the slaves. These later served as the basis for his Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit stories. During Reconstruction, he worked at several Southern newspapers, eventually becoming a journalist at the ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, where he remained for nearly twenty-five years. During his time in Atlanta (1876-1908), Harris published several volumes of Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit stories (as well as other works), which quickly became bestsellers.

THE COMPLETE LEATHERSTOCKING TALES features the five novels of James Fenimore Cooper's beloved Leatherstocking series, which follow the adventures of Natty Bumppo. Set largely on the frontier of New York during the 18th century, Bumppo, who is known as "Leatherstocking" to the European settlers and "Deerslayer" or "Hawkeye" to the Native Americans, is an Anglo-American raised in part by Delaware Indians. Together with his brother and companion Chingachgook, they roam the frontier through a variety of harrowing adventures.• The Deerslayer• The Last of the Mohicans• The Pathfinder• The Pioneers• The Prairie James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was a highly prolific and popular American writer of the first part of the 19th century. Born in New Jersey, Cooper lived most of his life in Cooperstown, a community founded by and named after his father, in a newly-settled region of New York. James Fenimore Cooper became a sailor at the age of 17, voyaging to Europe and witnessing British impressment of American sailors. He later joined the U.S. Navy and served in the War of 1812. After leaving the Navy, Cooper began writing in 1820, eventually publishing more than 30 novels, as well as short stories, drama, and non-fiction during the next three decades.

THE TOM SWIFT COLLECTION includes 28 complete Tom Swift novels which follow the adventures of Tom Swift, an inventive and adventurous teenager who uses science and technology to thwart villains, solve crimes, and save the day.• Tom Swift and His Motor Cycle• Tom Swift and His Motor Boat• Tom Swift and His Airship• Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat• Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout• Tom Swift and His Wireless Message• Tom Swift Among the Diamond Makers• Tom Swift in the Caves of Ice• Tom Swift and His Sky Racer• Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle• Tom Swift in the City of Gold• Tom Swift and His Air Glider• Tom Swift in Captivity• Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera• Tom Swift and His Great Searchlight• Tom Swift and His Giant Cannon• Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone• Tom Swift and His Aerial Warship• Tom Swift and His Big Tunnel• Tom Swift In the Land of Wonders• Tom Swift and His War Tank• Tom Swift and His Air Scout• Tom Swift and His Undersea Search• Tom Swift Among the Fire Fighters• Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive• Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope• Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung• Tom Swift and the Visitor from Planet XVictor Appleton was a house pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate, a large publisher of books for young readers in the early and mid 20th century. The Tom Swift books were the work of Howard R. Garis (1873-1962) an American writer, journalist, and broadcaster. Garis used a number of pen names in producing works for the Stratemeyer Syndicate, including Laura Lee Hope (some of the Bobbsey Twins books), Clarence Young (the Motor Boys), Marion Davidson (the Camp Fire Girls), and Lester Chadwick (Baseball Joe). In addition to novels, Garis is perhaps best remembered as the creator of some 15,000 UNCLE WIGGLY stories, published nationally from 1910-1947 six times weekly.

THE RUTH FIELDING SERIES follows the adventures of young orphan Ruth Fielding, who's been sent to live with her uncle Jabez in New York. As she learns to live with her penny-pinching uncle, she solves mysteries, has adventures, and goes to war.• Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill, or Jasper Parloe's Secret• Ruth Fielding at Briarwood Hall, or Solving the Campus Mystery• Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp, or Lost in the Backwoods• Ruth Fielding at Lighthouse Point, or Nita, the Girl Castaway• Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch, or Schoolgirls Among the Cowboys• Ruth Fielding on Cliff Island, or The Old Hunter's Treasure Box• Ruth Fielding at Sunrise Farm, or What became of the Baby Orphans• Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies, or The Missing Pearl Necklace• Ruth Fielding in Moving Pictures, or Helping the Dormitory Fund• Ruth Fielding down in Dixie, or Great Days in the Land of Cotton• Ruth Fielding at College, or The Missing Examination Papers• Ruth Fielding in the Saddle, or College Girls in the Land of Gold• Ruth Fielding in the Red Cross, or Doing Her Bit for Uncle Sam• Ruth Fielding at the War Front, or The Hunt for the Lost Soldier• Ruth Fielding Homeward Bound, or A Red Cross Worker's Ocean Perils• Ruth Fielding Down East, or The Hermit of Beach Plum Point• Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest, or The Indian Girl Star of the Movies• Ruth Fielding on the St. Lawrence, or The Queer Old Man of the Thousand Islands

This Halcyon Classics ebook WHOSE BODY? is by 20th century British detective writer Dorothy L. Sayers. Sayers (1893-1957) is best known for her mysteries, a series of novels and short stories set between World War I and World War II that feature English aristocrat and amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey. She also composed poetry, essays, plays, and translated Dante's DIVINIA COMMEDIA (The Divine Comedy) into English.In WHOSE BODY?, Sayers introduces the character of Lord Peter Wimsey. Lord Peter is intrigued by the sudden appearance of a naked body in the bath of an architect, and investigates. A noted financier has also gone missing under strange circumstances, and as the case progresses it becomes clear that the two events are linked in some way.The book establishes many of Wimsey's character traits - for example, his interest in rare books, the nervous problems associated with his wartime shell-shock, and his ambiguous feelings about catching criminals for a hobby - and also introduces many characters who recur in later novels, such as Parker, Bunter, Sugg, and the Dowager Duchess.This ebook is DRM free and includes an active table of contents for easy navigation.

This Halcyon Classics ebook contains Augustine of Hippo's 'Confessions.' One of the early church fathers, Augustine's 'Confessions' charts his journey from his sinful youth and Manichaeism to Christianity. Includes an active table of contents for easy navigation.This unexpurgated edition contains the complete text with errors and omissions corrected.

THE JACK HILDRETH ADVENTURES include three of noted German writer Karl May's 'Jack Hildreth' adventures, WINNETOU, THE TREASURE OF NUGGET MOUNTAIN, and JACK HILDRETH ON THE NILE.• Winnetou, the Apache Knight• The Treasure of Nugget Mountain• Jack Hildreth on the NileKarl Friedrich May (1842-1912) was an immensely popular German writer, mostly known for his adventures and westerns for young readers. In a career lasting more than thirty years, May also published historical fiction, poetry, crime fiction, travel stories, and philosophy.

THE PENNY PARKER MYSTERY SERIES Volume II contains the final eight books in Mildred A. Wirt's popular detective stories for girls series. Includes an active table of contents for easy navigation.Saboteurs on the River (#10)Hoofbeats on the Turnpike (#11)Voice from the Cave (#12)Guilt of the Brass Thieves (#13)Signal in the Dark (#14)Whispering Walls (#15)Swamp Island (#16)The Cry at Midnight (#17)Mildred A. Wirt Benson (1905-2002) was a prolific author of books for young readers. A trained journalist, Benson is best known as a ghostwriter for the Stratemeyer Syndicate. Under the house pen-name Carolyn Keene, Benson completed 23 of the first 25 Nancy Drew mysteries and wrote a number of others until 1984. Benson also wrote her own mystery series, Penny Parker, from the 1930s to the 1950s.

This Halcyon Classics ebook collection contains thirty-five books and short stories by Frances Hodgson Burnett, including 'The Secret Garden,' 'A Little Princess,' and 'Little Lord Fauntleroy.' Includes an active table of contents for easy navigation.• The Secret Garden• A Little Princess• Little Lord Fauntleroy• The Lost Prince• The White People• Dawn of a To-Morrow• Emily Fox-Seton• Esmaralda• A Fair Barbarian• The Head of the House of Coombe• His Grace of Osmonde• In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim• In the Closed Room• A Lady of Quality• The Land of the Blue Flower• The Little Hunchback Zia• Little Saint Elizabeth• The Story of Prince Fairyfoot• The Proud Little Grain of Wheat• Behind the White Brick• Lodusky• Mère Girauds Little Daughter• Le Monsieur De La Petite Dame• My Robin• One Day at Arle• The Pretty Sister of José• Racketty-Packetty House• Robin• Seth• The Shuttle• Surly Tim• That Lass O’ Lowries• T. Tembarom• Vagabondia• Theo: A Sprightly Love StoryThis unexpurgated edition contains the complete text with errors and omissions corrected.

This Halcyon Classics ebook contains Augustine of Hippo's 'Confessions.' One of the early church fathers, Augustine's 'Confessions' charts his journey from his sinful youth and Manichaeism to Christianity. Includes an active table of contents for easy navigation.This unexpurgated edition contains the complete text with errors and omissions corrected.