Books published by publisher Mnemosyne Books

"A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas" is more commonly known as A Christmas Carol was written by Charles Dickens in 1843.This edition is based on the original, unabridged, 1843 edition with the original illustrations by John Leech. A Christmas Carol recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. After their visits, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man.

• The book includes 10 unique illustrations that are relevant to its content.Little Women is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888). The book was written and set in the Alcott family home, Orchard House, in Concord, Massachusetts. It was published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869. The novel follows the lives of four sisters – Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March – and is loosely based on the author's childhood experiences with her three sisters. The first volume, Little Women, was an immediate commercial and critical success, prompting the composition of the book's second volume, entitled Good Wives, which was also successful. Both books were first published as a single volume entitled Little Women in 1880. Alcott followed Little Women with two sequels, also featuring the March sisters: Little Men (1871) and Jo's Boys (1886). Little Women is one of the best loved books of all time. Lovely Meg, talented Jo, frail Beth, spoiled Amy: these are hard lessons of poverty and of growing up in New England during the Civil War. Through their dreams, plays, pranks, letters, illnesses, and courtships, women of all ages have become a part of this remarkable family and have felt the deep sadness when Meg leaves the circle of sisters to be married at the end of Part I. Part II, chronicles Meg's joys and mishaps as a young wife and mother, Jo's struggle to become a writer, Beth's tragedy, and Amy's artistic pursuits and unexpected romance. Based on Louise May Alcott's childhood, this lively portrait of nineteenth-century family life possesses a lasting vitality that has endeared it to generations of readers.

This edition of "Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys", is based on the unabridged 1901 edition with the original illustrations by Reginald B Birch.Little Men is the second book in the unofficial "Little Women" trilogy by Louisa May Alcott. It tells the story of Jo Bhaer and the children at Plumfield Estate School."Jo's Boys, and How They Turned Out" concludes the "Little Women" series.

Emic Rizzle is a tenacious girl interested in taking objects apart and making them better. Unfortunately her life is unraveling at a faster pace than she can repair: her beloved grandfather passes away; her parents need to move to a different state; she may lose old friends and the kids at the new school think she's weird. But nothing is more strange than discovering her grandfather was an actual WWII spy and that the antique camera found among his belongings might hold a vital secret that mysterious men in black suits will chase her for. Emic needs new ideas and friends if she is going to save the day.

Emic Rizzle is a tenacious girl interested in taking objects apart and making them better. Unfortunately her life is unraveling at a faster pace than she can repair: her beloved grandfather passes away; her parents need to move to a different state; she may lose old friends and the kids at the new school think she's weird. But nothing is more strange than discovering her grandfather was an actual WWII spy and that the antique camera found among his belongings might hold a vital secret that mysterious men in black suits will chase her for. Emic needs new ideas and friends if she is going to save the day.

An otherwise ordinary summer trip to the countryside is upended when sixteen-year-old Sarah first hears about the bombs. They’re detonating in every major city in the world, and as far as anyone knows, they don’t stop when power and communications suddenly go down. When her aunt and uncle don’t return from a supply run, Sarah sets out in search of help, but with no idea how she arrived there, she instead wakes up in Elysia, a seaside children’s prison, where the Guardians who watch the gates aren’t the only enemy.While trying to outwit a gang of perilous teenage thugs who rule Elysia, Sarah and her new friend Atlas sift through propaganda explaining the establishment of the New Order that has put them here. Deeply buried, they discover the existence of a mysterious Failsafe, left by the engineer of the New Order, that promises to return life to normal. With no hope that rescue is coming, it’s up to Sarah and Atlas to find the Failsafe and bring an end to the Watchmaker’s New Order. But first they have to get out of Elysia alive...

An otherwise ordinary summer trip to the countryside is upended when sixteen-year-old Sarah first hears about the bombs. They’re detonating in every major city in the world, and as far as anyone knows, they don’t stop when power and communications suddenly go down. When her aunt and uncle don’t return from a supply run, Sarah sets out in search of help, but with no idea how she arrived there, she instead wakes up in Elysia, a seaside children’s prison, where the Guardians who watch the gates aren’t the only enemy. While trying to outwit a gang of perilous teenage thugs who rule Elysia, Sarah and her new friend Atlas sift through propaganda explaining the establishment of the New Order that has put them here. Deeply buried, they discover the existence of a mysterious Failsafe, left by the engineer of the New Order, that promises to return life to normal. With no hope that rescue is coming, it’s up to Sarah and Atlas to find the Failsafe and bring an end to the Watchmaker’s New Order. But first they have to get out of Elysia alive...

This updated edition of "The Story of Doctor Dolittle" includes the original illustrations by the author, Hugh Lofting.The Story of Doctor Dolittle, Being the History of His Peculiar Life at Home and Astonishing Adventures in Foreign Parts is the first book of the Doctor Dolittle series of books. It introduces the character of Doctor Dolittle, a man who learns to talk to animals and becomes their champion around the world.