Kidnapped & Catriona
Kidnapped & Catriona

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson

Publisher: Birlinn

Published: 2013-06-24

Total Pages: 562

ISBN-13: 0857907085

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In "Kidnapped" (1886) and later fiction such as "The Master of Ballantrae" (1888), Stevenson examined some of the extreme and contrary currents of Scotland's past, often projecting a dualism of both personality and belief. This dualism is most famous in "Kidnapped", whose two central characters are David Balfour, a Lowland Whig, and Alan Breck Stewart, a Highland Jacobite. The novel revolves around their friendship and their differences, suggesting a metaphor for Scotland itself. Stevenson wrote the sequel "Catriona" with the title David Balfour, but during serialisation in England the public became confused, thinking it might be a reprint of "Kidnapped". At publisher Cassell's request, the title was changed to "Catriona", after Balfour's daughter.

Reader's Digest Best Loved Books for Young Readers
Reader's Digest Best Loved Books for Young Readers

Author: Jack London

Publisher:

Published: 1989-02

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 9780945260288

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The adventures of an unusual dog, part St. Bernard, part Scotch shepherd, that is forcibly taken to the Klondike gold fields where he eventually becomes the leader of a wolf pack. . -- Calm, stoic captain Mac Whirr has just been given command of a new steamship, the Nan-Shan. He and his crew are transporting Asian workers across the China Sea when a sudden drop in atmospheric pressure alerts Mac Whirr of, "some uncommonly dirty weather knocking about."

Readers Digest Best Loved Book for Young Readers
Readers Digest Best Loved Book for Young Readers

Author: Jules Verne

Publisher: Choice Pub

Published: 1989-02-01

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 9780945260295

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A condensation of the nineteenth-century tale of an electric submarine, its eccentric captain, and the undersea world, which anticipated many of the scientific achievements of the twentieth century.

Best of Reader's Digest Vol 2
Best of Reader's Digest Vol 2

Author: Reader's Digest

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2021-06-08

Total Pages: 421

ISBN-13: 1621455637

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This collection showcases over 40 timeless stories that make you feel deeply and stick with you, along with cartoons, jokes, and readers' warm and funny true anecdotes. From everyday heroes to larger-than-life characters, small moments to historic events, the unforgettable stories in Reader's Digest come alive as never before in this keepsake book. Our editors have combed the archives for the narratives that thrill your senses, warm your heart, lift your spirits and leave you amazed or simply grateful for your connection with fellow humans, including: *Pilot Down: The Rescue of Scott O'Grandy--An Air Force captain policing a NATO "No Fly Zone" is struck by a missile and must use his ejection seat and parachute down into enemy territory. *The Pig That Changed My Life--The author agrees to take in what he's told is a mini pig. At first he hides the pig in his office, but his partner finds out and is upset. Nevertheless, they keep the pig and call it Esther. Esther grows up to be 650 pounds, sleeps with them along with 2 cats and 2 dogs, and wins the whole family over with her antics. The humans become vegan. *To My Daughter on Acquiring Her First Car--This is a lovely letter written by a father to his daughter as he gets her a car. It is a fond but serious plea that she not take lightly the responsibility of working this machine, that her and many others’ lives depend on her good judgement and care.

Dinosaur Train Buddy and the Nature Trackers
Dinosaur Train Buddy and the Nature Trackers

Author: Dinosaur Train

Publisher: Studio Fun International

Published: 2012-01-03

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780794424695

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More than 45 flap surprises and a fun early learning activity for each spread combine to make this Dinosaur Train flap book entertaining and educational! The Nature Trackers are always on the lookout for interesting things to discover all around them. Kids will love tagging along for adventures as Buddy, Tiny, Don, and Shiny check out a cave filled with colorful gems, watch baby dinosaurs hatch from eggs, and more. Fun learning activities throughout reinforce early learning concepts like colors, action words, counting, matching, and opposites.

Don Quixote, U. S. A.
Don Quixote, U. S. A.

Author: Richard Powell

Publisher: Bantam Books

Published: 1966

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13:

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Insignificant Peace Corps man, sent to promote banana culture on a Caribbean island, rises to great heights of public favor despite being trapped between two conflicting factions.

The Double Image
The Double Image

Author: Helen Macinnes

Publisher: Titan Books (US, CA)

Published: 2013-08-06

Total Pages: 428

ISBN-13: 178116441X

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While carrying out research in Paris, American historian John Craig is surprised when he runs into his old college professor. Sussman is a worried man. A survivor of Auschwitz, he in shock, having seen and been seen by one of the Nazis who tortured him in the camp. But SS Colonel Berg has been dead for ten years – or has he? Before Craig can help solve the riddle, Sussman is found dead and Craig is being questioned by the police. As various international organisations are drawn into the hunt for Sussman’s killer, he realises that the ex-Nazi is far more than just a wanted war criminal. Soon Craig’s search for the truth takes him from Paris to the island of Mykonos, where he must unmask a dangerous and powerful foe.