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Running on Waves


Alexander Grin - 1926
    Content of the novel is based upon background of sea travel, heroes have portraits for the characters. Action is running in the "invented" places, whose names resemble names of the real cities in Crimea. Novel was written in 1928.

The Catcher in the Rye - Barron's Book Notes


Barron's - 1984
    Plot synopsis of this classic is made meaningful with analysis and quotes by noted literary critics, summaries of the work's main themes and characters, a sketch of the author's life and times, a bibliography, suggested test questions, and ideas for essays and term papers.

The Harvard Classics - Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Journal of John Woolman, Fruits of Solitude


Charles William Eliot - 1909
    Contents: Benjamin Franklin, His Autobiography; The Journal of John Woolman; Some Fruits of Solitude, in Reflections and Maxims, Part I; More Fruits of Solitude, being the Second Part of Reflections and Maxims.

Where the Red Fern Grows, Teaching Guide


Scholastic Inc. - 1997
    Each teaching guide includes a story summary, discussion questions, vocabulary builders, cross-curricular activities and more!

Hombre


Elmore Leonard - 1961
    Set in Arizona mining country, Hombre is the tale of a white man raised by Indians, who must come to the aid of people who hate him when their stagecoach is attacked by outlaws.

Their Yesterdays


Harold Bell Wright - 1912
    And it happened -- as such things often so happen -- that this man went back into his days that were gone. Again and again and again he went back. Even as every man, even as you and I, so this man went back into his Yesterdays. Then -- why then there was a woman. And it happened -- as such things sometimes so happen -- that this woman also went back into her days that were gone. Again and again and again she went back. Even as every woman, even as you and I, so this woman went back into her Yesterdays.From the introduction: Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law, Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw; Some livelier plaything gives his youth delight, A little louder, but as empty quite; Scarfs, garters, gold, amuse his riper stage, And beads and prayer-books are the toys of age; Pleased with this bauble still, as that before; Till tired he sleeps, and life's poor play is o'er."AN ESSAY ON MAN"--Pope.

The Old Beauty, and others


Willa Cather - 1948
    A Czech immigrant who finds a paradoxical contentment on the harsh expanse of the Nebraska prairie. A solitary young painter spying raptly and guiltily on his exquisite neighbor. These are some of the lives that Willa Cather renders, with a fine balance of compassion and detachment, in these nineteen stories. Here are the great themes that Cather staked out like tracts of land: the plight of people hungry for beauty in a country that has no room for it; the mysterious arc of human lives; the ways in which the American frontier transformed the strangers who came to it, turning them imperceptibly into Americans. In these fictions, Cather displays her vast moral vision, her unerring sense of place, and her ability to find the one detail or episode that makes a closed life open wide in a single exhilarating moment.

Twilight


John W. Campbell Jr. - 1934
    

The Odyssey by Homer: Annotated


Homer - 2021
    

Hell to Pay: The Life and Violent Times of Eli Gault


J. Lee Butts - 2009
    Lee Butts!If a hard life makes harder men‚ then Eli Gault is cast-iron in boots. Raised by a merciless‚ drunken, fire-and-brimstone preacher‚ young Eli avenged himself upon his pious pa. And that was only the beginning of his rage.Because when Eli meets Cutter Sharpe—a legendary man killer and expert gunhand—the two start shooting their way across Texas, leaving behind a trail of blood and bodies. But Eli is about to learn there’s a line a man shouldn’t cross, because with a vicious life like his there’s always a price to pay . . . and it’s paid in blood.Praise for Lawdog: The Life and Times of Haydon Tilden“Lawdog should assume its rightful place beside other Western classics.” —Peter Brandvold, author of Once Hell Freezes Over“Lawdog has it all. I couldn’t put it down.” —Jack Ballas, author of West of the River“J. Lee Butts is one fine Western writer whose stories have a patina of humor, nonstop action . . . and a strong sense of place.” —Roundup MagazineAbout the Author:J. Lee Butts is the author of 22 published books and numerous magazine articles and short works. His book Brotherhood of Blood was runner-up for the Western Writers of America Spur Award in 2005. He’s worn many hats over the years (teacher, administrator, pool manager, IBM supervisor, and western author), and he and his late wife lived everywhere from Los Angeles to Dallas. Currently he’s hanging those hats back in White Hall, Arkansas.

The Loudwater Mystery


Edgar Jepson - 1920
    You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

Up Into The Singing Mountain


Richard Llewellyn - 1960
    Fiction - Sequel to "How Green Was My Valley"

The Brothers Karamazov by F. M. Dostoevskij


Jan van der Eng - 1971
    

The Electric Circus


Timothy Lipton
    It’s set in 2 different time periods; it kinda switches back and forth. The circus part is a metaphor for the anxiety of modern life.

Absolution, Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 22nd Infantry


Charles J. Boyle - 2013
    This accurate portrayal of battle is poignantly told by an author who has "been there." Absolution is a remarkable resurrection of the Vietnam battlefield, with all of the valor, pain, and sacrifice that distinguished it from other wars. It is undistorted in its accuracy and exquisite in its prose. Absolution is superb history and great reading! It will tear at your heart and make you want to cry.