Richard Halliburton's Book of Marvels: the Occident
By: Richard Halliburton
4.57
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
Written for students but loved by all ages Marvels of the Occident takes you on a journey to some o…
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1. Agnes Grey
By: Anne Brontë , Angeline Goreau
3.71
Format: 226 pages, Paperback
An alternate cover edition can be found here. Drawing heavily from personal experience, Anne Bro… read more
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"Dakle,"-Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey
"No one cares for the exterior."-Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey
"But, God knows best, I concluded."-Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey
"If you require perfection, you never will"-Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey
2. Of Courage Undaunted: Across the Continent with Lewis & Clark
By: James Daugherty
3.87
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Newbery and Caldecott Medal winner James Daugherty has applied his literary and artistic skill to b… read more
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- geography
- nonfiction
- history
- school
3. The Robe
By: Lloyd C. Douglas
4.23
Format: 528 pages, Paperback
A Roman soldier, Marcellus, wins Christ's robe as a gambling prize. He then sets forth on a quest t… read more
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"Lumea nu merită sacrificiul de a trăi pentru ea, cu atât mai puțin de a muri."-Lloyd C. Douglas, The Robe
"So much the better. The higher the price you have to pay, the more you will cherish it."-Lloyd C. Douglas, The Robe
"Cauza necazurilor noastre nu se află în jilțul guvernului, ci în imediata apropiere, în trib, în familie, în noi înșine."-Lloyd C. Douglas, The Robe
"E greu să-ți imaginezi lumea fără un creator, dar prefer să nu-mi închipui că faptele oamenilor sunt inspirate de ființe supranaturale. Îmi place mai mult să cred că oamenii și-au inventat brutalitat…"-Lloyd C. Douglas, The Robe
4. Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution
By: Natalie S. Bober
4.23
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Abigail Adams is often referred to as the wife of one president and the mother of another. Rarely i… read more
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5. The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
By: Howard Pyle
4.07
Format: 398 pages, Paperback
Dünya tarihinin en ünlü halk kahramanlarından biri olan Robin Hood, zorlu bir dönemde ortaya çıkmış… read more
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"Now there was no sign of any foul weather, but when one wishes to do a thing . . . one finds no lack of reasons for the doing."-Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
"So passed the seasons then, so they pass now, and so they will pass in time to come, while we come and go like leaves of the tree that fall and are soon forgotten."-Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
"I had to pay a ransom of six hundred pounds in gold. All might have gone well even yet, only that, by ins and outs and crookedness of laws, I was shorn like a sheep that is clipped to the quick."-Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
"Let us e'er be merry while we may, for man is but dust, and he hath but a span to live here till the worm getteth him, as our good gossip Swanthold sayeth; so let life be merry while it lasts, say I."-Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
6. Kim
By: Rudyard Kipling , None
2.86
Format: 358 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Kim is set in an imperialistic world; a world strikingly masculine, dominated by travel, trade and … read more
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7. Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)
By: Robert Louis Stevenson
3.79
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Tricked by the uncle who has stolen his inheritance, young David Balfour is kidnapped and bound for… read more
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"And life is all a variorum, at the best."-Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)
"To be feared of a thing and yet to do it, is what makes the prettiest kind of a man."-Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)
"There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility; we get none too much of them in this rough world among cold, proud people."-Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)
"But besides that I was of an unforgiving disposition from my birth, slow to take offense, slower to forget it, and now incensed both against my companion and myself."-Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)
8. Abraham Lincoln's World
By: Genevieve Foster
4.16
Format: 354 pages,
A children's biography of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States of America. read more
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9. Oliver Twist
By: Charles Dickens , George Cruikshank , Philip Horne
3.88
Format: 608 pages, Paperback
A gripping portrayal of London's dark criminal underbelly, published in Penguin Classics with an in… read more
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"Meat, ma'am, meat."-Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
"Please, sir, I want some more."-Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
"هناك كتب .. غلافـها أفضل ما فيها"-Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
"There are a good many books, are there not, my boy?"-Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
10. This Country of Ours
By: H.E. Marshall
3.36
Format: 317 pages, Paperback
Stories from the history of the United States beginning with a full account of exploration and sett… read more
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11. The Modern Age: From Victoria's Empire to the End of the USSR (The Story of the World #4)
By: Susan Wise Bauer
3.74
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Where was the Crystal Palace? Who was the Sick Man of Europe? And how did cow fat start a revolutio… read more
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- history
- school
12. God's Smuggler
By: John Sherrill , Elizabeth Sherrill , Brother Andrew
4.10
Format: None pages, Paperback
As a boy he dreamed of being a spy undercover behind enemy lines. As a man he found himself underco… read more
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- history
13. Wild Animals I Have Known
By: Ernest Thompson Seton
3.59
Format: 251 pages, Paperback
A stirring account of the lives of eight wild animals, including Lobo, the king of Currumpaw; Silve… read more
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14. Never Give in: The Extraordinary Character of Winston Churchill
By: Stephen Mansfield , George E. Grant
4.22
Format: 72 pages, Paperback
Winston Churchill was one of the most extraordinary leaders of the twentieth century. What was it t… read more
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15. Homer Price
By: Robert McCloskey
4.09
Format: 149 pages, Paperback
Welcome to Centerburg! Where you can win a hundred dollars by eating all the doughnuts you want; wh… read more
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"By the time Uncle Ulysses and the sheriff arrived and pushed through the crowd, the lunchroom was a calamity of doughnuts! Doughnuts in the window, doughnuts piled high on the shelves, doughnuts stac…"-Robert McCloskey, Homer Price
"Homer got down from the chair and pushed a button on the machine marked, "start". Rings of batter started dropping into the hot fat. After a ring of batter was cooked on one side, an automatic gadget…"-Robert McCloskey, Homer Price
16. Bulfinch's Mythology
By: Thomas Bulfinch
4.33
Format: 700 pages, Paperback
For almost a century and a half, Bulfinch's Mythology has been the text by which the great tales of… read more
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17. Carry a Big Stick: The Uncommon Heroism of Theodore Roosevelt
By: George Grant
3.19
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
This volume in the Leaders in Action series presents the life of Teddy Roosevelt: adventurer, journ… read more
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18. Augustus Caesar's World
By: Genevieve Foster
3.11
Format: 216 pages,
Considered the innovator of "horizontal history," Genevieve Foster became frustrated when her two s… read more
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19. Understood Betsy
By: Dorothy Canfield Fisher
4.22
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
For all of her nine years, fragile Elizabeth Ann has heard her Aunt Frances refer in whispers to he… read more
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- school
"What's the matter?" asked the teacher, seeing her bewildered face. "Why—why," said Elizabeth Ann, "I don't know what I am at all. If I'm second-grade arithmetic and seventh-grade reading and third-gr…"-Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Understood Betsy
20. The Burgess Animal Book for Children
By: Thornton W. Burgess , None
4.27
Format: 275 pages, Paperback
When Jenny Wren learns that Peter Rabbit would like to know more about the four-footed friends who … read more
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21. Trial and Triumph: Stories from Church History
By: Richard M. Hannula
3.00
Format: 9 pages,
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22. Richard Halliburton's Book of Marvels: the Occident
By: Richard Halliburton
4.57
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
Written for students but loved by all ages Marvels of the Occident takes you on a journey to some o… read more
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- geography
23. Howards End
By: E.M. Forster
3.96
Format: 318 pages, Paperback
A már életében klasszikusnak számító angol írónak ez volt a negyedik, a kritikusok szerint a legjob… read more
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"So never give in,"-E.M. Forster, Howards End
"Tulips were a tray of jewels."-E.M. Forster, Howards End
"Love and Truth, their warfare seems eternal."-E.M. Forster, Howards End
"Death destroys a man: the idea of Death saves him."-E.M. Forster, Howards End
24. Six Voices, One Story: The Heart of AmblesideOnline
By: AmblesideOnline Education Foundation
4.72
Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition
The AmblesideOnline Advisory began as a band of mothers who followed God and the vitalizing ideas o… read more
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25. Beyond Mere Motherhood: Moms Are People Too
By: Cindy Rollins
4.75
Format: 266 pages, Paperback
Being a mom can sometimes feel like an overwhelming job with endless tasks and lofty, unattainable … read more
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"The truth is that all humans are always seeing something, paying attention to something, learning something. Perhaps, we are learning every sort of sexual innuendo known to man by watching endless re…"-Cindy Rollins, Beyond Mere Motherhood: Moms Are People Too
26. Modern Miss Mason
By: Leah Boden
4.30
Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition
For every mother who desires to cultivate a lasting foundation of curiosity and wonder for her chil… read more
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27. George Washington Carver: Man's Slave Becomes God's Scientist
By: David R. Collins
4.09
Format: 131 pages, Paperback
A Children's Book That Celebrates a Christian Hero Teach your kids about one of the greatest Christ… read more
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28. The Courage and Character of Theodore Roosevelt: A Hero Among Leaders
By: George Grant
4.38
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Theodore Hero "Every great nation owes to the men whose lives have formed part of its greatness no… read more
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29. The Child's Book of Nature: Animals
By: Worthington Hooker
3.68
Format: 182 pages, Paperback
Have you ever wondered what is made from blood? Or how the mind gets knowledge? Maybe you’ve ponder… read more
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30. Madam How and Lady Why
By: Charles Kingsley
3.41
Format: 126 pages, Kindle Edition
This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteer… read more
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"My child, this world is a new place, and strange, and often terrible: but be not afraid. All will come right at last. Rest will conquer Restlessness; Faith will conquer Fear; Order will conquer Disor…"-Charles Kingsley, Madam How and Lady Why
31. AmblesideOnline Poetry Anthology Volume Five: Rudyard Kipling, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Greenleaf Whittier, Paul Laurence Dunbar
By: Donna-Jean A. Breckenridge
4.64
Format: 175 pages, Kindle Edition
“The thing is,” Charlotte Mason said in a book she wrote for children, “to keep your eye upon words… read more
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