Elizabeth Enright

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Wyoming

A silver thimble and a new friend make a girl's summer magical in Elizabeth Enright's Thimble Summer.

A few hours after nine-year-old Garnet Linden finds a silver thimble in the dried-up riverbed, the rains come and end the long drought on the farm. The rains bring safety for the crops and the livestock, and money for Garnet's father. Garnet can't help feeling that the thimble is a magic talisman, for the summer proves to be interesting and exciting in so many different ways.

There is the arrival of Eric, an orphan who becomes a member of the Linden family; the building of a new barn; and the county fair at which Garnet's carefully tended pig, Timmy, wins a blue ribbon. Every day brings adventure of some kind to Garnet and her best friend, Citronella. As far as Garnet is concerned, the thimble is responsible for each good thing that happens during this magic summer--her thimble summer.

Thimble Summer

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Elizabeth George Speare

Small bit of writing on front upper right corner of cover, and inside of cover. All pages are an excellent condition. Binding is an excellent condition. The rest of the cover is also in great condition.

A young Jewish rebel is filled with hatred for the Romans and a desire to avenge his parents' deaths until Jesus of Nazareth teaches him love and understanding of others. A Newbery Medal book. Reissue.

The Bronze Bow

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Multiple spots that are underlined or have a mark in the margin. The book is still very readable. Binding is coming undone on the top of the spine.

Madame Curie

Spine is worn in a couple spots, though still intact. Inside is in good condition. Recommended as further reading with Madam How and Lady Why in Anne White’s AO guide.

The Big Wave

The Enormous Egg

Terry Jennings

And Other Stories

The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, and Is He Living or Is He Dead? are 3 of the short stories of Mark Twain in this book.

The Celebrated Jumping Frog

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Oscar. Wilde

Witty and buoyant comedy of manners is brilliantly plotted from its effervescent first act to its hilarious denouement, and filled with some of literature's most famous epigrams. Widely considered Wilde's most perfect work, the play is reprinted here from an authoritative early British edition. Note to the Dover Edition.

The Importance of Being Earnest

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Louise Egan

The Great American Inventor

Examines the life and achievements of the famous inventor, from his boyhood experiments to his search for electricity.

Thomas A. Edison

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Mark Twain

This classic social satire follows Yankee Hank Morgan after a blow to the head in nineteenth-century Connecticut transports him to 528 A.D., where he proceeds to modernize King Arthur's kingdom.

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

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Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Brideshead Revisited 

An ex-library copy. Includes age of fable, age of chivalry, and legends of Charlemagne. Includes illustrations.

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Bulfinch’s Mythology

A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery

The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club

My Brother Sam is Dead 

Carol Ryrie Brink

Pages are an excellent condition. Slight rip on front cover as seen in photo.

This Newbery Award winning book . . . has been reprinted with a charming reminiscence by the author about her grandmother Caddie . . . Told with style and grace and teamed with . . . fresh new illustrations, the story of Wisconsin frontier life in the 1860s will continue to attract readers today.--School Library Journal, starred review.

Caddie Woodlawn

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James Matthew Barrie

Amy Billone

Peter Pan, by J.M. Barrie, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics [http://www.barnesandnoble.com/classics/index.asp'z=y&cds2Pid=16447&sLinkPrefix] series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
 * New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars
 * Biographies of the authors
 * Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events
 * Footnotes and endnotes
 * Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work
 * Comments by other famous authors
 * Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations
 * Bibliographies for further reading
 * Indices & Glossaries, when appropriate

All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences--biographical, historical, and literary--to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.
 
Peter Pan first flew across a London stage in 1904, overwhelming audiences with its tale of a magical boy who never grows up, who lures young Wendy and her brothers to Neverland where they meet pirates, Indians, fairies, and the Lost Boys. Following the play’s astonishing success, J. M. Barrie revised and expanded the story and published it as this novel, originally titled Peter and Wendy when it appeared in 1911. For children, it remains a marvelous mix of fantasy and adventure, featuring unique, imaginative characters, who frisk and frolic in an enchanting land.

For adults, the story of Peter and the Lost Boys works on a much deeper level, speaking to them about the inevitable loss of childhood and the ability "to fly.” The climactic duel between the "proud and insolent youth” (Peter Pan) and the "dark and sinister man” (Captain Hook) is both a swashbuckling romp and a moving metaphor for the complex, poignant struggle between innocent but irresponsible youth and tainted but dependable maturity. Neither side wins, for the one inevitably becomes the other. Of course, the ageless Peter Pan is the happy exception.
 

Amy Billone teaches at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She received her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature at Princeton University, where she wrote her dissertation on women’s involvement with the nineteenth-century sonnet.

Peter Pan

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Slight yellowing of pages due to age. Lots of wonderful illustrations by Les Morrill.

The Wind in the Willows

Vintage paperback of this classic. Some bending on the front cover. Binding is in great condition. A little yellowing in the pages due to age.

The Age of Fable

James Daugherty

Learn how and why the Pilgrims left England to come to America!

In England in the early 1600s, everyone was forced to join the Church of England. Young William Bradford and his friends believed they had every right to belong to whichever church they wanted. In the name of religious freedom, they fled to Holland, then sailed to America to start a new life. But the winter was harsh, and before a year passed, half the settlers had died. Yet, through hard work and strong faith, a tough group of Pilgrims did survive. Their belief in freedom of religion became an American ideal that still lives on today.

James Daugherty draws on the Pilgrims' own journals to give a fresh and moving account of their life and traditions, their quest for religious freedom, and the founding of one of our nation's most beloved holidays; Thanksgiving.

The Landing of the Pilgrims

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Small rip at bottom of spine. All the pages and rest of books are in excellent condition.

The Twenty-One Balloons

The Door in the Wall

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William Zinsser

One small tear in the front cover. Otherwise in wonderful condition.

The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction

On Writing Well has been praised for its sound advice, its clarity and the warmth of its style. It is a book for everybody who wants to learn how to write or who needs to do some writing to get through the day, as almost everybody does in the age of e-mail and the Internet. Whether you want to write about people or places, science and technology, business, sports, the arts or about yourself in the increasingly popular memoir genre, On Writing Well offers you fundamental priciples as well as the insights of a distinguished writer and teacher. With more than a million copies sole, this volume has stood the test of time and remains a valuable resource for writers and would-be writers.

On Writing Well

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A couple drop spots on front cover. Binding still very tight and pages in great condition.

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