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23/06/2024
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Old Tobacco Shop

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A True Account of What Befell a Little Boy in Search of Adventure. Life is hard for a little boy who can’t even say his own name, so he has to make his own luck where he finds it, even if Aunt Amanda is always chastising him for having his hands in his pockets in this winner of the 1922 Newbery Award for children’s literature. Today’s parents should be aware the adventure is a tobacco-induced dream.     [chương_files]  

23/06/2024
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Seckatary Hawkins in Cuba

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Seckatary Hawkins, the genial fat boy, is a favorite character with everyone who enjoys the deeds of a very real boy who manages to discover that adventure and mystery are not so very far off for one who looks for them. In Seckatary Hawkins in Cuba, he is embarked on that greatest of adventures, the search for hidden treasure. It is the hoard of old Cazanova in Cuba upon the quest for which young Hawkins is intent, and there are thrills and surprises and laughs aplenty in his narrative of the events encountered. Hawkins accompanies his friend “Link, the Skinny Guy”, into the romantic West Indian island to obtain possession of an inheritance. They find themselves in a nest of mystery and experience ghastly happenings in the Cuban villa where they stay. Ghostly chains rattle, a figure in a portrait moves, a strange old man is caught robbing the house. The treasure map is discovered and the young fellows find that pirate gold may be found but that it is another matter to safely retain it. The climax comes when “Skinny” finds his mother, whom he thought was no longer living. (From the original dust jacket)     [chương_files]  

22/06/2024
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Boy Scouts on Sturgeon Island

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The Silver Fox Patrol is out on Lake Superior for another great trip! Dr. Hobbs has been called away, yet again, on an emergency. That leaves Thad in charge of our boys once again! Many adventures await the scouts out on Sturgeon Island! Herbert Carter is one of many pseudonyms used by St George Rathborne.     [chương_files]  

22/06/2024
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Doctor Dolittle’s Post Office

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Doctor Dolittle’s Post Office is the exciting third in the series of Hugh Lofting’s Doctor Dolittle books. As usual, the Doctor has many adventures while helping his animal friends and the people he meets. At the start book, Doctor Dolittle gets help from the sea birds to help to capture a notorious slave trader and free his captives, then organizes the postal service of a small African kingdom, Fantippo, ruled over by King Koko. He does this of course with the help of all his animal friends especially the birds. He discovers a hidden island populated by peace loving creatures, gets thrown into another African jail, invents animal alphabets, and defeats at least two armies. Each of the animals in the Dolittle family also tells a quaint and personal story. The postal program grows into a worldwide postal and publishing service for the benefit of animals everywhere. ..Whew! what an adventure! .     [chương_files]  

22/06/2024
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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 054

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Sixteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include Science and Exploration–a tribute to Egyptologist Amelia Edwards, and discourses on gravitation and relativity by Georges-Louis Le Sage and Ralph Sampson; Sociology and Society–Julio Guerrero on the Mexican character, reflections on life from Kierkegaard’s Diapsalmata, Immanuel Kant on religious education, the fate of romance in the King of Siam’s harem, nickelodeons, and the tragic results of an 1851 fire on small businesses in New York’s Bowery; Nature–how weeds spread, animal coloration, and mountaineering in the Rockies; as well as a biography of Buster Keaton, and a treatise on British hat making in the age of Top Hats with styles named the Bang-Up and the Vis-a-Vis. (summary by Sue Anderson)     [chương_files]  

22/06/2024
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Pee-Wee Harris on the Trail

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In this, the second Pee-Wee Harris adventure, we follow young Walter, B.S.A (Boy of Superior Appetite or Boy Scout of America, take your pick) as he encounters robbers, proves himself a good friend and follows a trail of footprints into trouble. – Summary by Lynne Thompson     [chương_files]  

22/06/2024
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Pee-Wee Harris in Luck

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Another episode in the life of the loveable Pee-Wee Harris, Boy Scout and Boy of Superior Appetite, who always lands on his feet, even when things don’t turn out as planned.     [chương_files]  

22/06/2024
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Og – Son of Fire

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Five hundred thousand years ago, Og has been separated from his people during a volcano eruption. This story follows Og on his journey to find his people and the many adventures he experiences along the way. (Summary by linny)     [chương_files]  

22/06/2024
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Pee-Wee Harris Adrift

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That lovable Boy Scout, Pee-Wee Harris, is back for another adventure, this time on the water. Somehow, he always manages to find the snacks necessary for him to land on his feet. – Summary by Lynne Thompson     [chương_files]  

22/06/2024
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Ceres’ Runaway & Other Essays

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Alice Meynell was an English essayist, critic, and poet who was also a leading suffragist, serving as vice-president of the Women Writers’ Suffrage League, She and her husband Wilfrid Meynell were active in publishing and editing literary works including helping to launch the first works of Francis Thompson, author of “Hound of Heaven.” The Meynell’s later converted to Roman Catholicism. These essays are very evocative for anyone who has, or wants to visit London, capturing the atmosphere of the late nineteenth century In “Ceres’ Runaway,” she covers topics ranging through travel, literature and children. – Summary by Larry Wilson     [chương_files]