Second entry in series of teen aviation stories, filled with lots of scientific jargon, a jewel heist, and adventure. Van Powell is a pseudonym of early Hollywood screenwriter, Ardon Van Buren Powell (1886-1958). ( Matt Pierard) [chương_files]
Of all the legends of bygone ages which we in the foremost ranks of time may call our own perhaps none have come to us so fraught with the spirit of lofty idealism as those which cluster about the figure of King Arthur of Britain and the mystic Quest of the Holy Grail. In their devious wanderings down the centuries they have gradually been purified of all original coarseness while still retaining that wonderful charm and simplicity which belongs to the tales of the childhood of the race. Furthermore, upon the lips of many a bard, both ancient and modern, they have become literature, so that they are now the rightful heritage of the child of to-day and should, in one form or another, find a place in every class room as supplementary reading at least. Because, for obvious reasons, in dealing with young children, the versions of the masters have not always proved practicable, the author has ventured to offer this little volume which grew out of a library story-hour trusting that it may be useful to mothers, teachers, children’s librarians and others who are endeavouring to hold before the children of a materialistic age that vision without which the people perish. – Summary by Winona Caroline Martin [chương_files]
Doctor John Dolittle is an animal doctor and famous naturalist whose success hinges on his ability to speak the languages of many different kinds of animals. This book, the second Dr. Dolittle adventure, is narrated by Tommy Stubbins, who meets the Doctor after finding an injured squirrel. Stubbins becomes interested in the Doctor’s work and has the opportunity to travel with him and several animal companions to a mysterious floating island called Spidermonkey Island. – Summary by Devorah Allen Cast List: Doctor Dolittle: axcel Tommy Stubbins: Devorah Allen Polynesia the Parrot: Beth Thomas Jip the Dog: Rich Brown Chee-Chee the Monkey: Jasmin Salma Dab-Dab the Duck: LikeManyWaters Prince Bumpo Kahbooboo: TJ Burns Long Arrow, Son of Golden Arrow: Gillian Hendrie Matthew Mugg: Nemo Joe the Mussel Man: Michael Jarvis Colonel Bellowes: DrPGould Mr. Stubbins: Gillian Hendrie Mrs. Stubbins: Leanne Yau School Boy: Susan Ferman Luke the Hermit: https://librivox.org/reader/11651 Policeman: KHand Bob the Bulldog: Eva Davis Mr. Percy Jenkyns: TriciaG The Honorable Eustace Beauchamp Conckley: Foon Prosecution Lawyer: Michael Jarvis Audience Woman: Pseudonymous Nerd Mrs. Luke: Susan Ferman Juryman: KHand Cheapside the Sparrow: Eva Davis Miranda the Purple Bird of Paradise: Sonia Ben Butcher the Able Seaman: Son of the Exiles Don Enrique: DrPGould Spanish boy: KHand Pepito de Malaga the Bullfighter: Bill Mosley Crowd Woman: Pseudonymous Nerd The Silver Fidgit: Leanne Yau Porpoise 1: Zoe Trang Porpoise 2: Evie Maria Popsipetel 1: Susan Ferman Popsipetel 2: KHand Bag-jagderag Chief: Foon Popsipetel Elder: Bill Mosley Narrator: Larry Wilson [chương_files] […]
First volume of an adventure series for young adults – Summary by kathrinee [chương_files]
Do not think, dear girls, that because you are girls you may not have as much courage as your brothers. I believe that quite as stout hearts beat beneath muslin frocks as under stuff jackets. When you have finished reading this book about your sisters, perhaps – if you do not already – you will agree with me, and think that it needs only occasion to call out the necessary courage. I have been asked which one of these heroines I think the most daring, but – oh dear – it would never do to have a favourite, would it? So I leave them to you, and that you will enjoy learning of their trials and triumphs is the wish of your friend, the author. – Summary by preface [chương_files]
People learn from other people, and races have forever learned from other races. Herein we are treated to an in-depth understanding of categorized social characteristics of the Native American peoples, primarily those of the western U.S. as they existed at the time of book publication (1908). ‘In dealing with [the Native Americans] as a race, a people, therefore, I do as I would with my own race, I take what to me seem to be racial characteristics, or in other words, the things that are manifested in the lives of the best men and women, and which seem to represent their habitual aims, ambitions, and desires.’ – Summary by Roger Melin & book foreword [chương_files]
Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include philosophy and thought — Plato, Aristotle, Leonhard Euler, Henri Amiel, and the French Rights of Man; adventure and mystery — the ascent of Aconcagua and the mystery ship Mary Celeste; science — a new comet and lichen dyes; portraits of the seasons by Lucy Maud Montgomery: biographies of Charles Dickens and Clara and Robert Schuman; a history of the Transcendental utopia Fruitlands by Louisa May Alcott, and an essay on reading by Isaac Disraeli. summary by Sue Anderson [chương_files]
A. A. Milne (18 January 1882 – 31 January 1956) was an English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for various poems. ‘If I May’ is a collection of short essays on desultory subjects that first appeared in The Sphere, The Outlook, The Daily News, The Sunday Express (London) and Vanity Fair (New York). These essays display Milne’s vivid imagination and literary ability to elaborate on almost any subject in an engaging manner. Milne’s literary style and humor – often self deprecatory – endear him to modern readers as well – Summary by Wikipedia, S K [chương_files]
A collection of essays on 19th century novelists, both famous ones and those largely forgotten now. Among the writers presented most wrote in English, but three foreign authors are also discussed. Phelps taught a course on novels at a university and he added to those biographical essays some of his ideas about the importance of novels in the process of teaching about literature. (Summary by Piotr Nater) [chương_files]
This seafaring adventure story was adapted from the German. It is also known as The Disobedient Son and tells the story of a boy who runs away to sea. – Summary by Lynne Thompson [chương_files]
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