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Stephen Crane described his novel of the American Civil War as a "psychological portrait of fear." Although he never experienced the horror of battle himself, Crane based his realistic narrative largely on stories told by Civil War veterans. While those accounts tended to focus on the external action of warfare, the young newspaper reporter aspired to illustrate the internal experience of the soldier. What does a man think and feel when he must kill or be killed? When in the chaos of battle will fear paralyze him or, worse, cause him to turn coward and run? In a sense, modern American fiction begins with Crane's masterful, impressionistic depiction of Private Henry Fleming under fire.Sku: 9781586176464
The Red Badge of Courage
By: Stephen Crane Edited by: Mary Reichardt$10.95 -
The Red Badge of Courage is the second book in the Fog Trilogy of language-illustrated classic novels.2 GradesSku: 9780898247558
The Red Badge of Courage
By: Stephen Crane, Michael Clay Thompson$17.50 -
In addition to such familiar favorites as Jack and the Beanstalk, Rapunzel, The Ratcatcher (The Pied Piper), and Snowdrop (Snow White), The Red Fairy Book contains a wonderful collection of lesser-known tales from French, German, Danish, Russian, and Romanian sources. A tale from Norse mythology recounts the old story of Sigurd and Brynhild; tales by the great Madame d'Aulnoy include Graciosa and Percinet and Princess Rosette; lesser-known tales from Grimm's collection include The Three Dwarfs, Mother Holle, and The Golden Goose.Sku: 9780486216737
The Red Fairy Book
By: Andrew Lang$27.95 -
In the country of Burgundy, the Sauval brothers have begun to terrorize the surrounding lands in an attempt to bring the area under their control.Sku: 9781883937294
The Red Keep
By: Allen French$26.90 -
A Tale of Two Continents The Refugees is a fast-paced exciting historical novel filled with daring and adventure. It depicts the escape of Louis De Catinat and his cousin from France after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685. Fleeing aboard a merchant vessel they attempt to reach America but find themselves stranded on an iceberg. The result is a hazardous trek through Canadian forests, avoiding both Roman Catholic Frenchmen and savage Indians. Follow the adventures of well to do people, bereft of all convenience and fleeing for their lives to seek refuge in a country where freedom of religion returns stability to their lives.Sku: 9780921100676
The Refugees
By: A. Conan Doyle$19.95 -
Bearing six unusual gifts, young Prince Jen embarks on a perilous quest and emerges triumphantly into manhood. This rich fantasy was named "School Library Journal" Best Book of the Year and a "Booklist" Top of the List Award winner.Sku: 9780142402252
The Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen
By: Lloyd Alexander$10.99 -
The most important of the Socratic dialogues, the Republic is concerned with the construction of an ideal commonwealth and thus wins its place as the earliest of utopias.Sku: 9780393314670
The Republic
By: Plato, Translated by Richard W. Sterling$21.95 -
Marcus Tullius Cicero, a Roman statesman from the first century B.C., was convinced that the upright moral life was the happier life. The Republic became the blueprint of the U.S. government almost 2,000 years after it was written. In The Laws, Cicero defends his understanding of the upright moral life and becomes the foundation for the West’s philosophical discussion on the natural law. Studying such perennial works is a boon to everyone.Sku: 9780199540112
The Republic and The Laws
By: Cicero, Translated by Niall Rudd$24.50 -
Concluding the story of The Hobbit, this is the final part of Tolkien’s epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, featuring a striking black cover based on Tolkien’s own design, the definitive text, and a detailed map of Middle-earth.Sku: 9780261102378
The Return of the King
By: J.R.R. Rolkein$12.99 -
The Return of the King is the third part of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic adventure, The Lord of the Rings.Sku: 9780008376147
The Return of the King (Hardcover)
By: J.R.R.Tolkien$39.99 -
Thomas Paine’s The Rights of Man is a profound treatise advocating democracy, universal suffrage, and social justice, leaving a lasting imprint on the course of modern democratic thought.
The Rights of Man
By: Thomas Paine$19.50 – $33.95 -
These are the operas which play an important role in our book The Borrowed House by Hilda van Stockum. The opera cycle, The Ring of the Nibelung, by Richard Wagner, stands as one of the greatest achievements in the history of music.Sku: 9781948959629
The Ring and the Fire
By: Clyde Robert Bulla$14.95 -
For Anne and Gilbert Blythe, life in a small village is never dull because of all the entertaining gossip, and what strange and funny tales they hear.Sku: 9780553560688
The Road to Yesterday
By: L. M. Montgomery$10.99 -
For all its storied past and lofty reputation, poetry is really just the art of noticing, naming, and comparing the stuff of this world. Unlike the eye of modern science (which sees the world as a giant specimen for us to dissect), poetry fosters and nurtures life by finding wonder in the nooks and crannies of ordinary life. Suzanne Rhodes, a longtime poet and teacher, offers The Roar on the Other Side as an introductory guide for students (junior high and up). Clear and imaginative, this book makes poetry approachable. Focusing on the importance of sight and the necessity of practice, Rhodes easily communicates the joy of words to her readers and helps them see how good poetry binds all seemingly-contradictory things together. Students will emerge from this book with a good handle on the basics of writing poetry and a new appreciation for the awesome world wherein we live.1 GradeSku: 9781885767660
The Roar on the Other Side
By: Rhodes, Suzanne$35.50 -
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A Tale of the Renaissance Raymond felt the force of the last argument. Besides, he could not contend the point; his schoolfellow had him in his power. A little water from the crystal flask that lay on the table, a fine white kerchief from the looms of Cambray, and a pair of gentle, firm, skilful hands soon accomplished the task. Theodore’s words sometimes missed their aim, and hurt where they meant to heal, his fingers never. Their very form — long, slender, sensitive — evidenced at once fineness of perception and exquisite dexterity. Meanwhile the schoolfellows talked of the unfair and dastardly conduct of the Nicoloti, and formed plans of revenge. What they said was commonplace enough, but they speedily established a friendly understanding with each other. "I had not known you were destined to be a physician," said Raymond. "Is not that to sacrifice your genius and your learning?"Sku: 9781928136934
The Roman Students
By: Deborah Alcock$23.95