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Nature was a form of religion for naturalist, essayist, and early environmentalist Henry David Thoreau (1817–62). In communing with the natural world, he wished to "live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and … learn what it had to teach." Toward that end Thoreau built a cabin in the spring of 1845 on the shores of Walden Pond — on land owned by Ralph Waldo Emerson — outside Concord, Massachusetts. There he observed nature, farmed, built fences, surveyed, and wrote in his journal. One product of his two-year sojourn was this book — a great classic of American letters. Interwoven with accounts of Thoreau's daily life (he received visitors and almost daily walked into Concord) are mediations on human existence, society, government, and other topics, expressed with wisdom and beauty of style. Walden offers abundant evidence of Thoreau's ability to begin with observations on a mundane incident or the minutiae of nature and then develop these observations into profound ruminations on the most fundamental human concerns. Credited with influencing Tolstoy, Gandhi, and other thinkers, the volume remains a masterpiece of philosophical reflection. A selection of the Common Core State Standards Initiative.1 GradeWalden
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"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." Inspiring, brilliantly written, cantankerous and funny - Walden is both a very specific story about one man's attempt to live the simple life in the wilderness, and the great, founding text both for the environmental movement and the entire counter-culture A new series of twenty distinctive, unforgettable Penguin Classics in a beautiful new design and pocket-sized format, with colored jackets echoing Penguin's original covers.1 GradeWalden
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A transcendentalist classic on social responsibility and a manifesto that inspired modern protest movements.Walden and Civil Disobedience
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Henry David Thoreau’s account of his adventure in self-reliance on the shores of a pond in Massachusetts—part social experiment, part spiritual quest—is an enduringly influential American classic.Walden and Civil Disobedience
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A travel and mystery tale about the missteps, adventures, and heroism of an 11-year-old American who walks the 500-mile Camino de Santiago pilgrimage in Spain with his home-schooling family.Walk: Jamie Beacon’s Secret Mission on the Camino de Santiago
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True story of a young black woman, Sojourner Truth, called by God to preach the gospel in pre-Civil War America. Traces Sojourner Truth's life from slavery in New York State, winning a court case concerning her son, becoming a traveling speaker and activist for women's rights and the abolition of slavery. Excellent introduction for middle-schoolers to the abolitionist movement.Walking the Road to Freedom
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The Life of the Venerable John Alcock (Late Archdeacon of Waterford) “John,” said his father, calling him one day to his side, “what would you like to be?” “A doctor, Sir,” was the prompt reply of the doctor’s son, who shared the family esprit de corps to the uttermost. “I was born a doctor, of a family of doctors,” he often said afterward. “Well, Ben and Nat are going to be doctors; I think you had better be a clergyman,” was the disappointing answer.Walking with God
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From the capital city of Monterey, California, the governor, a minister named Walter Colton, watched his citizens abandon their homes and head for the mountains, eager to strike it rich looking for gold.Walter Colton’s Gold Fever
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From the Publisher: An engaging tale from one of America’s most beloved artists and storytellers. When the Duke notices that Walter the baker has substituted water for milk in his sweet rolls, he presents Walter with a challenge: create from one piece of dough a roll the sun can shine through three times, or be banished from the Duchy. Full color.Walter the Baker
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Hunted by foes, tormented by spirits, and plagued by maleria, Wambu stumbles back to his old village in an effort to reach the white man.Wambu In the Valley of Death
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Wambu learns more about Jesus, but the mystery and magic of the old witchcraft die hard in the boy’s heart.Wambu Journey To Manhood
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Wambu is a young aborigine whose family is part of a small and slowly shrinking tribe ruled by a witch doctor.Wambu The Chieftain’s Son
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Wangari Maathai received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 for her efforts to lead women in a nonviolent struggle to bring peace and democracy to Africa through its reforestation. Her organization planted over thirty million trees in thirty years. This beautiful picture book tells the story of an amazing woman and an inspiring idea.Wangari Maathai
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War Boy is a modern classic about a young boy growing up during World War II. Life during wartime is vividly brought to life in this personal story filled with childhood memories – from hiding in air-raid shelters to playing in bombed-out ruins.War Boy
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A special lavishly illustrated new edition of Michael Foreman's classic story. War Game is a modern classic about a group of lads who sign up to fight in World War I and find themselves fighting on the front line. Then, on Christmas Day in 1914, something remarkable happens...War Game
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Sample The story of a killer-dog. His owner had tried to train him to the domestic life, but the call of the wild and his hunting instincts were too powerful. As a killer he roamed abroad, hunted fiercely by farmers whose stock he wantonly destroyed. It is a story that is founded in fact. As for Warrigal — he is as nature fashioned him. “I have not sought to glorify Warrigal, neither have I condemned him. I have just tried to present him as he really is, without fear or favour, affection or ill-will.”Warrigal the Warrior
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