Pablo Marcos
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
When Sara Crewe is sent to Miss Minchin's school for young ladies, her indulgent father provides for her as if she were a little princess. But although her toys and clothes are the envy of the other girls, Sara's kindness and gift for storytelling soon win her lots of friends. Then, the tragic news arrives that her father has died penniless and, without wealth or a guardian, Sara is at the mercy of Miss Minchin. Forced to work from dawn until dusk...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
In the final years of the seventeenth century in a small town in New England, the venerable Colonel Pyncheon decides to erect a ponderously oak-framed and spacious family mansion. It occupies the spot where Matthew Maule, an "obscure man," had lived in a log hut, until his execution for witchcraft. From the scaffold, Maule points his finger at the presiding Colonel and cries "God will give him blood to drink!" The fate of Colonel Pyncheon exerts a...
4) Dracula
Author
Series
Great illustrated classics volume G224-51
Language
English
Description
In this retelling of the Bram Stocker classic, young Jonathan Harker first meets and then must destroy Count Dracula in order to save those closest to him.
Author
Series
Great illustrated classics volume F224-41
Publisher
Baronet Books
Pub. Date
c1995
Physical Desc
240 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
The voyages of an Englishman carry him to such strange places as Lilliput, where people are six inches tall; Brodingnag, a land of giants; an island of sorcerers; and a country ruled by horses.
Author
Series
Publisher
Baronet Books
Pub. Date
c1997
Physical Desc
239 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
An elephant hunter's chronicle of his safari into the interior of South Africa to search for a fabled diamond mine and to rescue the brother of the English gentleman who accompanies him across the deserts and mountains.
9) Jane Eyre
Author
Series
Publisher
Baronet Books
Pub. Date
©2004
Physical Desc
240 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
An abridged version of the story of an orphaned young English woman who accepts employment as a governess at Thornfield Hall, a country estate owned by the mysteriously remote Mr. Rochester.
Author
Publisher
DC Comics, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
[Trade paperback edition].
Physical Desc
218 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"The original Teen Titans always stood in the shadows of their larger-than-life mentors-- young heroes like Robin, Wonder Girl and Kid Flash saw plenty of action, but it was Batman, Wonder Woman and The Flash who ultimately called the shots. All that changed, however, with the arrival of The New Teen Titans in 1980-- and the lives of DC's adolescent adventurers would never be the same!"--Page 4 of cover.