Alger: 474 books

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: It was a cold day. There was no snow on the ground, but it was frozen into stiff ridges, making it uncom-fortable to walk upon. The sun had been out all day, but there was little heat or comfort in its...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: Richard Burton, a ranch owner in Iowa on the Missouri River, is in debt to miser Aaron Wolverton, and makes the semi-annual interest payment on his mortgage. Aaron hates Richard because his wife, Mary Burton,...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: Helen Ford works as a seamstress in a typical 1800's sweat shop, supporting her father, a dreamer who wants to invent a flying machine. There is money in the family, however, kept at a distance by a deceitful...

A classic adventure tale written for young men between the ages of about eight to eighteen.

Alone and penniless on the streets of New York, runaway orphan Sam Barker turns to theft and petty crime to survive.

I was born, Sherry Rue. I had moved to Washington, the place we were renting did not allow pets. I had found a good home for my dog but I really missed her. With all the rain and the lack of sunshine, it did not take long until I became depressed. Did not know anyone, my husband was working and I...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: Two boys were walking in the campus of the Bridgeville Academy. They were apparently of about the same age-somewhere from fifteen to sixteen-but there was a considerable difference in their attire. Herbert...

     They had scarcely commenced the meal when the father entered. Like his wife, he was coarsely dressed. In personal appearance he resembled his oldest boy. His wife looking up as he entered perceived that he looked troubled.     "What is the matter, Hiram?" she asked. "You look as if something had happened.

From LAIKA, the studio behind the hit film Coraline, comes another marvel of stop-motion animation and creative storytelling. For ParaNorman, LAIKA's team of artists and animators built and brought to life a miniature town, a horde of zombies, and a quirky cast of characters to tell a tale of a boy...

Over her thirty-year food career—from being one of the original Food Network stars and opening Border Grill to appearing on Top Chef Masters and creating STREET—celebrity chef Susan Feniger has continually found inspiration for her renowned cooking in street food carts around the world. In Susan...

Cheated of his inheritance by his scheming stepmother, young Gerald Lane goes to work for a lawyer who sends him on a perilous mission to Montana to recover stolen money.

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: "Who are you?" asked Cromwell. "I am the spirit of the boy you murdered," answered Robert. (page 176) Ralph Raymond's Heir, or The Merchant's Crime, was originally released as a serial in Gleason's Literary Companion in four issues from June 9th to July 10th 1869.