Burnett: 718 books

... A few weeks before Amor was born, his weak, selfish boy-father - whose name was King Mordreth also - had been killed while hunting, and his fair mother with the clear eyes died when he was but a few hours old. But early in that day she sent for her venerable friend and teacher, who was said to...

Over the last few decades Caribbean writers - performance poets, newspaper poets, singer-songwriters - have created a genuinely popular art form, a poetry heard by audiences all over the world. At the same time, even at its most literary, Caribbean poetry shares the vigour of the oral tradition. Writers...

Annie Singer wanted a life that wasn’t cooped up in a dark room with noisy, dusty machinery all day. She wanted someone to love and someone who would love her. She wanted a life. And that wasn’t going to happen in Lowell, Massachusetts in 1866.Annie found an advertisement that would change her life.‘Nebraska...

Surviving the massacre of his remote village and saved by the awakening of his magic, the Apprentice sets out to find the father he has never met. Soon he finds himself at the bottom of the heap manipulated by a ruler who sees him as only one of all too many bastards. The Challenge is to survive under...

Das Buch zum gleichnamigen, bekannten TV-Klassiker! Amerika um 1850. Der siebenjährige Cedric ist ein normaler Junge, der mit seiner verwitweten Mutter in bescheidenen Verhältnissen lebt. Eines Tages erfährt er, dass er der Erbe eines reichen englischen Grafen ist, der ihn zu seinem Nachfolger...

Niemand kümmert sich um das Waisenkind Mary auf dem Schloss voller verborgener Zimmer und verbotener Gänge. Als sie eines Tages im Garten umherläuft, entdeckt sie ein efeuberanktes Tor. Hinter einer Mauer liegt ein geheimer Garten, der seit Jahren verschlossen ist. Gemeinsam mit Colin, ihrem zehnjährigen...

Short Stories and Tall Tales tells of the bummer days of eight young people. Some days are normal living experiences and others are the result of over active imaginations with suspense and a touch of the paranormal thrown in for good measure. Saturday Morning Surprise page 1 Brianna...

Costretta a trasferirsi in un tetro collegio inglese, Sara si conquista tante nuove amiche grazie alle meravigliose storie che sa inventare. Ma quando suo padre muore, lasciandola in miseria, l’arcigna direttrice la obbliga a fare da serva alle sue compagne. Sara pero non si arrende e, immaginando...

Succedono ancora i miracoli? Sembra proprio di sì, almeno nel misterioso giardino dove capitano Mary e Colin. Infatti, proprio grazie alla lenta magia di questo piccolo paradiso, Mary, nota a tutti per il suo carattere difficile e scontroso, si trasformerà in una ragazzina dolce e altruista e il...

Il piccolo Lord è stato pubblicato la prima volta a puntate sul St. Nicholas Magazine nel 1885 e in volume nel 1886. Il libro rappresentò un successo commerciale per il giornale e per la sua autrice. Costituì anche un precedente nel campo della legislazione dei copyright, quando nel 1888 l'autrice...

La vita di Cedric trascorre spensierata a New York grazie all’amore della mamma e degli amici che si e conquistato con il suo carattere aperto e gentile. Quando pero il nonno paterno _ un burbero conte che lui non ha mai conosciuto _ lo convoca in Inghilterra per dargli un’educazione da aristocratico,...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: High noon at Talbot's Cross-roads, with the mercury standing at ninety-eight in the shade-though there was not much shade worth mentioning in the immediate vicinity of the Cross-roads post-office, about...

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The sun had set, and the shadows were deepening in the big barn. The last red glow—the very last bit which reached the corner the children called the Straw Parlor—had died away, and Meg drew her knees up higher, so as to bring the pages of her book nearer to her eyes as the twilight deepened,...