Burnett: 718 books
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Language: French
Release Date: September 26, 2016
Language: French
Release Date: September 26, 2016
Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett, de son nom de jeune fille Frances Eliza Hodgson, née le 24 novembre 1849 à Manchester et décédée le 24 octobre 1924 à Plandome dans l’État de New York, est une romancière britannique, connue pour être l’une des pionnières du roman d’apprentissage pour...
Trying Leviathan
The Nineteenth-Century New York Court Case That Put the Whale on Trial and Challenged the Order of Nature
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2010
In Moby-Dick, Ishmael declares, "Be it known that, waiving all argument, I take the good old fashioned ground that a whale is a fish, and call upon holy Jonah to back me." Few readers today know just how much argument Ishmael is waiving aside. In fact, Melville's antihero here takes sides...
Protestantism in Guatemala
Living in the New Jerusalem
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2010
Guatemala has undergone an unprecedented conversion to Protestantism since the 1970s, so that thirty percent of its people now belong to Protestant churches, more than in any other Latin American nation. To illuminate some of the causes of this phenomenon, Virginia Garrard-Burnett here offers the first...
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Frances Hodgson Burnett was an English author best known for writing some of the greatest children’s novels in literature. Some of Burnett’s works have been turned into popular plays. This edition of The Little Hunchback Zia includes a table of contents.
The Sounding of the Whale
Science and Cetaceans in the Twentieth Century
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2012
From the Bible’s “Canst thou raise leviathan with a hook?” to Captain Ahab’s “From Hell’s heart I stab at thee!,” from the trials of Job to the legends of Sinbad, whales have breached in the human imagination as looming figures of terror, power, confusion, and mystery.
In the...
The Doll Story MEGAPACK ®
25 Delightful Tales, Old and New
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2013
Dolls of all kinds have been loved by children and adults alike from the dawn of time. It's not surprising, then, that writers through the ages have been inspired to create fictional accounts that have thrilled the fans and readers of each new generation. THE DOLL MEGAPACK includes 25 stories, 6 poems,...
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2012
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. ‘Lord Dorincourt had occasion to wear his grim smile many a time as the days passed by. Indeed, as his acquaintance with his grandson progressed, he wore the smile so often that there were moments when it almost lost...
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Frances Hodgson Burnett was an English author best known for writing some of the greatest children’s novels in literature. Some of Burnett’s works have been turned into popular plays. This edition of “Le Monsieur De La Petite Dame” includes a table of contents.
The Complete Popular Children Fantasy Magic Books Anthologies (27 in 1)
Kidnapped Black Beauty Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Pinocchio Little Lord Fauntleroy Legends of King Arthur and His Knights A Little Princess Pollyanna Voyages Story of Dr. Doctor Dolittle Moonfleet Robinson Crusoe Gulliver's Travels Andersen's
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2013
This is a perfect collection for a long journey, rainy days, or for any quiet moments. This wonderful collection of books will bring adults back to their childhoods and create many happy memories for middle and young adult readers. These classics include books of adventure, animals, family life, fantasy...
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
"Little Lord Fauntleroy" is the first children's novel written by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It was originally published as a serial in1886. Cedric Errol is a poor American boy who finds out that he is the sole heir to a wealthy British earldom and thus becomes Lord Fauntleroy. The Lost Prince...
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2018
The Secret Garden is a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It was initially published in serial format starting in the autumn of 1910, and was first published in its entirety in 1911. It is now one of Burnett's most popular novels, and is considered to be a classic of English children's literature. Several stage and film adaptations have been produced.
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Frances Hodgson Burnetts A Lady of Quality follows the evolution of the character of Clorinda Wildairs. The latter is a rebellious young girl whose mother dies and leaves her to be brought up by the familys servants. The story is set in late-seventeenth-century England under the reign of Queen Anne....
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2017
This volume contains two love stories which appeared long ago in Peterson's Magazine and marked the beginning of Mrs. Burnett's literary work. "Kathleen Mavourneen" and "Pretty Polly Pemberton" are all fascinating heroines with the world at their feet; their beauty, grace, and...
The Story of Prince Fairyfoot (Stories from the Lost Fairy-Book, Re-told by the Child Who Read Them)
The Story of Prince Fairyfoot (Stories from the Lost Fairy-Book, Re-told by the Child Who Read Them)
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
This carefully crafted ebook: “The Story of Prince Fairyfoot (Stories from the Lost Fairy-Book, Re-told by the Child Who Read Them)” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.
"THE STORY OF PRINCE FAIRYFOOT" was originally intended to be the...