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Six-year-old Bunny Brown and his five-year-old sister Sue get some very exciting news: they're going to be spending Christmas at their Aunt Lu's house in the bustling metropolis of New York City. Once they arrive, the children experience the pleasures -- and perils -- of big-city life.

One winter day, Bunny Brown and his little sister Sue have the chance to watch a play in their town's opera house. They're so mesmerized by the experience that they decide to put on a play of their own. Will this mischievous duo be able to pull it off?

Bunny Brown and his little sister Sue love fun and games, but when a neighbor boy and their beloved dog Splash both go missing, the Brown children band together to try to help out. Along with their father, they tour the countryside in an automobile looking desperately for their lost chums.

Younger readers will fall in love with this charming tale about a 12-year-old girl, Keineth. When her father is called upon to undertake a potentially dangerous but vitally important mission, Keineth has to decide where to stay in his absence: in the luxe comfort of her somewhat formal and cold aunt's...

In this short comic play from William Dean Howells, a widow, Amy Somers, goes through the motions of hosting a tea party and is unexpectedly swept off her feet by the eccentric and charming Willis Campbell. The married pair are featured in a series of farcical plays that Howells would go on to write.

Many of William Dean Howells' stories and novels revolve around traveling and vacations, a trait shared with the work of his friend and literary supporter Henry James. The novella "An Open-Eyed Conspiracy" takes place in the popular nineteenth-century resort town of Saratoga.

One of the most influential Victorian-era publications was a periodical called Boy's Own, which was geared toward preteens and teens. The publication printed information, activities, and how-tos geared to instill good health and a can-do attitude in Great Britain's young men. The volume Born to Wander collects frequent contributor Gordon Stables' writings on travel and outdoor adventures.

Although it is Louisa May Alcott's beloved novel Little Women that is the source of most of her continued literary acclaim, Alcott was a prolific and versatile writer who produced works in virtually every genre over the course of her long career. This collection of short stories will delight confirmed fans and those just beginning to dip into Alcott's body of work.

Set in the region of England where he was born and raised, Shrewsbury puts Stanley Weyman's literary prowess as a master of historic romance on full display. Packed with plenty of romance and adventure, this novel is sure to please even the most discriminating fans of the genre.

On one level, this witty short story describes a future in which traditional gender roles are reversed and men have quite literally become enslaved to the capricious whims of their female masters. On another level, "Love Story" can be read as a satirical indictment of the increasing materialism that took hold of middle-class America in the 1950s.

Ralph and Diane are a married pair of down-on-their-luck miners. Penniless and without a solid plan, they're making their way toward a fresh start when their spacecraft begins behaving strangely. Suddenly, they find themselves marooned in a little-known void filled with one danger after another. Will they ever be able to escape the graveyard of space?

During a safari on Venus, a well-to-do couple happen to cross paths with a tiny bundle of fur with amazing powers of persuasion. A few weeks later, they return to Earth with their fuzzy ball of fur -- which they have christened with the sobriquet "Black Eyes" -- in tow. Will their new pet adapt to life among humans?

In this rollicking alternate-history romp, a college student picks a classroom fight about the traditional account of Christopher Columbus's "discovery" of America. At first, he doesn't have any facts with which to shore up his hunch. But soon, through a bizarre turn of events, Danny is able to gain...

What happens when a hardened criminal on the run for his life gets mixed up with an all-girl symphony traveling between lesser-populated planets in a futile attempt to bring culture to their rowdy inhabitants? Well, to put it mildly, hijinks ensue. Read Stephen Marlowe's thoroughly entertaining World Beyond Pluto to find out the rest.