Louisa May Alcott
141) Little witches
Author
Series
Little witches volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A charming and magical graphic novel based on Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. Jo, Beth, Amy, and Meg March are four sisters living in Concord with their parents--Father, who's tending to soldiers fighting in the Civil War, and Marmee, who teaches the girls simple but effective witchcraft. The Marches have to keep their craft quiet, as there are many in Concord who see magic in a bad light--especially after things have begun disappearing. When Mr....
Series
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Her life was no children's book. Louisa May Alcott's story is as full of incident, surprise, and heroism as any plot she invented; her childhood was one of high ideals, low finances, and some thirty household moves. The daughter of philosopher-educator Bronson Alcott, she was home schooled by Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, served as a nurse in the Civil War, fought for women's suffrage, and lived a secret literary life as a writer of...
143) Little Vampire Women
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Language
English
Description
"Christmas wont be Christmas without any corpses." The dear, sweet March sisters are back, and Marmee has told them to be good little women. Good little vampire women, that is. That's right: Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy have grown up since you last read their tale, and now they have (much) longer lives and (much) more ravenous appetites. Marmee has taught them well, and so they live by an unprecedented moral code of abstinence... from human blood. Meg,...
144) Little women
Series
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Story about the March family of four daughters and a strong mother (Sarandon) who, because her husband is away serving in the Army during the Civil War, must raise her "little women" on her own. The daughters include: spirited Jo (Ryder) who longs for a career as a writer; beautiful and conservative older sister Meg (Alvarado); fragile Beth (Danes); and the romantic Amy (Dunst/Mathis). Through the years, as they become women, the sisters share their...
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English
Description
Fantastic legends, myths and tales of magical creatures come alive in this meticulously edited collection by Musaicum Books.
Content:
The Dragon of the North
My Father's Dragon
The Reluctant Dragon
The Book of Dragons
The Book of Beasts
Uncle James, or the Purple Stranger
The Deliverers of Their Country
The Ice Dragon, or Do as You Are Told
The Island of the Nine Whirlpools
The Dragon Tamers
The Fiery Dragon, or the Heart of Stone and the Heart of...
Author
Language
Español
Description
Descubre una magnífica biblioteca en un solo libro con '100 Clásicos de la Literatura'. Esta recopilación es un tesoro sin igual de historias emblemáticas, enriquecidas con personajes memorables y tramas que han marcado épocas. De las plumas de autores como Jane Austen, Louisa May Alcott, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Arthur Conan Doyle, hasta Victor Hugo, esta colección incluye obras de renombre como 'Mujercitas', 'Orgullo y Prejuicio', 'El Sabueso...
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Language
English
Description
Hours of great reading await, with tales from some of the 19th and 20th century's most renowned horror and dark fantasy authors! Explore the uncanny world of mummies, ancient Egypt, and dark sorcery, with these 20 stories:
• SYMPATHY FOR MUMMIES, by John Gregory Betancourt.
• SOME WORDS WITH A MUMMY, by Edgar Allan Poe.
• THE POWER OF WAKING, by Nina Kiriki Hoffman.
• THE MUMMY'S FOOT, by Jessie Adelaide Middleton.
• LOST IN A PYRAMID, OR...
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Language
English
Description
Three magical stories from three American authors, weaving magic creating true American Fairy Tales. In "The Princess Who Could Not Dance", a Princess learns to let go and let nature teach her how to dance. In "Rosy's Journey", a young girl embarks on a long journey to find her father. In "The Golden Windows", a boy learns what true riches he has in his life. Three magical stories from three American authors, weaving magic creating true American Fairy...
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Language
English
Description
This anthology of unabridged short stories represents some of the most significant works from the most influential American authors of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Included are Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving, Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe, Mermaids by Louisa May Alcott, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Mark Twain, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge...
