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The memoirs of a literary mouse living at the court of Elizabeth I reveal the public and private life of the Queen and her courtiers.

PHYDES: 95 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm

Alyssa "loves going to school and meeting with her friends, but isn't a very big fan of her hair, which is so different from the others'. How does she get to fit in with her friends who do not have her kind of hair, and why is hers not as lovely as…

The Diary of a Young Girl, also known as The Diary of Anne Frank, is a book of writings from the Dutch-language diary kept by Anne Frank while she was in hiding for two years with her family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. The diary…

Het Achterhuis is the original Dutch title of The Diary of a Young Girl, also known as The Diary of Anne Frank. It is a book of writings from the Dutch-language diary kept by Anne Frank while she was in hiding for two years with her family during the…

A Season in Hell (French: Une saison en enfer) is an extended poem in prose written and published in 1873 by French writer Arthur Rimbaud. It is the only work that was published by Rimbaud himself. The book had a considerable influence on later…

A Season in Hell (French: Une saison en enfer) is an extended poem in prose written and published in 1873 by French writer Arthur Rimbaud. It is the only work that was published by Rimbaud himself. The book had a considerable influence on later…

Following introductory chapters that place these works in the context of Austen's life as an author and the literature of her time, each story/play/skit is presented with explanatory notes and a detailed critical commentary.

Jane Austen probably…

When seven-year-old Bana Alabed took to Twitter to describe the horrors she and her family were experiencing in war-torn Syria, her heartrending messages touched the world and gave a voice to millions of innocent children. Bana's happy childhood was…

A collection of traditional tales from the Indians of Arizona, arranged in the categories "Why Animals Are the Way They Are," "Why Our World Is Like It Is," "Great Troubles and Great Heroes," "People Can Turn Into Anything," "Brother Coyote," and…

Hours of Idleness was the first volume of poetry published by Lord Byron, in 1807, when he was 19 years old. It is a collection of mostly short poems, many in imitation of classic Roman poets.