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In this classic, Professor Challenger summons Professor Summerlee, Lord John Roxton, and E.D. Malone to his sitting room with one unusual request: bring your own oxygen.

Have Holmes and Watson finally met their match in the dreaded Molly McGuires and the diabolical Moriarity?

Industry, honesty, and an eye for the ladies are ever apparent in this candid self-portrait, from his humble birth in 1706 to the beginnings of his greatness in 1757.

A baby is born in a mining camp and soon orphaned. The miners band together to raise the baby and he brings them luck in finding gold.

On the last day of the battle, Lt. Frank Haskell found himself right at the center of the Union fire as Pickett charged. While his memory was still fresh, he wrote this book.

Presents four short stories by the 19th century New England writer.

The House of Seven Gables, a fixture in Hawthorne's Salem, serves as the ancestral home of the fictional Pyncheon family--whose distinguished legacy is tainted by pious thievery.

The collected stories of O. Henry make entertaining listening.

Julianna and her niece are marking time in a villa in Venice.

Presents the history of the destruction of Jerusalem from the book the Wars of the Jews by Josephus. Includes a biography of Josephus.

The adventures of Mowgli, man-child, reared by the jungle wolf packs and educated by wild animals. Includes other classic jungle stories by Kipling.

Presents more adventures of Mowgli, a boy reared by a pack of wolves, and the wild animals of the jungle. Also includes other short stories set in India.

Presents the story about a young, working girl in a poor London neighborhood. Her sad story is the story of poverty everywhere.

The Redwallers face some of their most dangerous villains yet in a treacherous hunt for long-lost treasure.

On his way to invade Redwall Abbey, vicious and tyrannical Captain Vizka Longtooth captures Gorath, the brave young badger whose predicted destiny is to become the next Badger Lord.