This is an amazing heroine - Carol Bird. Carol is the Bird family's special Christmas baby. As her tenth birthday approaches, declining health threatens young Carol's life. Her only concern, however, is for the happiness of the less fortunate neighbor children, for whom she plans an unforgettable holiday celebration. Since 1888 this bittersweet holiday classic has been cherished by generations of young readers, reminding them of the true nature of Christmas through a child's joyful and generous spirit.
Black Bartlemy's Treasure
by LearningToGo
The wind was fallen light and there rose that hot, sickening reek, that suffocating stench that is like unto nothing on earth save one of these floating hells, and which, if a man hath but smelled it once, he shall nevermore forget.
Black Beauty
by LearningToGo
The first place that I can well remember was a large pleasant meadow with a pond of clear water in it. The bittersweet saga of the handsome colt that is wrenched from a happy country home and almost worked to death as a London cab horse is adapted for easy reading. Large type, short chapters, and expressive art make this a must for all animal lovers.
Black Cat, The
by LearningToGo
FOR the most wild, yet most homely narrative which I am about to pen, I neither expect nor solicit belief. Mad indeed would I be to expect it, in a case where my very senses reject their own evidence. Yet, mad am I not - and very surely do I not dream. But to-morrow I die, and to-day I would unburthen my soul.
Blithedale Romance, The
by LearningToGo
Hawthorne's portrait of a utopian community whose collective ideals increasingly clash with the passions of individual members is based on his own experiences at Brook Farm. The novel tackles many of the burning issues of his day, including women's rights, spiritualism, and socialism. In spite of its seriousness, Henry James called it "the lightest, the brightest, the liveliest of Nathaniel Hawthorne's novels."
Bobbsey Twins At School, The
by LearningToGo
The Bobbsey Twins was the longest-running series of books for children. The Bobbseys were two sets of twins: Nan and Bert, the older pair, and Flossie and Freddie, the younger two. They lived an upper-middle class life in a pleasant suburb called Lakeport, with a set of good-natured parents and two servants named Sam and Dinah. The twins, a mysterious fire, troubles at school; but the Bobbseys prevail. Who would have guessed?
Bobbsey Twins In The Country
by LearningToGo
The Bobbsey Twins was the longest-running series of books for children. The Bobbseys were two sets of twins: Nan and Bert, the older pair, and Flossie and Freddie, the younger two. They lived an upper-middle class life in a pleasant suburb called Lakeport, with a set of good-natured parents and two servants named Sam and Dinah. In this series, the two sets of Bobbsey twins leave Lakeport for a summer holiday at dear Aunt Sarah's.
Bones Of Kahekili, The
by LearningToGo
From over the lofty Koolau Mountains, vagrant wisps of the trade wind drifted, faintly swaying the great, unwhipped banana leaves, rustling the palms, and fluttering and setting up a whispering among the lace-leaved algaroba trees. Only intermittently did the atmosphere so breathe -- for breathing it was, the suspiring of the languid, Hawaiian afternoon. In the intervals between the soft breathings, the air grew heavy and balmy with the perfume of flowers and the exhalations of fat, living soil.
Boscombe Valley Mystery, The
by LearningToGo
When a son is accused of his father's murder, it seems that the evidence against him is overwhelming. But Miss Turner, a young woman who has known him since childhood, refuses to believe the evidence. She calls on Sherlock Holmes to investigate.
Boy Scout, The
by LearningToGo
A rule of the Boy Scouts is every day to do some one a good turn. Not because the copybooks tell you it deserves another, but in spite of that pleasing possibility. If you are a true scout, until you have performed your act of kindness your day is dark. You are as unhappy as is the grown-up who has begun his day without shaving or reading the New York Sun. But as soon as you have proved yourself you may, with a clear conscience, look the world in the face and untie the knot in your kerchief.
Breaking Point, The
by LearningToGo
Elizabeth Wheeler lives in a small town, sings in the church choir, and dreams of a man who will sweep her off her feet. Instead, she is thrust into a series of events beyond her control leading to passion, madness, betrayal, and ultimately, murder! Can she ever set things right?
Bridge Builders, The
by LearningToGo
For three years he had endured heat and cold, disappointment, discomfort, danger, and disease, with responsibility almost too top-heavy for one pair of shoulders; and day by day, through that time, the great Kashi Bridge over the Ganges had grown under his charge.
Brother Jacob
by LearningToGo
A wry tale of temptation and triumph, Eliot described as "an admirable instance of the unexpected forms in which the great Nemesis hides herself."
Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words
by Palm Digital Media
PDA Users can download this guide to the troubling, often disordered English language. With a thousand entries and examples of questionable usage, and a glossary and guide to pronunciation, this book belongs on the PDA of anyone who cares enough about the language not to maul, misuse or distort it.
Buried Treasure of Cobre, The
by LearningToGo
Everett found the nine-day mule-ride from the coast to the capital arduous, but full of interest. After a week at his post he appreciated that until he left it and made the return journey nothing of equal interest was again likely to occur...
By the Waters of Paradise
by LearningToGo
A long series of little misfortunes, so connected with each other as to suggest a sort of weird fatality, so worked upon my melancholy temperament when I was a boy that, before I was of age, I sincerely believed myself to be under a curse, and not only myself, but my whole family and every individual who bore my name...
California Civil Code
by Palm Digital Media
This updated version of the California Civil Code, from Cribcard, Inc.'s Pocket Litigator(TM) 2002 series, makes finding a rule as simple as tapping a couple of links. Leave behind the books without leaving behind the security of instant access to the rules.
California Code of Civil Procedure
by Palm Digital Media
This updated version of the California Code of Civil Procedure, from Cribcard, Inc.'s Pocket Litigator(TM) 2002 series, makes finding a rule as simple as tapping a couple of links. Leave behind the books, not the instant access to the rules.
California Constitution
by Palm Digital Media
The Cribcard Pocket Constitution(TM) version of the California Constitution makes finding the provision you are looking for as simple as tapping a couple of links. Leave behind the books without leaving behind the security of instant access to this significant primary document.
California Evidence Code
by Palm Digital Media
This updated version of the California Evidence Code, from Cribcard, Inc.'s Pocket Litigator(TM) 2002 series, makes finding a rule as simple as tapping a couple of links. Leave behind the books without leaving behind the security of instant access to the rules.
