If you were looking for the definitive Christmas anthology, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it! This book is everything you want Christmas to be — loving, warm and celebratory. Timeless and adorable, beautifully designed, "The Big Book of Christmas" is a great big stocky book — stuffed with novels, novellas, short stories, poems, carols and songs. Inside you'll find: · Novels, novellas and short stories from Charles Dickens, Louisa May Alcott, Hans Christian Andersen, O. He...

This novel was the basis of the Hollywood movie, "The Black Shield of Falworth," starring Tony Curtis, and Janet Leigh. It depicts the struggle of young Myles Falworth to learn the truth about his family's disgrace in mediaeval England during the reign of Henry IV, and his training as first a squire and later as a knight to prepare him to avenge his father's honor and restore the family name of Falworth on the roster of English chivalry.

Une collection captivante de recits d'aventure signes par cinq maitres du genre : Jonathan Swift, Robert Louis Stevenson, Howard Pyle, Rudyard Kipling et Jack London. Voyages en mer, iles mysterieuses, jungles indomptees et grands espaces sauvages composent cet ensemble intemporel, ideal pour les amateurs d'aventures classiques.

Set sail, explore the unknown, and embark on unforgettable journeys with some of literature's greatest adventure writers. The Adventure Collection brings together classic works by Jonathan Swift, Jack London, Rudyard Kipling, Howard Pyle, and Robert Louis Stevenson, five celebrated authors whose stories have inspired generations of adventure readers. From treasure hunts and pirate voyages to dangerous wildernesses, distant lands, sea journeys, and extraordinary encounters, this collection ...

This carefully crafted ebook collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Treasure Island (R. L. Stevenson) Blackbeard: Buccaneer (R. D. Paine) Pieces of Eight (Le Gallienne) Gold-Bug (Edgar A. Poe) The Dark Frigate (C. B. Hawes) Hearts of Three (Jack London) Captain Singleton (Defoe) Swords of Red Brotherhood (Howard) Queen of Black Coast (Howard) Afloat and Ashore (James F. Cooper) Pirate Gow (Defoe) The King of Pirates (Defoe) Barbarossa—Kin...

Enter Sherwood Forest and join Robin Hood and his legendary band of outlaws. In The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, Howard Pyle brings the legendary hero of English folklore to life in a collection of lively adventures filled with courage, humor, friendship, justice, and daring exploits. Robin Hood is portrayed as a skilled archer and charismatic outlaw who challenges corrupt authority while helping those in need. Alongside Little John, Friar Tuck, Maid Marian, and other unforgettable char...

An anthology about pirates and the open seas.Stories included:Alongside the Coasts of Sumatra by Sergio PalumboCaptain Bs By Pyle HazardLa Conquista by Rob NesbitIn the Name of Free Enterprise by HL DowlessOf Squalls and Sailors by John ToresPirates and Mutiny by Laura NelsonRiders to the Sea by Prabir Kumar RathSail Away by Mariah LyndeThe Salt Cartographer by Ky-oh RangiPoetry By:Dr. Thomas S....

Follow the comedic space travels of an all female crew of Ice Hookers from Uranus in Earth year 2222, including an android with multiple personality disorder and holographic skin; a speaking telepathic dog; and, their sentient ship with an attitude, as they must shutdown the deteriorated AI of their ship to avoid being killed in space near Saturn. The crew pilots the crippled tug to ancient ruins near the Great Rift on Mars to sell a weird artifact to a notorious gangster in order to buy a...

Inside the mind of the killer can be several things. These anthologies are a dive into what the artists and authors involved see it as.This book has art from Donald Patten and Serenity Rose,Poetry by Patricia Harris & Ruan Bradford Wright & Serena Mossgraves & Thirdy Japsay,And These Stories:Drops of Blood by David CornfordChanges by Serena MossgravesI Am An Artist by Pyle HazardThe Case of the Banshee House by Ronald W. Gillespie Jr.

PIRATE NOVELS: 50+ Adventure Classics, Treasure Hunt Tales & Maritime Novels surveys the enduring imaginative power of piracy across the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Its narratives range from sea-chase romance, historical swashbuckler, and Robinsonade to Gothic maritime terror, juvenile adventure, detective intrigue, and speculative voyage. Treasure maps, mutiny, shipwreck, privateering, and contested frontiers recur, while the volume's most memorable set pieces—hidden islands...

Imaginative Settings: The stories often take place in whimsical and fantastical worlds, populated by a range of characters from fairies and animals to magical creatures.Moral Lessons: Each tale includes a moral or lesson that is subtly woven into the narrative, providing children with insights into virtues such as kindness, honesty, and bravery.Illustrations: Katharine Pyle, known for her illustrative work, often complemented her stories with charming illustrations that enhance the storyte...

Aimed at those with some experience of painting in watercolour but helpful for beginners too, the book provides a comprehensive masterclass in the art of landscape painting. Readers will be taken on a journey, developing a rich understanding of the landscape as an inspirational subject, through the steps required to capture it in watercolour, to designing paintings and adopting strategies and structures that will deliver consistent results. The book concludes with advice and guidance on ho...