A gritty, inspiring, heart-wrenching memoir by the Academy Award-winning legend and icon Sylvester Stallone, about his unlikely path to stardom and the creation of the greatest underdog story ever told.In the fifty years since Sylvester Stallone ran up the steps of the Philadelphia Art Museum, he and those steps have become symbols of resilience and determination, and have inspired millions from all over the world to pursue their dreams. In The Steps, Stal...

A gritty, inspiring, heart-wrenching memoir by the Academy Award-winning legend and icon Sylvester Stallone, about his unlikely path to stardom and the creation of the greatest underdog story ever told.In the fifty years since Sylvester Stallone ran up the steps of the Philadelphia Art Museum, he and those steps have become symbols of resilience and determination, and have inspired millions from all over the world to pursue their dreams. In The Steps, Stal...

A hunchbacked boy of fifteen builds a man of iron that walks, driven by a steam boiler in its chest, and hitches it to a wagon for the prairies. Ellis was an Ohio schoolteacher who sold his first dime novel at twenty and never stopped, writing hundreds under a dozen names; this 1868 story is the first science fiction the American mass market produced, and every robot since is downstream of it.

This richly illustrated collection gathers classic tales, poems, legends, and fables for children, drawing on Aesop, the Arabian Nights, Grimm, Andersen, Hawthorne, Kingsley, Stevenson, and other beloved storytellers. Its pages move from animal tricksters and fairy-tale danger to mythic conversations, seasonal verse, and gentle moral instruction, offering young readers a world of wit, wonder, and discovery. The opening celebrates Aesop as a mysterious ancient wit whose enduring fables teac...

This volume of Journeys Through Bookland gathers a rich treasury of children's classics, moving from nursery verse and fairy tales to legends and adventure tales that have delighted readers for generations. With vivid illustrations and carefully chosen selections, it invites young readers into worlds of imagination, moral reflection, and enduring storytelling, from the comic wonder of Alice in Wonderland to the heroic and adventurous spirit of Robinson Crusoe, Beowulf, Robin Hood, Aladdin,...

This anthology opens the door to classic literature for young readers, weaving together poetry, stories, and nature writing in a lively, illustrated guide to literary appreciation. From Wordsworth's radiant "The Daffodils" and Burns's tender, witty, and defiant poems to Scott's Highland song and Irving's comic Alhambra feud, it introduces beauty, courage, memory, and rhythm as pleasures to be heard as well as read. Clear commentary helps children understand meter, rhyme, and poetic feet, m...

This volume of Journeys Through Bookland gathers classic poetry, legend, history, and adventure into a vivid doorway for young readers, with memorable illustrations and a strong emphasis on courage, home, faith, and moral character. The opening selections praise health, sympathy, conscience, learning, and the comfort of home in "Better Than Gold," while Wordsworth marvels at the rainbow, Whittier celebrates boyhood freedom, and "Rain on the Roof" turns a simple sound into tender memories o...

Journeys Through Bookland gathers a wide-ranging treasury of classic literature for young readers, pairing great stories, memorable poetry, adventure, humor, patriotism, and moral reflection with vivid illustrations and a strong educational purpose. In this volume, Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels is introduced through a vivid biographical portrait of Swift himself: a brilliant, sharp-tongued, politically influential writer and churchman whose difficult childhood, uneven education, and ...

This richly illustrated anthology gathers poems, stories, speeches, and literary excerpts chosen to awaken young readers to the pleasures of great literature. Heroic, patriotic, comic, sentimental, and reflective pieces appear side by side, from ancient legend and Scottish ballad to holiday narrative and satirical dialogue, with selections by Macaulay, Tennyson, Dickens, Burns, Byron, and Arnold. Among its memorable highlights is Sir Walter Scott's "The Tournament," alongside works that in...

This lively reader gathers stirring historical narratives, patriotic verse, adventure tales, and classic literary selections by Poe, Irving, Browning, Burns, Lamb, Shakespeare, and others, creating a guided tour through world literature for young readers. Framed by illustrations and study aids, it invites close reading while celebrating courage, exploration, conflict, imagination, and wit. The selections range from the perilous river flight of "Ringrose and His Buccaneers," where pirates a...

Journeys Through Bookland opens as more than a collection of stories: it is a carefully graded reading journey meant to guide children, parents, and teachers through the world's great literature. From nursery rhymes and fairy tales to myths, biography, history, poetry, and drama, the ten-volume set is arranged to build appreciation, understanding, character, and school learning step by step. Richly supported with pictures, notes, pronunciations, introductory sketches, biographies, contents...

Of Dreams and Quiet Wars is a tender and unflinching exploration of identity, love, loss, and the unseen places we carry within us. Through essays, poetry, and intimate reflections, Annabel Sylvester Oromoni traces what it means to navigate longing and belonging, recover from quiet devastations, and make room for hope in a world that is anything but tender.Rooted in the complexities of girlhood, migration, love, grief, memory, and the unspoken negotiations that shape who we become,...