books by Classic Books     books:       The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits (Collected Works of Lewis Carroll)12 reviews Lewis Carroll Classic Books, 2000 Agony? Hardly! Nonsense poems can easily miss the mark Yet, this masterpiece has that spark. "How do you kill a _____?", you ask To find the answer was the hunters' task. "What was their fate?", you wonder Did they ever catch their elusive plunder? A paragon of haunting Carollian lore Be in no doubt that you'll finish wanting more. This poem is just great!             The Faith of Our Fathers (Early Best Sellers)12 reviews Cardinal Gibbons Classic Books, 2000 Over 125 years later, still a great work in apologetics A year ago, this became the first book I ever read about Catholicism written by a Catholic. Numerous books and articles later, I still must say that this is the best lay-oriented book for introducing the Catholic faith to non-Catholics. Given the great amount of material covered in a single volume, Cardinal Gibbons does an excellent job in addressing the main Protestant charges against the ...             Beautiful Joe (Early Best Sellers)45 reviews Marshall Saunders Classic Books, 2000 A Timeless Tale of a Canine Black Beauty I first read this story as a Whitman abridged edition when I was about eight years old. It was hard for me to believe that some people were so cruel to animals, but I loved the book's old-fashioned narration and of the adventures of and lessons learned by Miss Laura and her family in raising Joe. The moment I learned what the word "abridged" meant, I went looking for the complete story; it took ...             Just David (The Best Sellers of 1916)24 reviews Eleanor H. Porter Classic Books, 2000 A wonderful book When I was young my mother told me that I was named after the boy in the title of this book. My mother loved this book and wanted her only son to be like its title character, whom she admired greatly. It pleased me to be named after someone who was the subject of a book but, for some reason, I never bothered to ask my mother for details about either the book or its principal character, although ...             The Enchanted April26 reviews Elizabeth Von Arnim Classic Books Library, 2007 Enchanting Having loved both filmed versions of this story, I came to the book not anticipating any surprises, and in that respect I was correct. What I did get, however, was a more fully-formed understanding of each of the four women who come to San Salvatore. Each has her own quest, and each is surprised in the way that her quest is resolved. Elizabeth von Arnim can harness language in ways that few ...             The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus13 reviews Amelia C. Houghton and Hokie Classic Books, 2008 A Family Tradition For Over 50 Years!! This truly magnificent book has been a family tradition for over 50 years. I have the most fondest memories of my siblings and I sitting in our living room as children listening to our parents read 1 or 2 chapters per night. They would time it perfectly to have the last chapter read on Christmas Eve year after year. More than 30 years later, I continue the tradition with my own ...             The Ballad of the White Horse (Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton)13 reviews G.K. Chesterton Classic Books, 2000 Simply amazing I had read some of Chesterton's fictional books, most of which contain poems which he has written, and I very much enjoyed his poems, so I decided to get a book of his poetry. This too I really enjoyed, so I decided to get another book of his poetry, this time it was The Ballad of the White Horse, and this book simply blew away all of the rest of Chesterton's poems. In fact, it simply blows ...             The Harvester (The Best Sellers of 1911)14 reviews Gene Stratton Porter Classic Books, 2000 The Harvester I first read this book 37 years ago. It was the original book published in 1911 and belonged to my 1st husbands grandmother. It was written of a quieter time, the slower paced, clean living and was very inspirational. I loved all the information about the nature and plants. I started out trying to recreate the "Yellow Garden" several years ago. I now have a gorgeous garden with many of the same ...             The Great God Pan8 reviews Arthur Machen Classic Books Library, 2007 The Great God Pan. "An incoherent nightmare of sex . . . " - The Westminster Gazette. _The Great God Pan_ is the first book of the Welsh writer of weird tales and mystic Arthur Machen, published first in 1894. This book was regarded as a form of decadent literature and was panned by critics of the Victorian era. Arthur Machen was a fascinating character and antiquarian whose weird writings reveal his learning ...             The Rosary (The Best Sellers of 1910 Series)8 reviews Florence L. Barclay Classic Books, 2001 A Timeless Romance Written in 1910, THE ROSARY still proves to be a very successful story in the year 2003. By today's standards, it may be described as quaint but still very enjoyable. The writing is lyrical, descriptive, and charming; the love storyline is ageless. The story revolves around Jane Champion and Garth Dalmain. Jane is talented, smart, good-natured and independent. However she is a unique ...             How to Live on 24 Hours a Day (Collected Works of Arnold Bennett)8 reviews Arnold Bennett Classic Books, 2000 When it comes to self-help books, quality dilutes with time With the advent of the Industrial Revolution first in England and then quickly following in America, more and more of the workforce transitioned into what we call white-collar jobs, where the workplace was outside and often far from the home. Because these new jobs more reflected our modern 21st-century jobs, in which the work was tedious, repetitive and the ambiguous results not always readily ...             De Profundis (Collected Works of Oscar Wilde)9 reviews Oscar Wilde Classic Books, 2000 Strangely moving One of the most famous - and infamous - letters in all of literature, De Profundis is a strange little piece of work: either much more than it appears on the surface, or much less. It is something I think everyone should read, if only for its insight into the human character, particularly that of one under great personal suffering. Wilde wrote this extraordinarily long letter from prison to Lord ...             Laddie, a True Blue Story9 reviews Gene Stratton-Porter Classic Books Library, 2007 Not to be Missed LADDIE was one of my favorite books as a child, and reads just as well as an adult. Gene Stratton Porter books maintain their interest and character even in today's world. This kind of book illustrates life in an America that is, sadly, lost forever. I was one of those who wanted to BE Little Sister, and a part of that world. Like others, I have read it a multitude of times. The writing is ...             Salome: A Tragedy in One Act (Collected Works of Oscar Wilde)10 reviews Oscar Wilde Classic Books, 2000 Salome: Fact or Fiction? Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R1M1TYFS1DHIRK Yo look at THIS!             Framley Parsonage (Collected Works of Anthony Trollope 3 volumes)11 reviews Anthony Trollope Classic Books, 2000 Framley Parsonage is a delightful novel in the immortal Barsetshire Series by Victorian author Anthony Trollope Framley Parsonage is the fourth in Trollope's Barsetshire novels. Trollope (1815-1882) wrote the novel as a serial in the influential Cornhill magazine in 186-61, This novel along with the others in the series: The Warden; Dr. Thorne, The Small House at Allington, Barchester Towers and the Last Chronicle of Barset is a delightful return to mid-Victorian middle class society in a rural mythical ...             St. Elmo (Early Best Sellers)8 reviews Augusta J. Evans Classic Books, 2001 Classic Victorian Novel This classic Victorian novel popular in its time is a fine example of descriptive writing at its best. It will entertain as well as educate the most prolific of readers with references to world-wide geographic locations, foreign phraseology, and descriptive paragraphs that are refreshing different to 21st century reading. A tale of romance and intrigue woven with Christian morality will ...             Orley Farm (Collected Works of Anthony Trollope)8 reviews Anthony Trollope Classic Books, 2000 Deja Vu All Over Again Orley is simply timeless. Just as in the Palliser series, the characters are the people all around you, in the office, in the news, and on the tube. Trollope's ability to understand the subtle differences that shape the mind of men and women is simply uncanny. If you are a truth seeker, this is a book for you. Anyone with exposure to a legal system with its basis in the English common law will ...             Steps to Christ (Early Best Sellers)10 reviews Ellen G. White Classic Books, 2000 Steps to Christ "Steps to Christ" is a wonderful book! If you could just read one book, this would definitely be the best one to read indeed! It brings God's love closer to you than you could ever imagine. It opens your eyes to just how much God really loves you, a love that none of us deserve. This is a must-read classic! I would highly encourage anyone to get this book and read it and pass it on! You'll ...              search for books adventures, anthony, arnold, ballad, beautiful, bennett, carroll, chesterton, christ, collected, enchanted, fathers, framley, great, harvester, hours, hunting, laddie, oscar, parsonage, profundis, rosary, salome, sellers, series, story, tragedy, trollope, volumes, wilde books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: Sophia: A Woman's Search for Troy leave a comment home  impressum - about us