Shanta

I’m so pleased and excited to have Raj Lal’s response to re-reading Shanta on the blog. I’ve known Raj since she was on the MA in Writing at Warwick University, but met her again at a recent Writing West Midlands networking event. The Walter Dean Myers article had just come out and we were discussing the unfortunate fact that, even in 2014, hardly any children’s books in the UK and US…

The Red Badge Of Courage

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The Eyes Of The Panther

Jenner Brenning, a young rural attorney, finds himself dumbfounded when proposing to a woman, Irene Marlowe, who has clear affections for him yet she refuses based upon her belief that she is insane. When asked further about this, the woman explains. Long ago when Irene was in her mother's womb, her parents lived in cabin in a more rustic area with their first born. The father was a typical woo…

Two Years Before The Mast

Dana arrived in Alta California when it was a province of Mexico, and no longer Spanish colonial Las Californias. He gives descriptions of landing at each of the ports up and down the California coast as they existed then. The ports served (south to north) the Mission San Diego de Alcalá, Mission San Juan Capistrano, Pueblo de Los Angeles (and Mission San Gabriel Arcángel), Mission Santa Barb…

The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer

Seluruh kepribadian seorang Tom Sawyer bisa disingkat dalam dua kata: anak bandel. Lihat saja bagaimana ia mengerjai temannya Ben Rogers yang sedang lewat sambil menggigit apel ketika Tom sedang melabur pagar di hari Sabtu di musim panas (hukuman dari Bibi Polly karena kenakalannya). Dengan siasat cerdik, akhirnya Ben yang bekerja melabur pagar sementara Tom bersantai dan menghabiskan apelnya. …

The Long Tunnel

Three University students decide to go on holiday together in Wales. They are going to stay in a cottage without electricity or a telephone in a remote part of the country. But who is the bearded man? And does he have other plans for the cottage?

Madeleine

Edition

Cet. 1, 1978

ISBN/ISSN

435270532

Collation

p. 60; 15cm

Series Title

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Call Number

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