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The Long Winter
The Long Winter

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

THE MOWING MACHINE'S whirring sounded cheerfully from the old buffalo wallow south of the claim shanty, where bluestem g...

1940 62 ed.
By the Shores of Silver Lake
By the Shores of Silver Lake

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

LAURA WAS WASHING the dishes one morning when old Jack, lying in the sunshine on the doorstep, growled to tell her that ...

1924 62 ed.
Little Town on the Prairie
Little Town on the Prairie

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

One evening at supper, Pa asked, " How would you like to work in town, Laura?"

1941 58 ed.
These Happy Golden Years
These Happy Golden Years

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Sunday afternoon was clear, and the snow-covered prairie sparkled in the sunshine.

1943 54 ed.
At the Earth's Core
At the Earth's Core

by Edgar Rice Burroughs

IN THE FIRST PLACE PLEASE BEAR IN MIND THAT I do not expect you to believe this story.

1914 221 ed.
The pioneers
The pioneers

by James Fenimore Cooper

NEAR the center of the State of New York lies an extensive district of country whose surface is a succession of hills an...

1800 378 ed.
The deerslayer
The deerslayer

by James Fenimore Cooper

ON THE HUMAN IMAGINATION events produce the effects of time.

1841 504 ed.
Sarah, plain and tall
Sarah, plain and tall

by Patricia MacLachlan, Patricia MacLachlan

"Did Mama sing every day?"

1985 48 ed.
The Sign of the Beaver
The Sign of the Beaver

by Elizabeth George Speare

MATT STOOD AT THE EDGE OF THE CLEARING FOR some time after his father had gone out of sight among the trees.

1944 46 ed.
The Pathfinder
The Pathfinder

by James Fenimore Cooper

THE SUBLIMITY CONNECTED with vastness is familiar to every eye.

1800 427 ed.
Captivity and Restoration
Captivity and Restoration

by Mary White Rowlandson, Joseph Rowlandson

The sovereignty and goodness of GOD, together with the faithfulness of his promises displayed, being a narrative of the ...

1682 250 ed.
Orientalism
Orientalism

by Edward W. Said

"On June 13, 1910, Arthur James Balfour lectured the House of Commons on ""the problems with which we have to deal in Eg...

1978 33 ed.
Markens grøde
Markens grøde

by Knut Hamsun, William John Alexander Worster

The long, long road over the moors and up into the forest-who trod it into being first of all?

1917 114 ed.
The First Four Years
The First Four Years

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

It was a hot afternoon with a strong wind from the south, but out on the Dakota prairie in 1885 no one minded the hot su...

1953 39 ed.
The First World War
The First World War

by John Keegan

THE FIRST WORLD WAR was a tragic and unnecessary conflict.

1998 20 ed.
The Rainbow Trail
The Rainbow Trail

by Zane Grey

Shefford halted his tired horse and gazed with slowly realizing eyes.

1915 380 ed.
France at War: On the Frontier of Civilization
France at War: On the Frontier of Civilization

by Rudyard Kipling

"It's a pretty park," said the French artillery officer.

1915 126 ed.