Louise Fletcher, a young dairy maid on an eighteenth-century Essex farm, has long been warned of the lure of the sea – after all, it stole away her father and brother. But when she is offered work as a maid in the naval port of Harwich, she leaps at the chance to see more of the world.
Fizzing with magic and brimming with humour, this full-colour edition will captivate fans and new readers alike as Harry, now in his third year at Hogwarts
This is the story of what a woman's patience can endure, and what a man'a resolution can achieve.
Prolog: True!—nervous—very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses—not destroyed—not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell. How, then, am I mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily—how calmly I can tell you the whol…
After the death of his parents, young David Balfour is sent to stay with his mysterious Uncle Ebenezer. When David discovers a family secret that could change his life forever, he is kidnapped and sold into slavery. His only chance to escape is to follow a Highland warrior, Alan Breck, on a desperate and dangerous adventure.
“Take the Adventure, heed the call, now the irrevocable moment passes!” English Classics: The Wind In The Willows. English Classics is literature's collection with particular rooms for increasing reader's interest in reading classics. This book includes The Wind In The Willows as one of the collections. Come to us to follow the journey and adventures from the animal protagonist who taught a…
Follow curious Alice as she ventures down a rabbit hole and into the magical world of Wonderland