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Inspired by the 1863 Egg War and the mad rush for murre eggs on the Farallon Islands near San Francisco, a high-seas adventure story celebrating the courage and history of Chinese immigrants in America. Full color.

¿Chekhov, speaking simply and never otherwise than as an artist and a humane man, shows us in fullness and plenitude the mystery of our lives.¿¿Eudora Welty¿What writers influenced me as a young man? Chekhov! As a dramatist? Chekhov! As a story writer? Chekhov!¿-Tennessee WilliamsThe Seagull is Anton Chekhov¿s brilliant four-act play that is considered a monumental work of drama, and one of the most sublime literary examinations of the complexities of love and friendship. First performed over a century ago, this play remains one of the most widely staged productions throughout the world. The four protagonists in The Seagull are all artists; Trigorin is a well-established writer, Arkadina is a renowned yet aging actress, her son Treplev is a struggling writer, and Nina is a young aspiring actress who is in love with Treplev. Success in love and in their art is a shared intent, yet within the play each character experiences an existential crisis in the darkness of unrequited love. With its play-within-a-play, its nods to Shakespeare, and intimate and profound character portrayals, this is an essential read for all serious students of drama and Russian literature. With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of The Seagull is both modern and readable.

First appearing in 1892 The Yellow Wallpaper is a searing vision of a distinctively feminine form of madness and commands attention as an arresting tale of horror and a moving look into a woman¿s mind. The story uncompromisingly thrusts the reader into the mind of the narrator. She is a woman forced, ostensibly for her own good, into a ¿rest cure¿, a psychological straitjacket so constricting that she begins to unravel. Her mental dissolution is described with such fierce immediacy that The Yellow Wallpaper has been read and anthologized as a chilling horror tale. While it can easily be appreciated for its disorienting thrills, the story¿s true resonance comes from its matter-of-fact portrayal of a woman pushed to the rim of sanity by society¿s demands and her family¿s utter inability to conceive of the fact that she cannot fit within their strictures. Shot through with unforgettable images of the yellow wallpaper, its shadowy depths and what seems to lurk there, The Yellow Wallpaper builds to a climax that combines the narrative impact of an Edgar Allan Poe story with a wrenching protest of the treatment of women. Unique and genre-bending, Gilman¿s story was unrivaled in its era and its power endures undiminished today.With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of The Yellow Wallpaper is both modern and readable.

¿¿¿¿¿ "Wanted our grandchildren to remember 'all things Oregon' as they move to Mississippi. This was a rare and well well-presented book on some of Oregon's treasures."O is for Oregon, part of the "See-My-State" series, is a state-oriented ABC book for young children with couplets written by kids, for kids. This book covers subjects important or significant to Oregonians and includes brilliant color photography by top photographers. Each vibrant page highlights a unique aspect of Oregon's natural beauty and lively culture with either a place, animal, plant or another evocative idea.The book's eye-popping design and educational content will hold the child's interest through countless readings. In addition to the 26 letters of the alphabet is the "Who Knew?-Facts about the great state of Oregon" section which gives parents, teachers, and even kids a deeper understanding of the topic for each letter of this Oregon alphabet.

Each lively page of this state ABC book highlights a unique aspect of Minnesota's beauty and culture. For each letter, a short poem describes the pictured word. The book's eye-popping design and educational content will hold the child's interest throughout countless readings. Full color.

¿A personification of divine forgiveness.¿-Jill P. May¿From American history books to Pirates of the Caribbean, the work of Howard Pyle continues to captivate us...¿-Big Think¿...it has a significant, universal theme, and it presents the details of daily life in Germany of the thirteenth century accurately and unobtrusively, making the period real and alive.¿-Malcolm Usrey¿He is as careful and painstaking and artistic with his children¿s books as the very best novelist are with their novels...But best of them all is Pyle¿s Otto of the Silver Hand. It is a story of German chivalry in the days of the robber barons.¿-Willa CatherOtto of the Silver Hand (1888), Howard Pyle¿s first novel for children, is a grim yet empowering narrative of medieval Germany, following the adventures of a young hero caught between the power struggles of two families. With its gripping battle scenes, romance, and villainous warlords, this is a reading experience that continues to thrill over one hundred years after its initial publication. Otto, a gentle boy born to a noble germanic family in the middle ages, has been raised in the compassionate seclusion of a monastery to protect him from the violent rivalries of his family. When the boy turns twelve years old he is retrieved back to Drachenhausen, his ancestral castle to begin his training in knighthood. Soon Otto discovers that his father, the Baron Conrad, a brutal robber baron, is in the midst of a savage vendetta with his the family of his slain foe, the Baron Fredrick. When Ottös father and his knights are summoned to the Imperial Court the Fredrick clan attacks Castle Drachenhausen, burns it to the ground, and kidnaps the boy. Baron Henry, the heir of Fredrick¿s clan, keeps Otto in the dungeon of his own fortress. Until his father arrives to rescue him, Otto experiences both terrible brutality and the gentle affections of Henry¿s beautiful daughter. Through Ottös ordeals and suffering he recognized the deficiencies of the human character, yet he rose above the wickedness with his gentleness and love.With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Otto of the Silver Hand is both modern and readable.

This book chronicles the personal journey of pioneering female winery owner Susan Sokol Blosser, from deciding on a whim to grow wine grapes in the early 1970s, to the trials and tribulations of starting her family-owned winery, Sokol Blosser, in the then little-known Willamette Valley, to the transfer of leadership from the first generation to the present. The themes of feminism, love, and loss are woven throughout the candidly rendered tale, which is interspersed with delicious recipes representing key moments in the author's life.

Features include earth friendly, attractive packaging, affordable price, and keepsake pocket.Flexi-bound spine sets it apart from the competition and is more user friendly.Great gift for all ages for birthday, new year/new you inspo, mother's day, stocking stuffers, etc.Useful for structured or free form journaling, recording ideas and dreams, taking meeting notes, goal setting, making to-do lists, tracking gardening successes and failures, recording keepable notes for home and work, and quotes for book clubs, etc. Famous people who journal include: Lady Gaga, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Aniston, Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Mark Twain, Charles Darwin, Lewis and Clark, Frida Kahlo, Leonardo Da Vinci, John D. Rockefeller, Winston Churchill, Ernest Hemingway, Terry Tempest Williams.Studies show that journaling: makes stronger leaders; inspires creativity; and makes you healthy.Journals can be used as content to create a book. For instance, ONE MAN'S WILDERNESS was created from Richard Proenneke's journals and letters.

Features include earth friendly, attractive packaging, affordable price, and keepsake pocket.Flexi-bound spine sets it apart from the competition and is more user friendly.Great gift for all ages for birthday, new year/new you inspo, mother's day, stocking stuffers, etc.Useful for structured or free form journaling, recording ideas and dreams, taking meeting notes, goal setting, making to-do lists, tracking gardening successes and failures, recording keepable notes for home and work, and quotes for book clubs, etc. Famous people who journal include: Lady Gaga, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Aniston, Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Mark Twain, Charles Darwin, Lewis and Clark, Frida Kahlo, Leonardo Da Vinci, John D. Rockefeller, Winston Churchill, Ernest Hemingway, Terry Tempest Williams.Studies show that journaling: makes stronger leaders; inspires creativity; and makes you healthy.Journals can be used as content to create a book. For instance, ONE MAN'S WILDERNESS was created from Richard Proenneke's journals and letters.

Alice discovers an unknown land on the other side of the mirror and finds herself part of a problem in chess, meeting some unlikely characters of nursery rhyme and puzzled by the reversal of many of the laws of nature.The follow-up to Alice in Wonderland, originally appeared in 1871 and has not been out of print since. Curious Alice finds her way through a mirror into an amazing alternate world that is, in some ways, a reverse version of our own. This surreal new dimension proves to be much more than that, as Alice discovers that her passage through it requires moving correctly across a chessboard landscape while encountering a string of nursery rhyme characters brought to bewildering life. Readers will find themselves confronted by one iconic moment after another, as Alice meets the Red Queen, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, encounters the poems, Jabberwocky and The Walrus and the Carpenter all presented in seemingly infinitely quotable prose. Despite repeated attempts down the years to reinterpret Through the Looking Glass as a social, political or religious allegory the book stands outside such concerns as a timeless classic of the imagination. It remains one of the most universally beloved children¿s books in English, and cherished by adults as much, or perhaps even more, than it is by children.With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Through the Looking Glass is both modern and readable.

Featuring brilliant full-color photographs of Oklalhoma's beauty and culture and short poems describing pictures of words beginning with the letter O, this book's eye-popping design and educational content is sure to hold the child's interest throughout countless readings.

Features include earth friendly, attractive packaging, affordable price, and keepsake pocket.Flexi-bound spine sets it apart from the competition and is more user friendly.Great gift for all ages for birthday, new year/new you inspo, mother's day, stocking stuffers, etc.Useful for structured or free form journaling, recording ideas and dreams, taking meeting notes, goal setting, making to-do lists, tracking gardening successes and failures, recording keepable notes for home and work, and quotes for book clubs, etc. Famous people who journal include: Lady Gaga, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Aniston, Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Mark Twain, Charles Darwin, Lewis and Clark, Frida Kahlo, Leonardo Da Vinci, John D. Rockefeller, Winston Churchill, Ernest Hemingway, Terry Tempest Williams.Studies show that journaling: makes stronger leaders; inspires creativity; and makes you healthy.Journals can be used as content to create a book. For instance, ONE MAN'S WILDERNESS was created from Richard Proenneke's journals and letters.

The seventh title in the See My State series, T is for Texas combines vibrant photos with fun and informative couplets that elaborate on the pictures and offer clear picture/word associations. The couplets were written by kids, for kids, and are therefore very accessible and entertaining to read and learn from. Combines photographs with couplets written for each letter of the alphabet sharing important state landmarks, people, resources, nature, and more. Facts in the back of the book make it an effective educational tool. The imagery also leaves a lasting impression in each child's mind as they learn about what makes their state so beautiful and unique. At the back of the book, two pages of intriguing facts add to the learning experience. The See My State Series includes CO, OK, CA, WA, OR, and NY (AK coming soon!). A: Armadillo (state animal) B: Bluebonnet (state flower) C: Capital (Austin) D: Dallas (pic will show Dallas Aquarium) E: Enchanted Rock F: Football G: Gulf Coast H: Horned Lizrd (Texas Horned Lizard) I: Independent (TX was formerly a country) J: Juneteenth (emancipation of slaves in Texas) K: K-9 (police dog) L: Longhorns (the animal, not the team) M: Mariachi Music N: NASA (in Houston) O: Oil P: Prickly Pear Cactus Q: Quinceañeras R: Ranches S: State Fair T: Tribes (Native American tribes in TX) U: Underground water (natural springs) V: Vaqueros W: Western Swing X: X Marks the Spot (Pirates of the Gulf) Y: Yummy (pecan pie for state nut of Texas) Z: Zoo (pic will show San Antonio zoo)

Landscape photographer Larry Ulrich celebrates the abundance of wildflowers in Oregon, Washington, and western Idaho.

Johnny's Girl the nationally acclaimed memoir of growing up in Alaska's underworld as the only child of gambler John F. "Johnny" Rich and exotic dancer, Frances ?Ginger? Rich. It chronicles Alaska's mean streets and her parent's tragic lives that were cut short. Kim Rich was an ordinary girl trapped in an extraordinary childhood, someone who dreamed of going to parties and getting good grades while living in an after-hours hell of gamblers, pimps, and con men. She longed for normalcy, yet she was inescapably her father's child, and she had no choice but to grow up fast. Her mother, who suffered from mental illness, was a stripper and B-girl: her father was a major player in the underworld of Anchorage, Alaska in the sixties, a city flush with newfound oil money. Only after her father was gruesomely murdered when she was 15, and Kim became a journalist, was she able to fill in the missing pieces of one American dream gone horribly wrong. Kim's true story is a tale of a woman's search for her parent's secrets. What she finds is both shocking and tragic, but in the end she's able to discover her true self amid the remnants of her parents' lost lives.

The ultimate coloring book for Oregon features thirty-two iconic scenes from the Beaver State, with something for everyone: beachcombers, foodies, nature lovers, hikers, bikers, skiers, and climbers.

A mysterious visitor to his parent's inn precipitates a chain of events that plunges Jim Hawkins into an unforgettable adventure among ruthless pirates seeking a fabulous treasure hidden on a desert island.Initially serialized in a magazine, Treasure Island first appeared as a book in 1883. Narrated primarily by young Jim Hawkins, the book can be seen as a coming of age story or a thriller for younger readers, but it is a swashbuckling delight for most anyone willing to pick it up. One of the central pleasures of the book is the indelible character of Long John Silver. Manipulative, self-centered, and greedy enough to be purely a villain, he proves such an engaging character that it is hard to feel much ill will toward him. With his missing leg, parrot, and treasure map, Silver is the forefather of countless fictional pirates of prose and film. Treasure Island is, arguably, both the genesis and zenith of the pirate adventure story. The novel has been repeatedly adapted to stage, radio, film and television. First filmed in 1918, Treasure Island has been the subject of more than fifty movies and has been translated into science fiction, western, anime and a feature for Jim Henson's Muppets. All of this springs from the enduring base of Stevenson's original novel. This is pure storytelling at its most ageless, powerful and beguiling.With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Treasure Island is both modern and readable.

"A rousing frontier saga."-The Washington Post"(Cooper's) sympathy is large, and his humor is as genuine--and as perfectly unaffected--as his art."-Joseph Conrad

¿The greatest tragic writer among English novelists.¿-Virginia Woolf¿There is no other novelist alive with the breadth of sympathy, the knowledge or the power for the creation of Jude." ¿H. G. WellsJude the Obscure, the semi-autobiographical final novel from Thomas Hardy explores notions of surprising candor; within the eponymous protagonist lies the tragic truth of failed ambitions and relationships. In a fierce exploration of the darkness of love and the intellect, this is one of the great tragic novels of English literature. Jude Fawley, an earnest boy from a rural English village, dreams of a life of academia despite his working-class background. His childhood schoolmaster has moved away from the village to teach at the University in Christminster. Jude spends his free time self-educating himself with the aspirations of enrolling at Christminster, yet his dreams are thwarted when he falls in love with Arabella, a loutish and deceptive young woman who lures him into a disastrous marriage. After abandoning each other, Jude returns to his dream of becoming a scholar; he moves to Christminster, where he falls in love with his cousin Sue Bridehead, and subsequently abandons all hope of academia. An intricate web of darkness ensues when Arabella returns into his life with a troubled son, who she informs is Jude¿s. Trapped in an uncontrollable descent, Jude¿s fate delivers him unspeakable tragedy. Jude The Obscure is one of literature's great works that explore the alienation and intricacies of man¿s place in the world. With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Jude the Obscure is both modern and readable.

"At the end we are steeped through and through with the genius, the vehemence, the indignation of Charlotte Brontë'"-Virginia Woolf "Given the action of Jane Eyre, which is in every sense dramatic, there is a pull, all the same, between action and consciousness.-Raymond Williams"Teaching the true strength of character for generations."-The GuardianJane Eyre, (1847) the first novel from Charlotte Brontë, originally published under the pen name "Currer Bell" was an immediate commercial and literary success. This classic work was unprecedented in its forthright reproach towards Victorian social norms, moral duty, and gender inequality; It is likewise one of the most extraordinary stories of love and freedom in the English language.Jane Eyre, which follows a young woman's passageway into adulthood and the unfolding of her interior emotional states, is a singular work of genre-defying fiction. Its story begins as the eponymous heroine is orphaned and under the care of her aunt, Mrs. Reed, a well-to-do yet heartless guardian. Jane is unfairly punished, and locked into "the red room", where she collapses in fright after an encounter with the apparent ghost of her deceased Uncle Reed. Following the incident, Jane's aunt sends her away to "Lowood", an oppressive school run by the abusive and fraudulent headmaster, Mr. Brocklehurst. After an outbreak of typhoid devastates the school, a new kindly administration is installed. Jane's life finally turns around; she remains at the school for six years and eventually becomes an instructor. After teaching for several years, Jane takes a position as a governess at Thornfield, the residence of the unbridled yet elegant Edward Rochester. As Jane embraces her duties at the estate, she begins to fall in love with her employer, and much to her surprise he asks for her hand in marriage. On the wedding day it is revealed that Edward possesses deep and dark secrets, and Jane flees for the sake of her own emotional integrity. In the ensuing experiences of her retreat, Jane confronts the procession of experiences and the formidable trials of her new life with the command of her unyielding self-determination. A startling modern classic of pronto-feminism, Jane Eyre is one of the most ingenious romance novels ever written.With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Jane Eyre is both modern and readable.

¿The Portrait of a Lady is entirely successful in giving one the sense of having met somebody far too radiantly good for this world.¿-Rebecca West¿A fairy tale in reverse.¿ -The Sunday TimesHenry James¿s The Portrait of a Lady is regarded as one of the towering works of Victorian literature; an exceptional examination of the disparate nature between Americans and Europeans, and the divides between contentment and money. Isabel Archer, one of the most compelling heroines of American literature, is at the center of this moving story about the manners and mores of 19th Century life.The Portrait of a Lady opens as the beautiful and fiery American Isabel Archer travels to England to visit her wealthy Aunt Touchett. She is introduced her Uncle Touchett, her cousin Ralph, and the local nobleman, Lord Warburton, who wastes no time in asking for Isabel¿s hand in marriage. In character with Isabel¿s independent spirt, she refuses the proposal, and while on a trip to London receives a second proposal from an American suitor; once again, she refuses. When she learns that her uncle is deathly ill, Isabel returns to the Touchett home, where she inherits a great fortune following his death. Traveling to Italy with her Aunt as a great heiress, she is introduced to Gilbert Osmond, a self-centered and calculating American expatriate. Despite the warnings from her family and friends, Isabel falls for Osborne and in turn is pulled the darkness of deception. The Portrait of a Lady is a tragic yet humane masterpiece of American literature.With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of The Portrait of a Lady is both modern and readable.

"I hold this book to be the most important expression which the present age has found; it is a book to which we are all indebted, and from which none of us can escape." T.S. EliotUlysses depicts a day in Leopold Bloom¿s life, broken into episodes analogous to Homer¿s Odyssey and related in rich, varied styles. Joyce¿s novel is celebrated for its depth of learning, earthy humor, literary allusions and piercing insight into the human heart. First published in Paris in 1922 Ulysses was not published in the United States until 1934. Immediately recognized as an extraordinary work that both echoed the history of English literature and took it in new, unheralded directions, Joyce¿s book was controversial. Its widespread release was initially slowed by censors nitpicking a few passages. The novel is challenging, in that it is an uncommon reader who will perceive all that Joyce has put into his pages upon first reading, but it is uniquely rewarding for anyone willing to follow where the author leads. Far more than a learned exercise in literary skill, Ulysses displays a sense of humor that ranges from delicate to roguish as well as sequences of striking beauty and emotion. Chief among the latter must be the novel¿s climactic stream of consciousness step into the mind of the protagonist¿s wife, Molly Bloom, whose open-hearted acceptance of life and love is among the most memorable and moving passages in English literature.With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Ulysses is both modern and readable.

¿One of my life¿s greatest tragedies is to have already read Pickwick Papers- I can¿t go back and read it for the first time.¿- Fernando Pessoa¿If I must choose only one Dickens then it¿s his first novel. It¿s wonderfully funny, kind and good-natured- just like dear Mr Pickwick himself.¿-Edwina CurrieIn the picaresque series of sketches in Pickwick Papers, Charles Dickens wrote one of the masterpieces of comic fiction, and presented readers with some of the most colorful and beloved characters of all time. In Dickens¿ first novel, initially based on a series of illustrations, members of the eponymous club recount their various experiences and encounters as they travel around England. Without the dark themes that dominated so many of his novels, this is a refreshingly lighthearted and unabashedly fun read.Charles Dickens was 24 years old when he was asked to write the text of a series of illustrations for publication of a serial in nineteen installments. At the center of the novel are the members of The Pickwick Club; notably the head of the establishment, Mr. Samuel Pickwick; he has decided, at the outset of the book, to organize a travel society comprising of four members. At the Pickwick Club the members will be required to recount their exploits in the English countryside. As they venture out, the four men become entangled with a dizzying array of mishaps; including failed romance, debtors¿ prison, judicial and social injustice, and mix-ups of gargantuan heights. Warm-hearted and thoroughly entertaining, this is a wild romp through 19th Century England.With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of The Pickwick Papers is both modern and readable.