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Continue the adventures of Father Brown with the third collection of stories in the acclaimed series. G.K. Chesterton¿s The Incredulity of Father Brown contains eight brand new tales featuring the priest and amateur detective, including, ¿The Arrow of Heaven,¿ ¿The Miracle of Moon Crescent,¿ and ¿The Curse of the Golden Cross.¿

Holiness, Temperance, Chasity, Justice, Friendship and Courtesy. These are the virtues that seven valiant knights, each on a quest through Faerieland, hope to achieve. Acting as both moral and political allegory, The Faerie Queene is an exploration of love, integrity and chivalry written by one of the great craftsmen of Modern English verse, Edmund Spenser.

At a time when the Abenaki had little to no written documentation of their language, Joseph Laurent, Chief of the Abenaki reserve of Odanak, came forth to produce New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues. Intended to aid the younger generation in learning English, as well as preserve the culture and language of their people, the dictionary is an extraordinary achievement in linguistic and language education.

Much like his contemporary, Alexander Lawrence Posey, Bertrand N.O. Walker was an exceptional literary voice in the early nineteenth century. Writing under his Wyandotte name, Hen-Toh, Walker would produce just two books in his lifetime, both of which would become important landmarks of Native American dialect literature.

The telling of stories has been a pastime of many cultures through the generations, but to the Native and Indigenous peoples, the sharing of folklore and legends specifically relayed the history and experiences of the tribes. In Coyote Stories, Mourning Dove recounts the history of the Animal People through the adventures of Sin-ka-lip¿ and his work for the Spirit Chief.

LARGE PRINT EDITION. My First Summer in the Sierra, is the story of John Muir's time spent working in the foothills of California's Sierra Nevada mountain range in late 1869. Joining a crew of shepherds, Muir worked tirelessly, not only supporting the efforts of the group, but vocalizing the need for environmental stewardship.

From a dark short story to a whimsical Christmastime fantasy and eventually a famous ballet, E.T.A. Hoffmann's original The Nutcracker and the Mouse King has continued to prevail through the ages. Follow the tale of a beloved Christmas toy and his battles against the evil Mouse King from origin, to retelling, to adaptation and translation.

LARGE PRINT EDITION. Combining personal experience with traditional storytelling, Zitkála-Šá reflects on her life as a young woman raised on the Yankton Indian Reservation in South Dakota and educated at a Quaker school in Indiana. Whether remembering her mother, reflecting on the importance of legends, or recalling her first time making coffee, Zitkála-Šá, in American Indian Stories, uses her voice to elevate her people.

LARGE PRINT EDITION. The Home and the World (1916) is a novel by Bengali author Rabindranath Tagore. Written after Tagore received the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature, the novel dramatizes the Swadeshi movement for Indian independence from British rule. Through the lens of one family, Tagore illuminates the conflict between Western culture and Indian nationalism while exploring the complex relationships of men and women in modern India. Concerned for his wife, who spends most of her days inside, Nikhil, an educated aristocrat, brings Bimala to a political rally. There, they hear the magnanimous revolutionary Sandip speak out against British imperialism and call for Indian independence. Although Nikhil remains passive, if not indifferent, regarding British rule, Bimala, who comes from a poor family, reaches a political awakening of her own. When Nikhil and Bimala invite Sandip to stay as a guest at their home, Bimala moves further away from her traditional role as a wife and begins to develop romantic feelings for the radical figure. Aware of his growing influence, Sandip places himself between Nikhil and his wife while secretly attempting to convince Bimala to use her husband's wealth to support the Swadeshi cause. The Home and the World is a masterful novel that explores the personal behind the political, inserting the lives of individuals into history's great wheel without losing sight of humanity. This edition of Rabindranath Tagore's The Home and the World is a classic of Indian literature reimagined for modern readers.

LARGE PRINT EDITION. Old Indian Legends (1901) is a collection of traditional stories from Yankton Dakota writer Zitkála-Šá. Published while Zitkála-Šá was just beginning her career as an artist and activist, Old Indian Legends collects fourteen traditional legends and stories passed down through Sioux oral tradition. Intending to keep the stories or her people alive, Zitkála-Šá popularized and protected these cultural treasures for generations to come.In ¿Iktomi and the Ducks,¿ spider-trickster spirit Iktomi befriends a group of ducks by playing them music to dance to. Gaining their trust, he sends them into a dancing frenzy causing them to break their necks, after which he takes them to his teepee to cook a meal. When a tree branch snaps outside, distracting Iktomi, a pack of wolves moves in for a feast of their own. In ¿Iktomi¿s Blanket,¿ a starving Iktomi prays to Inyan for a blessing of food. Stumbling across a deer carcass, he believes his prayers have been answered and prepares a fire to roast the deer meat over. Feeling a chill, however, he goes to his teepee for a blanket, leaving the fire unattended. Throughout her collection, Zitkála-Šá faithfully and respectfully retells the stories of her people. Old Indian Legends is a charming compilation from one of the leading American Indian writers of her generation, a committed activist and true voice for change who saw through her own eyes the lives and experiences of countless others.With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Zitkála-Šá¿s Old Indian Legends is a classic of American Indian literature reimagined for modern readers.

LARGE PRINT EDITION. The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois combines history, philosophy and autobiography in a groundbreaking examination of black Americans and their position in American society. An incisive look at how African Americans had to adapt to a hostile world and a fiercely powerful condemnation of racism fuel this uncompromising yet hopeful classic.

LARGE PRINT EDITION. As a young woman, Anne Elliot became engaged to the handsome Frederick Wentworth, but was persuaded by her vain, aristocratic family to break off the engagement due to Wentworth's inferior social and economic standing. Seven years later, still unmarried, Anne meets Frederick once again. Now a decorated naval officer, Captain Wentworth finds with mixed feelings for the woman who rejected him, a decision Anne Elliot soon comes to regret. Persuasion, Jane Austen's final novel, is a classic of romance and social realism and a masterpiece of English literature.

LARGE PRINT EDITION. A tour of Italy takes young Lucy Honeychurch out of her predictable life in Edwardian England and places her into a new world that even her chaperoning spinster aunt cannot control. Encountering everything from unlikely traveling companions to street violence, Lucy faces the greatest challenge in understanding her own shifting emotions toward a most unsuitable suitor. Since it first appeared in 1908 A Room With a View has been recognized as a masterful depiction of character and conflict. Known to many through Merchant Ivory's lush 1985 film adaptation, which won multiple awards including the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay, the novel provides an even richer experience. Lucy's journey toward a fresh, true understanding of herself and her passions make a compelling story, leavened by both an unexpected dry humor and a belief in the power of love.With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of A Room With a View is both modern and readable.

LARGE PRINT EDITION. Victor Frankenstein's attempts to create life from the dead leads to the creation of a monster capable of thought, subject to emotion, and seeking revenge. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley , is a work of unique power, a cornerstone of the horror genre, the founding novel of the science fiction genre and an engrossing novel of ideas.