While aimed at youths, this series of tales of the just-opening West makes a rollicking good story for adults, too. Three teen-age boys, trained as telegraphers, manage to get themselves in and out of a wide variety of harrowing circumstances. Using their knowledge of Morse code, the science of telegraphs, and the operation of railroads, the boys stir in native resourcefulness, quick-thinking, and when the occasion demands it, raw courage – to effect rescues, thwart thieves, and solve mysteries. If Tom Swift had lived in the nineteenth century, he could not have had more exciting escapades!

This is the third book of the famous “What Katy did” series.

The continuing story of Katy Carr, recounting the time she spent at boarding school with her sister Clover.

Follow the adventures of Katy Carr and her family, through good times and bad.

In the High Valley” is the fifth and last book of the popular “What Katy did” series by Susan Coolidge.
The story starts out with Lionel Young and his sister, Imogen who set out for the picturesque but remote High Valley (America), leaving their hometown Devonshire (England) behind.
Lionel wants to take the share in Geoffrey Templestowe’s cattle business.
Imogen, owing to her prejudices against America and the American way of life, finds it hard to adjust to life over there.
Clover Templestowe, now happily married and living in the High Valley, at first finds it very trying to get on with Imogen.
A lot of events ensure in the course of which we meet again with ...

Clover is the fourth book in the popular What Katy Did series. After Katy's wedding, the focus shifts to her little sister Clover. Their brother Phil encounters serious illness in the winter, and Dr. Carr sends him with Clover to the mountains of Colorado. Clarence Page, their naughty cousin from the other books, lives nearby. He is a rancher now with an attractive English partner, Geoff Templestowe, whom Clover falls for.

Other books in the series are
What Katy Did
What Katy Did at School
What Katy Did Next
In the High Valley

Having, on his first voyage, discovered Australia, Cook still had to contend with those who maintained that the Terra Australians Incognita (the unknown Southern Continent) was a reality. To finally settle the issue, the British Admiralty sent Cook out again into the vast Southern Ocean with two sailing ships totalling only about 800 tons. Listen as Cook, equipped with one of the first chronometers, pushes his small vessel not merely into the Roaring Forties or the Furious Fifties but becomes the first explorer to penetrate the Antarctic Circle, reaching an incredible Latitude 71 degrees South, just failing to discover Antarctica. (Introduction by Shipley)

Text of famous inspirational lecture and biography of Russell Conwell, a Baptist minister and Temple University Founder

This is a charming book on Art History for children (and everyone else). Each chapter focuses on a great painting, reproduced in color in the original text. The authors explain the story behind the paintings, as well as the life, times, and techniques of the artists.

Auf Schloß Scharneck steht es nicht zum Besten. Die Familie wird von schweren Schulden gedrückt und die Sorgen lasten so schwer auf dem Vater, Wolfgang von Scharneck, dass er sich wie sein Großvater der Alchemie und Goldmacherei verschreibt. Als das Nachbargut von dem Bankierssohn Waring gekauft wird, entspinnen sich bald zarte Bande zwischen Mathilde, der ältesten Tochter und dem neuen Nachbarn. Doch Mathildens Vater ist entschieden gegen eine Verbindung der beiden, da er seine Tochter nicht mit leeren Händen in das Haus des reichen Nachbarn schicken will. Da taucht eine alte Sage auf, nach der auf Schloß Scharneck ein alter Schatz verborgen ist, der nur mit Hilfe der geheimen Künste geh...