In Desert and Wilderness
- Author: Sienkiewicz Henryk
- Genre: History
In Desert and Wilderness is a brilliant novel of a Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz, his only book written for youth. The action takes place in Africa, where two children, a Polish boy of 14 and an eight-year-old English girl, find themselves having been kidnapped by a group of Arabs. They are taken to an exhausting travel to the Sahara Desert, suffering from heat, thirst, hunger and poor treatment and being often abused; then live in the city ruined by war, poverty and diseases. Much more misfortunes expect them to try their staying power and fortitude.
This is tale of heroism, inspired by real events. Though juvenile, it’s a pleasant piece of literature
for all ages.
the shooting of dan mcgrew a novel
- Author: marvin dana
- Genre: History
The story runs trough the Gold Rush era, times of hate and destruction, greed, solitude and betrayal, creating a vivid atmosphere of the epoch.“The shooting of Dan McGrew” by Marvin Dana is based on the famous poem of Robert W. Service. It will be useful for children’s acquaintance with poetry, as well as for entertaining of a wide readership.
Barriers Burned Away
- Author: Roe Edward Payson
- Genre: History
Barriers Burned Away was written by Edward Payson Roe, one of the most popular American writers and novelists of all times. This book, published in 1873, was his first work which brought him a great success. The plot is strained and keeps the readers attentive and even a bit thrilled. It narrates about the real historical event as most of the novels creates by Roe: about the Chicago Fire and the troubles it created for ordinary people. The author does a great job not only in describing the tragedy of a fire but also in depicting the conflict between two main heroes. The book was so popular that in the 1930s the movie based on the events of this novel was shot.
a narrative of the life of david crockett of the state of tennessee
- Author: davy crockett
- Genre: History
Davy Crockett "always delighted to be in the very thickest of danger." In his own unbelievable style he describes his early life in Tennessee, his two marriages, his career as an Indian fighter, his bear hunting, and his electioneering. His reputation of a great bear hunter sent him to Congress, and he was voted in and out as the price of cotton (and his relations with the Jacksonians) rose and fell. In 1834, when this autobiography was published, Davy Crockett was already a folk hero with an eye on the White House. But a year later he lost his seat in Congress and turned toward Texas. This brilliant narration is considered to be a classical example of American literature.
O Pioneers!
- Author: Cather Willa Sibert
- Genre: General
O Pioneers! was written in 1913 by American novelist Willa Sibert Cather who tells us the course of life of the Bergsons who immigrated from Sweden to a fictional town Hanover, Nebraska at the beginning of the 20th century. The main hero Alexandra Bergson is a very strong-willed person. She inherits a farm after the death of her father and does everything to support this farm and turn it into a big and serious business while the other members of her family are not very interested in working on the farm. The slowly give up and move to big cities. Besides, the author focuses on the relationship between the main character Alexandra and the family friend Carl Linstrum as well as on the life story of he brother Emil and a married woman. The novel is divided into five parts each describing a special event from the Bergsons life.
a narrative of the life of david crockett
- Author: davy crockett
- Genre: History
Davy Crockett "always delighted to be in the very thickest of danger." In his own unbelievable style he describes his early life in Tennessee, his two marriages, his career as an Indian fighter, his bear hunting, and his electioneering. His reputation of a great bear hunter sent him to Congress, and he was voted in and out as the price of cotton (and his relations with the Jacksonians) rose and fell. In 1834, when this autobiography was published, Davy Crockett was already a folk hero with an eye on the White House. But a year later he lost his seat in Congress and turned toward Texas. This brilliant narration is considered to be a classical example of American literature.
Rudin
- Author: Turgenev Ivan Sergeevich
- Genre: History
Everyone in a country house of a noble prosperous landowner, a beautiful woman of the world and fashion in her past, is waiting of a certain baron. An erudite person, an expert on philosophy, he is to present his scientific work to them. However, instead of the baron, Dmitry Nikolayevich Rudin comes… “Rudin” is the first novel of Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818-1883), famous Russian novelist and playwright. When it was first published in 1856, it was considered to be merely a story. Turgenev was an expert in portraying the typical characters, but his works are also a picture of private life of the people of his country and time, their emotions and anxieties. The hero of this novel has long ago obtained the name of “superfluous man”. It is a typical meaningful phenomenon of Russian life, a well-educated man, weaved of contradiction; that is completely torn off the life of his native land, and suffers painfully from his own groundlessness. Much has changed in the course of time, bur every generation of readers continue to perceive the novel in a new way.
Domestic Manners of the Americans
- Author: Trollope Fanny
- Genre: Sociology
Domestic Manners of the Americans is a travel book written by Frances Trollope in the year of 1832 who wishes to share the impressions from her journey all around America. The book became sensational both in Europe and America as in many ways the author saw Americans in a negative way considering that they lacked manners. She also saw the remains of slavery in the South and was completely disgusted. The habit of chewing tobacco was popular at that time as well and it was not understood by the author. On the other hand the book contains many interesting ideas and observations. It became classical for many generations of readers and is recognized as a necessary part of everyone's personal library.
The Calvary Road
- Author: Hession Revel
- Genre: General
Roy Hession (1908-1992), a British evangelist and the leader of a group of missionaries from East Africa, was the author of 10 books, the first of which became "The Calvary Road”, published in 1950. By this work Hession draws our attention to the theme of personal revival through being filled with the Holy Spirit, the vital issue of sanctification. It helps to discover that things, we avoid, are able to bring peace and happiness to life, changing it forever. Written with clarity and honesty, concise and simple, it is a delightful, thoughtful reading for all of us, old or young; the book that can become a starting point to Christ and freedom.