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Author : E. Nesbit
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Download or read book The Phoenix and the Carpet (Esprios Classics) written by E. Nesbit and published by . This book was released on 2022-05-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Phoenix and the Carpet is a fantasy novel for children, written by E. Nesbit and first published in 1904. It is the second in a trilogy of novels that begins with Five Children and It (1902) and follows the adventures of the same five children: Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane and the Lamb. Their mother buys the children a new carpet to replace one from the nursery that they have destroyed in an accidental fire. The children find an egg in the carpet, which hatches into a talking Phoenix. The Phoenix explains that the carpet is a magic one that will grant them three wishes a day. The five children go on many adventures, which eventually wear out their magic carpet. The adventures are continued and concluded in the third book of the trilogy, The Story of the Amulet (1906).

Author : E. Nesbit
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1528787595
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Phoenix and the Carpet written by E. Nesbit and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2019-06-17 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The Phoenix and the Carpet” is a 1904 fantasy children's novel by E. Nesbit. The second in a trilogy of novels beginning with “Five Children and It” (1902), it follows the escapades of the same five children: Anthea, Cyril, Robert, Jane and the “Lamb”. In this story, the children receive a new carpet from their mother to replace one destroyed in a fire. The children discover an egg inside it, which eventually hatches into a wish-granting phoenix that enables the children to go on many fantastical adventures. Edith Nesbit (1858 – 1924) was an English poet and author. She is perhaps best remembered for her children's literature, publishing more than 60 such books under the name E. Nesbit. She was also a political activist and co-founded the Fabian Society, which had a significant influence on the Labour Party and British politics in general. Other notable works by this author include: “The Prophet's Mantle” (1885), “Something Wrong” (1886), and “The Marden Mystery” (1896). Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.

Author : E. Nesbit
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Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Phoenix and the Carpet written by E. Nesbit and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-13 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It began with the day when it was almost the Fifth of November, and a doubt arose in some breast--Robert's, I fancy--as to the quality of the fireworks laid in for the Guy Fawkes celebration.'They were jolly cheap,' said whoever it was, and I think it was Robert, 'and suppose they didn't go off on the night? Those Prosser kids would have something to snigger about then.''The ones I got are all right,' Jane said; 'I know they are, because the man at the shop said they were worth thribble the money--''I'm sure thribble isn't grammar,' Anthea said.'Of course it isn't,' said Cyril; 'one word can't be grammar all by itself, so you needn't be so jolly clever.'Anthea was rummaging in the corner-drawers of her mind for a very disagreeable answer, when she remembered what a wet day it was, and how the boys had been disappointed of that ride to London and back on the top of the tram, which their mother had promised them as a reward for not having once forgotten, for six whole days, to wipe their boots on the mat when they came home from school.So Anthea only said, 'Don't be so jolly clever yourself, Squirrel. And the fireworks look all right, and you'll have the eightpence that your tram fares didn't cost to-day, to buy something more with. You ought to get a perfectly lovely Catharine wheel for eightpence.''I daresay,' said Cyril, coldly; 'but it's not YOUR eightpence anyhow--''But look here,' said Robert, 'really now, about the fireworks. We don't want to be disgraced before those kids next door. They think because they wear red plush on Sundays no one else is any good.''I wouldn't wear plush if it was ever so--unless it was black to be beheaded in, if I was Mary Queen of Scots,' said Anthea, with scorn.

Author : Edith Nesbit
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ISBN 13 : 9781512050141
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The PHOENIX and the CARPET written by Edith Nesbit and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-25 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It began with the day when it was almost the Fifth of November, and a doubt arose in some breast-Robert's, I fancy-as to the quality of the fireworks laid in for the Guy Fawkes celebration.'They were jolly cheap,' said whoever it was, and I think it was Robert, 'and suppose they didn't go off on the night? Those Prosser kids would have something to snigger about then.''The ones I got are all right,' Jane said; 'I know they are, because the man at the shop said they were worth thribble the money-''I'm sure thribble isn't grammar,' Anthea said.'Of course it isn't,' said Cyril; 'one word can't be grammar all by itself, so you needn't be so jolly clever.'Anthea was rummaging in the corner-drawers of her mind for a very disagreeable answer, when she remembered what a wet day it was, and how the boys had been disappointed of that ride to London and back on the top of the tram, which their mother had promised them as a reward for not having once forgotten, for six whole days, to wipe their boots on the mat when they came home from school.So Anthea only said, 'Don't be so jolly clever yourself, Squirrel. And the fireworks look all right, and you'll have the eightpence that your tram fares didn't cost to-day, to buy something more with. You ought to get a perfectly lovely Catharine wheel for eightpence.''I daresay,' said Cyril, coldly; 'but it's not YOUR eightpence anyhow-''But look here,' said Robert, 'really now, about the fireworks. We don't want to be disgraced before those kids next door. They think because they wear red plush on Sundays no one else is any good.''I wouldn't wear plush if it was ever so-unless it was black to be beheaded in, if I was Mary Queen of Scots,' said Anthea, with scorn.Robert stuck steadily to his point. One great point about Robert is the steadiness with which he can stick.'I think we ought to test them,' he said.'You young duffer,' said Cyril, 'fireworks are like postage-stamps. You can only use them once.''What do you suppose it means by "Carter's tested seeds" in the advertisement?'There was a blank silence. Then Cyril touched his forehead with his finger and shook his head.'A little wrong here,' he said. 'I was always afraid of that with poor Robert. All that cleverness, you know, and being top in algebra so often-it's bound to tell-''Dry up,' said Robert, fiercely. 'Don't you see? You can't TEST seeds if you do them ALL. You just take a few here and there, and if those grow you can feel pretty sure the others will be-what do you call it?-Father told me-"up to sample". Don't you think we ought to sample the fire-works? Just shut our eyes and each draw one out, and then try them.''But it's raining cats and dogs,' said Jane.'And Queen Anne is dead,' rejoined Robert. No one was in a very good temper. 'We needn't go out to do them; we can just move back the table, and let them off on the old tea-tray we play toboggans with. I don't know what YOU think, but I think it's time we did something, and that would be really useful; because then we shouldn't just HOPE the fireworks would make those Prossers sit up-we should KNOW.''It WOULD be something to do,' Cyril owned with languid approval.So the table was moved back. And then the hole in the carpet, that had been near the window till the carpet was turned round, showed most awfully. But Anthea stole out on tip-toe, and got the tray when cook wasn't looking, and brought it in and put it over the hole.Then all the fireworks were put on the table, and each of the four children shut its eyes very tight and put out its hand and grasped something. Robert took a cracker, Cyril and Anthea had Roman candles; but Jane's fat paw closed on the gem of the whole collection, the Jack-in-the-box that had cost two shillings, and one at least of the party-I will not say which, because it was sorry afterwards-declared that Jane had done it on purpose. Nobody was pleased.

Author : E. Nesbit
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Download or read book Five Children and It (Esprios Classics) written by E. Nesbit and published by . This book was released on 2022-05-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five Children and It is a children's novel by English author E. Nesbit. It was originally published in 1902 in the Strand Magazine under the general title The Psammead, or the Gifts, with a segment appearing each month from April to December. The stories were then expanded into a novel which was published the same year. It is the first volume of a trilogy that includes The Phoenix and the Carpet (1904) and The Story of the Amulet (1906). The book has never been out of print since its initial publication. Like Nesbit's The Railway Children, the story begins when a group of children move from London to the countryside of Kent.

Author : Edith Nesbit
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ISBN 13 : 9788861610316
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Download or read book The Phoenix and the Carpet. Level 2. Con CD Audio written by Edith Nesbit and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jean Webster
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dear Enemy written by Jean Webster and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dear Enemy is the sequel to novel Daddy-Long-Legs and follows the story of Sallie McBride, Judy Abbott's classmate and best friend in Daddy-Long-Legs. Dear Enemy shows how Sallie McBride grows from a frivolous socialite to a mature woman and an able executive. It also follows the development of Sallie's relationships with Gordon Hallock, a wealthy politician, and Dr. Robin MacRae, the orphanage's physician, (to whom Sallie addresses her letters: "Dear Enemy"). Both relationships are affected by Sallie's initial reluctance to commit herself to her job, and by her gradual realization of how happy the work makes her and how incomplete she'd feel without it.

Author : Andy Miller
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062100629
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Year of Reading Dangerously written by Andy Miller and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-12-09 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An editor and writer's vivaciously entertaining, and often moving, chronicle of his year-long adventure with fifty great books (and two not-so-great ones)—a true story about reading that reminds us why we should all make time in our lives for books. Nearing his fortieth birthday, author and critic Andy Miller realized he's not nearly as well read as he'd like to be. A devout book lover who somehow fell out of the habit of reading, he began to ponder the power of books to change an individual life—including his own—and to the define the sort of person he would like to be. Beginning with a copy of Bulgakov's Master and Margarita that he happens to find one day in a bookstore, he embarks on a literary odyssey of mindful reading and wry introspection. From Middlemarch to Anna Karenina to A Confederacy of Dunces, these are books Miller felt he should read; books he'd always wanted to read; books he'd previously started but hadn't finished; and books he'd lied about having read to impress people. Combining memoir and literary criticism, The Year of Reading Dangerously is Miller's heartfelt, humorous, and honest examination of what it means to be a reader. Passionately believing that books deserve to be read, enjoyed, and debated in the real world, Miller documents his reading experiences and how they resonated in his daily life and ultimately his very sense of self. The result is a witty and insightful journey of discovery and soul-searching that celebrates the abiding miracle of the book and the power of reading.

Author : William Theodore De Bary
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231138840
Total Pages : 706 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Living Legacies at Columbia written by William Theodore De Bary and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Margaret Mead and Zora Neale Hurston to Lionel Trilling and Lou Gehrig, Columbia University has been home to some of the most important historians, scientists, critics, artists, physicians, and social scientists of the twentieth century. (It can also boast a hall-of-fame athlete.) In Living Legacies at Columbia, contributors with close personal ties to their subjects capture Columbia's rich intellectual history. Essays span the birth of genetics and modern anthropology, constitutionalism from John Jay to Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Virginia Apgar's test, Lou Gehrig's swing, journalism education, black power, public health, the development of Asian studies, the Great Books Movement, gender studies, human rights, and numerous other realms of teaching and discovery. They include Eric Foner on historian Richard Hoftstader, Isaac Levi and Sidney Hook on John Dewey, David Rosand on art historian Meyer Schapiro, John Hollander on critic Mark Van Doren, Donald Keene on Asian studies, Jacques Barzun on history, Eric Kandel on geneticist Thomas Hunt Morgan, and Rosalind Rosenberg on Franz Boas and his three most famous pupils: Ruth Benedict, Margaret Mead, and Zora Neale Hurston. Much more than an institutional history, Living Legacies captures the spirit of a great university through the stories of gifted men and women who have worked, taught, and studied at Columbia. It includes stories of struggle and breakthrough, searching and discovery, tradition and transformation.

Author : Jacques Barzun
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ISBN 13 : 9780819154477
Total Pages : 0 pages
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