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Macbeth is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and one of his best-known plays. Often referred to as an archetypal tale, it warns against lust for power and the betrayal of friends. Shakespeare based the play loosely on a King Macbeth of Scotland. The play is traditionally considered "cursed", and thu...

Max loves Tallulah with all his heart. But he is too shy to tell her. How will he ever get her attention? He tries all kinds of other ways to get her attention, but each time, something goes wrong! Finally, Max has the best idea of all... Read along with this heartwarming tale of love, friendship...

The itinerant sailor Ishmael begins a voyage on the whaling ship Pequod whose captain, Ahab, wishes to exact revenge upon the whale Moby-Dick, who destroyed his last ship and took his leg. As they search for the savage white whale, Ishmael questions all aspects of life. The story is woven in comp...

Frederick Douglass was an ex-slave and a great orator in early 19th-century USA. His autobiography details his experiences as a slave and is considered the most famous such work, though many similar were written by his contemporaries. This work also influenced and fueled the abolitionist movement...

"Ten sleepy bears wake up from a long winter night. One of them walks out in the pale light of the morning." After a long walk, after a long sleep, nine bears return to their home. But...ten bears had left! Where could the missing bear be? As children turn the pages of this lively tale, they will...

Polar bears aren't scared of anything, says Dad. And neither are polar bear boys...But is Jamie a polar bear boy? There is only one way to find out, so together Dad and Jamie weave a magical nighttime tale before bed, sending Jamie's imagination soaring and banishing his fears. An enchanting bedt...

A Princess of Mars is the first in Edgar Rice Burroughs' Barsoom series. This science fiction planetary romance, packed full of dangerous feats and swordplay, is set on a dying Mars. It went on to inspire some of the great imaginations, among them Arthur C. Clarke, Ray Bradbury and Carl Sagan. Ci...

It's Halloween, and there are pumpkins EVERYWHERE! Pumpkins with happy faces and sad faces, silly faces and mad faces. Pumpkins carved as spiders and cats, wolves and bats. Pumpkins glowing, pumpkins bright, and shining in the starry night. Follow the adventures of four little trick-or-treaters a...