Mike King

Rick Ellis

Enamel the Camel

The fun story of Jacko the monkey, and his adventures in the forest with the Lions and the Grumpy Bear.

Jacko, The Mischievous Little Monkey

George Elliot

George Eliot's novel, Middlemarch,, explores a fictional nineteenth-century Midlands town in the midst of modern changes during the Industrial Revolution.Instead of choosing to wed a wealthy landowner and settle for a comfortable life, Dorothea Brooke decides to marry Edward Casaubon-a dull scholar who is her senior by a few decades. Dorothea hopes the union will afford her with the opportunity to share in her husband's intellectual pursuits, but even her best efforts can't save the disastrous marriage. Meanwhile, idealistic doctor Tertius Lydgate has progressive ideas about the medical field, and he believes the village of Middlemarch is the place that will embrace his beliefs. But when he weds Rosamond Vincy, the mayor's beautiful daughter, his ideals come into stark contrast with his new bride's materialism and vanity, dooming their marriage from the start.Lastly, Rosamond's brother, Fred, is reluctantly destined for the Church. But his childhood sweetheart Mary Garth refuses to accept him until he settles into a more suitable career and one that interests him. But when circumstances lead to Fred losing a sizeable fortune that sets off a calamitous turn of events, he must reevaluate the choices he has made.

Middlemarch

Frances Hodgson Burnett

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the beloved classic story by Francis Hodgsen Burnett enchants readers of all ages. It's the story of the orphan Mary Lennox, who is sent to live on at Misselthwaite, her Uncle Archibald's estate near the Yorkshire moors Nine-year-old Mary Lennox finds a walled-in garden that has been locked for years. With the help of Dickon, a young local boy who can charm animals, Mary cultivates the garden, an experiences that both improves her health and raises her spirits. Ultimately, the secret garden proves beneficial not only to Mary, but to her sickly cousin Colin. Nurtured with love and tenderness, the secret garden proves it has the power to heal the heart. First published in 1911, Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden is a much-loved classic of children's literature.

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