It is night in the south seas near Tahiti, and the ship HMS Bounty has begun the long voyage home to England. But the sailors on the ship are angry men, and they have swords and guns. They pull the captain out of bed and take him up on deck. He tries to run, but a sailor holds a knife to his neck. 'Do that again, Captain Bligh, and you're a dead man!' he says. The mutiny on the Bounty happened in April, 1789. This is the true story of Captain Bligh and Fletcher Christian, and the ship that never came home to England.
Picturing Childhood: Illustrated Childrens Books from University of California Collections, 1550-1990
The subject of Picturing Childhood brings together the intellectual and collecting interests of UCLA's world-renowned research library and its distinguished collection of works of art on paper, the Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts. This exhibition and catalogue celebrate not only the remarkable collection of children's materials in the library's Department of Special Collections but also the foresight of such UCLA librarians as Wilbur Jordan Smith, F. Brooke Whiting, and James Davis
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11526.37 | Fiction literature | 11 August 2011
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The Bright Forever
On an evening like any other, nine-year-old Katie Mackey, daughter of the most affluent family in a small town on the plains of Indiana, sets out on her bicycle to return some library books.
Columbus and the New World (Footprint Reading Library)
Welcome to the sights and sounds of the world with the Footprint Reading Library, a unique new series of graded readers for learners of English. This series offers fascinating stories from the four corners of our world, and develops the language and skills needed to understand non-fiction writing.
Earth: Pleiadian Keys to the Living Library (Audiobook, MP3)
Embraced worldwide as key spiritual teachers, the Pleidians use wit, wisdom, and deep compassion to assist us in creating a new vision of Earth. By restoring value to the human being and recognizing the Goddess energies and the power of blood as connections to our DNA, we can discover our crucial roles in the transformational process unfolding in our times.
