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An American natural history primer for children which includes a couple of Australian marsupials.
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Page : 140 pages
File Size : 32,74 MB
Release : 1855
Category : Animals
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An American natural history primer for children which includes a couple of Australian marsupials.
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Page : pages
File Size : 40,10 MB
Release : 1854
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Author : Oliver Optic
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Page : 322 pages
File Size : 28,24 MB
Release : 1854
Category : Readers
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Author : George Canning Hill
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Page : 394 pages
File Size : 28,15 MB
Release : 1856
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Page : 400 pages
File Size : 44,51 MB
Release : 1857
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Author : Daniel Dana, jr. (Firm)
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Page : 324 pages
File Size : 36,97 MB
Release : 1857
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
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Author : Caraline Brown
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 46,40 MB
Release : 2020-10-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1950691578
For fans of The Greatest Showman and Water for Elephants, The Candlelit Menagerie grabs hold and pulls readers into the dim halls of the exotic animal emporiums of London, over two centuries ago. Set in late eighteenth-century London, this haunting debut novel features Lillian, a freakishly tall woman who struggles to fit into society because of her size and desire to wear trousers. Each morning, she wakes in her tiny maid's room in a too-small bed to the sound of a lion roaring nearby, on the Strand. One day, she investigates the sound and discovers a candlelit exotic animal emporium. When she meets the lion, there is an instant bond. At first, Lillian is repulsed by the stench and squalor, but there, in the menagerie, Lillian finds her natural home taking care of and befriending wild animals brought from around the world, stolen from their habitats, misfits like her. The British empire had become the dominate colonial power, plundering resources across the ocean, including humans and animals, and bringing them to England's shores for the first time to the amusement of the public. The menagerie, under Lillian's management, becomes a successful attraction. It is her life's mission. She even marries the veterinarian's single-minded apprentice. But when her unborn baby dies in an accident, she is given a chimpanzee to raise as her own child, upending the order of even Lillian's unusual existence. Told in a simple, mesmerizing voice, The Candlelit Menagerie is intensely atmospheric and transporting. This stunning debut will put Caraline Brown at the forefront of the list of new novelists to watch.
Author : Norman J. Zierold
Publisher : Boston : Little, Brown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 20,48 MB
Release : 1967
Category : Ransom
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Page : 858 pages
File Size : 12,25 MB
Release : 1881
Category : Children's periodicals, American
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Author : Charlie Small
Publisher : Random House
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 10,29 MB
Release : 2014-08-31
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 140705130X
Prepare to be utterly amazed by the latest instalment of Charlie Small's incredible yet 100% true adventures. On his way to Jakeman's factory, Charlie is grabbed by Tristram Twitch, who sends him off on three dangerous errands. Charlie must find a pearl from the giant oyster beds of the Pangaean Ocean, a diamond-encrusted tiara from a mummified corpse, and a gold quill from the back of the extremely rare golden porcupine of Mayapazan. AND he has to befriend his old enemy, Thrak the gorilla along the way! If he doesn't succeed, Jakeman will be fed to a man-eating barracuda - and Charlie will NEVER get back home...!