Month: May 2024

A Princess of Mars [Large Print]

A Princess of Mars
Unabridged Large Print Edition
by Edgar Rice Burroughs

This, the first of dozens of popular tales spun by Burroughs, is the story of the romance between John Carter, mysteriously transported to Mars from the Arizona desert, and Dejah Thoris, the “Princess of Mars” for whom the tale is named.

In Edgar Rice Burroughs’ trademark style, former Confederate officer John Carter is thrown into a series of non-stop adventures at breakneck pace, with the earthling pitted against a variety of Martian men and beasts, finding adversaries and adventure on seemingly every page and finding a few friends – and the love of his life – in the course of this epic adventure. Continue reading “A Princess of Mars [Large Print]”

The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight & The Unseen

The Great Keinplatz Experiment
and Other Tales of Twilight & The Unseen
by Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, born the third of ten children on May 22, 1859 in Edinburgh, Scotland, is known the world over as the creator of Sherlock Holmes. A prolific writer, Doyle was also a physician, an avid sportsman and a political activist.

The stories collected here are classic examples of Conan Doyle’s not-infrequent forays into the off-beat, the macabre, the mystical and the mysterious. While he became a full-blown spiritualist and paranormal enthusiast later in life, tales of this nature were part of his repertoire from fairly early in his career. Continue reading “The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight & The Unseen”

Mansfield Park [Large Print]

Mansfield Park
Unabridged Large Print Edition
by Jane Austen

This quality large print edition is not a machine scanned or facsimile “blowup” of an older edition. Edited and formatted by human editors, it is printed on heavyweight bright white paper with a fully laminated cover.

Mansfield Park…

Mansfield Park was Jane Austen’s third novel, first published in 1814. Characterized by Austen’s dry wit and biting satire, its tone and discussion of religion and religious duty, propriety and morality, obedience, privacy, and adultery has resulted in its description as both the most serious and mature and the most problematic of Austen’s novels. Continue reading “Mansfield Park [Large Print]”

The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden
The Complete & Unabridged Original Classic Edition
by Frances H. Burnett

Little Mary Lennox, raised in India by servants and left alone in the world after a cholera epidemic, is sent to live with an uncle she has never met in a nearly empty mansion on the edge of the Yorkshire moors. Spoiled and self-absorbed, Mary soon finds that the mansion is not so empty as it seems at first, gradually learns that world does not revolve around her, and is filled with wonderful living things and people who can become friends. Continue reading “The Secret Garden”

Sense and Sensibility [Large Print]

Sense and Sensibility
Unabridged Large Print Edition
by Jane Austen

This unabridged large print Edition is not an electronic scan or reproduction. The text has been formatted and edited by human editors, based on the classic original edition, and is printed on heavyweight bright white paper with a fully laminated cover.

Sense and Sensibility…

Published anonymously in three volumes in 1811, Sense and Sensibility was Jane Austen’s first published novel. She began writing it about 1795, titled “Elinor and Marianne,” and worked on it sporadically until she extensively revised it in 1809 and began seriously pursuing its publication. Ultimately it was published under its well-known title after Jane’s family financed the initial costs of producing the book. Continue reading “Sense and Sensibility [Large Print]”