books by Dodo Press     books:     Dodo Press      The Mansion (Dodo Press) Henry van Dyke Dodo Press, 2008 What we build is where we dwell I inherited this book 13 years ago. Since that time, I have incorporated it into my thinking on a daily basis. The significant point of the story is "What Counts, That which is truly given; Only that good that is done for the love of doing it; Only those plans in ...             Men of Iron (Dodo Press) Howard Pyle Dodo Press, 2008 A great book for boys. This is a book I first read in the ninth grade but is easily read by any good reader 5th grade up. An Adventure about a young boy taken from his family at a young age who learns to do what is right , to stand up against bullies , to organise others in a right cause. We ...             Theodore Roosevelt, An Autobiography (Dodo Press) Theodore Roosevelt Dodo Press, 2006 The Mother of All Presidential Memoirs Witty, quirky, profound, lyrical--this is one of the great American memoirs. The 1999 Modern Library and National Review rankers of the 100 great nonfiction books of the 20th century missed the boat on this one.             The Biography of a Grizzly (Dodo Press) Ernest Thompson Seton Dodo Press, 2008 A CLASSIC THAT STANDS THE TEST OF TIME AND GENERATIONS My grade two teacher read this book for the class many ,many years ago and it truly touched me. A bear cub who is orphaned at the hands of the human learns to cope and survive to one day exact his revenge on the hated human. The book is written through the eyes of the ...             Parables of the Cross (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press) I. Lilias Trotter Dodo Press, 2008 Isabella Lilias Trotter (1853-1928) was an artist and a missionary for over 38 years to the Muslims of Algeria. John Ruskin, the famous art critic, didn't believe that ladies could paint before he met Lilias, he changed his mind after he met her, and believed that if she would give her life to painting she could become the greatest painter of the ...             Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution (Dodo Press) P. Kropotkin Dodo Press, 2007 Required bio reading This book, which appears to be about the only surviving scientific text from Kropotkin's work, is very interesting and insightful. The first two chapters which deal with animals I found most interesting, because they address the roots of the falsehood of ...             Raggedy Ann Stories (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press) Johnny Gruelle Dodo Press, 2007 Unlimited Stars for imagination value When my daughter was 3, I started reading these Raggedy Ann stories to her from the original book I had as a child. She so loved them I added Raggedy Andy Stories (new) and Stories from the Deep Dark Woods (also my own) to her nightly reading list. Yes, the stories ...             The Craft of Fiction (Dodo Press) Percy Lubbock Dodo Press, 2008 A MUST BUY This is the book recommended by graham greene in his autobiography.he had studied this book inside out before embarking on his illustrious career. I suppose no other stamp off approval is needed after that.....             The Machine Stops (Dodo Press) E. M. Forster Dodo Press, 2008 Truly prophetic It's amazing to think that this story was written nearly a century ago, when most of the machinery that currently runs our lives hadn't even been invented yet. My son's heading off to college to major in electrical engineering. He'll be working on the Machine, and I'll ...             Ten Days in a Mad-House (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press) Nellie Bly Dodo Press, 2008 Elizabeth Jane Cochrane (wrote as Nellie Bly) (1864- 1922) was an American journalist, author, industrialist, and charity worker. She is most famous for an undercover exposé in which she faked insanity to study a mental institution from within. She is also well-known for her record-breaking trip around the world. Bly focused her early work for the ...             Bartleby, the Scrivener (Dodo Press) Herman Melville Dodo Press, 2006 By the American novelist, essayist and poet, widely esteemed as one of the most important figures in American literature and best remembered today for his masterpiece Moby-Dick (1851). His short story "Bartleby, the Scrivener" (1856) is among his most important pieces, and has been considered a precursor to Existentialist and Absurdist literature.             Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Dodo Press) Jules Verne Dodo Press, 2007 Wow I read this book many years ago and still have the book. This is a thought-provoking book, and I can honestly say that it's one of the best books that I have ever read in my whole life. There is much to be thought about in this book, and I intend to reread this book so ...             Tristan and Isolde (Dodo Press) Richard Wagner Dodo Press, 2008 ENO! Great publications I rely on ENO for their excellent breakdowns of OPERAS. Makes it so much more enjoyable.             Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin (Dodo Press) Maurice Le Blanc Dodo Press, 2005 The French Sherlock Holmes --- but here he's a dashing thief Arsene Lupin --- you know him not, but to generations of European readers he was the French Sherlock Holmes. Well, better than the Brit detective. Holmes was on the side of the law, a stodgy enterprise. But Lupin was a burglar. A gentleman burglar. A burglar with wit ...             The Real Mother Goose (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press) Dodo Press, 2007 . This book is an absolute necessity for anyone who is around children or, even moreso, a child at heart. The nursery rhymes of Mother Goose are classic and enduring, and this collection, with its vivid illustrations, bring to life so many familiar and wonderfully ...          products you might be interested in search for books adventures, autobiography, evolution, extraordinary, illustrated, mad-house      geepe.com    web we recommend Wow randomly chosen magazines: Fjaderfa