E. B White
4) On Democracy
Author
Publisher
HarperAudio
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
"I am a member of a party of one, and I live in an age of fear."
These words were written by E. B. White in 1947.
Decades before our current political turmoil, White crafted eloquent yet practical political statements that continue to resonate. "There's only one kind of press that's any good—" he proclaimed, "a press free from any taint of the government." He condemned the trend of defamation, arguing that "in doubtful, doubting
...Author
Publisher
New York Review Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the summer of 1948, E.B. White sat in a New York City hotel room and, sweltering in the heat, wrote a remarkable pristine essay, Here is New York. Perceptive, funny, and nostalgic, the author’s stroll around Manhattan—with the reader arm-in-arm—remains the quintessential love letter to the city, written by one of America’s foremost literary figures. Here is New York has been chosen by The New York...
Author
Series
Publisher
Start Publishing LLC
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
The original edition of the most trusted writer's guide to American English, this is the book that generations of writers have relied upon for timeless advice on grammar, diction, syntax, sentence construction, and other writing essentials. In brief and concise terms, author William Strunk, Jr., identifies the principal requirements of proper American English style and concentrates on the most often violated rules of composition. Originally published...
Author
Publisher
Rayo
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st HarperCollins ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
Español
Description
Wilbur el cerdo vuelve desolado al descubrir que es destinado a ser la cena navideña del granjero, hasta que su amigo, la araña Charlotte, se decide a ayudarle.
Wilbur the pig is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte, decides to help him.
Series
Publisher
Columbia/Tristar Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Deluxe ed.
Language
English
Description
The Little family adopts a spunky boy named Stuart who looks a lot like a mouse. Mr. and Mrs. Little adore their new son, but their older son George isn't so sure what to make of his new brother and devises a plan to get Stuart out of the house.
10) Charlotte's web
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
c2007
Edition
Widescreen [ed.].
Language
English
Description
In ordinary Somerset County, a young farm girl named Fern rescues the runt of a litter of pigs from her father's ax. Fern names the pig Wilbur, takes care of him, and continues to visit him every day after he is moved to her Uncle Homer Zuckerman's barn across the road. But it's Wilbur's friendship with Charlotte the spider that ultimately saves him from the "smoke house" when Charlotte's talent for weaving praiseworthy words about Wilbur into her...