Book 20 in the Magic Tree House series (2000) A novel by Mary Pope Osborne A feeling of dread came over Jack. 'What if...' he said. 'What if...' In the distance, a tree suddenly burst into flames. 'We're looking at a wildfire!' he said. On a magical mission from the mysterious tree house near their home in Frog Creek, Pennsylvania, Jack and his sister Annie find themselves in the wilds of Australia during a drought.
The first book to focus on the film work of Bob Hope, this engaging assessment and history explores the comic persona this legendary star created. Drawing on archival materials, interviews with collaborators, and the films themselves, noted film comedy authority Donald W. McCaffrey establishes the reasons Hope is considered one of the greatest film comedians of his era.
The human drive for happiness is one of our most far-reaching and fundamental needs. Yet, despite our desperate search for happiness, according to a recent Gallup Poll, only a minority of North Americans describe themselves as “very happy.” It seems that very few of us have truly unlocked the secrets of lasting joy and inner peace.
Tells the story of a Frenchman and two well-to-do members of a post-American Civil War gun club who build an enormous sky-facing columbiad and launch themselves in a projectile/spaceship from it to a Moon landing.
Through a series of unforeseen and shocking events, Humphrey van Weyden and Maud Brewster find themselves aboard the "Ghost", captained by the cruel and vicious Wolf Larsen. This is the story of their individual weaknesses and how, through each other, they found a great strength within themselves.
