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  • The Great Charles Dickens Scandal

    by Michael Slater ...
    The true story of the sensational rumors surrounding the Victorian author—and the attempts to cover them up: "Riveting . . . a scholarly detective story" ( The Boston Globe).Charles Dickens was regarded as the great proponent of hearth and home in Victorian Britain, but in 1858 this image was nearly shattered. With the breakup of his marriage that year, rumors of a scandalous relationship he may ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mythology of the British Isles

    Mythology, #1

    by Michael Slater ...
    Series Book 1 - Mythology
    The mythology of the British Isles including King Arthur, Beowulf and Robin Hood. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Charles Dickens

    by Michael Slater ...

    $25.19 USD

  • Sparks

    by David Michael Slater ...
    Felix is an 8-year-old boy with a debilitating condition, stuck from birth in a terrifying group home. He and his fellow "freaks"—wheelchair-bound Mila, dermatologically-challenged Klaus, and lethargic Elsa—suffer at the hands of their able-bodied fellow orphans and the cruel, disciplinarian taskmaster called The Wolf. 10 years later, 18-year-old Felix is on the verge of being discharged into the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dictionaries Out of Order

    by David Michael Slater ...
    "Dictionaries Out of Order" defies simple description. Its stories, which intersect at Portland's "City of Books," range from the silly to the sublime, veering expertly from philosophy to farce. At its heart, the book is a love letter to the awesome and mysterious power of words. As comical as it is profound, this unique and unforgettable collection confirms that David Michael Slater is one of the ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bleak House

    by Charles Dickens, Elizabeth McCracken ...
    Widely regarded as Dickens’s masterpiece, Bleak House centers on the generations-long lawsuit Jarndyce and Jarndyce, through which “whole families have inherited legendary hatreds.” Focusing on Esther Summerson, a ward of John Jarndyce, the novel traces Esther’s romantic coming-of-age and, in classic Dickensian style, the gradual revelation of long-buried secrets, all set against the foggy ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings

    by Charles Dickens ...
    'Every idiot who goes about with "Merry Christmas" on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding'Dickens's story of solitary miser Ebenezer Scrooge, who is taught the true meaning of Christmas by a series of ghostly visitors, has had an enduring influence on the way we think about the season. Dickens's other Christmas writings collected here include 'The Story of the Goblins who Stole a ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

  • The Boy & the Book

    [a wordless story]

    by David Michael Slater ...
    Illustrated by Bob Kolar ...
    A spine-tingling tale of book bonding.In this wordless story, a little boy finds a book that he loves at the library. It’s a match made in kid lit heaven. But not for the book. Sometimes the little boy’s excitement gets the better of him and the book suffers from possibly too much love: bent pages, tears, hugs, tossing, and shaking.The poor book requires first aid from his friends. Every time the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Tropes and the Literary-Scientific Revolution

    Forms of Proof

    by Michael Slater ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture
    Tropes and the Literary-Scientific Revolution: Forms of Proof argues that the rise of mechanical science in the seventeenth century had a profound impact on both language and literature. To the extent that new ideas about things were accompanied by new attitudes toward words, what we commonly regard as the “scientific revolution” inevitably bore literary dimensions as well. Literary tropes and ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • We're Doing It Wrong

    25 Ideas in Education That Just Don't Work—And How to Fix Them

    by David Michael Slater ...
    An unapologetic critique of major flaws in the American education system.David Michael Slater’s We’re Doing It Wrong is a thought-provoking dissection of the issues plaguing American public schools. Each chapter identifies a major problem in the education system, exploring its roots and repercussions. A teacher himself, Slater opens up and gives readers an insider’s perspective on topics that have ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Sweepstakes Cop

    by Michael Slater ...
    "Sweepstakes Cop" is based on the true story of a young boy who dreamed of finding treasure while protecting his friends from Bullies, Bigfoot & Bull Sharks. The heroic youth would grow up to become a Police Officer and end up winning a million dollars. ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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    A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings

    Penguin Classics

    by Charles Dickens ...
    Narrated by Theo Ogundipe ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 35 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.After reading Christmas Carol, the notoriously reculsive Thomas Carlyle was "seized with a perfect convulsion of hospitality" and threw not one but two Christmas dinner parties. The impact of the story may not always have been so dramatic but, along with Dickens other Christmas writings, it has had a lasting and significant influence upon our ideas about the Christmas ... Read more

    $17.74 USD