social life and customs

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A pioneer sampler

the daily life of a pioneer family in 1840
Tells the story of what life was like for the Robertsons, a pioneer family living on a backwoods farm in 1840.
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El Cinco de Mayo

Text and photographs look at Cinco de Mayo.
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Walden and other writings

Contains "Walden, " "Civil disobedience, " "Life without principle, " and selections from "A week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, " "Cape Cod, " "The Maine woods, " and "The journal.".

The return of the native

Clym Yeobright, tired of Paris city life, returns to Egdon Heath to open a school. There he marries a pleasure-loving girl and tragedy follows.

Ethan Frome and other short fiction

Contains the story of Ethan Frome, a New England farmer who is married to a hypochondriac, but in love with his wife's lively cousin, Mattie; and includes the novella "The Touchstone, " and three additional short stories by Edith Wharton.

The awakening and selected short stories

Tells of a woman's desire for an affair with the son of a Louisiana resort owner whom she meets on vacation. Includes a selection of short stories, including "Beyond the Bayou, " "A Respectable Woman, " and "A Pair of Silk Stockings.".

A cowboy's life

Illustrates what life was like for cowboys, including information about their Spanish origins, the rise of America's cattle industry, as well as cattle drives and the famous trails ridden by cowboys.

Discover Kenya

Provides an introduction to the geography, landscape, economy, culture, and religion of Kenya, and includes maps, fact boxes, graphs, and charts.

Wuthering Heights

An adaptation of Bronte?'s novel set in nineteenth-century Yorkshire, in which the passionate attachment between a headstrong young girl and a foundling boy brought up by her father causes disaster for them and many others, even in the next generation.

[Jayn ?yir]

An abridged version of the story of an orphaned young girl who becomes a governess to the child of Edward Rochester, the master of Thornfield Manor, and the heartache surrounding her love for him.

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