Mark Nelson
1) The eagle
Author
Series
Lighthouse family volume 3
Lexile Measure
630L
Summary
Two mice that live in a lighthouse along with a dog, a cat, and another mouse, lose their compass while exploring the forest, and learn to use their instincts before being rescued by an eagle.
3) The bear
Author
Series
Lighthouse family volume 8
Pub. Date
[2018]
Formats
Summary
After a long winter, the mice Whistler and Lila invite a sleepy bear to have breakfast at the lighthouse, but when he falls asleep in the garden for forty-three days, they realize he might not be done hibernating.
4) The otter
Author
Series
Lighthouse family volume 6
Lexile Measure
670L
Formats
Summary
A family of animals that lives in a lighthouse helps an otter, whose sister is trapped in an old fishing net.
Author
Series
Lighthouse family volume 7
Pub. Date
Â2017
Summary
When a baby sea lion's mother leaves him at the lighthouse, the lighthouse family enjoys caring for him until she returns.
6) The whale
Author
Series
Lighthouse family volume 2
Lexile Measure
670L
Summary
A family of animals that lives in a lighthouse helps a lost baby beluga whale find his mother.
Author
Series
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My Man Jeeves by P.G Wodehouse is a collection of comedic work featuring three of Wodehouse's famous characters. Bertie is an idle rich man, who is always ready to help his friends. However, he would never be able to do so without the help of his odd but intelligent valet, Jeeves. Said to be the prototype for Bertie, Reggie Pepper is also rich Englishman dedicated to assisting his friends, however, unlike Bertie, he often has to act as the brains...
Author
Summary
In his debut novel, Junky, Burroughs fictionalized his experiences using and peddling heroin and other drugs in the 1950s into a work that reads like a field report from the underworld of post-war America. The Burroughs-like protagonist of the novel, Bill Lee, see-saws between periods of addiction and rehab, using a panoply of substances including heroin, cocaine, marijuana, paregoric (a weak tincture of opium) and goof balls (barbiturate), amongst...
Author
Summary
Soon after the American Civil War, Confederate soldier John Carter joins the gold rush in Arizona. After striking a vein of gold, Carter runs into trouble with the natives of the area. In attempts to evade their pursuit, Carter hides in a cave, unaware of its magical properties. Mysteriously, Carter is transported to Mars, which the planet inhabitants call "Barsoom". When Carter discovers that the gravity difference between Mars and Earth has granted...
10) The storm
Author
Series
Lighthouse family volume 1
Pub. Date
2002
Lexile Measure
730L
Summary
Pandora the cat becomes a lighthouse keeper and saves the life of Seabold the dog, and together the two of them create a family with three young mice rescued from the sea.
11) The Yage Letters
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Summary
In January 1953, William S. Burroughs began an expedition into the jungles of South America to find yage, the fabled hallucinogen of the Amazon. From the notebooks he kept and the letters he wrote home to Allen Ginsberg, Burroughs composed a narrative of his adventures that later appeared as The Yage Letters. For this edition, Oliver Harris has gone back to the original manuscripts and untangled the history of the text, telling the fascinating story...
12) The turtle
Author
Series
Lighthouse family volume 4
Pub. Date
2005
Lexile Measure
720L
Summary
When Aurora the sea turtle becomes stranded in fog and cold water near a lighthouse, Pandora the cat, Seabold the dog, and their three adopted mouse children call on the pelicans for help.
13) The octopus
Author
Series
Lighthouse family volume 5
Pub. Date
2005
Lexile Measure
720L
Summary
Whistler and Lila, two of the mice children who live in a lighthouse, meet a young octopus when they visit the beach during low tide.
14) The sea lion
Author
Series
Lighthouse family volume 7
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile Measure
890L
Summary
"When a baby sea lion's mother leaves him at the lighthouse, the lighthouse family enjoys caring for him until she returns"--