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LARGE PRINT EDITION. Victor Frankenstein's attempts to create life from the dead leads to the creation of a monster capable of thought, subject to emotion, and seeking revenge. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley , is a work of unique power, a cornerstone of the horror genre, the founding novel of the science fiction genre and an engrossing novel of ideas.

LARGE PRINT EDITION. Set as the sequel to the classic American novel by Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has earned its rightful place as an icon in literary history. Poised as one of the first novels to attract the American masses with its readable text style, Mark Twain wrote about the controversial subject matter regarding the unlikely friendship between a boy and a fugitive slave. After a life-changing adventure with his comrade, Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, "Huck," as he's known, must figure out how to deal with his new life in the aftermath of finding a significant amount of money along the banks of the Mississippi River. Protecting what's rightfully his, Huck keeps the money in a trust, tucked away from his drunken father. With the weight of numerous county judges siding with the responsibility of Huck's father in securing the money, Huck fears his life of independence has been hopelessly squandered.Forced to endure confinement and relentless abuse, Huck takes matters into his own hands, leading him on the adventure, and a new friendship of a lifetime. Scared, lonely, and fiercely independent, Huck Finn must learn that in order to survive he must become comfortable with the uncomfortable. Huck must learn to trust those around him, and most importantly, to be brave in the face of extreme hardship.With an eye-catching new cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this version of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is modern and readable.

LARGE PRINT EDITION. Having immigrated in search of a better life, thousands of orthodox Jews find themselves confined to a desperately crowded London ghetto. As they restart their lives, many of these people-who largely hail from eastern Europe-succumb to poverty, despair, and disease. Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People is a novel by Israel Zangwill.

LARGE PRINT EDITION. Reporter and amateur detective Joseph Rouletabille is called to the Château du Glandier. A young heiress has been found beaten within an inch of her life in a room locked from the inside. When Frédéric Larsan, France's top detective, unexpectedly solves the case, Rouletabaille grows suspicious. The Mystery of the Yellow Room is a novel by Gaston Leroux.

LARGE PRINT EDITION. Reporter and amateur detective Joseph Rouletabille succeeds where no one else can. Called to the court of Tsar Nicholas II, he accepts an assignment to protect a group of influential generals from a suspected assassin. In Russia, Rouletabille is caught up in an atmosphere of violence, mystery, and revolution. The Secret of the Night is a novel by Gaston Leroux.

LARGE PRINT EDITION. Reporter and amateur detective Joseph Rouletabille succeeded where no one else could. Having solved the impenetrable "Mystery of the Yellow Room," he hopes to return to a life of peace and quiet. When a man thought dead returns, Rouletabille is forced to revisit his definitive case. The Perfume of the Lady in Black is a novel by Gaston Leroux.

LARGE PRINT EDITION. What does it mean to be Black in America and how has that experience changed over time? Featuring such orators as Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells and Maria W. Stewart, The Voice of a People: Speeches from Black America hopes to answer that question in a powerful collection of speeches by some of the nation's leading Black intellectuals, activists, artists and organizers.

LARGE PRINT EDITION. When a Bostonian aristocrat is murdered in Hawai'i, his nephew travels to the islands in order to convince his Aunt Minerva to return home. Eventually, he becomes involved in the investigation of his uncle's death, overseen by brilliant Chinese American detective Charlie Chan. The House Without a Key is a novel by Earl Derr Biggers.

LARGE PRINT EDITION. "You tas'e petater an' you say it sweet, / But you no know how hard we wuk fe it." In his debut collection, the first published in Jamaican Patois, Claude McKay addresses himself to a white audience, addressing the schism inherent to colonial society between white and black, rich and poor. Songs of Jamaica is a poetry collection by Claude McKay.

LARGE PRINT EDITION. Following the violent overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii, Queen Lili'uokalani sought to not only restore her right to the throne, but to provide a voice for the Hawaiian people. Deposed for her efforts to assert Hawaiian sovereignty, Lili'uokalani reflects on growing up on the island of Oahu and the sadness with which she has been forced to leave everything behind.

LARGE PRINT EDITION. A man arrives at the house of a friend after receiving a worrying letter. A prince holds a masquerade for nobles in his abbey as a plague ravages the world outside. A Parisian detective investigates the murders of two young women. The Edgar Allan Poe Collection compiles in one place the greatest poems and short stories of an American literary icon.