Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Swallows and Amazons for ever Swallows and Amazons for ever Arthur Michell Ransome This an abridged version of two books in the Swallows & Amazons series of children's books about adventures centred around sailing and camping, and the triumphs and perils of imaginative, brave and r… OL2459801W
The Picts and the Martyrs or, Not welcome at all The Picts and the Martyrs or, Not welcome at all Arthur Michell Ransome This is the penultimate book in the Swallows and Amazons series. Dick and Dorothea come to spend part of the summer vacation with the Amazons, but Great Aunt Maria's visit means they have to camp out… OL2459814W
The fool of the world and the flying ship The fool of the world and the flying ship Arthur Ransome,Arthur/shu Ransome,Arthur Michell Ransome When the Czar proclaims that he will marry his daughter to the man who brings him a flying ship, the Fool of the World sets out to try his luck and meets some unusual companions on the way. OL2459818W
Missee Lee Missee Lee Arthur Michell Ransome When their boat is burned and they are cast adrift in the South China Sea, Titty, Roger, Peggy, John, Nancy, Susan, and Captain Flint make their way to land only to find themselves the captives of th… OL2459824W
Coot Club Coot Club Arthur Michell Ransome Dick and Dorothea, from Winter Holiday, spend Easter vacation on the Norfolk Broads, and meet local kids, staunch environmentalists. Their adventures as they protect birds from careless tourists (the… OL2459825W
Secret water Secret water Arthur Michell Ransome The Swallows are abandoned in one of the most interesting parts of England: the east coast north of the mouth of the Thames and south of the Norfolk Broads. Their assignment is to map the tidal flat… OL2459827W
We didn't mean to go to sea We didn't mean to go to sea Arthur Michell Ransome The Swallows, visiting on the east coast of England, stand watch on a small cruising sailboat for the owner and drag anchor and cross the Channel in a gale. Wonderful detail about sailing, and the fa… OL2459832W
Swallowdale (Swallows and Amazons #2) Swallowdale (Swallows and Amazons #2) Arthur Michell Ransome The four children return to the lake for another summer camping on their island with their old allies, Nancy and Peggy, otherwise known as the Amazon pirates. But immediately disaster strikes when th… OL2459834W
Old Peter's Russian tales Old Peter's Russian tales Arthur Michell Ransome Includes twenty traditional tales told by Old Peter to his two grandchildren. OL2459836W
Swallows and Amazons Swallows and Amazons Arthur Michell Ransome,Helen Edmundson,Neil Hannon This is one of the finest books for children, both boys and girls. In 1928, four children, aged 7 to 12 (?), whose father is in the navy, vacation with their mother and baby sister on a lake in the n… OL2459837W
We didn't mean to go to sea We didn't mean to go to sea Arthur Michell Ransome While on vacation in East Anglia, four children, whose previous sailing experience is limited to dinghies, accidentally drift out to the North Sea after the rising tide auses their cutter to drag anc… OL27683406W