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Experience the world through the eyes of a devoted dog in A Dog’s Tale, Mark Twain’s heartwarming yet poignant short story of loyalty, love, and the bonds between humans and their four-legged companions. Told from the perspective of a kind and intelligent pup, this touching tale follows her journey from a joyful, tail-wagging innocence to the harsh realities of the human world. Through her unwavering devotion, she teaches us about selflessness, kindness, and the quiet heroism of a loving heart.

A man of many firsts, Mark Twain was the first author to use the typewriter and the first person to have a telephone in his home (which no doubt made him the first person to swear at tech support!). He patented the accordion file, the fountain pen, and adjustable suspenders. And when he published "deleted scenes" from Pudd'nhead Wilson as Those Extraordinary Twins, he became the first publisher to include "bonus tracks" as well as the finished work.

Huck Finn can no longer stand his life at home, so he fakes his own death. While camping, he discovers the runaway slave, Jim. Together, Huck and Jim travel down the mighty Mississippi River in a series of adventures with a cast of unforgettable characters.

A nineteenth-century boy from a Mississippi River town recounts his adventures as he travels down the river with a runaway slave, encountering a family involved in a feud, two scoundrels pretending to be royalty, and Tom Sawyer's aunt who mistakes him for Tom.

In 1882, Mark Twain decided to write a memoir of his experiences growing up with, and later steering steamboats on, the Mississippi River. Following a history of the exploration and early commerce, he takes us with him as he "learns the river" and becomes a licensed pilot. The third part of the audiobook tells of his return to the river in preparation for this book. This important geographical phenomenon has been America's greatest single source of progress - and pain.

Long considered the first great American novel, this delightful classic is brought to life by excellent actor Chris Hendrie, who creates scores of memorable characters. This is a tale of a young runaway boy's adventures on the Mississippi River with his friend Jim, a runaway slave. The unlikely pair survive an incredible journey and become the best of friends, overcoming racism and hardships as they search for freedom.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark TwainAdventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain follows Huck Finn, a young boy escaping an abusive father, as he travels down the Mississippi River with Jim, a runaway slave. Together, they seek freedom from the constraints of society. Huck wrestles with his conscience, torn between helping Jim gain freedom and adhering to the racist values he's grown up with. Along their journey, they encounter conmen, feuding families, and other challenges that test Huck's character. Through these experiences, Huck grows morally, eventually rejecting the societal...

Descubre con tus hijos los cuentos clásicos de siempre... ¡como nunca! Estos mágicos audiocuentos están locutados por reconocidos actores de doblaje en España, acompañados de una impresionante banda sonora y ¡con efectos binaurales! Son perfectos tanto para escuchar en casa antes de dormir como en el coche. La editorial VOCA y su colección Colorín colorado te ofrecen más de una hora y media de diversión en las que se incluyen 10 cuentos.

Mark Twain compiled some of his experiences and experiments with telepathy in a fascinating article titled ‘Mental Telegraphy.’ In the opening paragraph he states that what many consider to be mere accident or ‘curious coincidence’ is no more accidental than is the sending and receiving of a telegram. He believed that minds resonate with one another by transferring ideas and messages to and fro.

Con su estilo sencillo, directo, ácido e irreverente, Mark Twain nos da una divertida a la vez que placentera e ingeniosa versión sobre los habitantes del Paraíso Terrenal. Intenta penetrar en la mente de los que presuntamente fueron nuestros primeros padres y nos hace verlos en su ingenuidad, en su mirada de descubrimiento de todo lo que les rodea, incluyéndose a ellos mismos (el “experimento semejante a un reptil” que mira Eva y “la nueva criatura de pelo largo” que ve Adán).

Join Mark Twain as he remembers his earliest attempt at poetry, which was a piece of writing that won no favor with his father. Then again many sons will have tackled a project with the same good humor and savage sarcasm.

Back in the mid-1980s when I was teaching in Warren College at the University of California, San Diego, we were required to use Mark Twain's famous book, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, in our classes. However, we were cautioned beforehand that certain words that were in common usage in the 19th century (such as the n-word) were no longer acceptable either in speech or print today.

Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn delivers the details of Huck Finn's life after the landmark novel Tom Sawyer, at the end of which Huck becomes fairly rich for a young person. In a stroke of maturity, however, Huck entrusts his small fortune to Judge Thatcher, who he can rely on for safekeeping. The next day, Huck's biological father comes into town in pursuit of his son and the money. Having lost the chance at the latter, his father kidnaps him, forcing Huck to fake his own death just to escape.

«Zhanna d'Ark ili Lichnye vospominanija o Zhanne d'Ark s'era Lui de Konta, ee pazha i sekretarja» – samyj bol'shoj istoricheskij roman pisatelja. Jeto udivitel'naja istorija Orleanskoj devy (1412 - 1431) – nacional'noj geroini Francii, odnoj iz glavnokomandujushhih francuzskimi vojskami v Stoletnej vojne. Popav v plen k burgundcam, ona byla peredana anglichanam i sozhzhena na kostre kak koldun'ja. Vposledstvii byla reabilitirovana i prichislena katolicheskoj cerkov'ju k liku svjatyh.

This once-celebrated sequel of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn picks up right where Tom, Huck, and Jim's travels along the Mississippi ended. Tom enjoys his status as "Tom Sawyer the Traveler" and hopes to further his reputation. Little does he know how far his desire to stay ahead of his biggest rival will take them this time - overseas in an eccentric inventor's balloon!

This is a story within a story by Mark Twain. The one within is the tale of the gambler Jim Smiley and his jumping frog Dan’l. After many winning bets on Dan’l’s jumping ability, a cunning stranger comes along and that day Jim loses.

Esta novela constituye no solo la culminación de la narrativa de Mark Twain, sino también una de las obras maestras, junto a Moby Dick, de la novela norteamericana. Clásico entre los clásicos, Mark Twain, con su sentido del humor y su prosa ágil, precisa y soleada, nos lleva al río Mississippi abajo de la mano del inolvidable Huck Finn, que va en busca de la libertad junto a Jim, un muchacho negro que quiere escapar de la esclavitud. Una novela sobre la amistad, la adolescencia, y la felicidad, Las aventuras de Huckleberry Finn es una obra imprescindible.

"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is a wild yarn involving a case of mistaken identity, a gambler who’d bet on anything, and a very unusual frog named Daniel Webster. First published in The Saturday Press in 1865, the tale was immensely popular, and in 1867 an expanded version was published with 26 additional short stories, told as only Mark Twain could tell them.

A blow on the head sends a practical Yankee back in time to King Arthur's court in medieval England. There, his Yankee ingenuity and knowledge of scientific theories startle the Knights of the Round Table. In the course of describing his hero's adventures, Mark Twain, the great satirist, takes the opportunity to make objects of mirth out of the ways of the Old World, the chivalry of knights, and the pomposity of kings.

Studio recordings of the best monologues from Richard Henzel’s one man play Mark Twain in Person. Selections include the familiar and the rarely heard excerpts from Mark Twain’s writings, speeches, and private remarks, mixed with improvisational moments as well.