Clifton Fadiman

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1) Black beauty

Author

Sewell, Anna

Series

Weekly Reader classics
Puffin classics
Unabridged classics
Everyman's library children's classics
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IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

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Book, CD-Book, eAudiobook, Large Print, Multimedia

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"A jet-black young colt, Black Beauty, spends his early years in a cozy meadow growing up with a gentle master, a strong mother and an ideal upbringing. Through the years, he changes hands with different masters some rough, some kind, some indifferent. Black Beauty's experiences throughout his life give him lessons on real friendship, loss, hardship and human nature. Gallop with Black Beauty as he grows into a worn yet mature and handsome, dutiful...

2) The lifetime reading plan

Author

Fadiman, Clifton

Publisher

Perennial Library

Pub. Date

[1988]

Language

English

3) Fantasia mathematica: being a set of stories, together with a group of oddments and diversions, all drawn from the universe of mathematics

Author

Fadiman, Clifton

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Pub. Date

1958.

Language

English

Description

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Book Description: Clifton Fadiman's classic collection of mathematical stories, essays and anecdotes is now once again available. Ranging from the poignant to the comical via the simply surreal, these selections include writing by Aldous Huxley, Martin Gardner, H.G. Wells, George Gamow, G.H. Hardy, Robert Heinlein, Arthur C. Clarke, and many others. Humorous, mysterious, and always entertaining, this collection is sure to bring a smile to the faces...