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TheHauntedManandtheGhost'sBargainbyCharlesDickensfirstpublishedin1848.ThetalecentresonaProfessorRedlawandthoseclosetohim.Redlawisateacherofchemistrywhooftenbroodsoverwrongsdonehimandgrieffromhispast.Heishauntedbyaspirit,andfinallyagreesittocancelhisremembrance.Heexperiencesauniversalangerthathecannotexplain.AllbecomeaswrathfulasRedlawhimself.TheonlyonewhoisabletoavoidthebitternessisMilly.FinallythenovelconcludeswitheveryonebacktonormalandRedlaw,likeEbenezerScrooge,achanged,morelovingman.Nowawholeperson,RedlawlearnstobehumbleatChristmas.AFancyforChristmas-Time(betterknownasTheHauntedManandtheGhost'sBargainorsimplyasTheHauntedMan)isthefifthandlastofDickens'sChristmasnovellas.Thestoryismoreaboutthespiritoftheholidaysthanabouttheholidaysthemselves,harkingbacktothefirstintheseries,AChristmasCarol.

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Bestsellingandworld-renownedauthorFritjofCaprapresentsthefirstin-depthandfulldescriptionofLeonardodaVinci'samazingscientificworkanddiscoveriesingeology,anatomy,flight,mechanics,botany,andfluiddynamics.

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TheMagicFishboneisafunnystorybyCharlesDickens,anEnglishwriterandsocialcriticwhocreatedsomeoftheworld'sbest-knownfictionalcharactersandisregardedbymanyasthegreatestnovelistoftheVictorianera.ItisincludedinShirleyTemple'sStorybookwhichisanAmericanchildren'santhologyserieshostedandnarratedbyactressShirleyTempleandappearedinthefourthbook,ShirleyTemple'sFavoriteTalesOfLongAgowhichwasillustratedandpublishedbyRandomHousein1958.ThisistheextraordinarystoryofaverynearlyordinaryprincessnamedAlicia.Givenamagicfish-bonebyagoodfairy,Aliciacanhavewhatevershewishes-providedshewishesforitattherighttime.Butit'sneverclearwhentherighttimeis,andsometimesthebestmagicisnomagicatall….ThisfunnyandunexpectedlyimpressivetalerevealsaVictorianworldthatexistednowherebutinthemindofachild.

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