Reading
Below, I have listed all those books I believe to be very useful for learning.
Alice's Adventure's in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
The Wind in the Willows
David Copperfield
A Tale of Two Cities
The Plague
Animal Farm
1984
The Time Machine
The Invisible Man
Journey to The Centre of the Earth
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Diary of A Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Mutiny On the Bounty
Hitler (Albert Marrin)
Stalin, Russia's Man of Steel (Albert Marrin)
The Story of My Life (Helen Keller)
Zhuang Zi
The Way and its Power (Lao Zi)
The Analects of Confucius
Meng Zi
Sun Zi's Art of War (A true masterpiece)
Introducing Books: Graphic Guides and Practical Guides
I Ching (The Book of Changes)
Watching the Tree to catch the Hare (Adeline Yen Mah)
Alice's Adventure's in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
The Wind in the Willows
David Copperfield
A Tale of Two Cities
The Plague
Animal Farm
1984
The Time Machine
The Invisible Man
Journey to The Centre of the Earth
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Diary of A Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Mutiny On the Bounty
Hitler (Albert Marrin)
Stalin, Russia's Man of Steel (Albert Marrin)
The Story of My Life (Helen Keller)
Zhuang Zi
The Way and its Power (Lao Zi)
The Analects of Confucius
Meng Zi
Sun Zi's Art of War (A true masterpiece)
Introducing Books: Graphic Guides and Practical Guides
I Ching (The Book of Changes)
Watching the Tree to catch the Hare (Adeline Yen Mah)
Swallows and Amazons Forever!
The Swallows and Amazons series is a series of twelve children's books by English author Arthur Ransome, named after the title of the first book in the series. The twelve books involve adventures by groups of children almost all during the school holidays and mostly in England and Scotland, between the two World Wars. The stories revolve around outdoor activities, especially sailing.
The crew of the Swallow are siblings John, Susan, Titty, and Roger Walker. John, the oldest, is the captain and usually in charge. Susan is first mate, in charge of stores, cooking, and the general well-being of the crew. She sometimes acts as a surrogate mother. Titty, the "able seaman", is the most imaginative member of the crew. She often imagines her own adventures and becomes a hero in the novels, such as when she wins the war in Swallows and Amazons or finds an underground spring in Pigeon Post. Roger is the youngest, originally the ship's boy, but promoted to able seaman in later books. Their youngest sister Bridget (originally nicknamed "Vicky" due to a resemblance to pictures of Queen Victoria in old age; the nickname is dropped in later books as she loses the resemblance as she grows older) also joins the crew in Secret Water. Roger is seven in the first novel and Bridget has her second birthday. Bridget grows up quickly into a six year old when she becomes a full character The crew of the Amazon are the sisters Nancy and Peggy Blackett. Nancy — who does not use her given name of Ruth because her uncle has said that pirates are supposed to be ruthless — is a strong character who would probably be considered a tomboy. Nancy's speech includes many sailor and pirate terms. She often leads both the crew of the Amazon and the Swallow. Peggy, real name Margaret, puts up a show of being as tough as Nancy, but often needs the encouragement of her sister to get through the more dangerous parts of their adventures. She is frightened of thunderstorms.
Dick and Dorothea Callum appear later in the series.
Today, there is an Arthur Ransome Club (set in Japan) Homepage
The Arthur Ransome Society Homepage
Swallows and Amazons (published 1930)
Swallowdale (1931)
Peter Duck (1932)
Winter Holiday (1933)
Coot Club (1934)
Pigeon Post (1936)
We Didn't Mean To Go To Sea (1937)
Secret Water (1939)
The Big Six (1940)
Missee Lee (1941)
The Picts And The Martyrs: or Not Welcome At All (1943)
Great Northern? (1947)
Coots in the North (unfinished at the time of Ransome's 1967 death, published in an unfinished form in 1988 with some other short works)
The crew of the Swallow are siblings John, Susan, Titty, and Roger Walker. John, the oldest, is the captain and usually in charge. Susan is first mate, in charge of stores, cooking, and the general well-being of the crew. She sometimes acts as a surrogate mother. Titty, the "able seaman", is the most imaginative member of the crew. She often imagines her own adventures and becomes a hero in the novels, such as when she wins the war in Swallows and Amazons or finds an underground spring in Pigeon Post. Roger is the youngest, originally the ship's boy, but promoted to able seaman in later books. Their youngest sister Bridget (originally nicknamed "Vicky" due to a resemblance to pictures of Queen Victoria in old age; the nickname is dropped in later books as she loses the resemblance as she grows older) also joins the crew in Secret Water. Roger is seven in the first novel and Bridget has her second birthday. Bridget grows up quickly into a six year old when she becomes a full character The crew of the Amazon are the sisters Nancy and Peggy Blackett. Nancy — who does not use her given name of Ruth because her uncle has said that pirates are supposed to be ruthless — is a strong character who would probably be considered a tomboy. Nancy's speech includes many sailor and pirate terms. She often leads both the crew of the Amazon and the Swallow. Peggy, real name Margaret, puts up a show of being as tough as Nancy, but often needs the encouragement of her sister to get through the more dangerous parts of their adventures. She is frightened of thunderstorms.
Dick and Dorothea Callum appear later in the series.
Today, there is an Arthur Ransome Club (set in Japan) Homepage
The Arthur Ransome Society Homepage
Swallows and Amazons (published 1930)
Swallowdale (1931)
Peter Duck (1932)
Winter Holiday (1933)
Coot Club (1934)
Pigeon Post (1936)
We Didn't Mean To Go To Sea (1937)
Secret Water (1939)
The Big Six (1940)
Missee Lee (1941)
The Picts And The Martyrs: or Not Welcome At All (1943)
Great Northern? (1947)
Coots in the North (unfinished at the time of Ransome's 1967 death, published in an unfinished form in 1988 with some other short works)