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Books by arthur ransome

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  • Swallows and Amazons (Swallows and Amazons Series #1)

    by Arthur Ransome ...
    The ultimate children's classic - long summer days filled with adventure. John, Susan, Titty and Roger sail their boat, Swallow, to a deserted island for a summer camping trip. Exploring and playing sailors is an adventure in itself but the island holds more excitement in store. Two fierce Amazon pirates, Nancy and Peggy, challenge them to war and a summer of battles and alliances ensues. 'My ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Arthur Ransome – The Major Collection

    by Arthur Ransome ...
    Best Collection of Arthur RansomeOld Peter's Russian TalesOscar WildePond and StreamRussia in 1919The Child's Book of the SeasonsThe Crisis in RussiaThe Soldier and Death ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pigeon Post

    by Arthur Ransome ...
    series Swallows and Amazons
    The Swallows, Amazons, and friends search for gold in the Lake District Hills—camping out, evading dangers, and staying in touch via homing pigeon.Nancy and Peggy Blackett receive a letter from their Uncle Jim who’s on his way home after failing to find treasure in South America. When they hear a tale about a lost gold mine in the Lake District hills, Nancy and Peggy decide to find the mine as a ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Favorite Russian Fairy Tales

    by Arthur Ransome ...
    series Dover Children's Thrift Classics
    Russian folk culture is filled with magical stories for children; tales of witches and wizardry, perilous journeys, wise animals, frightful giants, and beautiful princesses. This choice collection presents six of the most popular tales. Some bear a resemblance to the folktales of western Europe, while others introduce exotic creatures and situations unique to the Russian imagination. Among the ... Read more

    $4.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • OLD PETERS RUSSIAN TALES - 20 illustrated Russian Children's Stories

    Illustrated Tales from the Steppe and Forests of Russia

    by Anon E. Mouse, Compiled and Retold by Arthur Ransome, Illustrated by DMITRI MITROKHIN ...
    This is a book of 20 illustrated Russian folk and fairy tales retold for young people and the young at heart. The tales are a good sampling of Slavic folklore. The stories in this book are those that Russian peasants tell their children and each other.In this volume you will find the stories of Baba Yaga and the Girl with the Kind Heart, The Fool Of The World And The Flying Ship, The Cat Who ... Read more

    $2.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Russia in 1919

    by Arthur Ransome ...
    On August 27, 1914, in London, I made this note in a memorandum book: Met Arthur Ransome at's; discussed a book on the Russian's relation to the war in the light of psychological background - folklore. The book was not written but the idea that instinctively came to him pervades his every utterance on things Russian. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Old Peter's Russian Tales

    22 Illustrated Russian Tales translated and retold by Arthur Ransome on the even of the Russian revolution

    by Arthur Ransome ...
    series Folklore, Fairy Tales, Myths and Legends
    This is a book of 22 Russian folk tales and stories retold for young people and the young at heart. The tales are a good sampling of Slavic märchen. The stories in this book are those that Russian peasants tell their children and each other.This is a book written far away in Russia, for English children who play in deep lanes with wild roses above them in the high hedges, or by the small singing ... Read more

    $1.30 USD

  • We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea

    by Arthur Ransome ...
    series Swallows and Amazons
    Four siblings go on an accidental adventure when they’re swept across the sea—all the way to Holland—in this entry from the classic children’s series.The Swallows only meant to sail within an estuary on a borrowed boat. They didn’t mean to get stranded in the fog, lose their anchor in a storm, and be driven out into the North Sea. John is nearly swept overboard, their ship almost capsizes—and ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Racundra's First Cruise

    by Arthur Ransome ...
    Racundra's First Cruise is Arthur Ransome's account of Racundra's maiden voyage, which took place in August and September 1922. The cruise took him from Riga, in Latvia to Helsingfors (Helsinki) in Finland, via the Moon Sound and Reval (Tallinn) in Estonia and back. His first book on sailing, it was also the first of his titles that achieved such high levels of success. Although reprinted many ... Read more

    $16.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Crisis In Russia

    by Arthur Ransome ...

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  • Old Peter's Russian Tales

    by Arthur Ransome ...
    The stories in this book are those that Russian peasants tell their children and each other. In Russia hardly anybody is too old for fairy stories, and I have even heard soldiers on their way to the war talking of very wise and very beautiful princesses as they drank their tea by the side of the road. I think there must be more fairy stories told in Russia than anywhere else in the world. In this ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Russia in 1919

    by Arthur Ransome ...
    Arthur Ransome reported his visit to Russia in his role as a reporter and describes the situation in Revolutionary Russia with candour in his wonderfully clear writing style. He meets and has conversations with a spectrum of the Russians in this historic era, including 2 meetings with Lenin.Ransome was not a Bolshevik and wrote an honest and unbiased account of his experience.He returns to Russia ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus