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Presents an illustrated collection of short stories, including the classics 'The Gift of the Magi,' 'Mammon and the Archer,' and 'The Last Leaf.'

This illustrated biography of one of America's first female architects traces the life of Julia Morgan, who, after several rejections, made it into the prestigious all-male Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris and then went on to design more than 800 buildings.

A girl is given nine wishes by a mysterious magician--eight of which she uses and the last she leaves on a rock for some other lucky person to find, in a tale first published in 1963 and re-released with new drawings from the author's grandson.

Gathers baseball stories by Damon Runyon, James Thurber, W.P. Kinsella, Paul Gallico, Garrison Keillor, Roger Angell, Shirley Jackson, and Thomas Wolfe

Charlie's career as a dancing chicken leads him from a New York City arcade to Hollywood fame and back again

A collection of short stories explores the unique character of America in tales about the captured warrior Geronimo's final train journey, a daring escape from slavery, a widowed pioneer woman's uncertain future, and more.

Gathers baseball stories by Damon Runyon, James Thurber, W.P. Kinsella, Paul Gallico, Garrison Keillor, Roger Angell, Shirley Jackson, and Thomas Wolfe