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The Reader's Digest Select Editions [1] are a series of hardcover fiction anthology books, published bi-monthly and available by subscription, from Reader's Digest.Each volume consists of four or five current bestselling novels selected by Digest editors and abridged (or "condensed") to shorter form to accommodate the anthology format.
Reader's Digest Condensed Books was a series of hardcover anthology collections, published by the American general interest monthly family magazine Reader's Digest and distributed by direct mail. Most volumes contained five (although a considerable minority consisted of three, four, or six) current best-selling novels and nonfiction books which ...
Vivat Direct Limited, t/a Reader's Digest, a publishing company in the UK that usually prints Reader's Digest Select Editions, [5] has published World's Best Reading books starting in 2010: Kidnapped/Treasure Island (ISBN 0276446585), Wuthering Heights (ISBN 0276446518), Oliver Twist, Pride & Prejudice, A Study In Scarlet/The Hound Of The ...
Before the Internet, Book Review Digest was a significant reference tool and bibliographic aid used by the American public and librarians alike to find current literature. An online edition of the collection is offered in two subscription products: Book Review Digest Retrospective (1905–1982) and Book Review Digest Plus (1983 through present ...
The following is a list of the books in the Readers Digest Worlds Best Reading series that I have in my collection and which do not appear in the Readers Digest official list. The dates listed are those given in the books that I possess and may be reprints of earlier editions.
An illustration for The Five Little Peppers, 1887. The Five Little Peppers is a book series created by American author Margaret Sidney which was published 1881 to 1916. It covers the lives of the five children in their native state and develops with their rescue by a wealthy gentleman who takes an interest in the family.
Helen Rex Keller (August 13, 1876 – January 21, 1967) was an American librarian and author of reference books. [1] [2] Her works included a two volume dictionary of dates. [3] Keller edited and wrote the preface for the Library of the World's Best Literature, a 30-volume reference work with synopses of works of literature. [4]
Margaret Wise Brown, author of children’s literature, including Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny; Lilian Moore, poet, children’s author, and editor; Mathematics and science writer Martin Gardner was a contributing editor to Humpty Dumpty for eight years in the 1950s, creating the activity features and writing short stories about the adventures of Humpty Dumpty, Jr., as well as poems of ...