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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.
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. [1]
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 ...
Mrs. Pepper and her five children Polly, Ben, Joey, Davie and Phronsie are a poor but happy family. Mrs. Pepper's husband John, a mine engineer, died when the copper mine that he half-owned caved in. Teenage Polly inherited her father's share of the mine, which her father wished for her to keep at least until she comes of age, although he never found copper in the mine.
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.
[8] Series 1 ran from September 1915 until May 1925, a total of 382 issues. The first title in the series was The Yellow Tiger [1] and was written by George Hamilton Teed. Series 2 ran from May 1925 until June 1941, a total of 744 issues. The first title in the series was The Secret of the Coconut Grove [9] and was written by George Hamilton Teed.
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]