E. B White

Knowing how to read and write is not enough for Louis, a voiceless Trumpeter Swan; his determination to learn to play a stolen trumpet takes him far from his wilderness home.

Wilbur, the pig, is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte, decides to help him.

Thirty-one of E.B. White's essays grouped under such headings as "The Farm," "The Planet," "Memories," and "Books, Men, and Writing." "When E.B. White received the Gold Medal for Essays and Criticism from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the following citation, here quoted in part, accompanied the award: 'If we are remembered as a civilized era, I think it will be partly because of E.B. White. The historians of the future will decide that...

Perceptive, funny, and nostalgic, E. B. White's stroll around Manhattan remains the quintessential love letter to the city, written by one of America's foremost literary figures. The New York Times named Here Is New York one of the ten best books ever written about the metropolis, and the New Yorker called it "the wittiest essay, and one of the most perceptive, ever done on the city."Included with this essay are two short poems by E. B. White: "Commuter"...

A delightful, witty, spirited collection of short pieces and essays by the inimitable E. B. White.

E. B. White is best known for his children's books, such as Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little, and The Trumpet of the Swan. A columnist for the New Yorker for over half a century and coauthor of The Elements of Style, White hit his stride as an American literary icon when he began publishing his One Man's Meat columns from his saltwater farm on the coast of Maine. In E. B. White on Dogs, his granddaughter and manager of his literary estate, Martha White,...

UM CLÁSSICO DA LITERATURA INFANTIL QUE MARCOU GERAÇÕES! Stuart Little não está nem perto de ser um camundongo comum. Ele nasceu em uma família de humanos e vive com os pais, o sr. e a sra. Little, seu irmão mais velho George, e o gato Snowbell. E, apesar de tímido, ele é um aventureiro nato! Então, quando a gentil passarinha Margalo desaparece, Stuart não tem outra escolha a não ser sair de Nova York para encontrar a melhor amiga. De...

Over the years, generations of college students and writers have learned the basics of grammar from this little book. Enchancements from the editor of this edition include notes throughout the book to alert readers to grammar rules which are now regarded as obsolete. The editor's new forward provides a quick overview of why a knowledge of grammar is essential today. It also offers insights into several key points mentioned only briefly in the original...