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The most beloved and oft-adapted work by Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow follows a love triangle in the New York countryside in 1790. Sleepy Hollow, a supposedly haunted glen on the outskirts of Tarry Town, is home to a particularly ghoulish fiend - the Headless Horseman - who is said to be the specter of a fallen soldier. Ichabod Crane, a schoolmaster from Connecticut, competes with local hero Abraham 'Brom Bones' Van Brunt for the...

Legends, no matter how outlandish, are often grounded in reality. This has been the guiding principle behind the exhilarating career of Jeremy Logan, the "enigmologist"--an investigator who specializes in analyzing phenomena that have no obvious explanation. Logan has often found himself in situations where keeping an open mind could mean the difference between life and death, and that has never been more true than now. Logan travels to an isolated...

Easy-to-read text introduces things found in the mountains.

In the perilous Mortmain Mountains, Klaus and Violet Baudelaire meet another well-read person, who helps them try to rescue Sunny from the villainous Count Olaf and his henchmen as they all near "the last safe place."

It is the spring of 1943 and Millie's world is about to change forever. For most of her life, being free felt about as unlikely as the mountains moving. But she's about to discover that sometimes in life, we are given second chances, and that the only thing bigger than her past ... is her future.

The reader, as an expert mountain climber, embarks on an expedition in the Himalayas to find the Yeti and rescue a fellow climber. By choosing the specific pages, the reader determines the outcome of the plot.

"Early one morning in 1929, Mary Seneca Steele spontaneously packs a suitcase, gathers up her son and daughter, and steals away in her abusive and dissolute husband’s brand new Auburn Phaeton automobile--leaving her privileged life in Charleston behind. It is the beginning of a journey of enlightenment that leads Mary 'Sen' to the mountains and mysteries of Appalachia where she will learn unexpected family secrets, create a new life for herself...

"The Lost Boys had numbers and firepower, but Evie Quimby knew the wilderness. For several generations, an elite circle of rich and powerful men has, by malfeasance, murder, and marriage, built a secret and impregnable empire. They call themselves The Lost Boys, and within the stately confines of an Adirondack fortress, lay the plans that carry them around the globe, infiltrating lives and fortunes. Their violations are casual and devastating - especially...

Lightweight and small enough to fit in your pocket or tucked into your backpack, Survive Mountains is the must-have item to keep with you in case you find yourself in a mountainous survival situation. Including topics on administering basic first-aid, finding food and water, building shelter, and mental preparation, Survive Mountains also has full-color images and illustrations throughout. Expert hiker, and first-ever winter thru-hiker of the entire...

As a cold, harsh winter approaches, the cats from the mountains prepare to divide into several camps, requiring each cat to decide where his or her allegiances lie.