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Classic Crime Stories: 13 Tales from Edgar Allan Poe to Lawrence BlockPrepare for sleuthful suspense at its very best This anthology of tantalizing tales includes thirteen of literature's finest crime stories. Enjoy the genre's most glittering jewels, including the first detective story ever written, Edgar Allan Poe's Murders in the Rue Morgue, and G. K....
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Red and the Black: A Chronicle of 1830A landmark in the development of psychological realism, Stendhal's masterpiece chronicles a young man's struggles with the dualities of his nature. Julien Sorel, a young dreamer from the provinces whose imagination is afire with Napoleonic ideals, sets off to make his fortune in Parisian...
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Great Irish Short StoriesThis collection of thirteen captivating tales by Irish authors illustrates both traditional and modern approaches to the Celtic art of storytelling. Spanning two centuries, it features stories by Maria Edgeworth and William Carleton from the beginning of Irish prose fiction in English; retellings of...
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Great French Short StoriesTwelve of the finest short stories by great French writers comprise this excellent collection, with themes that range from desire and psychological intrigue to the mysteries of failure and success.Includes: The Horla and The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant; The Attack on the Mill...
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The Red Badge of CourageFirst published in 1895, this small masterpiece set the pattern for the treatment of war in modern fiction. The novel is told through the eyes of Henry Fleming, a young soldier caught up in an unnamed Civil War battle who is motivated not by...
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Great German Short StoriesThe unique boundaries of the short story have attracted a majority of the prominent writers in the German language since the genre attained its modern form and became widely read around the turn of the 19th century.This collection, featuring stories by eight of the...
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The House of MirthAuthor: Edith WhartonPublisher: Dover PublicationsPublished: 08/06/2002Pages: 272Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.46lbsSize: 8.62h x 6.44w x 0.66dISBN: 9780486420493Audience: Young AdultAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 9.7Point Value: 26Interest Level: Upper GradeQuiz #/Name: 50682 / House of MirthThis title is not returnable
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Favorite Tales from the Arabian Nights' EntertainmentsTheArabian Nights is more generally loved than Shakespeare, wrote Robert Louis Stevenson. No human face or voice greets us among this] crowd of kings and genies, sorcerers and beggar men. Adventure on the most naked terms, furnishes forth the entertainment and is found enough.The...
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The Inspector GeneralConsidered the high point of Gogol's writing for the stage and a masterpiece of dramatic satire, The Inspector General skewers the stupidity, greed, and venality of Russian provincial officials. When it is announced that the Inspector General is coming to visit incognito, Anton, the...
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Four Faultless FelonsA series of four intertwined novellas whose central characters appear to be involved in murder, fraud, theft and treason. Dazzling reading from cover to cover. -- The New York Times.Author: G. K. ChestertonPublisher: Dover PublicationsPublished: 01/01/1989Pages: 224Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 8.44h x 5.38w x...
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AwakeningBe careful what you wish for... An innocuous love spell caused Catherine, Sian, Laura, and Kassandra to cross worlds in search of their soul mates. But more than love drew them to Gar'nyse. Truths are revealed and lives forever altered after an attack at...
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Last Seen Leaving: A ThrillerSyd Shaeffer used to be so much: confident and career-driven, a stellar New York District Attorney, and fianc e to love of her life, Frank Spinelli.A viral eye infection changed all that. Now she's blind and runs a failing law practice out in the...
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Falls Ende: PrimusIn mid-eleventh century England, the picturesque and peaceful hamlet of Mellester Manor is devastated by the unthinkable, and the effects are lasting. Created in a similar style as acclaimed authors Bernard Cornwell and Ken Follett, 'Falls Ende' pits Herdsman Odo Read against vengeful knights...
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One For Another: Introducing Hennessey Reed: Opiate addict, Bordello Madam, Tenderfoot Sleuth** Shortlisted for the Ngaio Marsh Award 2019 Best First Novel **Laudanum. Irish whiskey. The tried and true escape routes of bordello madam Hennessey Reed. On this occasion she suspects even their combined magic will not soothe her distress. The girl lying violated on...
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Paper, Scissors, RockDo you want a date with a rock star?"This is Shelly Corbett, reporting to you live for HDN news, I'm outside 'The Jett' nightclub where we have reports coming in left, right and centre that serial womaniser, 'the world's gift to music' - Parker...
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The Nam LegacyThe Nam Legacy is an epic love story set during the 60's and 70's. When the Rolling Stones and Jefferson Airplane drove parents crazy, teenagers found sexual freedom and peace slogans covered placards. When the Vietnam War abducted the nation's young men and sent...
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Invasion AI: Sci-Fi novelThe novel is a gripping science fiction story about a young astrophysicist who stumbles upon an alien invasion of Earth by robots from another solar system. Their far reaching plan includes some very disturbing facts about the human race and its future. The CIA,...
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Grand Prix: Formula One in the deadly yearsGrand Prix: Formula One in the deadly years is the story of a Formula One motor-racing driver in the deadly years of the 1970s. In what could have been his last season, William Archer is confronted with problems largely of his own making, causing...
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The Candidate's Daughter"A thriller with heart." - Sara J. Henry, Anthony-award winning author of A COLD AND LONELY PLACE. "...a cinematically-imagined ending that would do any Hollywood Blockbuster proud." - IndieHeart reviewer, Jill Nojack. "Absolutely spellbinding ... completely unputdownable." - Karen Dionne, internationally published author of...
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ReunionIt's been several years since Ren of the Undivided and his half-Faerie companion Tr sa stumbled into to the reality where the Faerie are all but eradicated by the Matrachai. With the help of Pete and Logan Doherty, the human twins stranded with them,...
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