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Harold Brodkey's acclaimed novel is a mesmerizing work of literary genius, exploring the momentous events in the life of a family in twentieth-century St. Louis, and a writer still haunted by a childhood tragedy First published in 1991, The Runaway Soul took Harold Brodkey more than three decades to complete. This sprawling novel has since been eagerly embraced by readers and critics alike, earning Brodkey the epithet of an "American Proust." Told...
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Three tales that showcase the nineteenth-century novelist's famous flair for suspense and plot twists.
This volume includes three titles by Victorian England's greatest storyteller.
Hunted Down: The manager of a life assurance office finds his suspicions growing after becoming acquainted with a mysterious gentleman in this rare detective story by Charles Dickens.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood: In this unfinished puzzler-the basis for the Broadway...
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These two timeless epics by the ancient Greek poet-each translated by a world-renowned author-have captured the Western imagination for millennia.
The Iliad: Alexander Pope "works miracles" in this beautiful verse translation of Homer's epic poem set near the end of the Trojan War. It centers on a quarrel between the invading Greek king Agamemnon and his greatest asset in battle, the warrior Achilles. From this conflict, Homer weaves a tale of warring...
44) The Bond
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A riveting tale of love, art, sex, jealousy, and compromise based on one of the most famously liberated marriages of the early twentieth century A leading literary figure of the Progressive Era, Neith Boyce wrote "The Girl Bachelor," a popular and pioneering column in Vogue about life as a single woman in New York City. When Boyce-whose circle of famous friends included Carl Van Vechten, Eugene O'Neill, Mina Loy, Mable Dodge Luhan, Margaret Sanger,...
45) Pic
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From one of the most famous of the Beat writers, Kerouac's final novel of brotherhood and travel, now reissued in a standalone edition following his centenary celebration
Pic-full name Pictorial Review Jackson-is a ten-year-old Black boy living in rural North Carolina with his grandfather in the 1940s. When Pic is forced to move in with his aunt after his grandfather's passing, his older brother Slim appears to rescue him. Together, they hitch a...
46) Key to the Door
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An existential saga of working-class life in a British factory town and military service in the torrid jungles of the Far East from award-winning, bestselling author Alan Sillitoe Key to the Door turns away from the boisterous pursuits of Arthur Seaton made infamous in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, and focuses instead on the quieter rebellions of his older brother, Brian. Brian's childhood and adolescence in the grimy streets of Nottingham are...
47) Cease Firing
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The acclaimed sequel to The Long Roll vividly dramatizes the final years of the Civil War A Confederate artilleryman from Virginia, Richard Cleave was in Chancellorsville when Stonewall Jackson lost an arm - and eventually his life - to a bullet fired by one of his own men. Now, Cleave is on hand for the long and devastating siege of Vicksburg, a major turning point in the war. When Lee loses his confrontation with Grant at Gettysburg and the Army...
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Featuring fourteen short stories, most previously unpublished, The Life to Come spans six decades of E.M. Forster's writing, from approximately 1903 to 1958, and shows Forster at every phase of his writing career. Forster, feeling his career would suffer, never sought publication for most of the stories, hiding these away along with Maurice, his novel of homosexual love. With stories that are lively and amusing (What Does It Matter; The Obelisk),...
49) Limehouse Nights
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Thomas Burke paints an enduring portrait of London's East End At the beginning of the twentieth century, the East End of London was a filthy and violent neighborhood, a place where a man was more likely to get a knife in his stomach than a good dinner. It was worlds away from the fashionable district it has become more than a century later. In this gripping collection of stories, author Thomas Burke traverses the area and offers glimpses of life in...
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These three novels by the great American satirist transport readers across the ocean to Europe and back in time to Camelot and the Hundred Years' War.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court: A supervisor at a firearms factory in Hartford, Connecticut, Hank Morgan inexplicably finds himself transported back in time to Camelot. Worse still, he is brought before the Round Table and sentenced to burn at the stake. Will Hank die at the hands of King...
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Three unique stories about the true meaning of friendship, respect, and the beauty of being different. This book also includes a fun cooking activity to learn about the nutrition while you play with your loved ones.
When Kindness is around, everything feels better. Look what happens when one act of kindness encourages others to spread it further, it even has the power to defeat bullying!
Sometime we may feel we are alone, but if we open...
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She has lost almost everything, but to help save her family, will she give up the very last piece of herself that she has?Elizabeth Bennet's life is in near ruins: her father has passed away, her youngest sister has disgraced the family by running away with a soldier, she has refused the two offers of marriage that came her way, the Bennet family has been removed from the Longbourn Estate by the Collinses, and her two younger sisters cannot find proper...
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Elizabeth Bennet has never been happier: she is married-finally!-to her true love, Mr. Darcy.But when Elizabeth's youngest sister Lydia reveals scandalous details about what her own husband, Mr. Wickham, expects in bed, Elizabeth begins to fear her wedding night.She decides she will postpone any further intimacies. After all, isn't lively conversation as satisfying as anything else between a husband and wife?Not according to her husband! Will Fitzwilliam...
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This autobiographical novel by the writer of Winesburg, Ohio recounts a young boy's childhood in the latenineteenth-century rural Midwest.
Sherwood Anderson established his reputation as a great American writer with his sensitive portrayals of Midwestern life at the turn of the twentieth century. First published in 1926, Tar: A Midwest Childhood, is Anderson's reflection on the Ohio small town of his youth and the experiences that informed and inspired...
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A full-length, sweet romance centering around our dear couple, Mr. Darcy and Miss Elizabeth by Nora Kipling.Mr. Darcy has insulted her vanity, but when she needs him most, he will be her salvation.Set shortly after Jane falls ill upon going to Netherfield Park, Elizabeth follows and injures herself on the way, only to be rescued by one Mr. Darcy. She stays with her sister at Netherfield where they both convalesce together. While she is there, Elizabeth...
56) Mr Lonely
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The journey of a man racked by grief and loneliness, spurred on by the final words of his wife, not only finds himself but his true purpose in life. An entertaining and inspiring read for all genders and ages.
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Five Sherlock Holmes mysteries in one book collection. SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY PRICE.Story one:The Castle orphans"How often does he visit you?" added Watson, producing his pipe from his pocket. He searched the same pocket for a match, then lit the device."He visits every week, and every few nights. He likes to sneak in the window and take things back to his castle!" The small girl played with the little tiger upon her knee.Story Two:The Curse of a Native.Adams...
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Jan Sikora, veuf, ancien athlète, aujourd'hui entraîneur de judo, élève seul son fils Michal, âgé de 16 ans. Celui-ci est loin d'être l'idéal dont il rêvait. Jan fait ses preuves en tant qu'éducateur auprès des jeunes, mais en tant que père, il essuie échec sur échec. Un jour, il rencontre Karolina, avec qui il nourrit l'espoir d'une relation. Mais il sait qu'elle aime les enfants, et sa relation difficile avec son fils ne le met pas...
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Starring Academy Award® winners* HUMPHREY BOGART and KATHARINE HEPBURN, The African Queen tells the timeless tale of two mismatched strangers joining forces in a common cause - and finding love along the way. The story chronicles the burgeoning romance between Bogie’s river rat Charlie Allnut and Hepburn’s missionary Rose Sayer, as they reluctantly join forces to torpedo a German gunboat in war-torn East Africa. Directed by Academy Award® winner**...
60) Julia: a novel
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In 1984, mechanic Julia Worthing, who works in the Fiction Department at the Ministry of Truth, in one impulsive moment, sets in motion the devastating, unforgettable events of the classic story, in this imaginative, feminist and brilliantly relevant to-today journey through Orwell's now-iconic dystopia.
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