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Alice Adams
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Far from the Madding Crowd
Far from the Madding Crowd was the first of Hardy's novels to apply the name of Wessex to the landscape of south-west England, and the first to gain him widespread popularity as a novelist. When the beautiful and spirited Bathsheba Everdene inherits her own...- $17.99
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The Poison Belt
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Her Benny: A Story of Street Life
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Elsie Venner
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The Mountains of California
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Wild Life in a Southern County
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Desperate Remedies
In the long and intricately inwrought chain of circumstance which renders worthy of record some experiences of Cytherea Graye, Edward Springrove, and others, the first event directly influencing the issue was a Christmas visit. In the above-mentioned year, 1835, Ambrose Graye, a young architect...- $7.49
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Jean Fran輟is Millet
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A Terrible Secret
Firelight falling on soft velvet carpet, where white lily buds trail along azure ground, on chairs of white-polished wood that glitters like ivory, with puffy of seats of blue satin; on blue and gilt panelled walls; on a wonderfully carved oaken ceiling; on sweeping...- $7.49
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The Making of a Saint
THESE are the memoirs of the Beato Giuliano, brother of the Order of St Francis of Assisi, known in his worldly life as Filippo Brandolini; of which family I, Giulo Brandolini, am the last descendant. On the death of Fra Giuliano the manuscript was...- $7.49
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The Lovels of Arden
The lamps of the Great Northern Terminus at King's Cross had not long been lighted, when a cab deposited a young lady and her luggage at the departure platform. It was an October twilight, cold and gray, and the place had a cheerless and...- $7.99
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The Iron Trail
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Monsieur Lecoq, Volume 2 (French)
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The Landing of the Pilgrims
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The Rover Boys in the Land of Luck; Or, Stirring Adventures in the Oil Fields
"Jack, it looks as if we were in for another storm." "Yes, and it's starting right now," declared Captain Jack Rover, as he glanced through the trees to the overcast sky. "Don't you hear it on the leaves?" "It does beat everything " declared...- $7.49
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The French Twins
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The Japanese Twins
Away, away, ever so far away, near the western shores of the Ocean of Peace, lie the Happy Islands, the Paradise of Children. Some people call this ocean the "Pacific" and they call the Happy Islands "Japan," but the meaning is just the same....- $6.99
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The Puritan Twins
One bright warm noonday in May of the year 1638, Goodwife Pepperell opened the door of her little log cabin, and, screening her eyes from the sun with a toilworn hand, looked about in every direction, as if searching for some one. She was...- $6.99
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From the Earth to the Moon
One of the earliest science fantasy stories ever written, From the Earth to the Moon follows three wealthy members of a post-Civil War gun club who design and build an enormous columbiad -- and ride a spaceship fired from it all the way to...- $9.99
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Armorel of Lyonesse
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Joan Thursday
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Mary Louise Solves a Mystery
A little girl sat shivering in a corner of a reception room in the fashionable Hotel Voltaire. It was one of a suite of rooms occupied by Mrs. Antoinette Seaver Jones, widely known for her wealth and beauty, and this girl-a little thing of...- $6.99
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Prince Fortunatus
When the curtain fell on the last act of "The Squire's Daughter," the comedy-opera that had taken all musical London by storm, a tall and elegant young English matron and her still taller brother rose from their places in the private box they had...- $7.49
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The Little Colonel's House Party
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Dick Prescott's Second Year at West Point
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Dick Prescott's First Year at West Point; Or, Two Chums in the Cadet Gray
"How do you feel, Dick As spruce as you did an hour ago " Candidate Greg Holmes put the question with a half-nervous laugh. He spoke in a whisper, too, as if to keep his agitation from reaching the notice of any of the...- $6.99
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The Hero
Colonel Parsons sat by the window in the dining-room to catch the last glimmer of the fading day, looking through his Standard to make sure that he had overlooked no part of it. Finally, with a little sigh, he folded it up, and taking...- $7.49
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Our World; Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter
ON the left bank of the Ashly River, in the State of South Carolina, and a few miles from its principal city, is a plantation once the property of Hugh Marston. It was near this spot, the brave Huguenots, fleeing religious and political persecution,...- $8.49
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Elsie at Nantucket
"How happy they, Who from the toil and tumult of their lives Steal to look down where naught but ocean strives." -Byron. "Well, captain, for how long have you Uncle Sam's permission to stay on shore this time?" asked Mr. Dinsmore, as the family...- $7.49
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Daisy Miller
Daisy Miller: A Study in Two Parts Henry JAMES (1843 - 1916) Daisy Miller is an 1878 novella by Henry James. It portrays the confused courtship of the eponymous American girl by Winterbourne, a compatriot of hers with much more sophistication. His pursuit of...- $5.99
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Dave Darrin's First Year at Annapolis
"Dave, I'm getting nervous " "Is that the best way you can find to enjoy yourself?" demanded the taller boy. "But I am, Dave-dreadfully nervous " insisted Dan Dalzell positively. "Well, you'll have to conceal it, then. The doctors at the United States Naval...- $6.99
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Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas
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The man of the crowd: (low cost). limited edition
The story is introduced with the epigraph "Ce grand malheur, de ne pouvoir tre seul" - a quote taken from The Characters of Man by Jean de La Bruy re. It translates to This great misfortune, of not being able to be alone. This...- $8.50
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A tale of the Ragged mountains: (low cost). limited edition
During the fall of the year 1827, while residing near Charlottesville, Virginia, I casually made the acquaintance of Mr. Augustus Bedloe. This young gentleman was remarkable in every respect, and excited in me a profound interest and curiosity. I found it impossible to comprehend...- $8.50
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Moby Dick: or, The Whale
One of the most widely-read and respected books in all American literature, Moby Dick is the saga of Captain Ahab and his unrelenting pursuit of Moby Dick, the great white whale who maimed him during their last encounter. A novel blending high-seas romantic adventure,...- $22.99
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Redburn. His First Voyage
"Wellingborough, as you are going to sea, suppose you take this shooting-jacket of mine along; it's just the thing-take it, it will save the expense of another. You see, it's quite warm; fine long skirts, stout horn buttons, and plenty of pockets." Out of...- $6.99
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Valley of Dreams
Valley of Dreams is set on Mars and is the sequel to Weinbaum's highly regarded "A Martian Odyssey." It takes place shortly after the events recounted in the first story with many of the same characters. A hopeful story about a Mars that never...- $14.99
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The House of the Arrow
In The House of the Arrow we once again meet French Inspector Gabriel Hanaud. Hanaud is a towering figure in the history of genre mystery fiction as he is the obvious inspiration for Hercule Poirot. Hanaud is called in to investigate when the wealthy...- $11.99
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Beau Geste
Beau Geste is a rollicking adventure story of the French Foreign Legion. Set in the period before World War I it has captured the imagination of generation after generation. The Gestes brothers orphans from a well to do family. When suspicion of theft of...- $19.99
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Old New York
The events in Old New York are set in the same New York as Wharton's The Age of Innocence, making this a prequel. In Old New York Wharton once again explores the manners and morals of 19th century New York upper-class society. Unsurprisingly Old...- $11.99
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The Abbot's Ghost, Or Maurice Treheme's Temptation
Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist best known as author of the novel Little Women. In the mid-1860s, Alcott wrote passionate, fiery novels and sensational stories. She also produced wholesome stories for children, and after their positive reception, she did not generally return...- $16.99
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Laddie: A True Blue Story
This charming story is told by "Little Sister" a young girl who loves to learn, but has no patience with schools. Her ideal classroom is nature itself. Join her as she learns about the world and her place in it.Author: Gene Stratton-PorterISBN-10: 1515435695ISBN-13: 9781515435693Publisher:...- $29.99
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The Secret Agent
The Secret Agent deals broadly with anarchism, espionage, terrorism, and exploitation. Due to its examinations of terrorists, The Secret Agent has been noted as one of the most cited literary works in the American media post September 11th. This novel can be see as...- $22.99
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The Portrait of a Lady
Isabel Archer, from New York, is invited by her rich family to visit their estate, near London. There she meets A Robust Man, Lord Warburton, who proposes. She Declines his proposal, as well as Caspar Goodwood's. She feels that a marriage like either of...- $34.99
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The Turn of the Screw
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The Home and the World
The book is set in early 20th century India in the estate of the rich Bengali noble Nikhil. He lives happily with his beautiful wife Bimala until the appearance of his friend and radical revolutionist, Sandip. Sandip is a passionate and active man, a...- $22.99
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Siddhartha
Siddhartha is a simple yet powerful and lyrical novel. Siddhartha is a man in search of enlightenment in the time of Buddah. He learns that experience is the best way to approach understanding of reality and attain enlightenment. Hermann Hesse won the 1946 Nobel...- $16.99
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Major Barbara
Major Barbara is thought to be one of Shaws most Controversial works. While trying to give a realistic presentation of how he saw Christianity, many accused him of blasphemy. Major Barbara Undershaft thought it hypocrisy that her church accepted charity from companies, such as...- $14.99
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The Enchanted Castle
Gerald, James and Kathleen, discover an enchanted castle while exploring during the school holidays. The lake, groves and marble statues, make a fairy-tale setting. In the middle of the maze in the garden they find a sleeping fairy-tale princess. The "princess" tells them that...- $16.99
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