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The Scarlet Pimpernel

by Baroness Emmuska Orczy

The Scarlet Pimpernel, #1

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The Secret Adversary

by Agatha Christie

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The Secret Garden

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

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The Song of the Lark

by Willa Cather

The Prairie Trilogy, #2

Thea Kronborg, a minister's daughter in a provincial Colorado town, seems destined from childhood for a place in the world. But as her path leads her ever farther from the small town she can't forget and the man she can't...

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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

by Robert Louis Stevenson

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The Time Machine

by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

This innovative debut novel by British author H.G. Wells follows an unnamed scientist as he uses a time machine to travel from turn-of-the-century England into the far future. Instead of a world of gleaming technology, the explorer finds a primitive society...

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The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel

by Baroness Emmuska Orczy

The Scarlet Pimpernel, #6

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The Valley of the Moon

by Jack London

The Valley of the Moon is a novel by American writer Jack London. The valley where it is set is located north of the San Francisco Bay Area in Sonoma County, California where Jack London was a resident; he built his ranch in Glen Ellen. The story vividly...

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The Wisdom of Father Brown

by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

Father Brown, #2

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The Works of Edgar Allen Poe

by Edgar Allen Poe

Macabre parties in isolated castles ... Gruesome murders ... Talking ravens, hellish black pits, innocents buried alive ... Prepare to be chilled and enthralled by the haunting genius of the acknowledged master of gothic horror and suspense, Edgar Allan...

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New Products For December - Classic Books

Eve's Diary

Eve's Diary

He talks very little. Perhaps it is because he is not bright and is sensitive about it and wishes to conceal it. It is such a pity that he should feel so, for brightness is nothing. It is in the heart that the values lie. I wish I could make him understand that a loving good heart is riches, and riches is enough, and that without it intellect is poverty." - Eve This short story describes, in journal form, coming into the world, and meeting Adam.Free

£1,000,000 Bank Note

£1,000,000 Bank Note

A collection of short stories including "1,000,000 Bank Note" written late in Twains career when he was facing financial problems. In the title story, a smart, honest, American man through a series of accidents ends up penniless in 19th century London where he attracts the attention of two wealthy gentlemen. The gentlemen lend him a 1,000,000 lb. bank note (roughly a 150 Million dollar bill) interest free for one month. At the end of the month he must return it, or face the consequences. Twain manages to play several tricks on the reader and still leave us smiling.Free

Innocents Abroad

Innocents Abroad

Twain, a brash young journalist with one book under his belt, was one of seventy-seven passengers on the steamship Quaker City when it left New York in June 1867, to begin ?The Grand Holy Land Pleasure Excursion.? As special correspondent for the Daily Alta California, Twain wrote fifty letters during the next six months, describing in detail the places visited and the sights seen as the pilgrims journeyed from Tangier to Paris, then to Venice, Constantinople, and Bethlehem?with many stops in between. Twain later used the letters, full of sprightly humor and savage satire, to write "The Innocents Abroad", probably the most famous travel book ever written by an American.Free

Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, Volume 2

Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, Volume 2

Titled in full "Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, by the Sieur Louis de Conte", this work was supposedly written by Joan's page and secretary. This volume covers the last half of her commanding of Charles' army on military campaign, and her trial in Rouen.Free

The Iliad

The Iliad

The Iliad of Homer: The Iliad; sometimes referred to as the Song of Ilion or Song of Ilium) is an ancient Greek epic poem in dactylic hexameter, traditionally attributed to Homer. Set during the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy (Ilium) by a coalition of Greek states, it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles. Although the story covers only a few weeks in the final year of the war, the Iliad mentions or alludes to many of the Greek legends about the siege; the earlier events, such as the gathering of warriors for the siege, the cause of the war, and related concerns tend to appear near the beginning. Then the epic narrative takes up events prophesied for the future, such as Achilles' imminent death and the fall of Troy, although the narrative ends before these events take place. However, as these events are prefigured and alluded to more and more vividly, when it reaches an end the poem has told a more or less complete tale of the war. The works of Homer were more than entertainment for the ancient Greeks. They were nearly scripture. Oddysseus was the Archetypal Homeric ideal, the great example of what a man should be, and how he should live his life. Clever, smart, brave, strong, disciplined, loyal to his family and his country and willing to sacrifice all if required (and only if required) he embodied all the ideals a Greek was supposed to live up to. In fact, it was for repeatedly telling the youth of Athens that their parents were not living up to the Homeric Ideal that Socrates was condemed to death.Free

The Odyssey

The Odyssey

The works of Homer were more than entertainment for the ancient Greeks. They were nearly scripture. Oddysseus was the Archetypal Homeric ideal, the great example of what a man should be, and how he should live his life. Clever, smart, brave, strong, disciplined, loyal to his family and his country and willing to sacrifice all if required (and only if required) he embodied all the ideals a Greek was supposed to live up to. In fact, it was for repeatedly telling the youth of Athens that their parents were not living up to the Homeric Ideal that Socrates was condemed to death.Free

Mansfield Park

Mansfield Park

Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, Volume 1

Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, Volume 1

Titled in full "Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, by the Sieur Louis de Conte", this work was supposedly written by Joan's page and secretary. This volume covers her time as a youth in Domremy, as well as the first half of her commanding of Charles' army on military campaign.Free

The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg and other stories

The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg and other stories

A collection of stories from one of the masters of American fiction and humor. This volume of Twain's short stories represents some of his author's finest work, including the title story, which follows a stranger's plot to corrupt a purportedly honest community.Free