This group of four classic stories from the 19th century includes works that appear in many collections of European literature. Offering tantalizing revelations and unforgettable characters, these...
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Author: Crane, StephenSummary:
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Author: Kennedy, AdamSummary:
Tucker, a con with a 20-year sentence in a maximum security prison, is given an opportunity to escape. Who were the men who had this power to release him, and what did they want in return?
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Author: Henry, O.Summary:
The collected stories of O. Henry make entertaining listening.
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Author: Paulsen, GarySummary:
Only thirteen, John must track a deer in the Minnesota woods for his family's winter meat, and in doing so finds himself drawn to the doe who leads him and hating his role as hunter.
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Author: Theroux, PaulSummary:
"I have seldom heard a train go by and not wished I was on it," confesses the author. Take the train with him through Europe and Asia.
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A collecion of some of Jack London's stories are brought together here.
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Author: Melville, HermanSummary:
A young sailor is sentenced to be hanged for inadvertently striking and killing an officer. He faces death with a blessing for the benevolent captain who is forced to execute him.
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Author: Reed, JohnSummary:
Tells the story of the Mexican Revolution of 1910 and its aftermath as reported from a firsthand account.
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Author: Wilde, OscarSummary:
Does the ghost of Sir Simon de Canterville really exist? And if he does, will he meet his match in the Otis family? Or will the rambunctious Otis children be the very death of him? The answers lie...
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Author: McCarthy, CormacSummary:
Presents a cowboy odyssey for modern times, and features the travels and toils of a 16 year old East Texan boy. The first volume of the author's Border trilogy.
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Author: London, JackSummary:
In 1897 Buck, an intrepid shepherd dog, is kidnapped and shipped to the Klondike gold fields. There he must learn "the law of club and fang"--or die. Buck learns quickly how to survive: keeping...
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Author: Kerouac, JackSummary:
Follows the counterculture escapades of members of the Beat generation as they seek pleasure and meaning while traveling coast to coast.
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Author: Conrad, JosephSummary:
Around the figure of Nostromo, Conrad spins a story about revolution, politics, an racial conflicts as complex as Nostromo, the man whose greatest enemy is himself. Heading the Gould Concession,...
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Author: Woods, StuartSummary:
Amanda Dart is the queen of the glitzy, trashy gossip world until rivals publish an underground scandal sheet called Dirt. When Dart's and her associates' peccadilloes are faxed to news desks...
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Author: Block, LawrenceSummary:
Bernie's passion for Humphrey Bogart movies leads him to a beautiful damsel in distress, a dangerous international conspiracy, and more than a few incriminating bodies.