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13101) The Uphill Climb
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A good read about a cowboy trying to get out from under the devastating control of alcohol. He's an honest, hard working ranch hand, but when he's drunk he is a hard-fightin' terror. When his town hastily builds a jail to throw him into because of his latest nasty fighting spree (during which he was tricked into marrying a mysterious stranger) he high-tails it out of town. He heads for the ranch of an old, trusted friend, falls in love, and tries...
13102) The Treasure In The Forest
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The canoe was now approaching the land. The bay opened out, and a gap in the white surf of the reef marked where the little river ran out to the sea; the thicker and deeper green of the virgin forest showed its course down the distant hill slope. The forest here came close to the beach. Far beyond, dim and almost cloudlike in texture, rose the mountains, like suddenly frozen waves. The sea was still save for an almost imperceptible swell. The sky...
13103) Revanche de femme
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Extrait : "Ce que Lyon a de plus beau, ce n'est, en dépit de l'opinion courante, ni la double ligne de ses quais ombragés, ni ses rues monumentales qui lui donnent un faux air de capitale, ni ses deux fleuves qui font payer aux Lyonnais leur voisinage imposant en tributs d'angines et de rhumatismes éclos de leurs brouillards compactes, c'est sa banlieue. Cette assertion révoltera sans doute les Lyonnais épris de leur ville, patriotes de clocher...
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From Jazz Beats to Gatsby's Streets!" Unravel the enigmatic allure of F. Scott Fitzgerald, the iconic voice of the Roaring Twenties. Embrace the joy, the surprise, and the intricate beauty of tales that echo with timeless elegance and fervor.
️ "A literary genius! Fitzgerald's prose transports, captivates, and resonates." – [Prestigious Literary Critic]
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The Great Gatsby: Witness the opulence, dreams, and disillusionment of...
13105) The Rondoli Sisters
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This early work by Guy de Maupassant was originally published in the 1880's. Guy de Maupassant was born in 1850 at the Château de Miromesnil, near Dieppe, France. He came from a prosperous family, but when Maupassant was eleven, his mother risked social disgrace by trying to secure a legal separation from her husband. After the split, Maupassant lived with his mother till he was thirteen, and inherited her love of classical literature. In 1880, Maupassant...
13106) King Arthur
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Before Arthur became King and commanded a round table of knights, he was just a young squire with dreams of someday becoming a knight himself. It wasn't until fate brought him to a sacred sword sealed in stone that Arthur learned the truth about himself and his destiny. The classic tale of King Arthur is retold in this exciting new addition to the 10 Minute Classics series.
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In A Voyage to Arcturus, the adventurous Maskull accepts an invitation to journey to a distant star system, only to find himself the focus of supernatural forces vying for the freedom or enslavement of human souls throughout the universe.
In The Haunted Woman, Isbel Loment becomes fascinated by a house with hidden rooms that only appear to certain people at certain times - rooms in which you can glimpse your own true nature, and something of...
13108) Freddy the Cowboy
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Originally published between 1927 and 1958, the 26 classic books about Freddy the Pig are now going on to delight a sixth generation of children. Freddy the Pig, the "Renaissance Pig" (The New York Times Book Review) of Bean Farm, is back to thrill his fans of all ages in these all-American children's classics. In Freddy the Cowboy, Mr. Flint, the owner of a nearby dude ranch, is planning to rob the First Animal Bank and it's up to Freddy to save...
13109) Daisy's Betrayal
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Rescued from destitution and poverty...but at what price? When charming Lawson Maddox asks Daisy Drake to become his wife she jumps at the chance to better herself. But with the honeymoon over he shows his true colours, and Daisy's life descends into loveless chaos. The appearance of John Mallory Gibson, a sensitive and idealistic painter, offers Daisy the prospect of real happiness, which she finds hard to refuse. But Lawson will not let go of her,...
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Almost three thousand years of Chinese literature have been gathered together in Chinese Literature: An Anthology from the Earliest Times to the Present Day. The earliest preserved folk songs of the peasantry; the major works of the "Golden Age" of Chinese philosophy; the "prose-songs" and the later skillful poems of the T'ang dynasty ; the short stories and plays; the novels; and the poems and stories of men who have made modern China - all these...
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"Three Lives" is a 1909 work of fiction by American writer Gertrude Stein. It is split into three independent stories, all set in the fictional American town of Bridgepoint. "The Good Anna" is the first of those stories and concentrates on a lower middle-class servant called Anna Federner. "Melanctha" is the longest of the stories and centres around distinctions and blending of sex, race, gender, and female health. The final story, "The Gentle Lena",...
13112) Impressions d'Afrique
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Le paquebot Lyncée fait naufrage près des ctes africaines. Les naufragés, dont le narrateur, sont capturés par l'armée de l'empereur Talou VII. En attendant leur libération, ils préparent une série de numéros pour un spectacle intitulé « Le gala des incomparables ».
13113) Le Carillonneur
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Extrait: "La Grande Place de Bruges, ordinairement déserte, traversée par de rares passants, des enfants pauvres à la dérive, un peu de prêtres ou de béguines, s'imagea soudain de groupes indécis, d'îlots noirs tachant l'étendue grise. Des rassemblements se formaient."
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Embarquez pour une odysée autour du monde !
Publié en 1875, La Conquête de l'air d'Alphonse Brown fut salué par Le Petit Journal comme la première imitation de Jules Verne. Le roman a un cté vernien en effet, avec, au début, le pari d'accomplir le tour du monde en quarante jours. Pour faire mieux que Phileas Fogg, Marcel Valdy utilise une machine volante qu'il vient d'inventer, le Céleste qui va lui permettre de gagner son pari.
Comme son...
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Marie Émile Maurice Leblanc est un romancier français né le 11 décembre 18641, à Rouen, et mort le 6 novembre 1941, à Perpignan. Auteur de nombreux romans policiers et d'aventures, il est le créateur du célèbre et intemporel gentleman-cambrioleur Arsène Lupin.
La série Arsène Lupin compte 17 romans et 39 nouvelles, ainsi que 5 pièces de théâtre, tous écrits de 1907 à 1941.
13116) La Princesse de Montpensier
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Extrait : "Pendant que la guerre civile déchirait la France sous le règne de Charles IX, l'amour ne laissait pas de trouver sa place parmi tant de désordres, et d'en causer beaucoup dans son empire. La fille unique du marquis de Mézière, héritière très-considérable, et par ses grands biens, et par l'illustre maison d'Anjou, dont elle était descendue, était promise au duc du Maine, cadet du duc de Guise, que l'on a depuis appelé le Balafré."...
13117) The Red Headed League
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Join world-famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his ever-loyal sidekick Dr. Watson as they embark on a daring adventure.
What is the mysterious Red-Headed League and why is it giving jobs to people with red hair? Sherlock Holmes senses a major crime may be in the offing! Set off with the legendary sleuth, as he races against the clock to catch the cunning criminals behind this latest plot.
This exciting tale has been retold and adapted with new...
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Sir Launcelot is virtuous and strange, and he is surrounded by a Smollettian menagerie whose various jargons are part of this novel's linguistic virtuosity and satire. He is an eighteenth-century gentleman who rides about the country in armour, attended by his comic squire, Timothy Crabshaw, redressing grievances.
13120) Again the Three Just Men
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Ten thrilling tales from the secret files of the world's most famous vigilantes An honest workingman tries to intimidate his wife's blackmailer and winds up in prison. Only the organization known as the Four Just Men can save him-by taking the law into their own hands. A noted professor is found strangled to death in his laboratory, and the prime suspect is his sinister-looking son. When Manfred and Gonsalez realize that the police have not only...
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