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1001 Arabian Nights [Volume 1 of 16] [MultiFormat]
by Sir Richard F. Burton
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 Bawdy and exotic, 1001 Arabian Nights features the wily and seductive Shahrazad, who saves her own life by telling tales of magical transformation, genies and wishes, flying carpets and fantastical journeys, terror and passion to entertain and appease the brutal King Shahryar. First introduced in the West in 1704, the stories of The Thousand and One Nights are most familiar to American readers in sanitized children's versions. This edition, based on Richard F. Burton's unexpurgated translation, ... more info>> (Published: 1885)
Words: 174837 - Reading Time: 499-699 min.
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Little Women [MultiFormat]
by Louisa May Alcott
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Little Women is the story of the four March sisters--Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy--in a family that has been loved by readers young and old for generations. Whether they are putting on plays, forming the Pickwick Club, or entertaining Laurie, the lonely boy next door, the sisters and their mother play and work together to maintain an interesting and fun household while their father is away at war. (Published: 1869)
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The Road to the Chess Grandmaster Title: Part 1 [Audio/Video]
by Maurice Ashley
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ChessWise Multimedia Series: In this series of Audio/Video chess lectures, Maurice Ashley, the first African-American Chess Grandmaster in history, explores key games from his career that led to the coveted title. This lecture features a game played by GM Ashley against chess master Danny Shapiro. A noted chess commentator for ESPN, GM Ashley's commentary is both entertaining for chess fans and instructive for players looking to improve their game. Visually, you see an animated chess board as th... more info>> (Published: 2003)
Length: 0 hours, 13 minutes, 19 secs
Category: Sports/Entertainment
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Captains Courageous [MultiFormat]
by Rudyard Kipling
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The only one of Kipling's novels to be cast in an American setting, Captains Courageous endures as one of literature's most cherished and memorable sea adventures. Harvey Cheyne, spoiled millionaire's son, tumbles overboard from a luxury liner--only to be rescued by the crew of a Gloucester schooner. Thus begins the boy's second voyage into the rugged rites and ways of sailors. Like all Kipling's masterworks, Captains Courageous is an interweaving of art and moral purpose. Angus Wilson has said ... more info>> (Published: 1897)
Words: 52276 - Reading Time: 149-209 min.
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The Call of the Wild [MultiFormat]
by Jack London
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An adventure of the 1896 Klondike Gold Rush, The Call of the Wild is one of America's best-known novels, and has been continuously in print since it first appeared in 1903. (Published: 1903)
Words: 31819 - Reading Time: 90-127 min.
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White Fang [MultiFormat]
by Jack London
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In the desolate, frozen wilds of Northwest Canada, a wolf-cub soon finds himself the sole survivor of the litter. Son of Kiche--half-wolf, half-dog--and the aging wolf One Eye, he is thrust into a savage world where each day becomes a fight to stay alive. (Published: 1906)
Words: 72130 - Reading Time: 206-288 min.
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Vision [MultiFormat]
by N. D. Hansen-Hill
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Dustin Mallory is a man trapped by the past. He is no more a victim than his friends, whose reach at times extends beyond the grave, or whose thoughts take unwanted strolls through other people's minds. If the past can come forward enough to taunt Mallory's present, is there a chance he can influence it? Alter a fate that's too harsh to accept? Or will he spend the rest of his life hovering between reality and revelation? Dependent on strangers for his personal salvation? It is what he now fears... more info>> (Published: 2001)
Words: 81650 - Reading Time: 233-326 min.
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The Age of Innocence [MultiFormat]
by Edith Wharton
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Deeply moving study of the tyrannical and rigid requirements of New York high society in the late 19th century and the effect of those strictures on the lives of three people. Vividly characterized drama of affection thwarted by a man's sense of honor, family, and societal pressures. A long-time favorite with readers and critics alike. (Published: 1920)
Words: 102266 - Reading Time: 292-409 min.
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame [MultiFormat]
by Victor Hugo
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Set in medieval Paris, Victor Hugo's powerful historical romance has resonated with succeeding generations ever since its publication in 1837. It tells the story of the beautiful gypsy Esmeralda, condemned as a witch by the tormented archdeacon Claude Frollo, who lusts after her. Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer of Notre Dame Cathedral, having fallen in love with the kindhearted Esmeralda, tries to save her by hiding her in the cathedral's tower. When a crowd of Parisian peasants, misundersta... more info>> (Published: 1837)
Words: 184815 - Reading Time: 528-739 min.
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Gulliver's Travels [MultiFormat]
by Jonathan Swift
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First published in 1726, this classic work of satire presents a world gone haywire, where humans, despite their pomposity and grandiose illusions, are no better than weak and helpless fools. Lemuel Gulliver's journeys take him to Lilliput, a country whose inhabitants are no more than six inches tall; to Brobdingnag, a land of giants; to Laputa, a flying island inhabited by absent-minded people; and to the land of Houyhnhnms, where horselike creatures rule with intelligence and courtesy over repu... more info>> (Published: 1726)
Words: 104304 - Reading Time: 298-417 min.
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Emma [MultiFormat]
by Jane Austen
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Jane Austen began writing Emma in 1814, though it was not published until 1816, and then it was anonymous (as were all of her novels initially due to the prejudices of her times). Emma Woodhouse, the eponymous heroine (of sorts) is endowed with wealth, good-looks, prestige and is, moveover, well aware of how clever she is. Anne Taylor, who had been extremely close to both Emma and her father, moves out to live with Mr Weston. In the absence of this confidante, Emma looks for a new friend and bec... more info>> (Published: 1816)
Words: 160500 - Reading Time: 458-642 min.
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [MultiFormat]
by Robert Louis Stevenson
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The idea for Robert Louis Stevenson's immortal masterpiece of psychological terror sprang from the deepest recesses of his own subconscious--a nightmare from which his wife awakened him. He wrote it as a stark yet complex tale whose popularity has endured for more than a century, making the phrase "Jekyll and Hyde" synonymous with man's internal war between good and evil. Brilliantly anticipating modern psychology, Stevenson's story of the kindly scientist who drinks a potion that nightly transf... more info>> (Published: 1886)
Words: 25646 - Reading Time: 73-102 min.
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Treasure Island [MultiFormat]
by Robert Louis Stevenson
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Originally designed as a story for boys, Stevenson's novel is narrated by the teenage Jim Hawkins, who outwits a gang of murderous pirates led by that unforgettable avatar of amorality, Long John Silver. But Treasure Island has also had great appeal for adult readers and was admired by Mark Twain, Rudyard Kipling, and (reluctantly) Henry James. The story has the dreamlike quality of a fairy tale and has worked its way into the collective imagination of more than five generations of readers, gain... more info>> (Published: 1883)
Words: 68356 - Reading Time: 195-273 min.
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Ivanhoe [MultiFormat]
by Sir Walter Scott
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More than a century after the Norman Conquest, England remains a colony of foreign warlords. The dissolute Prince John plots to seize his brother's crown, his barons terrorize the country, and the mysterious outlaw Robin Hood haunts the ancient greenwood. With the secret return of King Richard and the disinherited Saxon knight, Ivanhoe, Scott unfurls his splendid and tumultuous romance, featuring the tournament at Ashby-de-la-Zouch, the siege of Torquilstone, and the clash of wills between the w... more info>> (Published: 1819)
Words: 192909 - Reading Time: 551-771 min.
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The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe [Volume 1 of 5] [MultiFormat]
by Edgar Allan Poe
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Volume 1 Contents: Edgar Allan Poe, an Appreciation--Life of Poe, by James Russell Lowell--Death of Poe, by N. P. Willis--The Unparalleled Adventures of One Hans Pfaall--The Gold-Bug--Four Beasts in One; The Homo-Cameleopard--The Murders in the Rue Morgue--The Mystery of Marie Roget--The Balloon-Hoax--MS. Found in a Bottle--The Oval Portrait
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Around the World in 80 Days [MultiFormat]
by Jules Vernes
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In 1872, English gentleman Phileas Fogg has many adventures as he tries to win a bet that he can travel around the world in eighty days. (Published: 1873)
Words: 62781 - Reading Time: 179-251 min.
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn [MultiFormat]
by Mark Twain
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Floating down the Mississippi on their raft, Huckleberry Finn and Jim, a runaway slave, find life filled with excitement and the spirit of adventure. Join Huck and Jim and their old friend Tom Sawyer as they come up against low-down thieves and murderers, whilst being chased by Huck's evil, drunken father who is after Huck's treasure. It is a trip that you will never tire of. (Published: 1885)
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Oliver Twist [MultiFormat]
by Charles Dickens
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Dickens's classic morality tale of a starving orphan caught between opposing forces of good and evil is a powerful indictment of Victorian England's Poor Laws. Filled with dark humor and an unforgettable cast of characters--Oliver Twist, Fagin, Nancy, Bill Sykes, and the Artful Dodger, to name a few--Dickens's second novel is a compelling social satire that has remained popular since it was first serialized in 1837-39. (Published: 1838)
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A Study In Scarlet [Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection #1] [MultiFormat]
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Since his first appearance in Beeton's Christmas Annual in 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes has been one of the most beloved fictional characters ever created. The first of the Sherlock Holmes stories, A Study In Scarlet was also the first of Conan Doyle's books to be published. In this fascinating and exciting tale, the two towering creations of detective fiction--Holmes, the master of the science of detection, and Watson, his faithful companion--make their auspicious debut. The t... more info>> (Published: 1887)
Words: 43446 - Reading Time: 124-173 min.
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Around the World in 80 Days [Secure Mobipocket]
by Jules Vernes
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Phileas Fogg and his valet Passepartout, in order to win a wager with Fogg's fellow London club members, attempt to circumnavigate the globe within 80 days. Pursued by Fix, a private detective who believes Fogg to be a bank robber, the pair cross three continents and two oceans on trains, steamers, an elephant, and anything else they can lay their hands on. Will Phileas and Passepartout make it back to London within the 80 days? (Published: 1873)
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The Time Machine [MultiFormat]
by H. G. Wells
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The first widely read story involving time travel, and still a classic.
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The War of the Worlds [MultiFormat]
by H. G. Wells
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Martians attack earth in this classic SF story. This story was also the basis for the infamous radio hoax by another man named Welles (Orson).
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