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Historical novel. According to the Preface: "Of all the chapters of history, there are few more interesting or wonderful than that which tells the story of...

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Historical novel, first published in 1828. Set in Perthshire, Scotland, in 1396. According to Wikipedia: "Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (1771 – 1832) was...

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Classic novel by the author of "Little Women". According to Wikipedia: "Louisa May Alcott (1832 – 1888) was an American novelist. She is best known for the...

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According to Wikipedia: "Samuel Johnson (18 September 1709 – 13 December 1784), often referred to as Dr Johnson, was an English author who made lasting...

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Classic travelogue/memoir. According to Wikipedia: "Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson ( 1850 - 1894), was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, and a...

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Historical novel, set in Portugal, during the Peninsular War, in which the British battled the armies of Napoleon. The Preface begins: "From the termination...

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Short story collection including some of Hawthorne's best: The Birthmark, Young Goodman Brown, Rappaccini's Daughter, Mrs. Bullfrog, The Celestial Railroad,...

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According to Wikipedia: "Sarah Margaret Fuller Ossoli (May 23, 1810 – July 19, 1850) was a journalist, critic and women's rights activist associated with...

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According to Wikipedia: "Henry Louis "H. L." Mencken (1880 – 1956) was an American journalist, essayist, magazine editor, satirist, acerbic critic of...

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This collection includes: Life of Goethe by Calvin Thomas, Hermann and Dorothea, Iphigenia in Tauris, Faust Parts 1 and selections from Part 2. The German...

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Classic collection of essays, including: THE SUFFRAGIST, THE POET AND THE CHEESE, THE THING, THE MAN WHO THINKS BACKWARDS, THE NAMELESS MAN, THE GARDENER AND...

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Thoughts and observations from Hawthorne's sojourn in England. According to Wikipedia: "Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 –1864) was an American novelist and short...

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Oscar Wilde's story of a fashionable young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty is one of his most popular works. Written in Wilde's...

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Historical novel, set during the American Revolution, and told from the British perspective. The Preface begins: "You have probably been accustomed to...

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Life is fairly workaday for Dr Celeste Carlucci, a professor at Krasnia’s finest university, until her best friend and colleague Pace involves Celeste in...

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Failing ever upward isn't as much fun as you'd expect. In this hilarious sequel to My Inflatable Friend, clueless tyro Rollo Hemphill continues to fail...

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E v eryone loves a rock star – but can a rock star love you back?   Lea Woods wants a relationship. Gary Rock All, singer and guitarist in The...

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Everyone's favourite sleuth - Vera Kelly - is back and put to the test as she searches for her missing girlfriend. It's spring 1971 and Vera Kelly and...

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Classic collection of essays. According to Wikipedia: "Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 - 1936) was an influential English writer of the early 20th century....