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  • ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN
    Mark Twain
    You don’t know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain’t no matter. That book was made by Mr. Mark Twain, and he told the truth, mainly. There was things which he stretched, but mainly he told the truth. That is nothing. I never seen anybody but lied one time or another, without it was Aunt Polly, or the widow, or mayb...
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    36,84 €

  • Lucy’s Conversations
    Jacob Abbott
    Jacob Abbott was a prolific author, writing juvenile fiction, brief histories, biographies, religious books for the general reader, and a few works in popular science. Follow Lucy, and her friends, on their many adventures. You will have fun learning about subjects such as ethics, history, science, friendship and family. ...
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    20,45 €

  • English as She Is Spoke
    Jose De Fonseca
    This book was intended as a Portuguese-English conversational guide or phrase book, but is regarded as a classic source of unintentional humour, as the given English translations are generally completely incoherent. The humour appears to be a result of dictionary-aided literal translation, which causes many idiomatic expressions to be translated wildly inappropriately. Mark Twa...
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    18,12 €

  • Heart of Darkness
    Joseph Conrad
    In the Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad explores the degradation of human morality as symbolized by Marlow’s journey towards the 'heart of darkness.' As Marlow 'penetrates deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness,' and farther and farther into the African wilderness, he probes further into the human subconscious and psyche, represented by the jungle. Marlow’s experiences in ...
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    20,58 €

  • Laddie
    Gene Stratton-Porter
    This charming story is told by 'Little Sister' a young girl who loves to learn, but has no patience with schools. Her ideal classroom is nature itself. Join her as she learns about the world and her place in it. ...
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    36,65 €

  • A Christmas Carol
    Charles Dickens
    The beloved holiday classic penned by Charles Dickens in 1843 is presented here in a bilingual English–French edition, complete with full color illustrations. This bilingual edition is designed to assist those learning French. The original English text appears on the left-hand pages of the book, with the corresponding French translation on the right-hand pages. ...
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    26,86 €

  • Dubliners
    James Joyce
    Unabridged value reproduction of Dubliners by James Joyce is the 1914 classic written during the heyday of Irish nationalism. Every vignette stands alone, yet every vignette is part of the same tapestry, producing both a personal and profound effect for the reader.Shocking for his time because of its realism, today Dubliners is a portal back to the gritty reality of the Irish e...
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    17,61 €

  • Against Nature
    Joris Karl Huysmans
    Against Nature by Joris-Karl Huysmans is a novel in which very little happens; its narrative concentrates almost entirely on its principal character, and is mostly a catalogue of the tastes and inner life of Jean Des Esseintes, an eccentric, reclusive aesthete and antihero, who loathes 19th century bourgeois society and tries to retreat into an ideal artistic world of his own c...
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    28,01 €

  • A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
    Joyce James
    A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is a semi-autobiographical novel by James Joyc. The story describes the formative years of the life of Stephen Dedalus, a fictional alter ego of Joyce and an allusion to the consummate craftsman of Greek mythology, Daedalus. Joyce’s novel traces the intellectual and religio-philosophical awakening of young Stephen Dedalus as he begins to ...
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    27,96 €

  • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
    Robert Louis Stevenson
    Dr Jekyll, a 'large, well-made, smooth-faced man of fifty', occasionally feels he is battling between the good and evil within himself, thus leading to the struggle between his dual personalities of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. He has spent a great part of his life trying to repress evil urges that were not fitting for a man of his stature. He creates a potion in an attempt to mask t...
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    20,64 €

  • Mansfield Park
    Jane Austen
    Ten-year-old Fanny Price is adopted by her wealthy uncle, Sir Thomas Bertram, and is brought up alongside, rather than with, his own four children. She soon learns her place in the hierarchy of Mansfield Park, and is firmly kept there by her spiteful and interfering Aunt Norris, who is one of Jane Austen’s most memorable creations. While Sir Thomas is away attending to his busine...
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    11,74 €

  • Inheriting the Missing
    Donald Hofstetter
    They thought he was a runaway Indian or a criminal, but it was the only chance he had. If he succeeded, the world was his; if not, no one would ever look for his body.Talon had one round of ammunition, two good horses, and little else. He was nineteen years old and life as he knew it had come to a close. A thousand miles away lay the only thing that looked like a future to him....
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    11,97 €

  • IDU
    Flora Nwapa
    ’What we are all praying for is children. What else do we want if we have children?’These two sentences from Idu contain the basic theme of this novel set in a rural Nigerian community where the life of the individual is woven into that of the community as a whole. Idu, the protagonist, faces the challenge of infertility, leading her husband Adiewere to take a second wife. Even...
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    18,65 €

  • As It Was in the Beginning
    Gertrude Trevelyan
    As It Was in the Beginning is a stunning example of Gertrude Trevelyan’s stylistic and imaginative daring. Taking place within the four walls of a nursing home private room, the book manages to encompass the entire span of one woman’s life. As Millicent, Lady Chesborough lays dying, her thoughts run backwards, through her romantic relationships and attempts to define herself, t...
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    27,65 €

  • Her Heinous Defloration
    Akshat Pathak
    TRIGGER WARNING!!This book contains Authorial Violence & Character-Imposed: Psychological violence, and Suicidal ideation. A contemporary tale of gothic fiction, describing the fall of a woman’s beauty and the rise of her heinous fragility. Following the night of her blood-stained body in the dark sky, Pooja, the resident of the Mumbai city finds herself entangled between the...
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    20,10 €

  • Distorted
    Marcello Gomez
    A SUPERNATURAL THRILLERDISTORTED is a supernatural thriller, based on true events, and people, but are fictional characters for a story of LIFE and DEATH. Marcello has lost his mother, and his life changed drastically; exploring freedom, and his spiritual path, he becomes aware of a family secret... He is a descendent of powerful healers, and develops his powers by being hunted...
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    21,04 €

  • Five Children And It(Illustrated)
    Edith Nesbit
    Illustrated Edition: Contains 14 beautiful and intricate illustrations, bringing the magical world of the story to life.Summary Included: Dive into a succinct overview before embarking on the enchanting journey.Characters List: Get acquainted with all the fascinating characters of the story.Author Biography: Gain insights into the life and times of E. Nesbit, the literary geniu...
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    12,08 €

  • The Teacup Story
    Experience the delightful journey of a teacup in 'The Teacup Story,' a short storybook that depicts how an ordinary lump of clay becomes an elegant teacup. This picture book captures every stage of the teacup-making process, from the hands of the master to the final product.The Teacup Story is not simply a story of clay and its transformation into a teacup; it is a story of cou...
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    21,81 €

  • The Great Gatsby
    F. Scott Fitzgerald
    Out on the island there’s a party wilder than the scene in Manhattan. It’s at a mansion, owned by a multimillionaire who goes by the name of Gatsby.  No one seems to know much about Gatsby. The only thing certain is that he throws a hell of a house party, so if you want the finest liquor, that’s the place to go.The Great Gatsby: Buckman Critical Edition features the original no...
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    13,45 €

  • The Socialist
    Guy Thorne
    'The Socialist' by Guy ThorneSociety, in most forms, is a hierarchy in which some people are considered more valuable than others. Guy Thorne’s 'The Socialist' takes an opposite approach Through his characters, he explores the socialism concept in which everyone works together to help one another. Romance, social climbing, and making one’s life better are all inherent wants and...
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    18,81 €

  • The Secret Service Submarine
    Guy Thorne
    Written in 1915, in and for England. Submarine plays heroic part towards the end but primarily a ripping yarn of chaps and chapesses up against it with some dastardly swine - I say! Famous 5 challenge the Kaiser - top hole... But well enough written and engaging and full of incidental historical detail. (iShop)About the Author:Guy Thorne was the pen name of Cyril Arthur Edward ...
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    16,46 €

  • The Soul Stealer
    Guy Thorne
    The storyline is pretty basic, mad scientist falls to the dark side, but the characters are intriguing and more importantly the writing style, that slow, contemplating description of events, people, actions and reactions made this into a very good read indeed. (Andrea M)About the Author:Guy Thorne was the pen name of Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull (1875 - 9 January 1923), a pr...
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    17,59 €

  • The City in the Clouds
    Guy Thorne
    First published in 1922, City in the Clouds still reads as high adventure, with a subplot of romance and a sense of science fiction. Just consider London at a time when the exotic included Brazilian multimillionaires, Chinese laborers, and telephones. It’s a relatively quick read and enjoyable. (Reviewer)About the Author:Guy Thorne was the pen name of Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger...
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    30,78 €

  • The Great Acceptance
    Guy Thorne
    Printed in 1913 DEDICATIONTo the poor of the east end among whom Mr. Charrington has laboured so longAbout the Author:Guy Thorne was the pen name of Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull (1875 - 9 January 1923), a prolific English journalist and novelist best known for his novel When It Was Dark: The Story of A Great Conspiracy (1903). He also wrote under the names C. Ranger Gull and...
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    18,77 €

  • The Great Acceptance
    Guy Thorne
    Printed in 1913 DEDICATIONTo the poor of the east end among whom Mr. Charrington has laboured so longAbout the Author:Guy Thorne was the pen name of Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull (1875 - 9 January 1923), a prolific English journalist and novelist best known for his novel When It Was Dark: The Story of A Great Conspiracy (1903). He also wrote under the names C. Ranger Gull and...
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    30,71 €

  • House of Torment
    Guy Thorne
    HOUSE OF TORMENTA Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of MR. JOHN COMMENDONE, Gentleman to King Philip II of Spain at the English Court (Published, 1911)CONTENTSCHAPTER I. In the Queen’s Closet; the Four Faces            CHAPTER II. The House of Shame; the Ladder of Glory   CHAPTER III. The Meeting with John Hull at Chelmsford CHAPTER IV. Part Taken in Affairs by the Half Testoon...
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    17,53 €

  • House of Torment
    Guy Thorne
    HOUSE OF TORMENTA Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of MR. JOHN COMMENDONE, Gentleman to King Philip II of Spain at the English Court (Published, 1911)CONTENTSCHAPTER I. In the Queen’s Closet; the Four Faces            CHAPTER II. The House of Shame; the Ladder of Glory   CHAPTER III. The Meeting with John Hull at Chelmsford CHAPTER IV. Part Taken in Affairs by the Half Testoon...
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    30,78 €

  • The City in the Clouds
    Guy Thorne
    First published in 1922, City in the Clouds still reads as high adventure, with a subplot of romance and a sense of science fiction. Just consider London at a time when the exotic included Brazilian multimillionaires, Chinese laborers, and telephones. It’s a relatively quick read and enjoyable. (Reviewer)About the Author:Guy Thorne was the pen name of Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger...
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    18,83 €

  • Parade’s End
    Ford Madox Ford
    English novelist and poet, Ford Madox Ford, is probably best remembered today for his 1915 novel 'The Good Soldier'. Often cited as his next best work is the tetralogy of novels published between 1924 and 1928 known collectively as 'Parade’s End'. A supremely modernist work set against the backdrop of World War One, the story is less concerned with the conflict of the war and m...
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    31,10 €

  • The Well of Loneliness
    Radclyffe Hall
    First published in 1928, 'The Well of Loneliness' is Radclyffe Hall’s semi-autobiographical pioneering work of lesbian literature. The story follows Stephen Gordon, a girl born to upper class parents in late Victorian England. Her parents having expected a boy decided to christen her with the name that they had chosen for him. A strangely coincidental choice as the youth begins...
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    17,05 €


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