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Barnaby Rudge (Barnes & Noble ...First published serially beginning in 1841, this historical novel by Dickens i... First published serially beginning in 1841, this historical novel by Dickens is set in London during the Gordon riots of 1780. Desperate to prevent the marriage of his niece, Emma, to Edward Chester, Geoffrey Haredale enters into a doomed alliance moreDetails
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Clairvoyance and Occult Powers...Practical advice on clairvoyance, psychic senses, psychometry, crystal gazing,... Practical advice on clairvoyance, psychic senses, psychometry, crystal gazing, and psychic healing is offered in this 1916 book of metaphysical studies. The twenty short chapters are designed to train the reader in telepathy and cover second-sight moreDetails
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The Mystery of the Sea (Barnes...In this thrilling and chilling mystery set in coastal Scotland, locals and vis... In this thrilling and chilling mystery set in coastal Scotland, locals and visitors begin to see the dead. "Second sight" has afflicted many in Aberdeenshire, and the legend-the mystery of the sea-dictates that all will be revealed only when a "go moreDetails
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McTeague: A Story of San Franc...This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further re... This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading.Mc Teague is a riveting tale of murder and greed set in the squalid, urban world of turn-of-the-century San Francisco. More signif moreDetails
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A Lost Lady of Old Years (Barn...This novel, set during the Jacobite Rebellion in Scotland in 1745, tells the s... This novel, set during the Jacobite Rebellion in Scotland in 1745, tells the story of Francis Birkenshaw, a young Edinburgh man intent on leading a life of debauchery until he chances upon the beautiful Margaret Murray, wife of the Bonnie Prince's moreDetails
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A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gu...The title of this posthumously published 1916 volume says it all. Editor Willi... The title of this posthumously published 1916 volume says it all. Editor William Frederic Bade uses Muir's journals to recount his 1867 walking tour from Indiana to the Gulf Coast just two years after the end of the Civil War. An extraordinary adv moreDetails
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My First Summer in the Sierra ...Published in 1911, this book is derived from John Muir's journal account of hi... Published in 1911, this book is derived from John Muir's journal account of his experiences while herding 2,500 sheep into the High Sierra meadows in the summer of 1869. Muir records his daily activities, discoveries of plants and wildlife, and hi moreDetails
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The Way of All Flesh (Barnes &...This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further re... This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading.The Way of All Flesh (1903) mercilessly exposed Victorian hypocrisies of religion and social life. The novel built up a large fol moreDetails
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Utilitarianism (Barnes & Noble...This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further re... This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading.John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism, which first appeared in three installments of Fraser's Magazine in 1861, was intended as a defense of t moreDetails
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Imperial Germany and the Indus...Published at the beginning of World War I, this 1915 collection brings togethe... Published at the beginning of World War I, this 1915 collection brings together thirty years of writings on the social and economic conditions that brought the Germany into global conflict. He considers the ancient origins of the German people, th moreDetails
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Finished (Barnes & Noble Digit...Allan Quatermain returns in this 1917 fantasy-adventure. In war-torn South Afr... Allan Quatermain returns in this 1917 fantasy-adventure. In war-torn South Africa, a Zulu wizard seeks revenge on his own people and their king. With Marie and Child of Storm, this fast-moving saga featuring the hero of King moreDetails
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The Innocents Abroad (Barnes &...Published in 1869, this travelogue chronicles Twain's journey aboard the Quake... Published in 1869, this travelogue chronicles Twain's journey aboard the Quaker City to Europe and the Holy Land. With a sharp satirical eye, and scorn for hypocrisy in all its guises, Twain lampoons his fellow travelers as well as the lo moreDetails
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Critique of Practical Reason: ...This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further re... This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading.Critique of Practical Reason is the second of Immanuel Kant's three 'critiques,' the three pillars of his Critical philosophy. It moreDetails
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The Riddle of the Sands: A Rec...This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further re... This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading.The Riddle of the Sands is the first modern English espionage novel. Long before World War I, but in an atmosphere of growing mis moreDetails
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Considerations on Representati...In this 1861 volume, Mill applies the principles of utilitarianism to politics... In this 1861 volume, Mill applies the principles of utilitarianism to politics and concludes that a representative government is the best system possible, though he is not shy about pointing out its flaws and shortcomings. He discusses extending s moreDetails
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The Blue Fairy Book (Barnes & ...Andrew Lang's classic Blue Fairy Book (1889), the first of his Fairy Tale seri... Andrew Lang's classic Blue Fairy Book (1889), the first of his Fairy Tale series, contains 37 lovely tales ranging from the well-known "Cinderella" and "Little Red Riding Hood" to lesser know yet equally delightful stories such as "Why th moreDetails
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Discourses on Livy (Barnes & N...This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further re... This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading.Niccolò Machiavelli warns potential revolutionaries to expel the privileged elites of the old regime or risk certain doom. In the Disc moreDetails
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The Jewel of Seven Stars (Barn...In this frightening novel, published in 1903, Stoker turns from one staple of ... In this frightening novel, published in 1903, Stoker turns from one staple of horror-the vampire-to another: the mummy, thus influencing every subsequent literary and film treatment of the subject, including the Universal classic, The Mummy moreDetails
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The Mountains of California (B...Published in 1894, this is a memoir of Muir's ten years in the Sierra Nevadas,... Published in 1894, this is a memoir of Muir's ten years in the Sierra Nevadas, which he first visited in 1868. The pristine wild landscape, with its unspoiled flora and fauna, made a profound impression, leading him to dedicate his life to its pre moreDetails
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The Lair of the White Worm (Ba...The last (1911) novel by the author of Dracula is a terror classic. A young Au... The last (1911) novel by the author of Dracula is a terror classic. A young Australian heir to a British castle finds himself embroiled in mystery, murder, and a plague of snakes-all pointing to the sinister guardian of a deep pit, inhabi moreDetails
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