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Douglas Jackson
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2009]
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Claudius desires total conquest. Caratacus will fight for freedom. An epic battle is coming, in this second gripping and visceral novel of the Roman invasion of Britain, for fans of Conn Iggulden and Simon Scarrow. 43 AD: in Southern Britain, Caratacus, chief of the Britons, watches from a hilltop as... more
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Joseph Conrad
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2012]
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Passing the time while he and his shipmates wait for the tide to turn, Marlow, a seaman, tells of his journey up the Congo; a journey in search of ivory, wealth and power. His tale is dominated by the distant but fascinating figure of Kurtz; worshipped and feared by invaders... more
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Rudyard Kipling
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2012]
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Adobe PDF eBook Rights: Copying allowed, 15 selections every 1 days. Printing allowed, unlimited pages every unlimited days. Lending not allowed. Reading aloud not allowed. Never expires. From the book: It was seven o'clock of a very warm evening in the Seeonee hills when Father Wolf woke up from his... more
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Charles Dickens
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2012]
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'"I may grow rich!" repeated Nicholas, with a mournful smile, "ay, and I may grow old. But rich or poor, or old or young, we shall ever be the same to each other, and in that our comfort lies"' The work of a young novelist at the height of his... more
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Homer
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2013]
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A vivid adventure on the Aegean waters spurts out pure poetry. Travel with the cunning Odysseus around the world. Along the way, the courageous Greek will face the wrath of gods and monsters in this epic mythological work. Also look for the Barnes & Noble World Digital Library Edition of... more
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E Nesbit
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2012]
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Description: When their father is taken away by strangers, the lives of three children are altered forever. They move with their mother to a cottage by a railway. The railway becomes their playground, and they befriend the rail workers and passengers who eventually help to reunite them with their father.... more
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M Twain
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) is Mark Twain's most popular book, and its hero is a national icon, celebrated as a distinctively American figure both at home and abroad. Tom Sawyer's bold spirit, winsome smile, and inventive solutions to the problems of everyday life in fictional St Petersburg -... more
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Kate Chopin
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2012]
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HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'I would give up the unessential; I would give my money, I would give my life for my children; but I wouldn't give myself.' Heralded as one of the first instances of feminist literature and rejected at its... more
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P G Wodehouse
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2013]
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Adobe PDF eBook Rights: Copying allowed, 15 selections every 1 days. Printing allowed, unlimited pages every unlimited days. Lending not allowed. Reading aloud not allowed. Never expires. From the book: Mrs. Lora Delane Porter dismissed the hireling who had brought her automobile around from the garage and seated herself at... more
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P G Wodehouse
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2012]
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Adobe PDF eBook Rights: Copying allowed, 15 selections every 1 days. Printing allowed, unlimited pages every unlimited days. Lending not allowed. Reading aloud not allowed. Never expires. From the book: It wasn't Archie's fault really. Its true he went to America and fell in love with Lucille, the daughter of... more
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Thomas Hardy
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Hardy's last work of fiction, Jude the Obscure is also one of his most gloomily fatalistic, depicting the lives of individuals who are trapped by forces beyond their control. Jude Fawley, a poor villager, wants to enter the divinity school at Christminster. Sidetracked by Arabella Donn, an earthy country girl... more
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D Defoe
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2010]
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Adobe PDF eBook Rights: Copying allowed, 15 selections every 1 days. Printing allowed, unlimited pages every unlimited days. Lending not allowed. Reading aloud not allowed. Never expires. From the book: I WAS born in the year 1632, in the city of York, of a good family, though not of that... more
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Baroness Orczy
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2012]
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The classic bestselling adventure story is back with a stunning new jacket. An Englishman assumes many disguises in order to rescue members of the French royalty from the terrorists during the French Revolution. During the greater part of the day the guillotine had been kept busy at its ghastly work:... more
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Alexandre Dumas
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2012]
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2 reissues of Dumas classic novels of adventure and intrigue, published to tie in with the publication of the recently rediscovered lost Dumas novel, }The Last Cavalier{. 'Dumas is a master of ripping yarns' }The Guardian{ Three musketeers. Two enemies. One major battle.? ?All for one and one for all!?... more
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R L Stevenson
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2013]
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'It was the last I saw- a thunderbolt seemed to strike me; I saw a great flash of fire, and fell senseless.' Left a penniless orphan at the age of sixteen, David Balfour sets out to find his one living relative, the reclusive and mysterious Uncle Ebenezer. Far from being... more
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Kenneth Grahame ,
Cliff Wright
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2013]
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The tales of Ratty, Mole, Badger and Toad. When Mole goes boating with the Water Rat instead of spring-cleaning, he discovers a new world. As well as the river and the Wild Wood, there is Toad's craze for fast travel which leads him and his friends on a whirl of... more
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R L Stevenson
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2010]
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Adobe PDF eBook Rights: Copying allowed, 15 selections every 1 days. Printing allowed, unlimited pages every unlimited days. Lending not allowed. Reading aloud not allowed. Never expires. From the book: SQUIRE TRELAWNEY, Dr. Livesey, and the rest of these gentlemen having asked me to write down the whole particulars about... more
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Yann Martel
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2002]
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Winner of the Booker Prize 2002. Piscine Molitor Patel, otherwise known as Pi, lives in Pondicherry, where his father runs and owns the citys zoo. When he is sixteen, his parents decide to emigrate to Canada, taking their large family with them, but tragedy strikes when the cargo ship carrying... more
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Wilbur Smith
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2011]
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Hazel Bannock is the heir to the Bannock Oil Corp, one of the major oil producers with global reach. While cruising in the Indian Ocean, Hazel's private yacht is hijacked by African pirates. Hazel is not on board at the time, but her nineteen year old daughter, Cayla, is kidnapped... more
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Aditi Talwar Sodhi
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2011]
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About the Book: Of dreams by Aditi Talwar Sodhi is a gripping tale of 3 women caught in the web of desires. All three of them have scars on their soul. Amrita suffers at the hand of love, Aarti, consumed by pessimism has lost her chance to pursue higher studies... more
