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Nostromo, A Tale of the Seaboard

Джозеф Конрад

Nostromo, A Tale of the Seaboard

Set in the fictitious mining town of Sulaco, a port city in the imaginary country of Costaguana, «Nostromo» is widely considered as one of Joseph Conrad's best works. It is the story of Senõr Gould, an English expatriate who owns the silver-mining concession in the country. When the country becomes engulfed in increasing political turmoil, Senõr Gould charges Nostromo, his trusted head longshoreman, with the duty of hiding his silver so that it does not fall into the hands of his political...

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Джозеф Конрад

Miss or Mrs.?, The Haunted Hotel, a...

Уилки Коллинз

Miss or Mrs.?, The Haunted Hotel, and The Guilty River

Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) is best known as the innovator of the English detective novel, whose sensational novels, plays, and short stories were hugely popular in the Victorian Era. Today, readers enjoy Collins' intricate and suspenseful plots, and his penetrating social commentary on the plight of women and domestic issues of the time. Unfortunately Collins suffered from rheumatic gout, for which he took the opiate laudanum, and which eventually led to paranoid delusions and the...

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Уилки Коллинз

The Idiot

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The Idiot

"The Idiot" is Fyodor Dostoyevsky's 1868 novel which tells the story of Prince Lyov Nikolayevich Myshkin who, after a long absence, returns to Russia from Switzerland where he sought treatment for his epilepsy. The story is primarily a tragic tale of the struggle for the love of a woman, Nastasya Filippovna, between Myshkin and Rogozhin, a dark and impassioned man that the Prince meets on the train to St. Petersburg. «The Idiot» is a classic tale of the conflict between good and evil....

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The Rancher's Seduction

Catherine Mann

The Rancher's Seduction

The last thing this bachelor rancher needs?Temptation beneath the mistletoe!Rancher Marshall Steele’s emotions are on lockdown—until he meets his beautiful new housekeeper. A desire this strong won’t lead to anything but trouble. And yet Marshall can’t stop wanting Tally Benson—her beauty, her kindness. As the holidays heat up, he vows to have her and then let her go. But will their passion survive the secrets she’s been keeping?

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Catherine Mann

The Millionaire's Redemption

Therese Beharrie

The Millionaire's Redemption

He’ll prove he’s worthy of her love and her bed!Jacques Brookes is trouble and Lily Newman has already had her heart broken once. But, by pretending to be his girlfriend, she may be the only person who can help the millionaire to redemption. And perhaps it’s also just what Lily needs to believe in love again…

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Therese Beharrie

What's Wrong With The World

Gilbert Chesterton

What's Wrong With The World

"What's Wrong With the World" is G. K. Chesterton's 1910 collection of essays in which he puts forth his economic philosophy of Distributism. Along with Hillaire Belloc, Chesterton formulated the idea of Distributism as an economic order that was more in line with the principles articulated by the Roman Catholic Church. Put simply Distributism argues that the means of production should be spread as widely as possible amongst the populace instead of being centrally controlled by...

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Gilbert Chesterton

The Possessed (The Devils)

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The Possessed (The Devils)

One of Dostoyevsky's most famous novels, this 1872 work utilizes five main characters and their philosophical ideas to describe the political chaos of Imperial Russia in the nineteenth century. Based on an actual event involving the murder of a revolutionary by his comrades, this novel depicts a band of ruthless radicals attempting to incite revolt in their small, rural community. At the center of «The Possessed» lies Dostoyevsky's desire to protest the enthusiasm for revolution he saw...

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life

Herman Melville

Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life

"Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life" was Herman Melville's first novel. Originally published in 1846, «Typee» was partially based on Melville's own experiences as a beachcomber in the South Pacific Marquesas Islands. A romanticized travelogue of the Pacific island paradise Nuku Hiva, «Typee» is the story of Tommo, a Yankee sailor and his four month stay on the island. One of Melville's most popular works during his lifetime, «Typee» gives the reader a captivating look into the...

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Herman Melville

Youth, Heart of Darkness, and The E...

Джозеф Конрад

Youth, Heart of Darkness, and The End of the Tether

Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) is regarded as one of the greatest novelist in the English language, though he did not speak the language fluently until he was in his twenties. A Polish-born English novelist, Conrad was a master prose stylist who is viewed as a precursor of modernist literature. He wrote stories and novels predominantly with a nautical or seaboard setting that portray trials of the human spirit by the demands of duty and honor. «Youth» was written in 1898 and was included as the first...

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Джозеф Конрад

Her Las Vegas Wedding

Andrea Bolter

Her Las Vegas Wedding

From convenient fiancé…To an inconvenient attraction!When hotel heiress Audrey Girard’s safe, convenient wedding to a business partner is called off she’s left to contend with her ex-fiancé’s brother—wild, brooding chef Shane Murphy. And there’s certainly nothing safe about Audrey’s attraction to Shane—every day they work together is even more dangerously tempting! Could there be a Las Vegas wedding on the cards after all?

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Andrea Bolter

A Texan For Christmas

Jules Bennett

A Texan For Christmas

The bad boy is a changed man!Black sheep Beau Elliott came home for his baby…and to prove to his family that he’s changed. The last thing he needs is temptation at his door…but that’s what he gets with new nanny Scarlett Patterson who’s living on his ranch!

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Jules Bennett

Claim Me, Cowboy

Maisey Yates

Claim Me, Cowboy

Wanted: fake fiancée for a wealthy rancher!Danielle Kelly is perfect for Joshua Grayson’s scheme. He’ll pretend he’s marrying Danielle to keep his father from meddling. He won’t be tempted to touch her, to claim her…or to fall in love!

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Maisey Yates

The Fortunes of Texas: The Rulebrea...

Judy Duarte

The Fortunes of Texas: The Rulebreakers

His new employee is too tempting!Winery vice president, Carlo Mendoza is suspicious when sultry Schuyler Fortunado saunters into his tasting room. Which doesn't stop him from hiring her – or desiring her! But his heart is off limits!

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Judy Duarte

The Story of the Treasure Seekers

Эдит Несбит

The Story of the Treasure Seekers

Edith Nesbit (1858-1924) was an English author and poet who wrote and collaborated on over 60 books of children's fiction, and is considered today to be one of the founders of modern children's literature. Many of Nesbit's works have been adapted for film and plays, and her popular fantasy stories set the standard for modern children's writers like J. K. Rowling and C. S. Lewis. «The Story of the Treasure Seekers» was Nesbit's first novel, published in 1899, and set a...

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Эдит Несбит

Camilla

Frances Burney

Camilla

Frances Burney (1752-1840) was an English diarist, playwright and novelist. She was self-educated and began writing from what she called her «scribblings» at the young age of ten. In total, she wrote eight plays, four novels, one biography and twenty volumes of letters and journals. She is recognized as a literary forerunner to prominent authors who came after her including William Makepeace Thackeray and Jane Austen. The foundation on which Burney's popularity sprang rests with the...

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Frances Burney

Parables From Nature

Margaret Gatty

Parables From Nature

A collection of parables by Margaret Gatty which includes the following: A Lesson of Faith, The Law of Authority and Obedience, The Unknown Land, Knowledge not the Limit of Belief, Training and Restraining, The Light of Truth, Waiting, A Lesson of Hope, The Circle of Blessing, The Law of the Wood, Active and Passive, Daily Bread, Not Lost, But Gone Before, Motes in the Sunbeam, Red Snow, Whereunto?, Purring When You're Pleased, The Voices of the Earth, The Master of the Harvest, The...

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Margaret Gatty

Penrod

Booth Tarkington

Penrod

Booth Tarkington was an American novelist, dramatist and short story writer who attained enormous popularity during his lifetime. He was awarded with two Pulitzer Prizes (1918, 1921), a Gold Metal of the National Institute of Arts and Letters, in addition to many honorary doctorates. Today, Tarkington is most notable for his «American boy» stories, especially the Penrod books. This trilogy was extremely successful, bringing the author notoriety and financial stability, and have remained popular...

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Booth Tarkington

The Billionaire Renegade

Catherine Mann

The Billionaire Renegade

All this cowboy wants is a temporary affair…Billionaire rancher Conrad Steele wants Felicity Hunt in his bed—no strings attached. He’s been left at the altar before and won’t make the same mistake twice. Until a night of passion changes everything…

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Catherine Mann

That Night In Texas

Joss Wood

That Night In Texas

‘That night…why did you leave?’Nearly dying in the aftermath of a storm is shock enough for Vivi Donner. Waking to find her sexy one-night stand—and father of her secret child—standing by her hospital bed? Heart-stopping. Now Camden McNeal is determined to be a part of their lives!

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Joss Wood

The Love Child

Catherine Mann

The Love Child

Her job is to turn a reclusive rancher into a charming tycoon…With his family’s company at stake, Trystan reluctantly agrees to a makeover. But the media consultant hired to sort him out has him aching. When passion leads to pregnancy, marriage is on the cards…but Isabeau won’t say yes without his love…

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Catherine Mann

United By Their Royal Baby

Therese Beharrie

United By Their Royal Baby

When Queen Leyna took the throne, she walked away from her first love, the king of another country, putting duty first.Now their kingdoms are under threat – and knowing only an heir will save them, can they fight to find a way back to each other?

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Therese Beharrie

Ozma of Oz

Frank Baum

Ozma of Oz

Within this third work of Baum's Land of Oz series, Dorothy's story is continued with her beloved companions and given further life with inventive new characters, including a talking hen named Billina and the Hungry Tiger. After being tossed from a steamship during a storm, Dorothy finds herself in the kingdom of Ev, where she becomes involved in a journey to the palace of the evil Nome King to rescue the Queen of Ev and her children. From dodging Wheelers to dangerous guessing games,...

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Frank Baum

The Gambler

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The Gambler

"The Gambler" is a gripping narrative of the dangers of an addiction to gambling. As was common with Dostoyevsky's writing he draws upon his own life in a semi-autobiographical way in «The Gambler». Dostoyevksy himself suffered from a compulsion to gambling and those first-hand experiences bring a depth of realism to «The Gambler» and to his portrayal of the main character, Alexis Ivanovitch, a young man addicted to gambling. «The Gambler» is an insightful look at the compulsive nature...

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The Dream (Le Reve)

Emile Zola

The Dream (Le Reve)

Emile Zola (1840-1902) is perhaps the most important French writer of the 19th century. Zola dramatically shaped the course of French literature through the development of naturalism, characterized by the unsentimental and realistic portrayal of middle and lower class French life. His twenty novel cycle «Les Rougon-Macquart» is epic in scope, often drawing comparisons to the prolific output of Balzac. Here, in his 1888 «Le Rêve» («The Dream») we encounter the sixteenth installment of the cycle....

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Emile Zola

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