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Kukum by Michel Jean
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 18 ratings«C'est un de ces soirs où je trayais les vaches dans la lumière du soleil couchant que je l'ai vu pour la première fois. Un canot est apparu, descendant en silence la rivière. Un homme torse nu, à la peau cuivrée, ramait sans se presser, se laissant pousser par le courant. Il paraissait à peine plus âgé que moi. Nos regards se sont croisés. Il n'a pas souri. Et je n'ai pas eu peur... -
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![The Complete Works of Louisa May Alcott (Illustrated): Novels, Short Stories, Plays & Poems: Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men, Jo's Boys, A Modern ... and Jill, Behind a Mask, The Abbot's Ghost… by Louisa May Alcott]()
The Complete Works of Louisa May Alcott (Illustrated): Novels, Short Stories, Plays & Poems: Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men, Jo's Boys, A Modern ... and Jill, Behind a Mask, The Abbot's Ghost… by Louisa May Alcott
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis carefully crafted ebook: "The Complete Works of Louisa May Alcott (Illustrated)” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents...Categorized as:
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Жестокий Век by Исай Калашников
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsВойско Чингисхана подобно вулканической лаве сметало на своем пути все живое: истребляло народы, превращало в пепел цветущие цивилизации. Вершитель этого жесточайшего абсурда — Чингисхан — и чудовище и гениальный полководец. "Жестокий век" — это молниеносные степные переходы, дымы кочевий, необузданная, вольная жизнь, где неразлучны опасность и удача... -
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![The Fourth Peshwa by Ranjit Desai, रणजित देसाई]()
The Fourth Peshwa by Ranjit Desai, रणजित देसाई
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Maratha empire that Chhatrapati Shivaji established in 1680 passed into the hands of the Peshwas in the 18th century. The empire, which spanned across large parts of Western, Central and Northern India, suffered a severe setback when the Marathas lost the third battle of Panipat to Ahmad Shah Abdali in 1761... -
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![Suparnica Marije Terezije 2 by Marija Jurić Zagorka]()
Suparnica Marije Terezije 2 by Marija Jurić Zagorka
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNera osjeti da je smalaksao. U trenutku se otkine od njega i potrči. Ponovno je pograbi i divlje stisne k sebi. Osjetila je njegov vreli dah i čula prigušene riječi: - Budi moja - samo moja...Opet su stisnula jake ruke: - Robovat ću ti kraljice moja. Sad si moja...Nema ti više izlaska iz ove odaje. Strah probudi u njoj bijesnu snagu i hitru odluku. Digne ruku sa zlatnom iglom i zabode mu u grudi... -
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Dvorska kamarila by Marija Jurić Zagorka
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKonačno su okovi popustili i jedno krilo vrata otvori. Gusta pljesniva tmina nije zadržavala Sinišu. Uzevši fenjer u jednu ruku, u drugu pištolj, uđe u mrek. Našao se pod niskim stropom u uskom podrumskom fodniku. Odatle je ušao u veći prostor prepun različitih strojeva za mučenje.- Ovo je mučilište - upozori Meško.- Eno prolaza. Stali su kraj uskog otvor i osvijetlili ga... -
![Arus Balik by Pramoedya Ananta Toer]()
Arus Balik by Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSemasa jaya Majapahit, Nusantara merupakan kesatuan maritim dan kerajaan laut terbesar di antara bangsa-bangsa beradab di muka bumi. Arus bergerak dari selatan ke utara, segalanya: kapal-kapalnya, manusianya, amal perbuatannya dan cita-citanya, semuanya bergerak dari Nusantara di selatan ke atas angin di utara. Tetapi jaman berubah... -
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DUISHEN by Chingiz Aitmatov
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe book tells the story of Altyani, a teacher, who, inspired by the great Russian leader Lenin, decides to open a primary school in his native village and holds his forte despite resistance from all... -
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Two Little Savages: Being the Adventures of Two Boys Who Lived as Indians and What They Learned by Ernest Thompson Seton
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process...Categorized as:
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![Angelique, the Road to Versailles by Anne Golon]()
Angelique, the Road to Versailles by Anne Golon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHistorical Romance Large Print Edition For Ang lique, 17th-century Paris is a city of wild love and vicious hatred. Penniless, alone and sworn to take revenge on those who were responsible for her husband s death, she plunges into the dangerous underworld of the city to the nightmare Court of Miracles, a world of deformity, degradation, violence and lust...Categorized as:
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![The Third Wedding by Costas Taktsis, Κώστας Ταχτσής]()
The Third Wedding by Costas Taktsis, Κώστας Ταχτσής
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe German Occupation, the Civil War and life itself seen through the eyes of two Athenian women... -
![Angelique: The Marquise of Angels by Anne Golon]()
Angelique: The Marquise of Angels by Anne Golon
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe story begins in 1648 during a time of insurrection, terror and revolt in a divided France. Angélique de Sance de Monteloup, a vibrant twelve-year-old tomboy, is the daughter of a simple nobleman impoverished by taxes and other burdens...Categorized as:
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![Her Benny by Silas Kitto Hocking]()
Her Benny by Silas Kitto Hocking
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis book is a little gem. It was first published in 1880 by a Cornish Minister who upped sticks to bang his drum up in the 'grim North', ( including 3 years in Liverpool, which is where this story is primarily set )... -
![Bless This House by Norah Lofts]()
Bless This House by Norah Lofts
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe fortunes of a beautiful Elizabethan house called Merravay, Built in Suffolk for a queen to sleep in then loved and hated through four centuries. Told in eight episodic narratives by a fascinating pageant of characters including -- a pirate, witch, bawd, rake, recluse, and lovers all of whom play a vital part in the house's history... -
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The Best of Robert Service by Robert W. Service
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis new and revised edition of poems about the men and women of the North features the most loved ballads by Robert Service, and is illustrated with lively art by Marilen Van Nimwegen. While living in Whitehorse, Robert Service wrote The Cremation of Sam McGee, and other well-known poems. He wrote and published into his mid-eighties...Categorized as:
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![Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice--Jane Austen by Robert Clark]()
Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice--Jane Austen by Robert Clark
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe study of Jane Austen has been transformed in the last twenty years by readings which have grounded her work in contemporary politics and by feminist critique which has questioned her construction of subject positions for women readers... -
![The Case of Cem by Вера Мутафчиева, Vera Mutafchieva]()
The Case of Cem by Вера Мутафчиева, Vera Mutafchieva
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsVera Mutafchieva’s The Case of Cem , presented as a series of depositions by historical figures before a court, tells a straightforward tale: Upon the death of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror in 1481, his eldest son Bayezid takes the throne...Categorized as:
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![Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin by Marguerite Henry, Wesley Dennis]()
Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin by Marguerite Henry, Wesley Dennis
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"Today Benjamin West is remembered because he was the father of American painting; and many like to think of him as the only American ever to become President of the Royal Academy of England. But I like to remember him as a boy who wanted so very much to paint that he dug his colors out of the earth and made his brushes from his cat's tail...Categorized as:
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Collected Stories by Wallace Stegner
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn a literary career spanning more than fifty years, Wallace Stegner created a remarkable record of the history and culture of twentieth-century America. Each of the thirty-one stories contained in this volume embody some of the best virtues and values to be found in contemporary fiction, demonstrating why the author is acclaimed as one of America's master storytellers...Categorized as:
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Angelique in Revolt by Anne Golon, Marguerite Barnett
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe beautiful setting of the Poitou region makes a stunning contrast with the story which often boils over into bloody violence. The political situation is destined to bring multiple tragedies for Angélique and, after enjoying a moment of revenge, finds that she is pregnant with an unwanted daughter...Categorized as:
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![Angelique in Barbary by Anne Golon, Monroe Stearns]()
Angelique in Barbary by Anne Golon, Monroe Stearns
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis fourth book in the series, which was first published in England in 1960, sees Angélique leave the confines of France for the first time. She embarks on a series of adventures around the Mediterranean - more precisely the Barbary Coast of North Africa, which led to the American editions of the book being called Angélique in Barbary. In French the book was called Indomitable Angélique... -
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Cuckold by Kiran Nagarkar
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe time is early 16th century. The Rajput kingdom of Mewar is at the height of its power. It is locked in war with the Sultanates of Delhi, Gujarat and Malwa. But there is another deadly battle being waged within Mewar itself. who will inherit the throne after the death of the Maharana? The course of history, not just of Mewar but of the whole of India, is about to be changed forever... -
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![Peter the First by Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy]()
Peter the First by Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHere, for the first time, in its final form and in a new translation, is the epic Russian novel which has sold in its native country over two million copies. Alexey Tolstoy (who was not related to the author of War and Peace) began to study the character of his hero, Peter the First, in 1917... -
![The Killing Snows by Charles Egan]()
The Killing Snows by Charles Egan
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis book is fiction. The story that inspired it was not. In 1990, a box of very old documents was found on a small farm in the west of Ireland. They had been stored for well over a hundred years and told an incredible story of suffering, of love and of courage. In 1846, a young couple met during the worst days of the Great Irish Famine... -
![The Collected Poems by Sergei Yesenin]()
The Collected Poems by Sergei Yesenin
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratings"Preserving in English the immortal spirit and rhyme of the great Russian genius."Biographical notes on Esenin and Isadora Duncan precede each vol. and some chapters.Includes several color reproductions of landscape paintings by Isaac Levitan mounted on pages with captions, and other photos, including a portrait photo of Esenin and his wife Isadora Duncan, American dancer (v. 2, p. [7])... -
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മയ്യഴിപ്പുഴയുടെ തീരങ്ങളിൽ | Mayyazhipuzhayude Theerangalil by M. Mukundan
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMayyazhippuzhayude Theerangalil (On the Banks of the River Mayyazhi) is a Malayalam language novel by M. Mukundan. Widely regarded as the author's magnum opus, the novel vividly describes the political and social background of Mahe (Mayyazhi), the former French colony, in the past, in a mystical way.[1] The novel was translated into English and French, both the versions winning accolades... -
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Buddies by Ethan Mordden
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"What unites us, all of us, surely is brotherhood, a sense that our friendships are historic, designed to hold Stonewall together," muses on character in Ethan Mordden's Buddies. This need for friendship, for nonerotic affection, for buddies, shines forth as an American obsession from Moby-Dick through Of Mice and Men to The Sting... -
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Mary Ann's Angels by Catherine Cookson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMary Ann has twins, one of whom is talkative and the other not. Her husband decides a separation is needed but Mary Ann will not hear of it. This seemingly small quarrel leads to an explosive situation when Rose Mary disappears... -
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Royaume de vent et de colères by Jean-Laurent Del Socorro
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings1596. Deux ans avant l'édit de Nantes qui met fin aux guerres de Religion, Marseille la catholique s'oppose à Henri IV, l'ancien protestant. Une rébellion, une indépendance que ne peut tolérer le roi... -
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Война и мир. Книга 2. Том 3-4 by Leo Tolstoy
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAmong the great novels of the world, 'War and Peace' has long held pride of place because it fulfills, in its seamless interweaving of the historical and the personal, and its genius in registering the entire scale of human life, all the promise latent in the art of fiction itself... -
![Angelique and the Ghosts by Sergeanne Golon]()
Angelique and the Ghosts by Sergeanne Golon
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe's one of the most ravished and ravishing heroines in the history of fiction. Her stormy adventures have taken her from the gutters of Paris to the harems of Africa to the silken prison of a king. Angelique has loved, intrigued, hated and fought her way into the hearts of millions of readers all over the world...Categorized as:
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Pour the Dark Wine by Dinah Lampitt
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn Pour The Dark Wine, Dinah Lampitt again shows her ability to interweave fact and fiction to create an historical novel of impact and passion. The story of the rise and fall of the Seymours was dramatic in its own right and her imaginative skills and impeccable research cast new light on one of the most exciting periods in English history... -
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![In the Reign of Terror: The Adventures of a Westminster Boy by G.A. Henty]()
In the Reign of Terror: The Adventures of a Westminster Boy by G.A. Henty
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHarry Sandwith, a Westminster boy, becomes a resident at the chateau of a French marquis. After various adventures, he accompanies the family to Paris at the height of the French Revolution. Imprisonment and death reduce their number, and Harry finds himself beset by perils with the three young daughters of the house in his charge...Categorized as:
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![Tales of the North by Jack London]()
Tales of the North by Jack London
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIf you enjoy nonstop adventure and heroic exploits, then you are sure to love Tales of the North...Categorized as:
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![Old Herbaceous: A Novel of the Garden by Reginald Arkell]()
Old Herbaceous: A Novel of the Garden by Reginald Arkell
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBack in print after fifty yearsOld Herbaceous is a classic British novel of the garden, with a title character as outsized and unforgettable as P. G. Wodehouse’s immortal butler, Jeeves... -
![The Countess Angelique by Sergeanne Golon, Marguerite Barnett]()
The Countess Angelique by Sergeanne Golon, Marguerite Barnett
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen she landed on the virgin shores of America, Angelique was unaware of the rich abundance of pleasures-and perils-that lay ahead. Sacredly recovered from a joyous reunion with a long-lost husband, she became a pawn in the bloody struggle between virile settlers and hungry-eyed savages...Categorized as:
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![Miracle of the Rose by Jean Genet]()
Miracle of the Rose by Jean Genet
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis is the third of Genet's prose works to be published in the United States, following Our Lady of the Flowers (1963) and The Thief's Journal (1964). It is, however, Genet's second novel, having been written in La Santé and Tourelles prisons in 1943, directly after Our Lady of the Flowers... -
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The Origin by Irving Stone
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"The Origin" fills an important gap in literature on Charles Darwin. In 1832 at age 22, Charles Darwin was invited to sail with H.M.S. Beagle as a naturalist. The surveying voyage would encircle the globe...Categorized as:
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Rosamund by Bertrice Small
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRosamund Bolton is the heiress to the manor of Friarsgate in the wild Cumbrian border between England and Scotland. More than a splendid inheritance, Friarsgate will chart the fate of the orphaned beauty widowed at a precious young age... -
![موت سرير رقم 12 by غسان كنفاني, Ghassan Kanafani]()
موت سرير رقم 12 by غسان كنفاني, Ghassan Kanafani
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratings"موت سرير رقم 12" هي المجموعة القصصية الأولى التي أصدرها غسان كنفاني. وقد صدرت في بيروت عام 1961 بمقدمة قصيرة كتبها المؤلف يقول فيها: "أنا أؤمن أن الكتاب يجب أن يقدم نفسه، وإذا عجز عن إحراز جزء من طموح كاتبه، فعلى الكاتب أن يقبل ذلك ببساطة، كما قبل -مرات ومرات- أن يمزق قصصاً ليعيد كتابتها... -
![War and Peace Vol. 1 & 2 by Leo Tolstoy]()
War and Peace Vol. 1 & 2 by Leo Tolstoy
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsLeo Tolstoy, or Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910), was a Russian writer widely regarded as among the greatest of novelists for his masterpieces War and Peace and Anna Karenina. War and Peace's vast canvas includes 580 characters, many historical, others fictional... -
![The Complete Plays by Christopher Marlowe]()
The Complete Plays by Christopher Marlowe
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsMarlowe's seven plays dramatise the fatal lure of potent forces, whether religious, occult or erotic. In the victories of Tamburlaine, Faustus's encounters with the demonic, the irreverence of Barabas in THE JEW OF MALTA, and the humiliation of Edward II in his fall from power and influence, Marlowe explores the shifting balance between power and helplessness, the sacred and its desecration... -
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![Pig Earth by John Berger]()
Pig Earth by John Berger
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSet in a small village in the French Alps, Pig Earth relates the stories of sceptical, hard-working men and fiercely independent women. This book is an act of reckoning that conveys the precise wealth and weight of a world we are losing... -
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வேங்கையின் மைந்தன் [Vengaiyin Maindhan] by Akilan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsவேங்கையின் மைந்தன் புதினம் கற்பனையோடு கலந்து எழுதப்பட்ட வரலாற்றுப் புதினம் என்றாலும் அது நிகழும் காலக்கட்டத்தில் வாழ்ந்த வரலாற்றுக் கதாப்பாத்திரங்களைச் சுற்றிச் சுழல்வதாக அமைகிறது.விஜயாலய சோழன்(கி.பி 847 - 871) பல்லவர்களும் பாண்டியர்களும் பலமாக இருந்த காலத்தில் அவர்களை வென்று சோழர்களின் பொற்கால ஆட்சியை தோற்றுவித்த பெருமைக்குரியவர்... -
![The Spice Merchant's Wife by Charlotte Betts]()
The Spice Merchant's Wife by Charlotte Betts
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratings1666. Newly married to a wealthy spice merchant, Kate Finche believes all her dreams of a happy family life are just around the corner until the Great Fire rages through London. She watches in horror as their livelihood goes up in flames, filling the air with the heady scents of cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves... -
![The Way of a Serpent by Torgny Lindgren]()
The Way of a Serpent by Torgny Lindgren
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"Unto him that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but from him who hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath."As the narrator suggests, that is the inescapable conclusion of this slim, moving parable about a Swedish peasant family at the end of the 19th century... -
![Angelique and the Demon by Anne Golon]()
Angelique and the Demon by Anne Golon
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAngélique is denied the peace of mind she has longed for when the beautiful but unsettling Ambrosine, Duchess de Maudriborg, and her entourage of King's girls are shipwrecked on the shores of Goldsboro.She is threatened by strange forces and by a mysterious band of pale strangers creating discord and mayhem in the region...Categorized as:
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![Cor Rotto: A Novel of Catherine Carey by Adrienne Dillard]()
Cor Rotto: A Novel of Catherine Carey by Adrienne Dillard
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe dream was always the same … the scaffold before me. I stared on in horror as the sword sliced my aunt's head from her swan-like neck. The executioner raised her severed head into the air by its long chestnut locks. The last thing I remembered before my world turned black was my own scream...
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