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The Oxford Shakespeare: The Complete Works by William Shakespeare
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFirst published in 1906, this edition of Shakespeare's Complete Works by W.J. Craig has been many times reprinted. The spelling has been modernised, and the punctuation revised. A short glossary of obsolete words is provided, and there is also an index of characters and of the first lines of songs.The drawing on the jacket, a reconstruction of the Fortune Theatre, 1600, is by C... -
![Works of P. G. Wodehouse by P.G. Wodehouse]()
Works of P. G. Wodehouse by P.G. Wodehouse
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTable of ContentsList of Works by Genre and TitleList of Works in Alphabetical Order. P. G. Wodehouse BiographyNovels:A Damsel in DistressThe Coming of BillThe Gem CollectorThe Girl on the BoatThe Gold BatThe Head of Kay'sIndiscretions of ArchieThe Intrusion of JimmyJill the Reckless or The Little WarriorThe Little NuggetLove Among the Chickens Illustrated by Armand BothMike Illustrated by T. M... -
![The Overcoat, and Other Tales of Good and Evil by Nikolai Gogol]()
The Overcoat, and Other Tales of Good and Evil by Nikolai Gogol
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsWith the publication of "The Overcoat" in 1842, Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852) inaugurated a new chapter in Russian literature, in which the underdog and social misfit is treated not as a figure of fun or an object of charity, but as a human being with as much right to happiness as anybody else... -
![Lost Tales by Edgar Allan Poe]()
Lost Tales by Edgar Allan Poe
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHere are treasures! This is no ordinary anthology of Poe items but a unique collection of tales that in most cases have not appeared in print for well over a century and that will be completely new to all but a few Poe specialists... -
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![Murder on the Orient Express and Other Hercule Poirot Mysteries by Agatha Christie]()
Murder on the Orient Express and Other Hercule Poirot Mysteries by Agatha Christie
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHercule Poirot, the great Belgian sleuth who was the greatest creation of bestselling author Agatha Christie, brings his formidable skills of detection to bear on three bedeviling murder mysteries in Murder on the Orient Express and Other Hercule Poirot Mysteries... -
![Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade by Rob MacGregor, George Lucas]()
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade by Rob MacGregor, George Lucas
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe time is the 1930s.Indiana Jones had always managed to get into enough trouble on his own. But this time, he finds himself in the deadliest situation imaginable -- he must rescue his father, eminent professor Dr. Henry Jones, from the Nazis' clutches to keep them from discovering secret information only Dr. Jones possesses...Categorized as:
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![Breaking Into Japanese Literature: Seven Modern Classics in Parallel Text - Revised Edition by Giles Murray]()
Breaking Into Japanese Literature: Seven Modern Classics in Parallel Text - Revised Edition by Giles Murray
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA collection of seven great works of Japanese literature in the original language, along with the English translation and a newly-revised custom dictionary - plus downloadable audio.Breaking into Japanese Literature lets readers enjoy seven classic stories in the original Japanese... -
![Starring Miss Marple: A Murder is Announced / The Body in the Library / Murder With Mirrors by Agatha Christie]()
Starring Miss Marple: A Murder is Announced / The Body in the Library / Murder With Mirrors by Agatha Christie
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA collection of three Miss Marple novels by the inimitable Agatha Christie. It contains the following stories:1. "The Body in the Library,"2. "A Murder is Announced," and3. "Murder With Mirrors" (full title: "They Do It with Mirrors").Librarian's note: this entry is for the collection< "Starring Miss Marple... -
![The Illustrated Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe]()
The Illustrated Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEdgar Allan Poe is no stranger to the strange. His tales of mystery and macabre have provoked many a nightmare. If you’ve been wondering how the editors of Canterbury Classics could create a new twist, wait nevermore! Your very own telltale hearts will tick-tick-tick oh-so-fast as you read the four terrifying tales presented here. And just when you think you’re safe, something spooky will pop-up... -
![The Real Inspector Hound and Other Plays by Tom Stoppard]()
The Real Inspector Hound and Other Plays by Tom Stoppard
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCulled from nearly twenty years of the playwright’s career, a showcase for Tom Stoppard’s dazzling range and virtuosic talent, The Real Inspector Hound and Other Plays is essential reading for fans of modern drama. The plays in this collection reveal Stoppard’s sense of fun, his sense of theater, his sense of the absurd, and his gifts for parody and satire... -
![Coffret Sherlock Holmes by Jennifer Adams]()
Coffret Sherlock Holmes by Jennifer Adams
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDelight your little one with the sounds and sights of a mysterious night in Sherlock Holmes in the Hound of Baskervilles: A BabyLit Sounds Primer... -
![Barbie and the Three Musketeers by Mary Man-Kong, Amy Wolfram]()
Barbie and the Three Musketeers by Mary Man-Kong, Amy Wolfram
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s all for one and one for all in the newest Barbie direct-to-DVD movie!Young girls will love reading about the new Barbie direct-to-DVD movie, Barbie™ and The Three Musketeers! Adventure awaits as Barbie and her friends set off in an exciting quest to become Musketeers in this fullcolor Little Golden Book based on the new movie... -
![Ariel Custer by Grace Livingston Hill]()
Ariel Custer by Grace Livingston Hill
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings1922. Ariel looked curiously like the portrait of her illustrious warrior ancestor when she lifted a firm little chin and left the beloved but empty home in the South to seek her fortune in an unknown northern city. But fortune was kind and with the aid of a refractory motor cycle precipitated her literally into the arms of Judson Graniss... -
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![Death By Suspenders by Laina Turner]()
Death By Suspenders by Laina Turner
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe exciting first day of school turns to murder!Olivia and Polly get to Spencer University ready for the first day of fall classes. They are excited about meeting new students and kicking off a fantastic year when instead, one of their co-workers, David, is found hanging in the academic building... -
![The Put-Em-Rights by Enid Blyton]()
The Put-Em-Rights by Enid Blyton
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Put-Em-Rights are a secret band of do-gooders. Sally, Amanda, Micky, Podge, Yolande and Bobby are all eager to solve everyone's problems. But it's not always easy trying to help without getting into lots of trouble.. -
![The Works of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling]()
The Works of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDEPARTMENTAL DITTIES, BARRACK-ROOM BALLADS, THE PHANTOM 'RICKSHAW AND OTHER GHOST STORIES, UNDER THE DEODARS, PLAIN TALES FROM THE HILLS, THE LIGHT THAT FAILED, THE STORY OF THE...Categorized as:
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![Kabuk Adam by Aslı Erdoğan]()
Kabuk Adam by Aslı Erdoğan
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSize Kabuk Adam'ın öyküsünü anlatacağım, tropik bir adayı, cinayet ve işkencenin, şiddetin bataklığında filizlenen bir aşkı, içinde yetiştiği toprak kadar acı dolu bir aşkı anlatacağım... -
![Rumors: A Farce by Neil Simon]()
Rumors: A Farce by Neil Simon
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsKen and Chris have found their host Charley, a prominent Government official, in his bedroom, too dazed to speak, with a bullet wound in his ear lobe! Len and Claire arrive, themselves injured in a car crash, and are soon joined by Ernest and Cookie, Glenn and Cassie, each with their own problems... -
![Death and the Compass by Jorge Luis Borges, George Guidall]()
Death and the Compass by Jorge Luis Borges, George Guidall
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA detective, Erik Lönnrot, attempts to solve a mysterious series of murders which seem to follow a kabbalistic pattern.Published in Sur in May 1942, it was included in the 1944 collection Ficciones. It was first translated into English in the New Mexico Quarterly (Autumn 1954)...Categorized as:
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![Trust in Me by Lea Coll]()
Trust in Me by Lea Coll
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA quiet professor with a bad boy secret side.... Quiet, smart, and totally not my type. But Professor Sawyer Hudson needs me,one date, one charity dinner, to boost his reputation on campus.I'm going to do it, only because I need him too.But what transpires is completely unexpected. He's sexy and rugged with a chiseled body... -
![The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Kathleen Olmstead, Robert Louis Stevenson]()
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Kathleen Olmstead, Robert Louis Stevenson
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA single person—but with two personalities: one that’s noble and kind and another that’s pure, repulsive evil. Robert Louis Stevenson’s engrossing masterpiece about the dual nature of man—and a good doctor whose thirst for knowledge has tragic consequences—serves up all the suspense and satisfying chills one expects from the best horror and science fiction... -
![Dangerous Games by Carolyn Keene, Franklin W. Dixon]()
Dangerous Games by Carolyn Keene, Franklin W. Dixon
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAMERICA'S HOTTEST TEEN DETECTIVES TEAM UP IN A SPLIT-SECOND RACE WITH TERRORAn urgent message draws NANCY DREW and her friends to the International Championship Games in California. It seems a mysterious figure called the Black Knight wants to force star athletes off the track and into the hospital... -
![Land of Always Night: by Kenneth Robeson, W. Ryerson Johnson]()
Land of Always Night: by Kenneth Robeson, W. Ryerson Johnson
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsused science fiction... -
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![The Ring by Bernard Smith]()
The Ring by Bernard Smith
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratings[Penguin Readers Level 3]Original / British EnglishOne day Rafael was well; the next day he was completely mad. What happened to him? The story of Rafael and his gold ring is a strange story of murder, mystery and love. Many people know part of the story. But only Rafael knows the true facts. And Rafael is mad... -
![The Trees of Pride by G.K. Chesterton]()
The Trees of Pride by G.K. Chesterton
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"We wish you'd get rid of what you've got here, sir," he observed, digging doggedly. "Nothing'll grow right with them here." "Shrubs!" said the Squire, laughing. "You don't call the peacock trees shrubs, do you? Fine tall trees -- you ought to be proud of them." "Ill weeds grow apace," observed the gardener. "Weeds can grow as houses when somebody plants them... -
![শূন্য by Humayun Ahmed]()
শূন্য by Humayun Ahmed
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsভূমিকাআমাদের চারপাশের চেনা জগৎ এবং চারপাশের বাইরে অচেনা জগৎ নিয়ে আমার নিজের কিছু চিন্তা-ভাবনা আছে। মাঝে মাঝে আমার অনিদ্রা রোগ হয়। বাসার সবাই ঘুমিয়ে থাকে আমি বারান্দায় বসে সিগারেটের পর সিগারেট টেনে হার্ট, ফুসফুসের যত রকম ক্ষতি করা সম্ভব ক্ষতি করতে থাকি। আর তখন অদ্ভুত সব চিন্তা-ভাবনা আসতে থাকে। মনে হতে থাকে- আমাদের এই শরীরের ভেতর আছে আরেকটি শরীর, আমাদের এই জগতের ভেতরে আছে আরেকটি জগৎ। সেই জগৎ... -
![William Golding's Lord of the Flies by Harold Bloom, Elizabeth Beaudin]()
William Golding's Lord of the Flies by Harold Bloom, Elizabeth Beaudin
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratings- Comprehensive reading and study guides for some of the world's most important literary masterpieces- Concise critical excerpts provide a scholarly overview of each work- "The Story Behind the Story" details the conditions under which the work was written- Each book includes a biographical sketch of the author, a descriptive list of characters, an extensive summary and analysis, and an... -
![Selected Tales by Edgar Allan Poe]()
Selected Tales by Edgar Allan Poe
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsSince their first publication in the 1830s and 1840s, Edgar Allan Poe's extraordinary Gothic tales have established themselves as classics of horror fiction and have also created many of the conventions which still dominate the genre of detective fiction.Yet, as well as being highly enjoyable, Poe's tales are works of very real intellectual exploration... -
![The Cat by Georges Simenon]()
The Cat by Georges Simenon
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhy are Emile and Marguerite Bouin still married? They cannot stand each other. This is evident from the moment we meet them, isolated and wordless before a beautiful fire. Their only correspondence is an occasional invective jotted on a scrap of paper--this discreetly flicked across the room to the recipient's lap.A bizarre situation to be sure, but ideal for Simenon... -
![Shantytown by César Aira]()
Shantytown by César Aira
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMaxi, a middle-class, directionless ox of a young man who helps the trash pickers of Buenos Aires's shantytown, attracts the attention of a corrupt, trigger-happy policeman who will use anyone -- including two innocent teenage girls -- to break a drug ring that he believes is operating within the slum. A strange new drug, a brightly lit carousel of a slum, the kindness of strangers, gunplay.. -
![Rosaura a las diez by Marco Denevi]()
Rosaura a las diez by Marco Denevi
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn Rosaura a las diez,published in 1956 by the Argentine Marco Denevi and winner of the Premio Kraft, the mystery surrounds the sudden appearance of a young woman in the life of a lonely middle-aged portrait painter named Camilo Canegato. When this woman is murdered and Camilo is accused of the homicide, the mystery takes on bizarre proportions... -
![Emma Zunz by Jorge Luis Borges]()
Emma Zunz by Jorge Luis Borges
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCuento "Emma Zunz", de Jorge Luis Borges, originalmente publicado en el libro El Aleph, en 1949... -
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![Murder Melody: A Doc Savage Adventure by Kenneth Robeson]()
Murder Melody: A Doc Savage Adventure by Kenneth Robeson
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDeath comes from both above and below, as the Pacific Northwest is shaken by earthquakes while strange floating figures fill the sky striking terror with their deadly dirge... -
![It Had to Be Murder by Cornell Woolrich]()
It Had to Be Murder by Cornell Woolrich
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStory by Cornell Woolrich. Originally published in Dime Detective, February, 1942. Also known as Rear Window.The story that inspired the Alfred Hitchcock film masterpiece, Rear Window! It Had to Be Murder is a suspenseful tale about Hal Jeffries, a temporarily disabled man, who becomes obsessed with watching the lives of his urban neighbors... -
![Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Janice Greene, Robert Louis Stevenson]()
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Janice Greene, Robert Louis Stevenson
Rated: 3.61 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHenry Jekyll is a respected doctor-- a kindly man much loved by all. Why is he so protective of the vicious criminal, Edward Hyde? Jekyll's friends are stunned when the mystery is finally unraveled... -
![The Dumb Waiter by Harold Pinter]()
The Dumb Waiter by Harold Pinter
Rated: 3.69 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOne of his most recognized and acclaimed plays, Harold Pinter’s “The Dumb Waiter” is a humorous and provocative story of two hit men as they wait in a basement for their next assignment. Told through Pinter’s unmistakable wit and poignant pauses, “The Dumb Waiter” is recognized for its exceptional writing and subtle character development... -
![The Family Reunion by T.S. Eliot]()
The Family Reunion by T.S. Eliot
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA modern verse play dealing with the problem of man’s guilt and his need for expiation through his acceptance of responsibility for the sin of humanity. “What poets and playwrights have been fumbling at in their desire to put poetry into drama and drama into poetry has here been realized.... This is the finest verse play since the Elizabethans” (New York Times)... -
![Nine Nights by Bernardo Carvalho]()
Nine Nights by Bernardo Carvalho
Rated: 3.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis powerful, award-winning Brazilian novel is reminiscent of Naipaul, Faulkner and Conrad in its exploration of human behaviour on the edges of civilization.In August 1939, a twenty-seven-year old American ethnologist, brilliant and from a solid background, mysteriously commits suicide in Brazil while studying among the tribes of the Amazonian basin... -
![The Gold-Bug by Edgar Allan Poe]()
The Gold-Bug by Edgar Allan Poe
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Gold-Bug is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. Set on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, the plot follows William Legrand, who was recently bitten by a gold-colored bug. His servant, Jupiter, fears Legrand is going insane and goes to Legrand's friend, an unnamed narrator, who agrees to visit his old friend... -
![The Hidden Force: A Story of Modern Java (Classic Reprint) by Louis Couperus]()
The Hidden Force: A Story of Modern Java (Classic Reprint) by Louis Couperus
Rated: 3.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsExcerpt from The Hidden Force: A Story of Modern JavaThe chief messenger, in a cloth uniform jacket edged with broad yellow braid, approached with bended knees and squatted before his master.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work... -
![The Bellarosa Connection by Saul Bellow]()
The Bellarosa Connection by Saul Bellow
Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA powerfully compressed exploration of the meaning of memory, The Bellarosa Connection is a masterful novella from a writer whose new work of fiction is further testament to his acclaimed gifts in creativity... -
![Antwerp by Roberto Bolaño]()
Antwerp by Roberto Bolaño
Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAs Bolaño’s friend and literary executor, Ignacio Echevarría, once suggested, Antwerp can be viewed as the Big Bang of Roberto Bolaño’s fictional universe. Reading this novel, the reader is present at the birth of Bolaño’s enterprise in prose: all the elements are here, highly compressed, at the moment when his talent explodes... -
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![The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne by Ann Radcliffe]()
The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne by Ann Radcliffe
Rated: 3.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnn Radcliffe's first novel is set in the Middle Ages against the melancholy beauty of mountains and rugged coasts of the Scottish Highlands, tells the story of the warring clan chieftains of Athlin and Dunbayne. One of the earliest Gothic tales (1789), it recounts low-born Alleyn's quest for love and honour, and alternates scenes of passionate feeling with breakneck pursuits...
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