This group of four classic stories from the 19th century includes works that appear in many collections of European literature. Offering tantalizing revelations and unforgettable characters, these...
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Author: Crane, Stephen, Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, Henry, O.Summary:Genre: Short stories, Romance fiction
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Author: Kennedy, AdamSummary:
Tucker, a con with a 20-year sentence in a maximum security prison, is given an opportunity to escape. Who were the men who had this power to release him, and what did they want in return?
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Author: Henry, O.Summary:
The collected stories of O. Henry make entertaining listening.
Genre: Short stories -
Author: Paulsen, GarySummary:
Only thirteen, John must track a deer in the Minnesota woods for his family's winter meat, and in doing so finds himself drawn to the doe who leads him and hating his role as hunter.
Genre: Juvenile fiction -
Author: Theroux, PaulSummary:
"I have seldom heard a train go by and not wished I was on it," confesses the author. Take the train with him through Europe and Asia.
Genre: Travel writing -
Author: London, JackSummary:
A collection of some of Jack London's stories are brought together here.
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Author: Melville, HermanSummary:
A young sailor is sentenced to be hanged for inadvertently striking and killing an officer. He faces death with a blessing for the benevolent captain who is forced to execute him.
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Author: Reed, JohnSummary:
Tells the story of the Mexican Revolution of 1910 and its aftermath as reported from a firsthand account.
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Author: Wilde, OscarSummary:
Does the ghost of Sir Simon de Canterville really exist? And if he does, will he meet his match in the Otis family? Or will the rambunctious Otis children be the very death of him? The answers lie...
Genre: Short stories, General fiction -
Author: McCarthy, CormacSummary:
Presents a cowboy odyssey for modern times, and features the travels and toils of a 16 year old East Texan boy. The first volume of the author's Border trilogy.
Genre: Bildungsromans, Western fiction -
Author: Kerouac, JackSummary:
Follows the counterculture escapades of members of the Beat generation as they seek pleasure and meaning while traveling coast to coast.
Genre: Autobiographical fiction, Road fiction -
Author: Conrad, JosephSummary:
Around the figure of Nostromo, Conrad spins a story about revolution, politics, and racial conflicts as complex as Nostromo, the man whose greatest enemy is himself. Heading the Gould Concession,...
Genre: Classic fiction, Political fiction -
Author: Woods, StuartSummary:
Amanda Dart is the queen of the glitzy, trashy gossip world until rivals publish an underground scandal sheet called Dirt. When Dart's and her associates' peccadilloes are faxed to news desks...
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Author: Block, LawrenceSummary:
Bernie's passion for Humphrey Bogart movies leads him to a beautiful damsel in distress, a dangerous international conspiracy, and more than a few incriminating bodies.
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Author: Sparks, NicholasSummary:
Every April, Landon Carter remembers 1958, his last year at Beaufort High. He'd fallen for Jamie, the shy, almost ethereal daughter of the town's Baptist minister. Jamie, who was...
Genre: Romance fiction