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Charles Dickens (1812-1870) has produced some of the most memorable writings in the English language, including such well known works as “A Christmas Carol, Sketches by Boz, A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist, Daivid Copperfield, Great Expectations, and The Pickwick Papers. Dickens is famous for the characters he created and his descriptions. A man of tremendous energy, he spent hours a day walking the London streets from which his characters and scenes came… More >>
Going into Society
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“The man ahead of us presenting in every respect the appearance of a gentleman had suddenly stooped to the kerb and was washing his hands in the snow furtively but with a vigour and purpose which could not fail to arouse the strangest conjectures in any chance onlooker…”… More >>
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Subjects: Orphans — Fiction Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there…. More >>
The Queen of Hearts
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This thrilling tale is H. G. Wells at his modernist, visionary best. In 1907, a naive Londoner named Bert Smallways finds himself an unwitting passenger on a fleet of German airships heading over the Atlantic to attack New York. What unfolds in characteristically Wellsian fashion is a clash of early flying machines that leaves Gotham in shambles and unleashes the terrible age of Total War. Uncannily relevant to our own era, The War in the Air remains a corne… More >>
The War in the Air
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As the survivors continue to seek stability in their lives,
forces both inside and outside the fort walls move
them toward a final, climactic conflict between
the living and the dead. Jenni, Katie and the others
discover that they are not alone, that there is another
enclave of survivors whose leaders plan to take over the fort.
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As the World Dies: Siege: A Zombie Trilogy: Book Three
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History, n. an account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools. Marriage, n. The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all two. Self-Esteem, n. An erroneous appraisement. These caustic aphorisms, collected in The Devil’s Dictionary, helped earn Ambrose Bierce the epithets Bitter Bierce, the Devil’s Lexicographer, and the Wickede… More >>
The Devil’s Dictionary
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A short excerpt: Not until Mister Haggin abruptly picked him up under one arm and stepped into the sternsheets of the waiting whaleboat, did Jerry dream that anything untoward was to happen to him…. More >>
Jerry of the Islands
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New fashions in dress made their appearance milliners produced fresh ¿creations ¿ and jewellers were not idle. A grim sense of humour born of the very intensity of ever-present danger had dubbed the cut of certain tunics ¿tete tranche ¿ or a favourite ragout was called ¿a la guillotine.¿ (Excerpt)… More >>
El Dorado, an adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Ill THE STAMPEDE TO SQUAW CREEK TWO months after Smoke Bellew and Shorty went after moose for a grub-stake, they were back in the Elkhorn saloon at Dawson. The hunting was done, the meat hauled in and sold for two dollars and a half a pound, and between them they possessed thre… More >>
Smoke Bellew
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The book may have numerous typos or missing text. It is not illustrated or indexed. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher’s website. You can also preview the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a trial membership in the publisher’s book club where they can select from more than a million books for free. Subjects: England — Social life and customs — 19th century — Fiction… More >>
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