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With the backdrop of the French Revolution, this classic book of love, terror and political cruelty reveals the true conditions of London and Paris during the last-half of the Eighteenth century. Stimulating and emotional, this book strikes at the heart.

This Russian classic is perhaps the best book ever written, certainly the best of Leo Tolstoy's work. Anna, a sensuous and rebellious woman, scraps her marriage for a young officer, Count Vronsky hoping to find love. Its chilling ending assures the reader that this is a book never to be forgotten.

Phileas Fogg made a bet. Together with his servant hot-blooded Passepartout, they travel by train, steamship, sled and even an elephant in an attempt to win that bet. Exploration, adventure and suspense make this crazy novel an all-time classic.

Enter the world of Beatrix Potter and her endearing anthropomorphic animals. These treasured characters have become every child’s playmates and have found a home in every child’s heart. Say hello to Nutkin the Squirrel and Benjamin Bunny, along with their many friends.

The story is told in the first person (or "first horse") as an autobiographical memoir told by a highbred horse named Black Beauty—beginning with his carefree days as a foal on an English farm, to his difficult life pulling cabs in London, to his happy retirement in the country. Along the way, he meets with many hardships and recounts many tales of cruelty and kindness.

This compilation includes three books: Bluebonnet of the Hill Country, Bluebonnet at the Alamo and Bluebonnet at the State Fair. Join this nosy, Texas armadillo as she explores the wonders of her native state.

The Velveteen Rabbit, Dulce Domum (From The Wind in the Willows), and The Little Mermaid. These three stories for young people are some of the most memorable and beloved of all children’s stories. Every child should know these by heart, as they will remember them for a lifetime.

Frankenstein is the story most people believe they have read, but have not. Others believe they know the story, but do not. It is the most notorious of “gothic novels” of all time – ageless in its style and format and timeless in its delivery of horror, brooding and suspense. An immortal tale about love, hate, justice, and science at its best – or worst.

Oh, to be a child again and listen to the beloved fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen; for when we do, it is Christmas all year long. His classic tales The Fir Tree, The Little Match Girl, The Red Shoes and The Emperor’s New Clothes charm and warm the hearts of young and old alike.

Three short stories: My Old Man, Up in Michigan and Out of Season are the first works ever published by Ernest Hemingway. Published in 1923 in Paris, France, they are the precursor of this famous author’s literary masterpieces. Each story, distinctively different, demonstrates the versatility of his craftsmanship and the measure of his prodigious mind.

"I first met Antonia on what seemed to be an interminable journey across the great midland plain of North America." These are the first words, spoken by Jim, who leads us into Willa Cather’s masterpiece about a spirited girl, who down trodden by neglect and hard work never "lost the fire of life." Every American must know Antonia, for once they do, they can never forget her.

The cast of characters says it all: Nicholas II, the last great Tsar of Russia; Alexandra, the self-willed wife; their son, Alexis, stricken with hemophilia; and the wild-man Rasputin - fight for their lives during the Revolution.

A Chaparral Christmas Gift, Christmas by Injunction and The Gift of the Magi. O. Henry loved Christmas. These three stories are representative of how diverse in time, place and characters his love for Christmas takes him. Both the well-known and the little known stories capture the hearts of all others who also love Christmas.

Pulitzer Prize Winner. Cast between the Seventeenth and Eighteenth centuries, this gigantic novel is as large as the man himself. Peter the Great was an extraordinary ruler – impulsive and stubborn, cruel yet generous, tender and forgiving.

The New York World said that RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE has ‘episodes of bravery, scoundrelism, chivalry, horsemanship and ready shooting’; and indeed it has all this and more when Gunman Lassiter shows up to help a female rancher protect her cattle from rustlers and the demands from authorities of the Church. Highly dramatic, poignant, yet tender, this acclaimed western writer corrals the listener into this captivating story.

A village recluse, miserly and lonely, is robbed of all his worldly goods but discovers in a young orphan girl that love is more valuable than money.

Sherlock Holmes is at his best when he uncovers the mystery of the horse that has disappeared: Silver Blaze. At least four or five clues are clearly exposed, but only Holmes, with his logical mind, picks up on them.

The Remarkable Rocket, The Selfish Giant, and The Happy Prince. The world-renowned Irish playwright, novelist and poet is also the author of charming, and thought provoking children’s stories. These three stories represent the best of Wilde’s love of fairy tales and mythical writings.

A tidewater dog named Buck, is stolen from his original owner and catapulted into an arena of bad men and dogs during the gold rush in northern Alaska. “Buck did not read the newspapers, or he would have known that trouble was brewing,” and thus the story begins of hardship, mistreatment and the will to survive. Toughening, maddening and overcoming are the hallmarks of this great classic. Don’t miss it.

Only Sherlock Holmes can put the pieces back together after a murder; especially one with no motive, clues or keys. And what about that crooked man with a mysterious pet?

Roderick Usher, the last tenant of the House of Usher line, summons his friend to come to him in his darkest need. The friend finds Usher terrified of life and his impending doom. When his sister dies, the two place her in a temporary tomb and Roderick experiences the horror he had so long anticipated. Poe, in his genius, develops one of the greatest macabre stories ever written, complete with a chilling and eerie conclusion.

This is the story, set in 1891, that introduces Holmes' greatest opponent, the criminal mastermind Professor Moriarty. As is well known, "The Final Problem" was intended to be exactly what its name says. Conan Doyle meant to stop writing about his famous detective with this short story -- equally well-known, this device failed in its purpose; only the few free, surviving members of Moriarty’s organization, and Holmes’s brother Mycroft know that Sherlock Holmes is still alive.

“No hand—just an empty sleeve. Lord! I thought that a deformity.” H.G. Wells, at his best, creates this psychological portrayal of a young scientist, who, caught up in his own scientific experiments, believes he has discovered the secret of invisibility. This masterpiece of terror and murder plays upon the personal dichotomy of desires when the young scientist fights for sanity when he fails to reverse his experiment.

“I am on the hilltop and must go down into the valley; and when Uncas follows in my footsteps there will no longer be any of the blood of the Sagamores, for my boy is the last of the Mohicans.” Thus, James Fennimore Cooper writes in the beautiful but disturbing and memorable book of war, courage, and love.

Everyone has heard of Ichabod Crane, few have read the real story of his adventures in Sleepy Hollow. Set in the village of Terry Town, New York, the commoners are beset by superstitions and wild visions. Ichabod, the priggish schoolmaster, when competing for the hand of the Hollow’s fair damsel, is pursued by the village specter, the Headless Horseman.

The story of Philip Nolan, exiled on a ship for fifty-five years after being convicted of treason whiplashes the reader between scorn and sympathy, as he is doomed never to see his native land. The portrait of a patriot.

Somerset Maugham, the author of Of Human Bondage, traveled to the South Pacific in order to write this memorable story based on the life of artist Paul Gauguin, a man who leaves his wife and children for the passion of art. This is a fascinating story of pride, self-serving and questionable intentions. One of Maugham’s best.

After a shipwreck, four men drift in a dingy upon the ocean, combating the power of waves, tides and storms in order to survive. Stephen Crane, the author of The Red Badge of Courage, vividly describes this true, two-day nightmare of struggle, bravery and mental anguish.

A young boy was reported missing from school. Was he kidnapped? If so, who was the kidnapper? Only Sherlock Holmes could sleuth out the answer through a maze of unscrupulous characters, a web of deceit and the labyrinth of misleading clues.

Only Mark Twain, with his wry humor, would weigh in on a military campaign’s failure and delight his listeners with a different take on the evils of war and the damage it can cause.

Noted as one of the highest literary achievements of the modern age, this impressionistic novel moves with boldness and pathos into the motivation and experience of a young soldier during the Civil War.

Sherlock Holmes is at it again. Mrs. Warren, a London lodging-house keeper, comes to Holmes with a curious story of a reclusive and eccentric tenant. Mrs. Warren's husband has been abducted and then quickly released again, perhaps a case of mistaken identity. Holmes decides the case is more important than it appears.

Hester Prynne, a social outcast, defies the narrow Boston Puritans’ call for her head when she refuses to disclose the name of the father of her out-of-wedlock baby. Forced to wear the A for Adultery on her chest, Hester bears it as a badge of honor and snubs her nose at hypocrisy.

The Prime Minister, and Trelawney Hope, the Secretary of State for European Affairs, come to Holmes in the matter of a document stolen from Hope's despatch box, which he kept at home in Whitehall Terrace when not at work. If divulged, this document could bring about very dire consequences for all Europe, even war!

This disturbing, yet intriguing story reveals the nightmare of living a double life, the conflict over good and evil and the arrogance of power. A novella about a dual personality -- a kind and intelligent physician who turns into a psychopathic monster after partaking of a drug intended to separate good from evil in a personality. It is enough to make your hair stand on end!

Amory Blaine, spoiled and misguided, arrogant and prideful, comes of age when, as a student at Princeton University he weighs in on the more profound aspects of life such as love and war and is found wanting. Fitzgerald’s debut novel.

War and Peace is one of those books that you always wanted to read, but never did. Now is your chance to listen with your ears rather than read with your eyes, the haunting story of the complex and timeless human struggle for peace during war, ecstasy during anguish and love wherever it can be found.