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  The Air Pirate - Piracy in the...

  Guy Thorne

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  Air liners are being taken in mid-flight and the man sent to stop it has to work out who could fly well enough to do it. Thorne wrote thrillers about the technology of the moment - motor cars, aeroplanes, wireless - while it still felt dangerous. This edition carries 57 plates of painting bound with the text, among them works by C. R. W. Nevinson, J. M. W. Turner and Frederick Calvert, dating from 1840 to 1918.

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  James (Giacomo) - English Version

  Italo Svevo

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  Giacomo is a farmer that the narrator meets during a walk in the Friuli countryside and who tells him his story. Every time Giacomo finds a job he protests and ends up launching into propaganda and debates to convince his fellow workers to demand optimal working conditions, always causing big problems for his employers. Not finding any more jobs, he becomes a nomad, in vain search for a well-organized job. Therefore, practically non-existent. Until one day he is called back to his hometown for a particular job...

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  Frankenstein

  Mary Shelley

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  A groundbreaking gothic novel that shaped modern science fiction.
  
  Victor Frankenstein pushes the limits of science by creating life through unnatural means. But when his creation comes to life, fear, loneliness, and tragedy begin to unfold in devastating ways.
  
  Blending horror with deep philosophical questions, the novel explores ambition, isolation, morality, and the consequences of unchecked scientific pursuit.
  
  Written by Mary Shelley.
  
  Experience one of literature's most iconic and influential stories—download your copy today.

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  The Gold-Bug and Other Tales

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  Step into the haunting world of Edgar Allan Poe with The Gold-Bug and Other Tales, brought to life in the rich narration of Kevin Waites. From the thrilling treasure hunt of “The Gold-Bug” to chilling masterpieces like “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Fall of the House of Usher,” this collection showcases Poe’s genius for mystery, suspense, and psychological horror. Waites’ evocative performance captures the tension, darkness, and drama of each tale, immersing listeners in cryptic codes, Gothic settings, and unforgettable characters. Perfect for lovers of classic literature and atmospheric storytelling, this audiobook offers both adventure and terror in the voice of one of America’s greatest literary masters.

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  The House of the Wolfings - A...

  William Morris

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  A Gothic tribe on the edge of the forest learns that Rome is coming, and the war-chief's choice is set out in prose and verse in the old manner. Morris — wallpaper designer, socialist, translator of sagas — invented the modern fantasy novel here: Tolkien read him closely, and the debt is plain. This is the book where an imagined people is given its own laws, songs and dead. Sixty plates of castles, hunts and forest landscapes, from Cranach to Kosárek, give the Mark its own weather and walls.

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  The £1000000 Bank Note and Other...

  Mark Twain

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  "I was a twenty-seven-year-old mining-broker's clerk in San Francisco, andan expert in all the details of stock traffic. I was alone in the world and had nothing to depend upon but my wits and a clean reputation; but these were setting my feet in the road to eventual fortune, and I was content with the prospect."-The £1,000,000 Bank Note (1893)The £1,000,000 Bank Note and Other New Stories (1893) is a collection of nine humorous short stories by Mark Twain. The title story is an entertaining tale about how a bet between two rich English gentleman results in a poor clerk from San Francisco gaining wealth and status in London society. Movie fans will recognize this story as the inspiration for the 1980s movie Trading Places.This replica of the 1893 edition of The £1,000,000 Bank Note and Other New Stories is a charming addition to anyone's library of Mark Twain books.

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