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  A Classic Christmas - A...

  Louisa May Alcott, Charles...

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  This beautiful, giftable Christmas collection features timeless works from well-known authors that will become a precious holiday keepsake. 
  Perhaps no Christmas novel is more beloved than Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, and no holiday poem more well-known than Clement Clarke Moore’s “’Twas the Night Before Christmas.” Together these classic literary masterpieces warm our hearts and remind us of the joy and love to be discovered anew each Christmas morning. 
  A Classic Christmas features both of these traditional works, as well as other vintage poems and stories that celebrate the timeless truths of the holiday season. This cheerful, collectible treasury makes a wonderful gift for the reader in your life and reminds us that simple gifts of the heart and memories made with loved ones truly are the most meaningful of all.  
  With additional pieces from Louisa May Alcott, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Hans Christian Andersen, and more, A Classic Christmas will become a beloved holiday keepsake—one that will be enjoyed by the whole family for years to come.Perfect as a stocking stuffer or as a host or hostess giftHardcover, giftable sizeMakes a lovely keepsake companion to A Vintage Christmas and A Timeless ChristmasIncludes hopeful and encouraging Christmas stories

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  The Dark Side of Sci-Fi - 15...

  Philip K. Dick, Ian Gordon,...

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  A collection of speculative fiction stories, concerning extraterrestrials, other worlds, and bleak futures. 
  Contents: 
  "Fessenden's Worlds" by E. Hamilton (Weird Tales 1937) 
  A man creates a miniature universe. 
  "The Hanging Stranger" by P. K. Dick (SF Adventures 1953) 
  A man happens upon a body suspended from a lamppost. 
  "The Glass Labyrinth" by S. A. Coblentz (WT 1943) 
  A tale of time and dimensions. 
  "The Transgressor" by H. Kuttner (WT 1939) 
  A curious invention... 
  "The Red God Laughed" by T. McClusky (WT 1939) 
  Following the extinction of the human race... 
  "The Crystal Egg" by H. G. Wells (New Review 1897) 
  An object that serves as a window into the planet Mars. 
  "Beyond the Wall of Sleep" by H. P. Lovecraft (Pine Cones 1919) 
  Strange slumbers in the Catskill Mountains. 
  "The Fear Experiment" by I. Gordon (HorrorBabble 2018) 
  A dark experiment in Georgia. 
  "Old Rambling House" by F. Herbert (Galaxy SF 1958) 
  All they wanted was a home they could call their own... 
  "There is a Reaper ..." by C. V. De Vet (Imagination 1953) 
  What awaits us after death? 
  "In the World's Dusk" by Edmond Hamilton (WT 1936) 
  The last survivor of the human race. 
  "The Supernumerary Corpse" by C. A. Smith (WT 1932) 
  Jasper Trilt was dead—but... 
  "2 B R 0 2 B" by K. Vonnegut, Jr. (If 1962) 
  Death becomes a voluntary act. 
  "The Ultimate Experiment" by T. DeKy (Comet 1941) 
  Robots—the children of men. 
  "The Red One" by J. London (Cosmopolitan 1918) 
  Worshippers of something strange in the jungle.

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  A Room with a View

  E. M. Forster

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  One of E. M. Forster's most celebrated novels, A Room With a View is the story of a young English middle-class girl, Lucy Honeychurch. While vacationing in Italy, Lucy meets and is wooed by two gentlemen, George Emerson and Cecil Vyse. After turning down Cecil Vyse's marriage proposals twice Lucy finally accepts. Upon hearing of the engagement George protests and confesses his true love for Lucy. Lucy is torn between the choice of marrying Cecil, who is a more socially acceptable mate, and George who she knows will bring her true happiness. A Room With a View is a tale of classic human struggles such as the choice between social acceptance or true love.

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  Tales From the Liminal

  S. K. Kruse

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  In this collection of curious and delightful short stories, you never know who you’re going to meet or where you’re going to end up. You can be certain, however, that you’ll always find yourself smack dab in the middle of some befuddling predicament of existence.  
  Using humor and horror, satire and allegory, fabulism and realism, Tales From the Liminal takes you for an extraordinary ride, submerging you in spaces where anything is possible, especially transformation.

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  The First Men in the Moon

  H. G. Wells

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  When penniless businessman Mr Bedford retreats to the Kent coast to write a play, he meets by chance the brilliant Dr Cavor, an absent-minded scientist on the brink of developing a material that blocks gravity. Cavor soon succeeds in his experiments, only to tell a stunned Bedford the invention makes possible one of the oldest dreams of humanity: a journey to the moon. With Bedford motivated by money, and Cavor by the desire for knowledge, the two embark on the expedition. But neither are prepared for what they find - a world of freezing nights, boiling days and sinister alien life, on which they may be trapped forever.

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  The Locket

  Kate Chopin

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  In “The Locket”, a confederate soldier declines his fellow soldiers’ request to reveal the contents of the locket around his neck. The locket, which holds pictures of his fiancée’s parents and the date of their wedding is found on the battlefield after a battle. Later, the soldier’s fiancée visits the battlefield with the soldier’s father, both shaken with grief. The soldier’s father asks his son’s fiancée to remove her veil, as it contrasts too sharply with the beautiful day and adds that on such a day miracles seem ready to happen. Returning home, something extraordinary happens to make her believe he may be right.

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