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  Out of Time's Abyss - Experience...

  Edgar Rice Burroughs

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  Trapped in a prehistoric wasteland where evolution runs backward, one man must battle monstrous dinosaurs and terrifying winged humanoids to survive. 
  Stranded in the deadly, uncharted land of Caspak, British explorer John Bradley and his small band of survivors are pushed to the absolute brink. Surrounded by prehistoric beasts, saber-toothed tigers, and savage tribes, their perilous trek across this forgotten island takes a chilling turn when the skies darken with a new menace. Kidnapped by the ghastly, white-robed Wieroos—a highly evolved, bat-winged race ruling the City of Human Skulls—Bradley finds himself plunged into a labyrinth of nightmare and macabre ritual. To escape this maze of death and rescue a beautiful captive, he must navigate underground rivers of corpses, decode the twisted mysteries of Caspakian evolution, and fight his way out of an abyss where mankind is the lowest link on the food chain. 
  Listeners of Science Fiction & Fantasy will be utterly captivated by this classic pulp fiction masterpiece. Dripping with atmospheric dread, adrenaline-fueled action, and mind-bending evolutionary themes, this audiobook delivers the quintessential 'lost world' experience. Whether you crave the sheer terror of fighting a Tyrannosaurus Rex or the dark mystery of an ancient, alien civilization, this heart-pounding saga is packed with iconic creatures, heroic daring, and unforgettable world-building. 
  Edgar Rice Burroughs was a pioneering master of 20th-century speculative fiction. His thrilling narratives and limitless imagination laid the foundational blueprints for modern planetary romance, sci-fi, and fantasy adventure.

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  Penguin Island

  Anatole France

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  'Believe me, the best proof is to have none at all. That is the only evidence one cannot debate.' 
   
  Anatole France's 1908 novel Penguin Island offers a thinly veiled lampoon of French history and of human civilization. When a wayward Christian missionary monk lands on an island off the northern coast of Europe, he perceives the island's seabirds, a colony of upright, unafraid auks, as a sort of pre-Christian society of noble pagans and baptizes them. This causes a problem for God, who normally only allows humans to be baptized. He resolves the dilemma by converting the baptized birds to humans and giving them each a soul. The ensuing history of Penguinia presents a comic send-up of the foibles and frailty of humanity. 
   
  The novel's centerpiece is an immensely skillful and scathing parody of the Dreyfus Affair, which stands alongside Émile Zola's 'J'accuse' for its humanity and intellectual bravery. This new translation, more than a century after the first and only English version, offers a full introduction to the novel, setting it in its historical and literary context, including France's life and rich literary legacy.

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  The Way We Live Now

  Anthony Trollope

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  Set in the corrupt and morally bankrupt world of Victorian London, "The Way We Live Now" is a scathing satire of the greed, ambition, and societal vices of the era. The novel weaves together multiple plotlines, revolving around the unscrupulous financier Augustus Melmotte and a cast of ambitious characters seeking financial gain or advantageous marriages. Trollope's incisive portrayal of the financial world, political maneuverings, and social machinations reveals the darker side of Victorian society. With its astute critique and vivid characterizations, "The Way We Live Now" remains a compelling and relevant commentary on the pursuit of wealth and status.

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  Nostromo

  Joseph Conrad

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  "Nostromo" is a novel by Joseph Conrad, published in 1904. It is considered one of Conrad's most significant works and a masterpiece of modernist literature. The novel is set in the fictional South American country of Costaguana, where political turmoil and the quest for wealth intersect. The story revolves around the enigmatic figure of Nostromo, an Italian expatriate and trusted longshoreman in the port of Sulaco. Conrad explores themes of greed, imperialism, and the corrupting influence of power while offering a complex narrative that weaves together the lives of various characters.

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  Political Ideals

  Bertrand Russell

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  “Liberty demands self-government, but not the right to interfere with others.” 
   
  “The object of education ought not to be to make all men think alike, but to make each think in the way which is the fullest expression of his own.” 
   
  “You may kill an artist or a thinker, but you cannot acquire his art or his thought. You may put a man do death because he loves his fellow men, but you will not by so doing acquire the love which made his happiness.” 
   ― Bertrand Russell, Political Ideals 
   
  'Political Ideals' was written during the upheaval of World War One. It is, in many ways, a statement, of Russell's beliefs, a declaration of the ideas that influenced his thinking on the major events of the 20th century. In this sense, it is essential reading for every student of this great philosopher.

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  The Assassin - From their pens...

  Karl Hans Strӧbl

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  Karl Hans Strӧbl was born in Jihlava, Moravia in the Czech Republic, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, on the 18th of January 1877. 
  His education finished with his studies at the University of Prague, where he became involved in nationalist student politics, a precursor to his later right-wing and anti-semitic viewpoints. 
  In 1910 he wrote an apocalyptic novel ‘Eleagabal Kuperus’, which was later adapted into a silent film. 
  His literary output was prolific and ranged from macabre, supernatural and weird short stories, through fantasy novels to a trilogy of books about Otto von Bismarck.  
  In 1919 he also founded the world’s first specialised fantasy magazine the short-lived ‘Der Orchideengarten’. 
  Although highly regarded as one of the Dark Princes of Austrian literature his life outside literature is tainted by his fervent support of the Nazis.  After the Second World War his work was briefly banned by Allied forces.  He himself served a period of forced labour at the hands of the Red Army. 
  Karl Hans Strӧbl died in a poorhouse in Perchtoldsdorf, Austria on the 10th March 1946.  He was 69.

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