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  The Invisible Man

  H. G. Wells

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  What would you do if you possessed the ultimate power—the power to vanish without a trace?
  
  Enter the chilling world of Griffin, a brilliant but unhinged scientist who achieves the impossible: total invisibility. But this scientific triumph quickly turns into a nightmare of psychological terror and chaos. H. G. Wells, the master futurist, plunges you into a suspenseful, relentless manhunt as Griffin descends into megalomania, realizing that invisibility offers not liberation, but total moral corruption. Feel the thrill of the unseen presence and the suspense as a quiet English village battles an enemy they cannot see, touch, or escape. This novel is a masterpiece of early science fiction horror, exploring the profound ethical questions of genius unleashed without conscience.
  
  A definitive classic whose influence is seen across generations of literature and film, The Invisible Man remains one of the most exciting and unsettling entries in the H. G. Wells collection.
  
  Can humanity defeat an enemy that doesn't exist? Click "Buy Now" to experience this timeless thriller and stare into the terrifying abyss of absolute power.

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  North and South - Audiobook

  Elizabeth Gaskell, Classic...

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  Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South is a sweeping social novel that explores the contrasts between rural gentility and the industrial North of England during the nineteenth century. It follows Margaret Hale, a young woman forced to leave her quiet southern home for the bustling, smoke-filled city of Milton. There she encounters the harsh realities of factory life, as well as the determined mill owner, John Thornton.What begins as a clash of values and temperaments slowly develops into a profound relationship, reflecting larger conflicts between labor and capital, tradition and progress. Gaskell's rich portrayal of working-class struggles, strikes, and social inequality grounds the novel in the pressing debates of the Industrial Revolution.Blending romance with sharp social commentary, North and South is both a compelling love story and a vivid portrait of Victorian society. It remains one of Gaskell's most beloved works, admired for its balance of human emotion and thoughtful reflection on class and change.

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  The Maltese Cat - Celebrated...

  Rudyard Kipling

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  Joseph Rudyard Kipling was born in Mumbai, India on 30th December 1865.   
   
  As was the custom in those days, he and his sister were sent back to England when he was 5.  The ill-treatment and cruelty by the Portsmouth couple they boarded with Kipling said contributed to the onset of his literary life.  
   
  At 16 he returned to India to work on a local paper where he was soon contributing and writing.  It also exposed him to the issues of identity and national allegiance which pervade much of his work.  
   
  In 1886, his ‘Departmental Ditties’, collection of verse appeared in print followed by 39 short stories for his newspaper over only 8 months.  These were then published as ‘Plain Tales from the Hills’, shortly after his 22nd birthday.  
   
  He continued his prolific pace of writing before being dismissed in a dispute and, taking his pay-off and the profits from the sale of some publishing rights, decided to return to London, travelling via Rangoon, Hong Kong, Japan and the United States, all the while writing articles, and arriving at Liverpool in October 1889. 
   
  Over the next two years he saw further works published as books and in magazines, as well as a nervous breakdown for which he was prescribed a sea voyage, to South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and India.  
   
  Happier times came with marriage to Caroline Starr Balestier in January 1892.  The honeymoon began in Vermont and ended in Yokahama where they heard their bank had failed.  They returned to Vermont and settled.  Caroline was now pregnant and he was planning the ‘Jungle Books’.  
   
  A failed arbitration between the US and England resulted in an argument between Caroline’s brother and Kipling, and then his arrest.  At the hearing he was mortified by the exposure of his private life and after settling the matter they returned to England and life in Torquay.  ‘Kim’ was published in 1902, and ‘Just So Stories for Little Children’, a year later.  
   
  In 1907 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature with the citation “in consideration of the power of observation, originality of imagination, virility of ideas and remarkable talent for narration which characterise the creations of this world-famous author”.   
   
  When the Great War erupted, he scorned those who refused conscription.  His son enlisted and was killed at the Battle of Loos in September 1915, at 18, an exploding shell had ripped his face apart.  This death inspired Kipling’s writing thereafter, but the tragedy broke his life and by 1930 his prolific pen had almost ceased. 
   
  Rudyard Kipling died on 18th January 1936 from a perforated duodenal ulcer.  He was 70.  His ashes are buried at Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey. 
   
  In the Maltese Cat Kipling returns once more to India and the British Empire.  A polo match is being played.  The fierce competitive instincts of two social classes are fighting for dominance.  All told through the voice of the Maltese Cat, the most cunning of the horses.

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  Rashomon - From their pens to...

  Ryunosuke Akutagawa

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  Ryūnosuke Niihara was born in Kyōbashi, Tokyo in Japan on the 1st March 1892.  Sadly, his mother suffered severe mental illness after his birth and so, at only eight months old, he was sent to be raised by his maternal uncle and aunt, from whom he received the Akutagawa family name.  
  He was fascinated by classical Chinese literature from his early years and began writing after entering what was then the Tokyo Imperial University in 1913 to study English Literature.   
  The following year Akutagawa and his friends revived the literary journal ‘New Currents of Thought’ which published their own works and translations of such icons as W B Yeats and Anatole France. 
  Akutagawa published "Rashōmon" in 1915 and whilst it was disliked by his friends everyone else knew better.  As other short stories followed so did his growing literary reputation as the father of the Japanese short story. 
  Much of his work reinterpreted former classical works and incidents and this, melded with his strong dislike of naturalism, produced a writer of rare and genuine quality.  His character palette featured strong and domineering women, mainly based on his mother and the aunt who helped raise him. 
  In 1921, he spent four months in China as a reporter.  Whilst there his health was compromised by several illnesses and both his physical and mental health spiralled downwards.  He began to suffer from hallucinations and dreaded that he might have inherited his mother’s mental disorders.  
  Although he survived one suicide attempt Ryūnosuke Akutagawa died on the 24th July 1927 in Tokyo from an overdose of Veronal, a barbiturate.  He was 35.

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  Babbitt

  Sinclair Lewis

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  Babbitt is a satirical novel about American culture and society that critiques the vacuity of middle class life and the social pressure toward conformity. The controversy provoked by Babbitt was influential in the decision to award the Nobel Prize in Literature to Lewis in 1930.

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  The Return of Dr Fu-Manchu - Fu...

  Sax Rohmer

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  Nayland Smith and Dr. Petrie's underground war against the nefarious genius of Dr. Fu-Manchu continues in this, the second in the Fu-Manchu series by Sax Rohmer. Join in the adventure of kidnappings, poisonous cats, a haunted house, rat torture, mummy attacks and more!

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