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  The Second Generation - From...

  Algernon Blackwood

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  Algernon Blackwood was born on 14th March 1869 in Shooter’s Hill, South East London, to a religious middle-class family. His mother was a widowed Duchess and his father was a Post Office administrator.  
  Blackwood was interested in the paranormal and the supernatural at an early age, and had a thirst for anything on Buddhism, other Oriental philosophies, mysticism and occultism.  In his writings the weaving of the supernatural into his various works, from ghost stories and children’s stories to plays and long novels is clearly seen, his writings beautifully enriched by his long and diversified life experience.  
  After leaving university and visiting parts of Europe, mainly Switzerland, the young writer went to Canada and the United States where he took on jobs including work as a farmer, a bartender, a secretary, a journalist, a reporter, running a hotel and teaching the violin.  He was voracious in meeting new people and absorbing new ideas.  
  In his late thirties, he returned to England where he published two of his supernatural stories in Pall Mall Magazine. As more of his highly entertaining stories were published so did his reputation and his bank balance.  All those years of curiosity and experiences were starting to emerge from his writing. 
  In 1906, ‘The Empty House & Other Ghost Stories’ was published with tremendous success.  Further volumes of short stories followed and with it a larger audience and bigger paydays. He also published children’s stories. 
  Blackwood also had ideas for novels and to explore on a larger canvas the paranormal world and the relationship between man and metaphysical powers including, in 1911, ‘The Centaur’.  
  With the outbreak of the First World War, Blackwood was assigned to British intelligence to write propaganda to support the war effort. 
  He was a prolific author with a quite staggering output which was also to include many plays. The exact number of his works is unknown as he would frequently write a story for a newspaper or periodical at very short notice.  
  In 1949, Blackwood was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in recognition of his literary talents and his services during the First World War.  
  Algernon Blackwood died on 10th December 1951 after a series of strokes.

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  House of the Dead The (Part I) -...

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

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  Based on Dostoevsky’s own years spent in a Siberian penal colony, 'The House of the Dead' offers a vivid, quasi-autobiographical depiction of life inside a Tsarist prison. Through a mosaic of character sketches, anecdotes, and philosophical observations, the novel explores the psychology of the condemned, the horror of captivity, and the ultimate resilience of the human soul. Narrated with profound gravitas by George Baker.

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  Legendary Wars of Ancient...

  Travis Hoang

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  This was an era of great powers: the vast territory of Persia, the military power of Sparta, the dominance of trade in Athens, the rising talents of Thebes, the ambitious Macedonia, the two powerful forces of the Western Mediterranean, and the flourishing Rome… 
  This was also an era of shining stars: 
  Agesilaus – the last king of Sparta 
  Epaminondas – the famous general who rose from Thebes 
  Philip – the founder of Macedonian hegemony 
  Dionysius – the tyrant of Syracuse 
  Camillus – the dictator who saved Rome 
  … 
  And this was also an era where hundreds of schools of thought vied for supremacy: the great philosopher Plato, the founder of the Skepticism Antisthenes, the Pythagoreans who considered numbers their sacred objects, the encyclopedic scholar Democritus, the father of Western medicine Hippocrates, the great playwright Aristophanes… 
  The protagonist is reborn through time and arrives in this era as a lowly mercenary. What will he bring to the world? 
  P/S: A historical military masterpiece.

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  The New Catacomb

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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  Though Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is best known for his detective stories, he also wrote other short stories which are masterpieces of mystery and suspense. In some of the stories, a suppressed uneasiness gradually builds up and evolves into sheer horror; in others, the story line unexpectedly changes and comes to an unexpected conclusion.  In "The New Catacomb," deceit and terror are buried in the deep recesses of an Roman archeological find.

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  Human Types

  Alexander Kuprin

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  Having traveled much and tried his hand at many jobs, Alexander Kuprin ran into all sorts of people over the course of his tumultuous life. "Human Types" is a selection of sketches from the vast gallery of portraits he had created as part of his writing.

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  Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz - A...

  L. Frank Baum

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  Fantasy lovers of all ages will rejoice at this chance to travel once again to the marvelous land of Oz! 
  A California earthquake sends Dorothy Gale and her new friends—Zeb the farm boy, Jim the cab-horse, and Eureka the mischievous kitten—tumbling through a crack in the ground. Deep beneath the earth, Dorothy is reunited with her old friend the Wizard of Oz and his troupe of nine tiny piglets. 
  Together, Dorothy, the Wizard, and their friends travel through many fantastic lands, where they encounter the Mangaboos, people growing like vegetables in the ground; cross the Valley of Voe, where dama-fruit has turned everyone invisible; and are captured by mysterious flying Gargoyles. At last, the intrepid travelers reach Oz, where they have many unforgettable encounters with such favorites as the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman, the Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger, Princess Ozma and the wooden Sawhorse. 
  Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz was the fourth Oz adventure. First published in 1908, it has captured the imaginations of young readers and listeners for four generations. Now a new generation can discover these superb adventures for themselves. 

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