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  Kate Chopin - A Short Story...

  Kate Chopin

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  Katherine O'Flaherty was born on the 8th February 1850 in St Louis, Missouri to parents of French and Irish descent. 
  At age 5, she was sent to the Sacred Heart Academy and, apart from a 2 year period at home when her father died, remained there until graduating in 1868.  Whilst there she began writing and became an avid reader of almost anything that crossed her path.   
  Kate married Oscar Chopin in 1870 and the couple moved to New Orleans, and later to the rural setting of Cloutierville, Louisiana to raise their 6 children.  
  In 1882 her husband died leaving her in a deep trench of debt.  Despite her best efforts to turn the businesses around they were sold, and she moved the family back to St Louis and the financial help of her mother.  Sadly, her mother died within the year.  Kate, now struggling with depression, pushed herself to write and gained a local reputation as a writer of short stories that captured the local color and vibrancy of her surroundings.   
  By the early 1890’s her short stories were published nationally.  With this widespread audience also came negative reviews, controversy, and cries of immorality as themes such as interracial relationships, the rights of women and other burning issues of the day were written about. 
  Despite the criticism, which unnerved her, she continued to write though in the main her works, around 100 short stories and two novels, were not attributed with any literary worth. 
  Kate Chopin died from a brain haemorrhage in St Louis Missouri on the 22nd of August 1904.  She was 54. 
  For much of the 20th Century her work was forgotten and out of print.  It was only in early 1970’s, with the rise of feminism and the call for a more just society that she was given the status her works had long described and shone a literary light at.  She is now safely revered as one of America’s great authors.

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  Avenger An

  Anton Chekhov

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  In the story, "An Avenger", Anton Chekhov, explores the themes of infidelity, trust, revenge, shame and pride. Fyodor Sigaev catches his wife being unfaithful to him red-handed. He finds himself angry and outraged at a gun shop where he has thoughts of killing his wife, her lover and himself.

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  First and Last Things - Book 4:...

  H. G. Wells

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  Herbert George "H. G." Wells (1866 - 1946) was an English writer.
  He was prolific in many genres, including the novel, history, politics, social commentary, and textbooks and rules for war games. Wells is now best remembered for his science fiction novels and is called a "father of science fiction"
  BOOK 4: SOME PERSONAL THINGS: It has been most convenient to discuss all that might be generalized about conduct first, to put in the common background, the vistas and atmosphere of the scene. But a man's relations are of two orders, and these questions of rule and principle are over and about and round more vivid and immediate interests. A man is not simply a relationship between his individual self and the race, society, the world and God's Purpose.

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  Walden

  Henry David Thoreau

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  "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately..."
  
  In 1845, Henry David Thoreau moved into a small cabin he built himself on the shores of Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. His goal was simple: to strip away the "superfluities" of modern life and discover what is essential. Walden is the extraordinary record of those two years, two months, and two days. Part memoir, part philosophical treatise, and part natural history, it serves as a powerful call to awaken from the "quiet desperation" of a consumer-driven society and reconnect with the rhythms of the natural world.
  
  The Economy of the Soul: Thoreau begins his journey with a radical audit of human needs. He meticulously tracks his expenses—down to the last cent spent on beans and nails—to prove that true freedom comes not from wealth, but from the reduction of one's requirements. By minimizing labor, he maximizes his "leisure" for thinking, reading, and observing the changing seasons.
  
  A Blueprint for Modern Mindfuless: Though written over 170 years ago, Walden's critique of a life spent working just to pay for "modern improvements" resonates more than ever. Thoreau's insights on the value of solitude, the beauty of the wild, and the necessity of individual conscience have inspired generations of environmentalists, social reformers, and seekers of a simpler path.
  
  Step away from the noise. Purchase "Walden" today and learn to live deep.

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  Off the Chain (Unabridged)

  H. G. Wells

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  Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 - 13 August 1946) was an English writer. Prolific in many genres, he wrote dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, history, satire, biography and autobiography. His work also included two books on recreational war games. Wells is now best remembered for his science fiction novels and is often called the "father of science fiction", along with Jules Verne and the publisher Hugo Gernsback.
  OFF THE CHAIN: (December, 1910) I was ill in bed, reading Samuel Warren's "Ten Thousand a Year," and noting how much the world can change in seventy years.

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  Lost Princess of Oz The [The...

  L. Frank Baum

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  Princess Ozma is missing! When Dorothy awakens one morning to discover that the beloved ruler of the Land of Oz has disappeared, all of the Emerald City's most celebrated citizens join in the search for the lost princess.

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