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  Four Beasts in One - The...

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  Antiochus Epiphanes is very generally looked upon as the Gog of the prophet Ezekiel. This honor is, however, more properly attributable to Cambyses, the son of Cyrus. And, indeed, the character of the Syrian monarch does by no means stand in need of any adventitious embellishment. His accession to the throne, or rather his usurpation of the sovereignty, a hundred and seventy-one years before the coming of Christ; his attempt to plunder the temple of Diana at Ephesus; his implacable hostility to the Jews; his pollution of the Holy of Holies; and his miserable death at Taba, after a tumultuous reign of eleven years, are circumstances of a prominent kind, and therefore more generally noticed by the historians of his time, than the impious, dastardly, cruel, silly, and whimsical achievements which make up the sum total of his private life and reputation.

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  The Picture of Dorian Gray

  Oscar Wilde

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  Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray" immerses readers in a world where the pursuit of beauty and pleasure supersedes morality. The young, handsome Dorian Gray remains eternally youthful, while a portrait of him reflects his soul's decay, bearing the consequences of his hedonistic actions. As Dorian navigates high society with a sinister invulnerability, his external allure contrasts starkly with his internal corruption. A haunting and philosophical tale of vanity, obsession, and the dark depths of human nature.

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  Master and Man

  Leo Tolstoy

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  A ruthless pursuit of profit. A deadly winter storm. One final choice between self-preservation and sacrifice. 
   
  Vasili Andreevich Brekhunov is a prosperous merchant who measures life through possessions, influence, and financial gain. When an opportunity arises to purchase a valuable forest grove, he refuses to let worsening winter weather stand between him and the lucrative deal. 
   
  Accompanied by Nikita, his faithful and poorly compensated servant, Vasili sets out across the frozen Russian countryside. But as snow erases the road and a fierce blizzard closes around them, the travelers become hopelessly lost. 
   
  Stranded in the darkness with their horse weakening and the temperature falling, the differences between master and servant become increasingly stark. Nikita faces danger with patience and humility, while Vasili remains consumed by calculations of property, money, and his own survival. 
   
  Then, confronted with the certainty of death, Vasili experiences a profound awakening. The wealth and status that once defined him suddenly lose their meaning, and he discovers an unexpected connection to the man he has long treated as beneath him. 
   
  Haunting, suspenseful, and deeply compassionate, Master and Man is Leo Tolstoy’s powerful meditation on greed, mortality, human dignity, and the redemptive force of selfless love. 
   
  Narrated by Phil Thompson, this unforgettable Russian classic carries listeners into the heart of a merciless storm—and toward one man’s final transformation.

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  The Call of the Wild - An Epic...

  Jack London

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  Stolen from a life of luxury and hurled into the unforgiving cruelty of the Alaskan gold rush, one dog must choose between submission and his savage ancestry. 
  Buck is an aristocratic powerhouse of a dog, living peacefully in the sun-kissed Santa Clara Valley. But when the Klondike strike of 1897 ignites a frenzy for heavy, fur-coated sled dogs, Buck is betrayed, kidnapped, and sold into the brutal world of the frozen Northland. Thrust into a merciless reality of freezing blizzards, starving sled teams, and men wielding clubs, he must swiftly shed the comforts of civilization. As the grueling journey demands every ounce of his strength, a fierce, ancestral voice begins to echo from the snowy depths. It is the call of the wild—and to survive the deadly rivalry of the sled trace, Buck must unleash the dominant primordial beast within. 
  Why you will love this: This unabridged audiobook is the ultimate survival fiction experience, masterfully blending a high-stakes action thriller with an unforgettable animal protagonist. Fans of nature writing and gritty, heart-pounding Adventure stories will be captivated by the relentless pacing, vivid Klondike setting, and breathtaking exploration of endurance, pack dynamics, and the untamed wilderness. 
  About the Author: Jack London (1876–1916) was a legendary American novelist, journalist, and social activist. Drawing from his own grueling experiences as a prospector in the Klondike Gold Rush, London's visceral, naturalistic prose cemented his legacy as a titan of early 20th-century literature and a pioneer of commercial magazine fiction.

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  The Arm of Mrs Egan - From their...

  W F Harvey

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  William Fryer Harvey AM was born on 14th April 1885 into a wealthy Quaker family in Leeds, West Yorkshire. 
  He was educated at the Quaker Bootham School in Yorkshire and Leighton Park School in Reading before university at Balliol College, Oxford.  
  His health was fragile and he poured his energies into writing short stories and in 1910 published his first collection ‘Midnight House’. 
  In the Great War he was with the Friends' Ambulance Unit and then served as a surgeon-lieutenant in the Royal Navy.  There he received the Albert Medal for Lifesaving but lung damage received at that time troubled him for the rest of his life. 
  He continued to write short stories, and even a memoir, but by 1925 ill health had forced his retirement to any outside work.  Three years later he published his second collection which contained his macabre classic ‘The Beast with Five fingers’, only one more collection would come from his pen in his lifetime. 
  For many years of his life he now lived in Switzerland with his wife but a yearning to be home saw them come back to England in 1935. 
  W F Harvey died in Letchworth on the 4th June 1937. He was 52.

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  The Murder on the Links

  Agatha Christie

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  The second book in Agatha Christie's famous detective series brings us to Detective Hercule Poirot's next case.Poirot and his friend Hastings receive an urgent call from France and immediately go to provide assistance only to find their would-be client brutally murdered and burried on a golf course. Stranger still, an identical body is uncovered shortly after. Between clashing with the local authorities and the victim's tumultous personal life, it will take all of Poirot's impeccable attention to detail, clever wit, and unshakeable confidence to solve this intriguing case . . . if he isn't already too late.

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