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  Heidi

  Johanna Spyri

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  In this treasured story, the orphan child, Heidi, is sent to live with her embittered grandfather high in the Swiss Alps. Heidi's innocent joy of life and genuine concern and love for all living things become the old man's salvation. 
  From the goatherder Peter and his family to the sickly girl Clara and her desperate father, Heidi's special charm enriches everyone she meets. Unselfish to the core, Heidi's goodness overcomes all obstacles - even those seemingly insurmountable. 
  Remembered and loved as a child's story, Heidi remains a testimony of redemption and salvation for all ages. Uplifting and enjoyable, Heidi makes superior family listening.

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  Circus

  Alistair MacLean

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  The classic tale of espionage set in Cold War Europe, where the world’s greatest circus acrobat must break into an impenetrable fortress, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. 
  Bruno Wildermann of the Wrinfield Circus is the world’s greatest trapeze artist, a clairvoyant with near-supernatural powers and an implacable enemy of the East European regime that arrested his family and murdered his wife. 
  The CIA needs such a man, and recruits Bruno for an impossible raid – on the impreganble Lubylan fortress, where his family is held. 
  Under cover of a circus tour, Bruno prepares to return to his homeland. But before the journey even begins a murderer strikes twice. Somewhere in the circus there is a communist agent with orders to stop Bruno at any cost… 
  In this gripping work of fiction, Alistair MacLean masterfully intertwines the elements of military strategy and technological prowess. The narrative, rich in thrillers elements, keeps the readers on the edge of their seats. 
  For fans of Frederick Forsyth (The Deceiver), Ken Follett (A Column of Fire), Edward Marston (Danger of Defeat), and Eric Ambler (Charter to Danger).

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  Rip Van Winkle

  Washington Irving

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  In New York's Catskill Mountains before the American Revolution, a Dutch-American villager named Rip Van Winkle falls asleep and wakes up twenty years later without realizing how much time has passed. Unaware that the Revolutionary War has taken place, he must come to terms with the changes he encounters. Washington Irving wrote “Rip Van Winkle” while living in England as part of the collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., alongside his other famous tale, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” Irving later admitted that When I wrote the story, I had never been on the Catskills. Since its publication in 1819, the story has become part of American pop culture and has been adapted many times for stage, film, radio, and television.

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  Family Happiness

  Leo Tolstoy

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  After a brief romance, the 17 year old Marya falls in love with the much older Sergyei Mikhailitch, an old family friend, and the two are married. They share an initially blissful life but after moving to St. Petersburg, Marya becomes enchanted with society and a rift opens between the two.

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  Edgar Allan Poe - Complete Tales...

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  The Tales:Metzengerstein.The Duc De L'omelette.A Tale Of Jerusalem.Loss Of Breath.Bon-Bon.Ms. Found In A Bottle.The Assignation.Berenice.Morella.The Unparalleled Adventures Of One Hans Pfaal. King Pest. Shadow - A Parable. Four Beasts In One - The Homo-Cameleopard. Mystification. Silence - A Fable. Ligeia. How To Write A Blackwood Article. A Predicament. The Devil In The Belfry. The Man That Was Used Up. The Fall Of The House Of Usher. William Wilson. The Conversation Of Eiros And Charmion. Why The Little Frenchman Wears His Hand In A Sling. The Business Man. The Man Of The Crowd. The Murders In The Rue Morgue. A Descent Into The Maelström. The Island Of The Fay. The Colloquy Of Monos And Una. Never Bet The Devil Your Head. Eleonora. Three Sundays In A Week. The Oval Portrait. The Masque Of The Red Death. The Landscape Garden. The Mystery Of Marie Rogêt. The Pit And The Pendulum. The Tell-Tale Heart. The Gold-Bug. The Black Cat. Diddling. The Spectacles. A Tale Of The Ragged Mountains. The Premature Burial. Mesmeric Revelation. The Oblong Box. The Angel Of The Odd. Thou Art The Man. The Literary Life Of Thingum Bob, Esq. The Purloined Letter. The Thousand-And-Second Tale Of Scheherazade. Some Words With A Mummy. The Power Of Words. The Imp Of The Perverse. The System Of Doctor Tarr And Professor Fether. The Facts In The Case Of M. Valdemar. The Sphinx. The Cask Of Amontillado. The Domain Of Arnheim. Mellonta Tauta. Hop-Frog. Von Kempelen And His Discovery. X-Ing A Paragrab. Landor's Cottage. Poems Introduction To "Poems Poetry. O, Tempora! O, Mores! Tamerlane. Song. Dreams. Spirits Of The Dead. Evening Star. Imitation. Stanzas. A Dream. The Happiest Day. The Lake - To - . To Margaret. Alone. Sonnet - To Science. Al Aaraaf. Romance.And more...

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  The Trees of Pride

  G. K. Chesterton

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  Three trees, known as the Peacock trees, are blamed by the peasants for the fever that has killed many. Squire Vane scoffs at this legend as superstition. To prove them wrong, once and for all, he takes a bet to spend the night in the trees. In the morning he has vanished. Is he dead, and if so who has killed him? The poet? The lawyer? The woodsman? The trees

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