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  The House of Mirth - Lily Bart...

  Edith Wharton

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  A beautiful woman with expensive habits and no capital spends eleven years failing to marry money, and every step down is taken for a reason that looked like principle at the time. Wharton knew the New York she was describing from inside and published it while still living in it. It made her famous. Fifty-three plates, from Childe Hassam and Edgar Degas among others, catch the gaslight promenades and drawing-room interiors of the world Lily Bart is priced out of.

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  The Cambridge Modern History...

  J. B. Bury, Mandell Creighton,...

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  Witness the Grand Narrative of Human Civilization.
  
  Conceived by the legendary historian Lord Acton, The Cambridge Modern History stands as a monumental achievement in the field of historiography. This collection provides a rigorous, objective, and deeply detailed analysis of the forces that shaped our contemporary world. Rather than focusing on a single nation, this series offers a "universal history," tracing the interconnected threads of politics, religion, science, and war across continents.
  
  Inside this prestigious collection, you will explore:
  
  The Dawn of the Modern Age: A deep dive into the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Age of Discovery, documenting the moment humanity broke away from the medieval world.
  
  The Age of Revolution: Comprehensive coverage of the intellectual and violent upheavals that birthed modern democracy, including the Enlightenment and the restructuring of the European map.
  
  The Rise of Global Powers: Detailed accounts of the expansion of empires, the growth of nationalism, and the industrial advancements that shifted the global balance of power.
  
  Collaborative Brilliance: Each section is authored by a specialist in their field, ensuring that every chapter reflects the highest standard of academic precision and insight available to the era.
  
  This collection is not just a reference work; it is an immersive intellectual experience. It remains an essential cornerstone for historians, political scientists, and anyone seeking to understand the complex machinery of global change.
  
  Own the record of our collective past. Buy "The Cambridge Modern History Collection" today and explore the foundation of the modern world.

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  The Strength of the Strong -...

  Jack London

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  London's socialist fables: a tribe that invents property, a general strike that starves out the rich, a professor who leads a second life as a union man, the Unparalleled Invasion in which the West solves China by germ warfare — written in 1910 and unbearable to read now for the right reasons. He had been an oyster pirate, a hobo, a seal hunter and a prospector before twenty-four, and he wrote these as arguments, not entertainments. Fifty-six plates by painters including Munch and Gilman, spanning 1812 to 1928, set beside these fables the way a hard century of labour and upheaval looks back at them.

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  Karl Ludwig Sand

  Alexandre Dumas

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  "Karl Ludwig Sand" by Alexandre Dumas is a gripping tale based on the true story of a young idealist entangled in political conspiracy. Karl, a fervent nationalist and student, becomes consumed by his desire to rid Germany of perceived tyranny. His obsession leads him to assassinate August von Kotzebue, a conservative writer, believing it will spark revolutionary change. Dumas delves into Karl’s ideological fervor, moral dilemmas, and the consequences of his actions, exploring themes of justice, fanaticism, and societal upheaval. Set against the backdrop of early 19th-century Europe, the novel captures the tension between youthful idealism and harsh reality. A thought-provoking blend of history and drama, it reflects on the cost of extremism and the complexities of human conviction.

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  The Vixen - From their pens to...

  Aleister Crowley

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  Edward Alexander Crowley was born on 12th October 1875 to wealthy parents in Royal Leamington Spa in Warwickshire. 
  He was educated at Malvern College, Tonbridge School, Eastbourne College and finally Trinity College, Cambridge where he focused on his passions of mountaineering and poetry and published several volumes. 
  Life for Crowley was to abandon his parents’ Christian faith and instead to inject himself into Western esotericism.  In 1898, he joined the esoteric Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and was trained in ceremonial magic before studying both Hindu and Buddhist practices in India. 
  On his Egyptian honeymoon in 1904 he claimed contact with an entity―Aiwass―who gave him the sacred Book of the Law which served as the basis for the Thelema religion where he identified as its prophet.  During the Great War, which he spent in the United States, he claimed to be working for British Intelligence but by the 1920s he had decamped to pursue a libertine lifestyle in Sicily, and in the ensuing scandals was evicted by the Italian Government. 
  He divided the following two decades between France, Germany, and England, and the continuing promotion of Thelema. 
  During his life he gained widespread notoriety for his drug use, his bisexuality, and his alarming views on society.  In short, polite society frowned on his ways, his thoughts and his influence but to many others his stance had much of value.  Even after death he was a darling for the 60’s counterculture but his influence has since waned.   
  His literary works were both prolific and covered many topics.  In the early part of his career he published many poetry books, even plays, before his darker and more forceful works came to dominate his output. 
  Aleister Crowley died on 1st December 1947 at Hastings in England. He was 72.

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  The Middle Bedroom

  Henry De Vere Stacpoole

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  The Middle Bedroom by Henry De Vere Stacpoole is presented in a clean English digital edition with active navigation. The book belongs to classics and preserves the character of the source text for sustained ebook reading. The opening pages establish the work's atmosphere with this first movement: Are all living creatures represented in the human race, so that we find shark men — or, at least, men with the instincts of sharks — sloth men, cat men, tiger men, and so on? Le Brun started the idea, I believe, and I take it up as bearing on the case of Sir Michael Carey, of Carey House, near Innis Town, on the west c. Detected sections include: Chapter 1. This edition is prepared for a fluent reading experience with clear typography and no extraneous promotional material.

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