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  Echoes of the Frontier - Tales...

  RF Media LLC, Jack London,...

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  Step into the dust-choked trails, snowbound cabins, and flickering campfires of the American frontier in this vivid collection of classic short stories. Echoes of the Frontier gathers thirteen unforgettable tales by literary giants such as Jack London, Willa Cather, Mark Twain, and Bret Harte—each story capturing a different facet of life at the edge of civilization. 
  From the perilous ride of The Denver Express to the poetic solitude of On the Divide, and from the chilling desperation of Love of Life to the dry wit of Nevada Sketches, these stories illuminate the grit, dreams, and humanity of those who dared to tame the wild. A reformed gambler, a ghost-ridden outlaw, a schoolmistress with quiet strength—each character leaves an indelible mark on the vast, unforgiving landscape. 
  Whether you're drawn to tales of justice, redemption, humor, or heartbreak, this anthology delivers timeless adventure with a beating heart and a frontier soul. 
  Featuring the work of renowned authors and hidden gems of classic American fiction, including: 
  The Denver Express, by A.A. Hayes 
  Love of Life, by Jack London 
  The Water-Hole, by Maxwell Struthers Burt 
  On the Divide, by Willa Cather 
  Nevada Sketches, by Samuel L. Clemens 
  The Passing of Black Eagle, by O. Henry 
  The Luck of Roaring Camp, by Bret Harte 
  The Men of Forty Mile, by Jack London 
  The Enchanted Bluff, by Willa Cather 
  The Idyl of Bed Gulch, by Bret Harte 
  To the Man on the Trail, by Jack London 
  The Man from Red Dog, by Alfred Henry Lewis 
  An Heiress from Redhorse, by Ambrose Bierce

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  3 Christmas Stories - Sad...

  Anton Chekhov, Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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  There is something about the number 3.    
   
  The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.   
   
  Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois.  It seems good things usually come in threes. 
   
  Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating. 
   
  From their pens to your your ears.

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  Oliver Twist

  Charles Dickens

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  "Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress" is a novel by Charles Dickens, first published as a serialized work between 1837 and 1839. The story follows Oliver Twist, an orphan who escapes from a workhouse to seek his fortune in London. Oliver is naive and innocent, contrasting sharply with the corrupt and exploitative adults he encounters. He becomes involved with a group of juvenile criminals led by the cunning Fagin. The book explores social inequality and is an early example of the social-protest novel.

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  The Travellers

  Vivian Stuart

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  The eighth book in the dramatic and intriguing story about the colonisation of Australia: a country built on blood, passion, and dreams.
  The new governor leads the colony with great efficiency, yet, life is still hard and burdensome. Once again, an attempt must be made to conquer the Blue Mountains — because beyond the large mountains, it is said that there are fertile plains and plentiful pastures.
  This had been Jenny's life-long dream, and now, her son Justin was on his way there. Was the dream finally about to come true?
  Rebels and outcasts, they fled halfway across the earth to settle the harsh Australian wastelands. Decades later — ennobled by love and strengthened by tragedy — they had transformed a wilderness into a fertile land. And themselves into The Australians.

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  The Temple of My Familiar

  Alice Walker

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  The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Color Purple weaves a “glorious and iridescent” tapestry of interrelated lives in this New York Times bestseller (Library Journal).Includes a new letter written by the author In The Temple of My Familiar, Celie and Shug from The Color Purple subtly shadow the lives of dozens of characters, all dealing in some way with the legacy of the African experience in America. From recent African immigrants, to a woman who grew up in the mixed-race rainforest communities of South America, to Celie’s own granddaughter living in modern-day San Francisco, all must come to understand the brutal stories of their ancestors to come to terms with their own troubled lives.   As Walker follows these astonishing characters, she weaves a new mythology from old fables and history, a profoundly spiritual explanation for centuries of shared African American experience. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Alice Walker including rare photos from the author’s personal collection. The Temple of My Familiar is the 2nd book in the Color Purple Collection, which also includes The Color Purple and Possessing the Secret of Joy.

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  Nightshade - Jem Flockart Book 5

  E S Thomson

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  London, 1851. Restless and bored after a long hot summer, apothecary and poison expert Jem Flockhart decides to redesign her physic garden. But plans are thrown into confusion when a man's skeleton is unearthed from beneath the deadly nightshade, a smaller, child-like skeleton curled at its feet. The body bears evidence of knife wounds to its ribs and arms, and is accompanied by a collection of macabre objects: a brass bowl, a curious coin-like token, a set of tiny ivory sculls. 
  The police claim the victim is too long-buried for answers to be found, but for Jem, a corpse in her own garden is something that cannot be ignored. The plans to the garden, laid out some forty years earlier, reveal a list of five names. 
  When Jem and Will start asking questions, the murders begin. Each victim has a past connection with the physic garden; each corpse is found with its jaw broken wide and its mouth stuffed with deadly nightshade. As they move closer to uncovering the truth Jem Flockhart and Will Quartermain encounter a dark world of addiction, madness, power and death that strikes at the very heart of Jem's own history. This time, the poison is personal. 
  'Evocative...brilliant plotting' - REBECCA GRIFFITHS 
  'Vivid, pungent and perilous' - CHRIS BROOKMYRE

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