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  Political Ideals

  Bertrand Russell

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  “Liberty demands self-government, but not the right to interfere with others.” 
   
  “The object of education ought not to be to make all men think alike, but to make each think in the way which is the fullest expression of his own.” 
   
  “You may kill an artist or a thinker, but you cannot acquire his art or his thought. You may put a man do death because he loves his fellow men, but you will not by so doing acquire the love which made his happiness.” 
   ― Bertrand Russell, Political Ideals 
   
  'Political Ideals' was written during the upheaval of World War One. It is, in many ways, a statement, of Russell's beliefs, a declaration of the ideas that influenced his thinking on the major events of the 20th century. In this sense, it is essential reading for every student of this great philosopher.

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  The Invisible Man

  H. G. Wells

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  What would you do if you possessed the ultimate power—the power to vanish without a trace?
  
  Enter the chilling world of Griffin, a brilliant but unhinged scientist who achieves the impossible: total invisibility. But this scientific triumph quickly turns into a nightmare of psychological terror and chaos. H. G. Wells, the master futurist, plunges you into a suspenseful, relentless manhunt as Griffin descends into megalomania, realizing that invisibility offers not liberation, but total moral corruption. Feel the thrill of the unseen presence and the suspense as a quiet English village battles an enemy they cannot see, touch, or escape. This novel is a masterpiece of early science fiction horror, exploring the profound ethical questions of genius unleashed without conscience.
  
  A definitive classic whose influence is seen across generations of literature and film, The Invisible Man remains one of the most exciting and unsettling entries in the H. G. Wells collection.
  
  Can humanity defeat an enemy that doesn't exist? Click "Buy Now" to experience this timeless thriller and stare into the terrifying abyss of absolute power.

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  The Oval Portrait

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  "The Oval Portrait" is a horror short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, involving the disturbing circumstances of a portrait in a château. It is one of his shortest stories, filling only two pages in its initial publication in 1842.
  The tale begins with an injured narrator (the story offers no further explanation of his impairment) seeking refuge in an abandoned mansion in the Apennines. The narrator spends his time admiring the paintings that decorate the strangely shaped room and reading through a reference book, found on a pillow, that describes them.

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  Magic Shop The (Unabridged)

  H. G. Wells

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  Out for a walk in London one day, Gip and his father happen upon a magic shop. At Gip's urging, the two go in - and things grow more and more curious by the minute. Counters, store fixtures, and mirrors seem to move around the room, and the shopkeeper is most mysterious of all. Gip is thrilled by all he sees, and his father is at first amused, but when things become stranger and sinister father is no longer sure where reality ends and illusion begins. Fantastical illustrations underscore the macabre atmosphere of the tale, make this a perfect book read aloud together again and again.

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  Yah! Yah! Yah!

  Jack London

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  “Yah! Yah! Yah!” written by Jack London: He was a whiskey-guzzling Scotchman, and he downed his whiskey neat, beginning with his first tot punctually at six in the morning, and thereafter repeating it at regular intervals throughout the day till bedtime, which was usually midnight. He slept but five hours out of the twenty-four, and for the remaining nineteen hours he was quietly and decently drunk. During the eight weeks I spent with him on Oolong Atoll, I never saw him draw a sober breath. In fact, his sleep was so short that he never had time to sober up. It was the most beautiful and orderly perennial drunk I have ever observed.

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  The Brethren

  H. Rider Haggard

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  "The adventure begins when Rosamund is taken from England and carried to the East. The plot thickens as the two young knights follow her in hopes of rescuing her from the Muslim leader, Saladin. As the Cross and the Crescent face each other at the Battle of Hattin, the story of Rosamund is unfolded and the riddle is solved.    With dangerous lions, a moon light duel on a bridge, and beautiful Arabian horses, this book will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page. "The Brethren" invites readers to witness the clash of swords, the fervor of the Crusades, and the passions that drive men to acts of valor and sacrifice. Whether you're drawn to historical fiction or tales of knights and damsels, these novel promises adventure and intrigue."

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