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  Father Brown: The Queer Feet...

  G. K. Chesterton

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  The Queer Feet" deals with Flambeau wanting to steal the silverware of the members of the Twelve True Fishermen having their annual club dinner at Vernon Hotel. The Vernon Hotel is an exclusive hotel and a "topsy-turvy product" (Chesterton 1994, p. 51).

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  Souls of Black Folk The...

  W.E.B. DuBois

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  This landmark book is a founding work in the literature of black protest. W. E. B. Du Bois (1868-1963) played a key role in developing the strategy and program that dominated early 20th-century black protest in America. In this collection of essays, first published together in 1903, he eloquently affirms that it is beneath the dignity of a human being to beg for those rights that belong inherently to all mankind. He also charges that the strategy of accommodation to white supremacy advanced by Booker T. Washington, then the most influential black leader in America, would only serve to perpetuate black oppression. Publication of The Souls of Black Folk was a dramatic event that helped to polarize black leaders into two groups: the more conservative followers of Washington and the more radical supporters of aggressive protest. Its influence cannot be overstated. It is essential reading for everyone interested in African-American history and the struggle for civil rights in America.

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  Found Guilty

  Josiah Flynt Willard, Francis...

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  Josiah Flynt Willard (1869-1907) was an American sociologist and author. After several years of experience as a vagrant, he wrote fiction and nonfiction as a kind of expert on tramps and tramping. His further works dealing with the lower and criminal classes include Found Guilty, part of a collection of stories written in collaboration with Francis Walton, an American author and attorney. 
  When not in the recording studio, Robert Walcott plays base guitar and sings for his folk band, Dreamscapers. In addition to narrating fiction, he enjoys doing commercial voiceovers and deep river flyfishing in eastern Montana.

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  50 Stories from Russia's...

  Fyodor Dostoevsky, Ivan...

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  This book collects a magnificent set of works by Russian classical authors: Alexander Pushkin, Nikolai Gogol, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Anton Chekhov, Leo Tolstoy, Mikhail Bulgakov. Each original story, springing from a common creative heritage, delivers a glimpse of the immortal Russian Soul and has influenced modern literary trends. These stories are interesting to their core and will bring pleasure to readers. Get ready to immerse yourself within these immortal works that have long been counted among the best of classic world literature: Fyodor Dostoevsky. The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, Fyodor Dostoevsky. Notes from the Underground, Ivan Turgenev. First Love, Alexander Pushkin. The Queen of Spades, Leo Tolstoy. The Death of Ivan Ilyich, Leo Tolstoy. A Russian Christmas Party, Anton Chekhov. The Wife, Anton Chekhov. A Dead Body, Anton Chekhov. The Beggar, Leonid Andreyev. The Little Angel, Nikolai Gogol. The Nose, Nikolai Gogol. The Cloak, Nikolai Gogol. The Mantle, Mikhail Bulgakov. The Embroidered Towel – from A Young Doctor's Notebook and others.
  Contents: 
  Fyodor Dostoevsky 
  
  - The Dream of a Ridiculous Man 
  - Notes From the Underground 
  - The Christmas Tree and the Wedding Ivan Turgenev 
  
  - Mumu 
  - First Love 
  - The District Doctor Aleksandr Kuprin 
  
  - The Outrage Alexander Pushkin 
  
  - The Queen of Spades Leo Tolstoy 
  
  - A Letter to a Hindu 
  - The Death of Ivan Ilych 
  - God Sees the Truth 
  - But Waits 
  - A Russian Christmas Party Anton Chekhov 
  
  - The Wife 
  - The Slander 
  - The Horse-Stealers 
  - The Petchenyeg 
  - A Dead Body 
  - A Happy Ending T
  - he Looking-Glass 
  - Old Age
  -  Darkness
  - The Beggar 
  - In Trouble
  -  Frost
  - Minds in Ferment 
  - Gone Astray
  -  An Avenger
  - The Jeune Premier 
  - A Defenceless Creature 
  - An Enigmatic Nature
  -  A Happy Man
  - A Troublesome Visitor 
  - An Actor's End 
  - Vanka 
  - A Country Cottage 
  - Fat and Thin 
  - Nerves 
  - The Doctor 
  - About Love 
  - The Lottery Ticket Leonid Andreyev 
  
  - The Little Angel 
  - Lazarus Maxim Gorky 
  
  - One Autumn Night 
  - Her Lover Mikhail Bulgakov 
  
  - The Embroidered Towel Nikolai Gogol 
  
  - Christmas Eve 
  - The Nose 
  - A May Night 
  - The Cloak 
  - The Viy

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  Canon Alberic's Scrap Book -...

  M R James

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  Montague Rhodes James is cited as perhaps the greatest English writer of ghost stories, an opinion few would disagree with. 
  James was born on 1st August 1862 at Goodnestone Parsonage in Kent, where his father was Curate but at age 3 the family went to live at Livermere, near Bury St Edmunds in East Anglia.  
  From early childhood he had a passion for mediaeval books and antiques. He was educated initially as a boarder at Temple Grove School in East Sheen, west London, before gaining a scholarship to Eton and thence Cambridge where he gained a double first, becoming a distinguished linguist and mediaevalist.  
  Before the Great War vacations were usually spent touring Europe absorbing cultures and references for his later writing. 
  A man of enormous knowledge it was said he timed his breakfast egg whilst he completed the Times crossword.  
  Many of his elegant yet terrifying tales were created by discarding the prevailing gothic cliches and placing his characters and narrative in a realistic setting.  Thereby the stories gained atmosphere and menace on a grand scale and he was famed as the originator of the antiquarian ghost story. 
  Although story-telling and writing these 30 or so tales was a hobby, when published their effect transformed the genre and still chill the bones in our more modern times. 
  James was also a medievalist scholar and translator whose work remains highly respected. He was also Provost of Eton College between 1918 and 1936. 
  M R James died on 12th June 1936 at Eton in Buckinghamshire.  He was 73.

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  South by Java Head: An epic and...

  Alistair MacLean

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  The 50th anniversary edition of this classic World War 2 adventure set in south-east Asia. 
  February, 1942: Singapore lies burning and shattered, defenceless before the conquering hordes of the Japanese Army. 
  The last boat escapes out of the harbour into the South China Sea, and on board are a desperate group of strangers, each with a secret to guard, each willing to kill to keep that secret safe. 
  Dawn sees them far out to sea but with the first murderous dive bombers already aimed at their ship. Thus begins a nightmare succession of disasters wrought by the hell-bent Japanese, the unrelenting tropical sun and, ultimately, by the survivors themselves, as they head south by Java Head. 
  Alistair MacLean, the author of this best-seller, masterfully weaves a story of suspense and action. The adventure unfolds as the desperate group battles not only the hell-bent Japanese and the unrelenting tropical sun, but also their own secrets. 
  For fans of Frederick Forsyth (The Veteran), Nevil Shute (A Town Like Alice), Ken Follett (The Armour of Light), Edward Marston (The Railway Detective's Christmas Case), and Eric Ambler (The Mask of Dimitrios). 
  HarperCollins 2024

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