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  The Billionaire's Second Chance...

  Bree Livingston

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  He’s never gotten over her. She’s never stopped loving him. 
  Five years ago, best friends Link Novak and Hadley Shaw called it quits on their relationship when her career became the third wheel. Since then, Link became a billionaire and Hadley’s career hasn’t been nearly as satisfying as she’d envisioned. 
  Now, they’re reuniting for a friend’s wedding and sparks are flying once again. Will old wounds push them apart once and for all, or will a little Luck Lake magic give them the second chance they’ve been hoping for? 
  Take one hour, add a short story, and you’ve got the makings of a fun escape that ends in a satisfying happily ever after. Grab this short read now!

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  Bethink Yourselves!

  Leo Tolstoy

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  As Russia goes to war against Japan, Tolstoy urges those at all levels of society, from the Tsar down to the common soldier, to consider their actions in the light of Christ's teaching. "However strange this may appear, the most effective and certain deliverance of men from all the calamities which they inflict upon themselves and from the most dreadful of all—war—is attainable, not by any external general measures, but merely by that simple appeal to the consciousness of each separate man which, nineteen hundred years ago, was proposed by Jesus—that every man bethink himself, and ask himself, who is he, why he lives, and what he should and should not do."

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  The Flowering of the Strange Orchid

  H. G. Wells

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  Herbert George Wells (1866 – 1946) was a prolific English writer of science fiction stories and novels, and is frequently credited as being the father of science fiction. "The Flowering of the Strange Orchid" is a creepy horror story about an orchid collector who buys an unknown species from the Andaman Islands. The botanist who collected it had died in a mangrove swamp in the process - allegedly from an attack of jungle leeches. The collector is obsessed by his new acquisition and waits excitedly for it to sprout leaves and then flower. Finally the great day arrives - but there is something very strange about this flower - something very strange indeed....

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  Short Story Collection Vol 021

  Various Various

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  Librivox’s Short Story Collection Vol.021: A collection of 10 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members.

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  Hundred Grand Man The: A Film...

  Charlie Tarabour

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  Henry Park was born watching movies.Born in a California multiplex to Soo, a Korean immigrant, and film buff, his path was forged in the flickering light of the silver screen.As Henry grows into a movie-obsessed young man, he makes a calculation that will change his life and commit him wholeheartedly to his passion: He sets the absurdly ambitious goal to watch 100,000 movies in his lifetime. Is Henry’s audacious goal impossible? A silly fantasy? Can this well-loved eccentric meet his goal?Henry’s quest leads him to a job in an arthouse movie theater, many adoring new friends, and eventually to some of the top people in the film world. But with great ambition comes the potential for enormous gain and loss. While Henry singlemindedly pursues his goal, relationships old, new, and romantic hang in the balance. Will he put the fictional world on pause in favor of the life in front of him?In this entertaining long short story, Charlie Tarabour weaves both a bittersweet family saga and an enchanting homage to the history of cinema. If you love movies or passionate stories, The Hundred Grand Man is sure to capture your imagination—and your heart!

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  Stories of Ships and the Sea

  Jack London

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  5 Exciting short stories by one of Americas best story tellers."Chris Farrington: Able Seaman""Typhoon off the Coast of Japan""The Lost Poacher""The Banks of the Sacramento""In Yeddo Bay"

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