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  After the Funeral - From their...

  Mary Butts

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  Mary Frances Butts was born on 13th December 1890 in Poole, Dorset. 
  Her early years were spent at Salterns, an 18th-century house overlooking Poole Harbour.  Sadly in 1905 her father died, and she was sent for boarding at St Leonard's school for girls in St Andrews. 
  Her mother remarried and, from 1909, Mary studied at Westfield College in London, and here, first became aware of her bisexual feelings.  She was sent down for organising a trip to Epsom races and only completed her degree in 1914 when she graduated from the London School of Economics.  By then Mary had become an admirer of the occultist Aleister Crowley and she was given a co-authorship credit on his ‘Magick (Book 4)’. 
  In 1916, she began the diary which would now detail her future life and be a constant reference point for her observations and her absorbing experiences. 
  During World War I, she was doing social work for the London County Council in Hackney Wick, and involved in a lesbian relationship.  Life changed after meeting the modernist poet, John Rodker and they married in 1918. 
  In 1921 she spent 3 months at Aleister Crowley's Abbey of Thelema in Sicily; she found the practices dreadful and also acquired a drug habit.  Mary now spent time writing in Dorset, including her celebrated book of short stories ‘Speed the Plough’ which saw fully develop her unique Modernist prose style. 
  Europe now beckoned and several years were spent in Paris befriending many artists and writing further extraordinary stories.   
  She was continually sought after by literary magazines and also published several short story collections as books. Although a Modernist writer she worked in other genres but is essentially only known for her short stories.  Mary was deeply committed to nature conservation and wrote several pamphlets attacking the growing pollution of the countryside. 
  In 1927, she divorced and the following year her novel ‘Armed with Madness’ was published.  A further marriage followed in 1930 and time was spent attempting to settle in London and Newcastle before setting up home on the western tip of Cornwall.  By 1934 the marriage had failed. 
  Mary Butts died on 5th March 1937, at the West Cornwall Hospital, Penzance, after an operation for a perforated gastric ulcer. She was 46.

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  The Mysterious Affair at Styles

  Agatha Christie

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  Published in 1920, this was the first book in a fantastic literary career for Agatha Christie. She went on to become the top-selling fiction author of all time with sales reaching an incredible one billion in English and another billion in a multitude of foreign language translations. Altogether, the Christie output has been excelled only by the Bible and Shakespeare. As a result, she was sometimes called the “Duchess of Death,” “Mistress of Mystery,” and “Queen of Crime,” all apt descriptions. The lead character in this initial manuscript, Hercule Poirot, was eventually featured in thirty-three novels and fifty short stories. Over the years, her other most renowned subject was Miss Marple. She didn’t make her first appearance until 1930 but wound up in a dozen novels and twenty short stories. 
  Listen now to the start of the Christie saga.

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  Walden

  Henry David Thoreau

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  "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately..."
  
  In 1845, Henry David Thoreau moved into a small cabin he built himself on the shores of Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. His goal was simple: to strip away the "superfluities" of modern life and discover what is essential. Walden is the extraordinary record of those two years, two months, and two days. Part memoir, part philosophical treatise, and part natural history, it serves as a powerful call to awaken from the "quiet desperation" of a consumer-driven society and reconnect with the rhythms of the natural world.
  
  The Economy of the Soul: Thoreau begins his journey with a radical audit of human needs. He meticulously tracks his expenses—down to the last cent spent on beans and nails—to prove that true freedom comes not from wealth, but from the reduction of one's requirements. By minimizing labor, he maximizes his "leisure" for thinking, reading, and observing the changing seasons.
  
  A Blueprint for Modern Mindfuless: Though written over 170 years ago, Walden's critique of a life spent working just to pay for "modern improvements" resonates more than ever. Thoreau's insights on the value of solitude, the beauty of the wild, and the necessity of individual conscience have inspired generations of environmentalists, social reformers, and seekers of a simpler path.
  
  Step away from the noise. Purchase "Walden" today and learn to live deep.

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  Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

  Conan Doyle

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  Delve into the ingenious world of "Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes" by Arthur Conan Doyle, where mystery meets masterful deduction. Join the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes and his loyal friend Dr. Watson as they unravel a series of baffling cases. From the perilous "Silver Blaze" to the enigmatic "The Final Problem," each story showcases Holmes' unparalleled intellect and keen observation. Doyle's collection enthralls with cunning puzzles and the timeless battle between good and evil.

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  Across the Moors - From their...

  W F Harvey

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  William Fryer Harvey AM was born on 14th April 1885 into a wealthy Quaker family in Leeds, West Yorkshire. 
  He was educated at the Quaker Bootham School in Yorkshire and Leighton Park School in Reading before university at Balliol College, Oxford.  
  His health was fragile and he poured his energies into writing short stories and in 1910 published his first collection ‘Midnight House’. 
  In the Great War he was with the Friends' Ambulance Unit and then served as a surgeon-lieutenant in the Royal Navy.  There he received the Albert Medal for Lifesaving but lung damage received at that time troubled him for the rest of his life. 
  He continued to write short stories, and even a memoir, but by 1925 ill health had forced his retirement to any outside work.  Three years later he published his second collection which contained his macabre classic ‘The Beast with Five fingers’, only one more collection would come from his pen in his lifetime. 
  For many years of his life he now lived in Switzerland with his wife but a yearning to be home saw them come back to England in 1935. 
  W F Harvey died in Letchworth on the 4th June 1937. He was 52.

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  The Hound of the Baskervilles

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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  The spectral hellhound, which dogs the descendants of the Baskerville family, has claimed another victim. The ancient legend, and the modern murderous facts are placed before the great Sherlock Holmes. And one of the greatest adventures put to print begins...

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