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  Where Eagles Dare: The classic...

  Alistair MacLean

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  The classic World War II thriller from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. 
  Winter 1943, and US General Carnaby has been captured by the Nazis. He is being held in a fortress high in the Bavarian Alps. headquarters of the German Secret Service, and in his head are plans for the invasion of Normandy. 
    
  A special team of British commandos, a US Army ranger and a female secret agent is hurriedly assembled. Their mission: parachute into the area, break in to the alpine Castle, and rescue General Carnaby before the Germans can interrogate him. 
    
  But unknown to all, there is another mission, and someone in the group is a traitor… 
  The historical and military aspects of the book are vividly portrayed, making it a top pick for fans of adventure thrillers. The technological prowess of the era is subtly woven into the narrative, adding an extra layer of intrigue to the plot. 
  For fans of Frederick Forsyth (The Veteran), Nevil Shute (Pastoral), Ken Follett (The Armour of Light), Edward Marston (Murder on the Marmora), and Eric Ambler (Journey into Fear).

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  Othello

  William Shakespeare

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  Cyril Cussack, Frank Silvera and Celia Johnson star in the unabridged performance of Shakespeare's Othello

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  The Reef

  Edith Wharton

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  “The Reef” is a 1912 novel by American writer Edith Wharton. The story primarily follows George Darrow and Anna Leath, a young gentleman and a widowed lady who plan to marry. The novel takes place in Paris and rural France, but primarily features American characters. The narrative explores complex morality and its intricately woven place in society.

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  The Piazza

  Herman Melville

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  Written as an introductory story to The Piazza Tales, the protagonist of The Piazza, idealizes a radiant spot on the mountain he looks upon from his piazza. Traveling to the spot he realizes it is a house, occupied by the unhappy girl Marianna, who longs to see the lucky individual who lives in the white house she looks upon from her window. The narrator realizes he has been the object of a fantasy alike to his own, and leaves thinking how all idealism is an illusion.

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  The Dolls' Castle

  Henry Chapman Mercer

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  Henry Chapman Mercer (1856-1930) was, amongst other things, an eccentric archaologist, historian, architect, antiquarian collector and author of Gothic horror stories very much after the fashion of M. R. James.'The Dolls' Castle' is the creepy story of a haunted house with a sinister past which uses old, rotting dolls to lure unwary children away from their parents.

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  Twelve Years a Slave (Unabridged)

  Solomon Northup

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  Twelve Years a Slave, sub-title: Narrative of Solomon Northup, citizen of New-York, kidnapped in Washington city in 1841, and rescued in 1853, from a cotton plantation near the Red River in Louisiana, is a memoir by Solomon Northup as told to and edited by David Wilson. It is a slave narrative of a black man who was born free in New York state but kidnapped in Washington, D.C., sold into slavery, and kept in bondage for 12 years in Louisiana. He provided details of slave markets in Washington, D.C. and New Orleans, as well as describing at length cotton and sugar cultivation on major plantations in Louisiana.

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