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  The Classic Collection of...

  Ayn Rand, Evgeny Zamyatin, Jack...

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  The Classic Collection of Dystopias is an essential anthology that brings together three of the most influential dystopian novels of the 20th century. This edition offers a deep dive into the disturbing, thought-provoking worlds created by Ayn Rand, Evgeny Zamyatin, and Jack London, exploring themes of individuality, totalitarianism, and societal control.
  Anthem by Ayn Rand presents a future where individualism is forbidden, and one man's journey to reclaim his identity serves as a powerful critique of collectivism.
  We by Evgeny Zamyatin, a seminal work of dystopian fiction, imagines a totalitarian society where the state controls every aspect of life, and the concept of personal freedom is almost unimaginable. It was one of the first novels to envision such a future, influencing many later works in the genre.
  The Iron Heel by Jack London explores the rise of an oppressive oligarchy and the struggle of the working class to resist it, serving as a prophetic vision of the dangers of unchecked power and class divisions.
  This collection provides readers with an intellectual journey into the dark futures imagined by these visionary authors. The Classic Collection of Dystopias is a must-read for fans of speculative fiction, offering timeless insights into the human condition and the perils of authoritarianism.
  Contents:  
  • Anthem by Ayn Rand
  • We by Evgeny Zamyatin
  • The Iron Heel by Jack London

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  The Second Father Brown...

  Gilbert Keith Chesterton

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  The Second Father Brown Collection includes two collections of short stories featuring Father Brown.
  Father Brown is a fictional Roman Catholic priest and amateur detective who is featured in 53 short stories published between 1910 and 1936 written by English novelist G.K. Chesterton. Father Brown solves mysteries and crimes using his intuition and keen understanding of human nature. Chesterton loosely based him on the Rt Rev. Msgr. John O'Connor (1870-1952), a parish priest in Bradford, who was involved in Chesterton's conversion to Catholicism in 1922.
  Included in this collection:
  1. The Incredulity of Father Brown (1926): The Resurrection of Father Brown / The Arrow of Heaven / The Oracle of the Dog / The Miracle of Moon Crescent / The Curse of the Golden Cross / The Dagger With Wings / The Doom of the Darnaways / The Ghost of Gideon Wise
  2. The Secret of Father Brown (1927): The Mirror of the Magistrate / The Man With Two Beards / The Song of the Flying Fish / The Actor and the Alibi / The Vanishing of Vaudrey / The Worst Crime in the World / The Red Moon of Meru / The Chief Mourner of Marne / The Secret of Flambeau

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  Sailors' Yarns (Unabridged)

  Pierre Loti

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  Pierre Loti born to a Protestant family, Loti's education began in his birthplace, Rochefort, Charente-Maritime. At age 17 he entered the naval school in Brest and studied at Le Borda. He gradually rose in his profession, attaining the rank of captain in 1906. In January 1910 he went on the reserve list. He was in the habit of claiming that he never read books, saying to the Académie française on the day of his introduction (7 April 1892), "Loti ne sait pas lire" ("Loti doesn't know how to read"), but testimony from friends proves otherwise, as does his library, much of which is preserved in his house in Rochefort. In 1876 fellow naval officers persuaded him to turn into a novel passages in his diary dealing with some curious experiences in Istanbul. The result was the anonymously published Aziyadé (1879), part romance, part autobiography, like the work of his admirer, Marcel Proust, after him.
  SAILORS' YARNS: Within the tropics, on a wondrous evening when the Southern trades were blowing with their balmiest softness, the corporeal portion of his being tired with a healthy muscular fatigue, gently lulled by the slumberous rhythmic motion of the ship.

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  Anne of the Island (Unabridged)

  L. M. Montgomery

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  Anne leaves Green Gables and her work as a teacher in Avonlea to pursue her original dream (which she gave up in Anne of Green Gables) of taking further education at Redmond College in Kingsport, Nova Scotia. Gilbert Blythe and Charlie Sloane enroll as well, as does Anne's friend from Queen's Academy, Priscilla Grant. During her first week of school, Anne befriends Philippa Gordon, a beautiful girl whose frivolous ways charm her. Philippa (Phil for short) also happens to be from Anne's birthplace in Bolingbroke, Nova Scotia.

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  What Would Father and Mother...

  Booker T. Washington

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  Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 - November 14, 1915) was an American educator, author, orator, and adviser to several presidents of the United States. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the dominant leader in the African American community and of the contemporary black elite. Washington was from the last generation of black American leaders born into slavery and became the leading voice of the former slaves and their descendants. They were newly oppressed in the South by disenfranchisement and the Jim Crow discriminatory laws enacted in the post-Reconstruction Southern states in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  WHAT WOULD FATHER AND MOTHER SAY?: I think there is no more important or more critical time in a person's life than when he or she leaves home for the first time, to enter school, or to go to work, or to go into business.

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  Conan Doyle - More Selected...

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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  A further selection of short tales from the master storyteller Arthur Conan Doyle containing all the imagination and intrigue he brought to his famous detective. 
  Headstories Audio presents Conan Doyle - More Selected Short Stories, narrated by Simon Hester, with original music.

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