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  Kutenai Killing (Stonecroft Saga...

  B.N. Rundell

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  IN A LAND OF PROVEN WARRIORS AND BITTER ENEMIES, THE OUTCOME OF ANY BATTLE IS NEVER CERTAIN AND MORE OFTEN…DEADLY. 
  The bloody waters at the lake’s edge told of the destruction of the Kutenai village. Dead bodies were strewn about, smoke curled from burning lodges, and the war cries of screaming Blackfoot warriors followed the war party from the scene of death and destruction. 
  It started as a rivalry between two war leaders of the Piikani Blackfoot. Friends since their youth, they both wanted the same woman and were on a quest for honors and loot. One chose to attack the Salish but met more than expected. The second, known as White Eagle, chose to go after the Kutenai and blood flowed. His easy victory over one village drove him to go for a second village, but he had not known of the wrath and vengeance of a dreaded enemy of the Blackfoot known as Spirit Bear. 
  Together with his battle-hardened friend, Black Buffalo, these two were determined to become the personification of vengeance as they pursued the blood-thirsty and vengeful Blackfoot war party.

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  Faust

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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  A man who wants everything. A devil who offers it. A bargain that no one can escape unchanged.
  In Goethe's monumental drama, the scholar Faust—exhausted by limits of knowledge and longing for deeper meaning—strikes a fateful pact with Mephistopheles. Promised pleasure, power, and limitless experience, Faust plunges into a world of beauty, temptation, and moral peril. Yet every moment gained carries a shadow, and every desire leads him closer to the edge of damnation.
  
  Praised as "one of the greatest works of world literature," this epic explores ambition, love, sin, redemption, and the eternal struggle between light and darkness. Readers are captivated by its poetic force, philosophical depth, and unforgettable characters.
  
  If you crave dramatic storytelling, probing ideas, and a journey that tests the limits of the human spirit, Faust delivers a timeless and transformative experience.
  
  Open the book—and follow Faust into the fire of his own desires.

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  Birthday Celebrations (Unabridged)

  Charles Dickens

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  Charles Dickens was a writer and social critic who created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the twentieth century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity.
  BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS: It came into my mind that I would recall in these notes a few of the many hostelries I have rested at in the course of my journeys; and, indeed, I
  had taken up my pen for the purpose, when I was baffled by an accidental circumstance.

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  Æpyornis Island (Unabridged)

  H. G. Wells

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  "Æpyornis Island", or "Aepyornis Island", is a short story by H. G. Wells, first published in 1894 in the Pall Mall Budget.[1] It was included in The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents, the first collection of short stories by Wells, first published in 1895. In the story, a man looking for eggs of Aepyornis, an extinct flightless bird, passes two years alone on a small island with an Aepyornis that has hatched.

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  Two Tales From Oscar Wilde

  Oscar Wilde

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  Oscar Wilde (October 16, 1854 - November 30, 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s. He is best remembered for his epigrams, plays, short stories, and his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. The following includes the pieces "Poems In Prose" and "The Star Child."

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  The Shunned House

  H.P. Lovecraft

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  Step inside H. P. Lovecraft’s The Shunned House, a chilling tale of supernatural dread and generational curses. In the heart of New England, a decaying home conceals a legacy of death, madness, and an unspeakable presence lurking beneath its cellar. Blending gothic atmosphere with cosmic horror, Lovecraft crafts a haunting exploration of fear, the unknown, and the malevolent forces that defy human understanding. Perfect for fans of weird fiction, classic horror, and eerie haunted house stories.

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