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  The Picture of Dorian Gray

  Oscar Wilde

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  The Picture of Dorian Gray is a Gothic and philosophical novel by Oscar Wilde, first published complete in the July 1890 issue of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. Fearing the story was indecent, the magazine's editor deleted roughly five hundred words before publication without Wilde's knowledge. Despite that censorship, The Picture of Dorian Gray offended the moral sensibilities of British book reviewers, some of whom said that Oscar Wilde merited prosecution for violating the laws guarding public morality. In response, Wilde aggressively defended his novel and art in correspondence with the British press, although he personally made excisions of some of the most controversial material when revising and lengthening the story for book publication the following year.
  Dorian Gray is the subject of a full-length portrait in oil by Basil Hallward, an artist impressed and infatuated by Dorian's beauty; he believes that Dorian's beauty is responsible for the new mood in his art as a painter. Through Basil, Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton, and he soon is enthralled by the aristocrat's hedonistic world view: that beauty and sensual fulfilment are the only things worth pursuing in life.

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  Not My Sister

  P.K. Simpson

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  When Jessica French sees the Masked Artist on Dutch television, she’s convinced that the performer is her dead sister. But how could that be? Olivia died in Amsterdam two years ago. They cremated her. Or did they? 
  There’s only one way to find out. Jessica flies to Amsterdam, but the reclusive artist refuses to see anyone. She values her privacy—and fears the man who stalks her.  
  Is the artist really Olivia? If she is, why did she fake her own death and put her family through two years of grief, misery, and pain? 
  What begins as a simple reconnaissance mission turns into a desperate search for the truth—and a deadly game of cat and mouse. Can Jessica find the artist before the stalker does? 
  To get answers, Jessica must risk everything—including her life.

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  The Rancher & Heart of Stone

  Diana Palmer

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  Two great stories about irresistible Texas ranchers, together in one book, from the New York Times–bestselling author. 
   
  The Rancher 
   
  Cort Brannt, heir to the Skylance Ranch empire, has a constant flow of women galloping into his life. But the handsome lone wolf sends them on their way just as quickly . . . until a pretty, vivacious neighbor appears on the range. Has the most eligible bachelor in Branntville met his match in Maddie Lane? 
   
  “I love books by Diana Palmer; she has a way of taking the reader away to a world where the good guys always win out and the bad guys get theirs. The Rancher is no exception, it is warm, funny and deeply touching.” —Fresh Fiction 
   
  Heart of Stone (also published as Long, Tall Texans: Boone) 
   
  Rancher Boone Sinclair is the ultimate Long, Tall Texan—reticent, noble, and blessed with a Texas-sized stubbornness! He’s always been beguiled by the lovely Keely Welsh, but he’s kept his distance to protect her innocence. Yet Keely’s no longer a girl who needs his protection—she’s a woman out to win his heart!

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  The Black Cat - A Man and His...

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe - A man and his cat. A bond… broken. Then came the madness. 
  For the most wild, yet most homely narrative which I am about to pen, I neither expect nor solicit belief. Mad indeed would I be to expect it, in a case where my very senses reject their own evidence. Yet, mad am I not—and very surely do I not dream. But to-morrow I die, and to-day I would unburthen my soul. My immediate purpose is to place before the world, plainly, succinctly, and without comment, a series of mere household events. In their consequences, these events have terrified—have tortured—have destroyed me. Yet I will not attempt to expound them. To me, they have presented little but horror—to many they will seem less terrible than barroques. Hereafter, perhaps, some intellect may be found which will reduce my phantasm to the common-place—some intellect more calm, more logical, and far less excitable than my own, which will perceive, in the circumstances I detail with awe, nothing more than an ordinary succession of very natural causes and effects. 
  From my infancy I was noted for the docility and humanity of my disposition. My tenderness of heart was even so conspicuous as to make me the jest of my companions. I was especially fond of animals, and was indulged by my parents with a great variety of pets. With these I spent most of my time, and never was so happy as when feeding and caressing them. This peculiarity of character grew with my growth, and in my manhood, I derived from it one of my principal sources of pleasure. To those who have cherished an affection for a faithful and sagacious dog, I need hardly be at the trouble of explaining the nature or the intensity of the gratification thus derivable. There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man.

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  Sing to Me - A Novel

  Jesse Browner

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  After the fall of Troy, an eleven-year-old boy sets off for the razed city when his father and sister vanish into the war zone; this "gorgeously drawn" novel offers an intimate vision of the most storied war in history, as seen through the eyes of a child. (Laird Hunt) His family farm and the surrounding community now emptied by war, young Hani embarks on an epic quest – assisted by a brooding yet brilliant donkey – to find his lost sister in the ruins of Troy. Some war stories transcend time and circumstance, and so it is with the resourceful and heartbroken Hani, who must employ every bit of intelligence, every scrap of ingenuity, and ultimately every ounce of his spirit and humor to withstand the forces of civilization’s collapse.   Hani is no ordinary boy, however, and a character unlike any you’ve ever met. His interior world is one of startling depth and complexity. His insights into life, lives, and history are breathtakingly fresh. And his hope for survival--not a given, and in fact, less than likely--will propel you to the startling conclusion of this brief, elegiac, and singular work.

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  Sex Tapes The - Issue 3 -...

  Various Various

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  Welcome to the third issue of ‘The Sex Tapes’, Europe’s sexiest audio magazine for broadminded adults! 
   
  Meet Margaritta, ‘The Sex Tapes’ editor, also known as the ‘Scandalous Scandinavian’, who will introduce you to a thrilling world of adult confessions.  Just listen to her amazing collection of ‘Readers’ Letters’, from people like you, who are into really imaginative sex and unbelievably wild erotic fantasies! 
   
  Hear Mrs L.W. of Bayswater, London who tells us how she fulfilled her husband’s hottest fantasy and Larry of Wolverhampton who bares his fangs and everything else…  Linda from the Isle of Wight is deeply into self-service, while E.J. of Milton Keynes reveals the details of a steamy office affair.  And what of Sally’s revelations on the Sex Lives of the Rich and Famous. Plus, many many more. 
   
  So, why don’t you turn the lights down low, prick up your ears and listen to what really turns you on!  Just don’t say you haven’t been warned! 
   
  Warning: These letters contain sexually explicit language which may cause offence. 
   
  ©2024 Mr Punch Audiobooks Ltd. (P)2024 Mr Punch Audiobooks Ltd

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