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  The Longest Journey

  E. M. Forster

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  The Longest Journey is a bildungsroman by E. M. Forster, first published in 1907. It is the second of Forster's six published novels, following Where Angels Fear to Tread and preceding A Room with a View and Howards End. It was Forster's favourite among his own novels.

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  The Poison Belt

  Arthur Conan Doyle

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  A follow up to Arthur Conan Doyles well known novel, The Lost World, the Poison Belt is a short story set over a single 24 hour span of time. On the Anniversary of their momentous trip to the Plateau, as depicted in The Lost World, the irascible Professor Challenger calls his companions to his home in Rochester with a curious directive: "Bring Oxygen". What can it mean? Does it have anything to do with his dire warnings printed in the Times that morning? Can it truly be, as he says... The End of the World?  
  Written by Arthur Conan Doyle in 1913 and Narrated here by Michael Ward.

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  The Mysterious Affair at Styles

  Agatha Christie

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  A country estate, a suspicious death, and the unforgettable debut of Hercule Poirot.
  
  When a wealthy woman dies unexpectedly at Styles Court, the peaceful country estate becomes the scene of a puzzling murder investigation. With suspects, secrets, conflicting motives, and seemingly impossible clues surrounding the case, solving the crime requires an extraordinary detective.
  
  Enter Hercule Poirot—methodical, observant, and brilliantly analytical. As Poirot examines the evidence and studies the people around him, he begins to uncover a carefully concealed truth.
  
  The Mysterious Affair at Styles introduced readers to one of fiction's most famous detectives and established Agatha Christie's remarkable career in mystery fiction. It remains an essential classic for readers who enjoy clever clues, atmospheric settings, intricate plots, and satisfying detective work.
  
  Meet Hercule Poirot at the beginning of his legendary career and solve the mystery that started it all.

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  The Sentinel

  Arthur C. Clarke

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  Written in 1948 and first published in 1951 as Sentinel of eternity, this is the short story on which the 1968 movie 2001: A Space Odyssey was based, and the beginning of Clarke's Space Odyssey series.The story deals with the discovery during an expedition of an artefact on Earth's Moon that will be a turning point for humanity.

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  Scenes from "Politian" - An...

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  Scenes From “Politian”: Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories.
  
  Rome.—A Hall in a Palace Alessandra and Castiglione.
  Alessandra. Thou art sad, Castiglione.
  Castiglione. Sad!—not I.
  Oh, I’m the happiest, happiest man in Rome!
  A few days more, thou knowest, my Alessandra,
  Will make thee mine. Oh, I am very happy!

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  The story of fifty-seven cents

  ROBERT SHACKLETON

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  I shall write of a remarkable man, an interesting man, a man of power, of initiative, of will, of persistence; a man who plans vastly and who realizes his plans; a man who not only does things himself, but who, even more important than that, is the constant inspiration of others. I shall write of Russell H. Conwell.

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