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  Wood's Gamble - Action and...

  Steven Becker

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  What is the cost of freedom? 
  When several shipping containers are lost during a tropical storm, an unexpected and deadly chain of events is set in motion. 
  A Russian oligarch plans to trade the contents of the containers for immunity. But when Mac Travis discovers what is inside, he is compelled to stop the transaction. 
  A story that highlights the beauty of the Keys while exposing their undesirable underbelly, Wood’s Gamble features the unique character of the island chain. Filled with boating, diving, and fishing, with plenty of action, unique characters, and stunning locations, escape on a tropical adventure in the latest in the bestselling Mac Travis Adventures.

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  Smile

  D H Lawrence

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  ‘Smile’ is one of Lawrence's shorter pieces, a thumbnail sketch of an idea. A man is relieved that his wife is dead and struggles to hide his relief when confronted with his wife's body. The relief breaks out in a smile which he struggles to excuse. How much better it would have been, Lawrence seems to be saying, if he had just laughed out loud!

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  50+ Great Novellas and Short...

  Washington Irving, Charlotte...

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  This collection is a compilation of novels and short stories by some of the greatest masters of fiction literature.
  The collection includes works spanning over 150 years from the beginning of the 19th century to the second half of the 20th century.
  The works vary in genre, including humorous, lyrical, psychological, romantic, detective, fantastic, adventurous, and mystical prose.
  It features classics of American, British, Irish, French, German, and Russian literature.
  Some of the outstanding authors included in this collection: Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Herman Melville, Leo Tolstoy, Guy de Maupassant, Arthur Conan Doyle, Franz Kafka, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, H. P. Lovecraft,  John Galsworthy , Ernest Hemingway, Ray Bradbury, Agatha Christie, and many more.
  This book is intended for teachers and true literature enthusiasts.
   
  Washington Irving. Rip van Winkle
  Charlotte Bronte. Napoleon and the Spectre
  Mary Shelley. The Mortal Immortal
   
  Edgar Allan Poe
  The Cask of Amontillado
  The Black Cat
   
  Ivan Turgenev. First Love
  Charles Dickens. Nobody's Story
  Herman Melville. Bartleby, The Scrivener
   
  Mark Twain
  A Complaint about Correspondents, Dated in San Francisco
  Answers to Correspondents
  Among the Fenians
   
  Mary Elizabeth Braddon. The Cold Embrace
  Harriet Beecher Stowe. The Parson's Horse Race
  Joel Chandler Harris. The Wonderful Tar Baby Story
  Guy de Maupassant. The Piece of String
   
  Leo Tolstoy
  The Death Of Ivan Ilyich
  God Sees The Truth, But Waits
   
  Oscar Wilde. The Happy Prince
  Jerome K. Jerome. Three Men in a Boat
  Kate Chopin. The Awakening
  H. G. Wells. The Star
   
  Anton Chekhov
  Gooseberries
  A Malefactor
   
  Arthur Conan Doyle
  Lot No. 249
  The Crime Of The Brigadier
   
  Rudyard Kipling. The Cat That Walked By Himself
  Jack London. To Build A Fire
  H. H. Munro, or Saki. Gabriel-Ernest
  O. Henry. The Caballero's Way
  Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The Cottagette
  James Joyce. The Dead
  Franz Kafka. In the Penal Colony
  Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The Christmas Tree And The Wedding
  John Galsworthy. The Broken Boot
  F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Offshore Pirate
  G. K. Chesterton. The Blue Cross
   
  Ivan Bunin
  The Grammar Of Love
  Gentle Breathing
   
  Aleksandr Kuprin. The Outrage - A True Story
   
  Ernest Hemingway
  Up in Michigan
  Out of Season
  My Old Man
   
  Ray Bradbury
  A Little Journey
  Zero Hour
   
  H. P. Lovecraft. The Shadow over Innsmouth
   
  Mikhail Bulgakov
  The Cup Of Life
  The Beer Story
  Moonshine Springs
   
  Agatha Christie
  The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge
  The Million Dollar Bond Robbery
  The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb

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  Cambridge - The Dark Masters -...

  M R James, E F Benson, Arthur Gray

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  Cambridge University is esteemed as one of the great learning centres of the world, and has been for many centuries. 
   
  Whatever its gravitas as a seat of learning it should come as no surprise that Cambridge has a malevolent and dark side.  Within the ranks of its Academics and Alumni lurk the strange minds who have created despicable stories with heinous characters. 
   
  M R James, E F Benson, Christopher Blayre and E G Swain are but a few of these transgressors who have lurked within its glittering yet tortured walls. 
   
  1 - Cambridge - The Dark Masters - A Short Story Collection - An Introduction 
  2 - Oh Whistle and I'll Come to You My Lad by M R James 
  3 - Mrs Amworth by E F Benson 
  4 - The Man With The Roller by E G Swain 
  5 - The Necromancer by Arthur Gray 
  6 - The Closed Window by A C Benson 
  7 - A Collector's Company by R H Malden 
  8 - The Thing That Smelt by Christopher Blayre

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  The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet

  Arthur Conan Doyle

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  A banker asks Holmes to investigate after a "Beryl Coronet" entrusted to him is damaged at his home. Awakened by noise, he had found his son, Arthur, holding the damaged coronet. What makes Arthur refuse to speak, neither admit his guilt nor explaining himself ?

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  Stories Featuring Funerals -...

  Ambrose Bierce, Mary Butts,...

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  The funeral is the one appointment we’d rather never make.  Whether as the deceased, or as a friend and loved one attending, a burial is the grim reminder that a life has passed and the future must now be made without them.   Our talented authors explore this period of time in their own individual and inimitable ways as only they can.  
   
  01 - Stories Featuring Funerals - An Introduction 
  02 - John Mortonson's Funeral by Ambrose Bierce 
  14 - After the Funeral by Mary Butts 
  04 - The Sculptor's Funeral by Willa Cather 
  05 - Silence by Leonid Nikolaevich Andreyev 
  06 - Bobok by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 
  07 - The Way To The Churchyard by Thomas Mann 
  08 - Jose Matias by Eca de Queiros 
  09 - The Country Doctor by Mary E Mann 
  10 - Siegmund Simon by Alfred Lichtenstein 
  11 - When I Was Dead by Vincent O'Sullivan 
  12 - The Wedding Eve by Morley Roberts 
  13 - A Trip To The Other World by Kalman Mikszath

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