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  Library of the World's Best...

  Various

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  The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offering "American households a mass of good reading", the editors drew from literature of all times and all kinds what they considered the best pieces of human writing, and compiled an ambitious collection of 45 volumes (with a 46th being an index-guide). Besides the selection and translation of a huge number of poems, letters, short stories and sections of books, the collection offers, before each chapter, a short essay about the author or subject in question. In many cases, chapters contemplate not one author, but certain groups of works, organized by nationality, subject or period; there is, thus, a chapter on Accadian-Babylonian literature, one on the Holy Grail, and one on Chansons, for example.The result is a collection that holds the interest, for the variety of subjects and forms, but also as a means of first contact with such famous and important authors that many people have heard of, but never read, such as Abelard, Dante or Lord Byron. According to the editor Charles Dudley Warner, this collection "is not a library of reference only, but a library to be read."This fifth volume contains chapters from "Bismarck" to "Brandt". (Summary by Leni)

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  The Dancing Girls

  Edna Ferber

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  The Dancing Girls is just one of the 4 excellent short stories in this recording. All written by the master, Edna Ferber for magazines between 1910 and 1919 they naturally contain her unique mix of real people, sadness, joy and always humor. The lead Story, The Dancing Girls, is my favorite for the way she paints a picture of mid America small town society and how good people somehow (and sometimes) can find their way to each other. Other stories in this collection are Old Lady Mandel; Long Distance; and One Hundred Percent (Summary by Phil Chenevert)

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  Blood Sweat and Flame - A Short...

  J.F. Penn

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  Is victory worth blood, sweat, and flame? 
  Cass blows glass for a living — but when she’s not cranking out tourist pieces to pay the bills, she creates unique glass art with the dream of winning a prestigious award that might just change her life. 
  But Cass has a problem. 
  The heat and intensity of the glassblowing hot shop have damaged her eyesight — and time is running out. 
  She only has one chance left to win and a rival artisan stands in her way, the trophies on his shelf testament to his enduring popularity. 
  When his son comes to work alongside Cass, she must make a choice that will change their lives. 
  A choice that will cost Blood, Sweat, and Flame.

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  Night Terrors Vol 20 - Short...

  Ellen Forder Condon, Luke...

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  Try not to scream. You never know who—or what—may be listening... 
  A miracle comes with a terrifying price, when a young blind woman confronts the horrors lurking in her basement. A trio of campers is forced to fight for their lives, when their weekend getaway opens a portal to a terrifying new dimension. And a Ouija board summons a malevolent force, when two sisters try to contact a lost loved one… 
  Scare Street is proud to present a spine-tingling new collection of fourteen terrifying tales. A diabolical feast of ghosts, ghouls, and screams of fear. And with each macabre nightmare more horrifying than the last, it’s only a matter of time before you unleash a blood curdling shriek of your own… 
  Even now, you feel cold, putrid breath on the back of your neck. The stench of the unliving fills the room. You feverishly turn the pages, ignoring whatever lurks just behind you, struggling to make it to the end of one more story. 
  After all, the next page you read just might be your last… 
  In this chilling volume, you will find the following stories: 
  1. The Tree Man at Fort Rock by Ellen Forder Condon 
  2. A Heart in His Hand by Luke Foster 
  3. The Christmas Witch by Cooper O'Connor 
  4. At the Elms by Jill Hand 
  5. The Gravedigger's Last Job by Bradley Walker 
  6. Color Me Gray by Matt Bliss 
  7. A Real Likeness by Jacob Steven Mohr 
  8. The Cry of the Campfire by J. Herrera Kamin 
  9. The Sleep Demon by Justin Boote 
  10. Shadow Beast by Kandi Ritton 
  11. The Mirror Keeps the Score by Jen Mierisch 
  12. Caught in the In-Between by Alyson Hasson 
  13. The Burned Land by Ian E. Gonzales 
  14. The Closet by Ron Ripley and Nick Efstathiou

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  A Fragment of Stained Glass

  D H Lawrence

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  'A Fragment of Stained Glass' was written by D H Lawrence in 1911. Lawrence relates a story, supposedly from the Middle Ages, which tells of the possible triumph of love and the human spirit over the forces of religion, superstition and social injustice.

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  Flights of Angels

  Ellen Gilchrist

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  The National Book Award–winning Southern authorhumorously explores themes of marriage, love, gender, race, age, and more in eighteen short stories. Unplanned pregnancy, born-again Christianity, and strained sibling relationships are explored through precocious sixteen-year-old narrator Aurora Harris in “The Triumph of Reason,” “Have a Wonderful Nice Walk,” and “Witness to the Crucifixion.” Crystal and her housekeeper Traceleen feel the straining of family ties and the force of chauvinism in “Miss Crystal Confronts the Past” and “A Sordid Tale.” Hope, laughter, and love balance tragedy in this must-read for die-hard Gilchrist fans.“A convincing evocation of the changing South. The new reality, as depicted here, includes the waning of racism, the sexual revolution and the growth of feminism. . . . One reads this collection entertained by her distinctive prose, beguiled by her vivid characters and buoyed by the insistent touches of humor and hope that she brings to her vision of chaotic lives.” —Publishers Weekly“Her fiction is so delectably yarny. It’s back-porch material. . . . Her dual senses of comedy and poignancy continue in close partnership; the typical laugh-and-cry reaction to a Gilchrist story is both anticipated and realized in every piece gathered here.” —Booklist“Gilchrist has always excelled in delineating smart, sexy, crazy people struggling to come to terms with a legacy of beloved, bewildering progenitors.” —Kirkus Reviews

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