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  The Blacker the Berry

  Wallace Thurman

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  'Their motto must be "Whiter and whiter every generation," until the grandchildren of the blue veins could easily go over into the white race and become assimilated so that problems of race would plague them no more.'
  
  A masterful coming-of-age tale, The Blacker the Berry remains one of the most poignant novels borne from the Harlem Renaissance.
  
  Emma Lou Morgan, a young African–American woman with dark skin, struggles to fit in. Her mother's family, all light-skinned from European ancestry, attempt to alter Emma's dark features with bleach and various creams – but nothing holds. Unaccepted by those closest to her, Emma flees her small town in favour of Los Angeles and Harlem, where people have better things to think about than her skin. But, as Emma soon learns, prejudice is a pernicious force, one which can even infiltrate those belonging to her own race. A profound insight into the consequences of colourism during the early twentieth century, The Blacker the Berry is a deeply moving account of one woman's search for belonging.
  Wallace Thurman (1902 – 1934) was an American screenwriter, novelist and essayist. A renowned figure in literary circles during the Harlem Renaissance, Thurman worked as an editor, ghostwriter and publisher during his lifetime, working with the likes of Zora Neale Hurston, Aaron Douglas and Gwendolyn B. Bennett. He died tragically young at thirty-two, after contracting tuberculosis.

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  The Young Girl

  Katherine Mansfield

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  “The Young Girl” is a 1920 short story written by Katherine Mansfield. Mrs. Raddick’s and her beautiful daughter waited on the steps of the casino. The daughter was incredibly beautiful with flushed cheeks, blue eyes, and golden curls. She “might have just dropped from this radiant heaven” (79), and Mrs. Raddick seemed to think so too - if her appreciative glances were any indication. The girl; however, appeared only bored as if heaven had been full of casinos and they no longer held any interest for her.

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  The Return of Tarzan - Classic...

  Edgar Rice Burroughs

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  On a quiet steamer to France, mysterious plots are whispered in dark corners. Rokoff, the nefarious Russian assassin, is at the bottom of them all. It would take someone with sharpened senses, lightning fast reflexes and superhuman strength to thwart these plans. Join Tarzan as he travels far and wide on a covert mission to stop the scheming machinations of the unscrupulous and ingenious Rokoff.

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  The Wind in the Willows

  Kenneth Grahame

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  The Wind in the Willows is a children's novel by Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. Alternately slow moving and fast-paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animals in a pastoral version of Edwardian England. The novel is notable for its mixture of mysticism, adventure, morality and camaraderie, and celebrated for its evocation of the nature of the Thames Valley. 
  Narrated by Michael Ward.

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  The Fortune of the Rougons

  Émile Zola

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  We enter the world of a fictional town of Plassans in Zola's native region of Provence and we are introduced to the eccentric heroine Adelaide Fouque, later known as Tante Dide, who becomes the common ancestor for both the Rougon and Macquart families. Her legitimate son from her short marriage to her late husband, a labourer named Rougon who worked on Dide's land, is forced to grow up alongside two illegitimate children.

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  Out of Time's Abyss - Experience...

  Edgar Rice Burroughs

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  Trapped in a prehistoric wasteland where evolution runs backward, one man must battle monstrous dinosaurs and terrifying winged humanoids to survive. 
  Stranded in the deadly, uncharted land of Caspak, British explorer John Bradley and his small band of survivors are pushed to the absolute brink. Surrounded by prehistoric beasts, saber-toothed tigers, and savage tribes, their perilous trek across this forgotten island takes a chilling turn when the skies darken with a new menace. Kidnapped by the ghastly, white-robed Wieroos—a highly evolved, bat-winged race ruling the City of Human Skulls—Bradley finds himself plunged into a labyrinth of nightmare and macabre ritual. To escape this maze of death and rescue a beautiful captive, he must navigate underground rivers of corpses, decode the twisted mysteries of Caspakian evolution, and fight his way out of an abyss where mankind is the lowest link on the food chain. 
  Listeners of Science Fiction & Fantasy will be utterly captivated by this classic pulp fiction masterpiece. Dripping with atmospheric dread, adrenaline-fueled action, and mind-bending evolutionary themes, this audiobook delivers the quintessential 'lost world' experience. Whether you crave the sheer terror of fighting a Tyrannosaurus Rex or the dark mystery of an ancient, alien civilization, this heart-pounding saga is packed with iconic creatures, heroic daring, and unforgettable world-building. 
  Edgar Rice Burroughs was a pioneering master of 20th-century speculative fiction. His thrilling narratives and limitless imagination laid the foundational blueprints for modern planetary romance, sci-fi, and fantasy adventure.

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