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  White Lightning Don't Strike Twice

  Nathaniel David Knox

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  The choice was simple—moonshine or die. 
  Ralph Honeycutt wanted nothing to do with hauling illegal moonshine for the local bootlegging syndicate—but he soon learns things ain’t that easy in Prohibition country. 
  When a brood of masked, machine-gun-toting devils threatens to kill him and his whole family, it soon becomes clear Ralph only has one way out. Roped into smuggling moonshine in exchange for protection, Ralph finds himself working for the Waterloo Shiners—a clandestine group of outlaws led by one Casper LaMont St. John. 
  Thrust into a world of danger and turmoil in classic Prohibition-era America, Ralph’s world unfolds into a gritty tale of treachery, triumph, and tragedy as he desperately tries to keep his marriage, family, and soul intact. 
  Buckle up for this riveting ride through the sting and the sweetness of life and death in 1920s Wexler County, USA.

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  The War of the Worlds

  H. G. Wells

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  Shooting stars tear across the night sky and from the planet of war they’ve come to conquer Earth. 
    
  When a cylinder is discovered on Horsell Common, inquisitive locals are fascinated and excited. They approach with caution and a white flag only to be struck down by alien creatures with heat-rays that destroy everything in their path. It soon becomes very clear that the only options are to flee…or die. 
    
  As the creatures march towards the capital, can the forces of Earth survive the onslaught?

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  The Magic Quirt

  L. Ron Hubbard

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  Old Laramie's a good cook, but not good for much more than that. But his luck — and his life — are about to take an amazing turn. Getting his hands on The Magic Quirt, suddenly Laramie starts performing feats of courage that would make even the Lone Ranger proud. But magic is a funny thing — and as Laramie's about to discover, sometimes it's all an illusion. Crack the whip, jingle the spurs and pull the trigger as the audio version of The Magic Quirt works its Wild West magic on you.

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  The Amazing Interlude

  Mary Roberts Rinehart

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  It is the early days of The Great War. As the curtain rises, Sara Lee is sitting by the fire in her aunt and uncle’s home, knitting a baby afghan. Her beau’s name is Harvey. He has his eye on a little house that is just perfect for two and he will soon propose to Sara Lee. But in this play, the mise en scène is about to change. A fairyland transformation will take place and Sara Lee will step into a new and different story, where she is the princess in a forest of adventure. There is a prince, too, whose name is Henri. He is as strange as the forest itself. And then just as suddenly, the scene changes back and Sara Lee is once again sitting alone by the fire, knitting socks for the soldiers this time, and with a memory and a new stirring in her heart. This is the story of Sara Lee’s amazing interlude. (Summary by MaryAnn)

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  Top 10 Short Stories The - The...

  Virginia Woolf, Elizabeth...

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  Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart.  A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. 
   
  In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author?  
   
  The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme.  Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature. 
   
  Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made.  If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something. 
   
  For women the odds have always been dauntingly against their works being recognised.  But one glance at the names here and you realise this is but a speck from an unlimited pool of immense talents.  Genius in every name. 
   
  01 - The Top 10 - The English Women - An Introduction 
  02 - An Unwritten Novel by Virginia Woolf 
  03 - The Old Nurses Story by Elizabeth Gaskell 
  04 - The Mortal Immortal by Mary Shelley 
  05 - Man Size In Marble by Edith Nesbit 
  06 - Passed by Charlotte Mew 
  07 - Miss Ogilivy Finds Herself by Radclyffe Hall 
  08 - Her Murderer by Mary Cholmonderly 
  09 - Cohen of Trinity by Amy Levy 
  10 - Irremediable by Ella D'Arcy 
  11 - The Cold Embrace by Mary Elizabeth Braddon

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  The Predators

  Paul Lederer

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  Fired from the railroad, a pair of misfits looks for revengeIn 1873, the Winchester repeating rifle is the cutting edge of military technology. In order to steal a shipment of the priceless guns, two crooked railroad employees hire a half-dozen border cutthroats. But when it comes time for the heist, they discover something shocking: The rifles have already been stolen.Meanwhile, laid off from jobs on the railroad for petty theft, Thad Folger has teamed up with the booze-addled Tombstone Jack to take revenge on their old bosses by lifting some merchandise from a westbound train. They thought they were stealing cloth, but instead they get three dozen Winchester ’73s. Chased by the army as well as railroad detectives and border thieves, Folger and Tombstone take flight across the prairie. They are not cut out to be bandits, but one thing is certain—if they get cornered, they will have the best guns in the West.

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