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  Little Women

  Louisa May Alcott

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  Little Women is a coming-of-age novel written by American novelist Louisa May Alcott, originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869. The story follows the lives of the four March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy—and details their passage from childhood to womanhood. Loosely based on the lives of the author and her three sisters, it is classified as an autobiographical or semi-autobiographical novel.

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  His Last Bow - Some...

  Arthur Conan Doyle

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.  
  The friends of Mr. Sherlock Holmes will be glad to learn that he is still alive and well, though somewhat crippled by occasional attacks of rheumatism. He has, for many years, lived in a small farm upon the Downs five miles from Eastbourne, where his time is divided between philosophy and agriculture. During this period of rest he has refused the most princely offers to take up various cases, having determined that his retirement was a permanent one. The approach of the German war caused him, however, to lay his remarkable combination of intellectual and practical activity at the disposal of the Government, with historical results which are recounted in His Last Bow. Several previous experiences which have lain long in my portfolio have been added to His Last Bow so as to complete the volume. 
  John H. Watson, M.D. 
  Story included: 
  - The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge 
  - The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans 
  - The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot 
  - The Adventure of the Red Circle 
  - The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax 
  - The Adventure of the Dying Detective 
  - His Last Bow: The War Service of Sherlock Holmes

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  The Sphinx

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  The Sphinx is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe about a man who decides to visit a relative living near the Hudson River north of New York City for two weeks during a cholera epidemic that occurred during the summer of 1832. One day during this visit, the man is reading a book near the window revealing a scenic view of the Hudson River. His attention is focused upon the cholera epidemic nevertheless, and when he glances up from th pages of his novel, the man sees a ghastly sight in the distant hills--there an enormous creature larger than any oceangoing ship is climbing down!

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  Dispatches From The Ruhr

  Ernest Hemingway

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  Before finding celebrity as an author, including his 1954 Nobel Prize, Ernest M. Hemingway honed his craft as a journeyman reporter. In the spring of 1923, as a special correspondent for the Toronto Star, he travelled to the occupied Ruhr Valley where he produced a series of 10 articles, collected here as Dispatches from the Ruhr. In them, he explores the French political system and its role in the decision to occupy the Ruhr Valley militarily, in an effort to collect on unsustainable war reparations. In addition, he examines the suffering of its ordinary citizens, as conditions there led to a progressive loss of confidence in the Wiemar Republic; its economic collapse under the weight of hyper-inflation; and, ultimately, to the rise of Nazism. It is worth reading as both a case study on the unintended consequences of military occupation and a master class in the development of Hemingway’s characteristic prose style.

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  The Tale of The Stairs - From...

  Hristo Smirnenski

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  The bookshelves of European literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors.  From this continent their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure.  Among them is Hristo Smirnenski.

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  A Study in Scarlet part 2 -The...

  Arthur Conan Doyle

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  Before Sherlock Holmes could solve the murder in London, a tragic tale of survival, love, and ruthless betrayal unfolded in the deadly deserts of the American West. 
  In the arid wilderness of the Great Alkali Plain, John Ferrier and his adopted daughter Lucy face certain death until they are rescued by a massive caravan of Mormon pioneers. Brought to the newly founded Salt Lake City, they build a prosperous life—until the shadowy, iron-fisted dictates of a secret society demand Lucy's hand in a forced marriage. When the fierce, free-spirited hunter Jefferson Hope attempts to rescue the woman he loves, he triggers a brutal cat-and-mouse chase across the rocky ravines of Utah. 
  What begins as a desperate fight for freedom transforms into an obsessive, decades-long quest for retribution. Tracking his enemies across continents, a broken man will stop at nothing to enact his own devastating justice, leading straight into the hands of a consulting detective named Sherlock Holmes. 
  Why you will love this: Blending a sweeping Historical Mystery / Western aesthetic with the birth of detective fiction, this narrative shines a light on tropes of relentless revenge, pioneer survival, and hidden cults. It masterfully bridges the gap between a gritty western frontier thriller and an atmospheric Victorian police procedural. 
  About the Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) was a Scottish physician and writer who forever changed the literary landscape by creating Sherlock Holmes. His brilliant fusion of rigorous logical deduction and pulse-pounding adventure established the foundation for the modern detective genre.

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