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  Two Tales from Stephen Crane -...

  Stephen Crane

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  Stephen Crane was an American novelist, poet and journalist. Crane is noted for his early employment of naturalism, a literary style in which characters face realistically portrayed and often bleak circumstances, but Crane added impressionistic imagery and biblical symbolism to the austere realism. Here are two of his most famous stories, The Open Boat and An Episode of War.

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  Crocker's Hole - From their pens...

  R D Blackmore

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  Richard Doddridge Blackmore was born on 7th June, 1825 at Longworth in Berkshire (now part of Oxfordshire), where his father, John Blackmore, was Curate-in-charge of the parish. His mother died a few months after his birth the victim of an outbreak of typhus. With this loss the family moved to Bushey, Hertfordshire, then on to their native Devon.  His elder brother Richard (by a year), however, was taken by his aunt to live near Oxford. His father married again in 1831, whereupon Richard returned to live with them.  With much of his childhood spent in the lush and pastoral "Doone Country" of Exmoor, and along the Badgworthy Water, Blackmore came to love the very countryside he immortalised in Lorna Doone.  In November 1853 he married his wife Lucy.  And the following year, 1854, his literary career began with a collection of Poems and for the next 15 years he would write in the winters and garden in the summers.  In 1860 with inherited money he built a house in Teddington just outside of London and established a market garden for the cultivation of fruit.  He loved horticulture but having little business experience could never really exploit it.  However with the publication of Lorna Doone in 1869 he was catapulted to fame.  And although he continued to write extensively nothing caught the public imagination quite like Lorna Doone.  RD Blackmore died at Teddington on 20th January, 1900 after a long and painful illness, and was buried next to his wife in Teddington cemetery.

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  Selected Ghost Stories from Kwaidan

  Lafcadio Hearn

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  A haunting collection of Japanese folktales, translated and interpreted by the acclaimed Irish-Greek author and Japanophile. In 1904, Lafcadio Hearn introduced Western readers to the world of Japanese folklore with his collection of ghost stories, Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things. His hauntingly lyrical and complex translations, in which he often put his own twist on the traditional tale, are now regarded as preeminent classics in Japan.  This volume presents seventeen of Hearn’s unforgettable stories. A blind performer plays for an audience of ghosts. A maiden reincarnates to search for her beloved. A nurse offers the ultimate sacrifice for her young charge. And a group of rokurokubi plot to end the life of a noble samurai. Whether you’re in the mood for phantoms, demons, ghouls, or ghosts, these otherworldly tales will haunt you long after you’ve finished reading.

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  The Queen The Warlord and the...

  Steven A. Preston

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  A queen with a desire and a quench for life. A kingdom each with citizens that have their own agenda. 
  A counselor and consort who is loyal to the point of treason. 
  A warlord determined to control the uncontrollable who has a life-long secret that even He is unaware of. 
  And a mystical food that has the ability to turn back the ravages of time and restore the youth of whoever knows the secret of using it. 
  Enjoy a hundred years of intrigue within this seventeen-minute micro novel. 
  Let it take you back to a simpler time before special effects and when imagination was king.

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  The Tapestry of Time

  Mike DeFrench

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  Doctors have been traveling back in time to vaccinate populations against viruses. 
  But nothing has been changing in the present. 
  One man is about to find out why...

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  Secrets of Self-discovery -...

  Mona Ghai

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  Secrets Of Self-discovery 
  Children’s Short Stories about exploring magic within 
  Are you scared of certain situations? Do changes in life haunt you and raise questions about your capabilities and create self-doubts? Do you struggle for quality time with your parents and want to build a strong relationship of love? 
  Dive in, to the short stories of ‘Secrets of Self-discovery’ and discover the real you. 
  What you will find in this book: 
  1. Inspiring Stories for Children about Self-Esteem, Self-Confidence, Courage, Friendship, Gratitude, Fantasy, Adventure, Kindness, and Self-care. 
  2. A simple and engaging writing style suitable for early readers. 
  3. Beautiful pictures to accompany the reading and stimulate the imagination. 
  This book helps parents to: 
  1. Raise happy, confident, and resilient children. 
  2. Teach kids to overcome fears and face difficult moments while better regulating their emotions 
  3. Inculcate values such as kindness, responsibility, and gratitude in your children. 
  This book with help in building a bond of love and strengthen the parent-child relationship. 
  Give your children this ultimate gift and empower them with stories that not only entertain but also impart invaluable life lessons and take them near to folk tales worth reading.

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