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  The Ladies' Paradise

  Émile Zola

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  Step into the bustling world of "The Ladies' Paradise" by Emile Zola, where commerce and desire intermingle in a vivid exploration of capitalist ambition. Denise Baudu, a young saleswoman, arrives in Paris to find herself immersed in the glittering realm of a revolutionary department store. As she navigates ambition, love, and rivalry, Denise witnesses the triumph and turmoil of burgeoning consumer culture. Zola's masterful narrative unveils the seductive allure and societal shifts of a rapidly changing world.

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  Preacher's Bloody Rampage

  J. A. Johnstone, William W....

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  When innocent people are threatened, Preacher punishes the guilty, dispensing his own brand of justice—one bullet at a time . . . 
   
   
   
  Johnstone Country. Where evil dwells . . . and justice awaits. 
   
   
   
  In a North American British province, a group of Norweigan settlers have carved a life for themselves in a lakeshore village called Skarkavik. Hunters and fishermen, they raise their families in peace under the natural cover of the surrounding forest. 
   
   
    
  Decker Galloway believes the land's natural resources are being wasted on the few when so many have a greater need. Having made his fortune logging the wilderness of the eastern provinces, he wants to turn his axes and saws loose on the untouched western region. And no villagers are going to stand in his way. 
   
   
    
  But then there's Preacher. He doesn't mind standing in Galloway's way. 
   
   
    
  Together, Preacher and his friend, the warrior Tall Dog, will remind the Norwegians of their Viking ancestry and declare war on Galloway's gang of murderous gunslingers—with Preacher leading the charge.

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  Heat Lightning

  William W. Johnstone, J. A....

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  JOHNSTONE COUNTRY. WILD WEST ACTION.A cattle baron seeking to expand his empire targets a Texas town only to run across a pair of lawmen who can't be bought—and prefer to deal in lead—in a rip-roaring, Old West adventure that can only come from national bestselling authors William W. Johnstone and J. A. Johnstone.TINHORN, TEXAS. HOSTILE TERRITORY.To wealthy rancher Ira Dunellen, the frontier prairie land surrounding his spread is his for the taking. His cattle need room to roam and the one-horse town of Tinhorn, Texas is standing in his way. On the bank of the Neches River, the small community of merchants is just wasting a precious resource that Dunellen's growing range needs.As stray cattle wander into town, followed by rowdy cowboys, Sheriff Flint Moran and partner Buck Jackson start corralling up any man or beast disrespecting the citizenry and breaking the law. It's clear Tinhorn's lawdogs are running rabid, so Dunellen hires deadly gunslinger Cash Kelly to put them down.But unknown to Dunellen, Cash has a score to settle with Flint. Bullets are going to fly. And the dirt streets of Tinhorn will be soaked in blood . . .

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  Dead Man's Hand

  David Nix

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  Jake Paynter is a doomed man. Haunted by an abusive childhood and his participation in atrocities of the Civil War, he seeks the isolation of the Plains Cavalry as a white officer for an all-Black buffalo soldier troop. Now, he is in irons and certain to be hanged for killing his captain after refusing an inhumane order. Despite his best efforts to maintain isolation, he starts to make friends on his journey to trial. The people of the wagon train begin looking to him for leadership, and he reluctantly falls into the role. The opportunity to escape arises when the wagon train is attacked by bandits, but Paynter's growing ties to the travelers compel him to stay. As his trial approaches, he must lean on his friends for salvation, but the laws of the west are swift and harsh, and a grueling confrontation with his past is on the horizon.

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  Ayodhya alliance the

  Ashwin Sanghi

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  An ancient secret. 
  A forgotten science. 
   A battle for the future of humanity. 
  Seven thousand years ago, as he lay dying on the battlefield of Lanka, Ravana whispered a secret to Lakshmana about a mysterious technology that held the key to Ayodhya's prosperity and the world's destiny. 
  For centuries, desperately sought by explorers, marauders and emperors alike, it has been kept hidden, safeguarded by warriors bound by an ancient oath.  
  Now, as tensions escalate along India's volatile borders and a crucial defence project teeters on the brink of failure, Indian industrialist Aditya Pillai and South Korean technocrat Somi Kim are thrust into a mission that will upend everything they know.  
  The two realize they must act fast, but never once do they anticipate that they will stumble upon startling revelations about a miraculous force that once connected Ayodhya to Kailasa, the Pandyan Empire, Rome, Damascus, Thailand and Korea. As the forces of past and present collide, a question looms large: who will harness the power of the ultimate enigma, and at what cost?  
  The Ayodhya Alliance spans continents and centuries, seamlessly weaving together science, legend and history in a breathless race against time. In this sweeping, unputdownable story of intrigue, betrayal, survival and love, master storyteller Ashwin Sanghi casts his web wider than ever before, spinning once again a riveting, edge-of-the-seat thriller.

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  Top 10 Short Stories The -...

  Franz Kafka, Guy de Maupassant,...

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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. 
   
  Those taken away by their own hand leave many questions and many sorrows.  In this volume ten of our vaunted authors share stories of tragedy and the early demise of characters who take a tortured path of no return. 
   
  01 - The Top 10 - Suicide - An Introduction 
  02 - In the Penal Colony by Franz Kafka 
  03 - Suicides by Guy de Maupassant 
  04 - The Victory by Rabindranath Tagore 
  05 - Paul's Case by Willa Cather 
  06 - Claude Gueux by Victor Hugo 
  07 - The Mourner by Mary Shelley 
  08 - A Slav Soul by Alexander Kuprin 
  09 - Cohen of Trinity by Amy Levy 
  10 - A Passion in the Desert by Honoré de Balzac 
  11 - The Quadroons by Lydia Maria Child

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