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  Short Stories for Christmas

  Various Authors

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  An entertaining selection of short stories for the festive season, including 'The Gift of the Magi' by O' Henry and a full cast classic recording of 'The Christmas Carol' by Dickens.

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  The Ghost at the "Blue Dragon"

  William J. Wintle

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  William James Wintle (1861-1920) was a Welsh writer who later became Oblate for the Abbey of Caldey Island in Wales. It was there that he wrote a series of ghost tales for the entertainment of eight boys who attended there. Wintle wrote that the stories were originally told on Sunday nights while "crouching over a wood fire on a wind-swept island off the Western shore".'The Ghost at the Blue Dragon' tells the story of Professor Latham, an academic who spends the summer at The Blue Dragon - an old inn in Saltminster with a reputation for being haunted. Early on in his stay he realizes that he has a doppelganger in the hotel. To begin with, the mysterious double seems bent on damaging the professor's reputation...but as the story progresses, it emerges that the intent is far more sinister....

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  The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - B2

  Agatha Christie

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  Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. 
  Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully abridged versions are shorter with the language targeted at learners of English. 
  Roger Ackroyd is a man who knows too much. 
  He knows the woman he loved poisoned her first husband. He knows someone was blackmailing her – and now he knows she killed herself. 
  When Roger Ackroyd is found murdered, the famous Belgian 
  detective, Hercule Poirot, is called in to find out who the killer is.

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  The Adventure of the Mazarin...

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was the preeminent figure in late 19th-century detective fiction. A physician by profession, he soon found such popularity as a writer of detective stories that his writing was far more profitable than his medical practice. 
  The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone is a Sherlock Holmes mystery in which Holmes is in pursuit of a stolen diamond. By the start of the story, he has already solved every aspect of the case except the one crucial point: the location of the missing jewel...and to establish this, he needs all his cunning to outwit the master criminal.

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  By Your Side When the Sun Sets

  M.H. Lee

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  Twenty-five years Gray has been a dragonrider. Every day spent with his dragon and best friend, Mal. But when Mal starts to forget who Gray is...it's not an easy choice to make.

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  Around the World with Auntie Mame

  Patrick Dennis

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  Encore, Encore! The brilliant sequel to the smash bestseller Auntie Mame is back and the reviews are in.… 
   
  Praise:"As extravagantly full of gags, slapstick comedy and general hilarious confusion as its predecessor." -The New York Herald Tribune 
   
  "Indescribably funny." -Chicago Tribune 
   
  "Funnier than the first book." -New York Post

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