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  In His Steps

  Charles M. Sheldon

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  Over one hundred years ago, Reverend Charles Sheldon stepped up to the pulpit to deliver a sermon to his little flock of Congregationalists. Little did he know that his humble parable would evolve into a novel that would be published in 45 languages and affect the lives of at least 15 million people. A desperate, unemployed printer, looking for help in the mythical town of Raymond, is ignored until he's on the verge of dying. His last words, as he collapses in front of a church congregation, point out the difference between believing in Christianity and actually living it. The death of the homeless man becomes the catalyst for a year-long pact. What happens when an entire congregation decides to stop before every decision and ask itself, "What would Jesus do?" In His Steps is a book about life. Few books, other than the Bible, have been so widely circulated. Since its first publication, this inspirational classic has never been out of print. Its simple message transcends literature, theology, and religion.

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  A Tale of Two Cities

  Charles Dickens

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  This novel provides a highly charged examination of human suffering and human sacrifice, private experience and public history, during the French Revolution.A Tale of Two Cities is one of Charles Dickens's most exciting novels. Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, it tells the story of a family threatened by the terrible events of the past. Doctor Manette was wrongly imprisoned in the Bastille for eighteen years without trial by the aristocratic authorities. Finally released, he is reunited with his daughter, Lucie, who despite her French ancestry has been brought up in London. Lucie falls in love with Charles Darnay, another expatriate, who has abandoned wealth and a title in France because of his political convictions. When revolution breaks out in Paris, Darnay returns to the city to help an old family servant, but there he is arrested because of the crimes committed by his relations. His wife, Lucie, their young daughter, and her aged father follow him across the channel, thus putting all their lives in danger.

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  Book of Ruth The - The Holy...

  Ruth

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  A story about two women, Ruth and her mother in law, Naomi. After their husbands die, they move back to Bethlehem. Once in Bethlehem Ruth seduces and marries the wealthy Boaz to secure her own inheritance. Eventually they have children.

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  The Fall of the House of Usher

  Edgar Allen Poe

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  A point of view of the proceeding madness of a friend. The mind ponders the possibility of madness and redemption upon the eve of ones family name. Usher shall be no more!

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  The Severed Hand

  Wilhelm Hauff

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  The narrator, Zaleukos, a native of Constantinople, studied medicine in Paris and, following his father's death, develops a successful business as a travelling merchant and healer.Arriving in Florence, he sets up shop as usual. But after he has been in town a few days, he finds a small handwritten note from an unknown stranger, asking to meet him at midnight on the Ponte Vecchio. Curious, he goes to the bridge in question, but ends up tussling with the stranger and comes away with the man's red cloak. Attempting to lure the cloak's owner, by putting it on sale for an extortionate price in his shop a new incident soon occurs which results in him being passed another mysterious note, again asking for a meeting on the same bridge as before. This time, the purpose of the meeting becomes clear...but it is a very odd request, indeed, although financially well rewarded. But as Zaleukos is drawn into the intrigue, his mission takes on a far more horrible character, and before long he has committed an awful crime and is in imminent peril of his life.

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  The Short Stories Of Robert...

  Robert Louis Stevenson

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  Six outstanding tales of suspense and adventure by the master storyteller. 
  
  "Markheim"
  "The Bottle Imp"
  "The Body Snatcher"
  "The Suicide Club – Story of the Young Man with the Cream Tarts"
  "The Suicide Club – The Story of the Physician and the Saratoga Trunk"
  "The Suicide Club – The Adventure of the Hansom Cabs"

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