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  Frankenstein

  Mary Shelley

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  Mary Shelley’s classic novel, presented in its original 1818 text, Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read. 
  The original 1818 text of Frankenstein preserves the hard-hitting and politically-charged aspects of Shelley’s original writing, as well as her unflinching wit and strong female voice. The classic novel is famously subtitled The Modern Prometheus and based on the Ancient Greek myth of Prometheus, as both Victor Frankenstein and Prometheus developed science that gives humans immortality. 
    
  Few creatures of horror have seized readers' imaginations and held them for so long as the anguished monster of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The story of Victor Frankenstein's terrible creation and the havoc it caused has enthralled generations of readers and inspired countless writers of horror and suspense. Considering the gothic novel's enduring success, it is remarkable that it began merely as a whim of Lord Byron's 
  The illustrious poets failed to complete their ghost stories, but Mary Shelley rose supremely to the challenge With Frankenstein, she succeeded admirably in the task she set for herself: to create a story that, in her own words, "would speak to the mysterious fears of our nature and awaken thrilling horror — one to make the reader dread to look round, to curdle the blood, and quicken the beatings of the heart. 
  The book has inspired numerous movie, theatrical, and television adaptations. 
  A top 100 Great American Read, it's one of the best-loved and most influential works ever published.

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  It's Her Story: Ida B Wells - A...

  Anastasia Magloire Williams

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  Ida B. Wells was a groundbreaking journalist and civil rights activist in the decades after the Civil War. She worked fiercely for the equal treatment of Black people in schools, in society, and at the voting booth. With her powerful voice, she spoke out against injustice wherever she saw it.

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  Gone With the Wind - Magical...

  Rodney Evans

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  Children are kids and adults are kids too. The Flatulent Pumpkin’s Gone With the Wind let’s children and adults feel this in the sweetest and most exhilarating way. It’s a lot of fun and may be the most important book a child reads for years to come. 
  The town’s children knew something was horribly wrong when the teacher didn’t come back from lunch break. They dashed out of school and discovered all of the adults were gone! The children didn’t think it had anything to do with the big secret they were keeping, but could it? Or did it have something to do with all those strange noises during the school day?  
  Gone With the Wind is a heartwarming mystery. You’ll laugh, smile and be forever changed from the determination of a ten-year old girl which helps the entire town learn the single most important thing about life.

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  Dina and the Sea Cow

  Grandma Higgs

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  Dina meets a Dugong named Daisy. She learns the need to show appreciation for the unsung heroes of the sea.

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  Dark Road Part Three [Dramatized...

  Hideyuki Kikuchi, Yoshitaka Amano

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  "Vampire Hunter D takes on his greatest challenge yet! The ruthless vampire Noble General Gaskell commands the loyalty of some of the most infamous and deadly vampires in history, and Gaskell has no patience for D's interference, heroic or not! With the odds stacked against him, D must prevail - or perish! 
   
  Adapted from the novel and produced with a full cast of actors, immersive sound effects and cinematic music. 
   
  Performed by Scott McCormick, David Cui Cui, Terence Aselford, Shravan Amin, Joey Sourlis, Damon Alums, Tia Shearer, Mike Carnes, Megan Dominy, Mark Harrietha, Yenni Ann, Donald Guzzi, Christopher Williams, Elias Khalil, Stephen Carpenter, and Stephanie Németh-Parker."

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  Haunted Christmas: Book 2...

  Pat Herbert

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  The year is 1948. Reverend Bernard Paltoquet and his friend Dr Robbie MacTavish go on a tour of Europe and encounter a mystery in a Bergen forest. Why are the ghosts of two children haunting a fir tree? The following Christmas, that very tree turns up in the church hall and the ghosts of the children with it.It seems they cannot rest until their murderer has been brought to justice and only the psychic, Robbie, can help, even though he doesn’t speak a word of Norwegian! It seems an impossible task, but Robbie is determined to help them, despite all the obstacles in his way.

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