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  The Velveteen Rabbit

  Margery Williams

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  The Velveteen Rabbit is a popular bedtime story. A little boy gets a stuffed toy, the Velveteen Rabbit. He loves him so much that the rabbit turns "real." But one day the rabbit is thrown out and a fairy comes to him. The moral of the story is: Love and connection are important to all. Recommended for age 3+.

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  The Bet

  Anton Chekhov

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  Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) is generally considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. The Bet is the story of a banker and a lawyer who embark on an insane bet. The banker bets the lawyer two million roubles that he cannot endure 15 years of incarceration. The lawyer agrees and the terms of the imprisonment are set.But during the 15 years each of the characters undergoes various changes and the outcome of the bet is an extraordinary twist in the tale.

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  The Extraordinary Adventures of...

  Maurice Leblanc

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  The debut of the famous french gentlemen thief, Maurice Leblanc's Arsene Lupin. Arsene Lupin is a master of disguise, practitioner of oriental martial arts, consummate gentleman and the greatest thief and cracksman in the history of France. In each of these nine adventures we see him go from one daring exploit to another, from the robberry of Baron Cahorn, his inexplicable escape from Prison and his obtaining the Black Pearl of Madame Zalti, to his supposed origins as the master thief who absconded with Queens Necklace at the age of 7 years, and beyond. 
  Narrated by Michael Ward.

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  Summary and Review of Andy...

  Sybex Books

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  Summary of Project Hail Mary. This is not written by Andy Weir. This is a summary of Andy Weir's sci-fi thriller Project Hail Mary, which is about scientific research, evolution, interstellar exploration, and a lone astronaut on a mission to save the world. 
  With only his crewmates' dead bodies for the company and his memories slowly returning, he must piece together what has happened and complete his interstellar mission to save humanity. 
  Weir does an excellent job of explaining everything in a way that includes a thorough explanation of the science behind it while remaining very accessible and narratively interesting. In that regard, this book is outstanding. 
  If you listen to this book, you're bound to learn a few interesting science facts! Here's a good litmus test to see if you're a good fit for this book.

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  The Cabala

  Thornton Wilder

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  "Thornton Wilder's 1926 debut novel probes the inscrutable mystery of the ancient, fabulous wealth that confers a kind of immortality on its custodians, allowing their natures to form without concession or compromise to life beyond their privileged enclave.... [It] established Wilder as one of the most accomplished stylists of his generation." (The Guardian) 
  In The Cabala, Samuele, an American student, spends a year in the fabulously decadent world of post-World War I Rome. He experiences firsthand the waning days of a secret community—a “cabala” composed of decaying European royalty, eccentric expatriate Americans, even a great cardinal of the Roman Church. The vivid portraits he paints of these characters, whom he views as the vestigial representatives of the gods and goddesses of ancient Rome, launched Wilder’s career as a celebrated storyteller and literary stylist.

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  Sherwood Anderson - A Short...

  Sherwood Anderson

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  Sherwood Anderson was born on 13th September 1876 in Camden, Ohio. 
   
  When his father’s business failed the family was forced to move on a regular basis before finally settling in Clyde, Ohio.   
   
  Anderson, one of 7 children, left school at 14 to take a number of jobs to help with the family finances. These were difficult years. 
   
  He moved to Chicago in search of opportunities before joining the Army for the US-Spanish War of 1898.  He then entered Wittenberg Academy in Springfield, Ohio to complete his education before moving back to Chicago to take up a writing job. 
   
  In 1904 he married Cornelia Lane, her family had resources and Anderson was keen, with this family backing, to run a business. 
   
  The early years of their marriage produced 3 children but a nervous breakdown in 1907 and another in 1912, despite his success as a business entrepreneur, resulted in him abandoning his family and deciding that a literary career would be best for him.   
   
  A move back to Chicago resulted in a job in advertising, a divorce from Cornelia and marriage to Tennessee Mitchell.  
   
  That same year his first book ‘Windy McPherson’s Son’ was released and in 1919, his most famous book, ‘Winesburg, Ohio’, a collection of short stories about life in an Ohio town was released. 
   
  Anderson continued to write short stories, novels and non-fiction but his only true bestseller came with ‘Dark Laughter’.  His influence on writers that followed, from Faulkner to Hemingway, was immense. He also married a further two times.   
   
  Sherwood Anderson died in in Colón, Panama, on the 8th March, 1941. He was 64. An autopsy revealed that a swallowed toothpick had resulted in peritonitis. 
   
  His headstone epitaph reads ‘Life, Not Death is the Great Adventure.’ 
  1 - Sherwood Anderson - A Short Story Collection - An Introduction - Volume 1 
  2 - Brothers by Sherwood Anderson 
  3 - Motherhood by Sherwood Anderson 
  4 - Discovery of a Father by Sherwood Anderson 
  5 - An Awakening by Sherwood Anderson 
  6 - Hands by Sherwood Anderson 
  7 - The Other Woman by Sherwood Anderson

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