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  The Story of a Stuffed Elephant

  Laura Lee Hope

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  The Story of a Stuffed Elephant is... well, the story of a Stuffed Elephant and the little boy who owns him, and his sister, and all their adventures. A delightful children's book by the author of The Bobbsey Twins series. (Summary by Vlooi and Kara)

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  50+ Great Novellas and Short...

  Washington Irving, Prosper...

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  This collection is a compilation of novels and short stories by some of the greatest masters of fiction literature.
  The collection includes works spanning over 150 years from the beginning of the 19th century to the second half of the 20th century.
  The works vary in genre, including humorous, lyrical, psychological, romantic, detective, fantastic, adventurous, and mystical prose.
  It features classics of American, British, Irish, French, German, and Russian literature.
  Some of the outstanding authors included in this collection: Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Herman Melville, Leo Tolstoy, Guy de Maupassant, Arthur Conan Doyle, Franz Kafka, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Virginia Woolf, Ernest Hemingway, Ray Bradbury, Agatha Christie, and many more.
   
  This book is intended for teachers and true literature enthusiasts.
  Washington Irving. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
  Prosper Mérimée. Mateo Falcone
  Nathaniel Hawthorne. The Ambitious Guest
  Edgar Allan Poe. The Masque of the Red Death
  Edgar Allan Poe. The Gold-Bug
  Ivan Turgenev. The District Doctor
  Charles Dicken. A Christmas Carol
  Herman Melville. The Lightning-Rod Man
  Mark Twain. The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
  Mark Twain. Aurelia's Unfortunate Young Man
  Bret Harte. The Luck of Roaring Camp
  Robert Louis Stevenson. The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
  Leo Tolstoy. Kholstomer, The Story Of A Horse
  Leo Tolstoy. Alyosha The Pot
  Guy de Maupassant. The Necklace
  Oscar Wilde. The Selfish Giant
  Ambrose Bierce. An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
  Thomas Hardy. The Three Strangers
  Ambrose Bierce. The Magic Shop
  Anton Chekhov. The Darling
  Arthur Conan Doyle. The Case of Lady Sannox
  Rudyard Kipling. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
  Jack London. The Law of Life
  Rainer Maria Rilke. How Old Timofei Died Singing
  H. H. Munro, or Saki. The Music On The Hill
  O. Henry. The Gift of the Magi
  O. Henry. The Ransom of Red Chief
  Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The Yellow Wallpaper
  Katherine Mansfield. The Fly
  Willa Cather. A Wagner Matinée
  James Joyce. Araby
  James Joyce. Eveline
  D. H. Lawrence. The Prussian Officer
  Franz Kafka. The Metamorphosis
  Franz Kafka. Jackals and Arabs
  Fiodor Dostoievski. The Dream Of A Ridiculous Man
  Sherwood Anderson. The Egg
  Virginia Woolf. The Mark On The Wall
  Ring Lardner. The Golden Honeymoon
  John Galsworthy. The Broken Boot
  Joseph Conrad. Heart Of Darkness
  F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
  Ernest Hemingway. The Sun Also Rises
  Ray Bradbury. Asleep In Armageddon
  Isaac Asimov. Youth
  E.M. Forster. The Machine Stops
  H. P. Lovecraft. The Call of Cthulhu
  Agatha Christie. The Adventure of "The Western Star"
  Agatha Christie. The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor
  Agatha Christie. The Adventure of the Cheap Flat

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  Backwater Squall

  Steven Becker

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  When is it better to be dead than missing? 
  A woman’s plea to find her missing husband sends Special Agent Kurt Hunter down a road he doesn’t want to go. 
  For all its pristine beauty, Biscayne National Park can be deadly for those lost and unprepared. Open water and inhospitable islands are the most obvious obstacles in a life or death battle, but there is something even more dangerous than nature—man. 
  The search leads to the mangrove-lined shores of the barrier islands, where smugglers and pirates have lurked for centuries. With the clock ticking on finding the man alive, Kurt and his team take to the backwaters of Biscayne Bay to find him. 
  Backwater Squall is filled with all the colorful characters, tropical locations, Florida history, and marine action that readers have come to expect in the Kurt Hunter Mystery series.

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  The Age of Perpetual Light -...

  Josh Weil

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  Short stories that “situate themselves as natural heirs to such masterpieces as Denis Johnson’s ‘Train Dreams’ and James Joyce’s ‘The Dead.’” —The New York Times Book Review   Beginning at the dawn of the past century, in the early days of electrification, and moving into an imagined future in which the world is lit day and night, each tale in The Age of Perpetual Light follows characters through different eras in American history: a Jewish dry goods peddler who falls in love with an Amish woman while showing her the wonders of an Edison Lamp; a 1940 farmers’ uprising against the unfair practices of a power company; a Serbian immigrant teenage boy in 1990s Vermont desperate to catch a glimpse of an experimental satellite; a back-to-the-land couple forced to grapple with their daughter’s autism during winter’s longest night.   From the prize-winning author of The Great Glass Sea, these stories explore themes of progress, the pursuit of knowledge, and humankind’s eternal attempt to decrease the darkness in the world.   “A rich, often dazzling collection of short stories linked by themes while ranging widely in style from Babel-like fables to gritty noir and sci-fi . . . engrossing, persuasively detailed, and written with a deep affection for the way language can, in masterful hands, convey us to marvelous new worlds.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review   “A storyteller of the first order.” —Joshua Ferris, author of the National Book Award finalist Then We Came to the End   “A spectacular talent.” —Lauren Groff, New York Times–bestselling author of Fates and Furies

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  3 Christmas Stories - Set on...

  O Henry, Willa Cather, Louisa...

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  There is something about the number 3.    
   
  The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.   
   
  Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois.  It seems good things usually come in threes. 
   
  Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating. 
   
  From their pens to your your ears.

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  The Complete Short Stories of A...

  A. A. Milne, Gyles Brandreth

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  A new collection of A. A. Milne’s short stories for grown-ups. Gathered in full for the first time, they include several never published before. They show Milne’s renowned charm, concision and whimsical flair in all their brilliance. 
   
  He paints memorable scenes – from a children’s birthday party, to an accidental encounter with murder, and a case of blackmail – often with an unexpected twist. But he also deals in poignancy, from the girl who pulls the wool over her boyfriend’s eyes, to a first dance and first disappointment or family reunion and domestic dissonance. 
   
  Beguiling and evocative, Milne’s thought-provoking stories for adults will make you see his works for children in a whole new light.

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