Books
Philosophy for a clear mind and deliberate work, in editions we have the right to offer. Each one is a one-time purchase that stays in your library.
G. K. Chesterton
Modern · Intermediate
At the start of the first story, "The Blue Cross," we are introduced to Father Brown through the perspective of a formidable French detective, Aristide Valentin, who is on the hunt for the notorious criminal Flambeau.
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Mark Twain
Modern · Intermediate
It humorously chronicles Twain's five-month voyage through Europe and the Holy Land aboard the steamship Quaker City in 1867.
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Mark Twain
Modern · Intermediate
It humorously chronicles Twain's five-month steamship voyage through Europe and the Holy Land with American travelers in 1867.
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Mark Twain
Modern · Intermediate
This volume continues Twain's humorous chronicle of his five-month voyage aboard the steamship Quaker City through Europe and the Holy Land.
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Mark Twain
Modern · Intermediate
This volume continues Twain's humorous account of his 1867 voyage aboard the steamship Quaker City through Europe and the Holy Land.
$5.00
Mark Twain
Modern · Intermediate
This volume continues Twain's humorous chronicle of his 1867 voyage aboard the steamship Quaker City through Europe and the Holy Land.
$5.00
Mark Twain
Modern · Intermediate
This volume continues Twain's humorous chronicle of his 1867 voyage aboard the Quaker City through Europe and the Holy Land.
$5.00
Mark Twain
Modern · Intermediate
This volume continues Twain's humorous chronicle of his 1867 voyage aboard the Quaker City through Europe and the Holy Land.
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Leo Tolstoy
Modern · Intermediate
The titular story, "The Kreutzer Sonata," presents a dialogue that dives deep into themes of love, marriage, and morality, primarily through the experiences and musings of the character Posdnicheff, who reveals his tumultuous relationship with his wife.
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Charles Dickens
Modern · Intermediate
The story centers on the character Tom Grig, a jovial lamplighter whose life takes an unexpected turn involving celestial predictions and improbable romantic entanglements.
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L. Frank Baum
Modern · Intermediate
The story follows Tip, an orphan boy escaping his cruel guardian, the witch Mombi, with his newly animated companion Jack Pumpkinhead.
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Edgar Rice Burroughs
Modern · Intermediate
When a German U-boat and its captors are sabotaged off course during World War I, they discover Caspak, a mysterious island where prehistoric creatures still roam and evolution unfolds in strange ways.
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Arthur Conan Doyle
Modern · Intermediate
The work encompasses both artistic impressions based on historical events and narratives that explore human experiences through fictional tales.
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Arthur Conan Doyle
Modern · Intermediate
The opening of "The Last of the Legions" introduces us to Pontus, the Roman viceroy of Britain, who faces the dire news of the Emperor's orders to withdraw all legions from the island due to growing threats from barbarian tribes.
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Charles Dickens
Modern · Intermediate
The story follows two idle apprentices, Thomas Idle and Francis Goodchild, who escape their mundane lives for what they hope will be a carefree excursion.
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Charles Dickens
Modern · Intermediate
Vol. 1, 1833-1856" by Charles Dickens is a collection of personal correspondence written in the mid-19th century.
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Charles Dickens
Modern · Intermediate
Vol. 2, 1857-1870" by Charles Dickens is a collection of correspondence written during the mid-19th century.
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Charles Dickens
Modern · Intermediate
Vol. 3, 1836-1870" by Charles Dickens is a collection of personal letters and correspondence written during the early to mid-19th century.
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Jane Austen
Modern · Intermediate
The letters help to flesh out Austen's character beyond her novels, offering insights into her relationships and the social norms of her time.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Modern · Intermediate
He writes to his mother and relatives about his experiences at school, his escapades with friends, and his reflections on the places he visits.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Modern · Intermediate
This volume offers insights into Stevenson’s relationships with family and friends while documenting his thoughts, travels, and creative processes as he navigates life as a writer beset by health challenges.
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L. Frank Baum
Modern · Intermediate
This origin story reimagines Santa Claus as a human child raised by immortal forest beings in the magical Forest of Burzee.
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Edgar Rice Burroughs
Modern · Intermediate
The story is set in a post-apocalyptic future where the Eastern Hemisphere has been cut off from the West for over 200 years following a devastating war.
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L. Frank Baum
Modern · Intermediate
When Princess Ozma, ruler of Oz, mysteriously vanishes from her chambers, Dorothy and the Wizard organize search parties to find her.
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Arthur Conan Doyle
Modern · Intermediate
When journalist Edward Malone seeks a dangerous assignment to prove himself, he joins the formidable Professor Challenger on an expedition to a remote South American plateau.
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Edgar Rice Burroughs
Modern · Intermediate
Young American Barney Custer travels to the fictional European kingdom of Lutha, unaware he's the exact double of the newly escaped King Leopold.
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Charles Dickens
Modern · Intermediate
This narrative, which is part of a collection titled "Holiday Romance," encapsulates the adventures and challenges faced by a royal family, particularly focusing on the clever Princess Alicia.
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L. Frank Baum
Modern · Intermediate
A Munchkin boy named Kiki Aru discovers a transformation spell and joins forces with the exiled Nome King Ruggedo to conquer Oz.
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Mark Twain
Modern · Intermediate
When a mysterious stranger leaves a sack of gold in the famously incorruptible town of Hadleyburg, he sets an elaborate trap to expose the citizens' true nature.
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Mark Twain
Modern · Intermediate
It revolves around the fictitious town of Hadleyburg, for its supposed incorruptibility and unblemished honesty, only to have that reputation put to the test when a stranger's malicious plan threatens to expose the hypocrisy lurking beneath its prided façade.
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G. K. Chesterton
Modern · Intermediate
The beginning of the novel introduces Harold March, a young reviewer and political critic, as he embarks on a journey to Torwood Park to interview the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Howard Horne.
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L. Frank Baum
Modern · Intermediate
This sequel follows young Tip as he escapes his cruel guardian, the witch Mombi, with a magical pumpkin-headed companion.
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Edgar Rice Burroughs
Modern · Intermediate
The sixth book in the Barsoom series introduces Ulysses Paxton, an Earthman transported to Mars, where he becomes assistant to Ras Thavas, an elderly mad scientist who transplants brains into younger bodies.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Modern · Intermediate
Two Scottish brothers find their family torn apart when the Jacobite rising of 1745 forces them to choose opposite sides in the conflict.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Modern · Intermediate
The protagonist, Charles Darnaway, discovers a family legacy tied to shipwrecks and hidden treasures, which intertwines with his feelings for his cousin Mary Ellen and their shared family history.
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Edgar Rice Burroughs
Modern · Intermediate
Professor Arthur Maxon retreats to a remote island in the East Indies to conduct forbidden experiments in creating artificial human life.
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Edgar Rice Burroughs
Modern · Intermediate
When humanity reaches the Moon in 1967 after decades of global war, they encounter inhabited worlds within—and unwittingly enable a catastrophic alliance.
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Edgar Rice Burroughs
Modern · Intermediate
Billy Byrne is a Chicago thug who lives by violence and theft until he's shanghaed aboard a ship bound for crime.
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Charles Dickens
Modern · Intermediate
Comic sketches of the town of Mudfog: its mayor, and the meetings of a learned society that parodies the scientific gatherings of the day.
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Jules Verne
Modern · Intermediate
Five Union prisoners escape the American Civil War by balloon, crash-landing on a remote volcanic island in the Pacific.
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Louisa May Alcott
Modern · Intermediate
The story revolves around the Trevlyn family, particularly focusing on Richard Trevlyn, his wife Alice, their future heir, and the enigmatic prophecy linked to their lineage.
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Mark Twain
Modern · Intermediate
As the narrator recalls his childhood, he paints a picture of a tranquil yet repressive environment dominated by religious authority and superstition.
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Mark Twain
Modern · Intermediate
The story is set against a historical backdrop in Austria during the late Middle Ages and follows the lives of children growing up in a quaint village, where they encounter philosophical themes surrounding good and evil, existence.
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Arthur Conan Doyle
Modern · Intermediate
A retired general lives in terror in rural Scotland, haunted by a mysterious crime committed forty years earlier during the First Anglo-Afghan War.
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H. G. Wells
Modern · Intermediate
It follows Richard Remington, a politician consumed by dreams of reshaping England's social order.
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Edgar Rice Burroughs
Modern · Intermediate
When a mysterious thief escapes with stolen valuables from a banker's home, the crime becomes entangled with murder, a missing heiress, and rumors of the notorious Oskaloosa Kid.
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Charles Dickens
Modern · Intermediate
The story follows young Nell Trent and her grandfather, who are driven from their London shop by an evil moneylender after the grandfather's gambling debts spiral out of control.
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Edgar Rice Burroughs
Modern · Intermediate
Set during thirteenth-century England's Second Barons' War, it follows Norman of Torn, a deadly outlaw raised by a vengeful fencing master to hate all things English.
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