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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.
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.
$7.00
Louisa May Alcott
Modern · Introductory
The stories introduce characters, such as Effie, who learns the joys of selflessness and appreciation of Christmas, gradually unfolding life lessons that engage the minds of children.
$5.00
Charles Dickens
Modern · Advanced
It serves as a ballad that captures themes of love, captivity, and the complexities of desire, reflecting the broader romantic traditions of its time.
$5.00
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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Arthur Conan Doyle
Modern · Introductory
The first narrative features Bimbashi Joyce, a young officer navigating the challenges and dangers of British colonial duties in Egypt, where he encounters a mysterious stranger that sets the stage for his trials as he seeks to prove himself in a volatile environment.
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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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G. K. Chesterton
Modern · Introductory
The story revolves around the enigmatic character Gabriel Syme, a police detective who infiltrates a group of anarchists in London to uncover their plans and identities.
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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.
$7.00
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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Arthur Conan Doyle
Modern · Introductory
This second collection features twelve cases of the consulting detective, originally appearing in The Strand Magazine.
$5.00
William Shakespeare
Early modern · Introductory
When a Venetian merchant defaults on a loan from Jewish moneylender Shylock, who demands a pound of flesh as payment, fatal consequences loom.
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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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William Shakespeare
Early modern · Introductory
The corpulent knight Sir John Falstaff arrives in Windsor penniless and schemes to seduce two wealthy married women for their money.
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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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Charles Dickens
Modern · Introductory
Dickens's final and unfinished work centers on John Jasper, a cathedral choirmaster and opium addict who desires his pupil Rosa Bud—the fiancée of his nephew Edwin Drood.
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G. K. Chesterton
Modern · Introductory
When a prankster king institutes elaborate ceremonial costumes for London's district provosts as a joke, only one earnest young man takes the call for regional pride seriously—Adam Wayne of Notting Hill.
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William Shakespeare
Early modern · Introductory
The play dramatizes the conspiracy to assassinate Roman dictator Julius Caesar and the civil war that follows.
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G. K. Chesterton
Modern · Advanced
The book captures the author’s impressions of his journey to Jerusalem, touching upon historical, cultural, and religious themes while exploring the complexities of Western civilization in contrast to its Eastern counterpart.
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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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Arthur Conan Doyle
Modern · Advanced
The book explores the intersection of science and spirituality, particularly focusing on psychical research and the evidence of life after death.
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H. G. Wells
Modern · Advanced
This book serves as a companion piece and a critical response to his preceding work, "The Outline of History.
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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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H. G. Wells
Modern · Advanced
The book lays out Wells’s vision for a transformative global movement aimed at unifying humanity through science, rational organization, and a reconceptualized sense of religion and duty.
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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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Arthur Conan Doyle
Modern · Introductory
Austin Gilroy, a skeptical young physiologist, encounters Miss Penclosa, a middle-aged woman with psychic powers and a crippled leg.
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William Shakespeare
Early modern · Intermediate
This collection of 21 poems appeared under Shakespeare's name, yet only five are considered authentically his—including two sonnets and three excerpts from "Love's Labour's Lost.
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L. Frank Baum
Modern · Introductory
When a magical accident turns Ojo's uncle to stone, the young boy must embark on a quest to gather five rare ingredients for a counterspell.
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Edgar Rice Burroughs
Modern · Intermediate
This sequel follows Tom Billings as he mounts a daring rescue expedition to the lost Antarctic island of Caprona, where prehistoric creatures from multiple eras still roam.
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Charles Dickens
Modern · Intermediate
The story commences in the South American waters during the year 1744, focusing on Gill Davis, a private in the Royal Marines, as he embarks on an adventure on the armed sloop Christopher Columbus destined for a small English colony known as Silver-Store.
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Charles Dickens
Modern · Intermediate
Narrated by David himself, it follows his journey from infancy to maturity through Victorian England.
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William Shakespeare
Early modern · Intermediate
This enigmatic 67-line work describes a funeral for two birds—the mythological phoenix and the mortal turtle dove—whose perfect, transcendent love defied all logic.
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Herman Melville
Modern · Advanced
Originally appearing in Putnam's Monthly Magazine between 1853 and 1855, these tales include three of Melville's most works of short fiction: "Bartleby, the Scrivener," "Benito Cereno," and "The Encantadas.
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Charles Dickens
Modern · Intermediate
It follows the kindly gentleman Samuel Pickwick and three companions as they journey through the English countryside, reporting their adventures to their club.
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Oscar Wilde
Modern · Introductory
When a beautiful young man wishes that his portrait would age instead of himself, his desire becomes terrifyingly real.
$7.00