| Frankenstein, Or, the Modern Prometheus: With Supplementary Essays and Poems from the Twentieth Century
| Dr. Frankenstein learns the secret of imparting life to inanimate matter. To test his theories, he collects bones from the charnel-houses to construct a "human" being, and then gives it life. The creature, endowed with supernatural size and strength, is revolting to look at, and frightens all who see it. Lonely and miserable, it comes to hate its creator. The monster murders Frankenstein's brother and his bride, and flees. The doctor pursues his creation in order to destroy it, but dies him...More
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| The Iliad of Homer (Volume 3)
| Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1817. Excerpt: ... 350 own country, and scarce escaped with life from his adulterous wife JEgiale; but at last was received by Daunus in Apulia, and shared his kingdom : it is uncertain how he died. Nestor lived in peace with his children, in Pylos his native country. Ulysses also, after innumerable troubles by sea and land, at last r...More
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| Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Volume 1 (Dodo Press)
| Large Format for easy reading. Volume one of his complete works in five volumes from one of the leaders of the American Romantics, best known for his poems and his tales of the macabre.
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| The Mouse and the Christmas Cake (ILLUSTRATED)
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| Ethics
| This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.
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| Paradise Lost
| Paradise Lost, an epic poem in blank verse, written by the 17th-century poet John Milton as he became blind at the end of his life, is a retelling of the Biblical story of the Fall of Man. While based on the Christian tale, the poem incorporates many topics, and spends most of its verses detailing the journey of Satan and his war on the angels. The depiction of Adam and Eve draws an elaborate panorama of their trials. This classic of Western literature is wide-reaching and enormously influential...More
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| Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Volume 2 (Dodo Press)
| Large Format for easy reading. Volume two of his complete works in five volumes from one of the leaders of the American Romantics, best known for his poems and his tales of the macabre.
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| Aesop's Fables Pb (A Classic Illustrated Edition)
| "Aesop's Fables" was one of the first illustrated books ever published and in the subsequent five centuries literally hundreds of editions have appeared. The popular fables in this book have been selected from the many versions published in Great Britain, Europe and the United States during the past 150 years and feature interpretations by both well-known and less familiar artists. Among them are notable names such as Thomas Bewick, John Tenniel, Walter Crane, Charles Robinson, Randolph Caldecot...More
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| The Importance of Being Ernest (Stratford Festival)
| To mark the centenary of Wilde's death, The Stratford Festival of Canada staged this unique production of the original, complete four-act version of his famous play. This does not replace the well-known three-act version, but does give the audience an opportunity to enjoy the play that Wilde originally wrote, with its extra characters, more pointed social commentary, additional scenes and new dialogue. This play remains perhaps Wilde's wittiest and most loved romantic comedy.
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| The Raven and Other Favorite Poems (Dover Thrift Editions)
| Features 41 of Poe's most memorable poems — among them "The Bells," "Ulalume," "Israfel," "To Helen," "The Conqueror Worm," "Eldorado" and "Annabel Lee" — reveal the extraordinary spectrum of Poe's personality and his virtuoso command of poetic language, rhythms and figures of speech. Alphabetic lists of titles and first lines.
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| Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Volume 3 (Dodo Press)
| Large Format for easy reading. Volume three of his complete works in five volumes from one of the leaders of the American Romantics, best known for his poems and his tales of the macabre.
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| Leaves of Grass: The Original 1855 Edition (Dover Thrift Editions)
| "The most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet contributed." — Ralph Waldo Emerson. Inspired by transcendentalism, Whitman's immortal collection includes some of the greatest poems of modern times, including his masterpiece "Song of Myself." Shattering standard conventions of symbolism and allegory, it stands as an unabashed celebration of body and nature.
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| Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Volume 4 (Dodo Press)
| Large Format for easy reading. Volume four of his complete works in five volumes from one of the leaders of the American Romantics, best known for his poems and his tales of the macabre.
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| Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Volume 5 (Dodo Press)
| Large Format for easy reading. Volume five of his complete works in five volumes from one of the leaders of the American Romantics, best known for his poems and his tales of the macabre.
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| Sorry I Ruined Your Orgy
| Bizarro humorist Bradley Sands returns with one of the strangest, most hilarious collections of the year. In Sorry I Ruined Your Orgy, the pope gets sued, a headless man falls in love with a bowl of rice, and architects dismantle the earth. A war breaks out over greeting cards. A suicidal amputee tries to kill himself. William S. Burroughs becomes an amateur archaeologist and Tao Lin drinks an ape-flavored smoothie. Between a breakfast of clocks, a lunch date with Adolf Hitler, and break...More
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| Tripwire (Jack Reacher)
| A stranger looking for ex-military cop Jack Reacher is murdered. Now Reacher follows the man's cold trail back to where he came from--and into Reacher's own haunted past.
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| Leviathan
| This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.
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| Happy Hat Day. A Silly Rhyming Children's Picture Book
| Our hats are bent!Our hats are old!Our heads are bare!Our heads are cold!We all need new hats, it's clear!Thank goodness Happy Hat Day's nearly here.Another silly rhyming picture book from Gerald Hawksley."Hat-tastic!" - Hattie MacHat"Mad hats!" - The Mad Hatter"Hats off!" - Trilby Bowler
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| Early Works of James Joyce
| The early works of James Joyce with active table of contents. Works include:Chamber MusicDublinersExilesA Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManUlysses
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| Politics: A Treatise on Government
| This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.
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