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Nicolas Darvas was a world famous dancer and a self taught investor. He had never considered investing in the stock market until he was paid in stock for a performance. That stock shot up in value and he realize that there was a great deal of mone...

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Here is the definitive edition of As a Man Thinketh. In addition to James' masterful text this volume contains essays from international bestsellers Orison Swett Marden and Robert Collier. Let this book show you how the way you think affects your ...

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David Hume was a Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian. He is an important figure in Western philosophy, and in the history of the Scottish Enlightenment. Hume first gained recognition and respect as a historian, but academic interest in ...

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>Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. He wrote penetrating novels on political, social, and gender issues and conflicts of his day. In 1867 Trollope left his...

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Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. He wrote penetrating novels on political, social, and gender issues and conflicts of his day. In 1867 Trollope left his pos...

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Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. He wrote penetrating novels on political, social, and gender issues and conflicts of his day. In 1867 Trollope left his pos...

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Climb aboard the raft with Huck and Jim and drift away from the "e;sivilized"e; life and into a world of adventure, excitement, danger, and self-discovery. Huck's shrewd and humorous narrative is complemented by lyrical descriptions of the...

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Humbled, orphaned Pip is apprenticed to the dirty work of the forge but dares to dream of becoming a gentleman and one day he finds himself in possession of "e;great expectations."e; One of Dickens' finest novels, this is a gripping tale o...

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"e;American Lutheranism Vol 1"e; is a religious text written by Friedrich Bente.

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"e;American Lutheranism Vol 2"e; is a religious text written by Friedrich Bente.

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One of the foremost figures of Western intellectual thought in the late 19th century, John Stuart Mill offered up examinations of human rights, personal and societal rights and responsibilities, and the striving for individual happiness that conti...

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A dreary castle, blood-thirsty vampires, open graves at midnight, and other gothic touches fill this chilling tale about a young Englishman's confrontation with the evil Count Dracula. A horror romance as deathless as any vampire, the blood-curdli...

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The classic that exploded into public controversy, revolutionized the course of science, and continues to transform our views of the world.

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War and Peace broadly focuses on Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812 and follows three of the most well-known characters in literature: Pierre Bezukhov, the illegitimate son of a count who is fighting for his inheritance and yearning for spiritu...

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The first of five collections containing the complete works of Edgar Allan Poe.

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The second of five collections containing the complete works of Edgar Allan Poe.

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The third of five collections containing the complete works of Edgar Allan Poe.

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The fourth of five collections containing the complete works of Edgar Allan Poe.

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The fifth of five collections containing the complete works of Edgar Allan Poe.

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This collection includes the following selected works by Kate Chopin: The Awakening, Beyond the Bayou, Ma'ame Pelagie, Desiree's Baby, A Respectable Woman, The Kiss, A Pair of Silk Stockings, The Locket, and A Reflection

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The Bostonians is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Century Magazine in 1885-1886 and then as a book in 1886. This bittersweet tragicomedy centers on an odd triangle of characters: Basil Ransom, a political conservative fr...

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Don Juan is a long, digressive satiric poem by Lord Byron, based on the legend of Don Juan, which Byron reverses, portraying Juan not as a womaniser but someone easily seduced by women. It is a variation on the epic form. Unlike the more tortured ...

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"e;Mark Twain's Letters Volume 1"e; includes the correspondences of Mark Twain from 1853-1866.

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Ostensibly Tristram's narration of his life story, one of the central jokes of the novel is that the main character cannot explain anything simply without making explanatory diversions to add context and colour to his tale, to the extent that we d...

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William Thackeray called it "e;the most laughable story that has ever been written since the goodly art of novel-writing began."e; As a group of travellers visit places in England and Scotland, they provide through satire and wit a vivid a...

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"e;Mark Twain's Letters Volume 3"e; includes the correspondences of Mark Twain from 1876-1885.

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In the following pages I have confined myself in the main to those problems of philosophy in regard to which I thought it possible to say something positive and constructive, since merely negative criticism seemed out of place. For this reason, th...

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Maugham's first published novel - a vividly realistic portrayal of slum life. Down among the drab slums of Lambeth, eighteen-year-old Liza is the darling of Vere Street. Vibrant and bewitching, she has found an adoring if conventional beau in Tom....

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Defoe's last and darkest novel, is the autobiography of a woman who has traded her virtue, at first for survival, and then for fame and fortune. Its narrator tells the story of her own 'wicked' life as the mistress of rich and powerful men. A reso...

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