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  • Music for Hard Times Music for Hard Times
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    Music for Hard Times

    The only two-time winner of the American Fiction Prize, Clint McCown offers up his first collection of short stories. "Music for Hard Times is indeed the music we need for these (or any) hard times,"...
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  • A Double Barrelled Detective Story A Double Barrelled Detective Story
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    A Double Barrelled Detective Story

    A witty and satirical novella by the famous American author Mark Twain. The plot revolves around a young girl named Baby Van Rensselaer who is left a fortune by her late father, John Cecil Clayton...
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  • New York in Quotations
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    New York in Quotations

    Over the last three-and-a-half centuries this glamorous, twenty-four hour city has attracted a multitude of thinkers, poets, novelists and playwrights, many of whom have brilliantly encapsulated its...
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  • Lake Tahoe's West Shore Lake Tahoe's West Shore
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    Lake Tahoe's West Shore

    First sighted by John C. Fremont and Charles Preuss in 1844, the "Lake of the Sky" beckons to pioneers and adventurers today as it has through history. Author Mark Twain, popular lecturer George...
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  • The Cosmopolitan (1904) The Cosmopolitan (1904)
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    The Cosmopolitan (1904)

    The Cosmopolitan is a book written by John Brisben Walker in 1904. It is a collection of articles and essays that were originally published in the magazine of the same name, which Walker owned and...
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  • Comical Hits By Famous Wits Comical Hits By Famous Wits
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    Comical Hits By Famous Wits

    This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks,...
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  • Recollections Of An Alienist Recollections Of An Alienist
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    Recollections Of An Alienist

    Recollections Of An Alienist: Personal And Professional (1916) is a memoir written by Allan Mclane Hamilton, a prominent American psychiatrist and neurologist of the late 19th and early 20th...
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  • Democratic Vistas and Other Papers Democratic Vistas and Other Papers
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    Democratic Vistas and Other Papers

    Walt Whitman (1819-1892) contributed to the greatest prose of American letters with Democratic Vistas, now considered a classic discussion of the theory of democracy and its possibilities. In this...
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  • Tom Sawyer Abroad / Tom Sawyer, Detective
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    Tom Sawyer Abroad / Tom Sawyer, Detective

    These unjustly neglected works, among the most enjoyable of Mark Twain's novels, follow Tom, Huck, and Jim as they travel across the Atlantic in a balloon, then down the Mississippi to help solve a...
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  • The Humanist Alternative
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    The Humanist Alternative

    When this important volume was first compiled in 1961, Margaret Knight brought together a full range of humanist thought to depict the Stoic and Epicurean traditions in the ancient world, the writers...
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  • A Tale of Two Sparrows A Tale of Two Sparrows
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    A Tale of Two Sparrows

    Do birds talk? Of course they do! Some, as Mark Twain said, can talk a blue streak, while others have a very limited vocabulary - not all that unlike humans, after all! Billy is a little sparrow who...
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  • The Vengeance of the Oval Portrait The Vengeance of the Oval Portrait
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    The Vengeance of the Oval Portrait

    The undisputed masterpiece of Gabriel de Lautrec (1867-1938), THE VENGEANCE OF THE OVAL PORTRAIT, which borrows its title from Edgar Allan Poe, is a collection of 28 stories at the crossroads of...
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  • In One Man's Life In One Man's Life
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    In One Man's Life

    A memoir by Albert Bigelow Paine, author of the Mark Twain biography. In One Man's Life chronicles Paine's life journey with humor and insight.This work has been selected by scholars as being...
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  • Their Husbands' Wives... Their Husbands' Wives...
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    Their Husbands' Wives...

    This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures,...
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  • A Century of Detection A Century of Detection
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    A Century of Detection

    Designed for mystery lovers as well as professors and students in college courses devoted to detective fiction, this anthology features classic texts, pivotal works by lesser-known authors, and...
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  • Quotable Guide to Punctuation Quotable Guide to Punctuation
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    Quotable Guide to Punctuation

    This book makes punctuation more fun and easier to learn than traditional approaches do. It teaches the natural way, by example: each lesson begins with quotes that exemplify good punctuation and...
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  • The Cheery Book (1898) The Cheery Book (1898)
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    The Cheery Book (1898)

    The Cheery Book is a collection of humorous and uplifting stories and poems compiled by Joe Kerr and originally published in 1898. The book is intended to bring cheer and joy to its readers, with...
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  • The Ghost Club The Ghost Club
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    The Ghost Club

    Writers never really die; their stories live on, to be found again, to be told again, to scare again.In Victorian London, a select group of writers, led by Arthur Conan Doyle, Bram Stoker and Henry...
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  • Lotos Leaves Lotos Leaves
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    Lotos Leaves

    Lotos Leaves: Stories, Essays, And Poems is a collection of literary works published in 1875 by The Lotos Club. The Lotos Club was a New York City literary and social club that was founded in 1870...
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  • Wisdom & Inspiration for the Spirit and Soul Wisdom & Inspiration for the Spirit and Soul
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    Wisdom & Inspiration for the Spirit and Soul

    Life is constantly revealing the very reality of our existence. We can know this truth if we have the courage and audacity to assert our own infinite nature. Life is a sequence of lessons that must...
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  • Born In Huronia Born In Huronia
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    Born In Huronia

    On September 28, 1941, the same day that Robert Popple was born in Penetanguishene, Ontario, Ted Williams ended his baseball season with a .406 batting average, a MLB record that still stands today...
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  • The World's Greatest Books V2 The World's Greatest Books V2
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    The World's Greatest Books V2

    ""The World's Greatest Books V2: Fiction"" is a collection of classic works of fiction compiled by Alfred Harmsworth in 1910. This volume contains a variety of timeless stories from renowned authors...
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  • Palmistry for All Palmistry for All
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    Palmistry for All

    In Palmistry for All, world-famous palmist Cheiro shares with his audience the secrets of reading anyone's palm. With the information in this book, he claims that people can know one another's true...
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    Baseball Stories Baseball Stories
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    Baseball Stories

    As abundant and layered as the National Pastime itself, Baseball Stories takes the reader on a rich journey that circles the bases of the game's history and literature--its Giants, its dramas, its...
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  • The Idler Magazine; Volume 5 The Idler Magazine; Volume 5
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    The Idler Magazine; Volume 5

    The Idler Magazine is a treasure trove of humor, essays, and literary criticism. With contributions from writers such as Mark Twain and Rudyard Kipling, this monthly magazine offers a witty and...
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  • Study and Stimulants Study and Stimulants
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    Study and Stimulants

    This book presents a collection of essays and short stories on the topic of study and the role of stimulants such as coffee, tea, and tobacco. Written by famous literary figures such as Mark Twain,...
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  • "Don't Quote Me" "Don't Quote Me"
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    "Don't Quote Me"

    “Don’t Quote Me” is an inspirational book that is a culmination of observations and information of Steven’s life sprinkled with famous quotations used to frame his opinions...
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  • Medievalisms Medievalisms
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    Medievalisms

    From King Arthur and Robin Hood, through to video games and jousting-themed restaurants, medieval culture continues to surround us and has retained a strong influence on literature and culture...
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  • The Anthem Guide to Short Fiction
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    The Anthem Guide to Short Fiction

    Containing 20 classic short stories by a variety of renowned authors, including Leo Tolstoy, Mark Twain, Kate Chopin, Rudyard Kipling, James Joyce and Edith Wharton, The Anthem Guide to Short Fiction...
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  • Roughing It; Volume I Roughing It; Volume I
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    Roughing It; Volume I

    In this rollicking adventure story, Mark Twain takes readers on a journey through the American West, sharing his experiences and observations with wit and humor. With colorful characters and vivid...
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  • Naked Sunfish - Caviar Naked Sunfish - Caviar
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    Naked Sunfish - Caviar

    Drawing on life's joy rooted within the mundane, his rapier wit is at once observational, clever and relevant. His major influences are Alan Zweibel, David Sedaris, Dave Barry, Mark Twain, Tim...
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  • Rivers Revealed Rivers Revealed
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    Rivers Revealed

    Written in an engaging, conversational style, Rivers Revealed combines the author's lifelong love of America's waterways with practical and historic information gathered from his three decades as a...
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  • The Walker's Anthology - Further Tales
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    The Walker's Anthology - Further Tales

    Following the success of The Walkers Anthology , The Railway Anthology, and The Cyclists Anthology were continuing this series with further short excerpts from the writings of famous literary figures...
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  • Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness
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    Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness

    Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad's fictional account of a journey up the Congo river in 1890, raises important questions about colonialism and narrative theory. This casebook contains materials...
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  • Covered with Darkness Covered with Darkness
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    Covered with Darkness

    I do not know how Covered with Darkness came about. The process of creativity is still a mystery to me, even as I try to teach it, and this is especially true for everything that I write. There is...
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  • La vie continue quel que soit votre passé La vie continue quel que soit votre passé
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    La vie continue quel que soit votre passé

    Pour beaucoup, les souvenirs les hantent. Ils laissent leur passé déterminer leur futur. Souvent, ils se punissent eux-mêmes inconsciemment en sabotant leur propre réussite. Nous sommes le résultat...
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  • The Science of Political Economy The Science of Political Economy
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    The Science of Political Economy

    Economist HENRY GEORGE (1839-1897) was, at the height of his popularity in the 1880s and 1890s, considered the third most famous American, behind Mark Twain and Thomas Edison, and his liberal...
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  • Some Hidden Sources Of Fiction Some Hidden Sources Of Fiction
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    Some Hidden Sources Of Fiction

    ""Hidden Sources of Fiction"" is a paper read by Benjamin Matthias Nead before the Historical Society of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania in 1909. The book explores the origins and inspirations behind...
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    Magic Irving and His Magic Shoppe

    When professional magician Irving Flax uses a fiery magic trick to thwart a convenience store robbery, he gets arrested for assault with a deadly weapon. What follows is the outrageously funny,...
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