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Carry on, Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse
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Category: Fiction | Series: Dover Thrift Editions Ser.
Bertie Wooster's life is in disarray. He has just fired his personal valet for stealing and his fiancée Florence wants Bertie to destroy his uncle's memoirs. And then everything changes. He hires Jeeves as his valet and Jeeves takes charge. His taste is impeccable, his judgment infallible. Bertie and hi ...Show more
King James Bible Book of Psalms by King James Bible,Dover Thrift Editions
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Beloved book of the Old Testament contains 150 hymns of praise, prayers of crisis and songs of faith. Reprinted complete and unabridged from the King James Version (1611) of the Bible. Among the best known and most quoted books of the Old Testament, the Book of Psalms contains some 150 hymns of praise, ...Show more
Metamorphosis and Other Stories by KAFKA FRANZ
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It is one of the most memorable first lines in all of literature: When Gregor Samsa woke one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed into some kind of monstrous vermin. So begins Kafka's famous short story, The Metamorphosis. Kafka considered publishing it with two of the stories includ ...Show more
NOTES FRON THE UNDERGROUND by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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A predecessor to such monumental works such as Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov, Notes From Underground represents a turning point in Dostoyevsky's writing towards the more political side. In this work we follow the unnamed narrator of the story, who disillusioned by the oppression and co ...Show more
Selected Writings: Alexander Hamilton by HAMILTON, ALEXANDER
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Category: Biography | Series: Dover Thrift Editions Ser.
This concise collection of the Founding Father's public and private writings provides an introduction to his life, personality, political career, and influence on the early history of the United States. Contents include Hamilton's political essays, selections from the Federalist Papers, First Report on ...Show more
Seneca's Letters from a Stoic by Lucius Seneca
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Along with the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Seneca's Letters from a Stoic is one of the major texts of Roman Stoic philosophy. Themes include the rational order of the universe, how to lead a simple life, the effects and benefits of misfortune, and the necessity of facing mortality.
The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
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Category: Classics | Series: Dover Thrift Editions Ser.
On Friday noon, July the twentieth, 1714, the finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travelers into the gulf below. With this celebrated sentence Thornton Wilder begins The Bridge of San Luis Rey, one of the towering achievements in American fiction and a novel read throughout the world.B ...Show more
The Canterville Ghost and Other Stories by Oscar Wilde
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Renowned for his poetry, plays, essays, and conversational skills, Oscar Wilde also wrote scintillating works of short fiction. This volume includes four fine examples, including The Canterville Ghost, the comical tale of a spirit who terrorized the residents of Canterville Chase for three centuries. Wh ...Show more
The Cricket on the Hearth by Dickens Charles
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With the publication of A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens almost single-handedly created the genre of the "Christmas story." And while that beloved classic remains among the best known in the field, Dickens also wrote a number of other delightful tales associated with Yuletide. This volume features thr ...Show more
The Garden of HeavenPoems of Hafiz by Hafiz; Gertrude Lowthian Bell (Translator)
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"Hafiz has no peer." -- GoethePoetry is the greatest literary form of ancient Persia and modern Iran, and the fourteenth-century poet known as Hafiz is its preeminent master. Little is known about the poet's life, and there are more legends than facts relating to the particulars of his existence. This m ...Show more
The Great God Pan and Other Classic Horror Stories by Arthur Machen
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"Of creators of cosmic fear raised to its most artistic pitch, few can hope to equal Arthur Machen." -- H. P. Lovecraft Arthur Machen (1863-1947), Welsh novelist and essayist, is considered one of the most important and influential writers of his time. While displaying a preoccupation with pagan themes ...Show more
The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis
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This classic of Christian devotional literature has brought understanding and comfort to millions for centuries. Both Protestants and Catholics — as well as mystics and historians of religious thought — have studied these meditations on the life and teachings of Jesus, finding in them a path to prayer a ...Show more