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Rocket Summer [January 1999/2030]
By: Ray Bradbury
3.31
Format: 2 pages, ebook
First published in Planet Stories, spring 1947. "Rocket Summer" is a short vignette which descri…
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1. The Offshore Pirate
By: F. Scott Fitzgerald
3.95
Format: 48 pages, Paperback
From time to time there was the bright flare of a match as one of them lighted a cigarette, but exc… read more
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". . . confirmed libertines don't reform until they're tired . . ."-F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Offshore Pirate
"You see, this is the beauty I want. Beauty has got to be astonishing, astounding--it's got to burst in on you like a dream, like the exquisite eyes of a girl."-F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Offshore Pirate
"And courage to me meant ploughing through that dull gray mist that comes down on life--not only overriding people and circumstances but overriding the bleakness of living."-F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Offshore Pirate
"The idea of a slow approach to the luxury of leisure drove him wild. He was, of course, progressing toward it, but, like a child eating his ice cream so slowly that he couldn't taste it at all."-F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Offshore Pirate
2. Transformation (Hesperus Classics)
By: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
3.52
Format: 83 pages, Paperback
Surely never such had existed before—a misshapen dwarf, with squinting eyes, distorted features, an… read more
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"And to my young heart the idea of death came for the first time blended with that of joy."-Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Transformation (Hesperus Classics)
"Revenge! — the word seemed balm to me; I hugged it, caressed it, till, like a serpent, it stung me."-Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Transformation (Hesperus Classics)
"What is there so fearful as the expectation of evil tidings delayed? ... Misery is a more welcome visitant when she comes in her darkest guise and wraps us in perpetual black, for then the heart no l…"-Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Transformation (Hesperus Classics)
3. God Sees the Truth, but Waits
By: Leo Tolstoy
3.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
Do your students enjoy a good laugh? Do they like to be scared? Or do they just like a book with a … read more
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- short stories
- fiction
4. Tickets, Please!
By: D.H. Lawrence
4.00
Format: 162 pages,
'Tickets Please' returns Lawrence to his native Nottingham during the war. The social revolution of… read more
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- short stories
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5. Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)
By: Dorothy L. Sayers
3.84
Format: 212 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The stark naked body was lying in the tub. Not unusual for a proper bath, but highly irregular for … read more
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- fiction
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"But if you were investigating a crime,"-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)
"Well, it’s no good jumping at conclusions."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)
"Oh damn!' said Lord Peter Wimsey at Piccadilly Circus."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)
"I trust you told her I had succumbed to lethargic encephalitis suddenly, no flowers by request."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)
6. The Machine Stops
By: E.M. Forster
3.57
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
"The Machine Stops" is a science fiction short story (12,300 words) by E. M. Forster. After initial… read more
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7. The Outsider
By: H.P. Lovecraft
4.10
Format: 290 pages,
"The Outsider" is a short story by American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written between March an… read more
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8. Downward to the Earth
By: Robert Silverberg
3.90
Format: 176 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Who knoweth the spirit of men that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to… read more
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- audiobook
9. The Reluctant Dragon
By: Kenneth Grahame , Ernest H. Shepard
5.00
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
In this beloved classic story, a young boy befriends a poetry-loving dragon living in the Downs abo… read more
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10. To Build a Fire
By: Jack London
3.29
Format: None pages, Paperback
To Build a Fire is one of Jack London's most beloved short stories. A heartbreaking tale set in the… read more
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11. Ringworld (Ringworld, #1)
By: Larry Niven
4.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
Pierson's puppeteers, three-leg two-head aliens find immense structure in unexplored part of the un… read more
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12. 2BR02B
By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
4.43
Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition
2BR02B is a satiric short story that imagines life & death in a future world where aging has been "… read more
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13. The Monkey's Paw
By: W.W. Jacobs
3.84
Format: 32 pages, Library Binding
When the White family comes into the possession of a monkey’s paw that magically grant wishes, they… read more
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"But the days passed, and expectations gave way to resignation—the hopeless resignation of the old, sometimes miscalled apathy."-W.W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw
"Without, the night was cold and wet, but in the small parlour of Laburnam Villa the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly."-W.W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw
14. The Captain of the Pole-Star
By: Arthur Conan Doyle
3.58
Format: 50 pages, Kindle Edition
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of detective Sherlock Holmes, is the father of crime fiction. H… read more
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15. Dalyrimple Goes Wrong
By: F. Scott Fitzgerald
3.28
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
Dalyrimple Goes Wrong is a classic short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald and can also be found in the … read more
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16. A Cartomante
By: Machado de Assis
4.08
Format: 24 pages, ebook
Machado de Assis é conhecido de todos como uma das figuras centrais de nossa literatura. Nascido em… read more
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17. Let's Get Together
By: Isaac Asimov
3.68
Format: 18 pages, ebook
"Let's Get Together" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. It was origi… read more
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18. Rocket Summer [January 1999/2030]
By: Ray Bradbury
3.31
Format: 2 pages, ebook
First published in Planet Stories, spring 1947. "Rocket Summer" is a short vignette which descri… read more
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19. With the Buccaneers: The Original Short Story
By: Howard Pyle
3.11
Format: 26 pages, Paperback
Although this narration has more particularly to do with the taking of the Spanish vice admiral in … read more
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20. The Rival Mechanicians
By: Lydia Maria Child
3.53
Format: 45 pages, None
It is time for famous Genevan watchmaker, Antoine Breguet, to retire. His two apprentices must comp… read more
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21. The Witch Caprusche
By: Elizabeth Fries Ellet
3.10
Format: None pages, None
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