Island Nights' Entertainments
By: Robert Louis Stevenson
3.52
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
Island Nights' Entertainments (also known as South Sea Tales) is a collection of short stories by R…
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1. The Canterville Ghost
By: Oscar Wilde , Inga Moore
3.88
Format: 126 pages, Hardcover
This is Oscar Wilde's tale of the American family moved into a British mansion, Canterville Chase, … read more
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- fiction
- classics
- fantasy
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"Love is stronger than death is"-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost
"Oh, I hate the cheap severity of abstract ethics!"-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost
"You can have your secret as long as I have your heart[.]"-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost
"To his alert mind and ears, every experience was education."-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost
2. The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence Mysteries, #1)
By: Agatha Christie
3.85
Format: 266 pages, Paperback
Tommy Beresford and Prudence 'Tuppence' Cowley are young, in love… and flat broke. Just after Great… read more
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- classics
- fiction
- british literature
"It's dangerous to know too much."-Agatha Christie, The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence Mysteries, #1)
"Youth is a failing only too easily outgrown."-Agatha Christie, The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence Mysteries, #1)
"Shades of Pelmanism!’ said Tommy, and relapsed into silence."-Agatha Christie, The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence Mysteries, #1)
"Never tell all you know-not even to the person you know best."-Agatha Christie, The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence Mysteries, #1)
3. The Three Hostages (Richard Hannay #4)
By: John Buchan
3.79
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
After the war and newly knighted, Richard Hannay is living peacefully in the Cotswolds with his wif… read more
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- classics
- fiction
- british literature
"We are all, even the best of us, egoists and self-deceivers, and without a little comfortable make-believe to clothe us we should freeze in the outer winds."-John Buchan, The Three Hostages (Richard Hannay #4)
"It was pretty clear that he was mad, for madness means just this dislocation of the modes of thought which mortals have agreed upon as necessary to keep the world together."-John Buchan, The Three Hostages (Richard Hannay #4)
"I loathed having to screw myself up to emergencies late in the day. Such things should take place in the early morning. It was like going over the top in France; I didn’t mind it so much when it happ…"-John Buchan, The Three Hostages (Richard Hannay #4)
4. Hardcase (Joe Kurtz, #1)
By: Dan Simmons
4.01
Format: 205 pages, Paperback
Once Joe Kurtz needed revenge--and revenge cost him eleven years in Attica prison. Now Kurtz needs … read more
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- fiction
5. The Common Reader
By: Virginia Woolf
3.66
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
Woolf's first and most popular volume of essays. This collection has more than twenty-five selectio… read more
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- classics
6. The View from Castle Rock
By: Alice Munro
3.71
Format: 656 pages, Hardcover
A powerful new collection from one of our most beloved, admired, and honored writers. In stories th… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
7. Niels Lyhne
By: Jens Peter Jacobsen
3.70
Format: 186 pages, Paperback
Jacobsen's immediate importance was his status as the 'writer of his generation.' With the novel Ni… read more
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- literature
- classics
- fiction
8. The Walk
By: Robert Walser , Susan Bernofsky
4.20
Format: None pages, Paperback
Walser's alternate, preferred version of his most famous tale. A pseudo-biographical "stroll" throu… read more
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- fiction
- classics
- short stories
9. The Silver Dream (InterWorld, #2)
By: Neil Gaiman , Michael Reaves , Mallory Reaves
3.64
Format: 221 pages, Hardcover
Sixteen-year-old Joey Harker has just saved the Altiverse--the dimension that contains all the myri… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
10. Le Grand Meaulnes
By: Alain-Fournier , None
4.00
Format: 199 pages, Paperback
In a small village in the Sologne, Fifteen-year-old Francois Seurel narrates the story of his relat… read more
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- literature
- classics
- fiction
11. Dream Story
By: Frederic Raphael , Arthur Schnitzler , J.M.Q. Davies
3.76
Format: 117 pages, Paperback
Like his Viennese contemporary Sigmund Freud, the doctor and dramatist Arthur Schnitzler (1862-1931… read more
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- literature
- fiction
- classics
- short stories
"El imperativo urgente del momento era huir, al menos por un tiempo, al sueño y al olvido."-Frederic Raphael, Dream Story
"متأكدة بقدر حدسي أن حقيقة ليلة، بل حتى حقيقة حياة إنسان بأكملها، لا تعني في الوقت ذاته حقيقته الداخلية."-Frederic Raphael, Dream Story
"بدا له أنه لو وقف وحده سافِر الوجه بين كل هؤلاء المقنَّعين، فسيكون الأمر أسوأ آلاف المرات من أن يقف فجأة عاريًا بين اللابسين"-Frederic Raphael, Dream Story
"Am I sure? Only as sure as I am that the reality of one night, let alone that of a whole lifetime, can ever be the whole truth."-Frederic Raphael, Dream Story
12. Brodie's Report
By: Jorge Luis Borges , Andrew Hurley
5.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
At the age of seventy, after a gap of twenty years, Jorge Luis Borges returned to writing short sto… read more
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- literature
- fiction
- classics
- short stories
13. Interpreter of Maladies
By: Jhumpa Lahiri
4.17
Format: 198 pages, Hardcover
Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found here Navigating between the Indian tra… read more
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- literature
- short stories
- fiction
"Sexy means loving someone you do not know."-Jhumpa Lahiri, Interpreter of Maladies
"You got cats at home?" "No cats. Only a husband."-Jhumpa Lahiri, Interpreter of Maladies
"A woman who had fallen out of love with her life"-Jhumpa Lahiri, Interpreter of Maladies
"In those six weeks I regarded her arrival as I would the arrival of a coming month, or season - something inevitable, but meaningless at the same time."-Jhumpa Lahiri, Interpreter of Maladies
14. Arv og miljø
By: Vigdis Hjorth
3.95
Format: 145 pages, Hardcover
At ingen av dere pa noe tidspunkt har spurt meg om min historie, har jeg opplevd og opplever jeg so… read more
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15. Las viudas de los jueves
By: Claudia Piñeiro
5.00
Format: 36 pages, Paperback
Detras de las altas paredes perimetrales, mas alla de los portones reforzados por barreras y flanqu… read more
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16. Ocean Sea
By: Alessandro Baricco , Alastair McEwen
4.36
Format: 189 pages, Paperback
This haunting, suspenseful tale of love and vengeance by the author of the international bestseller… read more
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17. Mygale
By: Thierry Jonquet , Donald Nicholson-Smith
4.00
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Richard Lafargue is an eminent plastic surgeon haunted by dirty secrets. He has an operating theatr… read more
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18. Delta Connection
By: Hammond Innes
3.82
Format: None pages, Paperback
The first killing occurs in Constantza, the Romanian seaport on the Black Sea, but the next death h… read more
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19. El Eternauta (Edición Aniversario: 50 Años, 1957-2007)
By: Francisco Solano López , Héctor Germán Oesterheld , Fernando Ariel García
3.93
Format: 214 pages,
El Eternauta: La historieta original. Edicion especial: literatura complementaria. Ni de paz ni de … read more
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20. American Pastoral
By: Philip Roth
3.94
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
Pulitzer Prize Winner (1998) In American Pastoral, Philip Roth gives us a novel of unqualified g… read more
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- classics
- fiction
"Life is just a short period of time in which you are alive."-Philip Roth, American Pastoral
"The tragedy of the man not set up for tragedy—that is every man's tragedy."-Philip Roth, American Pastoral
"[...] ero una biografia in moto perpetuo, memoria sino al midollo delle ossa."-Philip Roth, American Pastoral
"Exhibitionismul inerent unei marturisiri nu face decat sa agraveze suferinta."-Philip Roth, American Pastoral
21. The Island of Dr. Moreau
By: H.G. Wells
4.67
Format: 46 pages, Paperback
Ranked among the classic novels of the English language and the inspiration for several unforgettab… read more
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22. Before Adam
By: Jack London
5.00
Format: 30 pages, Paperback
Written in 1906, "Before Adam" is a bit of a departure from London's other novels. Still an adventu… read more
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23. Un'estate con la Strega dell'Ovest
By: Kaho Nashiki
3.74
Format: 140 pages, Paperback
Mai ha tredici anni e non vuole più andare a scuola. La madre, preoccupata, decide di mandarla a st… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
"I desideri giusti, quelli che sono in linea con il corso delle cose, ti fanno da guida e si trasformano in realtà."-Kaho Nashiki, Un'estate con la Strega dell'Ovest
"["What happens to people when they die?" When she heard that, her grandmother made a sound that was not like a voice but a moan. And with a deep breath, she replied, "I don't know. To tell you the tr…"-Kaho Nashiki, Un'estate con la Strega dell'Ovest
"Devi ripeterti che, qualunque cosa accada, 'non è una ferita mortale'. In questo modo, anche se in quel momento non ti sembrerà, da qualche parte nel tuo corpo e nella tua mente nascerà il seme di un…"-Kaho Nashiki, Un'estate con la Strega dell'Ovest
"Ascolta. Questa è la lezione più importante dell'addestramento da strega. Una strega deve fare affidamento sul proprio intuito, però non deve lasciare che questo abbia il sopravvento. Quando succede,…"-Kaho Nashiki, Un'estate con la Strega dell'Ovest
24. Dans les brumes de Capelans
By: Olivier Norek
4.41
Format: 428 pages, Hardcover
Une île de l'Atlantique battue par les vents, le brouillard et la neige. Un flic qui a disparu depu… read more
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- fiction
25. The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)
By: Guy de Maupassant
3.89
Format: 159 pages, Paperback
Before succumbing to the insanity that ravaged his later life, Guy de Maupassant established a repu… read more
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- classics
- 19th century
- short stories
- fiction
- fantasy
"A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption."-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)
"Es evidente que la soledad resulta peligrosa para las mentes que piensan demasiado."-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)
"I said, 'If other beings besides us exist on Earth, why didn't we meet them a long time ago?"-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)
"Whence come those mysterious influences which change our happiness into discouragement, and our self-confidence into diffidence?"-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)
26. El traductor
By: Salvador Benesdra
4.25
Format: 638 pages, Mass Market Paperback
New product. Never used! read more
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27. Island Nights' Entertainments
By: Robert Louis Stevenson
3.52
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
Island Nights' Entertainments (also known as South Sea Tales) is a collection of short stories by R… read more
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- british literature
- literature
- 19th century
- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
- fantasy
28. The Unworthy
By: Agustina Bazterrica
3.84
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
The long-awaited new novel from the author of global sensation Tender Is the Flesh: a thrilling wor… read more
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- fiction
29. A Sunny Place for Shady People
By: Mariana Enríquez
3.81
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A diabolical collection of stories featuring achingly human characters whose lives intertwine with … read more
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- short stories
- fantasy
- fiction
30. The Thief of Bagdad
By: Achmed Abdullah
3.63
Format: 117 pages, Paperback
Achmed Abdullah's classic fantasy novel, based on the silent film of the same title, starring Dougl… read more
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31. Om, the Secret of Ahbor Valley
By: Talbot Mundy
4.08
Format: 400 pages, Mass Market Paperback
An expedition in 1920s India searches for a lost tribe, a holy Lama, and a piece of jade that posse… read more
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- classics
- fantasy
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"We are free -- to become agents of whatever power we wish."-Talbot Mundy, Om, the Secret of Ahbor Valley
"The secret of the charm of the lotus is that none can say wherin its beauty lies; for some say this, and some say that, but all agree that it is beautiful. And so indeed it is with woman."-Talbot Mundy, Om, the Secret of Ahbor Valley
"I heard, when I was in Delhi, that the men of the West are studying the construction of the atom, and have guessed at the force imprisoned in it. Wait until they have learned how to explode the atom,…"-Talbot Mundy, Om, the Secret of Ahbor Valley
"Marmaduke's theory was that, as he couldn't understand Christianity, it was safe to premise that people whose religion was a mixture of degraded Buddhism and devilworship couldn't understand it eithe…"-Talbot Mundy, Om, the Secret of Ahbor Valley
