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…
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1. An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving
By: Louisa May Alcott , James Bernardin
3.81
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
Thanksgiving morning is here, and the Bassett family's cozy kitchen is filled with the hustle and b… read more
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2. Schalken the Painter
By: J. Sheridan Le Fanu
3.56
Format: 37 pages, Kindle Edition
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (28 August 1814 – 7 February 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tal… read more
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3. Zero Hour
By: Ray Bradbury
3.79
Format: None pages,
Mink and the neighborhood kids are hard at work outside all day, playing a game called Invasion. Or… read more
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4. The Revolt of "Mother" and Other Stories
By: Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
3.66
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Eight poignant tales vividly portray patient, self-reliant heroines living in small New England vil… read more
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- short stories
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5. The Cricket on the Hearth
By: Charles Dickens
3.45
Format: 82 pages, Paperback
Dickens gave his first formal expression to his Christmas thoughts in his series of small books, th… read more
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"I must bear the consequences as I deserve!"-Charles Dickens, The Cricket on the Hearth
"Gruff and Tackleton was also there, doing the agreeable; with the evident sensation of being as perfectly at home, and as unquestionably in his own element, as a fresh young salmon on the top of the …"-Charles Dickens, The Cricket on the Hearth
6. The Pirates of Penzance
By: W.S. Gilbert , Arthur Sullivan
4.04
Format: 213 pages, Paperback
(Vocal Score). The Pirates of Penzance , premiered in 1879, confirmed the comic genius of librettis… read more
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"Oh, dry the glistening tear that dues that marshal cheek Thy loving childern here in them thy comfort seek With sympathetic care their arms around the creep, For oh they can not bear to see their fat…"-W.S. Gilbert, The Pirates of Penzance
7. 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)
8. The Ebony Frame
By: E. Nesbit
3.87
Format: 54 pages,
an excerpt from the beginning: To be rich is a luxurious sensation, the more so when you have plumb… read more
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9. 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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10. The Golden Man
By: Philip K. Dick
4.29
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
Comprising: - The Golden Man(1954) - Return Match(1967) - The King of the Elves(1953) - The Mold of… read more
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11. 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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"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)
12. Hop Frog
By: Edgar Allan Poe , Don Kisner , None
3.66
Format: 259 pages, Paperback
Hop-Frog and his friend Trippetta have been captured by one of the king's generals and brought back… read more
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13. 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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14. The Lifted Veil
By: George Eliot
3.47
Format: 1 pages, Paperback
Horror was my familiar. Published the same year as her first novel, Adam Bede, this overlooked work… read more
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15. The Four Just Men (The Four Just Men #1)
By: Edgar Wallace
3.54
Format: 317 pages, Paperback
When the Foreign Secretary Sir Philip Ramon receives a threatening, greenish-grey letter signed FOU… read more
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16. The Tailor of Gloucester
By: Beatrix Potter
4.04
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
The Tailor of Gloucester was first published in 1903 and tells the story of a poor tailor trying to… read more
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18. 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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20. Beyond Lies the Wub
By: Philip K. Dick
4.07
Format: None pages,
"The wub, sir," Peterson said. "It spoke!" The slovenly wub might well have said: Many men talk li… read more
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21. The Star
By: Arthur C. Clarke
4.44
Format: 212 pages, ebook
The Staris a science fiction short story by English writer Arthur C. Clarke. It appeared in the sci… read more
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22. 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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23. The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb: a Hercule Poirot Short Story (Hercule Poirot, #SS-13)
By: Agatha Christie
3.68
Format: 1 pages, Audio Cassette
Do you believe in the curse surrounding the opening of King Tutankhamun's tomb in late 1922? Within… read more
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24. 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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25. The Monster Maker
By: Ray Bradbury
3.37
Format: 23 pages, ebook
"Get Gunther," the official orders read. It was to laugh! For Click and Irish were marooned on the … read more
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26. The Man Who Lived Backwards
By: Charles F. Hall
3.54
Format: None pages, None
Where can you find a world where raindrops cut through you like bullets, and sandwiches are as hard… read more
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27. 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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28. Malachi's Cove
By: Anthony Trollope
3.92
Format: 41 pages, Library Binding
Born in London on 24th April 1815 Anthony Trollope is considered a giant of English literature. His… read more
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29. 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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30. Xelucha
By: M.P. Shiel
2.80
Format: 13 pages, ebook
Matthew Phipps Shiell, also known as M. P. Shiel, was a prolific British writer of West Indian desc… read more
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31. The Witch Caprusche
By: Elizabeth Fries Ellet
3.10
Format: None pages, None
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