The Emperor's Candlesticks
By: Emmuska Orczy
3.53
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Espionage and As soon as Ivàn Volenski lost sight completely of Madame Demidoff's carriage, he, wi…
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1. The Green Man
By: Kingsley Amis
3.54
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
A ghost story for adults. Like all good coaching inns, the Green Man is said to boast a resident g… read more
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"There are other things to a woman than taking her to bed."-Kingsley Amis, The Green Man
"Nothing short of physical handicap has ever made anybody turn over a new leaf."-Kingsley Amis, The Green Man
"I am too old a hand to be put off pleasure by even the certain prospect of not enjoying it."-Kingsley Amis, The Green Man
"The trouble with the hypochondriac is that he will be wrong about his condition nine hundred and ninety-nine times."-Kingsley Amis, The Green Man
2. Thérèse Raquin
By: Émile Zola , Robin Buss
3.73
Format: 201 pages, Paperback
One of Zola's most famous realist novels, Therese Raquin is a clinically observed, sinister tale of… read more
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"Quando non c’è più speranza nel futuro, il presente si colora di una spaventosa amarezza."-Émile Zola, Thérèse Raquin
"Au fond une pensée unique les rongeait : ils s’irritaient contre leur crime, ils se désespéraient d’avoir à jamais troublé leur vie."-Émile Zola, Thérèse Raquin
"Au fond une pensée unique les rongeait : ils s’irritaient contre leur crime, ils se désespéraient d’avoir a jamais troublé leur vie."-Émile Zola, Thérèse Raquin
"They dared not peer down into their own natures, down into the feverish confusion that filled their minds with a kind of dense, acrid mist."-Émile Zola, Thérèse Raquin
3. Hondo
By: Louis L'Amour
4.06
Format: 194 pages, Hardcover
He was etched by the desert’s howling winds, a big, broad-shouldered man who knew the ways of the A… read more
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"The Apache don't have a word for love," he said. "Know what they both say at the marriage? The squaw-taking ceremony?" "Tell me." "Varlebena. It means forever. That's all they say."-Louis L'Amour, Hondo
4. The Spanish Bride
By: Georgette Heyer
3.50
Format: 422 pages, Paperback
Shot-proof, fever-proof and a veteran campaigner at the age of twenty-five, Brigade-Major Harry Smi… read more
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- classics
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5. The Absentee
By: Maria Edgeworth , Heidi Thomson
3.58
Format: 277 pages, Paperback
Lord Colambre, the sensitive hero of the novel, finds that his mother Lady Clonbrony's attempts to … read more
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"Make it a rule, you know, to believe only half the world says."-Maria Edgeworth, The Absentee
"there were several SQUIREENS, or little squires; a race of men who have succeeded to the BUCKEENS, described by Young and Crumpe. SQUIREENS are persons who, with good long leases, or valuable farms ,…"-Maria Edgeworth, The Absentee
"Formerly, a few families had set the fashion. From time immemorial everything had, in Dublin, been submitted to their hereditary authority; and conversation, though it had been rendered polite by the…"-Maria Edgeworth, The Absentee
6. Henrietta Who? (Inspector Sloan #2)
By: Catherine Aird
3.56
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
After her mother Grace Jenkins is found dead, run over twice by heavy car, Henrietta Eleanor Leslie… read more
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7. The Prince and the Pauper
By: Mark Twain , None , Everett Emerson
0.00
Format: 194 pages, Paperback
This treasured historical satire, played out in two very different socioeconomic worlds of 16th-cen… read more
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"Loose and forbear!"-Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper
"A fully belly is little worth where the mind is starved."-Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper
"A full belly is of little worth where the mind is starved, and the heart."-Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper
"Yes, King Edward VI lived only a few years, poor boy, but he lived them worthily."-Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper
8. Père Goriot
By: Honoré de Balzac
3.85
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Père Goriot is the tragic story of a father whose obsessive love for his two daughters leads to his… read more
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"Good befalls us while we sleep, sometimes."-Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot
"آری ,در این دنیا هیچ چیزی کامل نیست, مگر بدبختی."-Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot
"Notre coeur est un trésor, videz-le d'un coup, vous êtes ruinés."-Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot
"If youth were not ignorant and timid, civilization would be impossible."-Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot
9. The Red House Mystery
By: A.A. Milne
4.17
Format: None pages, Paperback
The creator of such beloved storybook characters for children as Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet, and Eeyor… read more
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10. They Found Him Dead (Inspector Hannasyde, #3)
By: Georgette Heyer
4.06
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
It is the morning after wealthy Silas Kane's sixtieth birthday party - a celebration that brings to… read more
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11. Lady Windermere's Fan
By: Oscar Wilde
3.66
Format: 146 pages, Paperback
Beautiful, aristocratic, an adored wife and young mother, Lady Windermere is 'a fascinating puritan… read more
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12. The Witness for the Defense
By: A.E.W. Mason
3.76
Format: None pages,
A British barrister takes the witness stand after becoming embroiled in a shocking murder in coloni… read more
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13. Murder Must Advertise (Lord Peter Wimsey, #10)
By: Dorothy L. Sayers
4.17
Format: 356 pages, Mass Market Paperback
When ad man Victor Dean falls down the stairs in the offices of Pym's Publicity, a respectable Lond… read more
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"How do you do?"-Dorothy L. Sayers, Murder Must Advertise (Lord Peter Wimsey, #10)
"Bredon shuddered. “I think this is an awfully immoral job of ours. I do, really. Think how we spoil the digestions of the public."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Murder Must Advertise (Lord Peter Wimsey, #10)
"It's a curious thing, but people cannot resist anonymous letters. It's like free sample offers. They appeal to all one's lower instincts."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Murder Must Advertise (Lord Peter Wimsey, #10)
"The interview with the cat had been particularly full of appeal. The animal was, it seemed, an illustrious rat-catcher, with many famous deeds to her credit. Not only that, but she had been the first…"-Dorothy L. Sayers, Murder Must Advertise (Lord Peter Wimsey, #10)
14. A Rogue's Life
By: Wilkie Collins
3.59
Format: 370 pages, Paperback
A delightful tale of thwarted ambition and forbidden love, A Rogue's Lifefollows the fortunes of an… read more
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15. Thud! (Discworld, #34; City Watch #7)
By: Terry Pratchett
3.87
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Koom Valley? That was where the trolls ambushed the dwarfs, or the dwarfs ambushed the trolls. It w… read more
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16. Salammbô
By: Gustave Flaubert , A.J. Krailsheimer
3.71
Format: 412 pages, Paperback
An epic story of lust, cruelty, and sensuality, this historical novel is set in Carthage in the day… read more
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17. Rookwood
By: William Harrison Ainsworth , None
4.67
Format: 360 pages, MP3 Audio
A rich and complex Gothic-Romance centring on the murky deeds of an ancient family. It is a wonderf… read more
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18. The Seven Dials Mystery (Superintendent Battle #2)
By: Agatha Christie
3.80
Format: 375 pages, Paperback
A practical joke goes chillingly, murderously wrong in Queen of Mystery Agatha Christie’s classic d… read more
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"It's a rotten job, but somebody's got to do it."-Agatha Christie, The Seven Dials Mystery (Superintendent Battle #2)
"To rush into explanations is always a sign of weakness."-Agatha Christie, The Seven Dials Mystery (Superintendent Battle #2)
"You've brought out your best butter." [you're laying on the flattery thickly]"-Agatha Christie, The Seven Dials Mystery (Superintendent Battle #2)
"What I think is a different matter. Maybe I think some rather curious things—but until thinking's got you somewhere it's no use talking about it."-Agatha Christie, The Seven Dials Mystery (Superintendent Battle #2)
19. Cosmos
By: Carl Sagan
4.39
Format: 384 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The story of fifteen billion years of cosmic evolution transforming matter and life into consciousn… read more
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"We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."-Carl Sagan, Cosmos
"Civilization is a product of the cerebral cortex."-Carl Sagan, Cosmos
"Observation: I can't see a thing. Conclusion: Dinosaurs."-Carl Sagan, Cosmos
"We are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands."-Carl Sagan, Cosmos
20. The Mill on the Floss
By: George Eliot , A.S. Byatt
3.83
Format: 579 pages, Paperback
'If life had no love in it, what else was there for Maggie?' Brought up at Dorlcote Mill, Maggie… read more
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"Don't judge a book by its cover"-George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
"Don't judge a book by its cover."-George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
"Poetry and art and knowledge are sacred and pure."-George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
"I desire no future that will break the ties of the past."-George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
21. Black Magic
By: Marjorie Bowen
4.36
Format: 232 pages,
A Tale of the Rise and Fall of the Antichrist. read more
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22. Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey, #12)
By: Dorothy L. Sayers
4.00
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
"Gaudy Nightstands out even among Miss Sayers's novels. And Miss Sayers has long stood in a class b… read more
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23. Sam the Sudden
By: P.G. Wodehouse
4.20
Format: None pages,
Not-so-fresh off the tramp steamer from America, Sam Shotter settles in the sleepy suburb of Valley… read more
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24. The Antiquary
By: Nicola J. Watson , Walter Scott
4.00
Format: 231 pages, Paperback
A mysterious young man calling himself 'Lovel' travels idly but fatefully toward the Scottish seasi… read more
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25. The Enchanted Castle
By: E. Nesbit , H.R. Millar
4.32
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
Jerry, Jimmy, and Cathy stumble upon a mysterious castle with a beautiful princess asleep in the ga… read more
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26. Brat Farrar
By: Josephine Tey , Robert Barnard
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Listening Length: 7 hours and 55 minutes Brat Farrar has been carefully coached to assume the ident… read more
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27. The Stately Home Murder (Inspector Sloan, #3)
By: Catherine Aird
4.64
Format: 272 pages,
A dead body in a case of armor, a once-wealthy earl with lots to hide, a sprawling estate stacked w… read more
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28. Poirot Investigates (Hercule Poirot, #3)
By: Agatha Christie
3.91
Format: 191 pages, Paperback
First there was the mystery of the film star and the diamond... then came the “suicide” that was mu… read more
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"Uncertainty creates panic."-Agatha Christie, Poirot Investigates (Hercule Poirot, #3)
29. A Taste of Gold and Iron (Mahisti Dynasty, #1)
By: Alexandra Rowland
4.05
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
The Goblin Emperor meets "Magnificent Century" in Alexandra Rowland's A Taste of Gold and Iron, whe… read more
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30. Mr. Malcolm's List
By: Suzanne Allain
3.29
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
It is a truth universally acknowledged that an arrogant bachelor insistent on a wife who meets the … read more
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"No one wants a person incapable of forgiveness for a friend."-Suzanne Allain, Mr. Malcolm's List
31. The Emperor's Candlesticks
By: Emmuska Orczy
3.53
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Espionage and As soon as Ivàn Volenski lost sight completely of Madame Demidoff's carriage, he, wi… read more
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