The Curse of the Wise Woman
By: Lord Dunsany
3.78
Format: 222 pages, Hardcover
After his father’s interference in Irish politics ends with a band of killers arriving on Christmas…
Want to Read $ 7.99"I should have shouted "No" and left him. "But at least" said Satan in the deeps of my mind, "know what the temptation is before you do anything hastily."-Lord Dunsany, The Curse of the Wise Woman
"I should have shouted "No" and left him. "But at least" said Satan in the deeps of my mind, "know what the temptation is before you do anything hastily."-Lord Dunsany, The Curse of the Wise Woman
"I have lived to see that being seventeen is no protection against becoming seventy, but to know this needs the experience of a lifetime, for no imagination copes with it."-Lord Dunsany, The Curse of the Wise Woman
"I have lived to see that being seventeen is no protection against becoming seventy, but to know this needs the experience of a lifetime, for no imagination copes with it."-Lord Dunsany, The Curse of the Wise Woman
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1. Espresso Tales (44 Scotland Street, #2)
By: Alexander McCall Smith , Iain McIntosh
3.88
Format: 345 pages, Paperback
44 SCOTLAND STREET - Book 2The residents and neighbors of 44 Scotland Street and the city of Edinbu… read more
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"…She had been perfectly happy before she had met him; indeed she had been even slightly happier then. So the inscription might more accurately have read: “To remind you of how happy you’ve been in Ed…"-Alexander McCall Smith, Espresso Tales (44 Scotland Street, #2)
"I have a feeling that we've seen the dismantling of civilisation, brick by brick, and now we're looking into the void. We thought that we were liberating people from oppressive cultural circumstances…"-Alexander McCall Smith, Espresso Tales (44 Scotland Street, #2)
2. The Phantom of the Opera
By: Gaston Leroux , Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
3.96
Format: 360 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published in French as a serial in 1909, The Phantom of the Opera is a riveting story that re… read more
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"He laid at my feet his immense, tragic love."-Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera
"All I wanted was to be loved for myself." (Erik)"-Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera
"My lies were as hideous as the monster that had inspired them"-Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera
"I sing only for you! Tonight I gave you my soul, and I'm dead!"-Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera
3. Prince of Annwn (Mabinogion Tetralogy #1)
By: Evangeline Walton
3.77
Format: 341 pages, Paperback
From the back cover: Evangeline Walton is the author of Prince of Annwn, The Children of Llyr, The … read more
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4. The Children of Llyr
By: Evangeline Walton
4.14
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
In stark, gaunt prose, it chronicles the years of Bran the Blessed - he who was so vast a man that … read more
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5. Snow Falling on Cedars
By: David Guterson
3.91
Format: None pages,
Gripping, tragic, and densely atmospheric -a masterpiece of suspense-- one that leaves us shaken an… read more
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6. Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds (Story of Elsa, #1)
By: Joy Adamson
3.37
Format: 200 pages,
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7. The Claw of the Conciliator (The Book of the New Sun #2)
By: Gene Wolfe
3.78
Format: 416 pages,
Severian is in possession of a gem considered to be "The Claw of the Conciliator", a powerful relic… read more
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8. The Sword of the Lictor
By: Gene Wolfe
3.78
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Beneath the dying sun the disgraced torturer, Severian, at last comes to his place of exile - Thrax… read more
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9. The King in Yellow
By: Robert W. Chambers
3.55
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
One of the leading examples of Victorian-gothic horror, The King in Yellow is a collection of ten i… read more
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"Selby never knew why, but he suddenly began to buy flowers."-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow
"Strange in the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies But Stranger still is Lost Carcosa."-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow
"I pray God will curse the writer, as the writer has cursed the world with this beautiful, stupendous creation, terrible in its simplicity, irresistible in its truth..."-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow
"No, he is not vicious, nor is he in the least demented. His mind is a wonder chamber, from which he can extract treasures that you and I would give years of our life to acquire."-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow
10. The Monk
By: None
4.71
Format: None pages, Paperback
Set in the sinister monastery of the Capuchins in Madrid, this is a violent tale of ambition, murde… read more
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11. The Urth of the New Sun (The Book of the New Sun, #5)
By: Gene Wolfe
4.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
The long awaited sequel to Gene Wolfe's four-volume classic, The Book of the New Sun. We return to … read more
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12. Island of the Mighty
By: Evangeline Walton
4.33
Format: 201 pages, Paperback
Book 4 of Walton's Mabinogion series. read more
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13. The Song of Rhiannon
By: Evangeline Walton
3.75
Format: 273 pages, Trade Paperback
A retelling of The Mabinogion in novel form. Manawydon finally unites with Rhiannon - an aspect of … read more
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14. Post After Post-Mortem
By: E.C.R. Lorac
4.00
Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition
The Surrays and their five children form a prolific writing machine, with scores of treatises, revi… read more
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15. A Line to Kill (Hawthorne & Horowitz #3)
By: Anthony Horowitz
3.93
Format: 375 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of the brilliantly inventive The Word Is Murder and The Sente… read more
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16. Moonflower Murders (Susan Ryeland, #2)
By: Anthony Horowitz
4.05
Format: 608 pages, Paperback
Featuring his famous literary detective Atticus Pund and Susan Ryeland, hero of the worldwide bests… read more
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"Everything in life has a pattern and a coincidence is simply the moment when the pattern becomes briefly visible."-Anthony Horowitz, Moonflower Murders (Susan Ryeland, #2)
"I would kill myself tomorrow and I would except for the one brightness in my life, the one dawn that gives me hope."-Anthony Horowitz, Moonflower Murders (Susan Ryeland, #2)
"The greatest evil occurs when people, no matter what their aims or their motives, become utterly convinced that they are right. [Atticus Pūnd]"-Anthony Horowitz, Moonflower Murders (Susan Ryeland, #2)
17. The Society of Time: The Original Trilogy and Other Stories (British Library Science Fiction Classics Book 16)
By: John Brunner
3.90
Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition
'A picture was coming to him now. He could visualise the path of history in each of those innumerab… read more
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18. The Curse of the Wise Woman
By: Lord Dunsany
3.78
Format: 222 pages, Hardcover
After his father’s interference in Irish politics ends with a band of killers arriving on Christmas… read more
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- ireland
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"I should have shouted "No" and left him. "But at least" said Satan in the deeps of my mind, "know what the temptation is before you do anything hastily."-Lord Dunsany, The Curse of the Wise Woman
"I have lived to see that being seventeen is no protection against becoming seventy, but to know this needs the experience of a lifetime, for no imagination copes with it."-Lord Dunsany, The Curse of the Wise Woman
"It has always struck me that one of the readiest ways of estimating a country's regard for law is to notice what arms the officers of the law are carrying: in England it is little batons, in France s…"-Lord Dunsany, The Curse of the Wise Woman
