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  • The Wild One
    Marion Zimmer Bradley
    This is a story that they tell on the solitary farms on the borders of the Catskill mountains, where I grew up. It is a mistake to think that country is settled and modern, just because the big highways stretch from city to city, and the factories hold out clean jobs that pay better than the scratch-the-soil farming on shale rock. For between every farm is a stretch of woodland...
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    13,90 €

  • The Planet Savers
    Marion Zimmer Bradley
    In The Planet Savers Marion Zimmer Bradley introduced the world to her amazing Darkover series. A disease threatens all of Darkover and the only man that can save Darkover has a multiple personality disorder. He is two distinct men. But two men who hate one another and vie for possession of their one body. But to save Darkover they must work together. ...
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    17,99 €

  • Star Surgeon
    Alan E. Nourse / Alan ENourse
    A Sector General NovelIn the far future Humans are part of an intergalactic civilization populated with countless alien races. Humans are prized for their medical expertise and make up almost all of doctors in the galaxy. Dal Timgar is the first non-human to attempt to become a qualified physician recognized by the Hospital Earth. But, before he reaches his goal he and his comp...
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    17,73 €

  • Bear Trap
    Alan E. Nourse / Alan ENourse
    The Secretary of State has died and Tom Shandor discovers that the Secretary requested that he put together his official biography for national consumption. Shandor has no idea why he’s been chosen for the project nor the shocking secrets he’ll find once he starts the project. There’s more riding on the choices he will make than he could possible imagined. ...
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    14,19 €

  • Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
    Albert Pike
    Morals and Dogma is a collection of thirty-two essays which provide a philosophical rationale for the degrees (membership levels) of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite. The lectures provided a backdrop for the degrees by giving lessons in comparative religion, history, and philosophy.' ...
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    41,31 €

  • His Last Bow
    Arthur Conan Doyle
    The most significant thing about Doyle’s London was that it was inhabited by Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson, who seem more real to us than most historical figures. They’ve managed to convince any number of people of their reality. Presumably the British post office no longer receives letters address to Sherlock Holmes from all over the world, but once upon a time, it receive...
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    28,07 €

  • Charlotte Temple
    Susanna Haswell Rowson
    The book tells of the seduction of a British schoolgirl by a dashing soldier, John Montraville, who brings her to America and there abandons her, pregnant and ill. As such, it belongs to the seduction novel genre popular in early American literature. ...
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    17,85 €

  • Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
    Thomas De Quincey
    Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821) is an autobiographical account written by Thomas De Quincey, about his laudanum (opium and alcohol) addiction and its effect on his life. The Confessions was 'the first major work De Quincey published and the one which won him fame almost overnight. ...
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    17,94 €

  • Racketty-Packetty House
    Frances Hodgson Burnett
    Now this is the story about the doll family I liked and the doll family I didn’t. When you read it you are to remember something I am going to tell you. This is it: If you think dolls never do anything you don’t see them do, you are very much mistaken. ...
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    14,24 €

  • Pollyana
    Eleanor H. Porter / Eleanor HPorter
    Pollyanna Whittier, is a young orphan who goes to live in Beldingsville, Vermont, with her wealthy but stern Aunt Polly. Pollyanna’s philosophy of life centers on what she calls 'The Glad Game', an optimistic attitude she learned from her father. The game consists of finding something to be glad about in every situation. ...
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    28,09 €

  • Four Arthurian Romances -Cliges-
    Chretien Detroys
    It tells the story of the knight Cligès and his love for his uncle’s wife, Fenice. Because of the story’s de-romanticized depiction of adultery, it has been called a criticism or parody of the Tristan and Isolde romances. Cligès scholar Lucie Polak not only verifies the Tristan and Isolde reworking found in the text, but also suggests that Cligès may be modeled after Ovid’s cha...
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    17,94 €

  • Jo’s Boys
    Louisa May Alcott
    The book mostly follows the lives of Plumfield boys who were introduced in Little Men, particularly Tommy, Demi, Nat, Dan, and Emil and Jo’s sons Rob and Teddy, although Franz, Nan, Daisy, Dolly, and Stuffy make frequent appearances as well. The book takes place ten years after Little Men. ...
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    36,95 €

  • Makers of Modern Medicine
    James J. Walsh / James JWalsh
    James Joseph Walsh, M.D., LL.D., Litt.D., Sc.D. (1865-1942) was an American physician and author, born in New York City. He graduated from Fordham College in 1884 and from the University of Pennsylvania (M.D.) in 1895. After postgraduate work in Paris, Vienna and Berlin he settled in New York.This books contains essays about the birth of modern medicine and those men who first ...
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    36,96 €

  • Cyrano de Bergerac
    Edmond Rostand
    Hercule-Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac was a French dramatist and duelist. He is now best remembered for the works of fiction which have been woven, often very loosely, around his life story, most notably the 1897 play by Edmond Rostand. In these fictional works he is featured with an overly large nose, which people would travel from miles around to see. Portraits suggest that ...
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    28,14 €

  • Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
    Kate Douglas Wiggin
    Despite her impoverished background, Rebecca is an imaginative and charming child, often composing little poems and songs to express her feelings or to amuse her younger brothers and sisters. Rebecca’s joy for life inspires her aunts, but she faces many trials in her young life, gaining wisdom and understanding. ...
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    27,99 €

  • Little Lord Fauntleroy
    Frances Hodgson Burnett
    In a shabby New York side street in the mid-1880s, young American Cedric Errol lives with his mother in genteel poverty after his father, Captain Errol dies. They receive a visit from Havisham, an English lawyer with a message from young Cedric’s grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt. With the deaths of his father’s elder brothers, Cedric is now Lord Fauntleroy and heir to the Ea...
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    28,16 €

  • The Accused
    Harold R. Daniels / Harold RDaniels
    He stands before the court. The crime: Murder in the First Degree. The victime: his wife. They said he killed her. They didn’t say why. ...
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    20,26 €

  • The Sleeper Awakes
    H.G. Wells / H.GWells
    'Trying to cure his insomnia, Londoner Graham falls into a drug-induced coma in 1897… and wakes up 203 years later. He discovers a world in turmoil, a world shocked at his awakening, a world… that he owns.Thus begins H.G. Wells’ classic tale of a man out of time.Thrust into this new world, Graham becomes a symbol both for those who want to keep him as a figure head to maintain ...
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    25,29 €

  • THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
    F. Scott Fitzgerald / FScott Fitzgerald
    The powerful story of Benjamin Button, who starts his life as an old man and gradually becomes younger, is one of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s best known stories, and now a major motion picture.'This story was inspired by a remark of Mark Twain’s to the effect that it was a pity that the best part of life came at the beginning and the worst part at the end. By trying the experiment up...
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    18,12 €

  • Tales of the Jazz Age
    F. Scott Fitzgerald / FScott Fitzgerald
    F. Scott Fitzgerald is one of America’s greatest writers. His novel The Great Gatsby remains on the bestseller lists 70 years after his death. Tales of the Jazz Age defined a generation. It was Fitzgerald himself who coined the phrase. He and his wife lived a decadent, fast-paced lifestyle that is reflected in his writing. ...
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    27,74 €

  • The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night Volume 2
    John Payne
    One Thousand and One Nights is a collection of Middle Eastern, West and South Asian stories and folk tales. It is often known in English as the Arabian Nights. The work was collected over many centuries by various authors, translators, and scholars across West, Central, South Asia and North Africa. The tales vary widely: they include historical tales, love stories, tragedies, c...
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    27,67 €

  • The Complete Book of Presidential Inaugural Speeches, 2017 edition
    George Washington
    'Every four years, the United States elects a President. And every four years, that President makes a speech, outlining his goals and plans for the coming term. Presidential inaugurations are Constitutionally mandated. Inaugural speeches, however, are just a tradition, but an enduring tradition.The tradition of inaugural speeches began with George Washington speaking to a joint...
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    24,61 €

  • Unveiled Mysteries
    Godfr Ray King / Godfré Ray King
    IT WAS through Saint Germain’s assistance that I was privileged to have the experiences recorded in this series of books, and that permission has been granted for them to be put in a form which can be given to the public. No one can realize, unless he too has had similar assistance, how great and eternal is my love and gratitude to him and those other Ascended Masters, whose as...
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    22,95 €

  • The Book of Saints and Heroes
    Mrs. Lang / MrsLang
    The first Christians to visit Europe and the British Isles met pagans who told tales of fairies, talking beasts, and other wonderful things. To these marvelous stories, they soon added new ones about the Christian saints. These marvelous legends and exciting true stories of Christian saints and heroes will provide many hours of delightful reading to believers and non-believers ...
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    36,96 €

  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
    Arthur Conan Doyle
    The miracle of Sherlock Holmes is that for twenty-five pounds in 1887, Conan Doyle created a truly universal and immortal literary figure. Sherlock Holmes is a household word in virtually every country in the world. A few of Shakespeare’s characters are nearly that well known, probably Hamlet and McBeth. Other possible rivals include Robinson Crusoe, Dracula, Tarzan, and James ...
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    36,88 €

  • Tales of the Alhambra
    Irving Washington
    The Alhambra : a series of tales and sketches of the Moors and Spaniards was published in May 1832, Consisting of a series of essays and short fiction pieces, it was referred to as his 'Spanish Sketch Book.' In 1851 Irving wrote the 'Author’s Revised Edition', also titled Tales of the Alhambra. Tales of the Alhambra is a collection of essays, verbal sketches, and stories. ...
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    27,92 €

  • Stories of Great Americans For Little Americans
    Edward Eggleston
    Eggleston was born in Vevay, Indiana. As a child, he was too ill to regularly attend school, so his education was primarily provided by his father. He became an ordained Methodist minister in 1856. His summer home, Owl’s Nest, in Lake George, New York, eventually became his year-round home. Eggleston died there in 1902, at the age of 64. Owl’s Nest was declared a National Hist...
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    17,90 €

  • The Bobbsey Twins In a Great City
    Laura Lee Hope
    The Bobbsey Twins are the principal characters of what was, for many years, the longest-running series of children’s novles. The books related the adventures of the children of the middle-class Bobbsey family, which included two sets of fraternal twins: Bert and Nan, who where 12 years old, and Flossie and Freddie, who where six. ...
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    20,35 €

  • The Bobbsey Twins in the Country
    Laura Lee Hope
    The Bobbsey Twins are the principal characters of what was, for many years, the longest-running series of children’s novles. The books related the adventures of the children of the middle-class Bobbsey family, which included two sets of fraternal twins: Bert and Nan, who where 12 years old, and Flossie and Freddie, who where six. ...
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    20,44 €

  • The Iliad & the Odyssey for Boys and Girls
    Alfred J. Church / Alfred JChurch
    The Iliad is typically described as one of the greatest war stories of all time. Set during the Trojan War, this timeless poem vividly conveys the horror and heroism of men and gods wrestling with towering emotions and battling amid devastation and destruction. Homer’s tale is a compassionate view of human life lived under the shadow of suffering and death in the face of an oft...
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    24,01 €


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