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The Path to Rome [Hilaire Belloc]

A journal of reflections, events, places, and people Belloc met during a solitary walking pilgrimage he made from central France across the Alps into Italy and finally to Rome.

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The Cosmic Computer [Henry Beam Piper]

Conn Maxwell returns to his home planet (Poictesme) after completing his studies in cybernetics and computer theory on Terra to help search for a secret giant computer code-named Merlin hidden somewhere on Poictesme.

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The Man Who Knew Too Much [G.K. Chesterton]

Eight crime stories featuring the amateur detective Horne Fisher.

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The Amateur Cracksman / Raffles [E.W. Hornung]

A. J. (Arthur) Raffles is a prominent member of London society, and a national sporting hero (regularly representing England in cricket matches). But, A.J. Raffles also has a secret life as a gentleman thief and uses his celebrity to steal from his rich acquiantances.

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The Downfall (La Débâcle) [Emile Zola]

The Downfall (La Débâcle) is set against the background of the series of political and military events that ended the reign of Napoléon III and the Second Empire in 1870 (particularly the Franco-Prussian War, the Battle of Sedan and, the Paris Commune). Jean Macquart is, a farmer who after having lost his wife and farm joins the army for the campaign of 1870.

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Black Beauty [Anna Sewell]

Told by the magnificent black horse himself, this is the dramatic and heartwarming tale of Black Beauty's life-from his idyllic days on a country squire's estate to his harsh fate as a London cab horse.

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The Valley of the Moon [Jack London]

Billy and Saxon Roberts leave the city of Oakland looking for a farm of their own. The story follows their search through Central and Northern California until they settle in the Valley of the Moon.

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The Yellow Crayon [Edward Phillips Oppenheim]

The wife of Mr Sabin vanishes from her New York home. Her husband discovers she has been summoned to London to complete a secret mission for the The Order of the Yellow Crayon. When Sabin tries to leave New York he discovers his life is in danger and determines to get to London and find out who is behind the threats. Sabin narrowly escapes death before outwitting his enemy and being reunited with his wife.

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Howards End [E.M. Forster]

The self-interested disregard of a dying woman's bequest, an impulsive girl's attempt to help an impoverished clerk, and the marriage between an idealist and a materialist--all intersect at a Hertfordshire estate called Howards End. The fate of this beloved country home symbolizes the future of England itself in E. M. Forster's exploration of social, economic, and philosophical trends, as exemplified by three families: the Schlegels, symbolizing the idealistic and intellectual aspect of the upper classes; the Wilcoxes, representing upper-class pragmatism and materialism; and the Basts, embodying the aspirations of the lower classes. Written in 1910, Howards End won international acclaim for its insightful portrait of English life during the post-Victorian era.

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Heart of Darkness [Joseph Conrad]

Dark allegory describes the narrator's journey up the Congo River and his meeting with, and fascination by, Mr. Kurtz, a mysterious personage who dominates the unruly inhabitants of the region. Masterly blend of adventure, character development, psychological penetration. Considered by many Conrad's finest, most enigmatic story.

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The Price of Love [Arnold Bennett]

The personal struggles of Rachel Fleckring to make her way in a male oriented world during the early years of the 20th century in the context of massive social change.

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Dracula [Bram Stoker]

The vampire novel that started it all, Bram Stoker's Dracula probes deeply into human identity, sanity, and the dark corners of Victorian sexuality and desire. When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula purchase a London house, he makes horrifying discoveries about his client. Soon afterward, disturbing incidents unfold in England-an unmanned ship is wrecked at Whitby, strange puncture marks appear on a young woman's neck, and a lunatic asylum inmate raves about the imminent arrival of his "Master"-culminating in a battle of wits between the sinister Count and a determined group of adversaries.

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A Study in Scarlet [Arthur Conan Doyle]

"A Study in Scarlet" is the first published story of one of the most famous literary detectives of all time, Sherlock Holmes. Here Dr. Watson, who has just returned from a war in Afghanistan, meets Sherlock Holmes for the first time when they become flat-mates at the famous 221 B Baker Street. In "A Study in Scarlet" Sherlock Holmes investigates a murder at Lauriston Gardens as Dr. Watson tags along with Holmes while narratively detailing his amazing deductive abilities.

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A Pair of Blue Eyes [Thomas Hardy]

Elfride Swancourt finds herself in a love triangle between Stephen Smith (ambitious and young) and Henry Knight (older and respectable). Elfride has to choose between the two, will she choose Henry Knight or will her heart rule over her head?

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The Railway Children [E. Nesbit]

Three children (Roberta, Peter and Phyllis) move to a house in the country near a railway line after their father is falsely convicted as a Russian spy. The children spend their days watching the trains and waving to the passengers. They befriend the station porter (Perks) and the Old Gentleman who eventually re-unites the family by proving their father's innocence.

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