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George Bernard Shaw goaded the already successful essayist and novelist Chesterton into trying his hand at a play, with this 1913 result. The play examines the powers and mysteries of faith, belief, religion, and of course, magic - a mixture that should be familiar from many of his Father Brown stories. The play's success convinced him to write a couple of other later plays.
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Project Gutenberg
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The 'Seven Seas' is a bitter, disillusioned series of poems centered on Britain's role in colonialism and Empire building. With reverberating lyrics and powerful imagery, Kipling writes of the ruthless means that were often employed to add nations to the glorious Empire, and the subsequent effects upon these colonized nations. Though disturbing and unsettling in theme, Kipling's lyrical dexterity makes these poems strangely compelling reading.
4) Kates Choice
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RiverOak Publishing
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English
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In this heartwarming story, Kate is faced with a difficult choice. Her father's dying wish was for her to live with each of his estranged brothers--- ultimately choosing one family with which to make her home.
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Project Gutenberg
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English
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Tomorrow I shall leave by the Messina boat, which calls at Paola. It is now more than a twelvemonth since I began to think of Paola, and an image of the place has grown in my mind. I picture a little marina; a yellowish little town just above; and behind, rising grandly, the long range of mountains which guard the shore of Calabria. Paola has no special interest that I know of, but it is the nearest point on the coast to Cosenza, which has interest...
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Alianza
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28a. Ed.
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Español
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El extranjero es una de las obras más relevantes del escritor francés Albert Camus. Esta obra transcurre en Argelia, a mediados del siglo XX y narra la historia de Meursault -personaje central- quien, pese a cualquier acontecimiento, sea bueno o malo, se muestra como un ser indiferente a la reali-dad por resultarle absurda e inabordable. Para Meursault, el progreso tecnológico le ha privado de la participación en las decisiones colectivas y le...
7) King John
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Project Gutenberg
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English
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First published in the "First Folio" in 1623 and likely written in the 1590s, "King John" is one of William Shakespeare's best historical plays. It centers on the events of King John's reign of England during the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries. King John, son of Henry I of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine, inherits the throne after the death of his older brother, King Richard I. John's claim to the throne is challenged by the King of...
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Love's Labours Lost - William Shakespeare - Love's Labour's Lost is one of William Shakespeare's early comedies, believed to have been written in the mid-1590s for a performance at the Inns of Court before Queen Elizabeth I. It follows the King of Navarre and his three companions as they attempt to forswear the company of women for three years of study and fasting, and their subsequent infatuation with the Princess of Aquitaine and her ladies. In...
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Project Gutenberg
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This early work by Henry James was originally published in 1884 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. Henry James was born in New York City in 1843. One of thirteen children, James had an unorthodox early education, switching between schools, private tutors and private reading.. James published his first story, 'A Tragedy of Error', in the Continental Monthly in 1864, when he was twenty years old. In 1876, he emigrated...
10) The Agony Column
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Project Gutenberg
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English
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From the creator of Charlie Chan! Set in England at the outbreak of WWI, The Agony Column is a murder mystery and romance told mostly through the device of an "Agony Column" in the newspaper (what Americans would call the "Personals").
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Project Gutenberg
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English
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Noted Irish author's selection of favorite tales from the Emerald Isle, brimming with sly humor, whimsy, and imagination. "Fedelma, the Enchanter's Daughter," "When the King of the Cats Came to King Connal's Dominion," "The Town of the Red Castle," "The King of the Land of Mist," and 3 more. 9 full-page illustrations.
12) Immensee
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Project Gutenberg
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Deutsch
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Storms berühmte Novelle erzählt die Geschichte einer Jugendliebe: Schon als Kinder hatten Elisabeth und Reinhard ihr Leben gemeinsam verbracht. Als er wegen seines Studiums fortzieht, entfremdet er sich ihr. Später erfährt Reinhard durch seine Mutter von Elisabeths Hochzeit mit seinem Schulfreund Erich. Jahre später besucht er das Paar in Immensee, doch die Begegnung wird ihm unerträglich, und er wendet sich für immer von ihr ab.
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Table of Contents
-01- About this book
-02- DEDICATION
-03- INTRODUCTION
-04- THE CHARACTER OF GERMANY
-05- THE GERMAN SYSTEM OF PREPARATION
-06- GERMANY AND ITALIAN FINANCE
-07- THE ANNEXATION MANIA
-08- GERMANY AND RUSSIA
-09- THE STATESMANSHIP OF THE ENTENTE
-10- TEUTON POLITICS
-11- A MACHIAVELLIAN TRICK BY WHICH RUSSIA'S HAND WAS FORCED
-12- GERMAN PROPAGANDA IN SCANDINAVIA
-13- GERMANY AND THE BALKANS
-14- THE RIVAL POLICIES
-15- PROBLEMS OF...
14) Modern India
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Project Gutenberg
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English
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Project Gutenberg
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English
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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "War in the Garden of Eden" by Kermit Roosevelt. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
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Project Gutenberg
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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti" by John Addington Symonds. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world...
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Project Gutenberg
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"The No Breakfast Plan and the Fasting-Cure" by Edward Hooker Dewey. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices....
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Project Gutenberg
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"The American Revolution and the Boer War" by Sydney George Fisher. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our...
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Project Gutenberg
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Whistler's Gentle Art, a classic in the literature of insult and denigration, might well be subtitled "The Autobiography of a Hater," for it contains the deadly sarcasm and stinging remarks of one of the wittiest men of the nineteenth century. Whistler not only refused to tolerate misunderstanding by critics and the so-called art-loving public — but launched vicious counterattacks as well. His celebrated passages-at-arms with Oscar Wilde and Swinburne,...
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