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Algernon is a gentlemen from a wealthy family. Algernon's close friend Jack, has a ward, Cecily. Both Algernon and Jack have created alter egos to make life more interesting. Algernon arrives for a weekend visit in the country posing as Earnest. Having heard of Earnest's misadventures, Cicely has developed an infatuation with the rogue, and Algernon's impersonation of him works famously on Cicely. Meanwhile, Algernon's cousin, Gwendolyn, arrives for...
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"Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life...But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard Gandalf and a company of dwarves arrive on his doorstep...They have launched a plot to raid the treasure hoard guarded by Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon. Bilbo reluctantly joins their quest, unaware that...he will encounter both a magic ring and a frightening creature known as Gollum"--P. [4] of cover.
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HISTORICAL MYSTERIES. Dorothy L. Sayers paints a perfect picture of murder in this classic mystery--back in print and now available in trade paperback--in which Sir Peter Wimsey must ferret out a murderer in a Scottish artists' colony. In the scenic Scottish village of Kirkcudbright, no one is disliked more than Sandy Campbell. When the painter is found dead at the foot of cliff, his easel standing above, no one is sorry to see him gone--especially...
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The story of John Newton a rebelious young man who is cut off from his family and torn from the woman he loves, to serve His Majesty's navy. Despair leads him to the deepest levels of bitterness. Money becomes his god, sensuality becomes his mistress and the chains of depravity take him to the darkest parts of his own heart.
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Young William Wilberforce had it all. Wealth, prestige, popularity and power were his. He was one of the new breed of young politicians in Parliament whom along with William Pitt, were going to change their world. But the gaming tables, social events and leisurely entertainments were a siren song to lull their consciences to sleep.
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In 1755, over a half-million Africans were brutally captured and kidnapped as slaves. Olaudah Equiano was one of them, But, unlike many he lived to tell his story. Olaudah Equiano, a prince among his people who, at the age of ten, finds himself in the diseased hold of a slave ship on a voyage to worlds beyond his comprehension.
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Twenty-three episodes take you from the arrival of the Pilgrims in 1620 through the Revolutionary War and Civil War eras, both World Wars, and the Vietnam conflict. Also included is a story about how influential one vote can be in electing your country's leaders.
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According to the Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, witch, the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday, in fact ... As the armies of Good and Evil converge on the sleepy English village of Lower Tadfield, the Four Horsepersons of the Apocalypse--War, Famine, Pollution and Death--assemble. Atlantis is rising: fish are falling from the sky; everything seems to be going according to Divine Plan--except for unlikely angel and demon duo...
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