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  • Three Lives
    Gertrude Stein
    Unabridged English value reproduction of Three Lives by Gertrude Stein. This wonderfully complex drama of hopes, dreams, and love, has characters that resonate with readers in different ways reading after reading. The three stories are based on her being influenced by Cézanne, Matisse, and Picasso.The first book of Stein, and written in an unconventional way, this beautifully b...
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    18,87 €

  • Anne of Avonlea
    Lucy Maud Montgomery
    Anne of Avonlea is a 1909 novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery (published as L. M. Montgomery). Following Anne of Green Gables (1908), the book covers the second chapter in the life of Anne Shirley. This book follows Anne from the age of 16 to 18, during the two years that she teaches at Avonlea school. It includes many of the characters from Anne of Green Gables, as w...
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    15,60 €

  • The Elusive Pimpernel
    Baroness Emma Orczy
    The Elusive Pimpernel By Baroness Orczy First published in 1908, The Elusive Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy is the 4th book in the classic adventure series about the Scarlet Pimpernel. A French-language version, translated and adapted by Charlotte and Marie-Louise Desroyses, was also produced under the title Nouveaux Exploits du Mouron Rouge. It was adapted into a silent film The ...
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    15,50 €

  • The Elusive Pimpernel
    Baroness Emma Orczy
    The Elusive Pimpernel By Baroness Orczy First published in 1908, The Elusive Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy is the 4th book in the classic adventure series about the Scarlet Pimpernel. A French-language version, translated and adapted by Charlotte and Marie-Louise Desroyses, was also produced under the title Nouveaux Exploits du Mouron Rouge. It was adapted into a silent film The ...
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    28,82 €

  • The Iron Heel
    Jack London
       The Iron Heel is a dystopian novel by American writer Jack London, first published in 1908. Generally considered to be 'the earliest of the modern Dystopian,' it chronicles the rise of an oligarchic tyranny in the United States. It is arguably the novel in which Jack London's socialist views are most explicitly on display.   To understand the full impact of the dystopia ...
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    13,26 €

  • The Spell Of The Yukon And Other Verses
    Robert w. Service / Robert WService
    The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses (original Canadian title - Songs of a Sourdough) is a book of poetry published in 1907 by Robert W. Service.The book is well known for its verse about the Klondike Gold Rush in the Yukon a decade earlier, particularly the long, humorous ballads, "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" and "The Cremation of Sam McGee."The Spell of the Yukon and Other...
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    14,39 €

  • The Spell Of The Yukon And Other Verses
    Robert W. Service
    The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses (original Canadian title - Songs of a Sourdough) is a book of poetry published in 1907 by Robert W. Service.The book is well known for its verse about the Klondike Gold Rush in the Yukon a decade earlier, particularly the long, humorous ballads, 'The Shooting of Dan McGrew' and 'The Cremation of Sam McGee.'  Source: WikipediaThe Spell of ...
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    4,56 €

  • The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories
    Mark Twain
    'Money had brought him misery, and he took his revenge upon us, who had done him no harm. He had his desire: with base and cunning calculation he left us but thirty thousand, knowing we would try to increase it, and ruin our life and break our hearts.'-The $30,000 Bequest (1906) The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories (1906) is a collection of humorous tales by Mark Twain, cove...
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    22,21 €

  • I Will Repay
    Baroness Emma Orczy
    I Will Repay was written by Baroness Emmuska Orzcy and originally published in 1906, this is a sequel novel to the Scarlet Pimpernel. The second Pimpernel book written by Orzcy, it comes (chronologically) third in the series and should be read after Sir Percy Leads the Band and before The Elusive Pimpernel.The story starts before the French revolution. It's 1783 and wealthy...
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    13,24 €

  • I Will Repay
    Baroness Emma Orczy
    I Will Repay was written by Baroness Emmuska Orzcy and originally published in 1906, this is a sequel novel to the Scarlet Pimpernel. The second Pimpernel book written by Orzcy, it comes (chronologically) third in the series and should be read after Sir Percy Leads the Band and before The Elusive Pimpernel.The story starts before the French revolution. It's 1783 and wealthy...
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    21,64 €

  • White Fang
    Jack London
    Unabridged value reproduction of Jack London’s novel White Fang is the essence of the raw American frontier, with wild animals in the wild world of humans.  Taste the bitter cold in the unforgettable adventure of White Fang.London writes of dogs driven by, “instinct, sensation, and emotion, and by simple reasoning,” which leaves the reader wanting more chapter after chapter.Rea...
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    17,61 €

  • The Richest Man In Babylon
    George S. Clason
    This 1926 classic by George Samuel Clason offers logical lessons in financial management. It is based in the ancient city of Babylon, known to be amongst the wealthiest cities of the ancient world. The author explains how the Babylonians became wealthy by following sound financial principles. They also understood the value of money and created a future source of income. The bo...
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    20,19 €

  • The Great Gatsby
    F. Scott Fitzgerald
    The Great Gatsby is F. Scott Fitzgerald’s third novel and was published in 1925. It is a rags to riches tale set in 1920’s New York and revolves around the American dream by telling the story of millionaire Jay Gatsby’s pursuit of Daisy Buchanan, a wealthy young woman. When first published in the twenties, it received a tepid response but surged in popularity during World War ...
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    21,31 €

  • Wingless... a novel
    Anuradha Muralidharan
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    19,40 €

  • In Their Shadows
    Meera Ramachandran
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    16,31 €

  • Mantrap
    Sinclair Lewis
    'Humor is next to Godliness.'― Sinclair Lewis, Mantrap To create Mantrap (1926), Sinclair Lewis adapted journals his brother Claude kept while the two traveled in Canada two years before the book appeared. In it, the author created the story of New York lawyer Ralph Prescott’s journey into the Saskatchewan territory and of his adventures there. Two separate films, Mantrap (1926...
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    13,66 €

  • Mantrap
    Sinclair Lewis
    'Humor is next to Godliness.'― Sinclair Lewis, Mantrap To create Mantrap (1926), Sinclair Lewis adapted journals his brother Claude kept while the two traveled in Canada two years before the book appeared. In it, the author created the story of New York lawyer Ralph Prescott’s journey into the Saskatchewan territory and of his adventures there. Two separate films, Mantrap (1926...
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    34,52 €

  • The Job
    Sinclair Lewis
    'We’d get sick on too many cookies, but ever so much sicker on no cookies at all.'-Sinclair Lewis, The JobIn his novel The Job (1917) Sinclair Lewis vividly describes the world of work for women in the early years of the twentieth century. The novel was one of Lewis’s first successes, praised as a groundbreaking work for having a woman as the lead character, as well as for prov...
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    14,58 €

  • The Job
    Sinclair Lewis
    'We’d get sick on too many cookies, but ever so much sicker on no cookies at all.'-Sinclair Lewis, The JobIn his novel The Job (1917) Sinclair Lewis vividly describes the world of work for women in the early years of the twentieth century. The novel was one of Lewis’s first successes, praised as a groundbreaking work for having a woman as the lead character, as well as for prov...
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    35,44 €

  • The Trail of the Hawk
    Sinclair Lewis
    'If you don’t think for yourself, then you’re admitting that your theory of happiness is the dog asleep in the sun.'-Sinclair Lewis, The Trail of the HawkThe Trail of the Hawk (1915) is a coming-of-age novel that describes the struggles of Carl Ericson as he tries to reconcile his desire for adventure with societal expectations. In classic Lewis style, the author explores the e...
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    19,24 €

  • The Trail of the Hawk
    Sinclair Lewis
    'If you don’t think for yourself, then you’re admitting that your theory of happiness is the dog asleep in the sun.'-Sinclair Lewis, The Trail of the HawkThe Trail of the Hawk (1915) is a coming-of-age novel that describes the struggles of Carl Ericson as he tries to reconcile his desire for adventure with societal expectations. In classic Lewis style, the author explores the e...
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    40,09 €

  • The Jungle
    Upton Sinclair
    About packing meat.The Jungle is a 1906 novel written by the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Upton Sinclair (1878-1968). Upton Sinclair wrote the novel to portray the changing lives of immigrants traveling to the United States and landing in Chicago or other industrialized cities.Sinclair exposed shocking government and business corruption in this 1906 best seller. He worked ...
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    21,15 €

  • The Scarlet Pimpernel
    Baroness Emma Orczy
    The Scarlet Pimpernel is the first novel in a series of historical fiction by Baroness Orczy, published in 1905. It was written after her stage play of the same title enjoyed a long run in London, having opened in Nottingham in 1903. The novel is set during the Reign of Terror following the start of the French Revolution.The title is the nom de guerre of its hero and protagonis...
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    13,22 €

  • The Scarlet Pimpernel
    Baroness Emma Orczy
    The Scarlet Pimpernel is the first novel in a series of historical fiction by Baroness Orczy, published in 1905. It was written after her stage play of the same title enjoyed a long run in London, having opened in Nottingham in 1903. The novel is set during the Reign of Terror following the start of the French Revolution.The title is the nom de guerre of its hero and protagonis...
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    24,46 €

  • The Call of the Wild
    Jack London
    The Call of the Wild is a short adventure novel by Jack London, published in 1903 and set in Yukon, Canada, during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The central character of the novel is a dog named Buck. The story opens at a ranch in Santa Clara Valley, California, when Buck is stolen from his home and sold into service as a sled dog in A...
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    13,19 €

  • The Hound of the Baskervilles
    Arthur Conan Doyle
    Complete edition of The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle, offered here for chump change. Read the novel that Doyle insisted was, 'a real Creeper!''He had risen and paced the room as he spoke. Now he halted in the recess of the window. There was such a ring of conviction in his voice that I glanced up in surprise. ’My dear fellow, how can you possibly be so sure ...
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    17,59 €

  • Heart of Darkness
    Joseph Conrad
    Although Polish, Joseph Conrad is one of the greatest English writers, and Heart of Darkness is considered his best.  As a reader we are brought to face our psychological selves to answer, ‘Who is the true savage?’ ...
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    16,50 €

  • Heart of Darkness
    Joseph Conrad
    Heart of Darkness (1899) is a novella by Polish-English novelist Joseph Conrad about a narrated voyage up the Congo River into the Congo Free State in the so-called heart of Africa. Charles Marlow, the narrator, tells his story to friends aboard a boat anchored on the River Thames. This setting provides the frame for Marlow's story of his obsession with the ivory trader Kur...
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    15,03 €

  • The War of the Worlds
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    Unabridged value reproduction of The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells is a must-have collectable for every bookshelf. The War of the Worlds is nonstop suspenseful action that every other alien sci-fi tale must compare itself against.The War of the Worlds is a tale that can be viewed in many ways as it has multiple layers of social theory, master race evolution, and political th...
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    17,67 €

  • The War of the Worlds
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    Unabridged value reproduction of The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells is a must-have collectable for every bookshelf. The War of the Worlds is nonstop suspenseful action that every other alien sci-fi tale must compare itself against.The War of the Worlds is a tale that can be viewed in many ways as it has multiple layers of social theory, master race evolution, and political th...
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    6,71 €


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