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4th Wish [MultiFormat]
by Ed Howdershelt
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A beach, a bottle found, and a beautiful woman. Just another day in paradise, right? Nope. That would be too easy. This is a new take on an old story. (Published: 2008)
Words: 9447 - Reading Time: 26-37 min.
Category: Science Fiction/Fantasy
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Ghost Rider: Stories by Jonathan Lowe [MultiFormat]
by Jonathan Lowe
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In one story, a man rides an offroad motorcycle among the ghost towns of Southern Arizona, searching for clues to his grandfather's legacy. In another, a wimp buys a Harley to spite his mother-in-law, then rides to meet his destiny at an abandoned Titan missile base in the desert. Next, a former playboy faces a woman's revenge at his class reunion, and a bachelor living near the Mexican border acquires a family he never expected, thanks to a portal that opens--not to Mexico--but to another world... more info>> (Published: 2007)
Words: 40590 - Reading Time: 115-162 min.
Category: Mainstream
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The Iraq Study Group Report: The Way Forward--A New Approach [MultiFormat]
by James A. Baker III, Lee H. Hamilton
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The long-awaited report from the congressionally commissioned Iraq Study Group. (Published: 2006)
Words: 31975 - Reading Time: 91-127 min.
Category: Politics/Government
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow [MultiFormat]
by Washington Irving
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The original ghost story! Irving's classic tale of Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman set in the Hudson River Valley of early America. (Published: 1819)
Words: 11773 - Reading Time: 33-47 min.
Category: Classic Literature
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Oxford Paperback Thesaurus [Free Sample] [Limited MultiFormat: 3 Formats Available]
by Oxford University Press
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[This FREE 348-page sample of the Oxford Paperback Thesaurus is available in MS Reader LIT Format.] The complete version of the Oxford Paperback Thesaurus contains over 300,000 entries This thesaurus covers nearly one-third of a million alternative and opposite words. The most useful alternative word is given first, opposites and related terms are clearly marked, and thousands of example sentences help users select the right word. There is clear labelling of informal, dialect, literary, and tech... more info>>
Category: Reference
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Oxford Concise Medical Dictionary [Free Sample] [Limited MultiFormat: 3 Formats Available]
by Oxford University Press
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[This FREE 155-page sample of the Oxford Concise Medical Dictionary is available in MS Reader LIT Format.] The complete version of the Oxford Concise Medical Dictionary contains over 10,000 entries. This best-selling dictionary is indispensable both as a home medical guide and as an aid for all those working in the medical and allied professions. The entries are clearly laid out and jargon-free, making the book both accessible and informative. The terms and information in this dictionary follow ... more info>>
Category: Reference
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A Dictionary of World History [Free Sample] [Limited MultiFormat: 3 Formats Available]
by Oxford University Press
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[This FREE 162-page sample of A Dictionary of World History is available in MS Reader LIT Format.] The complete version of A Dictionary of World History contains over 4,700 entries, and covers 4,000 years of history. This new Oxford reference work is the most up-to-date dictionary of world history available in paperback. The generous coverage of all aspects of history, from prehistory right up to the present day, makes this book the ideal guide both for students and the general reader. Click her... more info>>
Category: Reference
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Pocket Oxford English Spanish Dictionary [Free Sample] [Limited MultiFormat: 3 Formats Available]
by Oxford University Press
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[This FREE 260-page sample of the Pocket Oxford English Spanish Dictionary is available in MS Reader LIT Format.] The complete version of the Pocket Oxford English Spanish Dictionary contains over 90,000 words and phrases and over 130,000 translations. Derived from the universally acclaimed Oxford Spanish Dictionary, this dictionary is designed to meet the needs of students in their senior year, or studying for their Higher, or AS and A level qualification, as well as adult learners, and also bu... more info>>
Category: Reference
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Electronic Pocket Oxford English Dictionary [Free Sample] [Limited MultiFormat: 3 Formats Available]
by Oxford University Press
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This is FREE sample of the Electronic Pocket Oxford English Dictionary contains just a small portion of the complete dictionary. The complete version of the Electronic Pocket Oxford English Dictionary contains over 140,000 words, including phrases, derivatives and idioms in more than 30,000 definitions, it provides a comprehensive coverage of everyday English. The meanings are given in a plain and straightforward style. Usage notes give guidance on points of grammar, usage, and spelling. Concise... more info>>
Category: Reference
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Oxford Dictionary of Law [Free Sample] [Limited MultiFormat: 3 Formats Available]
by Oxford University Press
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[This FREE 80-page sample of the Oxford Dictionary of Law is available in MS Reader LIT Format and MobiPocket Format.]The complete version of the Oxford Dictionary of Law contains 4,000 entries defining and explaining the major terms, concepts, processes, and organization of the law; Compiled by practising lawyers; Explains legal concepts as well as providing lexical definitions; Written in a clear and accessible style; Updated with 300 new entries to include all legal developements since public... more info>>
Category: Reference
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Lord Jim [MultiFormat]
by Joseph Conrad
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At its heart, this classic novel is a book about the sea. Published in 1900, Lord Jim was originally intended as a short story. It grew to a full-length book as Conrad explored in great depth the perplexing dilemmas of lost honor and guilt, expiation and heroism. An English boy from a simple village has bigger dreams than most around him, so he embarks at an early age into a sailor's life. Haunted by guilt over an act of cowardice, Jim becomes an agent at an isolated East Indian trading post. Th... more info>> (Published: 1900)
Words: 130424 - Reading Time: 372-521 min.
Category: Classic Literature
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Andersen's Fairy Tales [MultiFormat]
by Hans Christian Andersen
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18 Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales including "The Bell," "The Dream of Little Tuk," "Elderbush," "The Emperor's New Clothes," "The False Collar," "The Fir Tree," "The Happy Family," "Leap-Frog," "The Little Match Girl," "The Naughty Boy," "O. T.--A Danish Romance," "The Old House," "The Real Princess," "The Red Shoes," "The Shadow," "Snow Queen," "The Story of a Mother," "The Swineherd." (Published: 1872)
Words: 56659 - Reading Time: 161-226 min.
Category: Classic Literature
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1001 Arabian Nights [Volume 1 of 16] [MultiFormat]
by Sir Richard F. Burton
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Bawdy and exotic, 1001 Arabian Nights features the wily and seductive Shahrazad, who saves her own life by telling tales of magical transformation, genies and wishes, flying carpets and fantastical journeys, terror and passion to entertain and appease the brutal King Shahryar. First introduced in the West in 1704, the stories of The Thousand and One Nights are most familiar to American readers in sanitized children's versions. This edition, based on Richard F. Burton's unexpurgated translation, ... more info>> (Published: 1885)
Words: 174837 - Reading Time: 499-699 min.
Category: Classic Literature
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Little Women [MultiFormat]
by Louisa May Alcott
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Little Women is the story of the four March sisters--Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy--in a family that has been loved by readers young and old for generations. Whether they are putting on plays, forming the Pickwick Club, or entertaining Laurie, the lonely boy next door, the sisters and their mother play and work together to maintain an interesting and fun household while their father is away at war. (Published: 1869)
Words: 185894 - Reading Time: 531-743 min.
Category: Classic Literature
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The Road to the Chess Grandmaster Title: Part 1 [Audio/Video]
by Maurice Ashley
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ChessWise Multimedia Series: In this series of Audio/Video chess lectures, Maurice Ashley, the first African-American Chess Grandmaster in history, explores key games from his career that led to the coveted title. This lecture features a game played by GM Ashley against chess master Danny Shapiro. A noted chess commentator for ESPN, GM Ashley's commentary is both entertaining for chess fans and instructive for players looking to improve their game. Visually, you see an animated chess board as th... more info>> (Published: 2003)
Length: 0 hours, 13 minutes, 19 secs
Category: Sports/Entertainment/Education
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Captains Courageous [MultiFormat]
by Rudyard Kipling
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The only one of Kipling's novels to be cast in an American setting, Captains Courageous endures as one of literature's most cherished and memorable sea adventures. Harvey Cheyne, spoiled millionaire's son, tumbles overboard from a luxury liner--only to be rescued by the crew of a Gloucester schooner. Thus begins the boy's second voyage into the rugged rites and ways of sailors. Like all Kipling's masterworks, Captains Courageous is an interweaving of art and moral purpose. Angus Wilson has said ... more info>> (Published: 1897)
Words: 52276 - Reading Time: 149-209 min.
Category: Classic Literature
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The Call of the Wild [MultiFormat]
by Jack London
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An adventure of the 1896 Klondike Gold Rush, The Call of the Wild is one of America's best-known novels, and has been continuously in print since it first appeared in 1903. (Published: 1903)
Words: 31819 - Reading Time: 90-127 min.
Category: Classic Literature
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White Fang [MultiFormat]
by Jack London
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In the desolate, frozen wilds of Northwest Canada, a wolf-cub soon finds himself the sole survivor of the litter. Son of Kiche--half-wolf, half-dog--and the aging wolf One Eye, he is thrust into a savage world where each day becomes a fight to stay alive. (Published: 1906)
Words: 72130 - Reading Time: 206-288 min.
Category: Classic Literature
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The Age of Innocence [MultiFormat]
by Edith Wharton
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Deeply moving study of the tyrannical and rigid requirements of New York high society in the late 19th century and the effect of those strictures on the lives of three people. Vividly characterized drama of affection thwarted by a man's sense of honor, family, and societal pressures. A long-time favorite with readers and critics alike. (Published: 1920)
Words: 102266 - Reading Time: 292-409 min.
Category: Classic Literature
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Vision [MultiFormat]
by N. D. Hansen-Hill
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Dustin Mallory is a man trapped by the past. He is no more a victim than his friends, whose reach at times extends beyond the grave, or whose thoughts take unwanted strolls through other people's minds. If the past can come forward enough to taunt Mallory's present, is there a chance he can influence it? Alter a fate that's too harsh to accept? Or will he spend the rest of his life hovering between reality and revelation? Dependent on strangers for his personal salvation? It is what he now fears... more info>> (Published: 2001)
Words: 81650 - Reading Time: 233-326 min.
Category: Horror/Science Fiction
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame [MultiFormat]
by Victor Hugo
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Set in medieval Paris, Victor Hugo's powerful historical romance has resonated with succeeding generations ever since its publication in 1837. It tells the story of the beautiful gypsy Esmeralda, condemned as a witch by the tormented archdeacon Claude Frollo, who lusts after her. Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer of Notre Dame Cathedral, having fallen in love with the kindhearted Esmeralda, tries to save her by hiding her in the cathedral's tower. When a crowd of Parisian peasants, misundersta... more info>> (Published: 1837)
Words: 184815 - Reading Time: 528-739 min.
Category: Classic Literature
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Emma [MultiFormat]
by Jane Austen
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Jane Austen began writing Emma in 1814, though it was not published until 1816, and then it was anonymous (as were all of her novels initially due to the prejudices of her times). Emma Woodhouse, the eponymous heroine (of sorts) is endowed with wealth, good-looks, prestige and is, moveover, well aware of how clever she is. Anne Taylor, who had been extremely close to both Emma and her father, moves out to live with Mr Weston. In the absence of this confidante, Emma looks for a new friend and bec... more info>> (Published: 1816)
Words: 160500 - Reading Time: 458-642 min.
Category: Classic Literature
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Gulliver's Travels [MultiFormat]
by Jonathan Swift
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First published in 1726, this classic work of satire presents a world gone haywire, where humans, despite their pomposity and grandiose illusions, are no better than weak and helpless fools. Lemuel Gulliver's journeys take him to Lilliput, a country whose inhabitants are no more than six inches tall; to Brobdingnag, a land of giants; to Laputa, a flying island inhabited by absent-minded people; and to the land of Houyhnhnms, where horselike creatures rule with intelligence and courtesy over repu... more info>> (Published: 1726)
Words: 104304 - Reading Time: 298-417 min.
Category: Classic Literature
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [MultiFormat]
by Robert Louis Stevenson
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The idea for Robert Louis Stevenson's immortal masterpiece of psychological terror sprang from the deepest recesses of his own subconscious--a nightmare from which his wife awakened him. He wrote it as a stark yet complex tale whose popularity has endured for more than a century, making the phrase "Jekyll and Hyde" synonymous with man's internal war between good and evil. Brilliantly anticipating modern psychology, Stevenson's story of the kindly scientist who drinks a potion that nightly transf... more info>> (Published: 1886)
Words: 25646 - Reading Time: 73-102 min.
Category: Classic Literature/Science Fiction
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Ivanhoe [MultiFormat]
by Sir Walter Scott
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More than a century after the Norman Conquest, England remains a colony of foreign warlords. The dissolute Prince John plots to seize his brother's crown, his barons terrorize the country, and the mysterious outlaw Robin Hood haunts the ancient greenwood. With the secret return of King Richard and the disinherited Saxon knight, Ivanhoe, Scott unfurls his splendid and tumultuous romance, featuring the tournament at Ashby-de-la-Zouch, the siege of Torquilstone, and the clash of wills between the w... more info>> (Published: 1819)
Words: 192909 - Reading Time: 551-771 min.
Category: Classic Literature
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