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An Unsocial Socialist
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George Bernard Shaw |
From the book:In the dusk of an October evening, a sensible looking woman of forty came out through an oaken door to a broad landing on the first floor of an old English country-house. A braid of her… |
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Pippi Långstrump
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Astrid Lindgren |
Pippi Longstocking is the strongest and kindest and funniest and richest girl in the whole world. She lives all alone in Villa Villekulla with her horse and her monkey Mr. Nilsson. She also has a who… |
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Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales
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Hans Christian Andersen |
Sixteen tales including "Little Claus and Big Claus," "Father's Always Right," and "The Goblin and the Grocer." |
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As Minas de Salomão
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H. Rider Haggard |
"H. Rider Haggard's thrilling saga of elephant hunter Allan Quatermain and his search for fabled treasure is more than just an adventure story: as Alexandra Fuller explains in her Introduction, in it… |
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Fairy Tales and Stories
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Hans Christian Andersen |
Many of these stories for children are famous the world over. 'The Emperor's New Clothes', 'The Little Mermaid', 'The Ice Maiden', 'The Red Shoes', 'The Snow Queen', 'Thumbelina', 'The Steadfast Tin … |
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O enigma e o espelho
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Jostein Gaarder |
As Cecilia lies ill in bed, and her family prepares for Christmas, knowing she will not recover, an angel steps through her window to chat about life, death, and the universe. |
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Mau começo
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Lemony Snicket |
After the sudden death of their parents, the three Baudelaire children must depend on each other and their wits when it turns out that the distant relative who is appointed their guardian is determin… |
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Poems
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Rainer Maria Rilke |
For poetry lovers and students of literature and literary criticism, a National Book Award-winning poet brings his prowess as a translator and critic to bear on the work of one of the major German po… |
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Memoria de mis putas tristes
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Gabriel García Márquez |
"Cuenta la vida de este anciano solitario, un apasionado de la música clásica, nada aficionado de las mascotas y lleno de manías. Por él sabremos cómo en todas sus aventuras sexuales (que no fueron p… |
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Portnoy's Complaint
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Philip A. Roth |
Though is caused outrage and controversy at the time of its publication Roth’s comic novel of sexual obsession and frustration is now widely regarded as one of the best novels of the twentieth centur… |
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A Christmas Carol
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Charles Dickens |
An allegorical novella descibing the rehabilitation of bitter, miserly businessman Ebenezer Scrooge. The reader is witness to his transformation as Scrooge is shown the error of his ways by the ghost… |
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