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  After Twenty Years and Mammon...

  O. Henry

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  When two friends reunite after a twenty-year absence, the limits of friendship become evident. Painting two distinct portraits of people who have grown apart, O. Henry explores themes of friendship, loyalty and trust. ¶ In Mammon and the Archer, the pursuit of love, and the love of money go head-to-head for dominance in a timely engagement. 
  Famous for his unexpected plot twists, O. Henry was not only a master at the craft of writing the short story, but explored deep themes that still resonate today. 

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  Gabriel-Ernest

  Hector Hugh Munro, Saki Saki

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  Hector Hugh Munro, who wrote under the pseudonym "Saki" tells the tale of a modern werewolf."There is a wild beast in your woods" observes the artist Cunningham to his friend van Cheele. It turns out that Cunningham is right. The next day, van Cheele finds a naked feral child in the woods, who speaks in a very disturbing way about eating flesh and hunting four-footed at night. Strangest of all is an uncanny remark about having eaten child's flesh recently.The next day, the strange naked boy turns up at Cheele's house and is adopted by his aunt, who names him Gabriel-Ernest. Van Cheele sets off to quiz Cunningham about the wild beast, while his aunt and Gabriel-Ernest prepare to host the Sunday school children's party. When van Cheele discovers that the beast Cunningham had seen was a werewolf, he realizes he has only until sunset to save the Sunday school children....

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  The Richest Man In Babylon

  George S. Clason

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  The Richest Man in Babylon, based on "Babylonian parables", has been hailed as the greatest of all inspirational works on the subject of thrift, financial planning, and personal wealth. In simple language, these fascinating and informative stories set you on a sure path to prosperity and its accompanying joys. A celebrated bestseller, it offers an understanding and a solution to your personal financial problem. Revealed inside are the secrets to acquiring money, keeping money, and making money earn more money. This original edition has the original language, content, and message from George S. Clason as intended in 1926. It's all here, uncensored.

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  Tales of Strange Islands and...

  H. G. Wells, J.S. Fletcher,...

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  A brilliant anthology of weird and fantastic stories about islands and sea monsters.    'The Sea-Raiders' by H. G. Wells    'Alone on a Wide Wide Sea' by J. S. Fletcher    'Dagon' by H. P. Lovecraft    'A Tropical Horror' by William Hope Hodgson    'No Ships Pass' by Eleanor Smith    'Aepyornis Island' by H. G. Wells    'The Vengeance of La Maraye' by J. S. Fletcher    'Absolute Evil' by Julian Hawthorne    'The Shadows' by Henry S. Whitehead    'The Lighthouse on Shivering Sand' by J. S. Fletcher    'Over the Border' by Morgan Robertson    'Treasure Trove' by Neil Munro

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  Top 10 Short Stories The - The...

  Charles Dickens, Herman...

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  Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart.  A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. 
   
  In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author?  
   
  The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme.  Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature. 
   
  Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made.  If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something. 
   
  Kipling in these more modern times is increasingly seen as an apologist for the bad ways of evil empires.  It’s a simplistic analysis and avoids much of his literary talent that is entertaining, scary and down right brilliant story telling whatever the background it is based on or comes from.   
   
  01 - The Top Ten - The 19th Century - The Men - An Introduction 
  02 - The Signalman by Charles Dickens 
  03 - Bartleby the Scrivener - Part 1 by Herman Melville 
  04 - Bartleby the Scrivener - Part 2 by Herman Melville 
  05 - The Cloak by Nikolai Gogol also known as 'The Overcoat' 
  06 - The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant 
  07 - About Love by Anton Chekhov 
  08 - The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe 
  09 - The District Doctor by Ivan Turgenev 
  10 - Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne 
  11 - A Passion in the Desert by Honoré de Balzac 
  12 -Lost Hearts by M R James

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  Between Rounds

  O. Henry

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  O. Henry was the pen name of William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), an American writer of outstanding short stories, known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization, and surprise endings. "Between Rounds" is the tale of a lost child, the six-year old son of the owner of a boarding house with a colourful and ecclectic range of boarders. For the brief period of the child's absence the inhabitants pause in their regular activities and relationships. The interlude is described in a warm and gently humorous manner.

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