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http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?url=searc...publisher=Xist http://www.amazon.ca/s/?url=search-a...publisher=Xist Includes (some preorder for to-morrow) The Last Trail (Xist Classics) by Zane Grey A classic western novel by Zane Grey which tells the story of two brothers who are hot on the trail of rustlers who have kidnapped a woman. The Light of Western Stars (Xist Classics) by Zane Grey A New York society girl heads west and ends up with more adventure than she had bargained for. Anderson's Fairy Tales (Xist Classics) by Hans Christian Anderson Some Classic fiction mixed in here http://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search-...lisher=waxkeep http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?url=searc...lisher=waxkeep http://www.amazon.ca/s/?url=search-a...lisher=waxkeep The Prisoner of Zenda and Rupert of Hentzau From The Memoirs of Fritz Von Tarlenheim by Anthony Hope And here http://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search-...lisher=Nisyros http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?url=searc...lisher=Nisyros http://www.amazon.ca/s/?url=search-a...lisher=Nisyros The Son of the Wolf by Jack London |
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Couldn't find Hans Christian Anderson in the provided links, but here's the US link: Complete Fairy Tales (Illustrated)
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Many more Waxkeep reprints - see my SF post for one (from 1827)
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X-link to the Mystery/Thriller megathread:
Free from the author via KDP Select @ Amazon: Thursday at Noon: A Mideast Political Thriller by William F. Brown, a period-set action/adventure espionage thriller specifically dealing with the Arab-Israeli tensions of the 1960s, originally out from St. Martin's Press in 1987. |
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Thistle reprint
The Lion's Claw by Peter Padfield This novel by one of Britain's leading naval historians introduces Lieutenant Guy Greville, intelligence officer of Her Majesty's corvette Dulcinea off east Africa in the final decade of the nineteenth century. The Royal Navy is attempting to end the trade in Africans driven across the continent and shipped from the east coast up to the Red Sea and Persian Gulf for the slave markets of the Middle East. But chests of modern arms found in one intercepted dhow draw the Dulcinea into great power intrigue. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00R7R9BBS/ http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00R7R9BBS/ http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00R7R9BBS/ Peter Padfield is a leading naval historian and biographer. |
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Endeavour reprint
Regency Romance The Guinea Stamp by Alice Chetwynd Ley With England under the shadow of Napoleon's invasion, the windswept coast of Devon has become a hotbed of intrigue-with spies and smugglers terrorising the county, no one is safe. No respectable lady should concern herself with romantic notions of spies and smugglers, but Joanna Fineton does not care. When she discovers double agent Captain Jackson breaking into her family home, she is suddenly swept up into a tangled web of lies and conspiracy. Someone in the Fineton house is not who he appears to be-but can Joanna discover who the French spy is before his dastardly plan comes to fruition? Alice Chetwynd Ley (1913 - 2004) was a British writer of romance novels. She was the sixth elected Chairman (1971-1973) of the Romantic Novelists' Association and was named honoury life member. Her other titles include `The Georgian Rake' and `The Jewelled Snuff Box'. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00U7V7JNS/ http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00U7V7JNS/ http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00U7V7JNS/ The Legacy by Clio Gray Three people, two murders, one oath, Scotland and Ireland, 1798. Golo Eck is searching for the lost library of The Lynx, the first scientific society in Europe, founded in 1603. His friend, Fergus, is sent over to Ireland on its trail, getting embroiled in the uprising of the United Irish against English rule. His only contact here is Greta, who works as a messenger for the United Irish; and then come the bloody battles of New Ross and Vinegar Hill. Fergus is missing, Greta on the run. Clio Gray is also the author of `Deadly Prospects' `Things Fall Apart' and the Stroop Mystery series. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TSPEF8Q/ http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00TSPEF8Q/ http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00TSPEF8Q/ |
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Xist reprints
See all http://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search-...publisher=Xist http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?url=searc...publisher=Xist http://www.amazon.ca/s/?url=search-a...publisher=Xist Examples Essays of Montaigne (Xist Classics) by Michel de Montaigne intr. by John M. Cohen Montaigne's stated goal in his book is to describe man, and especially himself, with utter frankness and honesty. The essays are surprisingly modern and have served as foundational texts for much of Western philosophy and culture. The Metamorphoses of Ovid (Xist Classics) by Ovid intr. by Denis Feeney The Metamorphoses of Ovid is an epic poem comprised of many Greek and Roman myths. The Metamorphoses may be the most influential text on Western literature and certainly the most influential poem. Ovid's telling of the myths have been retold countless times in many different mediums. Review A good translation in clear, dignified, poetic English (Prof Elaine Fantham, Princeton ) The Story of Burnt Njal (Njal's Saga) (Xist Classics) Life and death in 13C Iceland. The Trial (Xist Classics) by Franz Kafka |
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Thistle reprint
The Unquiet Gods by Peter Padfield Lieutenant Guy Greville of HMS Dulcinea and the corvette's diehard sailing captain, the Earl of Saxmundham, who cannot abide engines or engineers, were last met off East Africa in The Lion's Claw Here they sail into a deeper mystery: arriving in Bombay, commercial capital of British India in the 1890s, they learn that one of the ships on the station, HMS Curlew, has disappeared without trace. Peter Padfield is a leading naval historian and biographer. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PS4VB0Q/ http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00PS4VB0Q/ http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00PS4VB0Q/ |
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Pirate Latitudes: A Novel by Michael Crichton - $0.99
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Endeavour reprint, free
Gold Chains of Empire by Peter Padfield This is the third novel featuring the young naval officer, Guy Greville, met previously in (Not Free) The Lion's Claw and The Unquiet Gods Now first lieutenant of Her Majesty's second-class cruiser Cressida, Greville arrives in Durban in September 1899 as tensions between the British administration of southern Africa and the independent Afrikaner, or Boer, republics of the Orange Free State and Transvaal reach breaking point. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PIP47G0/ http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00PIP47G0/ http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00PIP47G0/ |
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Brewster's Millions - free
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New freebies from reliable sources, mixed classic fiction and non-fiction
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The Red Badge of Courage (Xist Classics) by Stephen Crane and Stanley Appelbaum
What is the real cost of war? "So it came to pass that as he trudged from the place of blood and wrath his soul changed." ¯ Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of Courage In The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane, a young private in the Union Army during the American Civil War flees from the field of battle after longing for "a red badge of courage" (a battle wound) to prove his courage. Although Stephen Crane did not participate in any Civil War battles, the novel is known for its realistic portrayal of the battlefield. This book is required reading in many US schools and is a true American classic. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00WQBTUXO/ http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00WQBTUXO/ http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00WQBTUXO/ |
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