The Beautiful and Damned and Other Stories


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Feel the swing and sway of the Jazz Age in this collection of stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Beautiful and Damned explores the world of America’s upper class during World War I and the beginning of the Jazz Age. Loosely based on Fitzgerald’s relationship with his wife, Zelda, the novel centers around Anthony Patch, a young East Coast socialite who is heir to his grandfather’s fortune and lacks motivation to pursue a meaningful career. In his attempt to find his place in society while waiting for his inheritance, Anthony loses himself to alcoholism; neglects his wife, Gloria; and struggles with the realities of everyday life. This volume also includes seven short stories by Fitzgerald published in the early 1920s, including “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.”




The Beautiful


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Instant New York Times and Indie Bestseller! New York Times bestselling author Renée Ahdieh returns with a sumptuous, sultry and romantic new series set in 19th century New Orleans where vampires hide in plain sight. In 1872, New Orleans is a city ruled by the dead. But to seventeen-year-old Celine Rousseau, New Orleans is a safe haven after she's forced to flee her life as a dressmaker in Paris. Taken in by the sisters of the Ursuline convent in the middle of the carnival season, Celine is quickly enraptured by the vibrant city, from its music to its fancy soirées and even its danger. She becomes embroiled in the city's glitzy underworld, known as La Cour des Lions, after catching the eye of the group's enigmatic leader, Sébastien Saint Germain. When the body of one of the girls from the convent is found in Sébastien's own lair--the second dead girl to turn up in recent weeks--Celine battles her attraction to Sébastien and suspicions about his guilt along with the shame of her own horrible secret. After a third murder, New Orleans becomes gripped by the terror of a serial killer on the loose--one who has now set Celine in his sights. As the murderer stalks her, Celine finally takes matters into her own hands, only to find herself caught in the midst of an age-old feud between the darkest creatures of the night, where the price of forbidden love is her life. At once a sultry romance and a decadent, thrilling mystery, master storyteller Renée Ahdieh embarks on her most potent fantasy series yet.




The History of Anti-Semitism, Volume 4


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"Highly recommended without exception."--




Authorized Images: Volume 4


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The Authorized Images Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards: Omnibus Edition is Comprised of 5 Volumes Volume 4 of Authorized Images contains substantial treatments via text and illustration of Homer, Hans Christian Andersen, and Charlotte Bronte in addition to a dozen others. Authors in Authorized Images Volume 4: Homer (fl. 8th c. BC) Caedmon (fl. 657-684) Pierre Abelard (1079-1142) John Milton (1608-1674) John Bunyan (1628-1688) Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) John Keats (1795-1821) Alexandre Dumas, père (1804-1864) Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) Elizabeth Barrett-Browning (1806-1861) and Robert Browning (1812-1889) Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855) Walt Whitman (1819-1892) Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832-1910) Mark Twain (1835-1910) Sholom Aleichem (1853-1916) Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) Colette (1873-1954) Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) Oren Arnold (1900-1980)




The Book of the Damned


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"Time travel, UFOs, mysterious planets, stigmata, rock-throwing poltergeists, huge footprints, bizarre rains of fish and frogs-nearly a century after Charles Fort's Book of the Damned was originally published, the strange phenomenon presented in this book remains largely unexplained by modern science. Through painstaking research and a witty, sarcastic style, Fort captures the imagination while exposing the flaws of popular scientific explanations. Virtually all of his material was compiled and documented from reports published in reputable journals, newspapers and periodicals because he was an avid collector. Charles Fort was somewhat of a recluse who spent most of his spare time researching these strange events and collected these reports from publications sent to him from around the globe. This was the first of a series of books he created on unusual and unexplained events and to this day it remains the most popular. If you agree that truth is often stranger than fiction, then this book is for you"--Taken from Good Reads website.




Beautiful and Damned


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On the heels of three internationally bestselling books of poetry, Robert M. Drake takes his readers to a deeper level of his consciousness with this collection of stories.




This Side of Paradise


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This Side of Paradise is a novel about post-World War I youth and their morality. Amory Blaine is a young Princeton University student with an attractive face and an interest in literature. His greed and desire for social status warp the theme of love weaving through the story.




Lords of the Underworld Collection Volume 4


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New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter invites you back into her captivating Lords of the Underworld series with four of the latest stories about fierce immortal warriors and the women who bring them to their knees. Journey through this dark and sensual world, where the line between good and evil blurs and true love is put to the ultimate test. Bundle includes: The Darkest Craving, The Darkest Touch, The Darkest Torment and The Darkest Promise. BONUS: The Darkest Facts PLUS excerpts from the newest Lords of the Underworld book, The Darkest Warrior, and the first book in Gena’s all-new Gods of War paranormal romance series, Shadow and Ice!




The Desire, Oklahoma Collection, Volume 4


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[Siren Menage Everlasting: Erotic Romance, BDSM , Contemporary, Ménage a Trois, Spanking, Whipping, Sex Toys, MFM, HEA] Submission to Desire- Brenna Nelson roars into Desire, Oklahoma, for the express purpose of giving the owners of Club Desire a piece of her mind. She’s suffered pain, fear, and even the loss of her job at the hands of one of their trainees, and she places the blame directly on their shoulders. Trust doesn’t come easy for her, but their concern for her, and outrage at what their club member has done to her, eases some of her fears. Before she knows it, Royce Harley and King Taylor ensconce her in their floor at the club and she’s signed a contract to become a submissive at their hands for a month and then be auctioned to live out her wildest fantasies. The sexual journey Royce and King take her on, though, proves more powerful than she anticipated, and proves to her that she is right where she belongs. Desire Unleashed- Jake and Natalie Langley’s marriage was perfect, or so she thought. But, something had changed—a distance that had never been there before. And she didn’t know why. Braced for the worst, she’s shocked at news she’d never bargained for. Hoyt Campbell was on his way, and he wanted to be a part of her life again. Scared of the feelings she’d harbored for her son’s biological father, and the only other man she’d ever loved, she begs Jake to refuse to allow him to come. But, Hoyt, now retired from the Navy, was already on his way, determined to win back the only woman he’d ever loved, even if it meant sharing her with the man he’d trusted to take care of her long ago. Despite her feelings for Hoyt, Nat’s determined to fight for her marriage. But she hadn’t counted on both men uniting in their decision to share her—a decision that would change their lives forever. Leah Brooke is a Siren-exclusive author.




History of Carniola Volume Iv


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If you would like to know the names of the royalty and learn about their castles and their holdings, you will find the information in Volume IV annotated primarily from Valvosar's writings. Fascinating facts abound including the rise and then the suppression of the Jesuits. Empress Maria Theresa accedes to the throne of the Habsburg monarchy and brings about needed changes in education, agriculture, land reform, and roads to name a few. To increase the welfare of the state, she liberated farmers from serfdom, from the pressures of statutory labor, and from urbarial taxes. The invasion of Napoleon occurred in 1797. The reforms he brought to Slovenia were long lasting.