Books from Tacet Books
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7 best short stories by Thomas Burke
By August Nemo, Thomas Burkewith menaces, what was the matter with his claim. It wasn't that he was specially anxious to father the child. Indeed, the success of his claim, and the resultant financial outlay, would have seriously disconcerted him.
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7 Best Short Stories: Balkans
By James Fenimore Cooper, O. Henry, Robert W. ChambersThey took the best fields themselves and then went over to the proprietors. What shall we do when they robus of everything? And now the hungry wolves haven't enough; they want to take away the graveyard where our fathers, ...
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7 best short stories by G. K. Chesterton
By G. K. Chesterton“Why do you want them taken off?” “Why, I thought,” replied the priest humbly, “that perhaps I might have the very great honour of shaking hands with him.” Both detectives stared, and Father Brown added: “Won't you tell them about it, ...
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7 best short stories by Bram Stoker
By Bram Stoker, August NemoThe custodian must have had in him some of the blood of his predecessors in that ghastly tower, for he worked the engine with a deliberate and excruciating slowness ... Following its direction I saw the black cat crouching out of sight.
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Essential Novelists - Gaston Leroux: phantoms and mysteries
By August Nemo, Gaston Leroux- Mystery of the Yellow Room. This is one of many books in the series Essential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.
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7 best short stories by Andy Adams
By Andy Adams, August NemoBorn in Indiana in 1859, writer Andy Adams lived the cowboy life on the Texas plains. He later rendered those experiences in fiction to set Americans straight about life in the West. Adams arrived in South Texas in 1881 and began ...
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7 best short stories - Time Travel
By Washington Irving, H. G. Wells, August NemoBut it was with science fiction that the concept became popular and began to inhabit the dreams of all of us. In this book you will find seven classics of time travel specially selected by the critic August Nemo.
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7 best short stories by Henry James
By Henry James, August NemoFor their unique ambiguity, as well as for other aspects of their composition, his late works have been compared to impressionist painting.This selection specially chosen by the literary critic August Nemo, contains the following stories ...
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7 Best Short Stories: Classic Erotica
By Edith Wharton, Guy de Maupassant, LongusAugust Nemo has selected seven classic tales of eroticism that are part of the history of human sexual culture: - Daphnis and Chloe by Longus - Idylll by Guy de Maupassant - Beatrice Palmato by Edith Wharton - Venus in Furs by Leopold von ...
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7 Best Short Stories by Stephen Crane
By Stephen CraneAmerican novelist, short story writer, and poet Stephen Crane was born November 1st, 1871; six years after the American Civil War had ended.
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7 best short stories by Bret Harte
By Bret Harte, August NemoBret Harte was the first American writer from the West Coast to gain an international reputation.
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7 Best Short Stories by Susan Glaspell
By Susan GlaspellThis selection specially chosen by the literary critic August Nemo, contains the following stories: His Smile "Government Goat" A Jury of Her Peers The Anarchist: His Dog "One of Those Impossible Americans" At Twilight From A to Z
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Essential Novelists - Lord Dunsany: the father of fantasy
By Lord DunsanyThick and curious blood began to pour through rifts in the armour, and soon of that glittering company two were ... one of the guard remained, who seemed to have some stronger magic about him than had been given to his fallen comrades.
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3 books to know Dystopian Fiction
By Jack London, H. G. Wells, August NemoThis is one of many books in the series 3 Books To Know. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the topics.
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3 books to know Boxing
By Robert E. Howard, Jack London, Arthur Conan DoyleBlow. the. Chinks. Down! BY ROBERT E. HOWARD A FAMILIAR STOCKY SHAPE, stood with a foot on the brass rail, as I entered the American Bar, in Hong-kong. I glared at the shape disapprovingly, recognizing it as Bill McGlory of the Dutchman ...
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7 Best Short Stories by Anthony Trollope
By Anthony TrollopeAnthony Trollope wrote convincing novels of political life as well as studies that show great psychological penetration.
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7 Best Short Stories: Love
By O. Henry, Hans Christian Andersen, Guy de MaupassantCheck out these seven short stories by consecrated authors and see what each one of them has to say about love. This book contains: - The Lady With The Little Dog by Anton Chekhov. - The Love-Philtre of Ikey Schoenstein by O. Henry.
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Essential Novelists - Jack London: fantastic adventures
By Jack London, August NemoNovels selected for this book: - White Fang - The Scarlet Plague This is one of many books in the seriesEssential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.
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7 best short stories by Jacques Futrelle
By August Nemo, Jacques FutrelleJacques Futrelle is best known for writing short detective stories featuring Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, also known as "The Thinking Machine" for his application of logic to any and all situations.
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Essential Novelists - H. G. Wells: father of science fiction
By H. G. Wells, August NemoIf you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.