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Heart of Darkness (v. 1.0)

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This is an electronic edition of the complete books complemented by author biography. This book features the table of contents linked to every chapter. The book was designed for optimal navigation on Android.

************ Heart of Darkness is a novella written by Polish-born writer Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski). Before its 1902 publication, it appeared as a three-part series (1899) in Blackwood's Magazine. It is widely regarded as a significant work of English literature and part of the Western canon. The Secret Sharer is a novella written by Joseph Conrad in 1909, and first published in book form in 1912, though it had appeared in Harper’s before then. It contains a theme typical for Conrad; he is a solitary character challenged from external and internal agents. The story was filmed as a segment of the 1952 film Face to Face.

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The Beautiful and Damned (v. 1.0)

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The Beautiful and Damned, first published by Scribner's in 1922, is F. Scott Fitzgerald's second novel. It tells the story of Anthony Patch (a 1920s socialite and presumptive heir to a tycoon's fortune), the relationship with his wife Gloria, his service in the army, and alcoholism. The novel provides an excellent portrait of the Eastern elite as the Jazz Age begins its ascent, engulfing all classes into what will soon be known as Café Society. As with all of his other novels, it is a brilliant character study and is also an early account of the complexities of marriage and intimacy that were further explored in Tender Is the Night. The book is believed to be largely based on Fitzgerald's relationship and marriage with Zelda Fitzgerald. — Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

The Complete Wizard of Oz (v. 1.0)

MobileReference опубликовал приложение 2011-11-02
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This is an electronic edition of the complete collection complemented by author biography. This collection features the table of contents linked to every book and chapter. The collection was designed for optimal navigation on Android.

******************The Oz books form a book series that begins with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and that relates the "history" of the Land of Oz. Oz was originally created by author L. Frank Baum, who went on to write fourteen Oz books. Although most of the Oz books are strictly adventures, Baum—as well as many later Oz authors—styled themselves as "Royal Historians" of Oz to emphasize that Oz is a genuine place. Later authors wrote 26 other "official" books after Baum's death. Many other authors have put their own twists on Oz, notably Gregory Maguire's revisionist Wicked. For more such books, please see List of Published Oz Apocrypha.
— Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

The Awakening (v. 1.0)

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From Library Journal
This gorgeous edition of Chopin's 1899 classic features period photos of the novel's New Orleans location and a durable plastic dust jacket.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review
"Interesting and Timely . . . Chopin's oracular feminism and prophetic prophetic psychology almost outweigh her estimable literary talents." -- --Newsweek

The Thoughts of the Emperor (v. 1.0)

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The Thoughts of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

The Meditations in English translation. According to Wikipedia: "Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (often referred to as "the wise"; April 26, 121 – March 17, 180) was Roman Emperor from 161 to his death in 180. He was the last of the "Five Good Emperors", and is also considered one of the most important Stoic philosophers. His tenure was marked by wars in Asia against a revitalized Parthian Empire, and with Germanic tribes along the Limes Germanicus into Gaul and across the Danube. A revolt in the East, led by Avidius Cassius who previously fought alongside Lucius Verus against the Parthians, failed. Marcus Aurelius' work Meditations, written in Greek while on campaign between 170 and 180, is still revered as a literary monument to a government of service and duty and has been praised for its "exquisite accent and its infinite tenderness."

Meditations (v. 1.0)

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Translated by Meric Casaubon This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features the table of contents linked to every book. The book was designed for optimal navigation on Android.

****************** Meditations is the title of a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius setting forth his ideas on Stoic philosophy. Marcus Aurelius wrote the 12 books of the Meditations in Greek as a source for his own guidance and self-improvement. It is possible that large portions of the work were written in Sirmium, where he spent much time planning military campaigns from 170 to 180. We know that some of it was written while he was positioned at Aquincum on campaign in Pannonia, because internal notes tell us that the second book was written when he was campaigning against the Quadi on the river Granova (modern-day Hron) and the third book was written at Carnuntum. It is not clear that he ever intended the writings to be published, so the title Meditations is but one of several commonly assigned to the collection. These writings take the form of quotations varying in length from one sentence to long paragraphs.
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Antiquities of the Jews (v. 1.0)

MobileReference опубликовал приложение 2011-10-22
(обновлено 2011-10-22)

Antiquities of the Jews or Jewish Antiquities. Complete interlinked edition.

Includes:
- contemporary maps
- timelines
- family trees
- coinage
- units of measure
- modern view of history
- analysis of Josephus works

Josephus fought the Romans in the First Jewish-Roman War as a Jewish military leader in Galilee. After the Romans invaded, killing thousands, Josephus and one of his soldiers surrendered to the Roman forces. He became a prisoner and provided the Romans with intelligence on the ongoing revolt. He appears to have played some role as a negotiator with the defenders of Jerusalem in 70. In 71, he arrived in Rome in the entourage of Titus, becoming a Roman citizen. It was while in Rome, and under Flavian patronage, that Josephus wrote all of his works. The works of Josephus were studied for nearly 2,000 years by scholars, pastors, students, and everybody interested in history. Josephus writes in enlightened and provocative style. He offers information about individuals, groups, customs and geographical places. His writings provide a significant, extra-biblical account of the Maccabees, the Hasmonean dynasty and the rise of Herod the Great. He makes references to the Sadducees, Jewish High Priests of the time, Pharisees and Essenes, the Herodian Temple, the Zealots, and to such figures as Pontius Pilate, Herod the Great, Agrippa I and Agrippa II, John the Baptist, James the brother of Jesus. The Josephus' books provide the most important contemporary reference to Jesus Christ. The updated translations of Josephus' works by William Whiston are easy to read and are essential to understanding of the first century Jerusalem, the time of Christ and the New Testament.

Contents of Appendix:

1. Maps of Palestine: 830 BC | 50 AD | Galilee 50 AD
2. Maps of Assyria and Persian Empire: Assyria 824-671 BC | Persian Empire 490 BC
3. Maps of Roman Empire: 218 BC - 117 AD | 69 AD | 117 AD | Legions Camps 80 AD
4. Models: Jerusalem | Solomon's Temple | Herod's Temple
5. Timeline Graphical: Near East 3000-600 BC | Hasmonean Dynasty 175 BC-35 BC | Roman Empire 60 BC-450 AD
6. Timeline of Places: Palestine | Biblical Israel and Judah | Jerusalem | Ancient Rome
7. Timeline of Jewish Leaders: Kings of Judah | Kings of Israel | High Priests | Hasmonean Dynasty | Herodian Dynasty | Herod | Christianity
8. Timeline of Roman Leaders: Emperors | Procurators of Judaea
9. Graphical Family Trees: Herod | Herod and Mariamne | Flavian Dynasty
10. Biographies: Josephus | Hasmonean Dynasty | Herodian Dynasty | Herod | Vespasian | Titus | Domitian
11. History: Palestine | Biblical Israel and Judah | Iudaea Province | First Jewish-Roman War (66-73) | Kitos War (115-117) | Second Jewish-Roman War (132-135)
12. Calendar: Hebrew | Julian | Syrian/Macedonian
13. Coinage: Most Common | Hebrew | Greek | Roman
14. Units of Measure: Conversion | Relationship between units of length and human body
15. Josephus on Jesus: Antiquities of the Jews-Book XVIII | Antiquities of the Jews-Book XX

Treasure Island (v. 1.0)

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The striking jacket of this new edition of an old classic promises more than it delivers. Thirty-one plates, full-color but predominantly in earth-tone hues, are dropped into the text, sometimes mindlessly. For example, the cover art, a pirate digging in sand among pieces of eight, reappears on page 61, facing text that sketches the lives of pirates, "gentlemen of fortune." The text never relates to the art. Ingpen's style is impressionistic but evocative of N. C. Wyeth's illustrations for the same title (Scribners, 1911, reissued by Time Warner, 1992); his plate of Blind Pow shows the subject in much the same pose. In some paintings, Ingpen uses angle and perspective effectively; interest is added by superimposing people upon background, or vice-versa. Spot line drawings, some used more than once, accent many pages. Unfortunately, in some cases, a subject is not recognizable from one page to the next, and the hazy impressionistic style makes it difficult to interpret some pictures. Although superficially handsome, this title has stiff competition from many other editions of Treasure Island , the Wyeth edition, especially. --Carolyn Noah, Central Mass. Regional Library System, Worcester, MA
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Anna Karenina (v. 1.0)

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Translated by Constance Garnett Anna Karenina, also Anglicised as Anna Karenin, is a novel by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, published in serial installments from 1873 to 1877 in the periodical The Russian Messenger. Tolstoy clashed with its editor Mikhail Katkov over issues that arose in the final installment. Therefore, the novel's first complete appearance was in book form.Widely regarded as a pinnacle in realist fiction, Tolstoy considered this book his first true novel. The character of Anna was likely inspired, in part, by Maria Hartung (1832–1919), the elder daughter of the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin. Soon after meeting her at dinner, Tolstoy started reading Pushkin's prose and once had a fleeting daydream of "a bare exquisite aristocratic elbow", which proved to be the first intimation of Anna's character. Although most Russian critics panned the novel on its publication as a "trifling romance of high life", Fyodor Dostoevsky declared it to be "flawless as a work of art." His opinion is seconded by Vladimir Nabokov, who especially admired "the flawless magic of Tolstoy's style" and the motif of the moving train, which is subtly introduced in the first chapters (the children playing with a toy train) and inexorably developed in subsequent chapters (Anna's nightmare), thus heralding the novel's majestic finale. According to a recent poll of 125 contemporary authors, published in a book entitled The Top Ten, Anna Karenina is the greatest novel ever written - Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Short Stories (v. 12.1)

MobileReference опубликовал приложение 2011-10-22
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Translated by Constance Garnett

Table of Contents

Aborigines
About Love
An Actor's End
An Adventure
After The Theatre
Agafya
The Album
'Anna On The Neck'
An Anonymous Story
Anyuta
Ariadne
Art
An Artist's Story
At a Country House
At a Summer Villa
At Christmas Time
At Home
At The Barber's
An Avenger
A Bad Business
Bad Weather
The Beauties
The Beggar
The Bet
Betrothed
The Bird Market
The Bishop
The Bishop and Other Stories
The Black Monk
A Blunder
Boots
Boys
The Cattle-Dealers
A Chameleon
Champagne
The Chemist's Wife
Children
Choristers
The Chorus Girl
The Chorus Girl And Other Stories
A Classical Student
The Cook's Wedding
The Cook's Wedding And Other Stories
The Cossack
A Country Cottage
Darkness
The Darling
The Darling And Other Stories
A Daughter Of Albion
A Day In The Country
A Dead Body
The Death of A Government Clerk
A Defenceless Creature
The Dependents
Difficult People
The Doctor
A Doctor's Visit
Dreams
A Dreary Story
Drunk
The Duel
The Duel And Other Stories
Easter Eve
Enemies
An Enigmatic Nature
The Examining Magistrate
Excellent People
Expensive Lessons
Fat And Thin
A Father
The First-Class Passenger
The Fish
From The Diary of A Violent-tempered Man
Frost
A Gentleman Friend
Gone Astray
Gooseberries
The Grasshopper
Grisha
Gusev
Happiness
A Happy Ending
A Happy Man
The Head-Gardener's Story
The Head Of The Family
The Helpmate
Home
The Horse-Stealers
The Horse Stealers And Other Stories
The Huntsman
The Husband
Hush!
In A Strange Land
In An Hotel
In Exile
In Passion Week
In The Coach-House
In The Court
In The Dark
In The Graveyard
In The Ravine
In Trouble
An Inadvertence
An Incident
An Inquiry
Ionitch
Ivan Matveyitch
The Jeune Premier
A Joke
Joy
Kashtanka
The Kiss
Ladies
The Lady With The Dog
The Lady With The Dog And Other Stories
A Lady's Story
The Letter
Lights
The Lion And The Sun
A Living Chattel
The Looking-Glass
The Lottery Ticket
Love
Love And Other Stories
A Malefactor
Malingerers
The Man In A Case
Mari D'elle
The Marshal's Widow
Martyrs
Minds In Ferment
Mire
Misery
A Misfortune
The Murder
My Life - The Story Of A Provincial
A Mystery
Neighbours
Nerves
A Nervous Breakdown
The New Villa
A Nightmare
Not Wanted
Oh! The Public
Old Age
The Old House
On Official Duty
On The Road
The Orator
Overdoing It
Oysters
Panic Fears
The Party
The Party And Other Stories
Peasant Wives
Peasants
A Peculiar Man
The Petchenyeg
A Pink Stocking
The Pipe
A Play
Polinka
The Post
The Princess
The Privy Councillor
A Problem
The Requiem
Rothschild's Fiddle
The Runaway
The Schoolmaster
The Schoolmaster And Other Stories
The Schoolmistress
A Schoolmistress And Other Stories
The Shoemaker And The Devil
Shrove Tuesday
A Slander
Sleepy
Small Fry
Sorrow
The Steppe
A Story Without A Title
A Story Without An End
Strong Impressions
The Student
The Swedish Match
Talent
The Teacher Of Literature
Terror
Three Years
Too Early!
A Tragic Actor
A Transgression
A Trifle From Life
A Tripping Tongue
A Trivial Incident
A Troublesome Visitor
The Trousseau
The Two Volodyas
Typhus
An Upheaval
Uprooted
Vanka
Verotchka
Volodya
Ward No. 6
Whitebrow
Who Was To Blame?
The Wife
The Wife And Other Stories
The Witch
The Witch And Other Stories
A Woman's Kingdom
A Work Of Art
Zinotchka