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Describes the years of turmoil between 50 and 48 B.C. when Pompey the Great and Caesar fought for the dictatorship of Rome.

Presents five of the author's most acclaimed short stories.

The hilarious story of Fanny Hill and her erotic exploits in London shocked the religious and literary hierarchy, who condemned the book, thus immediately increasing demand for it.

Claudine, sparkling with life and intelligence, sows merry hell among her classmates and teachers of a parochial school in turn of the century France.

Pinocchio, a wooden puppet full of tricks and mischief, with a talent for getting into and out of trouble, wants more than anything else to become a real boy.

The Nan-Shan was on her way from the southward to the treaty port of Fuchau with cargo 200 Chinese coolies on board.

London's Great Plague of 1665 devastated the city, as Europe's final bubonic outbreak killed thousands of helpless citizens.

Includes 75 poems as well as commentary and readings from some of Emily's letters and notes.

A Dutch boy and girl work toward two goals, finding the doctor who can restore their father's memory and winning the competition for the silver skates.

Presents the autobiography of Douglass, an American slave, and his journey out of mental and physical bondage.

In this classic, Professor Challenger summons Professor Summerlee, Lord John Roxton, and E.D. Malone to his sitting room with one unusual request: bring your own oxygen.

Have Holmes and Watson finally met their match in the dreaded Molly McGuires and the diabolical Moriarity?

Industry, honesty, and an eye for the ladies are ever apparent in this candid self-portrait, from his humble birth in 1706 to the beginnings of his greatness in 1757.

Words of wisdom from America's shrewdest observer of man and his ways.

Froissart was the first great war correspondent of the Middle Ages, covering much of the Hundred Years' War (1339-1453). These are selections from The Great Wars of England and France.