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"For years, even scientists mistakenly believed that dogs were simply domesticated wolves.

Around the figure of Nostromo, Conrad spins a story about revolution, politics, an racial conflicts as complex as Nostromo, the man whose greatest enemy is himself.

iving on Rottnest during WWII, Jack and his best friend Banjo have the run of the island and a remarkable knack for getting into trouble.

Alone on a tropical island, a Swedish baron and a beautiful violinist discover the long-lost joys of love.

While guiding a small party of English settlers to the protection of a fort during the French and Indian War, Hawkeye, a frontier scout, and his two Indian friends, struggle against the evils of Un

Presents the definitive treatise of the contemplative man's recreation: Angling. It is a discourse of rivers, fish and fishing, into which is woven reflections of 17th century life.

Moll is born in Newgate prison to a petty thief and is soon left at the mercy of whoever will take her in.

Presents the story of two children whose lives become bitter products of their father's educational philosophy.

When a skilled accountant like Meriel falls for a financially impractical landscape artist, things don't always run smoothly.

When a second member of the Baskerville family dies, Sherlock Holmes investigates and finds murderous greed behind the supposed curse.

"Meet the Budd-Doyles: a suburban family in shambles, and about to unravel further as Helen Budd-Doyle in one fell swoop destroys her bed, abandons the family home, and buys a second-hand book

Betrayed by the two men in her life -- Alec D'Urberville, her seducer/rapist and father of her fated child; and Angel, her intellectual and pious husband -- Tess takes justice, and her own des

The lives of fifty-four-year-old concierge Rene Michel and extremely bright, suicidal twelve-year-old Paloma Josse are transformed by the arrival of a new tenant, Kakuro Ozu.

Britain is still an Empire and India still her loyal subject when Carnehan and Dravot set out for the wild northern passes "to be kings."

The announcement of a grand Treasure Hunt sets Lodes Valley ladies' hearts aflutter. The cash is only part of the appeal: a win could solve several romantic dilemmas.