Fiction
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Fiction, Novel
The Inferno by August Strindberg (Hardback)
- Page : 128
- ISBN : 9789394885844
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 1.2 cm
“Thence we came forth to rebehold the stars.”In the year 1300, on the night before Good Friday, Dante loses his way in the woods. Standing in front of a mountain, he is surrounded by three beasts-a lion, a leopard and a she-wolf. Dante cannot escape. He returns to the dark woods, unable to find a straight way and runs into the ghost of the great Roman poet Virgil. What happens when, led by Virgil, Dante embarks on his journey to Heaven through Hell?The first part of Dante Alighieri’s epic poem Divine Comedy, Inferno deftly depicts the narrator’s allegorical journey through Hell. Composed spectacularly with rich and vivid imagery, it is considered one of the finest works in the Italian language
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Fiction, Novel
The Island of Doctor Moreau ( An Original Classic ) by H. G. Wells (Hardback)
- Page : 129
- ISBN : 978-9394885646
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 1 cm
The Island of Doctor Moreau” is a science fiction, called “an exercise in youthful blasphemy”. The text of the novel is the narration of Edward Prendick, a shipwrecked man rescued by a passing boat who is left on the island home of Doctor Moreau, who creates human-like beings from animals via vivisection. The novel deals with a number of philosophical themes, including pain and cruelty, moral responsibility, human identity, and human interference with nature. Herbert George Wells (1866 – 1946), known as H. G. Wells, was a prolific English writer in many genres, including the novel, history, politics, and social commentary, and textbooks and rules for war games.
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English Classics
The Last Trail by Zane Grey (HARDCOVER)
This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This book forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have re- typed, re-formatted, and re-published the book in a very modern format. Hence every reader would get a new book but without losing its old charm and feel. We at Alpha Editions, work towards the restoration of old and rare books so that they are never forgotten and are always available for the future generations.
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Classic Fiction, Fiction, literary fiction, literature, Literature & Fiction
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
Classic Fiction, Fiction, literary fiction, literature, Literature & FictionThe Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
L. Frank Baum and Mary Cowles Clark collaborated on the 1902 children’s novel The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus. Ak, the Master Woodsman of the World, discovers Santa Claus while he is a little child in the Forest of Burzee. As an adult, he is unable to live in Burzee, so he moves to the adjacent Laughing Valley of Hohaho. To avoid mentioning Necile to the kids, he creates a clay figurine that looks a lot like Necile and calls it a “dolly.” Two deer named Glossie and Flossie help him by pulling his toy-filled sleigh. The gifts that Claus is giving the kids are stolen by the Awgwas, malevolent creatures with the ability to become invisible because the toys keep the kids from misbehaving. Claus gains the label “Santa” as he keeps providing gifts. As Santa Claus approaches the end of his life, the Immortals decide to bestow immortality on him. After considerable discussion, he receives immortality just as the Spirit of Death approaches him. Four special deputies are assigned to Santa Claus: Wisk the Fairy, Peter the Knook, Kilter the Pixie, and Nuter the Ryl.
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Fiction, Novel
The Light of Western Stars by Zane Grey (H.B)
Madeline’s brother Alfred struggles to make ends meet. Madeline is overwhelmed by the refreshing experience in the open ranches, mountains, and plains away from city life. The handsome cowboy Gene Stewart is a welcome distraction, too. After some difficult times adjusting to life as a cowgirl, Madeline embraces her new life. She buys land of her own to settle down. At the same time, she finds out that cowboys can be tamed and danger is never far off. The only way to survive it all is by cooperating with the locals against attacking bandits and Mexican raiders. “He’ll rob, burn, and make off with you. He’ll murder, too, if it falls his way.”
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Fiction, Novel
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
all grown-ups were once children… but only few of them remember it.? Its the Sahara Desert and a pilot has crashed his plane. When suddenly a young boy with golden hair and a loveable laugh and who claims to have fallen to Earthappears before him and asks him to draw a sheep. what does he do?… He draws it! Thus begins this poetic and sublime adventure, an enchanting fable, which encloses in its heart the teachings of love, loss, loneliness and friendship.The fourth-most translated book in the world, the Little Prince has been adapted to multiple art forms and has managed to resonate in the hearts of its patrons every single time.
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Fiction, Novel
The Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey (Hardback)
- Page : 285
- ISBN : 9789356520271
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 2 cm
Pearl Zane Grey (1872-1939) is a master storyteller who, according to critic Russell Nye, “combined adventure, action, violence, crisis, conflict, sentimentalism, and sex in an extremely shrewd mixture.” Consequently he is the best known author of novels about the Wild West. His great storytelling skills have been transferred to film over and over again. The Internet Movie Database credits Grey with 115 films as of April 2015. Read these books to find spectacular adventure scenes that cause you to eagerly devour every page.d
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Fiction, Novel
The Lost World : Classic Collector’s Edition (Hardback)
- Page : 219
- ISBN : 978-9394885684
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 1.7 cm
So tomorrow we disappear into the unknown. . . It may be our last word to those who are interested in our fate. ” dinosaurs, pterodactyls, ape-men, and other prehistoric creatures still roam among us. This ground-breaking discovery has been made by the notorious Professor George Edward Challenger, who is a brilliant scientist. But this revelation has been subjected to ridicule. In order to believe, people need proof. So, that’s what he will give them. Braving danger and risking his life, Challenger will set foot into the depths of the amazonian plateau of South America. Accompanying him in this extraordinary adventure are his professional rival Professor summerlee, journalist Edward Malone, and Lord John roxton. In the dense foliage of the dark, lost world, will Challenger find the proof he is looking for? And, if he does, will he survive? Arthur Conan Doyle the lost world became an instant success on publication. It is one of the best sci-fi stories ever written and is considered a classic that has set the standard for all fantasy-adventure stories.
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Coming soon, Fiction
The Magic City By E. Nesbit (Hardcover)
Philip Haldane builds a play city out of odds and ends that comes to life, when his beloved sister Helen marries Lucy’s father. But the nurse tears down the city and traps Lucy. Peter, The Deliverer, must perform seven valorous deeds, opposed by the Pretenderette, a mysterious veiled woman who wants to be Queen. Noah builds an ark and adventures abound.
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Fiction, Novel
The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas (Hardback)
- Page : 556
- ISBN : 9789394885691
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 3.3 cm
It has been eight years since Philippe was captured and locked in the prison of Bastille. He languishes here, wondering what he could have possibly done to deserve such an unending, cruel punishment. And why is his face always under the clasp of an iron mask? Eight long years, Philippe has only wondered. Now, the truth is finally revealed to him. Aramis, one of the three musketeers, goes to Philippe’s cell and hands over a mirror and a portrait of the reigning King Louis XIV. Philippe is the twin brother of the King of France, and Aramis intends to put him on the throne. The corrupt and destructive ways of the current king have gone on for far too long. THE FINAL AND THE MOST DANGEROUS ADVENTURE OF THE THREE MUSKETEERS DRAWS NEAR, ONE THAT WILL BRING THEM HEAD TO HEAD WITH THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN FRANCE.
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Fiction, Novel
The Man of the Forest by Zane Grey (H.B)
Milt Dale, a former cowboy turned hunter, lives far from civilization. His only companion is his cougar. One day while taking shelter from a storm, he discovers an abandoned cabin. There, he overhears the conspiracy between local gang leader Snake Anson and a landowner called Beasley. They plan to kidnap Helen, the niece of Beasley’s fierce rival. To stop them, Dale needs to say goodbye to his life in the wild and return to civilization. He forges a plan to rescue Helen before Snake Anson and his gang capture her. “These fellars round Pine don’t savvy guns. Now, I come from where guns mean somethin’.” Through the mind of Dale, explore the role of a man in western society. What does it mean to be a cowboy and a lone hunter in the woods? Is it possible for the morally strong to conquer all obstacles before them?
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Fiction, Novel
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Classic Unabridged by Arthur Conan Doyle (HB)
- Page : 267
- ISBN : 978-9394885103
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 2 cm
“There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.”He has no knowledge of literature, philosophy or astronomy. But his chemistry is strong, anatomy is explicit, remembers every horror committed in detail and is completely aware of the British Law.Meet Sherlock Holmes, the ruthless and self-disciplined detective who takes up every case as an intellectual challenge. He not only solves mysteries and discovers murderers, thieves and criminals, but also identifies the social injustices and provides a new and just approach to remedy them. A collection of twelve short stories, many of which were Doyle’s favorite, the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes was well received on its publication. Listed with the Guinness World Records as the ‘most portrayed movie character’ in history, Sherlock Holmes has been adapted numerous times and continues to remain a timeless detective.
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Fiction, Novel
The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne (Hardback)
- Page : 592
- ISBN : 978-9394885912
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 3.7 cm
Adventure novel by Jules Verne, published in French in three volumes as L’lle mysterieuse in 1874 and included in his popular science-fiction series Voyages extraordinaires (1863-1910). The Mysterious Island follows the adventures of a group of castaways who use their survivalist savvy to build a functional community on an uncharted island. A hot air balloon carrying five passengers and a dog escapes from Richmond, Va., during the American Civil War. It is blown off course and deposited near an obscure island. One of the castaways nearly dies after a skirmish with pirates; he is saved by the unexplained appearance of medicine after the pirates are unexpectedly routed.
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Classic Fiction, Fiction, literary fiction, literature, Literature & Fiction
The Mystery
William Wilkie Collins was an English novelist and playwright known especially for The Woman in White, a mystery novel and early “sensation novel”, and for The Moonstone, which established many of the
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Classic Fiction, Fiction
The Party and Other Stories by Anton Chekhov (Hardcover)
- ISBN : 978-8182479777
- Page : 200
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 12.5 x 2 cm
This beautiful compilation of the selected works of Anton Chekhov. It consists of a few of his renowned works like, The Party, Terror, A Woman’s Kingdom, A Problem, The Kiss, Anna on The Neck, The Teacher of Literature, Not Wanted, Typhus and A Misfortune and A triffle from Life. This original compilation of classic stories of Chekhov keeps the spirit of his original writings alive.
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