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Cannery Row: (Centennial Edition)

by John Steinbeck

Published: 2002-02-05

Paperback: 192 pages

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Steinbeck's tough yet charming portrait of people on the margins of society, dependant on one another for both physical and emotional survival Unburdened by the material necessities of the more fortunate, the denizens of Cannery Row discover rewards unknown in more traditional society. Hen...

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CANT WAIT TO GET TO HEAVEN by Fannie Flagg

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Combining southern warmth with unabashed emotion and side-splitting hilarity, Fannie Flagg takes readers back to Elmwood Springs, Missouri, where the most unlikely and surprising experiences of a high-spirited octogenarian inspire a town to ponder the age-old question: Why are we here?Life...

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The Canterbury Papers: A Novel

by Judith Koll Healey

Published: 2005-01-04

Paperback: 368 pages

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The only thing I felt was a strong hand around my neck, another around my waist, and -- before I could cry out -- I smelled the thick, sweet scent of a mandrake-soaked cloth. Unforgiving hands clapped it against my face, and all went dark.Alaïs, the king of France's sister, is abducted wh...

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The Canterbury Tales (original-spelling Middle English edition) (Penguin Classics)

by Geoffrey Chaucer

Published: 2005-08-30

Paperback: 1328 pages

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At the Tabard Inn in Southwark, a jovial group of pilgrims assembles, including an unscrupulous Pardoner, a noble-minded Knight, a ribald Miller, the lusty Wife of Bath, and Chaucer himself. As they set out on their journey towards the shrine of Thomas a Becket in Canterbury, each character agrees to...

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The Canterbury Tales (Oxford World's Classics)

by Geoffrey Chaucer

Published: 2008-05-15

Paperback: 412 pages

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David Wright's new translation of The Canterbury Tales into modern verse--the first to appear in over thirty years--makes one of the greatest works of English literature accessible to all readers while preserving the wit and vivacity of Chaucer's original text.About the Series: For ove...

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The Canterbury Tales: A Selection (Penguin Classics)

by Geoffrey Chaucer

Published: 2009-07-28

Paperback: 656 pages

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A selection of the best-loved and most frequently studied of The Canterbury Tales This collection is the perfect introduction to one of the cornerstones of English literature. The General Prologue provides picturesque character sketches of the colorful band of pilgrims who gather at a Lond...

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The Canterville Ghost and Other Stories (Dover Thrift Editions Series)

by Oscar Wilde

Published: 2001-11-13

Paperback: 80 pages

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Four of the famed English writer's finest works, among them "The Sphinx Without a Secret," "The Model Millionaire," "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime," and the title story, a delightfully comical tale of a 300-year-old ghost who fails to intimidate the newest occupants of his manor house. Also i...

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The Canterville Ghost

by Oscar Wilde

Published: 2009-10-04

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This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of vol...

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A Canticle for Leibowitz (Bantam Spectra Book)

by Walter M. Miller Jr.

Published: 1997-09-02

Paperback: 368 pages

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In celebration of the publication of the sequel Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman comes this special edition of the classic A Canticle for Leibowitz, a novel that transcends genre to stand as one of the most significant literary works of our time.In the Utah desert, Brother Francis ...

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A Canticle for Leibowitz

by Walter M. Miller Jr.

Published: 2006-05-09

Paperback: 334 pages

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Winner of the 1961 Hugo Award for Best Novel and widely considered one of the most accomplished, powerful, and enduring classics of modern speculative fiction, Walter M. Miller, Jr.'s A Canticle for Leibowitz is a true landmark of twentieth-century literature -- a chilling and still-provo...