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The Adventure of the Cardboard Box

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532424083

Sherlock Holmes is up to something. He doesn’t believe Inspector Lestrade’s story that Miss Susan Cushing is a victim of a prank. She received a parcel with two human ears packed in a coarse salt. And what about the precarious cuts? Or the writing and the spelling correction from the parcel? Doesn’t these clues suggest something more than a prank made by a bunch of medical students?

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532424090

Venture back in time to Victorian London to join literature's greatest detective team — the brilliant Sherlock Holmes and his devoted assistant, Dr. Watson — as they investigate a dozen of their best-known cases. Originally published in 1892, this is the first and best collection of stories about the legendary sleuth. It's also the least expensive edition available.

The Age of Innocence

Edith Wharton (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532424113

The Age of Innocence was the first novel written by a woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Edith Wharton's novel centers around 1870's New York society, scandal and social structure.

The Beast in the Jungle

Henry James (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532424212

Like a beast in the jungle, protagonist John Marcher waits for some catastrophic event to happen letting life and love pass by. Eventually he discovers that tragedy has already occurred: nobody can give his wasted time back to him. The other two stories, ‘The Jolly Corner’ and ‘The Altar of the Dead’ are another great examples of Henry James’ wonderful craft and knowledge of the human soul.

Sons and Lovers

D.H. Lawrence (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532423932

Sons and Lovers is D.H. Lawrence's masterpiece novel that has been listed as one of the top ten novels of the 20th century. The novel centers around the life of Paul Morel. Born into an unhappy marriage, Paul is determined to please his mother, even when it means destroying his own life in the process.

Some Christmas Stories

Charles Dickens (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532423918

Some Christmas Stories by Charles Dickens is a collection of six short stories all revolving around the Christmas spirit. But these stories are first and foremost essays about life and about its struggles. Don’t expect a Christmas Carol-type of atmosphere. Instead expect some experimental Charles Dickens’ story creation.

Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know

Kate Douglas Wiggin (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532423994

Set off on a journey to Europe and Asia, and prepare to meet mad kings, fairies, dragons, Rajahs and other fantastic beings who try to put the world out of balance. Fortunately for all of us, there is always a hero ready to set things right and solve the villain’s puzzles and schemes.

Tales of Unrest

Joseph Conrad (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532423987

A novel where the characters are put under heavy mental stress by fatal accidents and hostile environments, and their reactions become uncontrollable.

The American Crisis

Thomas Paine (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532424144

The American Crisis is a collection of articles that were written during the American Revolution arguing for Independence from England. The books were written so that even the common man could read and understand the meaning of the book.

Swann's Way

Marcel Proust (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532423963

This is the first volume of the famous masterpiece In Search of Lost Time. Using the involuntary memory technique, Marcel Proust travels back in time to his childhood where the reader meets Charles Swann, a friend of the family. The memories fade and reappear again in Proust’s mind this time telling the sad love story between Swann and Odette, an intriguing woman with an unusual style. What more can the narrator remember?

Summer

Edith Wharton (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532423956

Raised in a small community by a highly-esteemed citizen, Charity Royall wants more for herself. So when Lucius Harney comes to town, she starts dreaming of escaping her status quo and living a happily-married life with the man she loves. But she soon finds out that there is a big difference between dreams and reality.

Tess of the Storm Country

Grace Miller White (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532424069

Tess sets out to clear her father's name after he is accused of murder.

Tao Te Ching

Lao Tzu (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532424014

Tao Te Ching is a classic text. This is a fundamental text for both the religions of Taoism and also the philosophical. It has also had a great impact on Legalism, Confucianism and Chinese Buddhism.

The Ball and the Cross

G.K. Chesterton (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532424199

The Ball and the Cross by G.K. Chesterton is a philosophical and religious novel that centers around two main characters with opposite views of the world: one is Professor Lucifer, a convinced atheist; and the other is Monk Michael, a Christian apologist. The two engage in a debate about God and materialism. Is there a right or wrong, a black or white?

Tales of Terror and Mystery

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532423970

In his attempt to drift away from the character that defined his writings, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle tries to experiment in the Tales of Terror and Mystery. This time, he takes the reader into a parallel, fantastic world where flying near-transparent monsters and man-eating large cats are causing terror in the human society. But with Sherlock Holmes gone, can anybody solve the seven mysteries?

The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories

Mark Twain (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532424076

This is a collection of thirty comic short stories that follow various periods of Twain’s writing career.

Skyrider

B.M. Bower (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532423901

Skyrider by B.M. Bower is the story of Johnny Jewel, a cowboy who becomes a pilot during World War II.

Sister Carrie

Theodore Dreiser (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532423895

When a young woman moves from the country to Chicago, she falls from innocence and starts on a path that will bring her fame, but not happiness.

William Shakespeare: Poems

William Shakespeare (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532423581

Besides his notorious plays, William Shakespeare wrote many poems throughout his life, including 154 sonnets as well as many lyric descriptions from the Greek and Roman mythology like Venus and Adonis or The Rape of Lucrece. In all of them, the Bard of Avon twisted and bent the rules of the Old English language creating a unique and stupendous lyric masterpiece that awe us to this day.

Aristotle's Poetics

Aristotle (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532423611

Aristotle's Poetics is the earliest surviving work of dramatic theory and outlines the foundation of the Western critical tradition.

Victor Hugo: Poems

Victor Hugo (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532423598

Victor Hugo is not only known for his complex novels but also for his beautiful poetry. In his poems, Hugo touches a variety of subjects, from religion and royalism to nature and liberalism all striving to be spontaneous and sublime.

Dostoevsky's Short Stories

Fyodor Dostoevsky (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532423833

This collection contains: An Honest Thief; A Novel in Nine Letters; An Unpleasant Predicament; Another Man's Wife; The Heavenly Christmas Tree; The Peasant Marey; The Crocodile Bobok; and The Dream of a Ridiculous Man.

Sentimental Education

Gustave Flaubert (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532423819

Armed with a letter of recommendation, young Frederic Moreau leaves for Paris where he becomes obsessed with an older woman, Mme. Arnoux. In order to see her more often and get to know her better, Frederic befriends with her husband, M. Arnoux. In spite of all his troubles, the young man can’t reach to Mme. Arnoux so he tries to seek love elsewhere. Will he find it?

Pudd'nhead Wilson

Mark Twain (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532423659

Slave Roxa is at a crossroads: she is afraid both for her life and for her son’s. She wants to kill herself but eventually, she decides to switch her baby boy with his master’s. She succeeds and two decades later, she returns to town to see what has become of her real son.

Rainbow Valley

Lucy Maud Montgomery (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532423697

Book 7 in the Anne of Green Gables series. Anne and Gilbert have been married for 15 years and have six children. The story centers around the Blythe family's next door neighbors, the unruly Meredith children and their widower father.