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The Man in the Iron Mask

Alexandre Dumas (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532425363

Aramis wants to replace the current King of France, Louis XIV with a puppet ruler so he asks Porthos for help. D'Artagnan on the other hand sides with the current King so he immediately helps Louis when he is at peril. He also has to arrest his former friends for treason. Will he do it?

The Man Who Would Be King

Rudyard Kipling (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532425417

A British journalist meets two interesting adventurers in India ruing their plan of blackmailing a Rajah. They return to him several months later asking for maps and books of the area. They have a new quest in mind now: to become kings in the remote Afghanistan and rule over a unified nation.

The Man of the Desert

Grace Livingston Hill (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532425370

Lost in the Arizona desert and found by a handsome missionary, Hazel Radcliffe is in turmoil: she falls in love yet finds herself unworthy of being loved in return. That’s why she needs to transform herself and become a better person. But is this self-transformation enough?

The History of Rasselas Prince of Abissinia

Samuel Johnson (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532424946

Rasselas, son of the King of Abyssinia has everything he could possibly desire except his freedom. He is trapped and wants to know more about the outside world. Imlac has a plan to escape and Nekayah - Rasselas’s sister - decides to join the party of expatriates in their quest to seek happiness.

The Last Man

Mary Shelley (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532425165

Set in the late 21th century, The Last Man by Mary Shelley follows closely the life of Lionel who grew up isolated from society although he and his sister were meant to be raised by the Royal British family. Eventually, he becomes civilized and fond of the society of Men after meeting the heir of the British throne, Adrian. But how will he and the human society survive a deadly plague?

The Life of Buddha and Its Lessons

H.S. Olcott (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532425233

In The Life of Buddha and Its Lessons, readers can find practical applications for the tenets of Buddhism in this short essay. Learn about the life of the Buddha and how you can follow his example.

The Little Regiment

Stephen Crane (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532425295

Two brothers by birth are also brothers in arms in the American Civil War. Their feelings are mixed: they want to destroy the enemy and at the same time, they desperately want to protect each other. Will they succeed?

The Heritage of the Desert

Zane Grey (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532424939

John Hare should have died… instead he is saved by a man with an adopted Indian daughter. He is also dragged into the light after experiencing the darkness of the West. But he isn’t quite ready to embrace it. First he must learn to love.

The Importance of Being Earnest

Oscar Wilde (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532425042

First performed in 1895, the play is a satire of Victorian culture and social obligations. This play is witty and funny and is the most popular and enduring of Oscar Wilde's plays.

The Heart of Happy Hollow

Paul Laurence Dunbar (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532424922

The Heart of Happy Hollow is a collection of 16 short stories that revolve around a small southern community named Sleepy Hollow. Witness the tense relationship between the former slaves and their masters, the young free African-American’s struggles and the way they see the leading white class.

The Idiot

Dostoevsky Fyodor (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532425011

When a Prince returns to Russia after years in a sanatorium, he finds himself scorned by the aristocracy because of his trusting nature and naiveté. Caught in a love triangle between a virtuous and pretty young girl and a mistress of the aristocracy, he finds his morals threatened in this psychological Russian thriller. The Idiot is one of Fyodor Dostoevsky's greatest works and often called one of the greatest Russian novels of all time.

The Lifted Veil

George Eliot (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532425240

The Lifted Veil by George Eliot is a gothic novella in the vein of other Victorian horror stories like Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Bram Stoker's Dracula. In The Lifted Veil, the unreliable narrator, Latimer, believes that he is cursed with an otherworldly ability to see into the future and the thoughts of other people. This leads to tragedy as his obsession with his brother's fiancee.

The King of Pirates

Daniel Defoe (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532425110

In two long letters, Captain Avery tries to exonerate himself from the evil deeds he is accused of. He doesn’t enjoy killing and he isn’t interested in raping women; gold and jewels are all he actually wants. Witness his ‘honorable’ life from his humble beginnings to a true King of Pirates.

The Lady of the Shroud

Bram Stoker (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532425141

This story by Bram Stoker is about young man who helps the people of a small country in the Balkans in their struggle against their more powerful neighbors.

The Light of Western Stars

Zane Grey (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532425257

The Light of Western Stars is a western romance novel by Zane Grey. In this story, a New York society girl heads west and ends up with more adventure than she had bargained for.

The Jewel of Seven Stars

Bram Stoker (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532425080

The Jewel of Seven Stars is a novel that explores common fin-de-siecle themes such as imperialism, the rise of the New Woman and feminism, and societal progress.

The House of Mirth

Edith Wharton (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532424960

The House of Mirth is a novel by Edith Wharton about a woman who is destroyed by the society that created her. It is the story of Lily Bart, a high-society, but penniless, young woman in turn-of-the-century New York.

The Kreutzer Sonata

Leo Tolstoy (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532425134

Upon hearing a woman arguing that marriage should never be arranged and always be subject to love, Pozdnyshev asks: ‘What is love?’ He condemns the argument saying that love doesn’t last forever and can quickly turn into hatred. What is Pozdnyshev’s story? Why doesn’t he believe in love?

The Dhammapada

F. Max Muller (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532424618

The book contains 423 verses in 26 categories, all verses spoken by the Buddha on various occasions. Most of the verses deal with ethics and spiritual thoughts.

The Divine Comedy: The Inferno

Dante Alighieri (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532424656

The first section of Dante's Divine Comedy. In the first part of Divine Comedy, Dante, guided by the poet Virgil, plunges to the very depths of Hell and embarks on his arduous journey towards God. By fusing humor and satire with intellect, an immortal Christian allegory of humankind’s search for self-knowledge and spiritual enlightenment was created.

The Good Soldier

Ford Maddox Ford (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532424854

Originally titled as The Saddest Story, The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford tells the story of two couples seen by one of the four ‘halves’. The story is tragic criticizing the early 20th-century American and English hypocritical aristocracy. All four are incapable of loving one another and end up prisoners to their unbound lust and greed.

The Day of the Beast

Zane Grey (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532424571

Daren Lane and his two friends, Maynard and Payson, return home to the United States after fighting for three long years in World War One. It’s a dream come true to see familiar ground again, but as they see the changes around them, the dream slowly turns into a never-ending nightmare. How can Lane call home a place he hardly recognize?

The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness

Cecil B. Hartley (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532424793

The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness is the classic guide to gentlemanly behavior. The book is a mine of information and indispensable advice for aspiring gentlemen. Whether you've already bought your first can of mustache wax, or you're simply looking for an old-fashioned guide on how to treat a lady, this book offers insights you won't find in modern men's magazines.

The Divine Comedy: Purgatory

Dante Alighieri (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532424649

The second section of Dante's Divine Comedy. It opens with Dante the poet picturing Dante the pilgrim coming out of the pit of hell and follows his journey through Purgatory where he observes famous historical figures working through their sins.

The Gambler

Fyodor Dostoevsky (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532424786

Alexei Ivanovich is in love with cruel and cold Polina and swears to her eternal love and obedience. Polina asks him to go to a casino and place a wager for her; Alexei obliges. He comes back with a big win in his pockets but also with a new destructive vice.