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The first novel written by Charlotte Bronte, The Professor follows a young man named William Crimsworth on his teaching career in Brussels as well as the relationships he forms while residing there. At the behest of the headmistress, Zoraide Reuter, William tutors fellow teacher Frances Henri in English and finds himself falling in love with her. Jealousy drives Zoraide to dismiss Frances from the school as well as refusing to assist William in discovering her whereabouts.

Avalanche Nick moved from a hot Southern town to the snowy mountains of the north to become a snow-rescue expert. He did it. Hear about how he rescues vehicles from snowy conditions with his mighty truck, Rescue.

Life didn't settle for Elucard until after the events of Vendetta's Rise. His city is under constant threat of a new danger, the mysterious Dead of Winter. Now he and his Anti-Rogue Ops must go undercover to infiltrate a new threat to save Lost Dawns, even if that means once again turning to his Black Rabbit roots. Meanwhile, Avalon's past finds her again to collect a debt owed, pulling her back to her gladiator days with the return of her greatest enemy.

A pack of beloved fruits and vegetables travel through the United States and visit friends along the way. During their trip, they will learn all about each state: Where is the state? What are the important cities, rivers, lakes, or mountains? What do people in the state do, make, or grow? With its clever poems and funny stories, this book will answer these questions, and more.

COVID19 Kids Story is about the journey of young Lily. She is wrapped in the love of her family and classroom. Lily learns about a virus, social distancing, and returning back to school.

A pack of beloved fruits and vegetables travel through the United States and visit friends along the way. During their trip, they will learn all about each state: Where is the state? What are the important cities, rivers, lakes, or mountains? What do people in the state do, make, or grow? With its clever poems, and funny stories, this book will answer these questions and more.

A pack of beloved fruits and vegetables travel through the United States and visit friends along the way. During their trip, they will learn all about each state: Where is the state? What are the important cities, rivers, lakes, or mountains? What do people in the state do, make, or grow?

A stinky striped sock finds its way into and under peculiar places, leaving its stench for a nosy, floppy-eared dog to seek out. So to whom does this stinky striped sock belong, you may ask? That is left for the listener to share a good laugh while discovering who the culprit is.

George Bernard Shaw embraced the concept of what he called creative evolution. In 1982, after having witnessed the horrors of the First World War, Shaw started work on Back to Methuselah, a large-scale presentation of the story of human development, starting from the Garden of Eden and extended far into the future. The first performance was held in New York in 1922. The five plays included are "In the Beginning", "The Gospel of the Brothers Barnabus", "The Thing Happens", "Tragedy of an Elderly Gentleman", and "As Far As Thought Can Reach".

I’ve been kept from the truth all my life. Demons walk the earth, and I’m destined to slay them - I only wish I hadn’t lost someone I loved while discovering that truth. Now the demons are after me. The only way to stay alive is to attend an academy for demon hunters - a school where I’ll learn how to kill supernaturals and slay the underworld’s minions. But I still feel there are secrets I’m not being told....

Legend of the Shaman is the third book in the Wyakin Trilogy. It continues with the tale of Cortez Modrables, as he continues his life as shaman/healer to a non-treaty band of Nez Perce Native Americans during their tragic conflicts with the US government over the lands of the Northwest in the 1870s. Cortez was intimately involved with the famed trek of the Nez Perce from Idaho Territory to British North America (Canada).

A short story about a child named William and his stuttering problem. With this (magic headphone) technique, children can fix their stuttering problem and talk with confidence easily. This technique is really magic like its name! Just let your child listen to the story and believe it.

Exiles is the only play written by James Joyce. It draws material from "The Dead", the final story in his famous short stories collection, Dubliners. It centers around four individuals - Richard, Robert, Bertha, and Beatrice - and the complex romantic entanglements between them as tensions rise and relationships are tested.

De 199 trin er, hvad der er, op til kirkegården på Whitby klostret i Yorkshire, hvor den 34-årige arkæolog Sian arbejder med udgravninger. Hun har længe været hjemsøgt af uhyggelige drømme, men her bliver det værre, og nat efter nat bliver hun i mareridt først forført og derefter myrdet. Da hun på kirkegården møder den smukke studerende Mack, som viser hende en 300 år gammel papirrulle, får hun endelig andre ting at tænke på: Den gådefulde tekst på rullen skal tydes, og den unge Macks interesse skal holdes fanget.

As a window into the magic and potential of the Northwest Territories, Richard Van Camp's fourth short-story collection is hilarious and heartbreaking. A teenaged boy confesses to a vicious assault on a cross-dressing classmate; Lance tells the sensual story of becoming much closer to his wife's dear friend Juanita; while a reluctant giant catches up with gangsters Torchy and Sfen in a story with shades of supernatural and earthly menace.

Journeying through wildly different weddings, visits to wedding planners, interviews with the much-married, those who have questioned their decision to marry and those who would never consider matrimony, this is an incisive, witty and moving look at marriage - as an achievement, a compromise, a selling-out, a practical solution. Tom Rasmussen examines what marriage means across the spectrum of sexuality and class, and what the future looks like for this most historic and universal of institutions.

A modern adaptation of The Oresteia of Aeschylus, the only surviving ancient Athenian trilogy. Across three plays, Greece's first major playwright tells the story of the cursed House of Atreus, where the bloody sins of the family's ancestors are visited upon four succeeding generations. After a series of horrific past crimes by his ancestors, Orestes is driven to matricide and for that is relentlessly pursued by the Furies, underworld demons intent on revenging the spirit of his mother.

Set in Vienna at the turn of the 19th century, the romantic entanglements of four young individuals, Fritz, Theodor, Christine, and Mizi, offer a sharp social commentary and insight on the influence of personal and social morals on relationships.

Originally published in 1906, Pride and Prejudice: A Play, based on Jane Austen's novel written in 1813, brings a new way to experience a much-loved story and characters. Follow the Bennet family through their daily lives as new people move into the neighborhood, romance blossoms, hearts are broken, scandals are had, and, of course, love prevails. This classic story is brought to life while keeping true to the spirit and wit of Ms. Austen herself!

In the not-too-distant future, 2185 AD, anti-gerisone is the new drug that stops ageing. People are now living into their hundreds until it's time to take their own big trip up yonder, and in the case of the Ford family and Gramps, the notable patriarch, families are living and fighting together in one home for much longer. Eventually there are no prisons, slums, asylums, poverty, wars, or disease. and 200 years later the population of the US is set at 40 million people. But since no one gets any older, someone must volunteer to die if a baby is born.