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The Plague

Translated by Stuart Gilbert

by Albert Camus ...

Narrated by James Jenner ...

Unabridged

10 hours 54 min

In the small coastal city of Oran, Algeria, rats begin rising up from the filth only to die as bloody heaps in the streets. Shortly after, an outbreak of the bubonic plague erupts and envelops the human population. Albert Camus' The Plague is a brilliant and haunting rendering of human perseverance and futility in the face of a relentless terror born of nature. ... Read more

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In the small coastal city of Oran, Algeria, rats begin rising up from the filth only to die as bloody heaps in the streets. Shortly after, an outbreak of the bubonic plague erupts and envelops the human population. Albert Camus' The Plague is a brilliant and haunting rendering of human perseverance and futility in the face of a relentless terror born of nature.
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Joelle's Secret

by Gilbert Morris ...

Popular novelist Gilbert Morris finds fresh romantic, history-based inspiration in Joelle's Secret. This mid-1800s tale begins with seventeen-year-old Joelle Jones fending off unwelcome advances from her predatory stepfather just after her mother has died. When the man is declared Joelle's legal guardian, she knows he will have his way with her, so in desperation runs away.Pursued by the ... Read more

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Popular novelist Gilbert Morris finds fresh romantic, history-based inspiration in Joelle's Secret. This mid-1800s tale begins with seventeen-year-old Joelle Jones fending off unwelcome advances from her predatory stepfather just after her mother has died. When the man is declared Joelle's legal guardian, she knows he will have his way with her, so in desperation runs away.Pursued by the
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The Narrative of Sojourner Truth

by Sojourner Truth ...

From slavery to liberation to life as an abolitionist, feminist, orator, and preacher—the autobiography of a woman who refused to be anything but free.Born into slavery in New York around 1797, then sold from master to master, Sojourner Truth spent her formative years witnessing the cruelty inherent in the institution of slavery. Escaping to a friendly household before emancipation, she learned ... Read more

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From slavery to liberation to life as an abolitionist, feminist, orator, and preacher—the autobiography of a woman who refused to be anything but free.Born into slavery in New York around 1797, then sold from master to master, Sojourner Truth spent her formative years witnessing the cruelty inherent in the institution of slavery. Escaping to a friendly household before emancipation, she learned
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Devil in the Grove

Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America

by Gilbert King ...

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize“A must-read, cannot-put-down history.” — Thomas Friedman, New York TimesArguably the most important American lawyer of the twentieth century, Thurgood Marshall was on the verge of bringing the landmark suit Brown v. Board of Education before the U.S. Supreme Court when he became embroiled in a case that threatened to change the course of the civil rights movement and ... Read more

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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize“A must-read, cannot-put-down history.” — Thomas Friedman, New York TimesArguably the most important American lawyer of the twentieth century, Thurgood Marshall was on the verge of bringing the landmark suit Brown v. Board of Education before the U.S. Supreme Court when he became embroiled in a case that threatened to change the course of the civil rights movement and
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Smallbone Deceased

A London Mystery

by Michael Gilbert ...

Series series British Library Crime Classics
A tale of lethal events at a legal firm by a writer acclaimed as "perhaps the best living master of the classic English murder mystery" ( The New Yorker).One of the Crime Writers' Association's Top 100 Crime Novels of All TimeOne of the Mystery Writers of America's Top 100 Mystery Novels of All TimeHorniman, Birley and Craine is a respected legal firm with clients drawn from the highest of society ... Read more

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A tale of lethal events at a legal firm by a writer acclaimed as "perhaps the best living master of the classic English murder mystery" ( The New Yorker).One of the Crime Writers' Association's Top 100 Crime Novels of All TimeOne of the Mystery Writers of America's Top 100 Mystery Novels of All TimeHorniman, Birley and Craine is a respected legal firm with clients drawn from the highest of society
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What's Eating Gilbert Grape

by Peter Hedges ...

"Wonderfully entertaining . . . This distinctive first novel goes down like a chocolate milkshake but boasts the sharpness and finesse of a complex wine" ( Publishers Weekly).Gilbert Grape is a twenty-four-year-old grocery store clerk stuck in Endora, Iowa, where the population is 1,091 and shrinking. After the suicide of Gilbert's father, his family never fully recovered. Once the town beauty ... Read more

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"Wonderfully entertaining . . . This distinctive first novel goes down like a chocolate milkshake but boasts the sharpness and finesse of a complex wine" ( Publishers Weekly).Gilbert Grape is a twenty-four-year-old grocery store clerk stuck in Endora, Iowa, where the population is 1,091 and shrinking. After the suicide of Gilbert's father, his family never fully recovered. Once the town beauty
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The Orion Mystery

Unlocking the Secrets of the Pyramids

by Robert Bauval, Adrian Gilbert ...

A revolutionary book that explains the most enigmatic and fascinating wonder of the ancient world: the Pyramids of Egypt.In 1993, German robotics engineer Rudolf Gatenbrink discovered a sealed door within the Great Pyramid of Giza--a door left unopened for 4,500 years. With this discovery, Robert Bauval--who spent the decade prior to the discovery researching the pyramids--and Adrian Gilbert used ... Read more

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A revolutionary book that explains the most enigmatic and fascinating wonder of the ancient world: the Pyramids of Egypt.In 1993, German robotics engineer Rudolf Gatenbrink discovered a sealed door within the Great Pyramid of Giza--a door left unopened for 4,500 years. With this discovery, Robert Bauval--who spent the decade prior to the discovery researching the pyramids--and Adrian Gilbert used
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When the Lights Go Out - Ink Slingers' Halloween Anthology

Ink Slingers Anthologies, #2

by Joleene Naylor, Tricia Drammeh, LC Cooper, Bonnie Mutchler, C. E. Cason, C.G. Coppola, Anne Franklin, Jason Gilbert, Barbara G.Tarn, Roger Lawrence, Nikki Hess, Rami Ungar, DM Yates, Russ Towne, Yawatta Hosby, Maegan Provan, Sean Morain, Terry Compton, Christopher Mitchell ...

Series Book 2 - Ink Slingers Anthologies
A collection of twenty-five short stories just in time for Halloween. Enjoy thrills, chills, and mysteries. Meet ghosts, demons, vampires, and monsters everywhere from dark city streets to the English countryside. Scares lurk in the most unexpected places and, when the lights go out, no where is safe and no one will be spared. ... Read more

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A collection of twenty-five short stories just in time for Halloween. Enjoy thrills, chills, and mysteries. Meet ghosts, demons, vampires, and monsters everywhere from dark city streets to the English countryside. Scares lurk in the most unexpected places and, when the lights go out, no where is safe and no one will be spared.
... Read more
She Started It

A Novel

by Sian Gilbert ...

A hot, twisty summer debut thriller about a Caribbean bachelorette party that takes a sinister turn. It’s Lord of the Flies meets And Then There Were None...but with Instagram and too much prosecco.The party of a lifetime is nothing like what they expected...Annabel, Esther, Tanya, and Chloe are best friends—or were, as children. Despite drifting apart in adulthood, shared secrets have kept them ... Read more

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A hot, twisty summer debut thriller about a Caribbean bachelorette party that takes a sinister turn. It’s Lord of the Flies meets And Then There Were None...but with Instagram and too much prosecco.The party of a lifetime is nothing like what they expected...Annabel, Esther, Tanya, and Chloe are best friends—or were, as children. Despite drifting apart in adulthood, shared secrets have kept them
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Stumbling on Happiness

by Daniel Gilbert ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Bringing to life scientific research in psychology, cognitive neuroscience, philosophy, and behavioral economics, this witty, accessible book reveals what scientists have discovered about the uniquely human ability to imagine the future, and about our capacity to predict how much we will like it when we get there.• Why are lovers quicker to forgive their partners for ... Read more

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Bringing to life scientific research in psychology, cognitive neuroscience, philosophy, and behavioral economics, this witty, accessible book reveals what scientists have discovered about the uniquely human ability to imagine the future, and about our capacity to predict how much we will like it when we get there.• Why are lovers quicker to forgive their partners for
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Fantastic Creatures

Fellowship of Fantasy

by H. L. Burke, Vincent Trigili, Julie C. Gilbert, Katy Huth Jones, L. Palmer, Kandi J Wyatt, Morgan Smith, Lelia Rose Foreman, Frank B Luke, Jessica L. Elliott, Bokerah Brumley, Caren Rich, D. G. Driver, Nicole Zoltack, Lea Doué, A. R. Silverberry, Intisar Khanani, Craig A. Price Jr., Arthur Daigle, Cave Yates ...

Series series Fellowship of Fantasy
Here be dragons ... and selkies and griffins and maybe even a mermaid or two.Twenty fantasy authors band together to bring you a collection of thrilling tales and magical monsters. Do you like to slay dragons? Or befriend them? Do you prefer to meet cephalopods as gigantic kraken or adorable tree octopuses?Each story focuses around a fantastic creature from folklore or mythology, and they range ... Read more

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Here be dragons ... and selkies and griffins and maybe even a mermaid or two.Twenty fantasy authors band together to bring you a collection of thrilling tales and magical monsters. Do you like to slay dragons? Or befriend them? Do you prefer to meet cephalopods as gigantic kraken or adorable tree octopuses?Each story focuses around a fantastic creature from folklore or mythology, and they range
... Read more
A Man for Temperance

by Gilbert Morris ...

In 1850, Temperance Peabody, age 32, is a plain yet beautiful woman who has yet to know the thrill of romantic love. Raised in the Oregon territory where her parents established a strict religious colony, she was never allowed to have a suitor but now longs to have a family of her own.After her parents die and a cholera epidemic wracks the colony, Temperance feels called by God to take the ... Read more

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In 1850, Temperance Peabody, age 32, is a plain yet beautiful woman who has yet to know the thrill of romantic love. Raised in the Oregon territory where her parents established a strict religious colony, she was never allowed to have a suitor but now longs to have a family of her own.After her parents die and a cholera epidemic wracks the colony, Temperance feels called by God to take the
... Read more

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