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(0)Peter Swanson
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English
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From the hugely talented author of Before She Knew Him comes a chilling tale of psychological suspense and an homage to the thriller genre tailor-made for fans: the story of a bookseller who finds himself at the center of an FBI investigation because a very clever killer has started using his list of fiction's most ingenious murders.--
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H. Ranger
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies, published from 1757 to 1795, was an annual directory of prostitutes then working in Georgian London. A small pocketbook, it was printed and published in Covent Garden, and sold for two shillings and sixpence.
Each edition contains entries describing the physical appearance and sexual specialties of about 120–190 prostitutes who worked in and around Covent Garden. -Wikipedia
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W. Strange
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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Containing the most astonishing feats of legerdemain, and astounding conjurings; entertaining experiments in various branches of science; tricks with cards & dice. the art of making fireworks; together with an excellent collection of puzzles, conundrums, riddles, charades, &c. The whole admirably calculated to beguile the leisure hours of our holiday friends.
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Pub. Date
2023
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Français
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«La Vida de Lazarillo de Tormes y de sus fortunas y adversidades» est un récit en langue espagnole publié anonymement en 1554 à Burgos. Il est considéré comme le premier roman picaresque. Il connut rapidement un grand succès et fut traduit dans plusieurs langues européennes. Il a également fait l'objet de nombreuses suites par divers auteurs.
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Pub. Date
2023
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English
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Aucassin et Nicolette (12th or 13th century) is an anonymous medieval French fictional story. It is the unique example of a chantefable, literally, a "sung story", a combination of prose and verse (similar to a prosimetrum). Stylistically, the chantefable combines elements of many Old French genres, such as the chanson de geste (e.g., The Song of Roland), lyric poems,
...7) Beowulf
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Standard Ebooks
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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Horothgar, King of the Danes, invites warriors from neighboring kingdoms to his great mead hall with the hope that one of them will solve his problem. A monster named Grendel has been terrorizing the land and killing his people. One of the warriors who answers this call is our epic hero, Beowulf.
The Beowulf Manuscript, also known as the Nowell Codex, dates back to the late 10th century or early 11th century and is the only copy
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A. Reader
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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"The volume now in the reader’s hands forms the fifth, and, for the present, the concluding portion of the 'Phallic Series' it was found necessary to issue in further explication of certain matters set forth in the first book on this peculiar subject.
Having dealt with Sex Worship generally, Ophiolatræia, the Round Towers and Holed Stones, Trees, Fishes, Flowers, and Fire, the ground has been pretty well covered, and with the exception of an Appendix,...
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Project Gutenberg
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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This little cook book is dedicated to you who would like to give your families more of your homemade good things, if you only had the time.
Bisquick makes that possible ... good homemade food, quickly prepared. You can cook with love and enjoy the cooking more, when you use this cook book and your Bisquick. Once you start, I know you’ll want to try every idea in the book.
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R. and J. Dodsley
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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The Environs of London, though they contain many of the most remarkable seats and places in the kingdom, have never before been included in any account of that metropolis; and we are persuaded, that the most intelligent enquirer will here find numberless curiosities, not hitherto taken notice of by any other writers: besides, we have not only been particular in our descriptions of whatever is remarkable twenty miles round; but to assist his observation,...
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Publisher
R. and J. Dodsley
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
The Environs of London, though they contain many of the most remarkable seats and places in the kingdom, have never before been included in any account of that metropolis; and we are persuaded, that the most intelligent enquirer will here find numberless curiosities, not hitherto taken notice of by any other writers: besides, we have not only been particular in our descriptions of whatever is remarkable twenty miles round; but to assist his observation,...
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J. and L. Dodsley
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
The Environs of London, though they contain many of the most remarkable seats and places in the kingdom, have never before been included in any account of that metropolis; and we are persuaded, that the most intelligent enquirer will here find numberless curiosities, not hitherto taken notice of by any other writers: besides, we have not only been particular in our descriptions of whatever is remarkable twenty miles round; but to assist his observation,...
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Publisher
J. and L. Dodsley
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
The Environs of London, though they contain many of the most remarkable seats and places in the kingdom, have never before been included in any account of that metropolis; and we are persuaded, that the most intelligent enquirer will here find numberless curiosities, not hitherto taken notice of by any other writers: besides, we have not only been particular in our descriptions of whatever is remarkable twenty miles round; but to assist his observation,...
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Publisher
J. and L. Dodsleu
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
The Environs of London, though they contain many of the most remarkable seats and places in the kingdom, have never before been included in any account of that metropolis; and we are persuaded, that the most intelligent enquirer will here find numberless curiosities, not hitherto taken notice of by any other writers: besides, we have not only been particular in our descriptions of whatever is remarkable twenty miles round; but to assist his observation,...
Author
Publisher
J.and L. Dodsley
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
The Environs of London, though they contain many of the most remarkable seats and places in the kingdom, have never before been included in any account of that metropolis; and we are persuaded, that the most intelligent enquirer will here find numberless curiosities, not hitherto taken notice of by any other writers: besides, we have not only been particular in our descriptions of whatever is remarkable twenty miles round; but to assist his observation,...