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Ice!
by Tristan Jones
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Retiring on a pension after being torpedoed in WWII, Tristan Jones embarks on a test of endurance that will last over two years, nearly killing him more than once. Attempting to sail farther North than anyone ever has, he embarks from Iceland on the Cresswell in the summer of 1959. His only companion? A three-legged, one-eyed Labrador named Nelson. He spends his first winter holed up near an Eskimo village in a Greenland fjord. After a violent snowstorm and without an adequate supply of food, he... more info>> (Published: 1978)
Words: 85872 - Reading Time: 245-343 min.
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Identity Card
by F. M. Esfandiary
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In a narrative where tragedy begs to be masked by comedy, F.M. Esfandiary conveys the consequences and realities of Iranian life. In an attempt to flee the underdeveloped, bureaucratic country, a Middle Easterner searches for every possible way to obtain an identity card that will allow him to leave Iran. In this comic masterpiece we follow this alienated man on a journey to freedom against the backdrop of a society dominated by ceremonious formalities, politeness, responsibility and confusion. ... more info>> (Published: 1966)
Words: 55199 - Reading Time: 157-220 min.
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Journey of a Woman Marine: Life, Love, And Travels During and After the Marine Corps
by Lisa Cordeiro
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Tired of changing her major every week and drinking 40s in Harvard Square, Lisa Cordeiro leaves Boston to embark on an adventure. She enlists in the Marine Corp--a decision that profoundly changes her life. After graduating from boot camp, she trains in the California desert and meets a Marine she could never befriend back home. Then, she deploys to Okinawa, Japan--a beautiful, tropical island where a nightmarish twist unfolds. Lisa grew up in the Corps, as a woman struggling in a world of "A Fe... more info>> (Published: 2008)
Words: 96139 - Reading Time: 274-384 min.
Category: General Nonfiction/Self Improvement
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Junk Fiction
by S.T. Joshi
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Bestsellers have been with us for more than a century, ever since the first bestseller list appeared in 1895. But they have received surprisingly little attention from critics. What kind of books become bestsellers? Why do people read them? Do they have literary value or are they merely the literary equivalent of crossword puzzles? S. T. Joshi, a leading critic of horror, fantasy, and mystery fiction, devotes his attention to these and other issues, showing that bestsellers emerged only with the... more info>> (Published: 2009)
Words: 126745 - Reading Time: 362-506 min.
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Kafka Comes to America: Fighting for Justice in the War on Terror [Secure]
by Steven T. Wax
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A public defender�s dedicated struggle to rescue two innocent men from the recent Kafkaesque practices of our vandalized justice system
�Our government can make you disappear.� Those were the words Steven Wax never imagined he would hear himself say. In his twenty-nine years as a public defender, Wax had never had to warn a client that he or she might be taken away to a military brig, or worse, a �black site,� one of our country�s dreaded secret prisons. How had our country come t... more info>>
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Knock Knock Jokes For Kids
by Rusty Nesbitt
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Kids just love those knock knock jokes, They're funny and easy to remember, just perfect for the perfect for the soon to be stand up comedian in your house.
Words: 2105 - Reading Time: 6-8 min.
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Let's Talk Dogs
by Anne Roditis
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With twenty-six years of experience in the breeding and exhibition of purebred dogs, the author shares with her readers everything she has learned, from offering advice in acquiring a first puppy, to training, exhibition, breeding, health, and old age. In clear and concise language, with easy-to-follow instructions and simple explanations to both common and not-so-common problems one might encounter, this book offers dog owners everywhere a handy reference guide for the care and rearing of the p... more info>> (Published: 2006)
Words: 52337 - Reading Time: 149-209 min.
Category: General Nonfiction/Reference
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Life is too Short
by Ana Claudia Antunes
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As author Ana Antunes journeys through life, she offers her unique view of the world. Life IS too short... is an intimate look upon a metaphysical approach with an entertaining and exotic travel throughout the feedbacks and many insights the book offers. The author's intention is to reunify Science and Religion, believed to be once One Truth. In our Modern Age, we have traveled from one extreme to another. The author hopes to educate, although not convert, people to the enlightenment of the cele... more info>> (Published: 2009)
Words: 69974 - Reading Time: 199-279 min.
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Madame Blavatsky: The Woman Behind the Myth
by Marion Meade
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Recklessly brilliant, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky scandalized her 19th century world with a controversial new religion that tried to synthesize Eastern and Western philosophies. If her contemporaries saw her as a freak, a charlatan, and a snake oil salesman, she viewed herself as a special person born for great things. She firmly believed that it was her destiny to enlighten the world. Rebelliously breaking conventions, she was the antithesis of a pious religious leader. She cursed, smoked, o... more info>> (Published: 2001)
Words: 132751 - Reading Time: 379-531 min.
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Made Up Mayhem
by Pauline Baird Jones
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Award-winning author Pauline Baird Jones has been committing fictional murder for almost ten years. This author of eight novels of action-adventure, suspense, romantic suspense and comedy-mystery now shares her expertise in a series of writer's handbooks. Made Up Mayhem gives writers the basic tools needed to craft a successful suspense novel. From a book's initial concept to plot, characters and setting, Pauline gives many examples from her own best-selling novels. This handbook also includes g... more info>> (Published: 2008)
Words: 16964 - Reading Time: 48-67 min.
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Magic for Your Writing: Help for the Aspiring Writer
by Gerald W. Mills
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Magic is defined as that essence of imagination projecting us into the world of fantasy. Adult readers have a difficult time tapping into their hidden "child", whereas adult moviegoers fare much better. Why? The answers will be found in this reference manual, Magic for Your Writing, a collection of tips and techniques that can make a striking and beneficial difference in your novel no matter the genre. Aimed primarily at struggling writers who are spinning their wheels, the manual will be helpfu... more info>> (Published: 2011)
Words: 41858 - Reading Time: 119-167 min.
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Make Your Own Change
by Nancy Means Wright
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After you've restored a hump-roofed, rump-sprung wreck of a Broken House, withstood the eccentricities of in-laws, willful kids, offbeat neighbors, obstinent hired hands, live-in ghost and established a craft shop, featuring Timothy, a wooden rocking horse with personality but who can't seem to hold onto his eyes and tail--what do you do for an encore? Wright decided to write a book about her crazy experiences. Memoir by Nancy Means Wright; originally published by Down East Books (Published: 1985)
Words: 53575 - Reading Time: 153-214 min.
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Marriage Is a Bad Habit
by Ruth Dickson
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When Ruth Dickson released her 1967 book MARRIED MEN MAKE THE BEST LOVERS, it went off like a bombshell. Defenders of the "sanctity" of marriage rose up to dismiss her frank, innovative, thoroughly researched book. But why? Why cling to the broken ritual of marriage? What comfort is there in a crumbling institution held together by meaningless tradition and out of touch patriarchy? In this thoughtful follow-up, Dickson examines marriage itself. As she explains, "It's no secret that the divorce ... more info>> (Published: 1968)
Words: 42907 - Reading Time: 122-171 min.
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Married Men Make the Best Lovers
by Ruth Dickson
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If you're going to adopt a philosophy to live by, make it one that gets your heart pumping and unleashes your spirit of adventure! E-Reads re-releases a classic, smart and sassy advice book from the 1960's, the heyday of the sexual revolution. As one of the most outspoken leaders of the movement, Ruth Dickson unleashes a wicked mind, a razor-edged wit and the freewheeling attitude that made her one of the most popular writers of the day. After years of personal research, she offers pointed ad... more info>> (Published: 1967)
Words: 37641 - Reading Time: 107-150 min.
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Memos From Purgatory
by Harlan Ellison
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Hemingway said, "A man should never write what he doesn't know." In the mid-fifties, Harlan Ellison--kicked out of college and hungry to write--went to New York to start his writing career. It was a time of street gangs, rumbles, kids with switchblades and zip guns made from car radio antennas. Ellison was barely out of his teens himself, but he took a phony name, moved into Brooklyn's dangerous Red Hook section and managed to con his way into a "bopping club." What he experienced (and the time ... more info>> (Published: 1961)
Words: 62123 - Reading Time: 177-248 min.
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Mind Over Golf
by Donald Sauers, Tom Nieporte
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There's an interesting point at which the psychological and technical sides of golf meet--and Tom Nieporte and Don Sauers discover this by talking with America's leading golf professionals. The tips provided in this book will help golfers of any level discover or regain confidence that will drop strokes off of every golfer's score. Any golfer must know how to master the eight major golfing skills, and from this book golfers will learn how easy it is to turn handicapping weaknesses into winning s... more info>> (Published: 1968)
Words: 28141 - Reading Time: 80-112 min.
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My Brother Gary
by Darrell Bain
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My younger brother Gary is a charming, humorous, articulate, romantic adventurer and warrior. He's one of those types of men the rest of us admire and fantasize about, wishing we could be more like them. In the olden days, he would have been a Mountain Man or a Knight or perhaps even a Pirate or Buccaneer. In any era, he would always have been one of the first to cross the mountains, the wide rivers or brave the unexplored oceans. Even today, in the late autumn of his life, he's always doing som... more info>> (Published: 2007)
Words: 23808 - Reading Time: 68-95 min.
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Nina Kosterina: A Young Communist in Stalinist Russia
by Jennifer Phillips
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Nina Kosterina was born in a revolutionary camp as the Bolsheviks took over Russia in 1920s. She beat the odds of survival during the harsh early years and emerged in the 1930s as a young Communist woman in love with her country, her family, her city, her friends, politics, art and life. Even when Joseph Stalin's regime tore apart her family and imprisoned her father, she remained loyal to her country and joined an elite group of young women turned guerilla soldiers when the Germans invaded Russ... more info>> (Published: 2010)
Words: 24704 - Reading Time: 70-98 min.
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No Hurry To Get Home
by Emily Hahn
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Originally published in 1970, under the title Times and Places* *a memoir, this book is an anthology of twenty-three of her articles from The New Yorker, published between 1937 and 1970. Well-reviewed upon first publication, the book was re-published under the current title in 2000 with a Foreword by Sheila McGrath, a long-time colleague of hers at The New Yorker, and an Introduction by Ken Cuthbertson, author of Nobody Said Not to Go: The Life, Loves and Adventures of Emily Hahn. One of the p... more info>> (Published: 1970)
Words: 111575 - Reading Time: 318-446 min.
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No, He's Not A Monkey, He's An Ape and He's My Son
by Hester Mundis
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This book answers the question that's on everybody's mind: "What's it like to raise a chimpanzee in Manhattan?" Hester Mundis's hilarious memoir NO, HE'S NOT A MONKEY, HE'S AN APE AND HE'S MY SON is the complete guide to raising a chimp in the heart of urban America. Join Hester, her husband, their terrifying attack dog Ahab, and the funniest monkey--excuse us, APE--ever to occupy an apartment on the Upper West Side of New York City in this true adventure of woman versus beast. (Published: 1976)
Words: 54481 - Reading Time: 155-217 min.
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Old Fashioned Family Recipes
by Marilynn Mansfield
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Hale, hearty and full of homemade love. The recipes that Mom made--and we remember with lip-smacking memories. This cookbook combines Mom's favorites and those special recipes we loved to make ourselves as kids. A necessity for any kitchen ... and any cook!
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On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society (Revised and Updated)
by Dave Grossman
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The good news is that the vast majority of soldiers is loath to kill in battle. Unfortunately, modern armies, using Pavlovian and operant conditioning, have developed sophisticated ways of overcoming this instinctive aversion. The psychological cost for soldiers, as witnessed by the increase in post-traumatic stress, is devastating. The psychological cost for the rest of us is even more so: contemporary civilian society, particularly the media, replicates the army's conditioning techniques and, ... more info>> (Published: 1995)
Words: 115659 - Reading Time: 330-462 min.
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Outward Leg
by Tristan Jones
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After having his left leg amputated and spending several years ashore, Tristan Jones decided to return to the sea. In October 1983, Jones and his only crew member, Wally Rediske, set out from San Diego in Outward Leg, a 36-foot trimaran, intending to circumnavigate the world from west to east by sail. Outward Leg chronicles the preparation for launch and the first part of that inspiring journey (continued in The Improbable Voyage). Tristan sailed down the western coast of Central America through... more info>> (Published: 1985)
Words: 115538 - Reading Time: 330-462 min.
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Over There
by Robert Vaughan
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Volume two of Robert Vaughan's stunning American Chronicles follows the tumult of American during the second decade of the twentieth century. The indestructible Titanic goes down in the cold arctic sea, millions of immigrants flood into the country, a bloody worker's revolution occurs in Russia, and in Sarajevo an assassination quickly ignites the flames of the First World War. It is 1912, and the Lady Lucinda Chetwynd-Dunleigh can hear the final strains of the ship's orchestra as the famous Tit... more info>> (Published: 1992)
Words: 131401 - Reading Time: 375-525 min.
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Parris Island: A Woman's Memoir of Marine Corps Boot Camp 2008 Edition
by Lisa Cordeiro
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Nineteen-year-old Lisa Cordeiro has no idea what to do with her life. She changes her major every week at UMass Amherst, around the constant partying in college and in Boston. She never considered it before, but one day she decides to join the military. On visiting the recruiting office, a Marine recruiter convinces her to enlist active-duty in the Marine Corps. She's headed for boot camp in Parris Island, South Carolina for a thirteen-week training regime considered by many to be the most diffi... more info>> (Published: 2008) EPIC eBook Award Finalist
Words: 90442 - Reading Time: 258-361 min.
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