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The Plot Against America

by Philip Roth • 2004

The Plot Against America

by Philip Roth 2004 391 pages

by H.G. Wells • 1897

by H.G. Wells 1897 192 pages

by Hermann Broch • 1945

by Hermann Broch 1945 493 pages

Writing for Emotional Impact

by Karl Iglesias • 2005

Advanced Dramatic Techniques to Attract, Engage, and Fascinate the Reader from Beginning to End

Writing for Emotional Impact

Advanced Dramatic Techniques to Attract, Engage, and Fascinate the Reader from Beginning to End

by Karl Iglesias 2005 238 pages

by D.H. Lawrence • 1920

by D.H. Lawrence 1920 416 pages

by Shūsaku Endō • 1966

by Shūsaku Endō 1966 294 pages

by George Eliot • 1872

by George Eliot 1872 912 pages

by Ahmadou Kourouma • 2000

by Ahmadou Kourouma 2000 215 pages

The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction

by Alan Jacobs • 2011

The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction

by Alan Jacobs 2011 162 pages

The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories

by Franz Kafka • 1915

The Great Short Works of Franz Kafka

The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories

The Great Short Works of Franz Kafka

by Franz Kafka 1915 352 pages

by Saadi 1257 196 pages

by James Joyce • 1922

by James Joyce 1922 783 pages

The Poetry of Pablo Neruda

by Pablo Neruda • 1951

The Poetry of Pablo Neruda

by Pablo Neruda 1951 1040 pages

The Red and the Black

by Stendhal • 2002

The Red and the Black

by Stendhal 2002 577 pages

by Harold Bloom • 1998

The Invention of the Human

The Invention of the Human

by Harold Bloom 1998 745 pages

Moby-Dick or, The Whale

by Herman Melville • 1851

Immersive

Moby-Dick or, The Whale

by Herman Melville 1851 720 pages

by James Joyce • 1914

by James Joyce 1914 352 pages

by R.K. Narayan • 1993

by R.K. Narayan 1993 144 pages

by Henry Miller • 1934

by Henry Miller 1934 318 pages

by Mircea Cărtărescu • 1989

by Mircea Cărtărescu 1989 361 pages

Islands in the Stream

by Ernest Hemingway • 1970

Islands in the Stream

by Ernest Hemingway 1970 448 pages

The Complete Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle • 1914

The Complete Sherlock Holmes

Volume II

by Arthur Conan Doyle 1914 709 pages

The World According to Garp

by John Irving • 1978

The World According to Garp

by John Irving 1978 610 pages

by Dante Alighieri • 1321

by Dante Alighieri 1321 102 pages

by Amélie Nothomb • 1998

by Amélie Nothomb 1998 188 pages

God Is Dead. God Remains Dead. And We Have Killed Him.

by Friedrich Nietzsche • 1888

God Is Dead. God Remains Dead. And We Have Killed Him.

by Friedrich Nietzsche 1888 128 pages

by Herman Melville • 2006

by Herman Melville 2006 160 pages

by André Gide • 1925

by André Gide 1925 467 pages

by Vladimir Nabokov • 1989

by Vladimir Nabokov 1989 212 pages

The Heart of Darkness

by Joseph Conrad • 1899

The Heart of Darkness

by Joseph Conrad 1899 131 pages

by Charlotte Brontë • 1853

by Charlotte Brontë 1853 573 pages

by Ayn Rand • 1936

by Ayn Rand 1936 464 pages

Their Eyes Were Watching God

by Zora Neale Hurston • 1937

Their Eyes Were Watching God

by Zora Neale Hurston 1937 238 pages

The War of the End of the World

by Mario Vargas Llosa • 1981

The War of the End of the World

by Mario Vargas Llosa 1981 568 pages

by Anonymous

Tales of 1001 Nights, Volume 1

Tales of 1001 Nights, Volume 1

by Anonymous 982 pages

by Salman Rushdie • 1981

by Salman Rushdie 1981 647 pages

by Iris Murdoch • 1958

by Iris Murdoch 1958 296 pages

The Custom of the Country

by Edith Wharton • 1913

The Custom of the Country

by Edith Wharton 1913 370 pages

Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited

by Aldous Huxley • 1932

Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited

by Aldous Huxley 1932 340 pages

by Joseph Conrad • 1900

by Joseph Conrad 1900 455 pages

by William Beckford • 1786

by William Beckford 1786 180 pages

by Santiago Posteguillo • 2023

La conquista del poder de Julio César

La conquista del poder de Julio César

by Santiago Posteguillo 2023 896 pages

by Wallace Stegner • 1971

by Wallace Stegner 1971 569 pages

El hombre que calculaba

by Malba Tahan • 1938

El hombre que calculaba

by Malba Tahan 1938 227 pages

Long Day’s Journey into Night

by Eugene O'Neill • 1956

Long Day’s Journey into Night

by Eugene O'Neill 1956 179 pages

by Michael Dean • 1949

by Michael Dean 1949 71 pages

by Ursula K. Le Guin • 2018

Conversations on Writing

Conversations on Writing

by Ursula K. Le Guin 2018 138 pages

by Arthur Miller • 1949

by Arthur Miller 1949 144 pages

Lady Chatterley’s Lover

by D.H. Lawrence • 1928

Lady Chatterley’s Lover

by D.H. Lawrence 1928 376 pages

Bartleby the Scrivener

by Herman Melville • 1853

Bartleby the Scrivener

by Herman Melville 1853 64 pages

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