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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle

(86 reviews )

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Includes three Sherlock Holmes mystery adventures: "The Red-headed League," "The Adventure of the Speckled Band," and "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches."

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All Editions	Final Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan , Sir Doyle (57 reviews ) A reader's rating Popular Tags: holmes, sherlock (fictitious character) - fiction, juvenile fiction, mystery ...more holmes, sherlock (fictitious character) - fiction , juvenile fiction , mystery , sherlock holmes
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The Time Machine

H.G. Wells

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The Three Theban Plays: 'Antigone', 'Oedipus the King', 'Oedipus at Colonus' (Penguin Classics)

Sophocles

(71 reviews )

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Aristotle called "Oedipus The King," the second-written of the three Theban plays written by Sophocles, the masterpiece of the whole of Greek theater. Today, nearly 2,500 years after Sophocles wrote, scholars and audiences still consider it one of the most powerful dramatic works ever made. Freud sure did. The three plays--"Antigone," "Oedipus the ...more

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The Oresteia: Agamemnon; The Libation Bearers; The Eumenides (Penguin Classics)

Aeschylus

(37 reviews )

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In the "Oresteia" - the only trilogy in Greek drama which survives from antiquity - Aeschylus took as his subject the bloody chain of murder and revenge within the royal family of Argos. Moving from darkness to light, from rage to self-governance, from primitive ritual to civilized institution, its spirit of struggle and regeneration is eternal.

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Preview All Editions	Velvet Elvis Repainting the Christian Faith Rob Bell (773 reviews ) Description We have to test everything. I thank God for anybody anywhere who is pointing people to the mysteries of God. A reader's rating Popular Tags: christian life, christianity, religion christian life , christianity , religion
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In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership

Henri J. M. Nouwen

(57 reviews )

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Henri Nouwen undertakes to talk about Christian leadership and provides a profile in stark contrast to worldly values. His ideal leader is a praying leader, a vulnerable leader, a trusting leader, one who voluntarily chooses a life of downward mobility.

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Preview All Editions	The Odyssey (Perennial Classics) Homer (1801 reviews ) Popular Tags: adventure, classic literature, classic ...more adventure , classic literature , classic , classics , epic , greek mythology , homer
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The Aenid (Vintage Classics)

Virgil

(145 reviews )

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Virgil's great epic transforms the Homeric tradition into a triumphal statement of the Roman civilizing mission. Translated by Robert Fitzgerald.

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Dating with Pure Passion: More than Rules, More than Courtship, More than a Formula

Rob Eagar

(9 reviews )

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For Christian singles, spiritual union with Christ must be the foundation of all of their relationships—including dating relationships. Rather than looking to people to meet needs only God can fulfill, readers will learn how to let Christ’s sacrificial love ignite within them a passionate desire to share His love with a special person. T...more

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