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- First Published: 1876
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- First Published: 1954
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- First Published: 1937
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- First Published: 1850
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- First Published: 1949-06-08
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- First Published: 1954-07-29
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- First Published: 1868
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- First Published: 1813-01-28
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- First Published: 1953
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- First Published: 1859
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- First Published: 1847-12
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- First Published: 1860
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- First Published: 1726
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- First Published: 1851-10-18
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- First Published: 1838
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- First Published: 1895
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- Subjects: Literary, Technology, Brainwashing, Literature, Classics
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- First Published: 1871
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- First Published: 1844
- Subjects: Revenge, France, Redemption, Classics, Wrongly Accused
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- First Published: 1943
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- First Published: 1952
- Subjects: Ocean, Fishing, Friendship, Cuba
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- First Published: 1961-11-11
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- First Published: 1936-06-30
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- First Published: 1890
- Subjects: Music, Popular literature, Supernatural, Literature, Classics
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- First Published: 1844
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- First Published: 1895
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- First Published: 1972-11
- Subjects: Literary, Epic film, Literature, Rabbits, Classics
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- First Published: 1719-04-25
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- First Published: 1898
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- Subjects: Hitchhiking, Biography, Alaska, Adventure, Travel
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- Subjects: Canada, Literature, Young adult, Adolescence, Relationships
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- First Published: 1862
- Subjects: Society, June Rebellion, Convict
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- First Published: 1915
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- First Published: 1988
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- First Published: 1605
- Subjects: Music, 16th century, Literary, Literature, Classics
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Oedipus Rex
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- First Published: 1965
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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle- First Published: 1894
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- First Published: 1555
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Journey to the Center of the Earth
Gerald Dockerman, Marcia SohlPurchase
- Subjects: Literature, Classics, Adventure, 20th century
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Antigone
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- First Published: 1854
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- First Published: 1950
- Subjects: American science fiction, Literature, Classics, Drama
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- First Published: 1959
- Subjects: Popular literature, New Hampshire, Literature, Young adult, Classics
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- First Published: 1877
- Subjects: Music, Upper class, Literature, Russia, Adultery
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- First Published: 1922-02-02
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- First Published: 1950
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- First Published: 1866
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- First Published: 1952-09
- Subjects: California, Prostitution
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- First Published: 1961-06-01
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Everyone Poops
Taro Gomi- First Published: 1993
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- First Published: 1958
- Subjects: Popular literature
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- First Published: 1957-10-10
- Subjects: Literary, Literature, Capitalism, Classics, Adventure
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- Original Language: English Language
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- First Published: 1931-03-02
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The Prince
Niccolo Machiavelli- First Published: 1532
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- First Published: 1951
- Subjects: Computers
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- Original Language: English Language
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- First Published: 1955
- Subjects: Literary, Literature, Classics, Drama, Erotica
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- Original Language: English Language, Russian Language
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- First Published: 2005
- Subjects: Criminal defense lawyer, Legal
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- Original Language: English Language
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