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This book contains the following works: 1. Edgar Allan Poe: The Gold Bug, 2. William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, 3. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe: Faust, 4. Mark Twain: Adventures of Tom Sawyer, 5. Leo Tolstoy: The Death of Ivan Ilyich (Translator: Constance Garnett), 6. Arthur Conan Doyle: The Lost World, 7. Henry James: The Turn of the Screw, 8. Antoine de Saint-Exupery: The Little Prince (Translator: Marina Zhigalova), 9. Oscar Wilde: The Picture of Dorian Gray, 10. Kate Chopin: The Awakening.

The Call of the Wild is a short adventure novel by Jack London, published in 1903 and set in Yukon, Canada, during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The central character of the novel is a dog named Buck. The story opens at a ranch in Santa Clara Valley, California, when Buck is stolen from his home and sold into service as a sled dog in Alaska. He becomes progressively feral in the harsh environment, where he is forced to fight to survive and dominate other dogs.

This book contains the following works: 1. Edgar Allan Poe: The Pit and the Pendulum, 2. William Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream, 3. Frances Hodgson Burnett: The Secret Garden, 4. Fyodor Dostoevsky: The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, 5. Robert Louis Stevenson: Treasure Island, 6. H.P. Lovecraft: At the Mountains of Madness, 7. Jack London: The Call of the Wild, 8. Mary W. Shelley: Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus, 9. Osamu Dazai: No Longer Human (Confessions of a Faulty Man)....

Daisy Miller is a novella by Henry James that first appeared in Cornhill Magazine in June–July 1878, and in book form the following year. It portrays the courtship of the beautiful American girl Daisy Miller by Winterbourne, a sophisticated compatriot of hers. His pursuit of her is hampered by her own flirtatiousness, which is frowned upon by the other expatriates when they meet in Switzerland and Italy.

The Awakening is a novel by Kate Chopin, first published in 1899. Set in New Orleans and on the Louisiana Gulf coast at the end of the 19th century, the plot centers on Edna Pontellier and her struggle between her increasingly unorthodox views on femininity and motherhood with the prevailing social attitudes of the turn-of-the-century American South. It is one of the earliest American novels that focuses on women's issues without condescension.

"The War of the Worlds" is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells, first serialized in 1897 by Pearson's Magazine in the UK and by Cosmopolitan magazine in the US. The novel's first appearance in hardcover was in 1898 from publisher William Heinemann of London. Written between 1895 and 1897,it is one of the earliest stories to detail a conflict between mankind and an extraterrestrial race.The novel is the first-person narrative of both an unnamed protagonist in Surrey and of his younger brother in London as southern England is invaded by Martians.

Losing weight, or preventing weight gain, are two things the majority of people on the planet have trouble with. But what if losing weight and improving your physical health doesn’t have to be a time-consuming, tedious process? If you've consulted the Internet during the last couple of years to find out how to lose weight, you've probably heard about the intermittent fasting method. It’s a natural, healthy way to lose weight and slow down the aging process.

This book brings together the four Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn novels: The Adventures of Tom Sawer, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer Abroad, and Tom Sawyer Detective by a famous American writer Mark Twain. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has been described as the first Great American Novel, Hemingway wrote: "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn."

Are you facing any trauma in your life? Do you struggle to overcome adversities in life? Would you like to know the importance of life's resilience? Do you know about childhood adversity and resilience? If you agree with any of these issues, this is the right audiobook for you. You are going to learn about resilience and persistence, how it is going to develop, and how it can affect your life. You're motivated to improve yourself; you're going to realize how to manage stress and its benefits.

Wells is now best remembered for his science fiction novels and is often called the "father of science fiction", along with Jules Verne and the publisher Hugo Gernsback. He was most prominent as a forward-looking, even prophetic social critic who devoted his literary talents to the development of a progressive vision on a global scale. This comprehensive audiobook presents all the significant works of this famous and brilliant writer in one book - easy to listen to and easy to navigate.

Gone are the days when you worry about embarrassing yourself with pesky misplaced modifiers or dreaded double negatives. Next time you have a nagging grammar question, pick up this practical guide and write with clarity and confidence. A very effective and different audiobook...This audiobook was written specifically to be narrated, has been designed and structured to ensure easy and unconscious learning for the listener.

These stories are both fun and will teach kids a wonderful lesson as they fall asleep. No matter which one you pick, though, you are sure to have a story that they will treasure. Getting children to sleep can be tough. As parents, we know they need a good rest, but of course, our excited and energized children do not realize the importance of this. Fortunately, I have the answer to help you get your children to bed much easier at night.

This book is a guide that takes you by the hand and helps you explore the enormous landscape of Facebook, offering you numerous feasible, proven and focused tactics to obtain results. All this compendium is presented in a direct and easy to learn way.

I'm not just going to teach you how to make bullies stop, I'm going to teach you the science behind how these techniques work so that you and your child can finally make bullies stop.  

Are you overwhelmed, stressed, or on the verge of a nervous breakdown? Are your projects stalled? Breathe, the author gives you her magic wand - her book. If only I were more confident! Who hasn't wanted this before? People who have strong self-esteem have a good opinion of themselves, are optimistic, and are on an equal footing with their fellow human beings.

Chakras are our portals between the physical and spiritual plane, and our aura is a vibrational shell, that is an electromagnetic field of energy that surrounds everything and its purpose is to regulate the exchange of energy among us, our thin bodies and cosmos. Do you want to learn what is chakra? Do you want to find the benefits of meditation? Do you want to increase your spiritual and mind power? This audiobook is perfect for you!

Practitioners of neurolinguistic programming are able to apply various techniques to solve problems such as phobias, depression, habitual disorders, learning disorders and many more. So using the NLP Technique, you can take control of your mind, influence others, and improve many aspects of your life. There are many uses of NLP, some are therapeutic; others have been modified for use outside of psychotherapy, such as interpersonal skills, motivation, management training, sales and sports performance.

Are you struggling to improve your memory while learning how also to have better memory recall and focus throughout the day? This audiobook will teach you how to recall anything throughout the day, no matter what the circumstances are. You’ll learn aspects of how to develop a photographic memory so that you can recall any information, read faster, and remember the names of everyone that you meet.

You went out for your first date. He/she seemed charming, sweet, loving, caring, holding onto your every word, complimenting you; he or she was everything you were looking for in a partner. Before you knew it, you were in love and you started going out. Then he or she changed; nothing you did seemed good enough, he/she felt the need to control everything you do, always making you second-guess yourself. You feel like the person you are now dating is not the same person you met on the first few dates. This book covers the ins and outs of narcissism as a personality disorder and more!

Most people think that photographic memory is just something that you are born with, but the truth is, almost anyone can train their brain to have a photographic memory. And by doing this, you will soon be able to remember everything right down to the tiniest detail. People with photographic memories do better at school, in their careers, and their social lives.