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Mark Twain's works are a living national treasury, yet somehow, beneath the vast river of literature that he left behind, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, the man who became Mark Twain, has receded from view, leaving us with only faint and often trivialized remnants of his towering personality. Here, author Powers recreates the 19th century's vital landscapes and tumultuous events while restoring the human being at their center. Clemens left his frontier...
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"The Ordeal of Mark Twain" by Van Wyck Brooks. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce...
3) Desert storm
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Pecos toys with the heart and passions of Angie Webster, a woman bethrothed to his father, not realizing that Angie would fall in love with him.
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An American classic becomes a modern adventure
In this retelling of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Tim DeRoche dares to imagine that Huck Finn is alive today. Chased by his vengeful and psychotic father, Pap, Huck escapes down the concrete gash that is the Los Angeles River with his friend Miguel, an illegal immigrant who has been falsely accused of murder. Riding the dangerous waters of a rainstorm, the two fugitives meet a strange...
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Since childhood, Rosie's life has been the stage -- passing herself off a a boy playing women's roles in the somehwat disreputable theatrical troup of Danny Plympton, Rosie's adoptive father. Unanticipated anger causes them to flee London, taking refuge at the estate of Sir Anthony Rycliffe of the queen's guard and a handsome devil-may-care rakehell. Tony quickly sees through Rosie's disguise and feels a strong attraction to her, encouraged by the...
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