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The eclogues

1984
Contains the pastoral poems of Roman poet Virgil, presented in Latin with English translations.

Don Juan

2004
Presents Lord Byron's early-nineteenth-century mock epic about the seductions, betrayals, adventures, and mishaps of the legendary Spanish rake Don Juan, and includes extensive explanatory notes, a scholarly introduction, and a substantial further reading list.

The Joy Luck Club

The personal, often painful, histories of four Chinese American women who began meeting in San Francisco in 1949 to play mah jong are revealed as the daughter of one who has died searches for her sisters in China to tell them about the mother they never knew.

Little women

Chronicles the joys and troubles of the four March sisters--Meg, Jo, Amy, and Beth--as they grow into young ladies and marry in nineteenth-century New England.

The prophet

2019
"A book of...prose poetry fables written in English by the Lebanese-American artist, philosopher and writer Kahlil Gibran"--Wikipedia.

The Book of Taliesin

poems of warfare and praise in an enchanted Britain
2020
A translation of Welsh poetry written Taliesin and a number of unnamed poets.

Henderson the rain king

Henderson, a middle-aged American millionaire, travels to Africa in search of a more rewarding life, and finds himself regarded as a messiah when he manages to bring rain to a drought-stricken tribe.
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The time machine

Presents the text to H.G. Wells' classic late nineteenth-century novel "The Time Machine," and includes a short biographical essay on the author, introduction, and notes.
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The island of Dr. Moreau

Dr. Moreau, a scientist, finds an isolated island that gives him the freedom to create hideous creatures with human intelligence.
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Incidents in the life of a slave girl

The author describes her experiences as a slave in North Carolina, her eventual escape, and emancipation, including descriptions of the seven years she spent hiding in a crawl space above her grandmother's attic.
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