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Men of the West

life on the American frontier
Examines the lives of men who chose to make their lives in the American frontier, drawing from letters, diaries, and memoirs to illuminate the experiences of homesteaders, outlaws and lawmen, farmers, doctors, Native Americans and others who experienced the challenges of pioneer life.
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The long song

The author draws upon the history of the 1832 slave rebellion in Jamaica to tell the story of July, a young slave girl, who is taken in as a house servant by her British overseer and subsequently abused.
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

A respected London doctor invents a formula which turns him into an evil and ugly person who stalks the streets at night killing people, and by the time his friends discover his secret, it is too late.
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Jane Eyre

A graphic novel adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre," in which a penniless orphan in England in the 1800s becomes a governess at Thornfield Hall and soon finds herself in love with her melancholy employer, Mr. Edward Rochester, a man with a terrible secret.
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The Count of Monte Cristo

A graphic novel adaptation of the classic novel about nineteen-year-old French sailor Edmond Dantes who is unjustly imprisoned on his planned wedding day, and after fourteen years of solitary confinement, a daring escape, hidden riches on the island of Monte Cristo, and a new identity bring him closer to a reunion with his love, Mercedes, and revenge upon his accusers.
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David Copperfield

A graphic novel adaptation of Charles Dickens' "David Copperfield" about a young boy in nineteenth-century London who runs away from an unhappy home, finds employment in a wine factory, and becomes acquainted with a wide variety of characters in the city streets.
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Death in Saratoga Springs

New York City, 1894. When the suspected murderer they are investigating is killed and Pamela's ward is wrongfully accused of the murder, private investigators Pamela Thompson and Harry Miller must find the real killer to save an innocent girl --.
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The magnificent Lizzie Brown and the mysterious phantom

In nineteenth-century London Lizzie Brown wants nothing more than to escape from the slums and her drunk, abusive father, so finding work and friends in a passing circus seems like a dream come true--but when she starts to have visions she finds herself confronting the mysterious phantom of London.
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