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Quo Vadis
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Norilana Books, 2006
Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846-1916) won the 1905 Nobel Prize in Literature. A brilliant Polish writer and patriot, he is possibly best known abroad for his monumental historical epic Quo Vadis that portrays the vibrant and dissonant combination of cruel excesses and decadence of Rome during the reign of the corrupt Emperor Nero and the high faith of ...
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Barchester Towers
Anthony Trollope
Norilana Books, 2007
Barchester Towers: The second in the delightful Barsetshire Novels by a Great Victorian Novelist brings hours of pleasure !
Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) has earned his place in the pantheon of great English Victorian authors. His greatest novels are those in the
Barsetshire series dealing with the clergy and the Palliser novels concerned with politics focusing on the Palliser family.
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Quo Vadis
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Norilana Books, 2006
A must-read, in Polish or in translation
Probably one of the greatest books ever written in Polish. Makes one see why Sienkiewicz received a Nobel Prize in literature. Great story, set in 1st century Rome during the persecution of the first Christians. Its themes are timeless: finding good in the midst of ...
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Siddhartha
Hermann Hesse
Norilana Books, 2007
Great Buy
I'm usually concerned about purchasing items on line, especially books. I can honestly say that this experience was worth it. I would recommend this seller to anyone interested in purchasing good quality books at extremely reasonable prices.
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East of the Sun and West of Fort Smith
William Sanders
Norilana Books, 2008
EAST OF THE SUN AND WEST OF FORT SMITH by award-winning author William Sanders is the definitive story collection from one of speculative fiction's most original and controversial authors. Includes an introduction by Rick Bowes. "William Sanders is wickedly funny, a great storyteller, and a writer with peculiar ideas." -- Claude Lalumière ...
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Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword And Sorceress XXIII
Norilana Books, 2008
WOMEN OF POWER AND ENCHANTMENT . . . For over two decades, the late Marion Zimmer Bradley, best-selling and beloved author, discovered and nurtured a grand generation of popular and acclaimed writers including Mercedes Lackey (who returns to grace our pages this year), Jennifer Roberson, and a host of others. Authors who have appeared within ...
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Freckles
Gene Stratton Porter
Norilana Books, 2006
Another Wonderful Vintage Romance
I read this at an impressionable age and fell in love with stalwart Freckles and the Limberlost Swamp and his Angel. Pretty sentimental by today's standards, this book champions saving the forests and wetlands. The descriptions are beautiful and evocative. A great ...
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A Girl of the Limberlost
Gene Stratton Porter
Norilana Books, 2006
So good my mom had to read it at the same time as me!
I started reading this book right after I got it.
My mom had looked it over and was wanting to read it too, so we both took turns reading chapters. It was funny because when I was reading, my mom would keep asking when I would be done with that chapter. She did ...
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North and South
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Norilana Books, 2007
North & South
I first saw the DVD and than purchased the book. The DVD has become my favorite over Pride and Prejudice. The acting is superb and the story line, athough not quite accurate to the book, is very well told. The plot kept my interest throughout the 4 hours of viewing. I ...
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Miss Mackenzie
Anthony Trollope
Norilana Books, 2008
Trollope's gentle satire wins through here.
Anthony Trollope spends so much time doing the things that well-meaning creative writing profesors now tell one never to do--his editorial voice peppers each novel, he avoids subtle foreshadowing in favor of telling you essentially what will happen next, and he ...
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Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress XXII
Norilana Books, 2007
Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress XXII
I have collected these wonderful compilations of high adventure of the feminine kind since the very first volume! I am so glad that they are still on going despite Ms. Bradley's passing. Every story is as always a gem! Very worthwile addition to anyone's collection!
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The Scarlet Pimpernel (Book 1 of The Scarlet Pimpernel Series) (The Scarlet Pimpernel Series)
Baroness Orczy
Norilana Books, 2006
When Baroness Emmuska Orczy wrote The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905), little did she know she was creating the super hero genre. Who is the elusive and mysterious Scarlet Pimpernel? A master of clever disguises, stealth and elegant escapes -- skills that he uses to rescue doomed French aristocrats from the guillotine during the French Revolution's ...
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Clockwork Phoenix: Tales of Beauty and Strangeness
Norilana Books, 2008
You hold in your hands a cornucopia of modern cutting-edge fantasy. The first volume of this extraordinary new annual anthology series of fantastic literature explodes on the scene with works that sidestep expectations in beautiful and unsettling ways, that surprise with their settings and startle with the manner in which they cross genre ...
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A Girl of the Limberlost
Gene Stratton Porter
Norilana Books, 2006
A Girl of the Limberlost (1909) by Gene Stratton Porter is the story of a poor Indiana girl Elnora Comstock who lives with her emotionally abusive mother, a stern heartless widow, at the edge of the Limberlost Swamp. Elnora attends school against her mother's wishes, fighting every inch of the way for her dream of an education, and collects ...
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The Man Who Laughs
Victor Hugo
Norilana Books, 2006
My Favorite Hugo!!
I have read almost all of Hugo's novels and I feel he was a master beyond most as far as story telling goes. This particular books is ingenious with the various characters and the twists and turns and the tragedies and political statements. It broke my heart, while ...
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