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Barchester Towers is a novel by English author Anthony Trollope published by Longmans in 1857. It is the second book in the Chronicles of Barsetshire series, preceded by The Warden and followed by Doctor Thorne.
Bartleby the Scrivener, A Story of Wall Street. is a book by Herman Melville. Its subjects include New York (N.Y.); Psychological fiction; Young men.
The Beasts of Tarzan is a novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the third in his series of twenty-four books about the title character Tarzan. Originally serialized in All-Story Cavalier magazine in 1914, the novel was first published in book form by A. C. McClurg in 1916.
Beautiful and Damned is a musical with a book by Kit Hesketh Harvey and music and lyrics by Les Reed and Roger Cook. Drawing its title from F. Scott Fitzgerald's second novel, it focuses on the turbulent relationship he shared with his wife Zelda during the Jazz Age. Young, stylish, and successful, they are the envy of high society friends who are unaware that behind their glamorous façade are two individuals doomed to tragedy.
Beowulf (; Old English: Bēowulf [ˈbeːo.wuɫf]) is an Old English poem, an epic in the tradition of Germanic heroic legend consisting of 3,182 alliterative lines, contained in the Nowell Codex. The story is set in pagan Scandinavia in the 5th and 6th centuries.
Bible (DRV) Apocrypha/Deuterocanon: Judith is a book by Douay-Rheims Version (DRV). Its subjects include Bible. Apocrypha. Judith.
Bible (DRV) Apocrypha/Deuterocanon: Tobias is a book by Douay-Rheims Version (DRV). Its subjects include Bible. Apocrypha. Tobit.
Bible (KJV) 17: Esther is a book by King James Version (KJV). Its subjects include Bible. Esther.
Bible (KJV) NT 03: Luke is a book by King James Version (KJV). Its subjects include Bible. Luke.
Bible (WEB) NT 01: Matthew is a book by World English Bible. Its subjects include Bible. Matthew.
Bible (WEB) NT 04: John is a book by World English Bible. Its subjects include Bible. John.
Bird Study Book is a book by Thomas Gilbert Pearson. Its subjects include Birds; Birds, Conservation.
The Birds' Christmas Carol is a novel by American writer Kate Douglas Wiggin, printed privately in 1886 and published in 1888 with illustrations by Katharine R. Wireman. Wiggin published the book to help fund the Silver Street Free Kindergarten in San Francisco, which she founded in 1878.
Birthday Party, A Story for Little Folks is a book by Oliver Optic. Its subjects include Conduct of life, Juvenile fiction; Children's stories; Birthdays, Juvenile fiction.
Black Arrow - A Tale of the Two Roses is a book by Robert Louis Stevenson. Its subjects include Historical fiction; Knights and knighthood; War stories.
Black Beauty (The Autobiography of a Horse) is a book by Anna Sewell. Its subjects include Historical fiction; Horses, Juvenile fiction; Human-animal relationships, Juvenile fiction.
Bleak House is a novel by the English author Charles Dickens, first published as a 20-episode serial between 12 March 1852 and 12 September 1853. The novel has many characters and several subplots, and is told partly by the novel's heroine, Esther Summerson, and partly by an omniscient narrator.
Blue Envelope is a book by Roy J. Snell. Its subjects include Adventure stories; Girls, Juvenile fiction; Alaska, Juvenile fiction.
Bohemian San Francisco is a book by Clarence Edgar Edwords. Its subjects include Cooking; Hotels, California, San Francisco; F850.5.
The Book of Tea (茶の本, Cha no Hon) by Okakura Kakuzō is a long 1906 essay linking the role of chadō (teaism) to the aesthetic and cultural aspects of Japanese life and protesting Western caricatures of "the East".
Brewster's Millions is a comedic novel written by George Barr McCutcheon in 1902, originally under the pseudonym of Richard Greaves. The plot concerns a young man whose grandfather leaves him $1 million in a will, but a competing will from another relative requires he must spend the $1 million in the first year or forfeit a $7 million inheritance from the other relative. Following a 1906 Broadway stage adaptation of the same name, the story has spawned over a dozen film adaptations.
Buddhism and Buddhists in China is a book by Lewis Hodous. Its subjects include Buddhism.
Byways Around San Francisco Bay is a book by W. E. Hutchinson. Its subjects include San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.); F850.5.
Caliban's War is a 2012 science fiction novel by James S. A. Corey (pen name of Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck). It is about a conflict in the Solar System that involves the polities Earth, Mars, the Asteroid Belt and the outer planets, and a powerful extraterrestrial biological von Neumann probe.
Can You Forgive Her? The novel follows three parallel stories of courtship and marriage and the decisions of three women: Alice Vavasor, her cousin Glencora Palliser, and her aunt Arabella Greenow.
Candide, ou l'Optimisme ( kon-DEED or kahn-DEED, French: [kɑ̃did] ) is a French satire written by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment, first published in 1759. The novella has been widely translated, with English versions titled Candidus: or, All for the Best (1759); Candide: or, The Optimist (1762); and Candide: Optimism (1947).
"The Canterville Ghost" is a horror comedy short story by Oscar Wilde. It was the first of Wilde's stories to be published, appearing in two parts as "The Canterville Ghost – A Hylo-Idealistic Romance: The Redemptive Heroine", in The Court and Society Review, 23 February and 2 March 1887.
Captain Blood: His Odyssey is an adventure novel by Rafael Sabatini, originally a series of short stories in Premier Magazine in 1920–1, collected in book form in 1922. In 1935, it was adapted as a movie starring Errol Flynn.
The Card is a comic novel written by Arnold Bennett in 1911 (entitled Denry the Audacious in the American edition). Like much of Bennett's best work, it is set in the Staffordshire Potteries.
Carmilla is an 1872 Gothic novella by Irish author Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. Set in 19th-century Styria, it is the story of a young woman who is pursued by the vampire Carmilla.
Carpe Jugulum (; Latatian for "go for the throat", cf. Carpe diem) is a comic fantasy novel by English writer Terry Pratchett, the twenty-third in the Discworld series. It was first published in 1998. In Carpe Jugulum, Terry Pratchett pastiches the traditions of vampire literature, playing with the mythic archetypes and featuring a tongue-in-cheek reversal of 'vampyre' subculture with young vampires who wear bright clothes, drink wine, and stay up until noon.
The Case of Jennie Brice is a 1913 crime novel by the American writer Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876–1956) set in 1904 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which has been a part of the city of Pittsburgh since 1907.
Case of the Pocket Diary Found in the Snow is a book by Auguste Groner. Its subjects include Fiction; Detective and mystery stories.
Chapters from my Autobiography is a book by Mark Twain. Its subjects include Twain, Mark, 1835-1910; Authors, American, 19th century, Biography; Humorists, American, 19th century, Biography.
A Child's Garden of Verses is an 1885 volume of 64 poems for children by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. It has been reprinted many times, often in illustrated versions, and is considered to be one of the most influential children's works of the 19th century. The poems, which have been widely imitated, are written from the point of view of a child. Stevenson dedicated the collection to his childhood nurse, Alison Cunningham.
Childhood is the first published novel by Leo Tolstoy, released under the initials L. N. in the November 1852 issue of the popular Russian literary journal The Contemporary. It is the first in a series of three novels, followed by Boyhood and Youth.
The Children of the New Forest is a children's novel published in 1847 by Frederick Marryat. It is set in the time of the English Civil War and the Commonwealth. The story follows the fortunes of the four Beverley children who are orphaned during the war, and hide from their Roundhead oppressors in the shelter of the New Forest where they learn to live off the land.
China and the Chinese is a book by Herbert Allen Giles. Its subjects include Taoism; Chinese literature; China, Social life and customs.
Chocolate: or, An Indian Drinke is a book by Antonio Colmenero de Ledesma. Its subjects include Chocolate, Early works to 1800.
Chronicles of Canada Volume 01 - The Dawn of Canadian History: A Chronicle of Aboriginal Canada is a book by Stephen Leacock. Its subjects include America, Discovery and exploration; Indians of North America, Canada; E011.
Chronicles of Canada Volume 02 - Mariner of St. Malo: A Chronicle of the Voyages of Jacques Cartier is a book by Stephen Leacock. Its subjects include Cartier, Jacques, 1491-1557; New France, Discovery and exploration; America, Discovery and exploration, French.
Chronicles of Canada Volume 03 - Founder of New France: A Chronicle of Champlain is a book by Charles W. Colby. Its subjects include Canada, History, To 1763 (New France); Champlain, Samuel de, 1574-1635; F1001.
Chronicles of Canada Volume 04 - Jesuit Missions: A Chronicle of the Cross in the Wilderness is a book by Thomas Guthrie Marquis. Its subjects include Jesuits, Canada; F1001.
Chronicles of Canada Volume 05 - Seigneurs of Old Canada: A Chronicle of New World Feudalism is a book by William Bennett Munro. Its subjects include Land tenure, Canada, History; Feudalism, History; F1001.
Chronicles of Canada Volume 06 - The Great Intendant: A Chronicle of Jean Talon in Canada 1665-1672 is a book by Thomas Chapais. Its subjects include Canada, History, To 1763 (New France); Talon, Jean, comte d'Orsainville, 1625?-1694; Intendants, Canada, Biography.
Chronicles of Canada Volume 07 - The Fighting Governer: A Chronicle of Frontenac is a book by Charles W. Colby. Its subjects include Canada, History, To 1763 (New France); Frontenac, Louis de Buade, comte de, 1620-1698; F1001.
Chronicles of Canada Volume 08 - Great Fortress: A Chronicle of Louisbourg 1720-1760 is a book by William Wood. Its subjects include Louisbourg (N.S.), History, Siege, 1745; Louisbourg (N.S.), History, Siege, 1758; F1001.
The Chronicles of Clovis (1911) is the third volume of short stories by Saki, the pseudonym of Hector Hugh Munro. The collection features 28 stories, the majority of which had earlier appeared in various newspapers and magazines. Many of the stories follow privileged characters in Edwardian England. The collection contains some of Saki's most popular stories.