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Set in Africa, H. Rider Haggard's Elissa is sure to satisfy if you're craving a foray into classic action-adventure territory. Exotic travels, warring clans, damsels in distress, long-lost civilizations, intrepid explorers -- this thrilling novel has it all.

When we hear the word "power," we usually associate it with action, aggression, and boldness. However, according to author Annie Payson Call, there is another kind of power that comes from rest, reticence, and reflection. In Power Through Repose, Payson contends that a schedule of regular rest and meditation can help us focus our efforts and increase our efficacy in life.

Young lovebirds Kingsley and Nansie want nothing more than to be together forever, but Nansie's father does not approve of the match. Though he feels he is only looking out for his beloved daughter's best interests, his refusal sets off a chain reaction that quickly spirals out of control.

Throughout his career, author and editor William Dean Howells made it a point to deal with emerging social issues in his novels, often causing controversy and scandal upon their publication. In Dr. Breen's Practice, he introduces readers to Dr. Grace Breen, a working woman navigating the challenges of a professional career long before such a life path was commonplace.

After a tour of duty overseas, the eccentric character Augustus Tibbetts (known as "Bones" to his associates) returns to London to embark on civilian life. In a series of loosely connected but consistently hilarious tales and vignettes, Bones inadvertently stumbles into a series of improbable but exciting adventures and too-good-to-be-true business ventures.

Newspaper columnist Finley Peter Dunne created the fictional mouthpiece of Mr. Dooley, an opinionated Irish bartender plying his trade in a suburb of Chicago, as a way of commenting humorously on current events. Observations by Mr. Dooley collects some of Dunne's most popular columns from 1901-1902.

What's the secret to success? According to leading motivational author Orison Swett Marden, it's a simple three-step process: clearly identify your goals, create an action plan, and then work tirelessly until you've transformed your dreams into reality. No matter where you are on your life's journey, consider How to Succeed: Or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune to be your road map.

After a rather tumultuous sexual past, Grace Majoribanks is ready to denounce men and live an independent life. Then, while visiting Egypt, Grace is captured and pressed into service as a sex slave. Strangely enough, however, rather than despising her situation, Grace finds that the arrangement suits...

Unemployed and down on his luck, Eustace Le Neve's fortunes take a sharp turn for the better when he meets a charming young lady named Cleer Trevannick. Immediately smitten, he wants to marry Cleer, but he has no prospects -- and Cleer's eccentric father poses another obstacle. Will these two lovebirds be able to make it work?

Author George Payne Rainsford James was renowned for his ability to weave carefully researched historical facts into compelling narrative formats. James even served as the official British Historiographer Royal for a time. This sweeping historical romance blends keen insight into human behavior with a deliciously dry wit.

Travel back in time in this compelling work of historical fiction penned by renowned author Anne Manning. In Jacques Bonneval, readers get a first-hand glimpse of life in seventeenth-century France, wherein Protestant families were subjected to unrelenting proselytizing and harrowing persecution at the hands of Louis XIV and his regime.

Spotted Deer is another in a series of exciting Westerns penned by author Elmer Russell Gregor. In this fast-paced novel, a war party sent from the Delaware tribe is forced to travel deep into remote enemy territory in a desperate bid for survival.

This ingeniously constructed mystery is one of American author Anna Katharine Green's most acclaimed tales. A distraught woman solicits the assistance of a private investigator, telling him that her husband has gone missing and has been reported as dead. But she also received a note from him -- two days after he supposedly met his maker. Can this vexing case be cracked?

Recognized as a top-notch scholar with widely ranging interests and an encyclopedic knowledge of an array of academic disciplines, Samuel Butler contributed meaningfully to late nineteenth-century research in a number of fields. This volume collects some of his most important lectures and essays, a number...