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A young man from Mars comes to Earth & must learn our strange ways. After his arrival on Earth from his home on Mars, Valentine Michael Smith becomes the founder and pastor of a new religious sect and the sensation he creates teaches Earth some unforgettable lessons, including grokking, watersharing, and love. One of the greatest science fiction novels ever published, Stranger in a Strange Land's original manuscript had 60,000 words cut. Here at last,...
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"Mark Twain's classic The Adventures of Tom Sawyer has been enjoyed by generations of readers across the world since its publication in 1876. With its humorous glimpses into life in nineteenth-century, small-town America, this novel has provided unique social commentary that continues to be discussed in classrooms today. Tom Sawyer, a mischievous boy growing up in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, Missouri, is constantly getting in and out of...
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Called "the veriest trash" by a member of the Concord, Massachusetts Library Board that banned the novel when it was first published, Huckleberry Finn has come to be viewed, as H.L. Mencken put it, as "one of the great masterpieces of the world." Ernest Hemingway wrote that "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn....There was nothing before. There has been nothing as good since." A daringly ironic...
4) Oliver Twist
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The story of Oliver Twist - orphaned, and set upon by evil and adversity from his first breath - shocked readers when it was published. After running away from the workhouse and pompous beadle Mr Bumble, Oliver finds himself lured into a den of thieves peopled by vivid and memorable characters - the Artful Dodger, vicious burglar Bill Sikes, his dog Bull's Eye, and prostitute Nancy, all watched over by cunning master-thief Fagin. Combining elements...
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2005
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"The ThunderCats, led by their fearless leader, Lion-O, are a noble band of survivors from the peaceful world of Thundera. As the heroes adopt Third Earth as their new home and encounter alien beings galore-- some friendly, some looking for a fight-- they must adapt to their strange surroundings and newfound responsibilities as protectors. Watch as they face off against vicious mutants of Plun-darr and their evil master, Mumm-Ra, who are bent on destroying...
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2005
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"The ThunderCats, led by their fearless leader, Lion-O, are a noble band of survivors from the peaceful world of Thundera. As the heroes adopt Third Earth as their new home and encounter alien beings galore-- some friendly, some looking for a fight-- they must adapt to their strange surroundings and newfound responsibilities as protectors. Watch as they face off against vicious mutants of Plun-darr and their evil master, Mumm-Ra, who are bent on destroying...