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The Witch's Child [MultiFormat]
by Patricia Duffy Novak
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Shale was hired to retrieve the kidnapped child of a witch safely from another sorceress. But the unknown information in this job was what each woman planned to do with the child. (Published: 1993)
Words: 4194 - Reading Time: 11-16 min.
Category: Fantasy
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Potential [MultiFormat]
by Isaac Asimov
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A pair of genetic scientists discover a DNA pattern that may indicate a potential toward telepathy in humans. As they are pondering the immense odds against finding someone with the identical genetic makeup, they discover a farm boy in Iowa who is a virtual match, but doesn't have the personality--or intelligence--they would expect in a telepath. (Published: 1983) Locus Poll Award Nominee
Words: 2967 - Reading Time: 8-11 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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The Billionaire's Baby (Harlequin Mini # 19) [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Leanne Banks
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Garrett Winslow wants a woman to love him for himself, not for his family's money. So when he meets Haley Turner while on vacation in Mexico, he keeps his real name a secret. A family crisis abruptly ends their spring fling, and Garrett heads home, never knowing the night he spent with Haley has changed both of their lives forever...
Category: Romance
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Racing the Moon [Secure Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Michele Hauf
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When the full moon rises, his urgent sexual desire becomes overpowering ... and satisfying his demanding lust is the one way he can stop his transformation. But now he's stranded in the middle of nowhere, with a storm raging outside, and moonrise imminent. And only the beautiful stranger who rescued him can keep the wolf at bay. Only, she's resisting his ardent seduction with all her might. It's not that she doesn't ache for him every bit as hungrily as he does for her. Their mutual attraction i... more info>>
Category: Romance
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The Velvet Glove [MultiFormat]
by Harry Harrison
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Despite the Robot Equality Act, being a robot is tough. Jon Venex, a robot designed for work on Venus, needed a job bad or it could mean the scrap heap. When he found a job listing for Venex robot, it sounded too good to be true. And when you're a second-class citizen, like a robot, it usually is. He soon finds himself embroiled in a scheme with underground crime--literally and figuratively! (Published: 1956)
Words: 7734 - Reading Time: 22-30 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Holocene: The Missing 6,000 Years [MultiFormat]
by John T. Cullen
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What really happened during that early twilight zone of human existence after the last Ice Age? We live in the period called the Holocene, which began 11,000 years ago, and of which we know relatively little except for the past 5,000 years since writing was invented. But there are mysterious megaliths around the world, and other evidence that all is not what we may think. Will we ever find out the whole story? (Published: 2003)
Words: 5000 - Reading Time: 14-20 min.
Category: History
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The Farmer's Daughter [MultiFormat]
by Reed Manning
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Joel and Ron have never been farm workers before, but if it means they can be near Annie, they'll stick with it. The question is, are they working harder in the daytime, or at night? (Published: 1992)
Words: 3845 - Reading Time: 10-15 min.
Category: Erotica
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The Unjust Curse [MultiFormat]
by Patricia Cirone
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Relah had been searching for years for the way to end the curse placed on her and her child. Now she finally had a hope of succeeding. (Published: 1992)
Words: 4200 - Reading Time: 12-16 min.
Category: Fantasy
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Moonlight [MultiFormat]
by Felicity Heaton
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A creepy mansion house might not be everyone's idea of the perfect vacation, but to Ashlyn it's exactly the peace and solitude she's been looking for. Arriving in the middle of a thunderstorm, she imagines Dracula coming to greet her but has no such luck. As the storm passes, she heads out into the moonlit garden and discovers a mysterious man, handsome enough to rival Dracula. Tristan is as otherworldly as they come. With an old way of speaking and antiquated dress, his aura of mystery is only ... more info>> (Published: 2008)
Words: 12830 - Reading Time: 36-51 min.
Category: Romance
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [MultiFormat]
by Lewis Carroll
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Lewis Carroll is best remembered for this story, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, both of which are children's books with content and style that have often appealed as much to adult readers as to the young. It was published in 1865 and was in fact with a particular child in mind, Alice Liddell, and had the working title "Alice's Adventures Under Ground". As befits that title, the tale is indeed of a trip (with the additional psychedelic sense certainly ... more info>> (Published: 1865)
Words: 26649 - Reading Time: 76-106 min.
Category: Classic Literature
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Robot Dreams [MultiFormat]
by Isaac Asimov
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Legendary robopsychologist Susan Calvin questions robot LVX-1 about his unique ability to dream, and opens a frightening window into the hidden underlayers of his positronic brain. (Published: 1986) Locus Poll Award Winner, Nebula Award(R) Nominee, Asimov's Reader's Choice Award Winner, Hugo Award Nominee
Words: 2026 - Reading Time: 5-8 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Anthem [MultiFormat]
by Ayn Rand
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This expanded edition of Ayn Rand's classic tale of a future dark age of the great "We"--in which individuals have no name, no independence, and no values--is a beautifully written, powerful novel that projects current social trends into the future, and anticipates such later Rand masterpieces as The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged.
Words: 19508 - Reading Time: 55-78 min.
Category: Classic Literature
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Eternal Kiss [MultiFormat]
by Felicity Heaton
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Nicholas has spent centuries doing what he does best--hunting and killing. A Halloween masquerade seems like the perfect place to amuse himself and grab a quick bite to eat, but he gets more than he bargained for when he sets eyes on the beautiful Anna. He's a vampire who is happy being alone in the world but is Anna about to change all that? Anna has had a tough life and her luck with men is dismal. When she finds herself swept up into the seductive embrace of a sinfully handsome man, she think... more info>> (Published: 2006)
Words: 8776 - Reading Time: 25-35 min.
Category: Romance
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Sophie's Sheikh [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Alexandra Sellers
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When Sophie vacations in the exotic Barakat Emirates, the last thing she expects is to be kidnapped by a sheikh!
Category: Romance
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Heart of Darkness [MultiFormat]
by Joseph Conrad
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In Conrad's haunting tale, Marlow, a seaman and wanderer, recounts his physical and psychological journey in search of the enigmatic Kurtz. Traveling to the heart of the African continent, he discovers how Kurtz has gained his position of power and influence over the local people. Marlow's struggle to fathom his experience involves him in a radical questioning of not only his own nature and values but the nature and values of his society. (Published: 1899)
Words: 38566 - Reading Time: 110-154 min.
Category: Classic Literature
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All You Can Eat [MultiFormat]
by Megan Hart
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Daisy Cooper hates a lot of things about her job as a long-haul truck driver, but stopping in at the Come and Go Diner isn't one of them. Sonny Dean makes a mean apple pie, but there's more to him than cinnamon and sugar. Sonny's full of spice, and when Daisy pulls up in front of the flashing "All You Can Eat" sign, she knows she's about to have every appetite satisfied... (Published: 2004)
Words: 4630 - Reading Time: 13-18 min.
Category: Erotica
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Neutron Star [A Beowulf Shaeffer Story] [MultiFormat]
by Larry Niven
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One of Niven's most beloved characters, Beowulf Shaeffer, is forced to take a dangerous mission to explore a neutron star. The last group who went there never came back alive, but Shaeffer faces life imprisonment if he doesn't take the job. Will he determine the mysterious force that turned the prior crew to hamburger before he suffers a similar fate? (Published: 1966) Hugo Award Winner
Words: 6947 - Reading Time: 19-27 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Through the Looking-Glass [MultiFormat]
by Lewis Carroll
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Lewis Carroll's masterpiece, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, was followed six years later by the sequel Through the Looking-Glass. In the topsy-turvy world that lies beyond the looking-glass, Alice meets such fantastical characters as Tweedledee and Tweedledum, Humpty Dumpty, and the Jabberwock. (Published: 1871)
Words: 29213 - Reading Time: 83-116 min.
Category: Classic Literature
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The Great Gray Plague [MultiFormat]
by Raymond F. Jones
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On the surface, James Ellerbee was a crackpot with an impossible invention: a crystal cube you could hold in your hand that allowed instant communication with anyone on Earth. But the inventor came with affidavits, signed and notarized, from three unbiased witnesses: the Fire Chief, the Chief of Police, and the Community Church Pastor of Redrock... Originally published in Analog Science Fact and Science Fiction, edited by John W. Campbell, Jr. (Published: 1962)
Words: 25767 - Reading Time: 73-103 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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The Sleeper Caper [MultiFormat]
by Richard S. Prather
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Richard S. Prather's creation, Shell Scott, was the second most popular private detective (after Spillane's Mike Hammer) of the 1950s. With over 40 million books sold. The Shell Scott stories were as powerful as a gut-wrenching Spillane story, but used more tongue-in-cheek humor. In The Sleeper Caper, Shell is sent to Mexico to find who is rigging the horse races. When the most honest jockey south of the border is drugged and literally bites the dust on the race track. Shell is not only out to c... more info>> (Published: 1953)
Words: 9693 - Reading Time: 27-38 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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The Prince and the Pauper [MultiFormat]
by Mark Twain
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Set in Renaissance England, "The Prince and the Pauper" tells the story of Tom Canty, a ragged pauper, and young Edward VI, only son of Henry VIII, who miraculously look exactly alike. Almost by accident, the boys exchange places a few days before Henry's death and Edward's coronation, leaving Tom to the role of future king and Edward to the mercy of the beggar's underworld of London. This rousing tale of mistaken identity reveals a side of Mark Twain seldom seen. His characteristic anger and cy... more info>> (Published: 1881)
Words: 69982 - Reading Time: 199-279 min.
Category: Classic Literature
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Harem Girl [MultiFormat]
by Reed Manning
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Seritha is the sultan's favorite harem slave. Which means the sultan's enemy is eager to use her. What the enemy does not realize, is how resourceful Seritha can be. [Strong Sexual Content] (Published: 1990)
Words: 3962 - Reading Time: 11-15 min.
Category: Erotica
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Anytime, Anywhere [MultiFormat]
by Reed Manning
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The thing Collette likes about her boyfriend Logan is, he likes to go places ... if only to do the same sorts of things. A glass elevator, a movie theater, the back of a taxi--they've done it everywhere. But now Logan is getting truly creative. (Published: 1992)
Words: 2983 - Reading Time: 8-11 min.
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Darkness & Light [MultiFormat]
by Felicity Heaton
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Every witch and wizard in the Tri-Kingdom knows the Black Sleep has no cure and it means death to anyone who passes the eighth-level dark magic trials, so who on earth would subject themselves to it? Kyra has loved Isaac from the moment she first laid eyes on him and her feelings have only grown in the year she's spent as his apprentice. When she discovers that he's condemned himself to death by taking the eight-level trial, and consequently suffering the Black Sleep, her whole world begins to f... more info>> (Published: 2006)
Words: 10717 - Reading Time: 30-42 min.
Category: Romance
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Equona's Mare [Shanna series] [MultiFormat]
by Diana L. Paxson
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Shanna had been looking for her brother for years, and nothing was more important to her than finding him. Wagering her horse against information, however, might not have been one of her better ideas. (Published: 1990)
Words: 5283 - Reading Time: 15-21 min.
Category: Fantasy
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