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Lady Windermere's Fan is a four-act comedy by Oscar Wilde. Like many of Wilde's comedies, it bitingly satirizes the morals of Victorian society, particularly marriage....

An Oxford Bookworms Library reader for learners of English, adapted from the Jonathan Swift original by Clare West....

Benjamin Luxon and Frederick Moyer here turn to the little-explored genre of music for piano and narrator....

A party of friends exchange ghost stories on Christmas Eve; but everything may not be quite as it seems....

In Sorry about That, linguist Edwin Battistella analyzes the public apologies of presidents, politicians, entertainers, and businessmen, situating the apology within American popular culture....

Legendary writer Zane Grey earned legions of devoted fans with his gritty westerns. In To the Last Man, he dramatizes the events of the Pleasant Valley War of Arizona, a bloody feud that nearly wiped two families off the face of the Earth....

Here is a story starring the always unconventional Terrestrial Diplomat Retief. As a diplomat, Retief does not always follow procedure. Well the truth is that he almost never follows procedure but....

Travelers from another solar system are drawn to a planet because of a nuclear blast on the planet....

A great collection of short stories based on the theme of love....

The strange story of a scientist who invents a powerful microscope and discovers a beautiful woman in an enchanting microscopic world inside a drop of water....

David Korten argues that corporate consolidation of power is but one manifestation of "Empire", the organization of society by hierarchies of dominance....

Before Nancy Drew, there was Violet Strange. When an investigation requires someone who can infiltrate a clique of young women, the firm hires Violet Strange....

After two hellish years on the rim of the Arctic, Philip Weyman stumbles back toward civilization, half-starved and half-crazy.

In the ancient country of Orn an old man called the Bee-man spends his life in the company of bees. He lives humbly and contentedly until a Junior Sorcerer happens by with some disturbing news: The Bee-man, he says, has been transformed....

Eve's Diary," is the comic tale of Eve, the first woman in the Judeo-Christian creation story....

Daisy Miller is the story of a beautiful, unconventional American girl who becomes the fascination of Frederick Winterbourne, a sophisticated compatriot. His pursuit of her is hampered by her flirtatiousness and flagrant disregard for the customs and behavior of the other expatriates when they meet in Switzerland and Italy....

Hedda Gabler is one of the most interesting and intricate figures to appear on stage. Her boredom with her mariage and jealousy of her former lover set off a chain of events that result in an untimely death....

If easy payment plans were to be really efficient, patrons' lifetimes had to be extended! Listen to learn more....

When Mike Jackson's father suffers a serious financial setback, all Mike's hopes of "Varsity Blue" and a career playing his beloved cricket are dashed. Instead, he must go out and earn his living - in the alien world of the New Asiatic Bank....

A demented scientist discovers how to create human life - not perfect but improving steadily with each attempt....