A Line to Kill – Horowitz, Anthony

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Book Preview My publishers, Penguin Random House, have offices on the Vauxhall Bridge Road, the other side of Victoria. It’s an odd part of London. Considering that the River Thames is at the top of the road and Tate Britain is just around the corner, it’s surprisingly shabby and unattractive, full of shops that look … Read more

High Fidelity – Hornby, Nick

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Book Preview Nick Hornby was born in 1957. He is the author of Fever Pitch and of three novels: High Fidelity, About a Boy and How to be Good. All four books have been international bestsellers and all are published by Penguin. He has also edited two anthologies, My Favourite Year and Speaking with the … Read more

Slammed – Hoover, Colleen

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Book Preview To Abigail Ehn with Poetry Slam, Inc. for answering all of my questions with lightening speed. To Dolphus Ramseur with Ramseur Records, for giving me permission to use the lyrics of The Avett Brothers on every single chapter of this book. To my sisters, Lin and Murphy, for equally sharing all of the … Read more

Point of Retreat – Hoover, Colleen

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Book Preview During the process of publishing Slammed and the development of Point of Retreat, I have been blessed to meet and learn from so many experienced self-published authors online. I would like to take the time to thank all of them for their feedback, encouragement and overall selflessness. It’s a rare thing to meet … Read more

Hopeless – Hoover, Colleen

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Book Preview Table of Contents Sunday, October 28th, 2012 7:29 p.m. Saturday, August 25th, 2012 11:50 p.m. Monday, August 27th, 2012 7:15 a.m. Monday, August 27th, 2012 3:55 p.m. Monday, August 27th, 2012 4:47 p.m. Monday, August 27th, 2012 5:25 p.m. Monday, August 27th, 2012 7:10 p.m. Tuesday, August 28th, 2012 6:15 a.m. Tuesday, August … Read more

The Odyssey [Penguin Classics Edition] – Homer

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Book Preview Introduction to the 1946 Edition Map: Greece and the Ionian islands in the eighth century BC 1. ATHENE VISITS TELEMACHUS 2. THE DEBATE IN ITHACA 3. TELEMACHUS WITH NESTOR 4. MENELAUS AND HELEN 7. THE PALACE OF ALCINOUS 8. THE PHAEACIAN GAMES 11. THE BOOK OF THE DEAD 12. SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS 13. … Read more

The Odyssey – Homer

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Book Preview Project Gutenberg’s The Odyssey, by Homer (Translated by Samuel Butler) #2 in our series by Homer Copyright laws are changing all over the world. Be sure to check the copyright laws for your country before downloading or redistributing this or any other Project Gutenberg eBook. This header should be the first thing seen … Read more

The Iliad [Oxford World’s Classics Edition] – Homer

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Book Preview SING, goddess, the anger* of Achilles, Peleus’ son,the accursed anger which brought the Achaeans countlessagonies and hurled many mighty shades of heroes into Hades,*causing them to become the prey of dogs andall kinds of birds; and the plan of Zeus was fulfilled. [5]Sing from the time the two men were first divided in … Read more

The Iliad and The Odyssey – Homer

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Book Preview Other titles in the Books That Shook the World series: The Bible by Karen Armstrong Plato’s Republic by Simon Blackburn Darwin’s Origin of Species by Janet Browne Thomas Paine’s Rights of Man by Christopher Hitchens The Qur’an by Bruce Lawrence On the Wealth of Nations by P. J. O’Rourke Carl von Clausewitz’s On … Read more