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Isabel Archer is a beautiful, spirited American who becomes a victim of her own provincialism during her travels in Europe. Determined to control her own fate, she turns down two eligible suitors and using an inheritance, she travels. But her fortune only leads her to make a tragic choice and marry Gilbert Osmond, An American expatriate who lives in Florence. The book is the story of her survival as she begins to realize that true freedom means living with one's choices despite the consequences.

Combining romance and battle, magic and sorcery, heroics and chivalry, death and daring, the legend of King Arthur is told in prose from the pen of the 15th century author, Sir Thomas Malory.

On the surface, fifty-three year old Rebecca is outgoing and joyous. But after presiding over a disastrous family picnic, she is beginning to question just who she really is. This book is the story of how she answers that question.

The second and the most famous of Cooper's five Leatherstocking tales, The Last of the Mohicans, is set in 1757 during the French and Indian wars and follows the scout Hawkeye and his Indian companion, Chingachgook, through the wilderness of upstate New York as they try to save the daughters of a fort commander from the Huron Indians.

"Heart of Darkness" is the study of race and greed and the ruthlessness of imperialism.

The first novel that Jane Austen published pursues a central theme: the necessity of finding a workable middle ground between passion and reason. The story revolves around the Dashwood sisters, Elinor, sensible and rational, and Marianne, who is wildly romantic.

Emily Spook's reputation in the indy art scene is gaining momentum but instead of being thrilled she's terrified. Ever since she was a young girl, Emily's head has been a flophouse for ghosts that provide inspiration for her art. But lately her head is empty and her art gone, until her friend Simon's consciousness shows up inside her head. She realizes that she may wind up murdered just as he did. The question is: can Emily and Simon solve the mystery so she can stay alive?.