Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories Volume I
Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Format: Paperback, 1088 pages
On Sale: November 1, 1986
Price: $6.95
Sherlock Holmes
The Complete Novels and Stories
Volume I
Since his first appearance in
Beeton’s Christmas Annual in 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes has been one of the most beloved fictional characters ever created. Now, in two paperback volumes, Bantam presents all fifty-six short stories and four novels featuring Conan Doyle’s classic...
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Call of The Wild, White Fang
Written by Jack London
Format: Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: February 1, 1991
Price: $4.99
The Call Of The Wild is the story of Buck, a dog stolen from his home and thrust into the merciless life of the Arctic north to endure hardship, bitter cold, and the savage lawlessness of man and beast.
White Fang is the adventure of an animal -- part dog, part wolf --turned vicious by cruel abuse...
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The Turn of the Screw and Other Short Fiction
Written by Henry James
Format: Paperback, 560 pages
On Sale: September 1, 1981
Price: $4.95
To read a story by Henry James is to enter a fully realized world unlike any other—a rich, perfectly crafted domain of vivid language and splendid, complex characters. Devious children, sparring lovers, capricious American girls, obtuse bachelors, sibylline spinsters, and charming Europeans populate these five fascinating
nouvelles, which represent the author...
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The Jungle Books
Written by Rudyard Kipling
Format: Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: December 1, 1985
Price: $4.95
First published in 1894 and 1895,
The Jungle Books remain some of the most beloved tales of all time. Adored by readers of all ages, these classic stories in two volumes spin the unforgettable story of Mowgli—a boy raised by a pack of wolves—as he learns indelible lessons about the laws...
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A Christmas Carol
Written by Charles Dickens
Format: Paperback, 112 pages
On Sale: November 1, 1986
Price: $3.95
Merry Christmas, everyone!
“Bah!” said Scrooge. “Humbug!”
With those famous words unfolds a tale that renews the joy and caring that are Christmas. Whether we read it aloud with our family and friends or open the pages on a chill winter evening to savor the story in solitude, Charles Dickens’
A Christmas...
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The Dialogues of Plato
Written by Plato
Format: Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: May 1, 1986
Price: $6.99
Socrates’ ancient words are still true, and the ideas found in Plato’s Dialogues still form the foundation of a thinking person’s education. This superb collection contains excellent contemporary translations selected for their clarity and accessibility to today’s reader, as well as an incisive introduction by Erich Segal, which reveals Plato’s life...
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The Thief and the Dogs
Written by Naguib Mahfouz
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: September 20, 1989
Price: $14.00
Naguib Mahfouz's haunting novella of post-revolutionary Egypt combines a vivid pychological portrait of an anguished man with the suspense and rapid pace of a detective story.
After four years in prison, the skilled young thief Said Mahran emerges bent on revenge. He finds a world that has changed in more ways than...
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The Phantom of the Opera
Written by Gaston Leroux
Translated by Lowell Bair
Format: Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: January 1, 1990
Price: $4.95
Gaston Leroux is one of the originators of the detective story, and
The Phantom of the Opera is his tour de force, as well as being the basis for the hit Broadway musical. A superb suspense story and a dark tale of obsession,
The Phantom of the Opera has thrilled and...
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The Death of Ivan Ilyich
Written by Leo Tolstoy
Format: Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: March 1, 1981
Price: $6.95
Hailed as one of the world's supreme masterpieces on the subject of death and dying,
The Death of Ivan Ilyich is the story of a worldly careerist, a high court judge who has never given the inevitability of his death so much as a passing thought. But one day death announces...
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The Sea Wolf
Written by Jack London
Format: Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: April 1, 1984
Price: $4.95
The Sea Wolf is Jack London’s powerful and gripping saga of Humphrey Van Weyden, captured by a seal-hunting ship and now an unwilling sailor under its dreaded captain, Wolf Larsen. The men who sailed with Larsen were treacherous outcasts, but the captain himself was the legendary Sea Wolf–a violent brute of...
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