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The Devil in the White City
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#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile comes the true tale of the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and the cunning serial killer who used the magic and majesty of the fair to lure his victims to their death. “As absorbing a piece of popular history as one will ever hope to find.” —San Francisco Chronicle Combining meticulous research with nail-biting storytelling, Erik Larson has crafted a narrative with all the wonder of newly discovered history and the thrills of the best fiction. Two men, each...
Number of pages: ~ 447 pages
Amazon Rating ~ 4.3/5

by Deborah Harkness
A Discovery of Witches
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  • Mystery
  • 2011
  • Autor: Deborah Harkness
Book one of the New York Times bestselling All Souls series—“a wonderfully imaginative grown-up fantasy with all the magic of Harry Potter and Twilight” (People). Look for the hit series “A Discovery of Witches,” now streaming on AMC+, Sundance Now, and Shudder! Deborah Harkness’s sparkling debut, A Discovery of Witches, has brought her into the spotlight and galvanized fans around the world. In this tale of passion and obsession, Diana Bishop, a young scholar and a descendant of witches, discovers a long-lost and enchanted alchemical manuscript, Ashmole 782, deep in Oxford's Bodleian...
Number of pages: ~ 594 pages
Amazon Rating ~ 4.5/5

by Stephen King
11/22/63
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One of the Ten Best Books of The New York Times Book Review Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize Soon to be a miniseries from Hulu starring James Franco This enhanced ebook edition contains a 13-minute film, written and narrated by Stephen King and enhanced with historic footage from CBS News, that will take you back—as King’s novel does—to Kennedy era America. On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the world changed. What if you could change it back? Stephen King’s heart-stoppingly dramatic new novel is about a man who travels back in time...
Number of pages: ~ 1121 pages
Amazon Rating ~ 4.6/5

by Barbara Davis
The Echo of Old Books
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  • Mystery
  • 2023
  • Autor: Barbara Davis
A novel about the magical lure of books and summoning the courage to rewrite our stories by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Keeper of Happy Endings and The Last of the Moon Girls. Rare-book dealer Ashlyn Greer’s affinity for books extends beyond the intoxicating scent of old paper, ink, and leather. She can feel the echoes of the books’ previous owners—an emotional fingerprint only she can read. When Ashlyn discovers a pair of beautifully bound volumes that appear to have never been published, her gift quickly becomes an obsession. Not only is each inscribed with a startling...
Number of pages: ~ 413 pages
Amazon Rating ~ 4.6/5

by Joe Hill
The Black Phone
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"The Black Phone" is a horror novella by Joe Hill that tells the story of a young boy named John, who is kidnapped by a sadistic serial killer known as "The Cloth Head" and taken to an isolated cabin in the woods. In the cabin, John discovers a disconnected black phone, which he realizes can receive calls from the dead. As John tries to figure out how to escape from the cabin, he receives calls from the victims of The Cloth Head, who offer him clues and guidance on how to survive. With the help of these spectral voices, John must outsmart his captor and try to make it out alive. Throughout...
Number of pages: ~ 336 pages
Amazon Rating ~ 4.8/5

by Delia Owens
The Other Wes Moore
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"The Other Wes Moore" is a powerful and thought-provoking book that delves into the lives of two young men named Wes Moore, who grew up in the same neighborhood in Baltimore but ended up on very different paths. One Wes Moore becomes a successful Rhodes Scholar and White House Fellow, while the other Wes Moore lands in prison for life for his involvement in a robbery that resulted in a police officer's death. The book explores the complexities of social inequality, poverty, and the impact of external factors such as family, education, and community on shaping one's life trajectory. Through...
Number of pages: ~ 209 pages
Amazon Rating ~ 4.8/5

by Edgar Allan Poe
The Pit and The Pendulum
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  • Mystery
  • 2021
  • Autor: Edgar Allan Poe
"The Pit and the Pendulum" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1842 in the literary annual The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1843. The story is about the torments endured by a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition, though Poe skews historical facts. The narrator of the story describes his experience of being tortured. The story is especially effective at inspiring fear in the reader because of its heavy focus on the senses, such as sound, emphasizing its reality, unlike many of Poe's stories which are aided by the supernatural. The...
Number of pages: ~ 338 pages
Amazon Rating ~ 4.7/5

by Edgar Allan Poe
The Tell-Tale Heart
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  • Mystery
  • 1843
  • Autor: Edgar Allan Poe
"The Tell-Tale Heart" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1843. It is related by an unnamed narrator who endeavors to convince the reader of the narrator's sanity while simultaneously describing a murder the narrator committed. The victim was an old man with a filmy pale blue "vulture-eye", as the narrator calls it. The narrator emphasizes the careful calculation of the murder, attempting the perfect crime, complete with dismembering the body in the bathtub and hiding it under the floorboards. Ultimately, the narrator's actions result in hearing a thumping...
Number of pages: ~ 338 pages
Amazon Rating ~ 4.7/5

by A. R. Harding
Deadfalls and Snares
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  • Mystery
  • 2010
  • Autor: A. R. Harding
Scattered from the Arctic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico and from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean are thousands of trappers who use deadfalls, snares and other home-made traps, but within this vast territory there are many thousand who know little or nothing of them. The best and most successful trappers are those of extended experience. Building deadfalls and constructing snares, as told on the following pages, will be of value to trappers located where material — saplings, poles, boards, rocks, etc. — is to be had for constructing. The many traps described cannot all be used to advantage in...
Number of pages: ~ 130 pages
Amazon Rating ~ 4.7/5

by Edgar Allan Poe Poe
The Black Cat (Vol. I, No. 1)
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  • Mystery
  • 1895
  • Autor: Edgar Allan Poe Poe
The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Many writers were largely unknown, but some famous authors also wrote original material for this magazine. This is the sixth issue, offering the following 5 stories: "Eleanor Stevens' will", by Isabel Scott Stone: a rich woman's final will creates a stir among fortune hunters ''To let'', by Alice Turner Curtis: midnight screams scare away new residents in a cottage with a terrible history "Of course - Of course not", by Harry M. Peck: sometimes an unexpected...
Number of pages: ~ 62 pages
Amazon Rating ~ 4.7/5