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The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Available on: Digital Download ($7.99)
When F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote THE GREAT GATSBY in the early 1920s, the American Dream was already on the skids.
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The Prophet
by Kahlil Gibran
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This book, which is Gibran's masterpiece, has become one of the beloved classics of our time.
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The Last of the Mohicans
by James Fenimore Cooper
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This famous novel deals with the early frontier period of American history and is set in 1757 during the Seven Years War between the French and the British. Hawkeye and his friends...
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The Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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The Scarlet Letter is one of the great classics of American literature. Set in the harsh Puritan environment of the 17th century Boston, it describes the plight of Hester Prynne, an independent-minded woman...
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The Go-Getter
by Peter B. Kyne
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Originally published by William Randolph Hearst in 1921, Peter Kyne's The Go Getter has become a continual source of inspiration for salesman, entrepreneurs and employers.
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The Awakening
by Kate Chopin
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This is the moving and powerful story of Edna Pontellier, a beautiful young wife and mother who discovers her true feelings and identity through her love for Robert Lebrun...
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Walden
by Henry David Thoreau
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This classical autobiographical account of solitary life in the woods by Walden Pond is one of the most influential and compelling books in American literature.
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Trouble Is My Business
by Raymond Chandler
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Would you put your life on the line for 25 bucks a day, plus expenses? John Dalmas does. He's one of...
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
by Benjamin Franklin
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is a personal account of the life of the famous American statesman, businessman, philosopher, inventor and scientist.
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Selected Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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LearnOutLoud.com presents The Selected Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 1. The 5 essays contained on this audio program have been hand selected and represent specifically Emerson's early career as a writer.
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Anthem
by Ayn Rand
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One of Rand's earliest novels, Set in a far off future, Anthem traces the story of one man's discovery of his own value in the midst of a world that has abolished all concept of the self.
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Nature
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Using bold imagery and beautifully written language to illustrate his points, Emerson formulates a belief system where nature itself is a divine entity that we can know directly.
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The Big Sleep
by Raymond Chandler
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In Raymond Chandler's first novel, detective Philip Marlowe takes on the Sternwood family. The...
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Selected Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Volume 2
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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LearnOutLoud.com is pleased to present Volume 2 of The Selected Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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The Long Goodbye
by Raymond Chandler
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Cool, tough, cynical private investigator Philip Marlowe follows the trail of a double murder through...
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White Fang
by Jack London
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Born in the wild, the wolf-dog White Fang quickly learns the law of nature: eat or be eaten. Captured by Indians, bullied by another dog, and then turned into a killer, he becomes vicious and fiercely independent...
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The Call of the Wild
by Jack London
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Living the good life in the South, Buck is transported to the savagery of the Northland, where the Klondike Gold Rush has brought out rough basic instincts of survival in men -- and dogs.
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Farewell, My Lovely
by Raymond Chandler
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In Raymond Chandler's second novel, detective Philip Marlowe confronts the Los Angeles gambling...
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Ethan Frome
by Edith Wharton
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Ethan Frome is an entrancing but sad story of a poverty-stricken Massachusetts farmer caught in a loveless marriage. An emerging love for his young cousin leads to one day of explosive...
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain
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The characters are based on Twain’s schoolmates and the setting on Hannibal, Missouri, where he grew up.
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain
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Huck Finn is a homeless rebel who loves freedom more than respectability.
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Bartleby and Other Stories
by Herman Melville
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Melville's Bartleby the Scrivener is a classic American short story, a strange tale of a constantly busy copyist whose simple refrain, "I would prefer not to", wreaks havoc on his workplace.
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain
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This is the story of a boy's adventures growing up in a small town on the banks of the Mississippi River, over one hundred years ago.
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South Sea Tales
by Jack London
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Most readers are familiar with Jack London's stories of the frozen northland, but many critics feel he should be equally acknowledged for his fascinating stories of the South Pacific....
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Sister Carrie
by Theodore Dreiser
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Dreiser transforms the conventional "fallen woman" story into a genuinely original work of imaginative fiction.
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