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  • The Diverting History of John Gilpin - Showing How He Went Farther Than He Intended, and Came Home Safe Again - Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott

    by W. Cowper ...
    Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott ...
    This story, ‘The Diverting History Of John Gilpin’, was one of the first two books illustrated by Caldecott and was originally published in 1878. Written by William Cowper (1731 – 1800), the comic ballad tells the tale of a draper named John Gilpin, who rides a runaway horse. Cowper heard the story from Lady Anna Austen at a time of severe depression, and it cheered him up so much that he put it ... Read more

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    Her Enticing Muse

    a Lesbian Regency Romance

    by Violet Cowper ...
    Narrated by Morag Sims ...
    Series Audiobook 3 - Ladylike Inclinations

    Unabridged

    5 hours 9 min

    She’s promised to a stranger, but it’s her gorgeous teacher who catches her eye. Can twoaccomplished women help each other bloom?England, 1792. Maria Balcombe refuses to forsake her talents. Fleeing an unwanted arranged marriage, the gifted young artist hopes to make a name for herself in London’s competitive streets. So when a celebrated portraitist agrees to her pleas for mentorship despite ... Read more

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  • With Blood, From Britain: 350+ Murder Mystery Novels, True Crime Stories & Detective Tales

    Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot Cases, Father Brown Stories, Eugéne Valmont Tales…

    by Agatha Christie, Edgar Wallace, Arthur Conan Doyle, Wilkie Collins, R. Austin Freeman, H. C. McNeile, G. K. Chesterton, Arthur Morrison, Ernest Bramah, Victor L. Whitechurch, Thomas W. Hanshew, E. W. Hornung, J. S. Fletcher, Rober Barr, Frank Froest, C. N. Williamson, A. M. Williamson, Isabel Ostander ...
    'With Blood, From Britain: 350+ Murder Mystery Novels, True Crime Stories & Detective Tales' is a monumental anthology that celebrates the rich tapestry of British crime fiction. This collection embodies an extensive range of literary styles, from the cunning puzzle mysteries of the early 20th century to the hard-boiled detective tales that followed. Each piece within this anthology has been ... Read more

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  • The Tithonian Factor

    by Richard Cowper ...
    The Tithonian Factor takes us into the 22nd century and introduces the sempiterns, people who a hundred years or more earlier have taken a drug which confers a kind of immortality, but at an unexpected price. ... Read more

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  • Wolf Solent

    by John Cowper Powys ...
    First published in 1929, now public domain in the US and Canada. A novel like John Cowper Powys’s ''Wolf Solent'' may not appear more than once in several years. It is a perverse and masterfully epic and haunting piece of work, beautiful and yet ugly. Essentially, it is the story of one consciousness — that of a highly endowed, imaginative young man, who returns to his native Dorset village and ... Read more

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  • Wolf Solent

    by John Cowper Powys ...
    'A great literary masterpiece' A. N. Wilson'A genius ... a fearless writer, who writes with reckless passion' Margaret DrabbleJohn Cowper Powys's epic Wolf Solent centres around the story of a young man returning to his roots in the West Country after ten years in London. Complex, romantic and humorous, it is peopled with memorable characters and filled with vivid, primitive descriptions of ... Read more

    $16.59 USD

  • The Web of the Magi

    by Richard Cowper ...
    Both "Drink Me, Francesca" and "Out There Where the Big Ships Go" examine - in differing but related ways - humanity's first encounter with other intelligent life, and its inevitable profound consequences. In the former, one member of an interstellar expeditionary force is drawn into communion with an intangible, superior being; in the latter an astronaut, believed long dead, returns to Earth ... Read more

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  • Profundis

    by Richard Cowper ...
    Tom Jones is naïve, impressionable and very, very willing. His chief talent is conversing with dolphins in the Aquatic Mammals Division of HMS Profundis, a gargantuan submarine destined to roam the ocean depths for a century following the nuclear holocaust.Years pass and mad captain succeeds mad captain. Eventually the ship falls under the command of one Admiral Prood, a kind, understanding man ... Read more

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  • Wolf Solent

    by John Cowper Powys ...
    We rely on your support to help us keep producing beautiful, free, and unrestricted editions of literature for the digital age. Will you support our efforts with a donation ? Wolf Solent is the first of four Wessex novels by John Cowper Powys , based on a fictionalized southwest England in the pattern of Thomas Hardy . The titular character, after having a mental breakdown, loses his job and ... Read more

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  • Visions and Revisions: A Book of Literary Devotions

    Enriched edition. Exploring Literary Giants: A Devotional Journey Through Classic Works

    by John Cowper Powys, Sabrina Hendricks ...
    In 'Visions and Revisions: A Book of Literary Devotions,' John Cowper Powys presents a deeply reflective exploration of the literary landscape, interweaving personal reflections with critical analysis. The book defies conventional genres, merging essays and meditative prose to create a tapestry of thoughts about the nature of literature and its profound impact on human experience. Powys's style is ... Read more

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    Her Vixen Actress

    A Lesbian Regency Romance

    by Violet Cowper ...
    Series Audiobook 2 - Ladylike Inclinations

    Unabridged

    6 hours 34 min

    One has a fiery temper. The other is governed by rigid self-control. Will an unexpected pair become a comedy of errors or a legendary love story?England, 1782. Grace Dashwood longs to woo London’s theater-goers. But the up-and-coming actress’s glamorous good looks and sexy charm aren’t enough to win her a place on the city’s cutthroat stage. Until she meets an earnest lady playwright who has the ... Read more

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  • The Twilight of Briareus

    by Richard Cowper ...
    Series series Gateway Essentials
    On the murky outskirts of our solar system, a lonely star has exploded, emitting monstrous doses of radiation . . .The year is 1983. The exploding star Briareus Delta, 132 light years away, provokes only mild interest from planet Earth. Suddenly, appalling tornadoes and storms ravage the cities and countryside, leaving death and desolation in their wake. Then mankind realises another terrifying ... Read more

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