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  Romeo and Juliet

  by William Shakespeare

  Shakespeare's tragedy about two young star-crossed lovers who defy their warring families' prejudices and dare to fall in love.
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  Juliet Immortal

  by Stacey Jay

  Juliet Capulet didn't take her own life. She was murdered by the person she trusted most, her new husband, Romeo Montague, who made the sacrifice to ensure his own immortality. But Romeo didn't anticipate that Juliet would be granted eternal life as well, and would become an agent for the Ambassadors of Light.For seven hundred years, Juliet has struggled to preserve romantic love and the lives of the... (more)
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  The Consolations of Philosophy

  by Alain de Botton

  From the internationally heralded author of How Proust Can Change Your Life comes this remarkable new book that presents the wisdom of some of the greatest thinkers of the ages as advice for our day to day struggles. Solace for the broken heart can be found in the words of Schopenhauer. The ancient Greek Epicurus has the wisest, and most affordable, solution to cash flow problems. A remedy for impotence lies in... (more)
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  The Man Who Never Was

  World War II's Boldest Counter-Intelligence Operation

  by Ewen Montagu

  As plans got under way for the Allied invasion of Sicily in June 1943, British counter-intelligence agent Ewen Montagu masterminded a scheme to mislead the Germans into thinking the next landing would occur in Greece. The innovative plot was so successful that the Germans moved some of their forces away from Sicily, and two weeks into the real invasion still expected an attack in Greece. This extraordinary... (more)