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  Foundation: Book 3

  Second Foundation

  by Isaac Asimov

  Isaac Asimov's Foundation novels are one of the great masterworks of science fiction. As unsurpassed blend of nonstop action, daring ideas, and extensive world-building, they chronicle the struggle of a courageous group of men and women dedicated to preserving humanity's light in a galaxy plunged into a nightmare of ignorance and violence thirty thousand years long. After years of struggle, the Foundation lies... (more)
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  The Lord of the Rings

  The Lord of the Rings

  The Fellowship of the Ring / The Two Towers / The Return of the King

  by J. R. R. Tolkien

  Since it was first published in 1954, The Lord of the Rings has been a book people have treasured. Steeped in unrivalled magic and otherworldliness, its sweeping fantasy has touched the hearts of young and old alike. Well over 100 million copies of its many editions have been sold around the world, and occasional collectors' editions become prized and valuable items of publishing.
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  The Lord of the Rings: Book 2

  The Two Towers

  Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings

  by J. R. R. Tolkien

  The Fellowship was scattered. Some were bracing hopelessly for war against the ancient evil of Sauron. Some were contending with the treachery of the wizard Saruman. Only Frodo and Sam were left to take the accursed Ring of Power to be destroyed in Mordor - the dark Kingdom where Sauron was supreme. Their guide was Gollum, deceitful and lust-filled, slave to the corruption of the Ring.
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  The Lord of the Rings: Book 3

  The Return of the King

  Being the Third Part of The Lord of the Rings

  by J. R. R. Tolkien

  While the evil might of the Dark Lord Sauron swarmed out to conquer all Middle-earth, Frodo and Sam struggled deep into Mordor, seat of Sauron's power. To defeat the Dark Lord, the accursed Ring of Power had to be destroyed in the fires of Mount Doom. But the way was impossibly hard, and Frodo was weakening. Weighed down by the compulsion of the Ring, he began finally to despair.
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  Foundation: Book 2

  Foundation and Empire

  by Isaac Asimov

  The Foundation has managed to preserve human culture and shorten the period of chaotic barbarism after the Galactic Empire began to decay. But the Foundation still faces great challenges in its struggle to survive.
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  Stranger in a Strange Land

  by Robert A. Heinlein

  Stranger in a Strange Land's is the story of a human brought up on Mars and returns to Earth. Not only does the new arrival, Valentine Michael Smith, need to learn the languages, he must decipher the strange behavior of the people he encounters.
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  Foundation: Book 4

  Foundation's Edge

  by Isaac Asimov

  At last, the costly and bitter war between the two Foundations had come to an end. The scientists of the First Foundation had proved victorious; and now they retum to Hari Seldon's long-established plan to build a new Empire that the Second Foundation is not destroyed after all-and that its still-defiant survivors are preparing their revenge. Now the two exiled citizens of the Foundation-a renegade Councilman and... (more)
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  Foundation: Book 5

  Foundation and Earth

  by Isaac Asimov

  The fifth novel in Asimov's popular Foundation series opens with second thoughts. Councilman Golan Trevize is wondering if he was right to choose a collective mind as the best possible future for humanity over the anarchy of contentious individuals, nations and planets. To test his conclusion, he decides he must know the past and goes in search of legendary Earth, all references to which have been erased from... (more)
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  The Metamorphosis

  by Franz Kafka

  The Metamorphosis is a short story written by author Franz Kafka. Originally published in 1915, The Metamorphosis is considered to be the most famous of Kafka's works. It is the story of a traveling salesman, named Gregor Samsa, who transforms into a monstrous vermin while trying to find himself. The Metamorphosis is highly recommended for those who enjoy the writings of Franz Kafka, and for those who are... (more)
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  Ulysses

  by James Joyce

  This revised volume follows the complete unabridged text as corrected in 1961. Contains the original foreword by the author and the historic court ruling to remove the federal ban. It also contains page references to the first American edition of 1934.