How it all started for me...
Discover the inspiring journey behind my passion for books with 'How It All Started for Me.' Explore the list of books that sparked my love for reading and shaped my literary adventure.
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The Arabian Nights
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Full of mischief, valor, ribaldry, and romance, The Arabian Nights has enthralled readers for centuries. These are the tales that saved the life of Shahrazad, whose husband, the king, executed each of his wives after a single night of marriage. Beginning an enchanting story each evening, Shahrazad always withheld the ending: A thousand and one nights later, her life was spared forever. This volume reproduces the 1932 Modern Library edition, for which Bennett A. Cerf chose the most famous and representative stories from Sir Richard F. Burton's multivolume translation, and includes Burton's extensive and acclaimed explanatory notes. These tales, including Alaeddin; or, the Wonderful Lamp, Sinbad the Seaman and Sinbad the Landsman, and Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, have entered into the popular imagination, demonstrating that Shahrazad's spell remains unbroken.
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Gulliver's Travels
by Jonathan Swift
An Englishman's two voyages carry him to Lilliput, a land of people six inches high, and Brobdingnag, a land of giants.
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King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table
by Roger Lancelyn Green
The immortal legend of King Arthur, full of great deeds and high enchantments. This classic version of the Arthurian tales gives fresh vigour to the golden age of Logres. From the birth of Arthur and the sword in the stone to the quest for the Holy Grail and the Last Battle at Camlann, the clash between good and evil is rich in mystery and excitement.
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The Adventures of Robin Hood
by Roger Lancelyn Green
Champion of the poor and oppressed, Robin Hood takes refuge with his Merrie Men in the vast Sherwood Forest, emerging time and again to outwit his enemies with daring and panache. Green's version of the classic tale brings sense, clarity and excitement to the myths, ballads and legends of Robin's adventures.
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The Complete Sherlock Holmes #2 Boxed Set
by Arthur Conan Doyle
Titles include "Sherlock Holmes, Volume 1" and "Sherlock Holmes, Volume 2".
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain
The classic adventure story of boyhood escapades on the shores of the Mississippi
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The Mysterious Island
by Jules Verne
Based on the true story of Alexander Selkirk, who survived alone for almost five years on an uninhabited island off the coast of Chile, The Mysterious Island is considered by many to be Jules Verne's masterpiece. "Wide-eyed mid-nineteenth-century humanistic optimism in a breezy, blissfully readable translation by Stump" (Kirkus Reviews), here is the enthralling tale of five men and a dog who land in a balloon on a faraway, fantastic island of bewildering goings-on and their struggle to survive as they uncover the island's secret.
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The Little Prince
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An aviator whose plane is forced down in the Sahara Desert encounters a little prince from a small planet who relates his adventures in seeking the secret of what is important in life. Howard's new translation of this beloved classic beautifully reflects Saint-Exupery's unique, gifted style. Color and b&w illustrations.