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King Coal is based on the 1914 and 1915 coal strikes and follows Hal Warner, a rich man who wanted a look into commoners' lives. A fellow determined to find the truth for himself about conditions in the...

When Allan Montague arrives in New York, he is swept into the lifestyle of the fashionable. They know him through his father who was a General in the war. The longer he stays in New York, the more he...

The Jungle Upton Sinclair - The Jungle is a 1906 novel written by the American journalist and novelist Upton Sinclair (18781968). Sinclair wrote the novel to portray the harsh conditions and exploited...

The Metropolis Upton Sinclair - These are Unique Content for this Book EditionIn this 1907 novel about the extravagant life of New York Citys high society, the author of The Jungle, presents a richly...

Mental Radio illustrated Upton Sinclair - "Mental Radio" documents Sinclair's test of psychic abilities of Mary Craig Sinclair, his second wife, while she was in a state of profound depression with a...

King Coal is a 1917 novel by Upton Sinclair that describes the poor working conditions in the coal mining industry in the western United States during the 1910s, from the perspective of a single protagonist,...

The Jungle is a 1906 novel written by the American journalist and novelist Upton Sinclair (1878–1968). Sinclair wrote the novel to portray the harsh conditions and exploited lives of immigrants in the...

Prolific author and political activist Upton Sinclair throws the upheaval of the early twentieth century into sharp relief in 100%: The Story of a Patriot. In a matter of instants, a bomb blast transmutes...

Please note: This audiobook has been created using AI voice. It was four o’clock when the ceremony was over and the carriages began to arrive. There had been a crowd following all the way, owing to the...

In the untamed wilderness of the Pacific Northwest, a young woman named Una embarks on a transformative journey that will forever alter her destiny. As she ventures deep into the heart of nature, she...

The book depicts working class poverty, the lack of social supports, harsh and unpleasant living and working conditions, and a hopelessness among many workers. These elements are contrasted with the deeply...

Deals with New York as unsparingly as "The Jungle" dealt with Chicago. To expose the vice and extravagance of the New York rich has been Mr. Sinclair's purpose in writing this story. Two brothers, one...

Prolific author and political activist Upton Sinclair throws the upheaval of the early twentieth century into sharp relief in 100%. In a matter of instants, a bomb blast transmutes Peter Gudge's entire...

Prolific author and political activist Upton Sinclair throws the upheaval of the early twentieth century into sharp relief in 100%: The Story of a Patriot. In a matter of instants, a bomb blast transmutes...

Discover a new way to read classics with Quick Read. This Quick Read edition includes both the full text and a summary for each chapter. - Reading time of the complete text: about 14 hours - Reading time...

En 1906, la parution de La Jungle provoque un scandale sans précédent : Upton Sinclair y dévoile l’horreur de la condition ouvrière dans les abattoirs de Chicago aux mains des trusts de la viande. La...

Comme Émile Zola, Upton Sinclair n’a rien d’un styliste extasié : il peint large, vite, puissant, il emporte le lecteur et l’incite à s’insurger : Sinclair n’aurait pas renié l’acception utilitaire de...

Gnomes are rare these days - which is why so few people ever see them. But Elizabeth and her Uncle find two forlorn little people, the last of a tribe of California Redwood gnomes. When they hear Glogo's...

Enriched Classics offer readers accessible editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary. Each book includes educational tools alongside the text, enabling students and...

A story of white collar crime and intrigue told from the point of view of Montague, a member of the privileged class of New York. Montague witnesses the manipulation and upset of the stock market by high...

The Profits of Religion: An Essay in Economic Interpretation is a non-fiction book, first published in 1917, by the American novelist and muckraking journalist Upton Sinclair. It is a snapshot of the...

The story takes place in the fictional city of Western City circa 1920. It begins with a man named Billy who is attacked by a mob of ex-servicemen outside a theater after watching a German film. Billy...

King Coal is a book by Upton Sinclair, first published in 1917, that exposes the dirty working conditions in the coal mining industry in the western United States during the 1910s. As in an earlier work,...

Sinclair's 1927 novel did for California's oil industry what The Jungle did for Chicago's meat-packing factories. In Oil! Upton Sinclair fashioned a novel out of the oil scandals of the Harding administration,...

Packaged in handsome, affordable trade editions, Clydesdale Classics is a new series of essential literary works. It features literary phenomena with influence and themes so great that, after their publication,...

Der litauische Einwanderer Jurgis Rudkus kommt mit seiner Verlobten um 1900 nach Amerika, ins Land der unbegrenzten Möglichkeiten. Wie viele andere findet auch er Arbeit in den Schlachthöfen Chicagos,...

The Jungle is a 1906 novel by the American journalist and novelist Upton Sinclair (1878 to1968). The novel portrays the harsh conditions and exploited lives of immigrants in the United States in Chicago...

A fellow determined to find the truth for himself about conditions in the mines, runs away from home and adopts the alias "Joe Smith." After being turned away by one coal mine for fear of Hal being a...

Novelized version of the Great Play, Les Avaries, with the approval of the author Eugene Brieux. American novelist, essayist, playwright, and short story writer, whose works reflect socialistic views....

Upton Sinclair's disturbing novel about the Wall Street scare of 1907 portrays the tactics of greedy capitalists who organize the fall of a rival trust company, creating a crash in the stock market crash...

Don't be late for your own funeral.An embittered soul ascends from the underworld to seek revenge on those who wronged her. ("The Dead Rise in Greece")In an online forum, a tight-knit group takes their...

These race horses can talk, race riderless, and manage their own careers thanks to genetic manipulation in the past intended to make Thoroughbreds hardier. But living free doesn't mean living without...

Why risk stepping into a world of bizarre violence, twisted justice, and cryptic revelations? You might lose sleep over the haunting twists, question the nature of truth, and find yourself unable to look...

When you travel the galaxy, you find that society's issues span the cosmos. Mars is for Millennials satirizes what's happening today, and this futuristic, shared-universe short story collection focuses...

When the town's most eligible lion shifter discovers he has a secret four-year-old daughter, the last person he expects to fall for is her fiercely protective aunt. Hardware store owner Lionel Loewe's...

Madeline passes judgement on her sister and nephew for trying to ruin Alice's happiness.

A man is only as good as the promises he keeps.Kian O'Malley hides his pain behind his smile. A hopeless flirt with a pickup truck and a new girl on his arm every week, this Bull Shifter is doing everything...

Alexa and her crew made a dangerous choice to keep going even though they were low on fuel, and they had a rookie along who was freshly changed and very hungry. Their need to reach Pitcairn Island endangered...

The hunter is now the hunted...Vampire Nix Hadley wants nothing more than for everyone to forget he exists. He's created a new life for himself far away from the bloody streets of the Melbourne feud that...

A cynical mercenary. An elf warrior with a secret. A bond tested in a savage battle.News of the brutal invaders' march toward the Northlands sends battle-hardened mercenary, Prim the Grim, riding to defend...

When Destiny Turns Its Back...After being cast out from human society but failing to reintegrate with her gorgon sisters, Medusa finds herself more isolated than she has ever been. She is shocked when...

THE POWER IS GONE. IT WAS NO ACCIDENT. ONLY THE PREPARED WILL SURVIVE.Before the lights went out, Jack Warrant never considered himself a prepper. That was someone on the edge, a conspiracy theorist or...

Sleeping with your boss is awkward. Discovering he's your boss AFTER sleeping with him? That's a hex-level disaster.With hair that changes color with her moods and a passion for teaching defensive magic...

A biker and a ballerinaGabe is a bad boy biker…as long as bikes refer to mountain bikes and bad boy only means more tattoos than anyone else in Green Valley (which is not a high bar). He's content being...

He wakes up in a house that doesn't remember him.And every morning, it forgets him all over again.A man with no name and no past finds himself trapped in a two-story house on the edge of nowhere — a house...

A funny, emotional and uplifting novel from the French Marian Keyes. 'Heartwarming' Good Housekeeping'A gorgeous story, charming and funny and poignant' Nicola Cornick For fans of Ruth Hogan, Veronica...

The instant number one Sunday Times bestseller and thrilling sequel to the global phenomenon, Fourth Wing! THE IRON FLAME PAPERBACK EDITION INCLUDES A BRAND NEW CHAPTER FROM XADEN'S POINT OF VIEW!'Yarros...

What The Lord of the Rings is to fantasy, Dune is to science fiction. Presenting one of the most influential works of all time, which has inspired countless other stories for more than half a century,...

DON'T BE THE LAST TO DISCOVER THE SERIES THAT EVERYONE CAN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT: 'Pure escapism - think Hunger Games meets Fifty Shades' The Sun'We weren't expecting to become obsessed . . . but we very...

This ebook contains Oscar Wilde's complete works. This edition has been professionally formatted and contains several tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook)...

For the readers who are moody, feisty, and in another world may also be stabby. She's her Captain's protector, and he's a rival Captain who just couldn't mind his own business.A Grim Pirates Fantasy With...

BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU Newspeak, Doublethink, Big Brother, the Thought Police - the language of 1984 has passed into the English language as a symbol of the horrors of totalitarianism. George Orwell's...

One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World' HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Winston Smith rewrites history. It’s his...

WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST ALL-TIME SERIES The Foundation series is Isaac Asimov’s iconic masterpiece. Unfolding against the backdrop of a crumbling Galactic Empire,...

The hauntingly prophetic classic novel. Over 1 million copies sold in the UK. Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to burn books, which are forbidden, being...

“At once a scholar’s homage to The Iliad and startlingly original work of art by an incredibly talented new novelist….A book I could not put down.”—Ann Patchett“Mary Renault lives again!” declares Emma...

What The Lord of the Rings is to fantasy, Dune is to science fiction. Presenting Dune Messiah, the sequel to one of the most influential works of all time, which has inspired countless other stories for...

THE INSPIRATION FOR HBO AND SKY TV’S EMMY NOMINATED HOUSE OF THE DRAGON. Centuries before A Game of Thrones, an even greater game began, one that set the skies alight with dragon...

'It does everything you'd expect of a masterpiece - and it is one' Sunday Express'Hums and crackles with delicious unease' Independent'Captivating' The Sunday Times'An absorbing thriller' Mail on SundayNO...

Orestes flees from his mother's angry ghost, and Orpheus longs for his lost wife. Achilles cannot bring himself to bury Patroclus, and there are some nasty shocks waiting for Odysseus in the underworld....