Escape the world you know and enter a literary world with this collection of nine great and inspiring books. Works include:

The Prince and the Pauper (Mark Twain)
My Man Jeeves (P.G. Wodehouse)
Bones in London (Edgar Wallace)
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (Stephen Leacock)
Alice in Blunderland (John Kendrick Bangs)
Sylvie and Bruno (Lewis Carroll)
Napoleon of Notting Hill (G.K. Chesterton)
The First Cyber Death Extravaganza! (Scott Douglas)

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The Great Good Place has put into words and focus what I’ve been doing all my life, from the barbershop I remember as a child to the bookstore I now own. My goal at Horizon Books is to provide that third place in which people can “hang out.” Ray Oldenburg has defined those good places while still recognizing the magical chemistry they require. The Great Good Place is a book to read, to recommend, and to quote. — Victor W. Herman, owner of Horizon Books, with locations in Traverse City, Petoskey, and Cadillac, Michigan

A book that should be read by everyone in North America over the age of 16 — The World of Beer

A day doesn’t go by that I don’t refer to Ray Oldenburg’s The Great Good Place. At a time when all great, good independent bookstores everywhere are under siege, we’re fortunate that Mr. Oldenburg has articulated our message so clearly. — Mitchell Kaplan, owner of Books & Books, Miami, Florida

Examines gathering places and reminds us how important they are. People need the ‘third place’ to nourish sociability. — Parade

Oldenburg believes that the powerful need in humans to associate with one another will inevitably lead to the revival of places where, as the theme song to the TV show Cheers so aptly put it, ‘everyone knows your name.’ We’ll drink to that. — Booklist

Ray Oldenburg is inspirational. He is the first to recognize and articulate the importance of the greeting place (third place) for the well-being of the individual and society at large. — Ron Sher, President, Terranomics Development and founder of Third Place Books, Seattle, Wash.

The great value of this book is that Mr. Oldenburg has given us an insightful and extremely useful new lens through which to look at a familiar problem. — New York Times Book Review

This wonderful and utterly important book verifies our need for fun through conversation in “great good places.” Oldenburg writes passionately of our country’s current and urgent problems resulting from our ever-increasing social isolation and provides us with a very simple solution. America must read and react to this rational common-sense solution to salving our stressed lives. And our government needs to promote, permit, and zone responsible neighborhood hospitality, recognizing the value of “a vital informal life.” — Lynne Breaux, owner, Tunnicliff’s Tavern, Washington, D.C.

Well-written, informative, and often entertaining. — Newark Star-Ledger

The Great Good Place argues that “third places” – where people can gather, put aside the concerns of work and home, and hang out simply for the pleasures of good company and lively conversation – are the heart of a community’s social vitality and the grassroots of democracy.

“* “Donna Kauffman writes smart and sexy, with sizzle to spare!” (Janet Evanovich). Now the USA Today bestselling author takes readers for a fun, sexy ride, with a gorgeous pilot who knows how to leave any woman breathless.”

Buckle up. Enjoy the view.

Jake McKenna fixes planes, not people. Compared to an engine, humans are high-maintenance and unpredictable–which is why Jake has zero interest in indulging his sister’s request that he play tour guide and rent-a-date to her boss’s visiting stepdaughter. Still, Lauren Matthews is nothing like the uptight, reed-skinny workaholic he expected. She’s curvy–deliciously so. Funny. Open. And convinced that there’s more to her mother’s hasty marriage to the local mayor than meets the eye.

Leaving her fast-track Washington career is the most impulsive thing Lauren has ever done–right until the moment she arrives in Cedar Springs, Colorado. Everything about sexy, enigmatic pilot Jake tempts Lauren to unleash her inner bad girl and let him take her places she’s never been. . .even as her snooping around town provokes some extremely hostile reactions. At this altitude, losing your head is easy. Trusting your heart can cost you everything. . .

Escape the world you know and enter a literary world with this collection of thirteen great and inspiring books.

Agnes Grey
The Awakening
Emma
Frankenstein
Jacob’s Room
Jane Eyre
Little Women
My Antonia
Mysterious Affair at Styles
Persuasion
Pride and Prejudice
Sense and Sensibility
The Yellow Wallpaper

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This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.