Robert - Libros y biografía

There is nothing more disenchanting to man than to be shown the springs and mechanism of any art. All our arts and occupations lie wholly on the surface; it is on the surface that we perceive their beauty,...

Fantascienza - racconto (16 pagine) - Come l'astronauta dell’Apollo 11 Michael Collins il loro destino era quello di restare indietro, mentre i loro compagni conquistavano lo spazio.A Don Lawson quella...

Dopo averla liberata dal perfido re Numedide, Conan è ora il re di Aquilonia. Ma nemici e oscure entità complottano per ucciderlo. Sono il conte Volmana, il capitano della Legione Nera Gromel, il barone...

Fantascienza - racconto (12 pagine) - Un mistero avvolge i fossili dell'Uomo di Pechino. Mentre il Giappone sta invadendo la Cina e la guerra sta per stravolgere tutto, un uomo deve mettere al sicuro...

Le héros de cette histoire est Jim Hawkins, fils d'un tenancier d'auberge dans un port anglais, sur la côte ouest de l'Angleterre au XVIIIe siècle. Le principal client de cette auberge se trouve être...

Ellis Duckworth, is a longtime friend and unjustly accused of the murder of Dick's father and leader of a gang of outlaws called Black Arrow. Dick joins the mob with the purpose of avenging his father’s...

Florida and the Game Water-Birds written by Robert Barnwell Roosevelt who was a sportsman, author, and politician. This book was published in 1868. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work...

Scotland during the years of the Jacobite Rising, is the background to the conflict between two brothers, one good and faithful to King George II, while the other bad and supporter of the rebels.

In una Londra cupa e piovigginosa può capitare di incontrare un innocente giovane che vi porge gustosissime paste alla crema prima di concedervi il lusso di un suicidio al tavolo da gioco, dove ogni carta...

The plot is a loosely based melange of motifs from previous Conan short stories, most notably "The Scarlet Citadel", with which it shares an almost identical storyline. It takes place when Conan is about...

Robert Hugh Benson (18 novembre 1871 - 19 octobre 1914) est un ecclésiastique et homme de lettres britannique. Il est le plus jeune fils d'Edward White Benson, archevêque de Cantorbéry. Lors d'un séjour...

Le protagoniste de ce roman gothique est John Melmoth, un érudit qui a vendu son âme au diable en échange d'un sursis de cent cinquante ans sur la mort. Dans le présent de la narration, 1816, il cherche...

An American-born girl, Tressa Norne, has been held in bondage in the Temple of Erlik, an Oriental devil-god of Central Asia. After many years of captivity, Tressa finally escapes to America knowing that...

He was thirty-three, agreeable to look at, equipped with as much culture and intelligence as is tolerated east of Fifth Avenue and west of Madison. He had a couple of elaborate rooms at the Lenox Club,...

Conte l'histoire d'un avoué, Charles Utterson, qui enquête sur le lien étrange entre Edward Hyde et le médecin Henry Jekyll. Le Docteur Jekyll, un philanthrope obsédé par sa double personnalité, met au...

Una vera e propria caccia all'eredità coinvolge e sconvolge tutti i membri della famiglia Finsbury. Un'eredità anomala e curiosa che ammette tutti i colpi bassi e ogni colpo di scena. Tra cadaveri più...

The story concerns a witch replacing her twin sister as queen of a city state, which brings her into conflict with Conan who had been the captain of the queen's guard. Themes of paranoia, and the duality...

It is about a London lawyer named Gabriel John Utterson who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr. Henry Jekyll, and the evil Edward Hyde. The work is commonly associated with the...

Fantascienza - racconto (22 pagine) - Nel lontano futuro, un mistero eccezionale richiederà un investigatore eccezionale: Sherlock HolmesSiamo soli nell'universo? Forse sì. In un lontano futuro sarà questa...

Im vorliegenden 1. Band erleben wir, wie derjenige, der als »Berichterstatter« an das Medium Robert James Lees dient, nach seinem physischen Tod im Zwischenreich des »Landes der Unsterblichkeit« erwacht....

Digte af Robert Mørk tindholm om det lette og vidunderlige liv , men også om det tunge og triste.

Als der junge Engländer Jim Hawkins einem alten Seemann begegnet und in den Besitz der Schatzkarte des legendären Piratenkapitäns Flint gelangt, begibt er sich auf das größte Piratenabenteuer aller Zeiten....

This edition includes the following editor's introduction: Robert Michael Ballantyne, the Scottish master of the adventure genre for young people First published in 1894, “The Dog Crusoe and His Master”...

Soil is the foundation of all terrestrial life, not only gardening. No part of agriculture is more fundamental or crucial, yet we have been wasting large amounts of our limited soil resources due to erosion,...

This edition includes the following editor's introduction: Robert Michael Ballantyne, the Scottish master of the adventure genre for young people Originally published in 1848, “Hudson Bay” is Scottish...

Fantascienza - racconto (20 pagine) - Dall’autore vincitore del Premio Hugo e del Premio Nebula una nuova storia di Alex Lomax, il detective privato marziano di "Furto d’identità"Torna Alex Lomax, "mister...

This fictional book embellishes the story of a real Israelite named Othniel. The majority of events detailed actually happened and scriptural references are provided. Othniel was born in the wilderness...

Quarto figlio di Edward White Benson, arcivescovo di Canterbury, Robert Hugh Benson nacque a Wellinton College il 18 novembre 1871. Si laureò al Trinity College di Cambridge e nel 1894 ricevette l’ordinazione...

Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is the original title of a novella written by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson that was first published in 1886. The work is commonly known today as The...

Un vieux Lord vit avec ses deux fils, James l'aîné et Henry le cadet, et Miss Alison, une proche parent destinée à épouser James, au château de Durrisdeer - Écosse - en l'année 1745. La guerre de succession...