Ficción

The metaphysical thriller The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare, written by G. K. Chesterton in 1908, deals with a philosophical or theological anarchism; more a rejection of God than a rejection of government....

My new prisoner is a maddening contradiction: compliant yet defiant, fragile yet strong. I need to uncover her secrets, but doing so could ruin everything. My obsession could destroy us both.

„Chip of the Flying U”, published in 1906, was B.M. Bower’s first and best-known novel. The story is about a cattle ranch, run by a group of happy and hilarious young men, and owned by a crusty older...

Trailblazing female Western writer Bertha Muzzy Bower wrote a series of pulse-pounding novels about the grizzled vaqueros and cowpokes who populated the Flying U Ranch. This book is about a ranch called...

It was nine o'clock. The little town of Vauchamp, dark and silent, had just retired to bed amid a chilly November rain. In the Rue des Recollets, one of the narrowest and most deserted streets of the...

Pushkin's story tells of the Russianized German card player, Hermann--an engineer in the army in Russia--who becomes obsessed with the secret of three consecutive winning cards after hearing a story about...

The third novel in Zola's twenty-volume series entitled "Les Rougon-Macquart," this story revolves around and within the 21-acre market Les Halles Centrales of Paris. The starving scholar Florent has...

L'Assommoir (1877) is the seventh novel in Émile Zola's twenty-volume series Les Rougon-Macquart. Usually considered one of Zola's masterpieces, the novel—a harsh and uncompromising study of alcoholism...

Nana is a novel by the French naturalist author Émile Zola. Completed in 1880, Nana is the ninth installment in the 20-volume Les Rougon-Macquart series, which was to tell "The Natural and Social History...

Mr. and Mrs. Brownie  lived in the middle of a big wood with their two children, Fuzz and Buzz, who were a boy mouse and a girl mouse. One day their father unfortunately got injured and was not able to...

The Gentleman Who Vanished: A Psychological Phantasy written by Fergus Hume who was a prolific English novelist. This book was published in 1890. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work...

John Dryden was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was made England's first Poet Laureate in 1668. He is seen as dominating the literary life of Restoration England to such...

Twilight written by Julia Frankau who was a successful novelist who wrote under the name Frank Danby. This book was published in 1916. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally...

How to describe the Great Ski-Lift? A colossal and audacious high-altitude defying network. A system formed by ski-lifts and cable-ways linking an infinite number of possible lines and points across the...

In this volume you will find 22 selections by CJ Tibbits made from various Russian and Polish collectors of Folklore—Afanasief, Erben, Wojcicki, Glinski, etc. There is little doubt of the stories Northern...

The Bet and Other Stories written by Anton Tchekhov who was a Russian playwright and short-story writer. This book was published in 1915. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally...

Over The Border: A Romance written by Robert Barr who was a Scottish-Canadian short story writer and novelist. This book was published in 1903. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work...

The Lawton Girl written by Harold Frederic who was an American journalist and novelist. This book was published in 1890. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally important...

The Red-headed Man written by Fergus Hume who was a prolific English novelist. This book was published in 1899. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally important in its original...

Rosemary Sample adjusted her jaunty cap carefully, smoothed out her well-tailored suit, then lowering her head, stepped from her trans-continental airplane.

In the city park in Correggio two people were found killed , not far from one another . A police officer from Bologna is sent to investigate the crimes. During the investigation the officer visits sites...

Christmas is approaching fast and Gary Radcliff is still recovering from an injury. He can use some help especially with his little boy, Scotty. Gary doesn't want him to be cooped up when there might...

Jim Cleve has been deemed, "a good guy" all of his life and it agitates him to no end. Even his girlfriend, Joan Randle has scorned him for this "weakness" shouting, "You haven't it in you even to be...

The Refugees revolves around Amory de Catinat, a Huguenot guardsman of Louis XIV, and Amos Green, an American who comes to visit France. Major themes include Louis XIV's marriage to Madame de Maintenon,...

The second book in the Inspector Hanaud series. A fascinating mystery tale by one of the classics masters of mystery!

WHEN, one evening in the late Autumn, David Meudon reached the entrance to Stoneleigh Garden, where Una Leighton awaited him, it was evident something unusual had happened. “You are late,” she said, as...

DIGITAL HORROR FICTION ANTHOLOGY 25 Horror Fiction Short Stories 2:51, Behind the Caterpillar — Gregory L. Norris A Dream for Sugar — Bruce Memblatt A Pocket of Madness — Samuel Marzioli Aces and Kings...

An amazing weird mystery story, packed with thrills, danger and startling events.

Oliver Tressilian, a Cornish gentleman who helped the English defeat the Spanish Armada, is betrayed by his ruthless half-brother and seeks refuge in the Middle East, where he takes on a new role as a...

"The Moon Rock" is Australian mystery writer Arthur J. Rees' locked-room conundrum. In fact, the room -- the murder scene -- not only is locked from the inside, but also two hundred feet up the cold wall...