Ficción

The story begins with Fernando's return to the town where he spent his adolescence. He is accompanied by his friend, his fiancée Cristina and her mother, Mrs. Lopez. Once they arrive in town, while Cristina...

It was the magic hour of dining. The long Digue of Heyst was almost deserted; so was the strip of loose, yellow sand which skirted its base, and all the tables d’hôtes were filling fast. Henri, the youngest...

This edition includes the following editor's introduction: The traumatic life of J. M. Barrie, source of universal creativity Originally published in 1918, “Echoes of the War” is a wonderful collection...

“Cruel Little Ballads” is an anthology of short stories, far too short to tell us the past or the future of the cratures and humans who are their unlucky protagonists. Only their present we are allowed...

Little L, the smallest birch leaf in the tree dreams of seeing the world. He is laughed at for having this dream by his other brothers and sisters in the tree. At the beginning of his journey, he makes...

Goran, the golden one, is a famous modern Tai Chi fighter, having earned the top spot for the forthcoming European championships. Adored by women, his love interests include the gender sweethearts Kathy...

Ellie Chambers always wanted to be a writer. Now, she was a successful author, but it had come at a price. Two prices, actually. The first was the fallout from a hastily-signed contract with Margo Rollings,...

This edition includes the following editor's introduction: G. K. Chesterton, the man beyond the writer First published in 1904, “The Napoleon of Notting Hill” is a fantastical novel written by English...

Sons and Lovers tells the story of Paul Morel, a young man and budding artist. A semi-autobiographical narrative, which Lawrence rewrote four times until he was finally happy with it. Now considered a...

Zackary Davis, a sixteen-year-old kid from New York, has a near-death experience one night while looking for his friend, Adonis. Upon learning that a group of teenagers born with supernatural abilities...

An original, high-caliber thriller, in which Chile’s main port is the ashen witness to lives lost before succumbing once again to the flames. Perhaps this time for good. Pyromancy, the new novel by Gonzalo...

Think about it for a moment. Would you be able to help someone who is drowning if you were drowning as well? It is almost impossible! You have to first dig yourself out of the hole you put yourself...

Twenty-five years ago, Lauren Phelps and her sister Patty were kidnapped from their backyard on Long Island. Lauren escaped her captor, but Patty was killed. Ever since, Lauren has suffered from nightmares...

A Collection of Conversations Concerning the Truth of Being.

Springtime is well overdue and Olina literelly stumbles into another exciting adventure, on her daily walk in the forest. Why is the season of spring delayed? Who is the lost hare, and why is she lost?...

In this serious attempt to forecast the changes ahead in the 20th century from the year 1906, the author deals with the accelerating rate of scientific progress, housing, travel, population, business,...

The Three Musketeers is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. It recounts the adventures of a young man named d'Artagnan after he leaves home to become a musketeer. D'Artagnan is not one of the musketeers...

A series of stories which each explore some individual aspect of life in a paralytically sleepy Central American town while each advancing some aspect of the larger plot and relating back one to another...

Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book is the sailor Ishmael's narrative of the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Pequod,...

This edition includes the following editor's introduction: Edith Wharton, the feminism of a Pulitzer Prize winner American author Edith Wharton composed “The Glimpses of the Moon” after the end of...

The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service is a patriotic British 1903 novel by Erskine Childers. It is a novel that "owes a lot to the wonderful adventure novels of writers like Rider Haggard,...

Miss Marjoribanks by Margaret Oliphant Miss Marjoribanks is an 1866 novel by Margaret Oliphant. It was first published in serialised form in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine from February 1865. It follows...

Casey Novak is tired of her life in the small town of Holbrook. She can't wait to finish her last day of high school and go to a university far away from the monothony of her daily life. However, the...

This story is based on reality. The book is about a scary and a fantastic trip. It is full of love, sympathy, empathy, scary and longing. It's about a girl who received trip tickets from her colleague...

Robinson is a young little pig who goes to the market to run errands for his aunties. A sailor lures Robinson onto a ship that suddenly sets sail. The ship’s cook has grim plans for Robinson. Can a kind...

Divorce affects everyone in the family, and the kids are left with many unanswered concerns. This is a difficult topic to have, and some of the answers may be painful. This book is intended to help parents begin...

At twilight a train from London deposited a man and a little girl at Patchley station. The man was grey-haired, though tall and of soldierly bearing, and the little girl was so tired that she could hardly...

Based on Melville's actual experiences after having jumped ship in the Marquesas Islands, this work was extremely popular, and provoked disbelief among its readers until the events it described were corroborated...

Jack Hunter's greatest adversary, the man who pushed him to his limits, was a terrorist who brought a city to its knees. It took everything Jack had to capture him the last time, and now, that man is...

Readers and admirers of “The Dangerous Age”—and their name is legion—will find themselves perfectly at home in the following story. To them, Elsie Lindtner’s rambling aphorisms, her Bashkirtseffian revelations...