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“The Europeans” is a short comedy first published in the periodical «The Atlantic Monthly» in 1878. In the same year this novel appeared both in England and in Usa by Macmillan & Co. and Houghton,...

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

The Iron Heel is a dystopian novel by American writer Jack London, first published in 1908. Generally considered to be "the earliest of the modern Dystopian," it chronicles the rise of an oligarchic tyranny...

Tom Jones is a foundling discovered on the property of a very kind, wealthy landowner, Squire Allworthy, in Somerset in England's West Country. Tom grows into a vigorous and lusty, yet honest and kind-hearted,...

Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 19 June 1937) was a Scottish author and dramatist, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan. The child of a family of small-town weavers,...

        GOLD, GIRLS, and EGYPTIAN GODS await WWII American POW Harold Barton as he unwittingly enters the bizarre world of Nazi chemical warfare experiment Project Brainfire in this 98K word novel. The...

This collection of Lupin short stories presents more puzzling criminal involvements of the classic French hero-thief and his men.

Pride and Prejudice is a romance novel by Jane Austen, first published in 1813. The story charts the emotional development of the protagonist, Elizabeth Bennet, who learns the error of making hasty judgments...

With A to Z Classics, discover or rediscover all the classics of literature. Contains Active Table of Contents (HTML) “NUMBER 1 in Modern Library’s 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century” “Ulysses is...

HoneyFor years my momma's been at me to lose some extra pounds. To shape up, slim down and look like the pageant queen she'd always wished me to be. But everyone knows the best part of the muffin is the...

What would you do, if someone in a library came up to you and asked, "Will you help to fight monsters?"The small group of people, who got asked this question, step into an adventure they'd never dared...

The trail boss shook his fist after the departing puncher and swore softly. He hated to lose a man at this time and he had been a little reckless in threatening to "fire" him; but in a gun-fighting outfit...

This book tells about a young man who is 21 years old. He moves from Russia to the USA and starts to study at the New York University. Parallelly he works in a publishing house and helps the editor in...

With his training finished, Glaide leaves to seek out his friends.  Along the way, he intentionally lends his aid to a number of people, especially a young stranger who he accompanies back to her homeland....

Christmas is the time when families get together and love abounds. 8 inspirational authors have teamed up to bring you 8 wonderful Christmas novellas sure to bring you joy this holiday season. Enjoy 2...

Nikolai Gogol's novel «Dead Souls» is a satire that exposes the corrupt "underbelly" of Russian nineteenth century society. On a superficial level, the title refers to the book's plot, where the main...

 "The Book of Dragons" is a collection of 8 short stories about dragons.  Edith Nesbit  (15 August 1858 – 4 May 1924) was an English author and poet; she published her books for children under the name...

"I stare at her through the rain. Somewhere a siren is wailing. From the streets below, angry words rendered unintelligible by distance are being exchanged. Gunshots follow. Then screaming. Car horns...

It happened on the morning of the 9th day of May. The little village of Machias in the far away colony of Maine was lively enough as far as fishing towns go, but on this particular time it was in a regular...

O you who believe! Have fear of God, and be among the truthful.” (Quran 9:119) Ask the average person to define truthfulness and the answer will most likely be restricted to something about truthful...

The history of famous detectives, imaginary and otherwise, has frequently been written, but the history of a famous criminal—never. This is a bold statement, but a true one all the same. The most notorious...

Queens. New York City. 1977. Lee is hired by sports agent Marv Martell to investigate the murderof tennis star, Chloe Hammond.

You never know what you'll find at yard sales. Myrtle's friend Georgia finally reached a breaking point with the knick-knacks and collectibles in her cluttered home. Georgia decided the time had come...

In his quest for revenge, will he lose himself or find his place? When Evan's parents are killed by unicorns when he was a child, he is determined to be a student of the dragons, the natural enemy of...

Handcuffed together. Only one bed. Which will win: Megan and Sarah's sizzling sexual attraction, or their compulsion to correct each other's atrocious fandom opinions?Shy library science student by day,...

In the Days of the Comet (1906) is a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells in which humanity is "exalted" when a comet causes "the nitrogen of the air, the old azote," to "change out of itself" and become...

Ghost Stories of Chapelizod was written in the year 1851 by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. This book is one of the most popular novels of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, and has been translated into several other...

The plot of the novel is based very loosely on the real-life activities of the Molly Maguires and, particularly, of Pinkerton agent James McParland. The novel is divided into two parts: in the first,...

Torii Kiyonaga (1752 – 1815) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist of the Torii school. Originally Sekiguchi Shinsuke, the son of an Edo bookseller, he took on Torii Kiyonaga as an art name. Although not biologically...

To oppose her murderous mother, Princess Lyneah needs an ally. She needs Rory McCray. For weeks, the princess has been wandering the streets of Lundun, hoping to make contact with the infamous rabble-rouser. In...