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The hyper-rational side of his personality that Arthur Conan Doyle aired in his Sherlock Holmes series of detective tales was only one piece of the puzzle. Conan Doyle also had a mystical side, and he...

Love humor writing? Can't get enough of classic adventure tales? Get the best of both worlds with The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard, a series of short stories in which mystery master Arthur Conan Doyle...

In Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes' stories, the titular detective is described in passing as a skilled amateur boxer. In the novel Rodney Stone, however, Conan Doyle dives much deeper into the world...

Dip into a classic work of fiction that many critics regard as one of the novels that helped to usher in the modern era of literature. When it was originally published, Thomas Hardy's The Return of the...

"The Adventure of the Dying Detective", in some editions simply titled "The Dying Detective", is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Dr. Watson...

When I say I am called Valmont the name will convey no impression to the reader one way or another. My occupation is that of private detective in London but if you ask any policeman in Paris who Valmont...

The House on the Borderland is a supernatural horror novel by British fantasist William Hope Hodgson. The novel is a hallucinatory account of a recluse's stay at a remote house, and his experiences of...

Classic murder mystery featuring two upstanding citizens in northern towns who wish to keep their past secret.

Alexei Ivanovich Velchaninov is a land owner who stays in Saint Petersburg for a trial about a piece of land. He receives a visit from Pavel Pavlovich Trusotsky, an old acquaintance who recently became...

A young Sussex gentleman named John Openshaw has a strange story: in 1869 his uncle Elias Openshaw had suddenly come back to England to settle on an estate at Horsham, West Sussex after living for years...

LORCA'S WOMEN are some of the women in the poetic and theatre world of Federico Garcia Lorca who, through these stories, acquire an identity of their own and new life. Bernarda, Yerma, Soledad and the...

The fragile but strong friend next door, in search of Love, inner Beauty and whatever else the life and a trip to India will dedicate her. Stefania through the latter will explore costumes, customs, traditions...

Cornelius von Baerle, a respectable tulip-grower, lives only to cultivate the elusive black tulip and win a magnificent prize for its creation. But after his powerful godfather is assassinated, the unwitting...

Generally considered to be "the earliest of the modern Dystopian", it chronicles the rise of an oligarchic tyranny in the United States. It is arguably the novel in which Jack London's socialist views...

If a man is not eager for adventure at the age of twenty-two, the enticement of romantic possibilities will never come to him.

It is very difficult to classify THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY. It is possible to say that it is a gripping adventure story of murderous criminals and brilliant policemen; but it was to be expected that the...

Frank meets Svetlana in the corridors of the Paris metro station. Neither is aware that their relationship is at the starting point of a difficult love affair. Through desires and doubts, suffering will...

Tales of Space and Time is a fantasy and science fiction collection of three short stories and two novellas written by the English author and visionary H. G. Wells between 1897 and 1898. A must-read for...

"La-ha-hoo! la-ha-hoo!" Far down the widening valley, and up the wild, picturesque ravine, rang the strange but not unmusical call. It awoke the slumbering echoes of the still place, and a hundred voices...

In this classic, a lone camper in the forest overhears a conversation that convinces him to leave his wild paradise to save a young woman from certain doom. The Man of the Forest isn't about to let a...

Ranked among the classic novels of the English language and the inspiration for several unforgettable movies, this early work of H. G. Wells was greeted in 1896 by howls of protest from reviewers, who...

Beckford's Gothic novel, Vathek, an Arabian tale, was originally written in French when the author was 21. It is the story of Caliph Vathek, whose eye can kill at a glance, who makes a pact with the Devil,...

Kott?: Being Japanese Curio's with Sundry Cobwebs written by Lafcadio Hearn who was a writer, known best for his books about Japan, especially his collections of Japanese legends and ghost stories. This...

The Fate of a Crown written by Schuyler Staunton who was an American author chiefly famous for his children's books. He was better known as L. Frank Baum. This book was published in 1905. And now republish...

Lucian the dreamer written by J. S. Fletcher who was an English journalist and author. This book was published in 1903. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally important...

The journey of a young knight between the three kingdoms of evil ruled by the sons of the Lord of Darkness. Charles will face in epic battles demons and hellish creatures that hurl against the God of...

The book tells the tale of the all-encompassing and passionate, yet thwarted, love between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw, and how this unresolved passion eventually destroys them and many around them.

Owen Clancy's Run of Luck: or, The Motor Wizard in the Garage written by Burt L. Standish who was a writer of dime novels and is best known as author of the Frank Merriwell stories. Owen Clancy's Run...

The Rising Tide written by Margaret Deland who was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet. This book was published in 1916. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally...

Tolstoy's epic masterpiece intertwines the lives of private and public individuals during the time of the Napoleonic wars and the French invasion of Russia. The fortunes of the Rostovs and the Bolkonskys,...