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The Captain Pamphile of the title is one of Dumas' most intriguing creations. An anti-hero, the Captain is a rogue and a swindler who decides to exploit the demand for exotic animals that was prevalent...
Written just eight years before the Wright brothers made their first powered flight, 'The Argonauts of the Air' follows the fortunes of eccentric millionaire, Monson. Monson is determined to build the...
"Darklands" is Niels Krause-Kjær's independent sequel to the filmed bestselling novel "Solitaire". Suspicion of fraud at the highest level turns out to have threads reaching far into Danish democracy....
A seamless blend of fact and fiction, 'The Royal Life Guard, or The Flight of the Royal Family' tells the story of the downfall of the French Monarchy. Set during the French Revolution, this novel paints...
You can almost feel the silence, the atmosphere and the sense of place on the shores of the Baltic Sea in this anthology of short stories from the Scandinavian author Lotte Kirkeby. Each of the 19 short...
The inspiration behind 'Eyes Wide Shut,' starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, 'The Dead are Silent' is a tense psychological novella. Exploring the social parameters of 19th century Vienna, Schnitzler...
Doctor Nikola has finally found the secret to immortality, but he hasn't put it to the test yet. He needs someone who can help him conduct some experiments. Doctor Ingleby seems to be the perfect choice...
When Leslie comes to meet her father, Caspar Brooke, for the first time, she is keen to learn why her mother left him. While living with him, Leslie sets herself the task of reuniting her estranged parents....
Life as a cowboy in the Wild West was rarely as glamorous as John Wayne or Clint Eastwood. For the truest grit, you need to read this remarkable novel by Andy Adams."Reed Anthony, Cowman" is the fictional...
Early in the morning in Copenhagen a petrol tanker, hijacked by a young girl, is set on fire, melting the high-voltage cables carrying electricity, blacking out Copenhagen and causing total chaos on the...
A cross between the 'Three Musketeers' and 'Zorro', this swashbuckling adventure is full of sword fights and secret missions.Set during the French Revolution, it tells the story of Sir Percy Blakeney,...
A mysterious murder-stabbing. A deaf and dumb butler. And a caged starling desperate to set themselves free. When the reclusive owner of a distinguished house is found dead inside the circular study,...
First published in 1895 'The Man from Archangel' is a collection of short stories by the famous Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The collection is split into two sections – one of adventurous...
Forty-year-old Alwyn Egremont seduces Alice, an 18-year-old nursery governess, in his brother's employ.Scared he will lose his inheritance for doing so, Alwyn denies the affair and abandons her and their...
'The Gods Are Athirst' (1912) is Nobel laureate Anatole France's captivating fictional reimagining of the bloody events of the French Revolution. Gamelin, a young idealistic painter who works with his...
'The King of Pirates' is an entertaining and creative story by Daniel Defoe. Written as Captain Avery, the notorious and feared pirate king, the book is told in two letters as Avery reveals the truth...
Doctor Nikola and Richard Hatteras meet for the first time. Doctor Nikola is a mysterious evil mastermind. Richard Hatteras, on the other hand, is an ordinary Australian sailor. Doctor Nikola has a plan...
Educated Evans and The Miller are back in Edgar Wallace's Christmas novel 'A Present for Evans'. Set in the backdrop of seedy London streets between the two World Wars, our favourite cockney tipster is...
Serving as the inspiration to an episode of 'M.A.S.H.' starring Alan Alda, 'Hands Around' is a short play, covering the conversations between ten pairs of characters.With each pair from a different section...
'The Eight Strokes of the Clock' (1923) is a collection of short stories featuring the gentleman thief turned detective, Arsène Lupin. When a series of women are murdered in Paris, there's only one person...
Dive into one of the most important figures in American poetry, Emily Dickinson's iconic collection. Characterised by three distinct periods, a sentimental tone lies in her work dating up to the American...
Spoiling a child is not just about letting them have a few extra sweets. In some cases, years of doting really do spoil them.Victurien d'Esgrignon was raised by his doting aunt and adoring father - a...
In this collection of satiric essays, Ambrose Bierce offers his provoking outlook on a series of subjects. This collection includes, "Civilization", "Immortality", "The Death Penalty", "The Gift o' Gab",...
Veronique Graslin is a woman of strength.Despite being scarred by smallpox at 11, and then railroaded into a miserable marriage with a man who resembles an "antique satyr", she builds a life of wealth...
'Erewhon Revisited' the sequel to 'Erewhon', Samuel Butler's acclaimed first novel, finds adventurer Higgs returning to the mysterious, distant land of Erewhon. There he discovers its people ruled by...
Philip Raine is a Royal Canadian police officer, who is on the trail of a ruthless and wild murderer named Bram Johnson. The elusive Johnson roams through the frozen wilderness of Northwest Canada on...
Written by the "father of science fiction", H.G. Wells, 'Men Like Gods' is a science fiction, dystopian novel that transports readers to another world - an advanced version of Earth. Mr. Barnstaple is...
During the school break, two schoolmates decide to go out hunting for wolves. Their main purpose is to kill as many wolves as possible by setting traps in the woods, and then sell their skin. While on...
Lord Glenthorn is bored and lacking oomph. But before you feel sorry for him, it is worth knowing that he has a pile of money, a grand title, estates in England and Ireland and no stress.That is until...
The Ringer, the legendary killer is dead, his body pulled from the Sydney harbour, the world may now breathe a sigh of relief. That is until the Ringer's sister is found dead in the Thames. Inexplicably,...
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