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A short story with a punch, 'Madame de Treymes' follows lovelorn John Durham as he travels to France to court his old love, Fanny Frisbee. While Fanny is separated from her husband, she is still married,...
From satires of Sherlock Holmes to lectures in defence of fairy tales, this collection of essays brings to life the smallest of trifles and turns them into debates on the meaning of life itself.G. K....
If you have seen Ricky Gervais in 'The Office', you will know how much comedy and pathos occurs in apparently mundane locations. In 'The Lesser Bourgeoisie', Honore de Balzac turns his sharp eye on the...
The only novel published under the pen-name Alice Cholmondeley, 'Christine' gives insight into von Arnim's thoughts about the atrocities of World War I. The story is told through a series of letters...
The heavenly peace of the monastery of Santa Caterina is under threat: construction work in the old walls is making quiet comtemplation almost impossible. There's something a little peculiar about the...
'Greenmantle' is the second of five John Buchan novels in which we follow the adventures and exploits of Brigadier-General Richard Hannay.In 'Greenmantle' we reunite with Richard Hannay, as he rests and...
IF HE EXPOSES HER, SHE'LL LOSE EVERYTHING!Late one night, newly promoted Inspector Cecilie Mars makes a fatal choice that has far-reaching consequences. Her misstep has been captured on film, and now...
Challenged to a duel, Lord Lodore must make a life-changing decision, one that will split his family in two. His daughter Ethel, raised to depend on her father, and Cornelia, Lodore's estranged wife,...
'The Jesuits' Church in G' (1844) was written by the German Romantic author E. T. A. Hoffmann, most famous for his novella 'The Nutcracker and the Mouse King' (1816) which inspired Tchaikovsky's ballet...
'Josiah Allen on the Woman Question' (1914) was written by best-selling American writer and humourist Marietta Holley and is a short story featuring her well-known characters, Samantha and Josiah Allen.Concerned...
Set in Nigeria, at the time of the British Empire, 'Bones' introduces us to the hapless hero of the piece. The beloved Commissioner Sanders has struck up an uneasy truce with Bosambo, the chief of the...
'The Story of an African Farm' (1883) was written by South African writer and intellectual, Olive Schreiner. Originally published under the pseudonym Ralph Iron, the book was a best-seller and caused...
'Life Is a Dream' (1635) is a play by Spanish dramatist and poet Pedro Calderón de la Barca. Considered one of the finest Spanish dramas of all time, it explores the mysteries of human destiny and examines...
Continuing the story told in the classic 'The Prince of Thieves,' 'Robin Hood the Outlaw' picks up where the first book left off. Maid Marian and the Merrie Men are all present, but readers hoping that...
Everybody is running from The Terror. But when nobody knows what it is, suspicion grows. Especially in the darkest corners of the world. And when governments enter a false show of care and love after...
'Oronooko' tells the story of a fictional African prince, who is duped into slavery and sent to Surinam, a British colony in South America. There, with his beloved Imoinda also enslaved, he must use every...
Set in France in 1661, 'Louise de la Vallière' is the third and final part of the D'Artagnan Romances trilogy. With Louis XIV seeking to cement his position as the absolute monarch over the whole of France,...
Written by the English author Charlotte Mary Yonge, 'The Caged Lion' (1870) tells the story of King James I of Scotland - the caged lion of the title - who has been a prisoner in England since childhood.It's...
Set just before the first world war as the onset of conflict looms, 'Christopher and Columbus' tells the story of seventeen-year-old twin orphans, Anna-Rose and Anna-Felicitas as they are thrust upon...
Paris in the late 18th century was a place where it was wise to keep your head - or risk losing it.Countless people "sneezed into the basket" that stood beneath the blade of the feared guillotine that...
Told in the form of a series of letters 'Frankenstein' follows a young and charismatic Victor Frankenstein as he attempts to make his mark on the world of science. Taking a number of body parts from various...
'Moving the Mountain' (1911) is a novel by American feminist and writer, Charlotte Gilman. It is the first book of her classic utopian feminist trilogy that includes 'Herland' (1915) and 'With Her in...
An epidemic has hit West Africa, but Commissioner Sanders hears stories of a woman, M'lama, who can reportedly heal the sick and even raise the dead.As he investigates the claims, he uncovers something...
Doctor Nikola's goal in life is to achieve world domination and immortality. When he finds out that a secret society in Tibet is way more powerful than any other human being or government on the planet,...
A plague is spreading across the world. People are dying and no cure can be found. The plague was created by a sorcerer and he is the only one who knows how to stop it. Where is he and who will dare to...
This book contains excerpted anecdotes from the biographies of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell, relating humorous snippets of politics in 18th and 19th century Ireland. For some these may be poignant...
One of the earliest sci-fi novels in English literature "The Mummy!" is futuristic and entertaining; a must read not only for sci-fi enthusiasts but those who love 19th century literature. Influenced...
'The Mind of Mr. J. G. Reeder' is a collection of eight, highly original detective short stories centred around a very unassuming Mr. Reed. He is an older man, not particularly tall or muscular, to see...
Combiner un voyage auprès de ses grands-parents avec la traque d’une chienne du K9 est apparemment une bonne excuse pour Greyson. Sans que l’on sache ce qui s’est passé, la chienne a été envoyée par erreur...
Fraîchement de retour au sein de la police judiciaire, la commandant Johana Galji est plongée dans une nouvelle enquête autour d'une menace effroyable...Après avoir été grièvement blessée lors d’une précédente...
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