Manalive - format ePub

El poeta y los lunáticos (1929), de Gilbert Keith Chesterton, no es exactamente una novela, sino más bien una sucesión de episodios entrelazados, en los que un aparente loco -el poeta y pintor Gabriel...

"Me dirijo al hombre de la calle, escéptico pero también comprensivo, y mi única esperanza, bastante vaga por cierto, es que si abordo la biografía de este gran santo por el lado llamativo y popular que...

Se preguntarán con mucha razón por qué, de no mediar una especie de apuesta, iba yo a aceptar el encargo de escribir siquiera un ensayo popular sobre la historia de Inglaterra, si no puedo invocar ningún...

Siete de las aventuras más conocidas de los detectives más famosos de la literatura universal.Selección de siete narraciones de cuatro autores fundacionales del género de detectives: Edgar Allan Poe,...

Las mentes de los detectives más brillantes del relato policial se encuentran reunidas en esta antología para que, junto con ellas, descubras los crímenes que aquí se plantean.

A collection of related short stories by British author G. K. Chesterton. Each story is centered on a person who is making his living by some novel and extraordinary means (a "queer trade"). To gain admittance...

"The Wisdom of Father Brown" (1914) is a collection of twelve stories by G.K. Chesterton, featuring his empathetic detective Father Brown. Sherlock Holmes might be sexier, but GK Chesterton's atmospheric...

"The Innocence of Father Brown" (1911) is the first collection of stories starring the empathetic detective Father Brown. Sherlock Holmes might be sexier, but GK Chesterton's atmospheric Father Brown...

I quattro racconti di questa raccolta rappresentano una piccola selezione tra le molte storie scritti da Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) che hanno come protagonista Padre Brown, il sacerdote cattolico...

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (often shortened to Huck Finn) is a novel written by American humorist Mark Twain. It is commonly used and accounted as one of the first Great American Novels. It is also...

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) è autore, insieme a molte altre cose, di una serie di cinquantadue racconti pubblicati in cinque antologie tra il 1911 e il 1935 che hanno come protagonista Padre...

In the October 1914 issue of the British magazine The Premier, Sir Max Pemberton published the first part of this story, inviting a number of writers, including Chesterton, to use their talents to solve...

Twelve mysteries featuring Father Brown, the short, stumpy Catholic priest with "uncanny insight into human evil."

At first read, G.K. Chesterton’s the Man Who Was Thursday is a zany mystery story filled with often surreal twists that turn more traditional thrillers on their ear. Set in a fantastic London where the...

I membri di una setta anarchica hanno fatto una scelta bizzarra decidendo di assumere per maggior sicurezza i nomi dei giorni della settimana, e quando il protagonista di questa storia, Gabril Syme, sceglie...

This contains the first 8 of the 12 stories in the published book The Man Who Knew Too Much and Other Stories. In these 8 detective thrillers, the main protagonist is Horne Fisher. (The omitted four are...

Ph.D. candidate, MJ, is the latest assignment for Nik, a Voice and immortal son of a Muse. A job he didn't want, but he made a promise to her recently deceased grandmother. Just as he'd once helped her...

Cassius AKA Smoke is a one legged Clown. Him and his twin, both of whom work for the Antediluvian Extravaganza. After losing his leg to a boar, Cassius is given the worst nursemaid ever, the woman he...

She betrayed him. Now, he's back to claim everything—including her. Gabriel Grimm was supposed to be dead. Once, he was the golden heir—untouchable, unstoppable—until a scandal shattered his world, leaving...

Under The Willow Tree- Gabe's POVDeath is a funny thing. Right before it happens, some say your life will flash before your eyes. Every moment lived, mistakes made, good deeds and bad replay in an instant...

A  remote mining town, an aspiring journalist, and the reformed convict who saves her life. When Clara Alexander returned from finishing school to Virginia City she had two goals: to become a reporter...

Greer Caldwell finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation when visiting the Island of Rapa Nui, better known as Easter Island. She gets more than she bargained for when she meets a photojournalist...

Two time zones. Same body count.DI Liam McLaughlin thought he'd left murder behind in Derry. The body found in a field under a full moon was bad enough—savaged, staged, and whispered about as something...

A maternal gothic tale of new motherhood and the torment of a centuries-old hauntingBefore the shadow appeared, Sofia thought mothering would be all sun-drenched light and white linen sheets, as seen...

“A morally complex and life-affirming exploration of what it means to be alive, and of the enduring power of love to transform, reanimate, and redeem.” —Celeste Ng, New York Times-bestselling author of...

What's a girl to do when the star of the hockey team crash lands in her backyard after a prank gone wrong? Help him cover up the evidence...in exchange for him posing as the perfect prom date, of course....

<p><strong>The best fiction to read this year —<cite>New Statesman</cite></strong></p><p><strong>Our 25 most anticipated fiction books for 2026 —<cite>Shortlist...

A washed-up singer. A broken relationship with her daughter. And one last chance at redemption at the Copperfield House.Stevie was born for music. Named after her mother's idol, Stevie Nicks, she inherited...

Ever since Hailey was a child, trouble followed her like a shadow.Fights. Suspensions. Secrets. Everyone said she was just "angry."But Hailey knew better-something dark lived inside her.On a rainy September...

 Bound by Blood Hallow Rising, Book One The mountains remember their guardians.And they remember what was sworn. Lyra walks the Appalachian ridgelines as a trusted park ranger—known, respected, and woven...

Set against the backdrop of Las Vegas, Boston, and Dubai, can a storyteller win back the love of her life through tales sprinkled with faith and love.Boston-based Delphina Tulasi, a therapeutic storyteller,...

In a world of endless night, one man knew the darkness far better than most.Rage had been honed into a living weapon by the bleak reality he knew. He was on one final mission, given to him by his murdered...

He was born in the wild. Raised in a cage. And now he's landed on her doorstep…Wolfe should have died the night his parents were slaughtered. Instead, his uncle saved him- only to turn him into a weapon....

The People's Choice: The Life and Trials of America's 52nd PresidentWhat does it take to lead a nation through chaos, scandal, and betrayal—and still leave behind a legacy of hope? In this bold and dramatic...

A scandal is brewing. A rake is grinning. And Lady Louisa Pembroke is about to make a bargain with the devil. Lady Louisa Pembroke has survived a thousand polite smiles, a hundred pointed whispers, and...

Meah Constantino is everyone's friend: cheerleader, matchmaker, fixer, and the one who'll drop everything when you call at 3 a.m. Not even her career shift from psych to events kept her from being the...

Neja was born to kill the false king. He cannot kill her, nor can she die while he still lives. So says the prophecy that has ruled her life since she was old enough to hold a sword. She has spent her...

Some places don't stay abandoned.They wait.Black Pines was supposed to be left behind.The asylum stands empty now—its halls stripped bare, its doors sealed, its history written off as tragedy and rumor....

Il a tué son mari. À présent, il ne peut se tenir loin d'elle.Neve Peretti a tout perdu la nuit où son mari a été assassiné. Sa maison. Son avenir. Sa foi en ce monde. Elle ne sait pas qui a appuyé sur...

Willow Anderson's life shatters when Marcus Thornton—her relentless stalker—reveals his true power. On the eve of her twenty-fifth birthday, a tattoo etched into her skin awakens memories of another life...

Love can linger in the unlikeliest of places—on bridges and moors, in old hotels and hidden laboratories, and in the spaces between the living and the dead.This collection brings together romantic and...

Is the PM a Cold Case killer?  Who tried to kill former US President Lyndon Johnson on his 1966 visit to Australia?  Only one man knows the answers, if you can find him. Among the news crews covering...

Clara Mitchell is one of Australia's most formidable criminal defense lawyers. For years, she has done exactly what the law demands of her: defend the accused, challenge the evidence, exploit the loopholes....

Defeat the queen and reclaim the realm—or all is lost forever.Despite beating the queen at her own wicked game and completing the Fae Heir Trials, the tyrant refuses to hand over the crown. Instead, she...

Hatred. Fear. Death. I thought I left that all behind when I turned my back on humanity and the world I used to know, but then Kora happened. I stepped in to save the Tigerian Shifter from a poacher. Now,...

Some houses preserve families. Others preserve silence.  When Eliza Fairrowe is summoned back to Blackthorn House, she expects strain, not danger. But a young servant is found dead under circumstances...