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In Andrew Lang's 'The Brown Fairy Book,' readers are invited to delve into a mesmerizing collection of lesser-known fairy tales from around the world. Known for his colorful storytelling and distinctive...

Andrew Lang's 'Letters to Dead Authors' is a collection of thought-provoking and insightful letters written to deceased literary figures. Through his letters, Lang delves into a variety of themes such...

One Thousand and One Nights is a collection of Middle Eastern and South Asian stories and folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age. It is often known in English as the Arabian Nights,...

Andrew Lang's Fairy Books are a series of twenty-five collections of true and fictional stories for children, published between 1889 and 1913. The best known books of the series are the twelve collections...

Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books constitute a twelve-book series of fairy tale collections. Although Andrew Lang did not collect the stories himself from the oral tradition,...

The stories in the Fairy Books have generally been such as old women in country places tell to their grandchildren. Nobody knows how old they are, or who told them first. The children of Ham, Shem and...

ONCE upon a time there was a King in the North who had won many wars, but now he was old. Yet he took a new wife, and then another Prince, who wanted to have married her, came up against him with a great...

Sinbad the Sailor is a fictional sailor and the hero of a story-cycle of Middle Eastern origin; he is described as living in Baghdad, during the Abbasid Caliphate. During his voyages throughout the seas...

Table of Contents Preface TheArabian Nights The Story Of The Merchant And The Genius The Story Of The First Old Man And Of The Hind The Story Of The Second Old Man, And Of The Two Black Dogs The Story...

The theory that Francis Bacon was, in the main, the author of “Shakespeare’s plays,” has now been for fifty years before the learned world. Its advocates have met with less support than they had reason...

Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books constitute a twelve-book series of fairy tale collections. Although Andrew Lang did not collect the stories himself from the oral tradition,...

Once upon a time in a certain country there lived a king whose palace was surrounded by a spacious garden. But, though the gardeners were many and the soil was good, this garden yielded neither flowers...

One Thousand and One Nights is a collection of stories collected over many centuries by various authors, translators and scholars in various countries across the Middle East and South Asia. These collections...

"The Arabian Nights" is the title which encompasses all of the Persian, Arabian and Indian folk tales which have made their way into western culture over hundreds of years. This collection was edited...

The Fairy Books, or "Coloured" Fairy Books is a collection of fairy tales divided into twelve books, each associated with a different colour. Collected together by Andrew Land they are sourced from a...

The Animal Story Book  edited by Andrew Lang who  was a Scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor. This book was published in 1896. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work...

A child who will be named Johannes is born. An old man named Johannes dies. Between these two points, Jon Fosse gives us the details of an entire life, starkly compressed. Beginning with Johannes's father's...

Emma is a comic novel by Jane Austen, first published in December 1815, about the perils of misconstrued romance. The main character, Emma Woodhouse, is described in the opening paragraph as "handsome,...

Ebenezer Scrooge and the Ghost of Christmas Love is the only sequel published to Charles Dickens’ beloved Christmas classic that follows Ebenezer Scrooge’s quest to rediscover true love after his harrowing...

From the bizarre and audacious imagination of horror author Andy Marino comes a harrowing tale of the insect that will herald the apocalypse…"The literary equivalent of swallowing a wasp that's crawled...

A wonderful surprise gift from Alan Bennett - a brand new story, set in a home for the elderly; a glorious, darkly comic treat.We have a choir and on special occasions a glass of dry sherry. It's less...

The hitman hero of the acclaimed Cinemax series comes out of retirement when his daughter, a true-crime writer, is abducted by the subject of one of her books. A nail-biting suspense thriller from the...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Practice Makes Perfect comes an expanded edition of The Temporary Roomie - a witty and relatable romantic comedy about finding joy in the unexpected, with...

SMALL FORTUNES. BIG FEELINGS.Fleeing a troubled past, immigrant fortune teller Tao roams the dusty countryside with only her mule for company, telling small fortunes, for small prices. Big fortunes come...

Revenant-X is the terrifying second novel in a new trilogy of survival and exploration in deep space, from Clarke Award-nominated author David Wellington. FEAR THE DARK.The crew of the Artemis - led by...

JACK KEROUAC: 'I loved him ... He just got me'ARTHUR MILLER: 'The first to let it all hang out and write like a child in wonderland.'KURT VONNEGUT: 'Still the greatest.'JOSEPH HELLER: 'My primary inspiration.'STEPHEN...

For fans of Nghi Vo, P. Djèlí Clark, and Alix E. Harrow: a new stand-alone set in the world of the critically acclaimed Murder and Magic series during Prohibition. The Improvisers is the tale of Velma,...

He's been naughty, and she's always been nice. Until now. . . For Sydney, being in love with Kyler isn't anything new. They'd been best friends ever since they were kids. But somewhere over the years,...

A thrilling epic of duty, magic and vampyres set in the Third Age that looks at why Lord Drakan invaded Hallowvale. Sure to delight RuneScape fans old and new, this stunning tale shows how and why Hallowvale...

One special cottage brings together two fixer-uppers in this delightfully sweet small-town romance. ​ As the youngest of three sisters, CeCe Shipley is eager to make her own space in the world. She even...

From a New York Times bestselling author, a heartwarming story about secrets, sisters, and the enduring power of family ties.   Zoey Hillcrest thought the hard part was over once she and her fiancé, Cooper,...

Hunger devours. Takeaway food and human flesh. Sexual humiliation or humanity's survival. Smooth, unblemished skin.It cannot be sated. But people try. They push eager hands into their own gaping...

Collected together for the first time, this omnibus brings new authors to the Alien universe. Across three epic novels, discover the origins of fan-favorite character PFC Jenette Vasquez and her family,...

20 years later… United by promise. Divided by hate. Karna, the King of Anga, is distraught after the recent demise of a closed one. And to achieve salvation, he seeks to hurt the ones who are closest...

A stunning tour de force of a novel based on the true story of a fourteen-year-old boy’s harrowing experience fleeing a Hitler youth camp with his best friend in the last days of the Second World War—perfect...

A new Star Trek adventure based on the thrilling Paramount+ TV series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds! When Una Chin-Riley and Christopher Pike meet at Starfleet Academy after one of his lectures, they...

'An absolute treat of a read!' Janice Hallett, author of The Appeal H3> 'Once again Katy Watson delivers the perfect cosy: Atmospheric, ingenious and fun!' Ian Moore'The perfect mix of cosy, festive,...

A royal princess. A dress lost for decades. A love story waiting to be uncovered...London, 1988: Meredith has landed her dream job at London's most prestigious fashion house, creating beautiful gowns...

Edgar Award-nominated and USA Today-bestselling crime writer Lou Berney returns to his critically acclaimed thriller series starring former mob wheelman Shake Bouchon, who finds himself reluctantly involved...

NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES 'Clavell never puts a foot wrong . . . Get it, read it, you'll enjoy it mightily' DAILY MIRRORThis is James Clavell's tour-de-force; an epic saga of one Pilot-Major John Blackthorne,...

It is the year 1854 and witch hunts are taking place. Violet lives with her father and cat Widow deep in the forest, far away from the villagers responsible for her mother's death. She was suspected of...

Stefan "Charly" Bach is asked by Karen "Carry" Lund to help her search for a missing friend. Together they experience adventures that endanger both their lives and their love. Experience the two of them...

Germany and Europe are facing numerous challenges. Financial problems, climate change, war and other problems threaten the stability of the democratic system and social cohesion. To avert the impending...

Imagine it's Thursday morning. You are going about your work outside when it starts to rain. A storm is approaching. You want to finish quickly. You get into a rush. An accident happens. Your leg is injured....

Particularly today, it is of great importance to draw children's attention to the diverse life in the forest, to help them develop their love for flora and fauna and to show them the vital symbiosis between...

When summer vacation begins in the lively town of Sonnenau, Mia, Ben, Emma and Lukas dream of unique adventures. The five fabulous friends Starko, Koordia, Speedo, Maya and Flexo offer their unique skills...