When John Barton's wife dies, he is forced to raise his daughter, Mary, alone, while he grieves the love of his life. Though he is a hard-working man, John struggles to provide for his family. R...więcej »
Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life is the first novel by English author Elizabeth Gaskell, published in 1848. The story is set in the English city of Manchester between 1839 and 1842, and de...więcej »
Peytra Sike is a gifted, but frustrated sculptor. After the masked duke, Jors Ameros, is taken with her and her artwork, he commissions Peytra to carve the mantels in his castle.There, Pe...więcej »
"We all wear masks. There are people with whom we can take our masks off and speak from the heart. Professor Walker is an expert in masks, or personas. And he well knows that sometimes masks let...więcej »
Jean Lorrain, one of the leading figures of the Decadent Movement, was a master of the conte cruel. Presented here, for the first time in English, are ten such tales: stories of princes and prin...więcej »
Falling for each other was never part of the plan...Doctor Sage Porter has moved to Marble Falls to be the private physician for a group of men unlike any the ...więcej »
He's a YouTube sensation, making hilarious videos about hunting down monsters in the wilds of Missouri that are too outlandish to be real. Besides, every...więcej »
Harlem, New York, 1925 is a mecca of cultural and creative freedom, where masquerade drag balls are all the rage and the music, dancing, and loose prohibition laws unite people from all walks of...więcej »
Corruption. Power. The clash of god-arcanists rocks the world. Volke Savan is tasked with finding the remaining god-creatures and helping them bond with people...więcej »
Charles Dickens, the foremost British writer, is memorable for his interesting characters and rich plots. He was a social activist who wrote plays and novels during the Victorian period. His best k...więcej »
The old eddas speak of dreki-fabled creatures who haunt the depths of Iceland's volcanoes and steal away fair maidens.Solveig wants none of such myths...więcej »
When I became a nun, I vowed to remain chaste and pure. Then the Berserkers raided the abbey and carried me off. Now I'm their captive, at their mercy. And no amount of prayer will stop the two ...więcej »
Think of Lady Gaga; think of Cher. Now multiply their audacity by a thousand. In a sequence of poetic monologues, Mata Hari: Eye of the Day dramatically portrays the life and trials of Margaraet...więcej »
Mauprat is a novel by George Sand that was first serialised in 1837. It is a love story that resists the courtship conventions of its time and focuses on the education of Bernard Maupra...więcej »
FULL COLOR, HIGH QUALITY, EDITION. The adventures of Max and Moritz in English.First published in 1865, this classic book has entertained adults and children alike for over 150...więcej »
Like Jennifer Egan's A Visit from the Goon Squad and Muriel Spark's The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Kevin Clouther's Maximum Speed moves across time and point of view t...więcej »
On the lost continent of Pyris, eight lands are controlled by Divines-powerful beings with abilities to manipulate metals, harness the wind, and turn flesh to ash.Since t...więcej »