This a tale of a super ambitious, super bright young woman, Coco, and Ian Blakely, a hedge fund manager who by chance becomes important in her life. Murder, sex and money intersect in this South...więcej »
Set in the late 1800's, the story of Elizabeth begins in the city of Boston, Massachusetts. Orphaned and unafraid, she hurriedly jumps on a train to flee a desperate situation in hopes of a bett...więcej »
It's 1942. Joe is representative of many young American men of his generation: America and its Allies are at war with the Germans and the Japanese, and this...więcej »
We eat and drink for more than mere survival. Food comforts and reassures, connects us with others. A mug of coffee wakes us up in the morning. A cup of tea can calm us down.Cakes are gre...więcej »
The first story is about a meeting at the health science building at the university. Jack Schwartz liad down on a bed of nails. Very interesting! Another story is about meetings with acquaintanc...więcej »
"Colas Breugnon" is a charming romance of life in Burgundy three hundred years ago. It is an "autobiographical" novel, the story being told in the first person by Colas, who reviews his fifty years...więcej »
In many capital crimes in which no one has been convicted there has been little doubt in the minds of law enforcement personnel as to the identity of the pe...więcej »
Cold Comfort Farm (Unabridged) by Stella Gibbons
In Gibbons's classic tale, a resourceful young heroine finds herself in the gloomy, overwrought world of a Hardy or Bronte novel and proceed...więcej »
Voice of the Anchorage Times columnist Tom Brennan, author of the best-selling Murder at 40 Below, retells the most dramatic and exciting stories from the confidential files of...więcej »
She feels frozen in place. Until a pair of prison escapees descends on her hometown... Montana. Former MP Cache Iron's future is as clear as the whiteout cond...więcej »
Liam is a handsome young man with family and friends. However, Liam suffers from a condition called social anxiety disorder. Refusing to get any help for his condition, Liam's sister sets him up...więcej »
E.F. Benson, in full Edward Frederic Benson, (born July 24, 1867, Wellington College, Berkshire, Eng.-died Feb. 29, 1940, London), writer of fiction, reminiscences, and biographies, of which the...więcej »
Colin Butler, Lord Gelroy, is in deep trouble. Years of hard work and frugal living have finally failed, leaving his troubled estate on the brink of disaster. A last-ditch effort to stay out of ...więcej »
Adventure. Competition. A duel to the death.While on a journey to the famous city of Thronehold, Volke Savan learns of the Sovereign Dragon Tournament. The massive celebr...więcej »
The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James is the title of M. R. James' omnibus collection of ghost stories, published in 1931, bringing together all but four of his ghost stories (which had yet...więcej »
‘I was conscious of a most horrible smell of mould, and of a cold kind of face pressed against my own, and moving slowly over it, and of several - I don't know how many - legs and arms or ten...więcej »
As well as being one of the major literary figures of the twentieth century and the recipient of the 1923 Nobel Prize for Literature, William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) is the greatest lyric poet tha...więcej »