Jean Webster, original name Alice Jane Chandler Webster, (born July 24, 1876, Fredonia, N.Y., U.S.-died June 11, 1916, New York, N.Y.), American writer who is best remembered for her fiction bes...więcej »
When town trouble maker, Louella Drummond, drops dead in front of Isolde Quinn's pet store just minutes after threatening both Issy and her cousin Graeme, the police in the small lakeside to...więcej »
Arsene Lupin vs Herlock Sholmes (1910) is a novel by Maurice Leblanc. Forced to change the name of his antagonist following a legal challenge by Holmes' creator, Leblanc still manages to ...więcej »
Twenty-five years ago two 737s were destroyed in accidents attributed to a similar Boeing design flaw. During those years the projected accident rate was destined to cripple the airline industry...więcej »
The Last Emperor of Rome, a tale of love, betrayal, and turmoil, takes place during the final thirty-five years of the Western Roman Empire. It was a time of palace intrigue, assassinations, barbar...więcej »
When the dead are awakened from their slumber, Correctional Officer Susan Wells must lead a group of inmates and guards alike from cellblock B to cellblock A in a desperate attempt to keep every...więcej »
Stolen Souls (1895) is a short story collection by Anglo-French writer William Le Queux. Published at the beginning of Le Queux's career as a leading author of popular thrillers, Stole...więcej »
First published in 1920, D. H. Lawrence’s “Women in Love” is the sequel to his 1915 novel “The Rainbow” and is widely considered one of his best works and one of th...więcej »
Dante Alighieri was born in Florence, Italy in the middle of the 13th century and what is principally known of him comes from his own writings. One of the world's great literary masterpieces, the "...więcej »
All set in 19th century England, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell's The Grey Woman and Other Tales feature thrilling tales of suspense and morality. Disappearances follows the investiga...więcej »
Sir Wade Jermyn was once an early explorer of the Congo, writing numerous books on a mysterious white civilisation that lived there. Ridiculed for his ideas, he was eventually deemed insane and inc...więcej »
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was an Irish writer and poet who distinguished himself as a leader of London's school of Aesthetics in the late nineteenth century. He became famous for his long hair, flamb...więcej »
Garrett Cobb's yearning to travel finally comes to fruition, but just when the love of his life, Megan Meyer, leaves him for his brother, Billy. Hoping to win her back before he leaves for Europ...więcej »
The Fifth Queen is trilogy of historical novels by English novelist Ford Madox Ford comprising The Fifth Queen: And How She Came to Court (1906), Privy Seal (1907), and The Fifth Queen Crowned (...więcej »
When Patty Went to College is Jean Webster's first novel, published in 1903. It is a humorous look at life in a women's college at the turn of the 20th century. Patty Wyatt, the protagonist of t...więcej »
The Importance of Gratitude is based on my own personal experience of how important it is to practice gratitude on a daily basis. It is about research that has been done on the benefits of makin...więcej »
An eighteen year old kid makes an ill-advised decision, ending up in the Vietnam war armed with an M-16 automatic rifle, a .45-caliber pistol and an M-79 gr...więcej »