Speaking of this novel, Conrad wrote, 'The origin of The Secret Agent: subject, treatment, artistic purpose and every other motive that may induce an author to take up his pen, can, I believe, b...więcej »
1910, South America. A time of racial tension and poverty. A time where forbidden love must remain a secret.
Winnie Cox lives a privileged life of dances and dresses on her father's sugar cane pl...więcej »
An Unexpected QuestThe year is 1187 and European crusaders still control Jerusalem. The Sultan Saladin has unleashed war on the Crusader Kingdoms and the Christian armies...więcej »
Breathe. Just breathe. Sometimes that's all it takes to wipe away the bad memories. Other times, the swallowing darkness lurches Dani awake in a cold sweat, the blood...więcej »
With the creature vanished, tensions rise at the school after it's revealed that head wizard Almagest's death may not have been an accident.Meanwhile having discovered clues to the wherea...więcej »
HAVEN'T YOU WONDERED?Undercover, on skid row . . .Owen Brophy, summoned by a street psychic, is alarmed when she knows his real name-and unnerved by her obsti...więcej »
Virginia Woolf's development and evolution as a writer are highlighted in these 23 exceptional short stories. This collection pores over the intimate details of life in beautiful poetic prose...więcej »
This breathtaking historical novel of action and suspense is set in the year 71 A.D. amid the exotic and vibrant streets of Ancient Rome. Macha, the strong-willed daughter of a legendary Celtic ...więcej »
If you had any ties to Marbella, it was impossible for you not to have heard the stories about Prince Elias and his debauchery.
Every summer he arrived with his security detail and friends...więcej »
He lost his home. His family. His pride. So he made his own.England, 1881. Being gay is both a sin and a crime. Parents disowning their children is consi...więcej »
The Smoky God, or A Voyage Journey to the Inner Earth is a novel of 1908 by Willis George Emerson, which is presented as a true account of a Norwegian sailor named Olaf Jansen, and explains how Jan...więcej »
Arthur Severn, a young Englishman on holiday in the west of Ireland, is forced by a storm to stop for the night in a mysterious village, where he hears the legend of "The Snake's Pass." Long ago, i...więcej »
A brilliant novel about family ties, generational racism, and a mysterious murder that casts is shadow on a man fulfilling his mother's dying wish.więcej »
"I just wanted to be myself, someone who would be free enough to move the line around, between Chinese and American within a wider range and far outside of the spectrum."więcej »
Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He is regarded as a major innovator in the art of the short story; his children's books are classics...więcej »