Mahony, having bought a medical practice on the south coast of England, discovers that his years in the colonies have alienated him from provincial English life. Follows Australia Felix.
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Auteur: RICHARDSON, Henry HandelSommaire: - Auteur: Wing, PaulSommaire:
Paul Wing, one of our favorite storytellers, narrates this charming tale about Edgar, a baby elf that grows much too fast. The whimsical sleeve artwork is by illustrator Rea Irvin, who produced over 100 covers for The New Yorker...
- Auteur: Bailey, Arthur Scott
- Auteur: Bailey, Arthur ScottSommaire:
Mr. Bailey centered all his plots in the animal, bird and insect worlds, weaving natural history into the stories in a way that won educator’s approval without arousing the suspicions of his young readers. He made it a habit...
- Auteur: Stratton-Porter, GeneSommaire:
He darted through the orange orchard searching for slugs for his breakfast, and between whiles he rocked on the branches and rang over his message of encouragement to men. The song of the Cardinal was overflowing with joy, for this was...
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Auteur: Rizal, Jos,̌Sommaire:When her husband was sleeping off the wine he had drunk, or was snoring through the siesta, and she could not quarrel with him, Doqa Consolacion, in a blue flannel camisa, with a big cigar in her mouth, would take her stand at the...
- Auteur: ANDREYEV, Leonid NikolayevichSommaire:
The Seven Who Were Hanged depicts the fates of five terrorists foiled in their attack and two common peasants who have received death sentences. These condemned men are awaiting their executions by hanging. In prison, each of the...
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Auteur: WATTLES, Wallace D.Sommaire:The Science of Being Great is the second book of Wattles' triology. In this volume he argues that the power of thought and positive self-esteem is the only true measure of a person's greatness.
- Auteur: Bower, B. M.Sommaire:
...Four trail-worn oxen, their necks bowed to the yoke of patient servitude, should really begin this story. But to follow the trail they made would take several chapters which you certainly would skip – unless you like to...
- Auteur: Burroughs, Edgar RiceSommaire:
The People That Time Forgot is an Edgar Rice Burroughs science fiction novel, the second of his Caspak trilogy. The sequence was first published in Blue Book Magazine as a three-part serial in the issues for September, October and...
- Auteur: LEWIS, Matthew G.Sommaire:
Prepare to be shocked. This novel, written in 1796, is a gothic festival of sex, magic and ghastly, ghostly violence rarely seen in literature. The Monk is remarkably modern in style and tells a breathless tale of temptation,...
- Auteur: Houdini, HarrySommaire:
A complete expos ̌of the modus operandi of fire eaters, heat resisters, poison eaters, venomous reptile defiers, sword swallowers, human ostriches, strong men, etc
- Auteur: IBSEN, HenrikSommaire:
Henrik Ibsen's The Master Builder, first published in 1892, is about architect Halvard Solness, who despite personal tragedy (including the death of his two sons) has risen to the top of his profession. He has succeeded partly...
- Auteur: Chesterton, G. K.Sommaire:
"G. K. Chesterton's surreal masterpiece is a psychological thriller that centers on seven anarchists in turn-of-the-century London who call themselves by the names of the days of the week. Chesterton explores the meanings of...
- Auteur: GREY, ZaneSommaire:
Buck Duane, son of a famous gunfighter, falls prey to the old problem – called out by a cowboy who wants to make trouble, Duane kills him and then must ride off to the lawless country near the Neuces River to escape being...
- Auteur: Striker, FranSommaire:
The Lone Ranger Rides Again is a 1939 American Republic serial. It was a sequel to Republic's earlier 1937 serial The Lone Ranger, which had been highly successful, and the thirteenth of the sixty-six serials produced by Republic...
- Auteur: Johnston, Annie F. (Annie Fellows)Sommaire:
The LITTLE COLONEL Series consisted of 15 titles and a paperdoll book, all published by L.C. Page Company between 1896 and 1914. In 1935, Shirley Temple starred in the film version of the first novel, The Little Colonel.
- Auteur: GREY, ZaneSommaire:
A woman is kidnapped from Fort Henry by a band of renegades and hostile Ohio Valley Indians, and Lewis Wetzel (known by the Indians as Death Wind) with his partner Jonathan Zane set out in pursuit, with little hope of survival.
- Auteur: Sale, George and Pickthall, Marmaduke WilliamSommaire:
While in the service of India's Nizam of Hyderabad, Marmaduke Pickthall converted to Islam and, with the help of Muslim theologians and linguists, produced this clear and lovingly precise English interpretation of the Holy Koran....
- Auteur: LONDON, JackSommaire:
This book by Jack London was published under the name of "The Jacket" in the UK and "The Star Rover" in the US. A framing story is told in the first person by Darrell Standing, a university professor serving life...