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"Ernest Maltravers" – Tricked into spending a night at the house of a local hoodlum named Danver, our hero has a lucky escape when Alice, the daughter of the evil Danvers betrays her father. Punished for her betrayal, Ernest takes Alice under his wings and the two gradually fall in love. But Danvers is furious and kidnaps Alice from her new hiding place. Will Ernest and Alice ever meet? "Alice or the Mysteries" – The story continues from the earlier book where Ernest has suffered at...
| Автор | Эдвард Бульвер-Литтон |
In the near future the United States and Canada get into war with the Soviet Union and Chinese People's Republic. Both sides' atomic weapons are ineffective as surface-to-air missiles shoot down any bombers or guided missiles, so ground forces have done most of the fighting. The Communist nations—whose armies greatly outnumber the North Americans—conquered Western Europe, invaded South America, and are moving toward Texas. The United States eventually fall to the invader, and Billy...
| Автор | Cyril M. Kornbluth |
Musaicum Books presents to you a selection of the greatest horror classics,the greatest Vampire and Werewolf tales: Contents: Vampires: The Vampyre (John William Polidori) Dracula (Bram Stoker) Dracula's Guest (Bram Stoker) Clarimonde (Théophile Gautier) Carmilla (Sheridan Le Fanu) Vikram and the Vampire (Sir Richard Francis Burton) The Vampire (Jan Neruda) Varney the Vampire, or, the Feast of Blood (Thomas PeckettPrest and James Malcolm Rymer) The Vampire of Croglin Grange...
| Автор | Редьярд Киплинг |
An innocent masked-ball party in the touristy town of Cluny turns into a puzzling scene of crime with two of the guests being found dead in a locked room! Excerpt: "Anthony!" Vivian Young made a laughing surprised clutch at a tall figure stalking ahead of her down the station platform. The man turned sharply. At the sight of his fiancée he smiled pleasantly, though a sharp observer would have said that there was something in his eyes that suggested a man about to make the best of a...
| Автор | Dorothy Fielding |
Musaicum Books presents the series of Ashton-Kirk Mysteries: Ashton-Kirk, Investigator – Allan Morris gets implicated in the murder of his tormentor Hume and Ashton-Kirk must investigate the matter and find the real murderer. Ashton-Kirk, Secret Agent – You may never know if your next door neighbour is a spy! But Ashton-Kirk must solve a puzzling murder mystery before it's too late. Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist – This time the detective must save his friend Bat Scanlon who is neck-deep...
| Автор | John T. McIntyre |
This meticulously edited Sabatini collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Scaramouche Series: Scaramouche Scaramouche the King-Maker Captain Blood Series: Captain Blood Captain Blood Returns The Fortunes of Captain Blood Novels: The Lovers of Yvonne The Tavern Knight Bardelys the Magnificent The Trampling of the Lilies Love-at-Arms The Shame of Motley St. Martin's Summer Mistress Wilding The Lion's Skin The Strolling...
| Автор | Rafael Sabatini |
Intended as a sequel to «The Devil upon Two Sticks» by French writer Alain-René Lesage, «Asmodeus at Large» by Bulwer-Lytton is a fascinating story of a conversation between the Devil and his partner on contemporary society and events. Excerpt: "I put on my hat and walked at once to the Doctor's house. «Yes,» said I, musingly, «I am certainly in a consumption. I may as well, like Colonel Jones, leave my poor remains to the Surgeons at once, and enjoy the newspaper credit of my...
| Автор | Эдвард Бульвер-Литтон |
"The Last Days of Pompeii" – Pompeii, A.D. 79. Athenian nobleman Glaucus arrives in the bustling and gaudy Roman town and quickly falls in love with the beautiful Greek Ione. Ione's former guardian, the malevolent Egyptian sorcerer Arbaces, has designs on Ione and sets out to destroy their budding happiness. But will he succeed in his evil plot? Or, will the cataclysmic destruction of the city by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius be the end of all? And, what will happen to the love story...
| Автор | Эдвард Бульвер-Литтон |
Clara is a sadist and hysteric, who delights in witnessing flayings, crucifixions and numerous tortures, all done in beautifully laid out and groomed gardens, and explaining the beauty of torture to her companion—the narrator. Her hysterical orgasm and resulting exhaustionis a curious exploration of pain and pleasure and made this novel a trulyerotic BDSM masterpiece! Excerpt: "One evening some friends were gathered at the home of one of our most celebrated writers. Having dined...
| Автор | Octave Mirbeau |
Musaicum Books offers to you a collection of the greatest mystery cases for Christmas and winter holidays: Agatha Christie: The Mysterious Affair at Styles The Murder on the Links The Kidnapped Prime Minister The Million Dollar Bond Robbery The Secret Adversary R. Austin Freeman: Dr. Thorndyke's Cases The Adventures of Dr. Thorndyke Dr. Thorndyke's Casebook Arthur Conan Doyle: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes A Study in Scarlet The Sign of...
| Автор | Эдгар По |
Musaicum Books present to you this meticulously edited Christmas collection by Swedish Nobel Prize winner, containing charming and warmhearted novels and tales, children's stories and legends of Christmas. Contents: Novels: The Wonderful Adventures of Nils The Story of GöstaBerling The Emperor of Portugallia Charlotte Löwensköld Tales: The Spirit of Fasting and Petter Nord The Outlaws MamsellFredrika The Christmas Guest The Legend of the Christmas Rose The Story of a Story The...
| Автор | Selma Lagerlöf |
Musaicum Books present this meticulously edited collection of the finest Christmas mysteries to keep you company for the entire holiday season: The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle (Arthur Conan Doyle) The Flying Stars (G. K. Chesterton) Percival Bland's Proxy (R. Austin Freeman) A Christmas Capture (Fred M. White) McAllister's Christmas (Arthur Cheney Train) The Mystery of Room Five (Fred M White) A Policeman's Business (Edgar Wallace) Stuffing (Edgar Wallace) Mr...
| Автор | Джером К. Джером |
