"A Modern Cinderella; Or, The Little Old Shoe, and Other Stories" by Louisa May Alcott. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce...
The Wyvern Mystery is a 19th century gothic mystery. The story is about a young orphaned girl named Alice Maybell, her haunted past and the present dark atmosphere that makes a chilling and suspenseful tale. Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was a leading ghost-story writer of the nineteenth century and was central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era. M. R. James described Le Fanu as «absolutely in the first...
Die Heimatkinder verkörpern einen neuen Romantypus, der seinesgleichen sucht. Zugleich Liebesroman, Heimatroman, Familienroman – geschildert auf eine bezaubernde, herzerfrischende Weise, wie wir alle sie schon immer ersehnt haben. Während eines Sommerurlaubs lernt der junge Förster Hannes Burger die bildhübsche Städterin Sonja Rosen kennen. Obwohl er seit Langem mit Marett, einem Dirndl aus seinem Dorf, verlobt ist, folgt er der schwarzhaarigen Sonja in die Stadt und verlebt hier eine Zeit...
"The Ladies Delight" by Anonymous. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to...
"Carl Scharnhorst: Abenteuer eines deutschen Knaben in Amerika" von Armand. Veröffentlicht von Good Press. Good Press ist Herausgeber einer breiten Büchervielfalt mit Titeln jeden Genres. Von bekannten Klassikern, Belletristik und Sachbüchern bis hin zu in Vergessenheit geratenen bzw. noch unentdeckten Werken der grenzüberschreitenden Literatur, bringen wir Bücher heraus, die man gelesen haben muss. Jede eBook-Ausgabe von Good Press wurde sorgfältig bearbeitet und formatiert, um das...
"Miss Billy" by Eleanor H. Porter. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to...
This eBook edition of «THE DIAMOND AS BIG AS THE RITZ» has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz" is a novella, included in Fitzgerald's collection Tales of the Jazz Age. Much of the story is set in Montana, a setting that may have been inspired by the summer that Fitzgerald spent near White Sulphur Springs, Montana in 1915. John T. Unger, a teenager from the Mississippi River town of Hades, is sent...
A Child of the Jago recounts the brief life of Dicky Perrott, a child growing up in the «Old Jago», a fictionalization of the Old Nichol, a slum located between Shoreditch High Street and Bethnal Green Road in the East End of London. The Jago is a London slum where crime and violence are the only way of life, and from which there is no escape for the inhabitants. At the start of the novel Dicky Perrott is about 8 years old, undernourished and roaming the streets, forced to do whatever it takes...
Eight Cousins, or The Aunt-Hill is the story of Rose Campbell, a lonely and sickly girl who has been recently orphaned and must now reside with her maiden great aunts, the matriarchs of her wealthy Boston family. When Rose's guardian, Uncle Alec, returns from abroad, he takes over her care. Through his unorthodox theories about child-rearing, she becomes happier and healthier while finding her place in her family of seven boy cousins and numerous aunts and uncles. She also makes friends...
Chris Ryans Extreme – extreme Action, extremes Tempo, extreme Sprache. Im Wettlauf um immer mächtigere Waffensysteme ist die Zukunftstechnologie zur neuen Frontlinie des weltweiten Terrorismus geworden. Als der amerikanische Geheimdienst eine Schläferzelle in ihrer Mitte vermutet, aktiviert die Firma ihren kaltblütigsten Soldaten – den totgeglaubten SAS-Helden John Bald. Seine Mission: den Schläfer neutralisieren, bevor er die streng geheime Waffentechnologie dem Feind zuspielen kann. Der...
"Pandora" by Henry James. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a...