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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...
| Автор | F. Scott Fitzgerald |
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...
| Автор | Morrison Arthur |
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...
| Автор | Louisa May Alcott |
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...
| Автор | Chris Ryan |
"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...
| Автор | Генри Джеймс |
This eBook edition of «The Sorrows of Satan (Horror Classic)» has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Geoffrey Tempest a penniless, starving author so poor that he is behind on his rent and can barely afford light in his room. One day he receives three letters. The first is from a friend in Australia who has made his fortune and offers to introduce him to a good friend who might be able to lift him from poverty. The second is a note from a...
| Автор | Marie Corelli |
"In the Reign of Terror: The Adventures of a Westminster Boy" by G. A. Henty. 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...
| Автор | G. A. Henty |
"The Philosophy of Beards" by Thomas S. Gowing. 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...
| Автор | Thomas S. Gowing |
This eBook edition of «Om: The Secret of Ahbor Valley» has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Excerpt:"Ommony managed to master his emotions somehow, but it was not easy, for here was proof of a system of spying that out-spied the Secret Service. How had the Lama learned that the stone had been entrusted to McGregor, to be given in turn to Macauley, to be taken to Tilgaun? Given that much information in the first place it might have been...
| Автор | Talbot Mundy |
"Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom" by Samuel G. Goodrich. 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...
| Автор | Samuel G. Goodrich |
"My Religion" by graf Leo Tolstoy (translated by Huntington Smith). 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...
| Автор | graf Leo Tolstoy |
"Short Stories and Essays (from Literature and Life)" by William Dean Howells. 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...
| Автор | William Dean Howells |