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Bayou Folk and A Night in Acadie are short story collections by Louisiana Creole author Kate Chopin. Many of the stories are set in Natchitoches in north-central Louisiana. The characters in stories are usually residents of Louisiana, and many are Creoles of various ethnic or racial backgrounds. Table of Contents: Bayou Folk: A No-Account Creole In and Out of Old Natchitoches In Sabine A Very Fine Fiddle Beyond the Bayou Old Aunt Peggy The Return of Alcibiade A Rude Awakening The...
| Автор | Kate Chopin |
This book tells the story of Vincent Wingfield, young farmer who lost his father and whose mother is in charge of an estate called the Orangery. Vincent is preparing to take over the reins when he came of age but the war starts and he joins the fights for the Confederate States of America, even though he is against slavery. Vincent leaves the overseer Jonas Pearson, notorious for being the tyrant, in charge of the Orangery. Vincent gets to taste of action at Bull Run and from that point he works...
| Автор | G. A. Henty |
The Guarded Heights is the story of George Morton as he struggles to make it big and rise from his humble background. The Straight Path narrates the story of Freddy as he struggles to accommodate the demands of his visiting but overbearing mother. Excerpt: "George Morton never could be certain when he first conceived the preposterous idea that Sylvia Planter ought to belong to him. The full realization, at any rate, came all at once, unexpectedly, destroying his dreary outlook, urging...
| Автор | Charles Wadsworth Camp |
Herlock Sholmes est une copie transparente du héros de Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes, qui alors connaît déjà un très grand succès en France. Cette aventure d'Arsène Lupin, au scénario et au ton humoristiques, tranche avec des œuvres plus sombres de Leblanc. Le baron d'Imblevalle, à qui on a volé une lampe contenant un bijou précieux, fait appel à Herlock Sholmès pour la retrouver. Lupin envoie une lettre au détective, le priant de ne pas intervenir. Sholmès n'en tient aucun compte...
| Автор | Морис Леблан |
"The Maid of Honour" is a historical novel set in the turbulent times of the French Revolution. Extract: "The queen was enchanted with the success of her protégée, who was speedily surrounded by an increasing circle of danglers who minced with toes turned out, shook back their costly ruffles, and lisped the most honeyed compliments from morn to dewy eve. She enjoyed her new position vastly, was blithe as a young bird, and gazed fearlessly on into a future, which seemed an...
| Автор | Wingfield Lewis |
Nicht nur die wissenschaftlichen Spezialisten, nein, auch ein Troubadour ist mitunter der Wahrheit auf der Spur, und wir sind Troubadours beiderlei Geschlechts. Wir sind Prediger der Liebe, ohne Entgleisungen zu verdecken. Wir preisen an ein Dankfest für das Geschenk der Wollust ohne Orgien-Blödelei. Erst wenn wir gemeinsam den ewigen Wert hingebungsvoller Liebe erkennen, werden wir uns von den üblichen Verirrungen trennen. Der Sex-Wahn heute ist nicht schlechthin ein Werk des Teufels, ...
| Автор | Christoph Mayerhofer |
Musaicum Books presents to you this sea adventures collection of maritime mysteries, pirate stories and weird tales of high seas. Table of contents: "The Iron Pirate: A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea" is the tale of a great gas-driven iron-clad, which could outpace the navies of the world and terrorize the Atlantic Ocean. "Captain Black: A Romance of the Nameless Ship" is a sequel to the tale of The Iron Pirate and the terrible captain who comes to life again. After his...
| Автор | Pemberton Max |
Uther & Igraine is a romantic tale of the forbidden love between Uther Pendragon, legendary king of Britain, and Lady Igraine, wife of his enemy Gorlois, Duke of Cornwall. After many misfortunes Lady Igraine eventually gets tricked into marrying Gorlois, but their marriage is unhappy. The death of Aurelius Ambrosius made his brother Uther the new king and, under the threat of new battles, Uther called for gathering of knights, many of which answered the call. Duke Gorlois had come from...
| Автор | Warwick Deeping |
Ce livre contient la collection complètes de la série Arsène Lupin qui compte 19 romans et 4 recueils de nouvelle. Arsène Lupin présente la particularité de se grimer, se maquiller, se déguiser ou même se transformer selon le personnage qu'il incarne. Néanmoins, au naturel, il s'agit, semble-t-il, d'un personnage plutôt élancé, de belle allure et d'une force peu commune, liée à son entraînement. Il fait montre de ses talents dans de nombreuses aventures qui se suivent...
| Автор | Морис Леблан |
Musaicum Books presents to you this meticulously edited George Bernard Shaw collection: Introduction: Mr. Bernard Shaw (by G. K. Chesterton) Novels: Cashel Byron's Profession An Unsocial Socialist Love Among The Artists The Irrational Knot Plays: Plays Unpleasant: Widowers' Houses (1892) The Philanderer (1898) Mrs. Warren's Profession (1898) Plays Pleasant: Arms And The Man: An Anti-Romantic Comedy in Three Acts (1894) Candida (1898) You Never Can Tell (1897) ...
| Автор | GEORGE BERNARD SHAW |
The Nuremberg trials were held after World War II by the Allied forces under international law and the laws of war. The trials were most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military, judicial, and economic leadership of Nazi Germany, who planned, carried out, or otherwise participated in the Holocaust and other war crimes. The trials were held in Nuremberg, Germany. This volume contains trial proceedings from 25 March 1946 to 6 April 1946.
| Автор | International Military Tribunal |
Aljanna, die junge Druidin, soll drei Aufgaben erfüllen, die ihr von den Großmeistern aufgetragen wurden. Doch wie soll sie das nur alleine schaffen? In ihrer Verzweiflung trifft sie glücklicherweise auf den kleinen Pan, der ihre Ratlosigkeit sofort spürt, ein großes Abenteuer wittert und ihr seine Hilfe anbietet. Als sie sich auf den Weg zu den Zentauren begeben, treffen sie auf weitere Wesen, die unterschiedlicher nicht sein können. Freundschaften entstehen, die so ungewöhnlich sind wie sie...
| Автор | Frau Fröhlich |
Es war einmal vor langer Zeit eine junge Frau namens Serena, die ihre Tage in schlafwandlerischer Zufriedenheit verbrachte. Doch dann kam ein Fremder in die Stadt. Und sonderbare Dinge begannen zu geschehen. Das Sonderbarste war, dass der Unbekannte Serena aus dem Schlaf ihres Lebens wecken wollte … Serena erliegt den Verlockungen der unbekannten Welt vollends, obwohl sie herbe Verluste hinnehmen muss – und nicht weiß, wohin sie driftet. Niemand versteht sie, niemand kann ihr helfen, sie ist...
| Автор | Zombie A. Hamadryad |
Buck Surratt rode a long way through the desert in order to get to the Morgantown where hoped to find a job. Night before he will arrive into the town he spends the night on the ridge near the road, when he hears a gun shot from the nearby canyon to which he doesn't pay too much attention. However, as he enters the Morgantown next day looking for a job, Buck ends up being interrogated by the town officials about the mysterious shot. Unwilling to share details of his past the stranger...
| Автор | Ernest Haycox |
This historical novel features the turbulent final days and the death of Henry I, Duke of Guise (1550-1588), who was a key figure in the French Wars of Religion between Catholics and Huguenots. In 1576 he founded the Catholic League to prevent the heir, King Henry of Navarre, head of the Huguenot movement, from succeeding to the French throne. A powerful opponent of the queen mother, Catherine de' Medici, he was assassinated by the bodyguards of her son, King Henry III in the conflict known...
| Автор | G. P. R. James |
This eBook collection has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Content: The Murders in the Rue Morgue The Mystery of Marie Rogêt The Purloined Letter The Gold-Bug The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade The Man of the Crowd The Tell-Tale Heart The Fall of the House of Usher The Cask of Amontillado The Black Cat The Masque of the Red Death The Pit and the Pendulum Ligeia The Oval Portrait A Tale of the Ragged Mountains ...
| Автор | Эдгар По |
Lays of Ancient Rome is a collection of narrative poems, or lays, which recount heroic episodes from early Roman history with strong dramatic and tragic themes, giving the collection its name. The first poem, Horatius, describes how PubliusHoratius and two companions, SpuriusLartius and Titus Herminius, hold the Sublician bridge, the only span crossing the Tiber at Rome, against the Etruscan army of Lars Porsena, King of Clusium. The next poem, The Battle of Lake Regillus, celebrates the Roman...
| Автор | Томас Бабингтон Маколей |
This eBook collection has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Table of Contents: An Egyptian Princess Uarda: A Romance of Ancient Egypt Homo Sum The Sisters The Emperor (Hadrian) Serapis: a Romance The Bride of the Nile Cleopatra Arachne A Thorny Path (Per Aspera) Other Novels: The Burgomaster's Wife:A Tale of the Siege of Leyden Margery: A Tale of Old Nuremberg Barbara Blomberg: A Historical Romance In the Blue Pike ...
| Автор | Georg Ebers |
Arsène Lupin présente la particularité de se grimer, se maquiller, se déguiser ou même se transformer selon le personnage qu'il incarne. Néanmoins, au naturel, il s'agit, semble-t-il, d'un personnage plutôt élancé, de belle allure et d'une force peu commune, liée à son entraînement. Il fait montre de ses talents dans de nombreuses aventures qui se suivent chronologiquement et ont pour cadre la France de la Belle Époque puis, plus brièvement, celle des Années Folles. Sa...
| Автор | Морис Леблан |
Musaicum Books presents to you a unique Christmas Collection, formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. This carefully edited edition includes the most beloved Christmas poems and carols: Contents: Silent Night The Three Kings Christmas Bells Christmas At Sea Angels from the Realms of Glory Christmas in the Olden Time Marmion: A Christmas Poem Old Santa Claus The Twelve Days of Christmas Minstrels Ring Out, Wild Bells Christmas In India ...
| Автор | Редьярд Киплинг |
Bobby Brown's grandfather is murdered and no one knows how did the killer enter the locked room? Excerpt: "The night of his grandfather's mysterious death at the Cedars, Bobby Blackburn was, at least until midnight, in New York. He was held there by the unhealthy habits and companionships which recently had angered his grandfather to the point of threatening a disciplinary change in his will. As a consequence he drifted into that strange adventure which later was to surround him...
| Автор | Charles Wadsworth Camp |
"Bartleby, the Scrivener" – An elderly Manhattan lawyer with a comfortable business in legal documents has two scriveners employed, but an increase in business leads him to advertise for a third. He hires the forlorn-looking Bartleby in the hope that his calmness will soothe the irascible temperaments of the other two. An office boy nicknamed Ginger Nut completes the staff. At first, Bartleby produces a large volume of high-quality work, but one day, when asked to help proofread a document,...
| Автор | Herman Melville |
When jury returns with the 'not guilty' verdict for an old town crook and smuggler Ollie Jacks it brings dissensions among few prominent people in the town. Everyone thought that Ollie deserves death for what he is believed to have done, but one of the town leaders, Clay Morgan, decides to spare his life and guarantees him safety if he stays in town. But Ollie can't trust Morgan's promise and goes on a run which propels a posse containing both those who want Ollie dead and...
| Автор | Ernest Haycox |
The Nuremberg trials were held after World War II by the Allied forces under international law and the laws of war. The trials were most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military, judicial, and economic leadership of Nazi Germany, who planned, carried out, or otherwise participated in the Holocaust and other war crimes. The trials were held in Nuremberg, Germany. This volume contains trial proceedings from preliminary hearing held on 14 November 1945 until 30...
| Автор | International Military Tribunal |