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Musaicum Books presents to you this carefully created collection of Erle Cox's works: Novels: Out of the Silence Fools' Harvest The Missing Angel Short Stories: Major Mendax Stories: The Great Mendax Transmitter The Invisibility of Mendax The Mendax Gold Saver The Rejuvenation of Slogger Binns An Awkward Dilemma "Forty Bob Or—" Other Stories: The Gift of Venus The Demoralisation of Muriel What the Archbishop Knew The Cog Wheels A Black Cat for Luck Her One Aim...
| Автор | Erle Cox |
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 |
A human narrator from England is transported out of his body via unexplained means. He realizes he is able to explore space and other planets. After exploring a civilization on another planet in our galaxy at a level of development similar to our own that existed millions of years ago thousands of light years from Earth (the «Other Earth») in some detail, his mind merges with that of one of its inhabitants, and as they travel together, they are joined by still more minds or group-minds. This...
| Автор | Olaf Stapledon |
The Sisters is a historical novel set in the 2nd century BC that features the story of the twin sisters Klea and Irene, growing up within the precincts of the temple of Serapis and serving as its wards. This carefully crafted ebook is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. "In front of these early visitors to the temple walked a man with a long staff in his right hand speaking to the two gentlemen who followed, with the air of a professional guide, who...
| Автор | Georg Ebers |
Eva ist eine zurückhaltende und eher schüchterne Person. Daher ist es umso besser, dass sie endlich Freunde gefunden hat, die ihr zeigen, dass sie ein toller Mensch ist. Alles wäre so schön, wenn ER nicht plötzlich mit im gleichen Freundeskreis wäre. Er ist charmant, nett und sehr zuvorkommend. Bloß gegenüber Eva ist er besonders still, abweisend und desinteressiert. Er scheint etwas mit sich rumzutragen, wovon Eva eher die Finger lassen sollte. Doch mit der Zeit merken beide, dass sie ohne...
| Автор | Nadine Riehl |
Musaicum Books presents to you this great western collection containing adventure tales, romance novels and stories inspired by historical events. These tales have an ambiance and milieu of the old West and paint the picture of the West as it really was, with people as they really were. Burnt Creek Stories A Burnt Creek Yuletide Budd Dabbles in Homesteads When Money Went to His Head Stubborn People Prairie Yule False Face Rockbound Honesty Murder on the Frontier Mcquestion Rides Court...
| Автор | Ernest Haycox |
Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes features two adventures following a match of wits between Lupin and Herlock Sholmes. The character «Herlock Sholmes» is a transparent reference to Sherlock Holmes of Arthur Conan Doyle's detective stories. The first story, «The Blonde Lady», opens with the purchase of an antique desk by a mathematics professor. The desk is subsequently stolen, as it turns out, by Arsène Lupin. Later, both Lupin and the professor realize that a lottery ticket, left...
| Автор | Морис Леблан |
The Flight of the Heron is set in Scotland during the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, an attempt by Charles Edward Stuart, known as Bonnie Prince Charlie, to regain the British throne for his father. It follows the story of an unlikely friendship between a young Jacobite and Highland chieftain Ewen Cameron of Ardroy, who follows Bonnie Prince Charlie in his bid for the throne, and a Government Army Officer, the Englishman Captain Keith Windham of the Royal Scots. In the battle of Culloden Captain...
| Автор | Historical Novel |
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 January 1946 to21 January 1946.
| Автор | International Military Tribunal |
For the rest of the world Nicolas Steele is a blackmailer, a burglar, a crook, linked with indefinite number of criminal deeds and actions, but for his valet, Steele is merely the master. After five years of service, Bigg offers his input in his master's endeavors and exploits, presenting his side of the truth, but not leaving out numerous astonishing facts and astounding details regarding Steel's criminal record. A Gentleman's Gentleman tell the is an action adventure mystery...
| Автор | Pemberton Max |
Im beschaulichen Christianssund treibt ein Heiratsschwindler sein Unwesen û und in einem Schuppen wird eine Leiche gefunden. Sommerdahl ermittelt. In einem Vorort der dänischen Kleinstadt Christianssund wird die Leiche eines jungen Mannes gefunden, der mit einem Spaten erschlagen wurde. Kommissar Flemming Torp steht vor einem Rätsel: Es gibt keine Spuren, keinen Verdächtigen und kein Motiv. Flemmings Freund Dan Sommerdahl, der sich kürzlich als Werbetexter selbstständig gemacht hat, bekommt...
| Автор | Anna Grue |
Für Lernende einer Sprache sind Sprichwörter Pflicht und Kür: Will man Gespräche und Texte wirklich in ihren Bedeutungsnuancen erschließen, so sollte man sich zumindest die geläufigsten dieser tradierten Formeln einprägen. Präsentiert werden hier rund 1000 Sprichwörter in ihrer authentischen Form, wobei heute wirklich noch Bekanntes und Geläufiges im Zentrum steht. Zu jedem Sprichwort werden die über den Grundwortschatz hinausgehenden Vokabeln angegeben; darauf folgt, wenn möglich, eine deutsche...
| Автор | Judith Krieg |
This carefully crafted ebook: «The Complete Works of Rafael Sabatini» is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: 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...
| Автор | Rafael Sabatini |
This eBook collection has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Contents: Novels: Out of the Silence Fools' Harvest The Missing Angel Short Stories: Major Mendax Stories: The Great Mendax Transmitter The Invisibility of Mendax The Mendax Gold Saver The Rejuvenation of Slogger Binns An Awkward Dilemma "Forty Bob Or—" Other Stories: The Gift of Venus The Demoralisation of Muriel What the Archbishop Knew The Cog...
| Автор | Erle Cox |
After the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, Ewen Cameron of Ardroy is living in Scottish Highlands by his beloved loch with his wife and two young boys. When his younger son falls in the cold loch water, he gets rescued in the last minute and falls ill, so Ewen goes strolling through hills and moors looking for someone who can help his boy. However, King George's Redcoats are patrolling through the Highlands, assisted by local clan spies, lurking to catch mutineers from the Rebellion. Ewen gets...
| Автор | D. K. Broster |
Eva durchlebt ihre Erinnerungen, seit der Zeit, wo sie von Jacques losgerissen wurde. Inmitten der Wirren der Revolution, die nun ihre eigenen Schöpfer beseitigt. Die schreckliche Todesmaschine arbeitet Tag und Nacht und auch Eva ist lebensmüde. Was ist mit ihrem Geliebten? Endlich treffen Sie sich wieder, doch die Zeit ist nicht für ihre Liebe reif. Wie wird das alles enden? Ebenfalls 1872 entstanden ist dieser Roman eine Mischung aus Historie und schriftstellerischer Freiheit. Erstmals in...
| Автор | Alexandre Dumas |
Varney the Vampire; or, the Feast of Blood is a Victorian era serialized gothic horror story variously attributed to James Malcolm Rymer and Thomas PeckettPrest. It first appeared in 1845–1847 as a series of weekly cheap pamphlets of the kind then known as «penny dreadfuls». The author was paid by the typeset line, so when the story was published in book form in 1847, it was of epic length: the original edition ran to 876 double-columned pages and 232 chapters. Altogether it totals nearly...
| Автор | James Malcolm Rymer |
Der mysteriöse Arzt und sein Gefolge bilden eine Gruppe, die auch als Schöpfung und Erlösung bekannt ist. Dr. Jacques Mérey, ein leidenschaftlicher Arzt für wissenschaftliche und esoterische Forschung, der die Reichen ablehnt, aber die Armen und die Tiere auf wundersame Weise heilt. Er entdeckt eines Tages in einer elenden Hütte, die von einem Holzfäller und seiner Mutter bewohnt wird, ein kleines «Ding», das völlig unzusammenhängend und stumm ist, ein von ihren Eltern verlassenes Mädchen....
| Автор | Alexandre Dumas |
This unique collection of D. K. Broster's greatest historical novels and action adventures has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards. The edition incorporates an active table of contents, interactive footnotes and all other information relevant to the content which makes the reading experience meticulously organized and enjoyable: The Jacobite Trilogy: The Flight of the Heron The Gleam in the North The Dark Mile The Vision Splendid The Yellow Poppy "Mr....
| Автор | D. K. Broster |
Paul Clifford tells the story of a chivalrous highwayman in the time of the French Revolution. Brought up not knowing his origins, he falls in with a gang of highwaymen. While disguised as a gentleman for the purposes of a confidence trick, he meets and falls in love with Lucy Brandon. Clifford is arrested for a highway robbery and brought before her uncle, Judge Brandon, for trial, where it is unexpectedly revealed that Clifford is Brandon's son…
| Автор | Эдвард Бульвер-Литтон |
Detective Malcolm Sage has been compared to both HerculePoirot and Sherlock Holmes in his style of detective work. Contents: Sir John Dene Receives His Orders The Strange Case of Mr.Challoner Malcolm Sage's Mysterious Movements The Surrey Cattle-Maiming Mystery Inspector Wensdale is Surprised The Stolen Admiralty Memorandum The Outrage at the Garage Gladys Norman Dines with Thompson The Holding Up of Lady Glanedale A Lesson in Deduction The Mcmurray Mystery The Marmalade Clue ...
| Автор | Herbert George Jenkins |
Mr. Rowl is an historical romance novel set in England during the Napoleonic Wars, following the fortunes of a captured Napoleon's soldier throughout the time of his captivation in England. Captain Raoul des Sablières is a French prisoner of war who is unjustly sent to the Plymouth hulks (Prison ship). He escapes and is befriended by a Royal Navy captain, Hervey Barrington, who tries to help him reunite with the young Englishwoman he loves, and with his repatriation to France.
| Автор | D. K. Broster |
The Iron Pirate is the tale of a great gas-driven iron-clad, which could outpace the navies of the world and terrorize the Atlantic Ocean. Constructed of a phosphor-bronze alloy with engines in the vessel that burn hydrogen, manufactured by passing steam through hot coal to produce a mixture of hydrogen and carbon dioxide, the nameless ship is captained by the infamous Captain Black and it brings horror to every ship and every sailor that comes in its path.
| Автор | Pemberton Max |
Last and First Men is a «future history» science fiction novel, describing the history of humanity from the present onwards across two billion years and eighteen distinct human species, of which our own is the first. Conception of history follows a repetitive cycle with many varied civilizations rising from and descending back into savagery over millions of years, as the later civilizations rise to far greater heights than the first. It is an early example of the fictional supermind; a...
| Автор | Olaf Stapledon |