Other books that might interest you

• 

  The Shadow-Line

  Joseph Conrad

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  Written in 1915, The Shadow-Line is based upon events and experiences from twenty-seven years earlier to which Conrad returned obsessively in his fiction. A young sea captain's first command brings with it a succession of crises: his sea is becalmed, the crew laid low by fever, and his deranged first mate is convinced that the ship is haunted by the malignant spirit of a previous captain.This is indeed a work full of "sudden passions," in which Conrad is able to show how the full intensity of existence can be experienced by the man who, in the words of the older Captain Giles, is prepared to "stand up to his bad luck, to his mistakes, to his conscience." A subtle and penetrating analysis of the nature of manhood, The Shadow-Line investigates varieties of masculinity and desire in a subtext that counters the tale's seemingly conventional surface.

  Show book

• 

  Big Drunk Draf' The (Unabridged)

  Rudyard Kipling

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  First published in The Week's News on 24 March 1888, and collected in Soldiers Three (Indian Railway Library No. 1) the same year, and in Soldiers Three and other Stories in 1899.This story is told by Mulvaney, now working as a foreman on railway construction after leaving the army. The previous week he had encountered a draft of discharged men from the 'ould regiment on their way to Bombay, drunken and insubordinate because they were technically out of the army. Mulvaney dealt summarily with the drunkest of them, and encouraged their young officer to ignore the regulations and keep them under draconian military discipline. He did so, they knuckled down and behaved themselves, and were delivered to the docks chastened and sober.

  Show book

• 

  The Golden Rendezvous

  Alistair MacLean

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  A timeless classic of modern-day piracy from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. 
  Aboard the SS Campari, all is not well. 
  For Johnny Carter, the Chief Officer, the voyage has already begun badly; but it’s only when the Campari sails that evening, after a succession of delays that he realises something is seriously wrong. 
  A member of the crew is suddenly missing and the stern-to-stern search only serves to increase tension. Then violence erupts and suddenly the whole ship is in danger. Is the Campari a victim of modern day piracy? And what of the strange cargo hidden below the decks? 
  The Golden Rendezvous by Alistair MacLean is a classic adventure that takes you on a thrilling journey of mystery and suspense. This top-tier piece of fiction is a testament to MacLean's mastery in crafting traditional thrillers. 
  For fans of Frederick Forsyth (The Veteran), Nevil Shute (Pastoral), Ken Follett (The Armour of Light), Edward Marston (Murder in Transit), and Eric Ambler (Judgment on Deltchev). 
  HarperCollins 2022

  Show book

• 

  The Swiss Family Robinson

  Johann David Wyss

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  Following a wild and raging storm, the Swiss family Robinson are stranded at sea. But the thundering waves have swept them off to a tropical island, where a new life awaits them. Shipwrecked passengers on a deserted island: how will they survive? Their ship is laden with supplies and the island is packed with treasures, so they soon adapt and discover new dangers and delights every day.An Author's Republic audio production.

  Show book

• 

  Last Words (Unabridged)

  Booker T. Washington

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 - November 14, 1915) was an American educator, author, orator, and adviser to several presidents of the United States. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the dominant leader in the African American community and of the contemporary black elite. Washington was from the last generation of black American leaders born into slavery and became the leading voice of the former slaves and their descendants. They were newly oppressed in the South by disenfranchisement and the Jim Crow discriminatory laws enacted in the post-Reconstruction Southern states in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.LAST WORDS: We have come to the close of another school year. Some of you will go out from among us now, not to return. Others will go home for the summer vacation and return at the end of that for the next school year.

  Show book

• 

  MR James: The Complete Ghost...

  M. R. James

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  This audiobook is an unabridged collection of all M.R. James' ghost stories, including stories from Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, More Ghost Stories, A Thin Ghost and Others, and A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories. It is expertly read by award-winning narrator, Jonathan Keeble. 
   
  The collection includes: 
   
  Track 2: Canon Alberics Scrap-Book 
  Track 3: Lost Hearts 
  Track 4: The Mezzotint 
  Track 5: The Ash-tree 
  Track 6: Number 13 
  Track 7: Count Magnus 
  Track 8: Oh Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad 
  Track 9: The Treasure of Abbot Thomas 
  Track 10: A School Story 
  Track 11: The Rose Garden 
  Track 12: The Tractate Middoth 
  Track 13: Casting the Runes 
  Track 14: The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral 
  Track 15: Martin's Close 
  Track 16: Mr Humphrys and His Inheritance 
  Track 17: The Residence at Whitminister 
  Track 18: The Diary of Mr Poynter 
  Track 19: An Episode of Cathedral History 
  Track 20: The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance 
  Track 21: Two Doctors 
  Track 22: An Evening's Entertainment 
  Track 23: A Warning to the Curious 
  Track 24: A View From a Hill 
  Track 25: A Neighbour's Landmark 
  Track 26: The Uncommon Prayer-Book 
  Track 27: The Haunted Dolls' House 
  Track 28: Wailing Well 
  Track 29: There Was a Man Dwelt by a Churchyard 
  Track 30: Rats 
  Track 31: After Dark in the Playing Fields 
  Track 32: The Experiment 
  Track 33: The Malice of Inanimate Objects 
  Track 34: A Vignette 
  Track 35: The Fenstanton Witch 
  Track 36: Appendix

  Show book