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  A Slav Soul - From their pens to...

  Alexander Kuprin

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  Alexander Kuprin was born in Narovchat, Penza in Russia on 7th September 1870. 
  At 3 his Father died and he and mother moved to Moscow. By 10 he was enrolled at the Second Moscow Military High School and there his interest in literature began. The Alexander Military Academy followed and two years later he was a sub-lieutenant and posted to an Infantry Regiment for a further four years. 
  Despite his duties he was a now a keen writer and published his first short story at this time. His military duties also garnered him experiences for his breakthrough work ‘The Duel’.  Leaving the military he left for Kiev to work for local newspapers.  He continued to publish both stories and novels and by 1901 he was in St Petersburg becoming part of a group that included Chekhov, Ivan Bunin, Maxim Gorky and Leonid Andreyev.  
  In the years that followed further controversial works and acclaim followed.  His comments on the regime meant he was also put under secret police surveillance.   
  As World War I erupted, Kuprin opened a military hospital but was then given command of an infantry company in Finland. He was soon discharged on grounds of ill health.  
  The October Revolution saw him praise Lenin, but he warned that the Bolsheviks threatened Russian culture and might cause further widespread suffering to the peasants.  As Civil War raged he took his family to Helsinki and then on to Paris. 
  Exile saw his talents decline further and his succumbing to alcoholism. He became lonely and withdrawn. The family's poverty increased his malaise.   
  In May 1937, the Kuprin’s returned to Moscow.  He now saw his work published but wrote almost nothing new.  In 1938 his health rapidly deteriorated.  Already suffering from a kidney problems and sclerosis, he had now developed cancer of the oesophagus.  
  Alexander Kuprin died on 25th August 1938.

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  Man Overboard - A Jesse...

  Wayne Stinnett

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  Jesse McDermitt has returned to the Florida Keys. But things in the islands are different now. The locals are worried, but nobody can explain why. A sense of foreboding hangs in the humid July air. 
  One of the locals, an investment banker, is waiting tables at the Rusty Anchor Bar and Grill. He seems a shell of the man he used to be—a hollow man whose fortune and wife are gone. He’s tight-lipped about how he came to be a guest in Rufus’s little shack behind the bar. 
  Something very sinister is going on—Jesse smells it. He’s usually very good at rooting out the source of a problem, but is stumped this time. 
  Until another tight-lipped hollow man shows up.

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  The Adventure Collection:...

  Jonathan Swift, Robert Louis...

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  What stories turn courage into legend?
  
  The Adventure Collection brings together some of the greatest tales of exploration, danger, and discovery ever written. From pirate seas and hidden treasure to wild jungles and strange new worlds, this anthology captures the spirit of adventure that has thrilled readers for generations.
  
  Featuring timeless classics such as Treasure Island, The Jungle Book, and Gulliver's Travels, these stories follow unforgettable heroes across oceans, continents, and imagination itself. Each tale celebrates bravery, curiosity, resilience, and the thrill of the unknown.
  
  Perfect for readers young and old, this collection offers fast-paced storytelling, memorable characters, and enduring lessons wrapped in pure adventure.
  
  Inside this eBook, you'll enjoy:
  
  A curated selection of classic adventure novels
  
  Iconic stories of exploration, survival, and discovery
  
  Timeless heroes and imaginative worlds
  
  A cornerstone anthology of world adventure literature
  
  Read for excitement, inspiration, or rediscovery—The Adventure Collection is a journey worth taking again and again.
  
  Set sail, venture forth, and explore the classics. Buy now and begin your adventure.

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  50+ Great Novellas and Short...

  Washington Irving, Charlotte...

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  This collection is a compilation of novels and short stories by some of the greatest masters of fiction literature.
  The collection includes works spanning over 150 years from the beginning of the 19th century to the second half of the 20th century.
  The works vary in genre, including humorous, lyrical, psychological, romantic, detective, fantastic, adventurous, and mystical prose.
  It features classics of American, British, Irish, French, German, and Russian literature.
  Some of the outstanding authors included in this collection: Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Herman Melville, Leo Tolstoy, Guy de Maupassant, Arthur Conan Doyle, Franz Kafka, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, H. P. Lovecraft,  John Galsworthy , Ernest Hemingway, Ray Bradbury, Agatha Christie, and many more.
  This book is intended for teachers and true literature enthusiasts.
   
  Washington Irving. Rip van Winkle
  Charlotte Bronte. Napoleon and the Spectre
  Mary Shelley. The Mortal Immortal
   
  Edgar Allan Poe
  The Cask of Amontillado
  The Black Cat
   
  Ivan Turgenev. First Love
  Charles Dickens. Nobody's Story
  Herman Melville. Bartleby, The Scrivener
   
  Mark Twain
  A Complaint about Correspondents, Dated in San Francisco
  Answers to Correspondents
  Among the Fenians
   
  Mary Elizabeth Braddon. The Cold Embrace
  Harriet Beecher Stowe. The Parson's Horse Race
  Joel Chandler Harris. The Wonderful Tar Baby Story
  Guy de Maupassant. The Piece of String
   
  Leo Tolstoy
  The Death Of Ivan Ilyich
  God Sees The Truth, But Waits
   
  Oscar Wilde. The Happy Prince
  Jerome K. Jerome. Three Men in a Boat
  Kate Chopin. The Awakening
  H. G. Wells. The Star
   
  Anton Chekhov
  Gooseberries
  A Malefactor
   
  Arthur Conan Doyle
  Lot No. 249
  The Crime Of The Brigadier
   
  Rudyard Kipling. The Cat That Walked By Himself
  Jack London. To Build A Fire
  H. H. Munro, or Saki. Gabriel-Ernest
  O. Henry. The Caballero's Way
  Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The Cottagette
  James Joyce. The Dead
  Franz Kafka. In the Penal Colony
  Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The Christmas Tree And The Wedding
  John Galsworthy. The Broken Boot
  F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Offshore Pirate
  G. K. Chesterton. The Blue Cross
   
  Ivan Bunin
  The Grammar Of Love
  Gentle Breathing
   
  Aleksandr Kuprin. The Outrage - A True Story
   
  Ernest Hemingway
  Up in Michigan
  Out of Season
  My Old Man
   
  Ray Bradbury
  A Little Journey
  Zero Hour
   
  H. P. Lovecraft. The Shadow over Innsmouth
   
  Mikhail Bulgakov
  The Cup Of Life
  The Beer Story
  Moonshine Springs
   
  Agatha Christie
  The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge
  The Million Dollar Bond Robbery
  The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb

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  Joy Ride

  Jennifer Saviano

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  It is possible to be blinded by the light of another human being. Especially one you love. The seemingly happiest people are often hiding the darkest secrets. Smiling through pain many of us could not even fathom, let alone survive. All the while continuing to bring joy to the people around them, blissfully oblivious to the suffering of their loved one. 
  "The ignorant often argue, that if two people really were so connected, in any form of love, they would have noticed something was not right. 
  Well, I will tell you this much… While that is often not the case, a day hasn’t gone by that I haven’t tormented myself with those same gut-wrenching thoughts.” - Ryder 
  Joy Ride is a short story that takes place within the same world as the Saviors MC Series. It is a dark tale about friendship and revenge.

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  Hearts and Bones - Love Songs...

  Niamh Mulvey

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  'Vivid, memorable and beautifully crafted’ - Sarah Moss, author of Summerwater'A brilliant collection, from a remarkable talent' - Joseph O'Connor, author of ShadowplayHearts and Bones is a book about relationships. It explores what love does to us, and how we survive it.A young woman learns to wield her power, leaving casualties in her wake, while a man from a small town finds solace in a strange new hobby. A watchful child feels a breaking point approach as her mother struggles to keep her life on track, and another daughter steps onto a stage while her family in the audience hope that she is strong enough now to take on the world.First-time lovers make mistakes, brothers and sisters try to forgive one another, and parents struggle and fail and struggle again. Teenage souls are swayed by euphoric faith in a higher power and then by devotion to desire, trapped between different notions of what might be true. Quiet revolutions happen in living rooms, on river banks, in packed pubs and empty churches, and years later we wonder why we ever did the things we did.Set between Ireland and London in the first two decades of this millennium, the stories in Hearts and Bones, Niamh Mulvey's debut collection, look at the changes that have torn through these times and ask who we are now that we’ve brought the old gods down. Witty, sharply observed and deeply moving, these ten stories announce an extraordinary new Irish literary talent.'Highly accomplished, inventive . . . what stands out is Mulvey's command of her own originality' - Irish Times'Honest, daringly fresh and stunningly written, these stories cut right to the very essence of what it means to be young’ - Jan Carson, author of The Raptures

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