Maison d'édition: Wildside Press
What was the secret of Dorgan's power over the South Sea island's natives? Classic historical adventure fiction first published in the March 15, 1918 issue of Adventure magazine.
Arnold Bennett was born in 1867 in Hanley one of the six towns that formed the Potteries that later joined together to become Stoke on Trent; the area in which most of his works are located. For a short time he worked for his solicitor father before realising that to advance his life he would need to become his own man. Moving to London at twenty-one he obtained work as a solicitor’s clerk and gradually moved into a career of journalism. At the turn of the century he turned full time to writing and shortly thereafter in 1903 he moved to Paris and in 1908 published to great acclaim The Old Wives Tale. With this his reputation was set. Clayhanger and The Old Wives Tale are perhaps his greatest and most lauded novels.Voir livre
That Dazzling Sun, Book 2 in The Tinsmith's Apprentice trilogy, continues the vivid coming-of-age story of Isaac Granger, slave to Thomas Jefferson, begun in Bechtel's marvelously adept debut novel, "A Partial Sun" in which Isaac begins his complicated apprenticeship at age fifteen as a tinsmith in Philadelphia in the fall of 1790.In this second book, Rachel Bringhouse, the tinsmith's daughter and Isaac's tutur, sails off to Englad to work alongside the famous social activist and poet, Hannah Moore, writing enthusiastic letters to Isaac and which Isaac answers back with assistance from the irrepressibly poetic cook's helper, Ovid. Meanwhile, Billey gardner, the feisty and opportunistic former slave of James Madison, pesters Isaac with notions of a business partnership; the charismatic Dr. Cornelius Sharp uses Isaac to confront Jefferson as a debt-ridden slaveowner; and the Reverend Richard Allen provides Isaac with a most surprising document.When an exuberant Rachel returns from England with a key insight and Isaac's hated nemesis Daniel Shady reappears, bent on revenge, the book rises to its crescendo, in which Isaac must rise to his own power and bargain at last with Thomas Jefferson on his own terms.Voir livre
The Great Gatsby is more than a novel: it is the heartbeat of American literature. A masterpiece that reveals ambition, desire, impossible love, and the fragile truth behind the glitter of the Roaring Twenties. This unabridged audiobook edition by OLDpress includes a new original introduction by Andrew Hole, created for listeners who want to truly understand the world that shaped Gatsby: the history behind the parties, the real-life inspirations, the scandals, the obsessions, and the emotional tensions that defined the Jazz Age and Fitzgerald’s own life. If you love great classics, and if you look for stories that explore identity, success, illusion and the hidden cost of the American Dream, this edition gives you a clear, complete and faithful experience of the original text. And if you listen to grow, to reflect, or to discover the books that changed the world, The Great Gatsby is one of those essential works that belongs in every serious audio library. Gatsby, Daisy, Nick and Tom are more than characters: they are symbols of a generation, mirrors of a nation and, in many ways, reflections of ourselves. A timeless classic. A story that still speaks to every generation. An audiobook for anyone who wants the very best of American fiction.Voir livre
The world of Dragon Heart is thrown into confusion when they become the target of their Viking brothers. Raiders come from every direction to take what Dragon Heart and his people have built. This is the time of Viking fighting Viking for control of the land that will become England. A fast moving novel the action moves from Byzantium to London and then Orkney.Voir livre
Swann's Way is the first book in the seven-volume work In Search of Lost Time, or Remembrance of Things Past, by Marcel Proust. It is a novel written in the form of an autobiography. Proust's most prominent work, it is popularly known for its length and the notion of involuntary memory, the most famous example being the "episode of the madeleine." (Summary from Wikipedia)Voir livre
Kate was raised a farm girl. She’s six feet tall, handles a motorbike like a professional but has insecurities to match her height. She ignores her past by putting her fingers in her ears but that doesn’t keep the questions out. Why did Jane, her mute mother, adopt her out and only communicate through poetry? What became of her grandmother Meredith wo embarked up the Whanganui River on a paddle steamer to marry a war-damaged soldier in the ill-fated Mangapurua Valley, beyond the Bridge to Nowhere? And what should she do now about the love triangle with only two points instead of three? Kate reluctantly rides out on her motorbike to find out the truth of her ancestry and make decisions on the future. This book explores the lives of strong rural New Zealanders, set against the fragile existence that isolation brings, two world wars and a landscape that is slipping away.Voir livre
