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  Robinson Crusoe

  Daniel Defoe

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  Embark on one of the greatest survival adventures ever written, a timeless story of resilience, ingenuity, and hope.
  
  Discover "Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe, the legendary adventure novel that has captivated readers for more than three centuries. Widely regarded as one of the first great English novels, this enduring masterpiece combines thrilling adventure with profound reflections on perseverance, self-reliance, and the human spirit.
  
  When Robinson Crusoe is stranded on a remote island after a shipwreck, he must rely on his courage, resourcefulness, and determination to survive in complete isolation. As the years pass, he transforms an unforgiving wilderness into a home, confronting challenges that test both his physical endurance and his character. Through gripping storytelling and vivid detail, Defoe explores themes of survival, resilience, faith, civilization, friendship, and personal growth without revealing the novel's most memorable events.
  
  First published in 1719, "Robinson Crusoe" is considered a landmark of English literature and one of the most influential adventure novels ever written. Its impact on literature and popular culture has inspired countless adaptations, reinterpretations, and stories of exploration and survival across generations.
  
  Perfect for readers who enjoy classic literature, adventure fiction, historical fiction, survival stories, and literary classics, this timeless novel offers an unforgettable journey filled with excitement, wisdom, and enduring inspiration.
  
  Experience one of the world's greatest adventure classics. Add "Robinson Crusoe" to your Kindle library today and discover a story of courage, determination, and survival that continues to inspire readers around the globe.

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  How To Travel Incognito

  Ludwig Bemelmans

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  When Ludwig Bemelmans encounters the dashing yet penniless Comte de St. Cucuface aboard a Paris train, he is swept into a deliciously absurd adventure through 1950s France. Under the Count's mischievous tutelage, Bemelmans assumes the role of a German prince, hoodwinking strangers with impeccable manners and effortless charm.
  Together, the unlikely duo embark on a run of outlandish escapades, living lavishly on nothing at all. They dine in grand hotels, commandeer Rolls-Royces, outwit restaurateurs and enchant American millionaires with fantastical tales of their aristocratic pasts.
  Brimming with quick wit and enlivened by charming illustrations, How to Travel Incognito captures a France suspended between fading elegance and the glitter of the new. Fictionalising Bemelmans's own improbable exploits, it's a reminder that the best journeys let us become someone else entirely.

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  The Tragic Muse - Politics...

  Henry James

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  A young man gives up politics for painting and an actress gives up everything for the stage, and both are told they are wasting their lives. James's novel about what art costs the people who choose it. This edition includes fifty-nine plates of painting from 1795 to 1915, among them works by Henry Sargent, Edgar Degas, Édouard Manet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

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  The Fall of the House of Usher

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  Enter a World of Shadow, Decay, and Unspeakable Dread.
  
  Experience the ultimate masterpiece of Gothic fiction from the legendary Edgar Allan Poe. In The Fall of the House of Usher, an unnamed narrator arrives at the ancestral home of his boyhood friend, Roderick Usher, only to find a mansion—and a family—on the brink of total collapse.
  
  As a suffocating gloom descends upon the crumbling estate, the narrator is drawn into the terrifying mystery of Roderick's twin sister, Madeline, and the strange, supernatural connection between the family and their decaying house. Poe's atmospheric prose expertly weaves themes of madness, isolation, and the macabre into a story that has haunted readers for generations.
  
  This definitive edition brings to life the quintessential work of American Gothic literature. Whether you are a longtime fan of Edgar Allan Poe or a newcomer to his dark world, this story remains a chilling exploration of the human psyche and the inevitable pull of the past.
  
  Dare to cross the threshold of the House of Usher. Buy now and experience the peak of literary horror.

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  They - From their pens to your...

  Rudyard Kipling

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  Joseph Rudyard Kipling was born in Mumbai, India on 30th December 1865.   
  As was the custom in those days, he and his sister were sent back to England when he was 5.  The ill-treatment and cruelty by the Portsmouth couple they boarded with Kipling said contributed to the onset of his literary life.  
  At 16 he returned to India to work on a local paper where he was soon contributing and writing.  It also exposed him to the issues of identity and national allegiance which pervade much of his work.  
  In 1886, his ‘Departmental Ditties’, collection of verse appeared in print followed by 39 short stories for his newspaper over only 8 months.  These were then published as ‘Plain Tales from the Hills’, shortly after his 22nd birthday.  
  He continued his prolific pace of writing before being dismissed in a dispute and, taking his pay-off and the profits from the sale of some publishing rights, decided to return to London, travelling via Rangoon, Hong Kong, Japan and the United States, all the while writing articles, and arriving at Liverpool in October 1889. 
  Over the next two years he saw further works published as books and in magazines, as well as a nervous breakdown for which he was prescribed a sea voyage, to South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and India.  
  Happier times came with marriage to Caroline Starr Balestier in January 1892.  The honeymoon began in Vermont and ended in Yokahama where they heard their bank had failed.  They returned to Vermont and settled.  Caroline was now pregnant and he was planning the ‘Jungle Books’.  
  A failed arbitration between the US and England resulted in an argument between Caroline’s brother and Kipling, and then his arrest.  At the hearing he was mortified by the exposure of his private life and after settling the matter they returned to England and life in Torquay.  ‘Kim’ was published in 1902, and ‘Just So Stories for Little Children’, a year later.  
  In 1907 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature with the citation “in consideration of the power of observation, originality of imagination, virility of ideas and remarkable talent for narration which characterise the creations of this world-famous author”.   
  When the Great War erupted, he scorned those who refused conscription.  His son enlisted and was killed at the Battle of Loos in September 1915, at 18, an exploding shell had ripped his face apart.  This death inspired Kipling’s writing thereafter, but the tragedy broke his life and by 1930 his prolific pen had almost ceased. 
  Rudyard Kipling died on 18th January 1936 from a perforated duodenal ulcer.  He was 70.  His ashes are buried at Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey.

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  Summer

  Edith Wharton

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  Summer, set in New England, is a novel by Edith Wharton, published in 1917. The novel details the sexual awakening of its protagonist, 18-year-old, Charity Royall, and her cruel treatment by the father of her child. Only moderately well-received when originally published, Summer, has had a resurgence in critical popularity since the 1960s. 
  Edith Wharton, January 24, 1862-August 11, 1937, was a Pultizer Prize-winning novelist, short story writer, and designer. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1927, 1928, and 1930. 
  Wharton combined her insider's view of America's privileged classes with a brilliant, natural wit to write humorous, incisive novels and short stories of social and psychological insight. She was well acquainted with many of her era's other literary and public figures, including Theodore Roosevelt. 
  Lyssa Browne started performing in theatre when she was very young. After receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre and Dance she moved to Seattle where she has performed in many area theatre companies. Lyssa's voice can be heard as many different characters in Nintendo and X-Box games, as well as the narrator of documentaries for the Discovery Channel and others. 
  Public Domain (P)2014 Lyssa Browne

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