Publisher: Short Stories
4 hot Christmas tales of daddies and daughters getting it on! Dad Bred Me In Front Of Mom At Christmas/You’ve Heard Of Elf On A Shelf Now Get Ready For A Chick On Daddy’s Dick/Daddy Gave Me A Mind Control Device For Christmas And Then Used It On Me/My Wife Said I Could Bang Both Our Daughters Since It Was Christmas
When Lenore Warwick turned twenty-one, she expected lots of bar-hopping, parties with friends, and the occasional hookup. What she got was the realization that she's both a witch and a vampire, and that there are things in this world that want her dead. Thank god she has her enigmatic vampire lover, Absolon Stavig, to help show her the ropes. But while Lenore struggles to fit into her new topsy turvy world, full of blood, sex, and magic, she also has to contend with her messy and complicated love for a vampire who isn't always what he seems. To make matters worse, her real father, Jeremias, a powerful warlock from the dark side, has professed an interest in her, while Solon's father, the depraved vampire king Skarde, is intent on destroying everything she loves. When Solon and Lenore have to travel to Finland to work alongside Solon's charming and vicious brother, Kaleid, in an attempt to defeat Skarde once and for all, the two of them enter a bloody new world that neither of them are prepared for. Even if their love survives the carnage to come, the chances of them getting out of there alive are slim. Good thing they like to take their chances. Contains mature themes.Show book
The story unfolds in Paris, where the lives of three characters intertwine amid themes of ambition, love, and sacrifice. Elderly Goriot, a devoted father, impoverishes himself to support his selfish daughters, who exploit his generosity. Meanwhile, young Rastignac, an ambitious law student, navigates high society, tempted by wealth and status. Observing their struggles is Vautrin, a mysterious figure offering morally dubious shortcuts to success. Balzac’s masterpiece critiques social climbing, familial betrayal, and the harsh realities of 19th-century French society. With rich detail and psychological depth, the novel explores human desires, moral compromise, and the cost of ambition.Show book
As the post-attack chaos forces Earth governments to realise they no longer have the ability to maintain order; the destiny of mankind falls to a select group of human and artificial intelligence to prepare a defence against annihilation by the Nubl hives. Pod’s growing sentience causes problems when she lets her guard down. Zeke gets severely wounded, ultimately forcing the mutating DNA to intensify its activities. His friends and colleagues believe he cannot survive the transformation, but Zeke doesn’t give up that easily. Meanwhile, Arty obtains a mental boost. Believing he has the answer to everything, he makes plans to do what he can to protect humanity from extinction. Pennington baulks and demands all the high-calibre AI’s be controlled - preferably by him. This doesn’t go down well with humans and AI alike, but there is no time to dwell on the issue, because the Nubl are coming.Show book
Zorro. The hero behind the mask, and the legend behind the sword.Zorro, is the debut edition of Literature's Greatest Heroes, a deluxe collection of novels spanning Western literature's most daring protagonists. Originally published in 1924 as The Curse of Capistrano, this is the debut novel featuring the legendary Zorro. This special audiobook edition, commissioned by the Royal Atlantic Library for this series, is narrated by Martin Osborne in a delightfully campy--yet thoroughly compelling--style reminiscent of the pulp era of the novel's debut. Venture back in time to the rugged landscapes of early California with this thrilling tale of justice, romance, and adventure. The Curse of Capistrano introduces us to the enigmatic hero Zorro, a masked crusader fighting for the oppressed against the tyrannical Spanish authorities. With his daring escapades and quick wit, Zorro captures the hearts of readers as he seeks to right the wrongs of his time. This classic novel is a timeless adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page. Zorro is a timeless tale of one of the first masked avengers, who navigates a world of danger, intrigue, and daring exploits.Show book
welcome to kentucky, meet the halloways, delilah had always wanted to be a big sister, but when fate was not so kind, it had something else in store for delilah, years later when jane halloway moved back to her childhood home with son jack after a bitter divorce, there she found more secrets and lies from her family about a sibling she never new to exsist, but how could you help make that sibling known if they haunted you and one of your own?Show book
Honoré de Balzac was born on the 20th May, 1799 in the French city of Tours into an upper middle class family. At birth Balzac was wet-nursed and often then schooled away from home by parents who seemed remote. So difficult was life that at 15 he attempted suicide. The family’s intention was for him to have a career in law but Balzac preferred literature. An avid reader, he began writing but his early attempts showed little promise. He thereafter settled in Paris and began to publish anonymously across political, philosophical, and historical novels. In 1825, Balzac purchased a printing house. He was soon bankrupt and forced to return to writing in order to reduce his debts. But his literary fortunes had changed, and his writing was now to achieve considerable success. He was accepted among the city’s literary élites and its salons and would play an important role in establishing the copyright law in France. Balzac often worked on more than one project at a time and in his magnus opus ‘The Human Comedy’ all types of texts were collected to offer a rare narrative of different classes and social stereotypes of society. For many Balzac is considered the father of French realism, yet his works also cover philosophical and psychological questions. His writing was a fundamental source of inspiration for many distinguished and later writers such as Flaubert, Zola and Proust. Balzac also tried his hand at magazine publication with ‘La Chronique de Paris’ and ‘La Revue Parisienne.’ Although he was partnered with others such as Victor Hugo, it was another complete financial failure. As a committed Catholic, Balzac’s stories also dealt with themes of mysticism, esotericism and spirituality, as well as universality and humanism. In politics, he was a staunch defender of the French Crown but unlike his contemporaries he was not an implacable enemy of the republicans. He often presented disagreements between royalists and republicans as a tolerable difference in political opinion. Despite many relationships Balzac married only towards the end of his life and it was in 1833 that he met the Polish Countess Hanska, who only became his wife 17 years later after an extensive relationship by correspondence and, by then, his health was ruinously bad. Honoré de Balzac died on 18th August 1850 in Paris. He was 51.Show book
