We are in the year 2041, at a time of increasing climatic disasters on Earth. Temperatures are soaring, sea levels are rising and droughts alternate with floods to make more and more parts of our planet nearly unlivable. Humanity has finally awakened to the reality of global warming, only to...
Many people hear about the benefits of having their own Internet business. They hear about the ability to work from anywhere, not be tied to a cubicle in an office building, not make money for someone else, and be one’s own boss. This greatly appeals to many of them, leading them to start their...
Good sleep quality is an important part of your health. Did you know that sleeping at least 8 hours a night can reduce the risk of obesity, cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes? Everyone encounters sleep problems from time to time. Although this may be inconvenient, it is usually temporary...
Set in the fictional world of Rehavan, Ariel’s Tear tells the story of Reheuel, Captain of the Guards in the small human city of Gath Odrenoch. An aging soldier haunted by memories of his bloody youth, Reheuel lives a sedate but contented life with his family. Disillusioned with warfare and the...
The Interloper is a novel about love, inheritance, and small-town conflicts. Set in early-nineteenth century Scotland, it contains an abundance of the dramatic Scottish dialect that author Violet Jacobs was famed for.
Those fires of deep delight to Asia known. Blent in an amethyst, the priceless twain Enthroned were, o'er glowing worlds to reign, In gladness richer than the morn has shown.
LeBlanc's creation, gentleman thief Arsene Lupin, is everything you would expect from a French aristocrat -- witty, charming, brilliant, sly . . . and possibly the greatest thief in the world. In this classic tale, Lupin comes up against the only man who may be able to stop him . . . no less than...
Fourteen stories set against the backdrop of Irvington, an inner-city neighborhood in Portland, Oregon, usually noted for its fine old homes ("like living in the 1920s") and political activism. The stories reveal moments from the lives of diverse protagonists, ranging in age from fourteen weeks to...
The Story of My Heart is an autobiography, first published in 1883, by English nature writer, essayist and journalist Richard Jefferies. It is no true autobiography, but the story of a soul's awakening. Richard Jefferies describes how, leaving aside all the preconceptions of past and future, he...
Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a prolific Scots man of letters, a poet, novelist, literary critic and contributor to anthropology. He now is best known as the collector of folk and fairy tales. He was educated at the Edinburgh Academy, St Andrews University and at Balliol College, Oxford. As a...
Pelle the Conqueror is a Danish novel written by Martin Andersen Nexø. The book was published in four volumes, beginning with Boyhood in 1906, Apprenticeship in 1907, The Great Struggle in 1909 and concluding with Daybreak in 1910.
A fiction book "Madeleine: One of Love's Jansenists"by Hope Mirrlees