Lord Peter Wimsey and his bride, mystery writer Harriet Vane, start their honeymoon with murder. The former owner of Talboys estate is dead in the cellar with a misspelled "notise" to the milkman, not a spot of blood on his smashed skull, and £600 in his pocket. Views: 522
What happens when a pirate falls in love with his captive?
During her return to Spain with her father, the lovely Dona Dominica de Rada y Sylva is horrified when their ship is set upon by pirates. Far worse is her discovery that their captor isn't just any pirate -- he is the notorious Sir Nicholas Beauvallet, an Englishman with a scandalous reputation for plundering Spanish ships. But Dominica's pride braces her determination to be no one's hostage . . .
It should have been easy for Sir Nicholas. It was, after all, just another ship. But instead, Sir Nicholas finds himself captivated by Dominica's dark beauty and indomitable courage. After returning his captives to their homeland, Sir Nicholas vows to win the heart of the Spanish beauty. It could be his riskiest venture yet -- and one that promises a treasure greater than any other . . . Views: 522
Praised by the Chicago Sun-Times for its furious, indignant power," this story offers a rare, funny, bitter, and feminist look at war. First published in London in 1930, Not So Quiet... (on the Western Front) describes a group of British women ambulance drivers on the French front lines during World War I, surviving shell fire, cold, and their punishing commandant, "Mrs. Bitch." The novel takes the guise of an autobiography by Smith, pseudonym for Evadne Price. The novel's power comes from Smith's outrage at the senselessness of war, at her country's complacent patriotism, and her own daily contact with the suffering and the wounded. Views: 521
This is a collection of parodies by the author of The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum. Professor Anouk Ooma of Prince Joseph's Land University addresses his colleagues on recent archaeological findings that shed light on the poetry of Italy before the Explosion, Columbus' landing in the New World is covered by TV reporters and structural analysis of the art of striptease as performed by Lilly Niagara of the Crazy Horse. Views: 521
Col. Lanny Budd! America's greatest spy puts on a uniform to fight beside Patton into the heart of Nazi Germany...
O Shepherd, Speak! Is the tenth book in the epic Upton Sinclair "Lanny Budd" series, written in 1949. This was to be the last in this great historical narrative covering World History from 1913-1947. This book concludes the ending of World War Two and the Nuremberg trials. Views: 521
Holland and Niles Perry are identical thirteen-year-old twins. They are close, close enough, almost, to read each other’s thoughts, but they couldn’t be more different. Holland is bold and mischievous, a bad influence, while Niles is kind and eager to please, the sort of boy who makes parents proud. The Perrys live in the bucolic New England town their family settled centuries ago, and as it happens, the extended clan has gathered at its ancestral farm this summer to mourn the death of the twins’ father in a most unfortunate accident. Mrs. Perry still hasn’t recovered from the shock of her husband’s gruesome end and stays sequestered in her room, leaving her sons to roam free. As the summer goes on, though, and Holland’s pranks become increasingly sinister, Niles finds he can no longer make excuses for his brother’s actions.
Thomas Tryon’s best-selling novel about a homegrown monster is an eerie examination of the darkness that dwells within everyone. It is a landmark of psychological horror that is a worthy descendent of the books of James Hogg, Robert Louis Stevenson, Shirley Jackson, and Patricia Highsmith. Views: 520
Suddenly a new West had emergedSuddenly it was sundown for nine menSuddenly their day was overSuddenly the sky was bathed in blood
Warner Bros.-Seven Arts presents A Phil Feldman Production
THE WILD BUNCH
starringWilliam Holden, Robert Ryan, Ernest Borgnine, Edmond O’Brien, Warren Oates
Released through Warner-PathéPanavision®, Technicolor® Views: 520
THE SHIP is a Death Ship. Thora Rhodan is dying. There is no more life-preserving serum left for her. The supply has been exhausted, that precious boon for which lives were once risked on Tolimon, location of the secret laboratory of the Galactic Physicians. The sentimental should not read this story. Nor those to whom tears come easily. Nor any of the many legions who love Thora only slightly less than Khrest, than Deringhouse, than...Rhodan. And yet—you must. As a disbelieving generation, long ago in the 6th decade of the 20th century, watched en masse on TV the death and funeral rites of a beloved president, JFK, you owe it to Perry, Darlton, Scheer, the Solar Imperium... yourself... to witness—THORA'S SACRIFICE Views: 520
Collected, selected, converted, re-formatted, proofed, layout & design, all story images, original book cover and eBook creation by Jerry.PART ONE: SCIENCE FICTION STORIESTable of Contents ArenaImagineIt Didn't HappenRecessionalEine Kleine NachtmusikSolipsistThe GamblersMan of DistinctionParadox LostPuppet ShowNightmare in YellowEarthmen Bearing GiftsJayceePi in the SkyAnswerThe GeezenstacksThe WeaponHall of MirrorsKnockReboundStar-MouseAbominableLetter to a PhoenixNot Yet the EndEtaoin ShrdluArmageddonThe Short Happy Lives of...ReconcilliationNothing SiriusPatternThe Yehudi PrincipleCome and Go MadThe EndKeep OutTwo-TimerHappy EndingSomething GreenCrisis, 1999All Good BemsDaymareThe Angelic AngelwormHoneymoon in HellGateway to DarknessMouseThe New One PART TWO: MYSTERY STORIESTable of ContentsIntroductionThe Little LambThe Last TrainRed-Hot and HuntedDon't Look Behind YouThe Spherical GhoulHomicide SanitariumThe Moon for a NickelSuite for a Flute and Tommy-GunThe Cat from SiamListen to the MockingbirdA Date to DieMad Dog!Handbook for HomicideBefore She KillsA Cat WalksThe Missing ActorTo Slay a Man About a DogLife and FireTeacup TroubleThe Hat TrickGood Night, Good KnightHobbyistHound of HellLittle Boy LostWhistler's MurderSatan One-and-a-HalfTell 'em, Pagliaccio!Nothing Sinister Views: 520
Based on the author's own experiences in a kibbutz, it sets up a stage in describing the historical roots of the conflict between Arabs and Jewish settlers in the British ruled Palestine. Views: 519
Utopia has been achieved. For centuries, disease, hunger, poverty and war have been things found only in the history tapes. And applied genetics has given men and women the bodies of athletes and a lifespan of over a century.
They should all have been very happy....
But Hamilton Felix is bored. And he is the culmination of a star line; each of his last thirty ancestors chosen for superior genes. Hamilton is, as far as genetics can produce one, the ultimate man. And this ultimate man can see no reason why the human race should survive, and has no intention of continuing the pointless comedy.
However, Hamilton's life is about to become less boring. A secret cabal of revolutionaries who find utopia not just boring, but desperately in need of leaders who know just What Needs to be Done, are planning to revolt and put themselves in charge. Knowing of Hamilton's disenchantment with the modern world, they have recruited him to join their Glorious Revolution. Big mistake! The revolutionaries are about to find out that recruiting a superman was definitely not a good idea.... Views: 519
A vivid novel about the solitary life of a peasant family in a harsh and unforgiving land, austerely told by a classic Brazilian writer. Views: 518
Une troupe d'acteurs est réunie par un metteur en scène dans une étrange demeure, sous prétexte de monter une pièce de théâtre. Mais chacun d'eux est amené à incarner son propre rôle dans la vie : alcoolique, dépressif, homosexuel... Devant quels spectateurs pervers venus du futur exposent-ils ainsi l'image de leurs faiblesses ? Views: 518
