"Ivan the Fool" (also known as "Ivan the Fool and his Two Brothers") is an 1886 short story (in fact, a literary fairy tale) by Leo Tolstoy, published in 1886.
The tale depicts the eighth and final voyage of Sinbad the Sailor, along with the various mysteries Sinbad and his crew encounter; the anomalies are then described as footnotes to the story.
With the reputation as the hardest and most dangerous female criminal in Britain, Gypsy Jane Lee was feared and respected throughout London's criminal underworld.
In "The Premature Burial", the first-person unnamed narrator describes his struggle with things such as "attacks of the singular disorder which physicians have agreed to term catalepsy", a condition where he randomly falls into a death-like trance.
This ebook compiles Conan Doyle's greatest writings, including novels and short stories such as "A Study in Scarlet", "The Hound of the Baskervilles", "The Lost World", "The Adventure of the Speckled Band", "The Sign of Four" and "The White Company".
A remarkable book, the story of Flora De Barral, daughter of the Great De Barral, a monumental swindler, and her love for the sea captain who married her.
'She'd done more to belittle, undermine and scar me, with her ten years of scorn and hatred, than Starling with his brutal physical batterings or any of the others with their attempts at forced sexual contact.
In Allan Pinkerton's True Crime & Murder Mysteries Collection, readers are taken on a thrilling journey through a series of gripping and suspenseful tales filled with deceit, mystery, and twist endings.
In 'The Greatest Detective Books of Allan Pinkerton,' readers are treated to a collection of thrilling detective stories written by the renowned detective Allan Pinkerton himself.
Cleveland Moffett's 'True Crime Detective Stories' is a riveting compilation of true crime cases that are sure to captivate readers with its vivid storytelling and attention to detail.
In seinem Werk "Haarmann: Gerichtsreportage" präsentiert Theodor Lessing eine detaillierte und schockierende Darstellung des Serienmörders Fritz Haarmann.
La oscuridad llega a esta pequeña ciudad de la costa, donde una familia encuentra una sobreviviente de un secuestro a la que han abandonado creyéndola muerta en una vinera.
Allan Pinkerton's 'Bucholz & the Detectives' is a compelling account of detective work in the 19th century, characterized by its detailed descriptions and suspenseful narrative.
Allan Pinkerton's 'The Greatest Cases of Pinkerton Detective Agency' offers a captivating glimpse into the thrilling world of crime-solving in the 19th century.
The remarkable true story of a family forced into hiding after leaking Russian secrets What started out as a great adventure turned into a terrifying nightmare when Nick Stride and his family were forced to flee for their lives from one of the richest, most powerful men in the world.
Cleveland Moffett's 'True Crime & Murder Mysteries Collection' compiles a series of gripping tales that delve into the dark world of crime and mystery.
Allan Pinkerton's 'The Burglar's Fate and the Detectives' is a gripping true crime story that follows the journey of a notorious burglar and the relentless pursuit of justice by Pinkerton's renowned detective agency.
In his "Ghostly little book," Charles Dickens invents the modern concept of Christmas Spirit and offers one of the world's most adapted and imitated stories.
The Duel by Joseph Conrad is Conrad's brilliantly ironic tale about two officers in Napoleon's Grand Army who, under a futile pretext, fought an on-going series of duels throughout the Napoleonic Wars.
A Personal Record (1912) both documents and fictionalizes Joseph Conrad's early life and the opening stages of his careers as a writer and as a seaman.
Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, in which he writes of his theories of evolution by natural selection, is one of the most important works of scientific study ever published.
CONTENIDO:- Lady Susan- Sentido y Sensibilidad- Orgullo y Prejuicio- Mansfield Park- Emma- Persuasión- La Abadía de Northanger- Los Watson- El Castillo de Lesley- Obras Juveniles
In her bestselling book, Slave Girl, Sarah Forsyth told of her terrible ordeal as a young woman sex-trafficked from England to the Red Light District of Amsterdam - and of her dramatic escape from forced prostitution.
'A powerful tribute to female solidarity that you won't be able to stop thinking about' GLAMOUR'An ode to how women support, protect and uphold each other in a misogynistic world.
Dua Lipa's Book Club Pick for August 2025One of the Guardian's 100 Best Books of the 21st Century 'A true-crime classic and literary masterpiece' ANNE ENRIGHT'Bears comparison with In Cold Blood' KATE ATKINSON'It grabbed me by the throat' GILLIAN ANDERSON'Sharp and forensic' DUA LIPAFather's Day, 2005.
In Bram Stoker's 'True Crime: The Famous Imposters and Con Artists', the author delves into the world of deception and deceit, unraveling the intricate web of famous imposters and con artists throughout history.
