Originally written as a "e;boys' novel"e;, Kidnapped has attracted the praise and admiration of writers as diverse as Henry James, Jorge Luis Borges, and Seamus Heaney.
A "e;skillfully written, wonderfully entertaining, and fascinatingly detailed"e; time-travel adventure from the author of the Caleb and Thinnes mysteries (Booklist).
Back to his normal life, Larry Barnes thinks he'll never again see the Portal-a strange device that took him to a parallel universe-until a beautiful woman appears and begs for his help.
Zu seiner großen Freude erhält der Patentanwalt Richard Welling die Möglichkeit, am einer Konferenz unter hochkarätigen Patentexperten teilzunehmen, die, etwas ungewöhnlich, in der Nähe von St.
What if, on September 11, 1814, the United States had lost the close-run battle that Winston Churchill called the "e;most decisive"e; of the War of 1812?
FROM THE AUTHOR OF KIM JIYOUNG, BORN 1982 There is laughter and joy to be found in these pages, along with the kind of laughter that sets two women over 50 rolling in the snow with tears streaming down their frozen cheeks and the aurora borealis dancing above them.
'Fast-moving and entertaining'Ben Aaronovitch, bestselling author of Rivers of LondonEnter a world of magic and adventure in The Library of the Dead by T.
The Number One Sunday Times BestsellerAn immersive, historical fantasy set in 14th-century China, She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan is a queer tale of love, loss, betrayal and triumph.
"e;Mary Schweidler, the Amber Witch"e; is an 1838 novel by Wilhelm Meinhold, originally published in German and translated into English by Lady Duff-Gordon.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), more commonly known under the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, lecturer, publisher and entrepreneur most famous for his novels "e;The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"e; (1876) and "e;The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"e; (1884).
First published in 1889, "e;A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"e; is a novel by Mark Twain about Hank Morgan, an engineer from Connecticut, U.
"e;On the Face of the Waters - A Tale of Mutiny"e; is a 1896 historical novel by Flora Annie Steel set in 1850s India during the Sepoy Rebellion, which resulted in the dissolution of the British East India Company.
Published in two volumes, but complete here, a decade apart, 'Don Quixote of La Mancha' is considered the most influential work of literature from the Spanish Golden Age and the entire Spanish literary canon.
