Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo.
Tarzan's Quest - Edgar Rice Burroughs - Tarzan's wife Jane (her first appearance since Tarzan and the Ant Men and also her last as a major character in the series), becomes involved in a search for a bloodthirsty lost tribe reputed to possess an immortality drug.
The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov is the final novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky, and is generally considered the culmination of his life's work.
The Secret Adversary Agatha Christie - The Secret Adversary is the second published detective fiction novel by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in January 1922 in the United Kingdom by The Bodley Head[1] and in the United States by Dodd, Mead and Company later in that same year.
Lady Audley's Secret - Mary Elizabeth Braddon - Written in 1862 by the considerably talented sensation novelist Mary Elizabeth Braddon, "e;Lady Audley's Secret"e; is a story revolving around Robert Audley, a man determined to find out the cause of his friend George Talboys' death.
The Brass Bottle - Thomas Anstey Guthrie - The Brass Bottle is a 1964 American fantasy-comedy film about a modern man who accidentally acquires the friendship of a long-out-of-circulation genie.
Home of the Gentry Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev - Home of the Gentry (Russian also translated as A Nest of the Gentlefolk and A Nest of the Gentry, is a novel by Ivan Turgenev published in the January 1859 issue of Sovremennik.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is the series of short stories that made the fortunes of the Strand magazine, in which they were first published, and won immense popularity for Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson.
The Merry Wives of Windsor - William Shakespeare - The Merry Wives of Windsor is a comedy by William Shakespeare, first published in 1602, though believed to have been written prior to 1597.
Jack and Jill Louisa May Alcott - This carefully crafted ebook: "e;Jack and Jill (Children's Classic)"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.
The Green Eyes of Bast - Sax Rohmer - Sax Rohmer, better known as the author of the infamous Fu Manchu stories, wrote a number of paranormal mysteries, The Green Eyes of Bast being one written in 1920.
Jane Austen's first novelpublished posthumously in 1818tells the story of Catherine Morland and her dangerously sweet nature, innocence, and sometime self-delusion.
Der Wildtöter James Cooper - Der Wildtöter« ist der chronologisch zuerst erschienene Band im fünfteiligen Lederstrumpf-Zyklus und erzählt von den beiden Waldläufern Natty Bumppo (von den Indianern Wildtöter genannt) und Henry March, der am Otsego-See den ehemaligen Seemann Tom Hutter besuchen will, der dort mit seinen Töchtern Judith und Hetty in einem befestigten Pfahlbau lebt.
This first volume of Robert Durling's new translation of The Divine Comedy brings a new power and accuracy to the rendering of Dante's extraordinary vision of Hell, with all its terror, pathos, and humor.
Der sterbende Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle - Der sterbende Sherlock Holmes enthält eine Auswahl an Geschichten um den berühmten Detektiv Sherlock Holmes und seinen Freund Dr.
Verloren in den endlosen Sandwogen der Wüste, der sengenden Sonne und dem Durst wehrlos ausgeliefert, schleppen Conan und die befreite Sklavin Natala sich voran.
Es war einmal eine Wolfsmutter, die schickte ihr Junges in den Wald, um seiner Großmutter ein Kaninchen zu bringen, denn die war zum Jagen viel zu alt.
Auf der Flucht vor einem Inquisitor und seiner Gang aus zwölf Affen suchen Zibeline und ihre Freunde Schutz in den Ruinen eines alten Vergnügungsparks.
Die berühmtesten Drachen aus Film, Literatur und Pop-Kultur – von Fàfnir bis SmaugEin Nachschlagewerk mit beeindruckenden Bildern von Peter Bergting, einem der bekanntesten Fantasy-Illustratoren Schwedens.
For over hundred and fifty years, a new King was hidden away, a boy never seen by even his people and raised by two different groups of protectors chosen by the ancestors.
Tell me please, who has not heard about the "great combinator", the author of many ideas for the withdrawal of banknotes, a unique swindler and just a pretty young man Ostap Bender?
Roma sind als größte ethnische Minderheit seit Jahrhunderten in Europa heimisch und sind doch bis heute massiven Vorurteilen und rassistischen Ressentiments ausgesetzt.
