wired - Fiction & Literature 98

Mount Kilimanjaro, hackers, clandestine magazines, tribal communes, professional killers, and the Catholic Church. Searching the slopes of the giant African mountain, on what was supposed to be a ro……続きを見る

This edition features • a linked Table of Contents and linked Footnotes CONTENTS GENJI MONOGATARI Introduction The Chamber of Kiri The Broom-like Tree Beautiful Cicada Evening Glory Young Violet Saf……続きを見る

The purpose of this volume is to make more familiar to the general public the actual characters of some of our great military leaders during the late war. I have attempted to portray them not as on ……続きを見る

Recently-turned vampire Emma Hammond is not only getting used to her undead lifestyle, but also to living with her new and unlikely roommates--her human best friend Tammy, and David, a werewolf. Whi……続きを見る

David A. Brenner examines how Jews in Central Europe developed one of the first "ethnic" or "minority" cultures in modernity. Not exclusively "German" or "Jewish," the experiences of German-speaking……続きを見る

Running a multibillion-dollar company meant long hours for Zac Prescott. Thankfully, his efficient assistant made the workload almost bearable. Theirs was a strictly professional relationship until ……続きを見る

Translated by Edgar Taylor and Marian EdwardesChildren's and Household Tales (German: Kinder- und Hausmärchen) is a collection of German origin fairy tales first published in 1812 by Jacob and Wilhe……続きを見る

Salome is a tragic play written by Oscar Wilde, which tells the biblical story of Salome. Salome dances the Dance of the Seven Veils so well that she receives a boon from her stepfather Herod Antipa……続きを見る

La Tempête William Shakespeare, dramaturge et poète anglais (1564-1616) Ce livre numérique présente «La Tempête», de William Shakespeare, édité en texte intégral. Une table des matières dynamique pe……続きを見る

When an author has finished his history, after months or years of happy work, there comes a dismal hour when he must explain its purpose and apologize for its shortcomings. The explanation in this c……続きを見る

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Wisconsin in Story and Song; - Selections from the Prose and Poetry of Badger State Writers. It was previously published by ……続きを見る

Henri IV (Première partie) William Shakespeare, dramaturge et poète anglais (1564-1616) Ce livre numérique présente «Henri IV (Première partie)», de W……続きを見る

The firefighting experts (among whom the protagonist is senior), their wives and the government organization professional and non professional personnel are shown as they react to a threatening majo……続きを見る

Classic Shakespearean romance in English with line numbers and in French translation. According to Wikipedia: "The Tempest is a play written by William Shakespeare. Many scholars believe that it was……続きを見る

Vathek, the ninth Caliph of the Abassides, is a majestic figure, terrible in anger and addicted to the pleasures of the flesh. He is also insatiable for knowledge, inviting scholars to converse with……続きを見る

A parable of a man rejecting his own country and condemned to live without one. 続きを見る

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Through Scandinavia to Moscow. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back……続きを見る

2 writers, 31 days of writing madness, the result: 28 fabulously diverse stories for your reading pleasure, including horror, fantasy and science fiction, paranormal adventure, young adult and eroti……続きを見る

Lynn Hana Alexander is a 25-year-old Japanese American shape shifter haunted by guilt. She’s been questioning herself and her dragon abilities ever since she failed to save her grandmother. When her……続きを見る

Growing up in a small town, Sandy Paull dreams of something better. When she lands a job with one of London's leading theatrical agencies her dreams appear to be coming true, particularly when she m……続きを見る

Faced by life-altering news, a man stands on the edge of the abyss, looks out over his life, and ponders his future. Talking to yourself can be something quite different when you’re possessed of two……続きを見る

Waiting for the Dog to Sleep is poet, translator, and scholar Jerzy Ficowski's only collection of prose. In these short stories and sketches Ficowski reinterprets a question posed by the writer cent……続きを見る

An eclectic collection of short stories by two of Britain's best writers, Vivienne Fagan and Jonathon St.Cyr. As Fagan says 'this is a 'dippy' book'. You can dip in and out of it as you commute or j……続きを見る

Put enough monkeys in a room, randomly punching keyboards, and eventually, with enough time, one of them will type out a classic work of literature. Only problem, if you’re the monkey who types Haml……続きを見る

Is situate in the great gulf or bay of St Michael, in the English Channel, 7 to 8 leagues West of the Norman coast, but subject to the British Crown, and frequently treated of in topographical works……続きを見る

Letters on Astronomy, in which the Elements of the Science are Familiarly Explained in Connection with Biographical Sketches of the Most Eminent Astronomers PATH OF BIELA'S COMET. Since the first pu……続きを見る

In the Preface to the first edition of this work, it was my painful duty to remark with severity on the dissemination of libels on Paine in a work of such importance as Mr. Leslie Stephen's "History……続きを見る

There is no one of the Pioneers of this continent whose achievements equal those of the Chevalier Robert de la Salle. He passed over thousands of miles of lakes and rivers in the birch canoe. He tra……続きを見る

The way in which the record of Wanaki, which it has been my compulsory task to edit, was placed in my hands forms not the least remarkable episode between these covers. On a certain night two months……続きを見る

The Mystery of Edwin Drood is Charles Dickens last, and unfinished, novel. His ending for it remains unknown (despite the fact that Dickens' outlined the plot in a letter to his friend John Forster)……続きを見る