CK - Fiction & Literature 10

The peaceful uprising of the people of Korea against Japan in the spring of 1919 came as a world surprise. Here was a nation that had been ticketed and docketed by world statesmen as degenerate and ……続きを見る

The aim of this little book is to give general readers some idea of the subject and spirit of European Continental literature in the later and culminating period of the Middle Agesーthe eleventh, tw……続きを見る

THE verses of Emily Dickinson belong emphatically to what Emerson long since called "the Poetry of the Portfolio,"ーsomething produced absolutely without the thought of publication, and solely by wa……続きを見る

‘Dysfunctional Ireland in all its glories is here, with humour of the blackest hue, madness and violence, hopelessly randy priests, dodgy politicians, a grand gallery of misfits culminating in McCab……続きを見る

A Little Dinner with Mr. Lucullus Fyshe The Mausoleum Club stands on the quietest corner of the best residential street in the City. It is a Grecian building of white stone. About it are great elm t……続きを見る

By the Banks of Cottonwood Creek is work of fiction set in rural North Dakota in 2001. There is always a second chance with God and Kelly Jorgenson, the new young pastor at Cottonwood Creek, is abou……続きを見る

Inspired by the task of unpacking his library, the narrator returns to writing an autobiographical novel about the sudden appearance his son, Joe, who at age nine shows up on the narrator’s doorstep……続きを見る

I am glad to have the privilege, thus in advance, of looking over Mr. Lazell's delightful essays. He has surely a gift in this sort of thing. We are grateful to the man who shows us what he sees in ……続きを見る

The Library of Alexandria is an independent small business publishing house. We specialize in bringing back to live rare, historical and ancient Books. This includes manuscripts such as: classical f……続きを見る

It was rather a notable moment in Apia, for two reasons. In the first place, the German traders were shaking in their shoes for fear of what the French squadron might do to them, and we were the bea……続きを見る

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of The Bath Keepers, v.2 (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume VII). It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is……続きを見る

As mankind faces its deadliest battle, two young women must unite to prevent the forces of evil destroying the world as we know it. But theirs is no ordinary alliance, for these two women live at op……続きを見る

A few years ago, while trying to trace the history of certain Christmas customs, I was unavoidably brought into contact with St. Nicholas. A closer acquaintance with that amiable personality was the……続きを見る

A noise of guns crashed, spat, and roared beneath the window which gave on to the narrow street. Professor Anatole rose hastily and went to the casement, worried a moment with the bar-fastening (for……続きを見る

The Cowboy Megapack collection 25 tales of western adventure, including two complete novels and 23 short stories! Authors represented include Johnston McCulley (creator of Zorro), Robert E. Howard (……続きを見る

Once upon a time, it matters little when, and in stalwart England, it matters little where, a fierce battle was fought. It was fought upon a long summer day when the waving grass was green. Many a w……続きを見る

An American soldier who defected from the Afghanistan war finds himself in Senegal lost and unsure of his next steps. Masood, a wayward Senegalese teen is also on an unsure life trajectory when thei……続きを見る

Growing up in the ’60s and ’70s in the tough streets of Mayfair, Joburg, Sammy Baptista learnt how to use his fi sts. But life will teach him that fists cannot defend you against everything. When he……続きを見る

Dilly and Dally are known for not getting things done properly, and an upcoming rainstorm is going to test their foundations. Will the help of their noisy friend Hubbub be enough? Or will this call ……続きを見る

Revolving around the protagonist Dr. Marigold the story unfolds revealing Dickens' sympathy for the downtrodden. After losing his beloved family he makes up for his deprivation by adopting a deaf an……続きを見る

'Who possesses me will possess all things, But his life will belong to me...' Raphael de Valentin, a young aristocrat, has lost all his money in the gaming parlours of the Palais Royal in Paris, and……続きを見る

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of American Notes. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by Charles Dickens, which is n……続きを見る

When Jacinto Quesada was yet a very little Spaniard, his father kissed him upon both cheeks and upon the brow, and went away on an enterprise of forlorn desperation. On a great rock at the brink of ……続きを見る

They’re the golden couple of Santa Fe. With his vast wealth, Molloy has launched an innovative foundation. His new wife, Judith Greenwood, is an internationally known scientist, who works at the fam……続きを見る

Modern readers of Dickens A Christmas Carol are often inoculated to what a shocking piece of literature it was in its day. Familiarity has softened its blow to the public at large. This is not so wi……続きを見る

THE PUBLISHER. THE LADIES OF LLANGOLLEN. From the early age of Cambrian history, when the peerless beauty of the high-born Myfanwy Fechan awoke the passion and the poesy of her admiring bard, Howel ……続きを見る

Fleur is beautiful, unscrupulous, and has a large wardrobe of black designer suits. With the help of The Times announcements page she gatecrashes the funerals and memorial services of the wealthy, p……続きを見る

It's 1978, and Jack Sheffield begins his second year as headmaster of a small village primary school in North Yorkshire. There are three letters on his desk - one makes him smile, one makes him sad ……続きを見る

After sighting a supposedly-dead terrorist that the young security agents are busy ignoring, undercover officer Roger Turner crashes through the Oakland security gate in hot pursuit. The man will no……続きを見る

Action and blood-thirsty suspense from the master of the game. Simon Vaughan knows what it's like to fight a dirty war, he's had first-hand experience in Korea. Now he languishes in a Greek jail. Wh……続きを見る