Mr. Giles never needs convincing to hunt down a criminal who piques his feline curiosity and threatens the peace of their sleepy town. But if he is on the right track will the...
Daniel Deronda
Daniel Deronda is a novel by George Eliot, first published in 1876. It was the last novel she completed and the only one set in the contemporary Victorian society of her day. Its...
The Daffodil Mystery
Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1 April 1875 – 10 February 1932) was an English writer.Born into poverty as an illegitimate London child, Wallace left school at 12. He joined...
Kemet: The History Of Ancient Egypt
The Egyptian civilization, which flourished along the banks of the Nile for about 3000 years, was one of the most extraordinary and enduring of the ancient world. Even today,...
The Captive
"The Captive" (Prisionnière) is the fifth part of "In search of lost time" by Marcel Proust and published posthumously in 1923. In this story the...
The Hand Of Ethelberta
The Hand of Ethelberta: A Comedy in Chapters is a novel by Thomas Hardy, published in 1876. At the beginning of the book, we are told that Ethelberta was raised in humble...
The Tao-te Ching
The Tao Te Ching is a Chinese classic text.The Tao Te Ching is a fundamental text for both philosophical and religious Taoism.Lao-tuz was the founder of...
The Clever Woman Of The Family
Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823-1901) was an English novelist known for her huge output, now mostly out of print.Like Yonge's other works, this novel has an instructional purpose...
The Underground City
The Underground City, by Jules Verne, is a novel about the fortunes of a mining community called Aberfoyle which is near Stirling, Scotland. Miner James Starr, after receiving a...
Aunt Carlotte's Stories Of Greek History
Charlotte Mary Yonge (11 August 1823 – 24 May 1901) was an English novelist known for her huge output, now mostly out of print.
