Leaves of Grass, Siddhartha, Middlemarch, The Jungle, Macbeth, Moby-Dick, A Study in Scarlet... Jules Verne, Lewis ... Tabaqui , the Dish - licker - and the wolves of India despise Tabaqui because he runs about making mischief , and ...
... Savathi, every child knew the name of the exalted Buddha, and every house was prepared to fill the alms-dish of Gotama's disciples, the silently begging ones. Near the town was Gotama's favourite place to stay, the grove of Jetavana ...
180 Classics You Must Read In Your Lifetime (Vol.1)
... fast by both arms, lest he should do some mad act, he said to her, “Infamous girl, misguided maiden, whither in thy blindness and madness ... life on this barren strand if thou dost leave him.” All this Zoraida heard ... spent, as we were ...
180 Masterpieces You Should Read Before You Die (Vol.1)
... sea- monsters. But the boy understood that it was the sea-trolls, who had gathered around the island and intended to crawl up on it, to fight with the land-trolls who lived there. And those on the land were probably afraid, for he saw ...
The Ultimate Book Club: 180 Books You Should Read (Vol.1): Leaves of Grass, Siddhartha, Middlemarch, The Jungle, Macbeth, Moby-Dick, A Study in Scarlet...
... light as a feather right off . All my troubles was gone . I went to looking out sharp for a light , and sort of singing to myself . By and by one showed . Jim sings out : " We's safe , Huck , we's safe ! Jump up and crack yo ' heels ...
SF Boxed Set: 140+ Intergalactic Action Adventures, Dystopian Novels & Lost World Classics
... bullet of 108 inches would weigh more than 200,000 lbs . , a weight evidently too great ; however , as it is necessary to give the projectile a certain stability ... calculator , Mr. Maston , will tell us at once . " " Nothing is easier ...
Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection: 140+ Dystopian Novels, Space Action Adventures, Lost World Classics & Apocalyptic Tales
... peaks neared the gap, slightly slackening its speed as if conscious of ... aether, and never a Shantak or less mentionable entity rose from the haunted ... current which pulled madly and relentlessly into the north whence no mortal had ...
SCIENCE FICTION Ultimate Collection: 140+ Intergalactic Adventures, Dystopian Novels, Lost World Classics & Post-Apocalyptic Stories
... peaks neared the gap, slightly slackening its speed as if conscious of ... aether, and never a Shantak or less mentionable entity rose from the haunted ... current which pulled madly and relentlessly into the north whence no mortal had ...
SCIENCE FICTION Ultimate Collection: 140+ Intergalactic Adventures, Dystopian Novels, Lost World Classics & Post-Apocalyptic Stories
... peaks neared the gap, slightly slackening its speed as if conscious of ... aether, and never a Shantak or less mentionable entity rose from the haunted ... current which pulled madly and relentlessly into the north whence no mortal had ...
SCIENCE FICTION Ultimate Box Set: 170+ Dystopian Novels, Space Adventures, Lost World Classics & Apocalyptic Tales
... peaks neared the gap, slightly slackening its speed as if conscious of ... aether, and never a Shantak or less mentionable entity rose from the haunted ... current which pulled madly and relentlessly into the north whence no mortal had ...
70 Greatest Love Stories in Fiction (Historical Novels Edition)
... fire, as some stout skipper paces his deck in a suit of Flushing, calmly oblivious of the April drops that fall on his woollen armour. At last the besiegers got spiteful, and would not waste any more good steel ... balance, there the capstan.
SCIENCE FICTION Ultimate Collection: 140+ Intergalactic Adventures, Dystopian Novels, Lost World Classics & Post-Apocalyptic Stories: The Outlaws of Mars, The War of the Worlds, The Star Rover, Planetoid 127, Frankenstein, The Mysterious Island, The Doom of London, New Atlantis, A Martian Odyssey, A Columbus of Space…
... Doom of London, New Atlantis, A Martian Odyssey, A Columbus of Space ... helmet from within the Minos, an air helmet that we had thought might serve should we ... visor open, and his flat features peered out at us like a gargoyle's. On he ...
The Ultimate Book Club: 180 Books You Should Read (Vol.2): Life is a Dream, The Awakening, Babbitt, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Sense and Sensibility
... polite to the women and a little haughty to the men, who did not always ... brother, Raoul, would not hear of a division and waived their claim to their ... brother, not as a thing rightfully belonging to them, but as a dowry for which ...
... Alice , ' No , don't . To tell the truth I'm only going into that man's room because he won't put up a single thing ... dangerous . Alice had known that it would be better for her to go up - stairs with Kate ; but Kate's answer had been ...
... dangerous . Alice had known that it would be better for her to go upstairs with Kate ; but Kate's answer had been of such a nature that had she gone she would have shown that she had some special reason for going . Why should she show ...
The Parliamentary Novels: The prime minister. [v.4-6] Phineas Finn, the Irish member. [v.7-9] The duke's children. [v.10-12] Can you forgive her? [v.13-14] The eustace diamonds. [v.15-17] Phineas Redux
... dangerous . Alice had known that it would be better for her to go upstairs with Kate ; but Kate's answer had been of such a nature that had she gone she would have shown that she had some special reason for going . Why should she show ...
Anthony Trollope. ' Not always , ' said Alice . ' Almost always ; -but he does it , as he takes physic , because something worse will come if he don't . A man never likes having his tooth pulled out , but all men do have their teeth ...
The Greats of Sci-Fi: H. G Wells Edition: 140+ Dystopian Novels, Space Action Adventures, Lost World Classics & Apocalyptic Tales
... bullet of 108 inches would weigh more than 200,000 lbs . , a weight evidently too great ; however , as it is necessary to give the projectile a certain stability ... calculator , Mr. Maston , will tell us at once . " " Nothing is easier ...
Sci-Fi Box Set: 140+ Dystopian Novels, Novels Space Adventures, Lost World Classics & Apocalyptic Tales: The War of the Worlds, The Outlaws of Mars, The Star Rover, Planetoid 127, Frankenstein, Lord of the World, The Doom of London, New Atlantis, A Martian Odyssey, A Columbus of Space…
... Morris, Samuel Butler, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, James Fenimore Cooper ... real a dream." The voice turned angry. "Fools! I bring it here to sell to ... you, eh? But listen—a movie that gives one sight and sound. Suppose now I add taste ...
Rediscover Your Holiday Sparkle: 400+ Christmas Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends: (Illustrated Edition) A Christmas Carol, Silent Night, The Three Kings, The Gift of the Magi, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, The Heavenly Christmas Tree, Little Women, The Tale of Peter Rabbit...
... Oz is a Great Wizard , and can take on any form he wishes . So that some say he looks like a bird ; and some say he ... Scarecrow eagerly . “ Oh , Oz could do that easily enough , ” declared the man . “ He has more brains than he needs ...
Big Book of Christmas Tales: 250+ Short Stories, Fairytales and Holiday Myths & Legends
... dawn he too was grey and grim. One monk alone had Modred kept, A youth with hair of golden-red, Who never once had sighed or wept, Not once had bowed his proud young head. Broken he lay, and bound with thongs. Thus had he seen his ...
Classics for Christmas: Christmas Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends (400+ Titles in One Illustrated Edition)
... Oz is a Great Wizard, and can take on any form he wishes. So that some say he looks like a bird; and some say he ... Scarecrow eagerly. “Oh, Oz could do that easily enough,” declared the man. “He has more brains than he needs.” “And I ...
... Oz is a Great Wizard , and can take on any form he wishes . So that some say he looks like a bird ; and some say he ... Scarecrow eagerly . “ Oh , Oz could do that easily enough , ” declared the man . “ He has more brains than he needs ...
The Big Book of Christmas Magic: 400+ Holiday Novels, Tales, Poems, Carols & Legends: A Christmas Carol, Silent Night, The Three Kings, The Gift of the Magi...
... Oz is a Great Wizard , and can take on any form he wishes . So that some say he looks like a bird ; and some say he ... Scarecrow eagerly . “ Oh , Oz could do that easily enough , ” declared the man . “ He has more brains than he needs ...
180 Masterpieces You Should Read Before You Die (Vol.2)
... Pross and Mr. Cruncher had discharged the office of purveyors ; the former carrying the money ; the latter , the basket . Every afternoon at about the time when the public lamps were lighted , they fared forth on this duty , and made ...
Summertime Reading List: 180 Books You Need to Read (Vol.I)
... Lead the way ! " They went in from the yard and up to the fourth storey . The staircase got darker and darker as they went up . It was nearly eleven o'clock and although in summer ... sheet . Behind it probably was the bed . There was nothing ...
90 Masterpieces of World Literature (Vol.I): Novels, Poetry, Plays, Short Stories, Essays, Psychology & Philosophy
... Scarecrow said to his friends : " Congratulate me . I am going to Oz to get my brains at last . When I return I shall be as other men are . " " I have always liked you as you were , " said Dorothy simply . " It is kind of you to like a ...
... cuckold again.” But she halted afresh. “Why d'you call him cuckold?” “Because he is a cuckold, by Jove!” She came and leaned against the wall again; she was profoundly interested. “Ah!” she said simply. “What, d'you mean to say you didn ...
... cuckold, for he is a cuckold, I must inform you. His countess is making him one with every man she meets—yes, even with that good-for-nothing of a Fauchery. And that Mignon, who goes loafing about the pavement in behalf of his harridan ...
The Ultimate Book Club: 180 Books You Should Read (Vol.2): Life is a Dream, The Awakening, Babbitt, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Sense and Sensibility
... dance , will come The sound of tabour and of drum . Again to spouse and realm restored , Girt by his friends , the ... stolen wife Dearer to Ráma than his life , Chief when he saw the Lord of Night Rise slowly o'er the eastern height ...
Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection: 170+ Space Adventures, Dystopian Novels & Lost World Classics: The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, The Mysterious Island, Frankenstein, Iron Heel...
... bullet of 108 inches would weigh more than 200,000 lbs . , a weight evidently too great ; however , as it is necessary to give the projectile a certain stability ... calculator , Mr. Maston , will tell us at once . " " Nothing is easier ...
Historical Romances – Boxed Set: 70 Novels in One Edition: Love Through the Ages – From Ancient Egypt to the Roaring 30s
... Saint-Pierre, Mary Hays, Louis Hémon, Madame de La Fayette, Lady Sydney Morgan, A. E. W. Mason. morning. It's about that Deane girl, Marcia. I suppose you haven't heard the dreadful reports that are going around. It really is disgraceful ...
... pets of some of them ; train them to do tricks - who knows ? get sentimental over the pet boy who grew up and had to ... grim meditation . I sat contemplating these things . I could find nothing to bring against this man's reasoning . In ...
180 Masterpieces You Should Read Before You Die (Vol.1)
... Emily Brontë, Henry David Thoreau, Henry James, Louisa May Alcott, Victor ... Gregorio and the beauty of Ana Felix were the admiration of all who were ... Gregorio, and Don Gregorio at no great length, but in a few words, in which he ...
180 Classics You Must Read In Your Lifetime (Vol.2)
... Mole yawn, and yet she ought to be accustomed to the social charms of the friends of the house. I am frightened of ... jokes. On this particular day, whether or not by reason of some affectation on her part, she proved cruel to bores.
This website uses cookies and collects data for optimal performance. Your continued use signifies agreement to our Privacy Policy.