He's the fascinating romantic lead in what is perhaps the most enduringly popular novel in the English language. Yet Jane Austen reveals tantalizingly little about him, nor does she ever give readers insight into his take on the action of the book. A ..

Dakota half-breed Hannah Hops Along lives on the edge. She lives on the prairie's edge between the Badlands and the reservation. She lives at the edge of contemporary culture, fiercely protecting the ancient traditions of her tribe. And leapfrogging the ed

A frank, funny and fast-reading guide to marketing strategy, marketing tactics and sales management in the unique B2B space, where the usual consumer-based marketing and sales rules are turned on their head. That's why too many B2B products and services go

The Band of the Hawk — what's left of them — are on the run, Guts and Casca having rescued the Hawks' leader, Griffith, from the horrors of the King of Midland's dungeons. Starved, tortured mercilessly and imprisoned in an iron mask, Griffith hangs ..

The Best American Catholic Short Stories captures twenty of the best short stories from thirteen American Catholic writers over the past seventy-five years. Spanning most of the twentieth century, the stories in this collection deal with many of the ..

This volume contains a collection of some of the best short stories ever written by Edgar Allan Poe. A master of the macabre, Poe exhibits his literary prowess in these classic short stories. Contained within this volume are the following: The Gold-B ..

„Stefan Zweig was a dark and unorthodox artist; it's good to have him back.“–Salman Rushdie The great Austrian writer Stefan Zweig was a master anatomist of the deceitful heart, and Beware of Pity, the only novel he published during his lifetime ..

Als Mädchen durchschritt Amélie Nothomb eine lange und schmerzliche magersüchtige Phase und kompensierte die fehlende Nahrung durch das Lesen. Heute erinnert sie sich.

David Schearl arrives in New York in his mother's arms to begin his new life as an immigrant in the Golden Land. David is hated by his father – an angry, violent man unable to find his niche in the New World – but is fiercely loved and protected by h ..

Contes" Il était une fois un roi et une reine? ", " il était une fois une petite fille de village? " Il suffit de cette clé magique pour que s?ouvre ŕ nous le monde oů paraissent tour ŕ tour la belle au bois dormant, le petit chaperon rouge, la barbe ..

Claudius has survived the murderous intrigues of his predecessors to become, reluctantly, Emperor of Rome. Here, he recounts his surprisingly successful reign: how he cultivates the loyalty of the army and the common people to repair the damage cause ..

When a well-known bibliophile is found hanged, Lucas Corso is brought in to authenticate a fragment of a manuscript purported to be „The Three Musketeers.“ He is soon drawn into a swirling plot involving devil worship, occult practices, and a swashbu ..