If you like Victorian erotica this book is definitely something you dont want to miss. The story ranges from titillating to arousing and is suitable for those with kinky taste or who are looking to enjoy a book that is rather different from the usual. <p> This is a high quality book of the original classic edition. <p> This is a freshly published edition of this culturally important work, which is now, at last, again available t ...
Wodehouse has written a very interesting book with the Adventures of Sally. In this case, the interest is created by Sally herself, as her story unfolds, even though she is surrounded by most every mundane stock character available during that time period. Yet still, Sally shines as an entirely human beacon of life, light and hope, in a world that seems doomed to be run with comedic austerity. Quite a unique perspective. <p> You can almo ...
As well as being a great historian Plutarch was a philosopher who used the examples of good and infamous men alike to reinforce his conception of morality and what the best in a man can truly be. <p> Unlike other classical historians, he doesnt just accept stories about individuals at face value but always mentions conflicting facts in the historical record. He often digresses in mid narrative, but never to the readers frustration, as i ...
Robert W. Chambers The King in Yellow is a book within a book. Or, more properly, its a collection of macabre short stories with a common theme; a fictional two-act play that brings decadence, hallucinations, and madness to any reader. <p> The stories within this collection, published in 1895, are set in a fictional militaristic 1920s in both the USA and Europe. The tales stand free of each other, and are told from a number of different ...
This book loses very little of its power, wit or message in translation. For all those who have considered reading this book, here are a few good reasons: this book is a very nuanced look at escapism and identity, a wonderful parody of knight stories, along with being a rousing (and very funny) adventure centering around the titular hero, a man who reads one too many books about knighthood and chivalry and decides to become a knight-errant himse ...
Youll love this book. The author has updated palmistry in this very easy to understand book. <p> Taking you step by step trough all the aspects of hand reading. Full of exercises to do really makes you feel that you are picking it up. <p> Its descriptions are fantastic and clear taken from real prints so that you can really understand what you are looking for. Other books have at times left me feeling a bit bewildered, so much t ...
Ive always felt that fiction is like a window to the past, and with The Devils, Dostoevsky gives us a clear glimpse at the underground politics brewing in Czarist Russia. At the same time, his propensity to write about criminals and people with criminal hearts is nowhere more emphasized among his major novels than in this one. There is not one character I could identify as a traditional hero, not even the semi-anonymous narrator, who relates the ...
In the genre of the finely crafted English detective story, Chestertons Father Brown stories are wholesome and stimulating detective tales surpassed by few others, except perhaps Doyles legendary Sherlock Holmes. In contrast to the arrogant Holmes, however, Chestertons protagonist is rather quiet, unassuming and modest, and makes an unlikely hero – a catholic priest. Father Browns simple manner makes you quick to underestimate him, but the start ...
Mark Twain had a way with words. Hes sort of become a caricature because of the popularity of a couple of his books, and many only know of him through the various visual productions of his stories, but he shows his depth of understanding and the broadness of his thoughts in his fun to read, easy to grasp essays. <p> The essaya were introduced to me through a blog about the philosophical question of free will. At first glance, I thought I ...
