Zhandalee is a fifteen-year-old dark-skinned girl who arrived from the sea to the land of Sicily at the age of two in the arms of a girl who used her last strength to deliver the...

In this continuing adventure we follow Mombi who is returning home, Tip plans to frighten her with a scarecrow he has made. Tip instead makes a man out of wood and gives him a...

No one grieved for Mick Phelan when he died. The old lawyer had been a terrible father and a horrible man, poisoning his children with his hate.But an unexpected inheritance was...

You look lovely. I actually never thought you were going to show up. But here you are and I have to admit that I am happy as hell.”“That is great. I feel great....

"Life on the Mississippi" (1883) is a memoir by Mark Twain of his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War, and also a travel...

Prester John tells the story of a young Scotsman named David Crawfurd and his adventures in South Africa, where a Zulu uprising is tied to the medieval legend of Prester John....

Ligeia, a beautiful, passionate and intellectual woman, raven-haired and dark-eyed. The narrator is unable to recall anything about the history of Ligeia, including her...

Since her divorce, Valerie's been alone and the sexual frustration is getting to her. She knows she could meet someone, but doesn't want a relationship just for some hot...

Set in Edwardian London, Night and Day contrasts the daily lives and romantic attachments of two acquaintances, Katharine Hilbery and Mary Datchet. The novel examines the...

Joseph Andrews, or The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and of his Friend Mr. Abraham Adams, was the first published full-length novel of the English author and...