Even the terrible American Civil War is nothing compared to Scarlett's broken heart. But one man knows her secret, the handsome and dangerous Rhett Butler -- and he wants her for himself

    Scarlett O'Hara has to work hard to build up her life again, but she has no money. The handsome Rhett Butler is rich, but he is soon to be hanged for murder. Then there is Ashley Wilkes. He is married now, but Scarlett still loves him. Does he love her?

    On the outskirts of a large German city, three young men are earning a thin and precarious living. Fully armed young storm troopers swagger in the streets. Restlessness, poverty, and violence are everywhere. For these three, friendship is the only refuge from the chaos around them. Then the youngest of them falls in love, and brings into the group a young woman who will become a comrade as well, as they are all tested in ways they can never have imagined. . . .Written with the same overwhelming simplicity and directness that made All Quiet on the Western Front a classic, Three Comrades portrays the greatness of the human spirit, manifested through characters who must find the inner resources to live in a world they did not make, but must endure.

    Economic and social conflict in a north Indian village are brilliantly captured in the story of Hori, a poor farmer and his family’s struggle for survival and self-respect. Hori does everything he can to fulfill his life’s desire: to own a cow, the peasant’s measure of wealth and well-being. Like many Hindus of his time, he believes that making the gift of a cow to a Brahman before he dies will help him achieve salvation. An engaging introduction to India before Independence, Godaan is at once village ethnography, moving human document and insightful colonial history.

    Scarlett O'Hara, the beautiful, spoiled daughter of a well-to-do Georgia plantation owner, must use every means at her disposal to claw her way out of the poverty she finds herself in after Sherman's March to the Sea.

    The storytelling genius of the authors finds here a canvas filled with color, action and adventure. Readers will realize, as did the authors, that so large a drama could not be confined to the compass of an ordinary book. Nordoff and Hall chose to tell the story of the Bounty in three acts: Mutiny on the Bounty Men Against the Sea Pitcairn's Island In The Mutiny on the Bounty Trilogy these three books have been united in a single volume to form the complete work that the authors had in mind.

    Along the way, Karel Capek satirizes science, runaway capitalism, fascism, journalism, militarism, even Hollywood.

    P. Lovecraft. It forms part of the Cthulhu Mythos, using its motif of a malign undersea civilization. It references several shared elements of the Mythos, including place-names, mythical creatures and invocations.

    The other masterly essays in this collection include classics such as "My Country Right or Left", "How the Poor Die" and "Such, Such were the Joys", his memoir of the horrors of public school, as well as discussions of Shakespeare, sleeping rough, boys' weeklies, and a spirited defence of English cooking. Opinionated, uncompromising, provocative, and hugely entertaining, all show Orwell's unique ability to get to the heart of any subject.

    R. James wrote his ghost stories to entertain friends on Christmas Eve, and they went on to both transform and modernize a genre. James harnesses the power of suggestion to move from a recognizable world to one that is indefinably strange, and then unforgettably terrifying. Sheets, pictures, carvings, a doll's house, a lonely beach, a branch tapping on a window—ordinary things take on more than a tinge of dread in the hands of the original master of suspense. James's prescription for his ghost stories was to "let the ominous thing put out its head, unobtrusively at first, and then more insistently, until it holds the stage."

    First published in Hanoi during 1936, it follows the absurd and unexpected rise within colonial society of a street-smart vagabond named Red-haired Xuan. As it charts Xuan's fantastic social ascent, the novel provides a panoramic view of late colonial urban social order, from the filthy sidewalks of Hanoi's old commercial quarter to the gaudy mansions of the emergent Francophile northern upper classes. The transformation of traditional Vietnamese class and gender relations triggered by the growth of colonial capitalism represents a major theme of the novel.Dumb Luck is the first translation of a major work by Vu Trong Phung, arguably the greatest Vietnamese writer of the twentieth century. The novel's clever plot, richly drawn characters and humorous tone and its preoccupation with sex, fashion and capitalism will appeal to a wide audience. It will appeal to students and scholars of Vietnam, comparative literature, colonial and postcolonial studies, and Southeast Asian civilization.Vu Trong Phung died in Hanoi, in 1939 at the age of twenty-seven. He is the author of at least eight novels, seven plays, and several other works of fiction in addition to Dumb Luck.Peter Zinoman is Associate Professor of Southeast Asian History, University of California, Berkeley. Nguyen Nguyet Cam is Vietnamese Language Instructor, University of California, Berkeley.

    He heads for the cathedral town or Torminster, where he recovers his love of life in the invigorating company of his cousin, Hugh Anthony, his grandfather, the Canon and Henrietta.When Jocelyn moved into the little house where Ferranti once had lived, a dark Byronic spirit haunted its rooms. Was Ferranti alive or dead? Until they knew, Jocelyn and Felicity must reach out to him. Until Ferranti no longer needed them, they must yield slowly to the madness of love. So the ghost of Gabriel Ferranti guided their lives in surprising ways, and more than one bewildered heart was restored to the wonder and magic of living.

    Wodehouse's most gloriously funny stories, this is the tale of bumbling Lord Emsworth, whose quiet life reading "The Care Of The Pig" and pottering among the flowers at Blandings Castle is shattered by an outbreak of lawlessness involving his niece Jane (the third prettiest girl in Shropshire), an airgun - and the trouser seat of the abominable Baxter.

    But when they vow to make a name for themselves, they have no idea it's going to be such hard work! They launch themselves into the world of show business, complete with working papers, the glare of the spotlight, and practice, practice, practice! Pauline is destined for the movies. Posy is a born dancer. But practical Petrova finds she'd rather pilot a plane than perform a pirouette. Each girl must find the courage to follow her dream.

    First published in 1935, this novel reaffirmed James M. Cain as a virtuoso of the roman noir.

    Sue, with her red hair and eager spirit, is a very likable person - direct, outspoken, capable of mistakes, capable also of warm attachments and a courageous devotion to the service which she soon loves. With her pals, Kit and Connie, she submits to the discipline and rigorous training which are required of every good hospital nurse. Her love of humor gets her in and out of several scrapes: she tumbles into the laundry chute; she tries to defend her fellow student from the inevitable hazing; she gets into an amusing pickle with an Italian patient who speaks no English. Her warm heart and delightful spirit make friends for her among the patients and even win the occasional approbation of the stern staff. Her femininity has more than a casual effect on Dr. Barry, the ablest of the young interns. Sue's student years are alive with color and incident: the tests which she must pass to win her cap; the mistakes, very human in themselves, which almost ruin her career; her struggle with a delirious patient, a struggle which tries her courage to the utmost; Christmas in the hospital, when the entire staff comes together for one spontaneous celebration. Whether or not a reader has the ambition to become a nurse, she will find in this story a true picture of the training school of a great hospital and a heart warming friendship with a fun, joyous young woman.

    24 short stories including Little Herr Friedemann, Death in Venice, Mario and the Magician, The Blood of the Walsungs, and A Man and His Dog.

    In it he captures the Isherwood-like atmosphere of Nazi Germany while telling a satiric story about the rise to power of one man - a thinly veiled caricature of his own brother-in-law. The man is Hendrik Hofgen, a character actor who in his own life plays a bizarre part in the elite circle of the Third Reich. Hofgen is publicly a revolutionary, but secretly he is a man driven by an obsessive need for power and fame. Although he benefits from the prestige of being married to the daughter of an eminent politician, he endangers his rise in Nazi society by his compulsive involvement with ‘a black Venus.’ His brilliant success as Mephisto in FAUST brings him the support of the Führer’s prime minister, who appoints him head of the State Theater. His dreams are finally realized, but the story ends on a note of despair as Hofgen is forced to confront the emptiness of his life. Mann weaves his tale with amazing skill. The result is a fascinating novel of decadence and evil.Klaus Mann, the second child of Thomas Mann, was born in Munich in 1906. He began writing short stories and articles in 1924, and within a year was a theatrical critic for a Berlin newspaper. In 1925 both a volume of short stories and his first novel, THE PIOUS DANCE, were published. His sister, Erika, to whom he was very close, was in the cast of his first play, ANJA AND ESTHER. Mann left Germany in 1933 and lived in Amsterdam until 1936, during which time he became a Czechoslovakian citizen, having been deprived of his German citizenship by the Nazis. He moved to America in 1936, living in Princeton, New Jersey, and New York City. He became a U.S. citizen in 1943. He died at the age of forty-two in Cannes, France. Robin Smyth was a European correspondent for the London Observer.

    

    Their neighbours prove a mixed bag, including the towering, kindly Jed Armstrong, a farmer whose land 'marches with' theirs, the local vicar and his family, and the three gossipy Pringle sisters, who travel by donkey-drawn cart and get their knives into one and all. After a bumpy start, with a disagreeable cook and her nincompoop daughter as their only help, Susan and Oliver begin to settle in nicely, and find themselves in the midst of romance, confusion, and earthy hilarity.Molly Clavering was for many years the neighbour and friend of bestselling author D.E. Stevenson, and they may well have influenced one another's writing. First published in 1936 (under the pseudonym B. Mollett) and out of print for more than 80 years, Susan Settles Down is one of her most cheerful and vivid romantic comedies. This new edition features an introduction by Elizabeth Crawford.

    HowardCimmeria - A Poem The Phoenix on the Sword The Scarlet Citadel The Tower of the Elephant Black Colossus The Slithering Shadow or Xuthal of the DuskThe Pool of the Black One Rogues in the House Gods of the North Iron Shadows in the Moon or Shadows in the MoonlightQueen of the Black Coast The Devil in Iron The People of the Black Circle A Witch Shall be BornJewels of Gwahlur Beyond the Black River Shadows in Zamboula or Man-Eaters of ZamboulaConan the Conqueror or The Hour of the DragonRed Nails The Hyborian Age Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre.

    The Old Man's Birthday is both a nostalgic treat for fans of the gentler brand of interwar fiction, and a dry satire of British village life. Matthew Rowston is turning ninety-five. A lovable rogue approaching his dotage, he has very little time for the high moral standards and rigid ideas of propriety espoused by his spinster daughter. Things get interesting when he invites his estranged son, the bright and lively Stephen, and his beautiful partner to his celebratory dinner. Over the course of the day, Matthew walks around the village, introducing the pair to his large and varied clan, from the aging Jolly-hockey sticks granddaughter who is considering a torrid affair of her own, to his elderly bookish bachelor son and the lovely great-granddaughter struggling to find her place in the world, doomed to work as a clerk in her dull and dismal father's firm. Teeming beneath the calm surface of village and family life, lies a whole world of secrets and desires, hopes and dreams. Mrs Dalloway with a dash of dry humour, Mapp and Lucia with a slightly melancholy tone, this is the perfect heritage read for fans of 1930s fiction at its best.

    

    

    A middle-aged civil servant almost has an affair, and Móricz tells the story with compassionate understanding, achieving an artistic effect of the very highest order. The Hungarian dance of death which concludes the book pulls into focus the falseness of inter-war Hungary, commonplace today too.

    Great way to learn about the major modern poets.

    

    

    Greek Questions. Greek and Roman Parallel Stories. On the Fortune of the Romans. On the Fortune or the Virtue of Alexander. Were the Athenians More Famous in War or in Wisdom?Plutarch (c. 45 120 CE) wrote on many subjects. His extant works other than the Parallel Lives are varied, about sixty in number, and known as the Moralia (Moral Essays). They reflect his philosophy about living a good life, and provide a treasury of information concerning Greco-Roman society, traditions, ideals, ethics, and religion.

    Reissued in uniform series design, the reissues will enable libraries, scholars, and students to gain fresh access to some of the finest scholarship of the last century.

    R. James to H. G. Wells.Contents The Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts & Mysteries (frontispiece) • interior artwork by E. Spencely17 • The Diver • (1927) • short story by A. J. Alan24 • The Ghoul of Golders Green • (1923) • novelette by Michael Arlen59 • The Murder of the Mandarin • (1907) • short story by Arnold Bennett70 • Powers of the Air • short story by J. D. Beresford [as by John D. Beresford]76 • Keeping His Promise • (1906) • short story by Algernon Blackwood92 • Dearth's Farm • (1923) • short story by Gerald Bullett105 • The Hammer of God • non-genre • [Father Brown] • (1911) • short story by G. K. Chesterton121 • The Blue Geranium • short story by Agatha Christie173 • The Tiger • (1921) • short story by A. E. Coppard195 • The Looking Glass • short story by Walter de la Mare (variant of The Looking-Glass 1923)195 • The Hostelry • (1923) • short story by Guy de Maupassant (trans. of L'auberge 1886)208 • A Large Diamond • [Jorkens] • (1931) • short story by Lord Dunsany218 • The Cupboard • (1922) • short story by Jeffery Farnol235 • The Other Sense • short story by J. S. Fletcher [as by Joseph S. Fletcher]246 • Ghost of Honour • short story by Pamela Hansford Johnson254 • Roads of Destiny • (1903) • novelette by O. Henry277 • The Trapdoor • short story by C. D. Heriot286 • Ben Blower's Story • short story by Charles Fenno Hoffman [as by C. F. Hoffman]297 • The Shadow of a Shade • (1869) • short story by Tom Hood311 • The Dwarfs • (1921) • short story by Aldous Huxley322 • Guests from Gibbet Island • (1839) • short story by Washington Irving333 • The Mezzotint • (1904) • short story by M. R. James346 • The Dancing Partner • (1928) • short story by Jerome K. Jerome353 • The Woman Who Rode Away • (1925) • novelette by D. H. Lawrence390 • Honolulu • (1921) • novelette by W. Somerset Maugham413 • Rooum • (1910) • short story by Oliver Onions429 • The Green Light • (1897) • short story by Barry Pain435 • The Iron Pineapple • (1926) • short story by Eden Phillpotts451 • The Demon King • (1931) • short story by J. B. Priestley466 • The Queen of Spades • (1909) • short story by Александр Пушкин? (trans. of Пиковая дама? 1834) [as by Alexander Sergeievitch Pushkin]492 • The Seventh Man • short story by Arthur Quiller-Couch [as by Sir Arthur T. Quiller-Couch]504 • Laura • (1914) • short story by Saki509 • Goat-Cry, Girl-Cry • (1929) • short story by William B. Seabrook522 • The Mahatma's Story • (1924) • short story by May Sinclair533 • Deep in the Forest • short story by H. de Vere Stacpoole548 • The Island of Voices • novelette by Robert Louis Stevenson (variant of The Isle of Voices 1893)568 • Man of the Night • short story by Edgar Wallace578 • Major Wilbraham • (1921) • short story by Hugh Walpole594 • The Inexperienced Ghost • (1902) • short story by H. G. Wells608 • The Salt of the Earth • novelette by Rebecca West652 • A Tale of a Gas-Light Ghost • (1866) • short story by uncredited665 • The Confession of Charles Linkworth • (1912) • short story by E. F. Benson680 • The Moonlit Road • (1907) • short story by Ambrose Bierce689 • A Visitor from Down Under • (1926) • short story by L. P. Hartley705 • The Voice in the Night • (1907) • short story by William Hope Hodgson717 • His Brother's Keeper • non-genre • (1922) • short story by W. W. Jacobs728 • Berenice • (1850) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe (variant of Berenice—A Tale 1835)736 • The Coat • (1934) • short story by A. E. D. Smith743 • The Squaw • (1893) • short story by Bram Stoker755 • Presentiments • (unknown) • short fiction by P. C. Wren

    Here Gilbert Martin and his young wife struggled and lived and hoped. Combating hardships almost too great to endure, they helped give to America a legend that still stirs the heart. In the midst of love and hate, life and death, danger and disaster, they stuck to the acres that were theirs and fought a war without ever quite understanding it. Drums along the Mohawk has been an American classic since its original publication in 1936. This Syracuse University Press edition reproduces the book in its entirety.

    He seems to be painting landscapes with words. The hardship of humble people in the Grisons area in the 30's is highly evocative. The plot and suspense are well written and will keep you engrossed for hours...

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