La conquete d' une cuisiniere I (Eugene Chavette (Books-G-PH Ballin Edition))
by Eugene Chavette
The Complete Works of Christopher Marlowe; Volume the First
by Christopher Marlowe
Youth, Heart of Darkness, The End of the Tether (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Joseph Conrad)
by Joseph Conrad
'Youth', Heart of Darkness and 'The End of the Tether' make up Conrad's most celebrated collection of short narratives. Heart of Darkness forms its sombre centrepiece: set in the Congo of the 1890s, this haunting and widely influential Modernist masterpiece explores the limits of human experience as well as the nightmarish realities and consequences of imperialism. The Cambridge edition presents this trio of stories and Conrad's preface to the collection in forms more authoritative than any so f...
Les Huit Coups de L'Horloge (Arsene Lupin, #11) (Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Cambrioleur, #11)
by Maurice Leblanc
Life and Letters of Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb, O. M., Litt. D.
by Caroline Jebb A W Verrall
Set mainly in Scotland during the early part of the last century, When Dark Clouds Pass revolves around the lives of two brothers born into a close-knit mining community. The protagonist, Iain Baird, despises his younger sibling, Alastair, and is jealous of the alleged favouritism he receives. Following the death of their father in a mining accident, Iain is held responsible and is forced to leave the village. He finds employment in a Glasgow shipyard, and later in a munitions works where he...
