Frances: 2004 books

Collection of Children's Books A Little Princess The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Peter Pan The Wind in the Willows The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Little Women Anne of Green Gables The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter Andersen's Fairy Tales The Jungle Book Grimms' Fairy Tales Treasure Island The Prince...

"Duncan and Szanto bring their A-game to this daring and complex novel."—Lou Allin, Crime Writers of Canada Sandro Vasiliadis, a nurse at the Whidbey Island General Hospital, has died of an apparent heroin overdose. When his grieving mother bends over to kiss her son’s corpse...

ENCHANTMENTS, Wizards, Witches, Magic Spells, Nixy Queens, Giants, Fairy White Reindeer, and glittering Treasures flourish in these tales from the Baltic Lands--Lapland (both Finnish and Scandinavian), Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. And their setting is the Long Winter Night with its brilliant...

Amid the extensive coverage of the Arab uprisings, the Gulf state of Bahrain has been almost forgotten. Fusing historical and contemporary analysis, Bahrain’s Uprising seeks to fill this gap, examining the ongoing protests and state repression that continues today. Drawing on powerful...

‘Il giardino segreto’ è stata composto nel 1910 e ha ottenuto immediatamente un notevole successo di pubblico e di critica. Il romanzo narra le vicende di due ragazzi di nome Mary e Colin e delle loro avventure nello Yorkshire. I due, tra l’altro, si prenderanno cura di un giardino segreto...

Iantha, daughter of a nobleman, finds herself trapped alone in a castle full of men because of a blizzard. Lord Duncan, the master of the castle, asks for her hand in marriage to protect her reputation from the scandal—but Iantha had been attacked by a gang of men six years ago, when she was only eighteen!...

Iantha plunges into marriage with Robert, a baron, still uneasy about it all. How will she ever go to bed with him? Meanwhile, a sinister man attacks her once again. Right after Iantha and Robert learn that one of the guests at their Christmas party was part of the group that assaulted Iantha, the man...

A model town at war with itself . . . George Pullman created an ideal community for his railroad car workers, complete with every amenity they could want or need. But when hard economic times hit in 1894, lay-offs follow and the workers can no longer pay their rent or buy food at the company store....

An orphaned teenage girl steals a ship while on a sailing trip in Scotland with other disadvantaged youngsters in order to search for the mythical treasure of Odysseus - a search her lost father began but failed to complete.

What could be sexier than watching a hot girl pleasure herself or a sexy couple get it on in the shower? If you love watching others enjoy themselves then you are sure to be entertained by this sizzling collection of 10 unique stories of couples and individuals being viewed by another. With over 19,500...

England, 1819. The Earl of Amhurst has returned to his estate in search of a wife and, more importantly, an heir. Simon Devere isn't interested in some comely, simpering creature. A beautiful woman only brings heartbreak and ruin, and Simon's disfigured visage is proof enough of that. No, he wants...

Love the contrast of black on white skin? If you can’t get enough of interracial loving then you are bound to enjoy this collection of 10 scorching hot stories. With over 25,000 words this book should keep you worked up for quite some time.   Warning, these stories are explicit...

Are you looking for some black on white action? How about black on black on white action? Then you will definitely enjoy this book. Packed with over 29,000 words this book should keep you titillated for quite some time.   Title’s included in this compilation:  ...

Heart & Souls -the singleton, is a collection of three stories about life. It features "My Love Letter", a lad's wish. "The Business Woman", spoken words but not learnt ones. And to complete the collection, the touching and philosophical core of "Happy Christmas", Santa Claus' day off.