Hardy: 1309 books

When Annabelle is swept away by one of the world's richest, most frightening pirates, she finds herself in a world she doesn't understand. Chained up in his brig, the Captain proposes a scenario where she can get out of her cell. But not necessarily out of her chains. The Captain, known only...

Who was the mysterious stranger who helped injured Londoners during the Blitz-- and then vanished? Who was the beautiful blonde girl who blazed like a supernova on the 1970s psychedelic rock scene for a few weeks--and then vanished? How could an astronaut have reached Mars decades before the first manned...

Somethin' about small town cowboys, old trucks, and bad boys can't be denied. Mary is back home in her small town, working her grandmother's farm, and trying to avoid trouble. The curvy girl is hard at work on the farm, doing just that. Except that an old crush has his eyes on her again, and...

"The Three Strangers" is a short story by Thomas Hardy from 1883. The story is a pastoral history told by an omniscient narrator more than 50 years after the event. The sheep-stealer is a kind of folk hero who stole to survive and escaped by outsmarting his hangman.

Far From the Madding Crowd was the first of Hardy’s novels to give the name of Wessex to the landscape of south-west England and is set against the backdrop of the unchanging natural cycle of the year. The story both upholds and questions rural values with a startlingly modern sensibility. Part...

"Tess of the D'Urbervilles" contains a simplified edition of the book with the same title by the famous author Thomas Hardy. Tess, the humble daughter of a simple man, experiences the most dreadful things which can ever happen to a woman. Her struggles with the rotten world which...

For the first time ever, THE COMPLETE BOXED SET of the UK paranormal / urban fantasy romance series that has taken readers by surprise. Unique, refreshing and sexy as hell! *Book One: The Witching Pen Book Two: The Sands Of Time Book Three: The Demon Bride Book Four: The Last Dragon Plus...

This is the third book in Shadow's Edge Series.Shana can't help but fight her nature. Stubborn runs through her veins. She wants to be independent, to be an individual, but Deans pull is irresistible.This work contains:6,555 words (It is a short story)Sexy Alpha WerewolvesSteamy...

Una delle caratteristiche principali dell’arte narrativa di Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) è quella di ridurre i più ardui problemi dello spirito a poche idee forti ed elementari. I cinque racconti compresi in questa raccolta, La tragedia di due ambizioni, Il veto del figlio, Per sua moglie, L’Ussaro...

“A handy, all-in-one reference on the Confederate capitals . . . Rich details and effective anecdotes . . . evok[e] a real sense of the people, places, and events” (The Civil War Monitor). The Confederate States of America boasted five capital cities in four years. The center of the Confederate...

Brunsol Mindspear is dead.   In life, he was the chief inquisitor of the Bounded Land, steeped in blood after decades of tyranny in the service of god. In death, he finds his god to be false, and that his world was created not to provide a home for humanity – but to study it....

They considered themselves "Lee's Body Guard," cavalrymen specifically recruited to serve as scouts, couriers and guides for General Robert E. Lee. Though their battle experiences might pale compared to those of soldiers under J.E.B. Stuart and Wade Hampton, the men of the 39th Virginia served crucial...

Set in Wessex during the Napoleonic Wars The Trumpet Major is Hardy's historical masterpiece skilfully depicting local life, fears of the press gang, invasion, the beauty of romantic love, and rivalry of two brothers for the hand of Anne Garland.

The tourists came to the castle to learn about its history. But then the war began – and they became its history. As the cheerful tour guide leads them round the castle, the tour group doesn’t know that a nuclear war is about to obliterate their world. But hundreds of years later, archaeologists...