J W: 1782 books

Upon its publication in 1774, The Sorrows of Young Werther gained an instant following. European readers were captivated by the rapturous musings of Werther, Goethe's romantic protagonist whose extreme passion leads to self-destruction. Public fascination gave rise to a fanatical copycat culture,...

"Reliable accounts of battles, wars, adventures, forays, murders, massacres, etc., etc, together with biographical sketches of many of the most noted Indian fighters and frontiersmen of Texas."

Thomas Campion, Milton, Crashaw, Herbert, Bourne, Walter Savage Landor – all these poets, between them spanning the period from the Elizabethan to the Victorian age, wrote a substantial body of Latin verse in addition to their better-known English poetry, representing part of the vast and almost...

They say that people go there when they're ready to die. They say Death himself is a patron. That's where the tavern gets its name. Azrael's Stop. Watering hole for the Angel of Death. Since Ceph started tending bar there, many people have come through the Stop, whether looking for some peace...

Mike Nichols burst onto the American cultural scene in the late 1950s as one half of the comic cabaret team of Nichols and May. He became a Broadway directing sensation, then moved on to Hollywood, where his first two films—Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) and The Graduate (1967)—earned...

A "Coming of Age Story/Drama". Vince, who grew up on the streets of Brooklyn, New York during the 1940's and 1950's, moves to California. After arriving he enters high school, where he encounters harassment from four boys. They were making derogatory statements about his nationality...

This book contains a collection of poems about golf.  While poetry is always fascinating, the ability of a few people to evoke the nature of the game in the late twentieth century in the United Kingdom is remarkable.

'Curiosity' and 'wonder' are topics of increasing interest and importance to Renaissance and Enlightenment historians. Conspicuous in a host of disciplines from history of science and technology to history of art, literature, and society, both have assumed a prominent place in studies of the Early...

A great adventure for teens, this time in the Rocky Mountains.

Operator Furgis stood with his hands behind his back staring at the big blue giant planet. However his thoughts travelled elsewhere with concern. He knew after five years of debate from the Earth Tribune, the Solar Council wanted Acela Vega in their custody and they sent their best to accomplish their...

At the age of sixteen, Caleb lost his father to an accident while fishing on the Sea of Galilee. Now at the age of seventeen, Caleb has taken responsibility for supporting his mother and younger brother. As his dreams and visions of the Lord continue, Caleb through prayer decides to accept the Lord's...

Devastating radioactive fallout rained down on the Earth, leaving not one area untouched except the depths of her oceans. The citizens of Ocean One, along with their sister colonies Ocean Two and Ocean Three, now have the technology to rid Mother Earth of the radioactivity that plagues lands and keeps...

Operator Furgis is critically injured while inspecting the Mortelis refit of the ships drafted into the new Western fleet. As Dr. Avers works to save his life, Sam finds a vid recording of the logs his father recorded during his younger years before Neptune One. As Sam initiates the recording through...