Jerome Jerome: 1081 books

Learning: A Behavioral, Cognitive, and Evolutionary Synthesis by Jerome Frieman and Steve Reilly provides an integrated account of the psychological processes involved in learning and conditioning and their influence on human behavior. With a skillful blend of behavioral, cognitive, and evolutionary...

Papal documents might seem to be the domain of theologians and academics, but for catechists, they’re a wellspring of inspiration and wisdom. They also hold the key to understanding catechists’ roles in the New Evangelization, and how catechists might echo the Good News in our modern era. Here,...

The novel All Roads Lead to Cavalry offers an irreverent take on the social forces at play in England in the period leading up to and just following the outbreak of World War I. If you're interested in history but often find yourself bored by historical fiction, this funny, one-of-a-kind novel is for you.

Collection of humorous stories, the framing being that they are told by a waiter named Henry. Generally good, but with the last, "The Wooing of Tom Sleight's Wife", is the best. It's a terrific tale in which a sailor, parted from the girl he'd secretly married in Maine, many years later...

In Nocturnal, Christopher, a brash reporter, has trouble with the night. An insomniac, he rarely sleeps and, when he does, nightmares stemming from the unsolved murder of a childhood friend fifteen years earlier haunt him. But when he meets a young girl, who is the splitting image of his friend, and...

(Excerpt): "The Doctor never did believe this story, but claims for it that, to a great extent, it has altered his whole outlook on life. "Of course, what actually happened—what took place under my own nose," continued the Doctor, "I do not dispute. And then there is the case...

Wade Summers wants nothing more than to go on his date tonight with high school hottie Glory Schoonover.Unfortunately, a fierce February blizzard's blown in and a couple of first-time heifers are calving early. Way too early.And Wade's never delivered a calf all by himself...

The Library of Alexandria is an independent small business publishing house. We specialize in bringing back to live rare, historical and ancient Books. This includes manuscripts such as: classical fiction, philosophy, science, Religion, folklore, mythology, history, literature, politics and sacred texts,...

Tre uomini in barca uno dei libri più amati della letteratura per ragazzi. È la storia di tre amici, J., George e Harris, che, risalendo la corrente del Tamigi con una fragile imbarcazione, viaggiano per diversi giorni attraverso la campagna inglese. Accompagnati dal fedele cane Montmorency, che...

Il romanzo, uscito nel 1889, nacque originariamente come opera contenente notizie storico-letterarie, utili per una guida turistica, e avrebbe dovuto intitolarsi La storia del Tamigi. L'editore fece tagliare le divagazioni storico culturali, creando i presupposti per l'enorme successo del libro, snellito...

Racconto umoristico nel quale in occasione di una gioviale serata fra amici vengono raccontate brevi storielle che fanno il verso ai racconti di fantasmi. Libro in lingua originale inglese con traduzione in italiano.

Cambiare aria e sfuggire alla routine: questo si propongono tre amici londinesi quando decidono di visitare la Germania e fare un giro in bicicletta per la Selva Nera. Ma la loro avventura comincia ancor prima di partire: ad esempio, non è per niente facile convincere le mogli che quel viaggio è...

La Vigilia di Natale, dopocena, gli uomini si siedono in cerchio attorno al camino a fumare la pipa, sorseggiando bicchieri di punch: non potrebbe esserci momento migliore per raccontarsi vecchie storie di fantasmi. D'altronde, se "è risaputo che a Natale tutti ne hanno già abbastanza di dover...