Stevenson: 1819 books

In this journal of his experiences crossing North America by train –written in 1879-80 and first published in 1892—the celebrated master of the adventure novel demonstrates his flair as a travel writer and essayist. Across the Plains is a genuine slice of Americana as seen through a Scotsman’s eyes.

Classic / British English Dr Jekyll is a London doctor who is liked and respected for his work. Mr Hyde is an evil man, completely unknown in London society. There is a murder and Hyde seems to be responsible. So why does the good doctor give Mr Hyde the key to his house – and decide to leave everything to Mr Hyde in his will?

The "Vampire Tales" is the biggest, hungriest, undeadliest collection of vampire stories ever assembled. Dark, stormy, and delicious, once it sinks its teeth into you there's no escape. Vampires! Whether imagined by Bram Stoker or Anne Rice, they are part of the human lexicon and as old...

Iain stood for a few minutes on the little bridge that crossed the burn and looked at the house—he felt that he had betrayed it. No people save his own had ever lived in the house, and now he had sold it into slavery. For three months it would shelter strangers beneath its roof, for three months...

And day now the big man with the cigar might be arriving on the ferryboat--the man that Pete's father is terrified to see. So three times a day, when the ferry is due at the island, Pete jumps on his bike and races to see if the big man will get off the boat. In Pete's pocket is a quarter,...

Everyone has a dark side. Dr Jekyll has discovered the ultimate drug. A chemical that can turn him into something else. Suddenly, he can unleash his deepest cruelties in the guise of the sinister Hyde. Transforming himself at will, he roams the streets of fog-bound London as his monstrous alter-ego. It...

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, or simply Jekyll and Hyde is about a London lawyer named Gabriel John Utterson who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr. Henry Jekyll, and the evil Edward Hyde. The novella's impact is such that it has become...

An uncanny thriller from the acclaimed author of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Medical school students Fettes and Macfarlane are charged with the unenviable task of receiving and paying for the institution’s research cadavers. When Fettes recognizes the dead body of a woman...

THREE MASTER WORKS FROM THE OFFICIAL CHURCH OF SATAN READING LIST From the list originally published in Magistra Blanche Barton’s The Church of Satan as approved by Magus Anton Szandor LaVey. THREE CLASSIC TEXTS FOR STUDENTS OF SATANISM AND THE OCCULT: THE BOOK OF LIES by Aleister...

Get to know George Washington as a kid and discover what made him the ultimate all-star in American history. George Washington was the first President of the United States, the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and one of the Founding Fathers...

À l'automne 1878, le jeune écrivain part avec une ânesse, Modestine, pendant douze jours et traverse les Cévennes depuis Monastier jusqu'à St Jean du Gard. Il nous décrit agréablement cette région de montagnes, et nous relate en même temps l'histoire de ces contrées, en particulier la révolte...

One-legged Long John Silver, treacherous Captain Billy Bones, wicked Black Dog and terrifying Blind Pew: these are the most cruel and frightening pirates ever to sail the high seas. They all dream of finding Captain Flints buried treasure, but it is young Jim Hawkins, only 14 years old, who finds Flints...