Victor: 3403 books

In the eleventh of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom once goes hunting for Mexican treasure, supposedly protected by a tribe of head hunters.

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by CLASSIC COLLECTION 600.*** Synopsis: The Stratemeyer syndicate used the pseudonym Victor Appleton when writing several series for boys including Tom Swift. Edward Stratemeyer did the original outlines for the series, which was published...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by CLASSIC COLLECTION 600.*** Synopsis: Tom tries, with mixed success, to get someone to go along with him and try out an airplane that he had recently been working on. After getting off to a good start and proving that his concept worked,...

A far-out, far-fetched, and fiendishly funny story about a strange nightclub and its outrageous entertainment. After auditioning for the part as a singing geisha at a dubious bar, Lena and eleven other “lucky” girls are sent to work at a posh underground nightclub reserved exclusively for...

(SHORT STORY) This is one of very few stories I've gotten the inspiration for, written, and posted all inside of four hours. I was discussing religion with a friend one morning, and the idea of "stewards of the earth" came up, a complex and fascinating question. I decided that we are stewards...

Discover The Gambling Secrets That Every Pro Knows The 21st-century casino is a high-tech, fast-paced world complete with its own peculiar language and rules. Do you know the difference between a "boxman" and "boxcars"? How about when to "scratch" and when to "stand,"...

Les thèmes traités ici sont le roman, la nouvelle, l'essai, le scénario, le théâtre, la poésie.Que vous écriviez déjà ou non, prêtez-vous à l'expérience suivante. C'est un exercice que nous vous proposons depuis longtemps dans Ecrire Magazine. Choisissez un thèmes quelconque, et rédigez...

Victor Hugo (1802-1885) "Les deux plus mémorables barricades que l’observateur des maladies sociales puisse mentionner n’appartiennent point à la période où est placée l’action de ce livre. Ces deux barricades, symboles toutes les deux, sous deux aspects différents, d’une...

Emprisonné pour avoir volé du pain, Claude Gueux finira condamné à mort après avoir tué à coup de hache le directeur de sa prison. Basé sur des faits réels, Claude Gueux est un court texte incisif et puissant dans lequel Hugo, cinq ans après la parution du réquisitoire abolitionniste Le Dernier...

For most of his life, Victor Hugo (1802-1885) was the most famous writer in the world. His legacy includes the nineteenth century's most celebrated works of drama, fiction, memoir, and criticism. But in his day Hugo was know foremost as a poet-indeed the greatest French poet of the age. He wrote with...

Jean Valjean habite, avec Cosette, rue Plumet, Thénardier est en prison, sa fille Éponine, amoureuse de Marius, aide pourtant le jeune homme à retrouver la trace d'une jeune fille rencontrée au Luxembourg. Il s'agit de Cosette...

Ponderolet is a spacecraft which will be able to gather the speeds exceeding light velocity. His inventor Gennady Ignatyev the winner of the State and Lenin awards — isn’t deservedly forgotten.

This is the second volume in a subseries of the Lecture Notes in Mathematics called Lévy Matters, which is published at irregular intervals over the years. Each volume examines a number of key topics in the theory or applications of Lévy processes and pays tribute to the state of the art of this...

A memória, a morte, a televisão. Um conto que é muitos contos: espelhos. Victor Heringer prova que a literatura é realmente uma arte de inúmeras possibilidades. Formas Breves é um selo digital dedicado ao gênero conto. Seu único princípio é a qualidade. Com traduções diretas e exclusivas...