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Subversive'' is, in essence, a negative term--it means simply ''against the existent system.'' It doesn't mean subversives all agree...

Before you wish for something--or send agents to get it for you--make very, very sure you really want it. You might get it, you know....

Unfortunately, there was only one thing he could bring back from the wonderful future... and though he didn't want to... nevertheless he did....

Flying at 1600 m.p.h. you act with split-second timing after you sight the enemy. And you're allowed only one mistake--your last!

Matthew Phipps Shiell, also known as M. P. Shiel, was a prolific British writer of West Indian descent. His legal surname remained "Shiell" though he adopted the shorter version as a de facto pen name. He is remembered mostly for supernatural and scientific romances. His work was published as serials,...

When he accidentally commits murder and is stalked by a dangerous assassin called El Tigre, Dix teams up with the dangerous and beautiful Jacqueline "Jack" Boone, who is rumored to have bested one of the most notorious gunmen in decades.

In this day of the revival of "Spiritism," when so many... are longing to communicate with the dead, and are resorting to forbidden means to that end; a day in which science is trying to discover whether there is another world than this, and whether men live after death... it seems timely...

King Charles the Second was the son and successor of King Charles the First. These two are the only kings of the name of Charles that have appeared, thus far, in the line of English sovereigns. Nor is it very probable that there will soon be another. The reigns of both these monarchs were stained...

Louis Tracy (1863 - 1928) was a British journalist, and prolific writer of fiction. He used the pseudonyms Gordon Holmes and Robert Fraser, which were at times shared with M.P. Shiel, a collaborator from the start of the twentieth century. Tracy is noted for his contribution to the mystery and romance genres.

A novel of twenty chapters from the best-selling Indiana writer Meredith Nicholson.

En 1683, Charles Perrault, perd à la fois son poste à l’Académie et sa femme. Il décide alors de se consacrer à l’éducation de ses enfants et écrit les Contes de ma mère l’Oye (1678). La Belle au bois dormant, Le Petit Chaperon rouge, La Barbe bleue, Le Maître chat ou le Chat botté, Les...

Une maison tranquille, en bord de Seine. Son habitant vit une existence paisible, jusqu’au jour où d’étranges phénomènes se manifestent : des objets qui se brisent, de l’eau qui s’évapore, des provisions qui disparaissent... Un esprit semble avoir pris possession de la maison. Et bientôt,...

On retrouve dans ces nouvelles tout l’art de Musset, qui savait si bien associer légèreté et gravité, grivoiserie et analyse subtile des sentiments. Moins connues que ses pièces de théâtre, ces nouvelles publiées dans la Revue des Deux Mondes entre 1837 et 1839 offrent une autre facette, tout...

The Serapis Classics edition of "The Wilkie Collins Omnibus" contains 13 FULL-LENGTH NOVELS from the master of literature himself! Masterpieces included in our Omnibus: The Woman in White, The Moonstone, After Dark, The Haunted Hotel, The Law and the Lady, Poor Miss Finch, The Queen of Hearts,...