Lba: 75 books

Cover of Les Ténébreuses (Tomes I et II)
by Gaston Leroux
Language: French
Release Date: June 13, 2018

Le grand duc Ivan est amoureux de la modeste Prisca et s'oppose à sa mère qui veut le voir épouser la fille du prince Khirkof. De plus, il dénonce l'attitude de Raspoutine qui entraîne les dames de la cour dans une secte où elles deviennent les Ténébreuses. Il reçoit l'aide de la Kouliguine,...
Cover of The Balloon-Hoax
by Edgar Allan Poe
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2018

This tale appeared in the New York Sun in 1844 and claimed a group of men successfully crossed the Atlantic Ocean in a new type of balloon. Although the story looked real, it was completely fiction and created entirely from Poe's imagination.
Cover of Evening Round-Up
by William Crosbie Hunter
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019

Each evening, just before retiring, we will have a little Round-Up of the day's doings, of the problems in our business and home life, of our hopes and ambitions. We'll try to solve perplexities, dissolve worries, absolve ourselves from pull-backs, and resolve to better our lives. We'll plan and prepare...
Cover of Laugh and Live
by Douglas Fairbanks
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019

When we can analyze ourselves and find that we are living up to the quoted lines above we may safely lift the limit from our aspirations. Right here it is well to say that success is not to be computed in dollars and cents, nor that the will to achieve a successful life is to be predicated upon the...
Cover of Christbaum und Hochzeit
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Language: German
Release Date: May 2, 2018

In dieser Novelle erzählt F. M. Dostjewski die tragische Geschichte einer Ehe zwischen einer jungen schönen Frau aus reichem Elternhaus und einem älteren Mann, der sie lediglich wegen ihres Geldes heiratet. Die kritische Position des Autors in diesem Einzelfall lässt sich auf die Sitten und die moralische Werte der ganzen russischen Gesellschaft des 19. Jahrhunderts übertragen.
Cover of Les Ténébreuses - Tome I - La Fin d'un monde
by Gaston Leroux
Language: French
Release Date: June 13, 2018

Le grand duc Ivan est amoureux de la modeste Prisca et s'oppose à sa mère qui veut le voir épouser la fille du prince Khirkof. De plus, il dénonce l'attitude de Raspoutine qui entraîne les dames de la cour dans une secte où elles deviennent les Ténébreuses. Il reçoit l'aide de la Kouliguine,...
Cover of Der Spieler
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Language: German
Release Date: May 2, 2018

Die zentrale Thematik dieses 1866 erstmals erschienenen Romans kreist um zwei Pole: die zerstörerische Leidenschaft zum Spiel und die Qual einer komplizierten Liebesbeziehung. Zunächst will Aleksej Iwanowitsch am Spieltisch nur seine ruinöse Finanzlage verbessern, aber wie der berühmte Autor selbst...
Cover of Typhon
by Joseph Conrad
Language: French
Release Date: June 13, 2018

Commandant le Nan-shan, le capitaine Mac Whirr est un homme taciturne. Voguer sur la mer de Chine pendant la saison des typhons ne l'inquiète pas vraiment. Quand, pendant la traversée, il voit l'aiguille du baromètre chuter comme il ne l'a jamais vue auparavant, sa première réflexion est qu'un...
Cover of Brontë Sisters: Complete Poems
by Brontë Sisters, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2018

CONTENTS Pilate's Wife's Dream. Faith and Despondency. A Reminiscence. Mementos. Stars. The Philosopher. The Arbour. Home. The Wife's Will. Remembrance. Vanitas Vanitatum, Omnia Vanitas. The Wood. A Death-Scene. Song. The Penitent. Music on Christmas Morning. Frances. Anticipation. Stanzas. Gilbert....
Cover of Durch das Land der Skipetaren
by Karl May
Language: German
Release Date: May 2, 2018

Durch das Land der Skipetaren folgen Kara Ben Nemsi und seine Gefährten den Spuren der Verbrecher. Dabei begegnen sie unversehens den beiden gefürchteten "Aladschy", gelangen zur "Schluchthütte", die ihnen zur Falle werden soll, und erleben eine ebenso dramatische wie lustige Episode im "Turm der alten Mutter".
Cover of Bon-Bon
by Edgar Allan Poe
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2018

"Bon-Bon" is a comedic short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in December 1832 in the Philadelphia Saturday Courier. Originally called "The Bargain Lost", the story follows a man named Pierre Bon-Bon, who believes himself a profound philosopher, and his encounter with...
Cover of Foundation Stones to Happiness and Success
by James Allen
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019

This is one of James Allen's (author of As a Man Thinketh) final works. It covers living in happiness and gaining success. It was published in 1913 after his death. This small and attractive work contains many beautiful and choice thoughts upon the principles and methods of right living to ensure...
Cover of Henry IV (Complete Plays)
by William Shakespeare
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2018

Henry IV, Part 1 is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written no later than 1597. It is the second of Shakespeare's tetralogy that deals with the successive reigns of Richard II, Henry IV (2 plays), and Henry V. Henry IV, Part 1 depicts a span of history that begins with...
Cover of In den Schluchten des Balkan
by Karl May
Language: German
Release Date: May 2, 2018

Von Edirne aus reitet Kara Ben Nemsi mit Halef, Osko und Omar Ben Sadek neuen Gefahren entgegen. Abenteuer mit Schmugglern und Halefs groteskes Erlebnis in einem Taubenschlag stehen im Mittelpunkt des Geschehens. In Ostromdscha aber treffen die Freunde auf den "heiligen" Mübarek...
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