Saga: 195 books

In a time when poor Irish families struggled to feed their children, Jonathan Swift wrote an essay, which he published anonymously, making a few suggestions. He called it `A Modest Proposal‘ (1729) or `A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People from Being a Burthen to their Parents,...

"But it is a very unimaginative nature that only cares for people on their pedestals. A pedestal may be a very unreal thing. A pillory is a terrific reality." Thus wrote Oscar Wilde in a farewell letter to his lover Lord Alfred Douglas (Bosie) in 1897 while serving a two-year sentence for "gross indecency...

Milton is an epic poem by William Blake, written and illustrated between 1804 and 1810. Its hero is John Milton, who returns from Heaven and unites with Blake to explore the relationship between living writers and their predecessors, and to undergo a mystical journey to correct his own spiritual errors.

On the night before his wedding, Sinclair finds that his precious amethyst box containing a tiny flask of deadly poison is missing. And he knows it can only have been taken by either of two people: his soon-to-be wife or her cousin. Together with his friend Mr. Worthington, he must find who stole...

"There was not an inch of room for Lottie and Kezia in the buggy. When Pat swung them on top of the luggage they wobbled; the grandmother‘s lap was full and Linda Burnell could not possibly have held a lump of a child on hers for any distance." The seemingly perfect Burnell family is moving from...

Sie bewegte die Hüften und spürte einen harten, männlichen Oberschenkel zwischen ihren Beinen. Sie spürte ihn unter ihrem Wonnehügel, als sie daran auf und abrieb. Sie spürte, wie die Kleidung zwischen diesem harten Schenkel und ihrer weichen Pussy rutschte. Es gefiel ihr beinahe besser, als es nackt zu machen.

Bronski verkraftet die Scheidung von seiner Frau Sabine nicht. Er beginnt zu saufen und stürzt sich in homosexuelle und heterosexuelle Abendteuer. Auch seine Halbschwester Kim lässt er nicht aus...

A user‘s guide to a loving couplehood; deals with the problems that may arise in long-term couplehood and how to prevent or surmount them. Most of us want to find someone to share life with. Someone to love until death us do part. But sometimes it is no easy matter. It may be difficult to find the...

La epopeya protagonizada por el montañero Iñaki Ochoa de Olza y quienes expusieron su vida en un intento frustrado de salvar su vida se ha convertido en un ejemplo de los valores que caracterizan al verdadero deporte: capacidad de sacrificio, solidaridad, compañerismo, voluntad de triunfo...A finales...

Jeden Tag absolviert Henry Garrick seine morgendliche Runde durch die achtundvierzig Stockwerke des Garrick-Towers, immer begleitet von Privatsekretär Fred Holmes. Die unzähligen Mitarbeiter schauen nur flüchtig auf – Garrick liebt es nicht, wenn die Arbeit unterbrochen wird. Nur der jeweilige...

When fourteen year old Sally Carter decides to share the secret she has discovered on Slipper Point with her new friend Doris Craig, she couldn't possibly imagine where the solution to this intriguing mystery will lead them!

From the acclaimed author of Roses and Rot— a “Brothers Grimm tale for the contemporary reader” (School Library Journal, starred review)—Kat Howard’s exquisite shorter works, nominated for the World Fantasy Award, and performed on WNYC's Selected Shorts. Kat Howard has already been...

The second part of Nordic Fairies, Döckálfar, continues where the first part left off. After the visit from Alrik, Svala learns of how cruel the Döckálfar can be and what might await her and Viggo if they break the rules. We also learn about what happened to Viggo during WWII and of his involvement...

With Lilian still caring for her young foul, Alex borrows the farm’s horse Gilda, whenever she goes riding. One afternoon, Tine, Ina, and Alex take the horses to the ruins of a nearby castle. The girls get caught in a storm that spooks all the horses, but sends the skittish Gilda into a panic. When...