Horace: 273 books

Billy Abrahams is a career criminal who makes a very good living from violence, armed robbery, sex shops, and theft from other criminals. But he becomes increasingly haunted by childhood ghosts and by the ever-growing influence of Danny, his psychopathic partner in crime. Billy finds himself starting...

The Vishnu Purana by H.H. Wilson OM! GLORY TO VÁSUDEVA... "The Vishnu Purana is a primary sacred text of the Vaishnava branch of Hinduism, which today probably has more adherents than any other. It is one of the canonical Puranas, a branch of post-Vedic sacred literature which...

The Lives of the Popes Vol. I: The Popes Under the Lombard Rule covers the period from Pope Gregory I to Pope Leo III.

Historic justice is due to all characters. Who would not vindicate Henry the Eighth or Charles the Second, if found to be falsely traduced? Why then not Richard the Third? Of what importance is it to any man living whether or not he was as bad as he is represented? No one noble family is sprung from him.

This 1870 work, by one of the great journalists of the time, aims to teach economics to the student and general reader. Topics include labor, commerce, capital, company, money, slavery, monopoly, agriculture, the state, manufacturing, trade, consumers, iron, sugar, shipbuilding, credit, taxation, wool, immigration, foreign commerce, and more.

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BnF collection ebooks - "La détonation aiguë d'un revolver éclate soudain sous un bouquet d'arbres isolé au milieu de la plaine. Un Indien tombe, le crâne fracassé. – A cheval !.... gentleman, à cheval !... s'écrie d'une voix retentissante l'homme qui vient de faire feu. Ses deux compagnons...

Un âne nommé Cadichon a écrit ses mémoires pour raconter les aventures de sa vie avec un bon sens paysan et une vivacité dont certains hommes manquent parfois. Au début du récit, il raconte qu'il a pour maîtresse une fermière qui le maltraite. Il décide donc de s’échapper et vit un moment...

"Notes on Mechanical Drawing" presents the outline of a four-year course for the instruction of technical drawing and drafting, designed for the use of mechanical, electrical, and chemical engineering students. Profusely illustrated and easy-to-digest, this volume contains information on...

Coming Home is about a seventy-nine-year-old man who has been caught up in the web of love. He is fighting to free himself, yet he has come too far to turn back. The ring that she wears, his need to do a serious self-examination of himself. Was he emotionally prepared to come home? One question ate...

The Gothic novel, which flourished from about 1765 until 1825, revels in the horrible and the supernatural, in suspense and exotic settings. This volume, with its erudite introduction by Mario Praz, presents three of the most celebrated Gothic novels: The Castle of Otranto, published pseudonymously...

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On the day of his wedding, Conrad, heir to the house of Otranto, is killed in mysterious circumstances. His calculating father Manfred fears that his dynasty will now come to an end and determines to marry his son's bride himself - despite the fact he is already married. But a series of terrifying...