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Cover of Betty Gordon in the Land of Oil
by Alice B. Emerson
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2015

From Washington the scene is shifted to the great oil fields of our country. A splendid picture of the oil field operations of today.
Cover of The Moving Picture Girls
by Laura Lee Hope
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2015

Actor Hosmer DeVere and his daughters Ruth and Alice struggle to make ends meet while Mr. DeVere is between theatrical engagements. Things look up when he wins a leading role in an upcoming play, but he is suddenly afflicted with hoarseness just before the play opens. When his voice does not improve,...
Cover of Worms Of the Earth
by Robert Ervin Howard
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2015

Bran Mak Morn, King of the Picts, vows revenge on the Roman governor Titus Sulla after witnessing the crucifixion of a fellow Pict. He seeks forbidden aid from the Worms of the Earth, a race of creatures who were once men but after generations of living underground have become monstrous and semi-reptilian....
Cover of The Tree on the Hill
by Howard Phillips Lovecraft
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2015

The story is written in first person. It depicts the main character going outside Hampden and finding a special tree. The tree makes him day dream about a big temple in a land with three suns. The temple was half-violet, half-blue. Some shadows attracted him into the inside. He thought he saw three flaming eyes watching him and he shouted twice and the vision was gone.
Cover of Lokis - Le manuscrit du professeur Wittembach
by Prosper Mérimée
Language: French
Release Date: June 29, 2015

Le professeur Wittembach, philosophe allemand, se rend en Lituanie pour ses recherches. Il est reçu dans le château du comte Michel Szémioth dont la mere est devenue folle au lendemain de son mariage, apres qu'un ours, lors d'une chasse, l'eut emportée «sans doute pour aller la dévorer tout...
Cover of Mansfield Park
by Jane Austen
Language: French
Release Date: June 29, 2015

Mansfield Park est un roman de la femme de lettres anglaise Jane Austen paru en 1814, le premier entierement écrit dans ses années de maturité, puisqu'elle y a travaillé durant l'année 1813. Souvent considéré comme le plus expérimental de tous ses écrits, il est d'un abord plus difficile...
Cover of Le Manteau - Le Nez
by Nikolai Gogol
Language: French
Release Date: June 29, 2015

L'écriture du Nez débute en 1832 et s'acheve en 1835. La nouvelle est d'abord refusée comme « sale et triviale » par L'Observateur moscovite, avant d'etre publiée, en 1836, par la revue littéraire Le Contemporain, avec une présentation d'Alexandre Pouchkine. Dans ses Ouvres completes, parues...
Cover of I ragazzi grandi
by Carlo Collodi
Language: Italian
Release Date: June 29, 2015

Uscito a puntate sul giornale "Fanfulla", I ragazzi grandi dipinge il ritratto della borghesia di uno Stato neonato come quello italiano, reso vivace da una scrittura brillante e ironica.
Cover of Gladiator
by Philip Gordon Wylie
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2015

With Burrough's Mars series, Wylie's Hugo Danner is generally credited as the ancestor of both Clark Kent and Clark Savage, Jr. Danner, the product of a strength serum given to his mother during pregnancy, is able to lift 4,000 pounds, leap 40 feet in the air, and so forth. Unlike Superman and Doc...
Cover of The Hour of the Dragon
by Robert Ervin Howard
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2015

The Hour of the Dragon, also known as Conan the Conqueror, is a 1935 fantasy novel written by Robert E. Howard featuring his seminal sword and sorcery hero Conan the Cimmerian. It was the last Conan story published before Howard's suicide although not the last to be written. The plot is a loosely...
Cover of Les Quarante-cinq - Tome III
by Alexandre Dumas
Language: French
Release Date: June 29, 2015

La suite de «La reine Margot» et de «La dame de Monsoreau». Située entre le le 26 octobre 1585 et le 10 juin 1586, l'intrigue met en scene cette garde gasconne d'Henri III. Et nous retrouvons Chicot...
Cover of Les Quarante-cinq - Tome I
by Alexandre Dumas
Language: French
Release Date: June 29, 2015

La suite de «La reine Margot» et de «La dame de Monsoreau». Située entre le le 26 octobre 1585 et le 10 juin 1586, l'intrigue met en scene cette garde gasconne d'Henri III. Et nous retrouvons Chicot...
Cover of Les Blancs et les Bleus - Tome I
by Alexandre Dumas
Language: French
Release Date: June 22, 2015

En 1794 la terreur est à son paroxysme en France, l'ennemi menace aux frontières de toutes parts. A Strasbourg, c'est le général Pichegru que nous suivons dans ses victoires sur les Prussiens. À Toulon, c'est un jeune colonel du nom de Bonaparte qui reprend la ville aux Anglais. En 1795, la constitution...
Cover of La Femme aux deux sourires
by Maurice Leblanc
Language: French
Release Date: June 12, 2015

L’inspecteur principal Gorgeret est sur la piste de Clara la Blonde, fichée comme la maîtresse du grand Paul, sur la trace duquel elle est susceptible de mettre les policiers qui l’ont prise en filature. Jolie, tournure élégante, cheveux blonds ondulés, yeux bleus, entre 20 et 25 ans, voilà...
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