Phoenix: 1848 books

A banker, Mr. Alexander Holder ofStreatham, makes a loan of £50,000 to a socially prominent client, who leaves the Beryl Coronet ,  one of the most valuable public possessions in existence as collateral. Holder feels that he must not leave this rare and precious piece of jewellery in...

The Fables of Jean de La Fontaine are classics of French literature. The subject of each of the Fables is often common property of many ages and races. What gives La Fontaine's Fables their rare distinction is the freshness in narration, the deftness...

The Fables of Jean de La Fontaine are classics of French literature. The subject of each of the Fables is often common property of many ages and races. What gives La Fontaine's Fables their rare distinction is the freshness in narration, the deftness...

Three sisters were tending cows when a king and his company went by. The oldest pointed at the king and said she would marry him or no one; her sisters pointed at ministers and said the same. The king summoned them before him, and then, because they were very beautiful, he married the oldest and his ministers married the youngest....

“I am Orpheus, the maker of songs. Great Apollo came to me often and instructed me in the art of melody so that what came from my lyre could touch the heart even of a stone, and when I went to my mother Calliope in her cave she taught me the secrets of making verses that would hold people entranced...

“Get in here, boy!” It was as if I no longer had any will of my own and I walked down the hallway and entered his apartment, knowing what was going to happen. Nathan was standing just inside the apartment. His hands were planted on his hips, which he thrust forward, proudly displaying his bulge...

Garrick Connolly, young American war veteran, struggling with his experiences from Afghanistan, learns of the "legend of the cave," the final resting place of the Lost Prince, during a visit to Peru. For centuries, sealed up inside a cliff face in one of the deepest canyons on earth, the...

GIVE ME A BABY...NO STRINGS ATTACHED Melanie Parker is at the top of her game. Thirty-three years old, owner and CEO of Parker Broadcasting Corporation, with assets totaling over a billion dollars. There are many who would die to be in her shoes. But there’s one thing Melanie feels is missing...

TROUBLE TO THE 'NTH DEGREE. When Maximillian Davidoff meets Silken McCullen little does he know how much trouble will follow in her wake. The woman practically gets him thrown out of an establishment he could have purchased without a thought. And then, as if that weren't bad enough, she bulldozes...

In the preamble , the narrator sets back to back religious and free-thinkers , as Sosthenes his uncle Mason. Less for the beliefs to undermine the monarchical spirit , the narrator asked why the leaders of the ruling houses of Europe they are Freemasons ?  

Berthe Savignol a été élevée par ses parents dans l’ignorance des choses de la vie. À dix huit ans, la jeune naïve est mariée avec Georges Baron, un beau garçon qui fait des affaires en bourse. Elle quitte donc sa campagne et va s’installer...

Le narrateur visite un asile et se fait raconter par un médecin l’histoire de François, un cocher devenu fou après avoir noyé son chien...

The fox once came to a meadow in which was a flock of fine fat geese...

In the story a donkey, a dog, a cat, and a rooster (or hen), all past their prime years in life and usefulness on their respective farms, were soon to be discarded or mistreated by their masters. One by one they leave their homes and set out together....