Phoenix: 1848 books

Cover of The Apostate
by Jack London
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2015

    "Now I wake me up to work;       I pray the Lord I may not shirk.       If I should die before the night,       I pray the Lord my work's all right.                                     Amen."...
Cover of Batard
by Jack London
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2015

Batard was a devil. This was recognized throughout the Northland. "Hell's Spawn" he was called by many men, but his master, Black Leclere, chose for him the shameful name "Batard." Now Black Leclere was also a devil, and the twain were well matched. There is a saying that when two devils come together, hell is to pay... 
Cover of All Gold Canyon
by Jack London
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2015

It was the green heart of the canyon, where the walls swerved back from the rigid plan and relieved their harshness of line by making a little sheltered nook and filling it to the brim with sweetness and roundness and softness. Here all things rested. Even the narrow stream ceased its turbulent down-rush...
Cover of The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
by Arthur Conan Doyle
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2015

The story entails the disappearance of Hatty, Lord St. Simon's bride on the day of their marriage. She participates in the wedding, but disappears from the reception. The events of the wedding day are most perplexing to Lord St. Simon as it seemed to him that his bride, Miss Hatty Doran of San...
Cover of The Man with the Twisted Lip
by Arthur Conan Doyle
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2015

Dr Watson is called upon late at night by a female friend of his wife. Her husband has been absent for several days and, as he is an opium addict, she is sure he has been indulging in a lengthy drug binge in a dangerousEast End opium den. Frantic with worry, she seeks Dr. Watson's...
Cover of Red Tide
by Larry Niven, Brad R. Torgersen, HarringtonMJ
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014

Loosely based on Larry Niven's 1973 novella "Flash Crowd," Red Tide continues to examine the social consequences of the impact of having instantaneous teleportation, where humans can instantly travel long distances in milliseconds. This is a theme that has fascinated the author throughout...
Cover of The Mental Body
by Charles Webster Leadbeater
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2015

After reading Man Visible and Invisible students have sometimes remarked that the list of qualities there given seems incomplete, and that nothing is said as to some others which are at least equally common , such for example as courage, dignity, cheerfulness, truthfulness, loyalty...
Cover of Voyage de santé
by Guy de Maupassant
Language: French
Release Date: April 25, 2015

Dans cette nouvelle, Maupassant exprime son angoisse, sa peur face à la maladie.
Cover of Le Petit
by Guy de Maupassant
Language: French
Release Date: February 18, 2015

M. Lemonnier est un homme bon, sincère, vivant confortablement d’un commerce de vin qui fonctionne bien. Quand il perd sa femme, il se remarie avec une voisine pauvre, persuadé qu’elle l’aime pour ce qu’il est. Il ne voit pas malice aux fréquentes visites que fait...
Cover of Histoire vraie
by Guy de Maupassant
Language: French
Release Date: February 12, 2015

De retour de la chasse et après un repas arrosé où tous lorgnaient vers la servante, M. de Varnetot raconte comment il avait séduit la bonne d’un voisin. Il avait vingt-cinq ans et s’ennuyait dans son château. Il remarque une jeune fille au service de...
Cover of Boule de Suif
by Guy de Maupassant
Language: French
Release Date: February 6, 2015

« Boule de suif […] est un chef-d'œuvre », écrivait Gustave Flaubert. Même si ce n'est pas la première nouvelle de Guy de Maupassant, c'est le récit qui l'a imposé comme un maître. D’abord parue dans le recueil collectif...
Cover of La Folle
by Guy de Maupassant
Language: French
Release Date: February 12, 2015

L'histoire se déroule en Normandie. En un seul mois, une jeune femme voit mourir son mari, son père et son enfant nouveau-né. Après six semaines de délire, elle sombre dans la mélancolie, bougeant à peine, étendue sur son lit et hurlant dès...
Cover of Histoire corse
by Guy de Maupassant
Language: French
Release Date: February 10, 2015

Le narrateur prend prétexte de l’actualité criminelle en Corse. On vient d’y assassiner deux gendarmes qui convoyaient un prisonnier, pour raconter une rencontre qu'il a faite il y a une année dans l'île. Faisant le trajet à cheval d’Ajaccio à Bastia,...
Cover of Un parricide
by Guy de Maupassant
Language: French
Release Date: February 14, 2015

L’avocat avait plaidé la folie. Comment expliquer ce crime étrange ? On avait retrouvé les cadavres d’un homme et d’une femme enlacés. Ils étaient riches, mondains, et la police n’avait trouvé aucun suspect jusqu’au jour où...
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