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Все книги издательства BookwireBenito Cereno & Bartleby
"Bartleby, the Scrivener" – An elderly Manhattan lawyer with a comfortable business in legal documents has two scriveners employed, but an increase in business leads him to advertise for a third. He hires the forlorn-looking Bartleby in the hope that his calmness will soothe the irascible temperaments of the other two. An office boy nicknamed Ginger Nut completes the staff. At first, Bartleby produces a large volume of high-quality work, but one day, when asked to help proofread a document, Bartleby answers with what soon becomes his perpetual response to every request: «I would prefer not to.» "Benito Cereno" is a tale about the revolt on a Spanish slave ship captained by Don Benito Cereno. In 1799 off the coast of Chile, Captain Amasa Delano of the American sealer and merchant ship Bachelor's Delight visits the San Dominick, a Spanish slave ship apparently in distress. After learning from its captain Benito Cereno that a storm has taken many crewmembers and provisions, Delano offers to help out. He notices that Cereno acts awkwardly passive for a captain and the slaves display remarkably inappropriate behavior, and though this piques his suspicion he ultimately decides he is being paranoid. When he leaves the San Dominick and captain Cereno jumps after him, he finally discovers that the slaves have taken command of the ship, and forced the surviving crew to act as usual.
Ekkehard (Historical Novel)
"Ekkehard" is a historical romance novel set in the 10th century that is based on the life of the famous sequence poet and monk from St. Gallen Ekkehard II. Extract: "The next day, the Duchess crossed the Bodensee in the early glow of the morning-sun, accompanied by Praxedis and a numerous train. The lake was beautifully blue; the flags floated in the air, and much fun was going on, on board the ship. And who could be melancholy, when gliding over the clear, crystal waters; past the green shores with their many towers and castles; snowy peaks rising in the distance; and the reflection of the white sails, trembling and breaking in the playful waves?"
LUPIN: Les aventures complètes
Musaicum Books vous présente la collection complètes des aventures d'Arsène Lupin. L'édition est méticuleusement éditée et formatée. Arsène Lupin présente la particularité de se grimer, se maquiller, se déguiser ou même se transformer selon le personnage qu'il incarne. Néanmoins, au naturel, il s'agit, semble-t-il, d'un personnage plutôt élancé, de belle allure et d'une force peu commune, liée à son entraînement. Il fait montre de ses talents dans de nombreuses aventures Sa répulsion à tuer et son respect des femmes le rendent fort sympathique pour un large public jusqu'à aujourd'hui.
Collected Works
This meticulously edited Sabatini collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Scaramouche Series: Scaramouche Scaramouche the King-Maker Captain Blood Series: Captain Blood Captain Blood Returns The Fortunes of Captain Blood Novels: The Lovers of Yvonne The Tavern Knight Bardelys the Magnificent The Trampling of the Lilies Love-at-Arms The Shame of Motley St. Martin's Summer Mistress Wilding The Lion's Skin The Strolling Saint The Gates of Doom The Sea Hawk The Snare Fortune's Fool The Carolinian Bellarion the Fortunate The Nuptials of Corbal The Hounds of God The Romantic Prince The King's Minion The Black Swan The Stalking Horse Venetian Masque Chivalry The Lost King The Sword of Islam The Marquis of Carabas Columbus King in Prussia The Gamester Short Stories: The Justice of the Duke: The Honour of Varano The Test Ferrante's jest Gismondi's wage The Snare The Lust of Conquest The pasquinade The Banner of the Bull: The Urbinian The Perugian The Venetian Turbulent Tales: The Kneeling Cupid By Ancient Custom The Scapulary The Remedy The Constable of Chard The Catchpoll Loaded Dices Casanova's Alibi The Open Door The Lord of Time The Death-mask The Alchemical Egg The Ghost of Tronjolly The Luck of Capoulade The Passport The Recoil Other Stories: The Red Mask The Curate and the Actress The Fool's Love Story The Sacrifice The Spiritualist Mr. Dewbury's Consent The Baker of Rousillon Wirgman's Theory The Abduction Monsieur Delamort The Foster Lover The Blackmailer The Justice of the Duke The Ordeal The Tapestried Room The Wedding Gift The Camisade In Destiny's Clutch The Kings Messenger The Vicomte's Wager Sword and Mitre The Dupes The Malediction The Red Owl Out of the Dice Box The Marquis' Coach Tommy The Lottery Ticket Drama: The Tyrant Historical Works: The Life of Cesare Borgia Torquemada and the Spanish Inquisition The Historical Nights' Entertainment – First Series The Historical Nights' Entertainment – Second Series The Historical Nights' Entertainment – Third Series
Riders West (Musaicum Vintage Western)
Nan Avery is a woman with troubled past and smeared reputation who decides to move from her hometown in order to escape some unsavory romantic entanglements and run away from gossips and people talking. She goes west to the town of Trail, seemingly a dull and common cattle town on the prairie, but like many of those, it has a secret. Nan learns of a territorial cattle war that goes on in the town and her involvement makes things complicated.
A Canadian Heroine (Historical Novel)
A Canadian Heroine is a romance novel that features the story of a 16-year-old woman living in a small town along the St. Lawrence, courted by a Canadian man, who has her suitor. However, she becomes enamored of a visiting English aristocrat, whose interest might not be sincere. The story is an allegory for what the author perceived as the naivety of the new world and the corruption of the old.
Saddle & Ride (Musaicum Vintage Western)
When jury returns with the 'not guilty' verdict for an old town crook and smuggler Ollie Jacks it brings dissensions among few prominent people in the town. Everyone thought that Ollie deserves death for what he is believed to have done, but one of the town leaders, Clay Morgan, decides to spare his life and guarantees him safety if he stays in town. But Ollie can't trust Morgan's promise and goes on a run which propels a posse containing both those who want Ollie dead and those who want to rescue him.
Doomsday (Historical Novel)
Set in post-1918, rural Sussex, the story revolves around Mary Viner, a young lady with aspirations to leave her small town, as well as her relationship with a man living on a local acreage, known as the Doomsday Farm. The story also follows Arnold Furze of the Doomsday Farm, World War I veteran struggling with the farm life, thorn between two women of different sensibilities who have a significant impact on him.
The Book of Were-Wolves (Study on Lycanthropy)
The Book of Were-Wolves is a classic work of European lore on lycanthropy in particular pertaining to werewolves. The book deals with three subjects: 1) Summarizing folklore and beliefs about werewolves and related phenomena; 2) Collecting specific cases from ancient, medieval, and modern histories; 3) Explaining the origins of the beliefs and demythologize the superstition. The author treats the phenomenon of the werewolf as a psychological aberration, as essentially a delusional state. He also relates it to cannibalism and to the behavior of the notorious Norse berserkers, who would suffer from an insane battle rage. Speculations on the origin the various names by which werewolves were known in different European languages is intriguing, especially the idea that the term may derive from a word for an outlaw, a man condemned effectively to run with the wolves.