An interesting historical novel by the authors of Mutiny on the Bounty. The novel decribes the life of the Hugh Tallant, as told by himself. Hugh Tallant, an American, is convicted in London of highway robbery and as such exported as a convict to New South Wales, Australia, as part of the First Fleet. The story shows its readers the hardship of the convicts who arrived on the First Fleet, as well as the even worse conditions endured by the convicts of the Second Fleet. Because the historic...

The story is of colonists and natives on a small atoll in the South Pacific, set in the late 1800s. The island is set upon by a fierce hurricane that destroys nearly everyone and everything. The story is beautifully crafted, with a detail and richness that vividly paints each scene for the reader's imagination.

A cultural and geographical picture of Tahiti as it was during the early 20th Century. Two young Englishmen stop there on a tour of the south seas. Both fall in love with the people and landscape. This is a story of adventure, love and tragedy set in breathtaking lands of abundant vegetation and kind hearted people.

The hundred and sixtieth meridian of east longitude bisects the island of Guadalcanal. The same meridian, nearly a thousand miles to the north, narrowly misses Ponapé, in the Caroline Group. Truk lies west of Ponapé, Kusaie east-southeast. Six hundred miles to the southeast and below the line is Nauru. Seven hundred miles west of Nauru, but above the Equator, is a tiny island with a formidable name: Kapingamarangi.

Growing up Around Tombstone is a family history of the Escapules. They are one of the oldest families still living in Tombstone, having emigrated from France during the early 1870s. The books tells how the Escapules mined and built ranches but mostly it tells of the familys life and struggles as recalled by one of the second generation Escapules born in Tombstone. There is a detailed account of family life, ranch work and horses, working and developing the mines, and making a living. The s...

"Gerfaut, Complete" is a singular by Charles de Bernard, a French author known for his works in the nineteenth century. The novel, at first posted in French, is a complex tale of love, intrigue, and societal expectations. The narrative revolves across the enigmatic individual Gerfaut, a person with a mysterious past and a penchant for attracting both admiration and suspicion. As the story unfolds, readers are immersed in a world of romantic entanglements, mystery societies, and the intrica...

In a near-future America ruled by an absolute monarch. Criminals are no longer sent to jail. Instead, shorn of the memories of who they were before their incarceration, they are sent to pocket dimensions created and managed by the Kingdom's top physicist and top psychologist: the Freund twins.Arson (or ARSO:N) is one such pocket dimension. It is tiny and claustrophobic. The toxic sun eternally shines. Resources are scarce, almost non-existent. One of the Freund twins has been condu...

We all know what Nazis and other fascists are like, right? Mostly men, absolutely heterosexual and cisgender, and huge on "family values."Guess again. In this book from the author of Black Sunrise on Piss Earth: Nihilism, Fascism, and the 21stt Century Occult, Charles R. Bernard explores the intersection of far-right online spaces, sex, and sexuality. As it turns out, there are gay Nazis. There are trans Nazis. There are nationalist furries. Given that all of these identities are t...

A Paris literary lion seduces the wife of an Alsatian ironmaster, and the husband — a slow, decent, formidable man — declines to behave like a comic figure. Charles de Bernard was befriended by Balzac, who read his admiring review and adopted him; his subject was the drawing room of the July Monarchy, and this is his best-known book.

This book of classic Asian poetry and ink brush paintings is an important piece of cultural history and a wonderful addition to any collection of Asian art and poetry.With the creation of the Asian poetry and sumi-e paintings within this volume, the artist and author have attempted to convey their interpretation of the variety, beauty, and novelty of nature and human endeavor.They would argue that the power of their work lies not only in what is ex...

Inspired by Walden and by the nature writings of Henry David Thoreau, John Burroughs, and John Muir, and influenced by the poetry of William Wordsworth, William Cullen Bryant, and other Romantic poets, Bernard Charles Barnick sought to write about nature with feeling and with imagination. In a book designed to make one feel at home in nature, Mr. Barnick shares many of his own observations of birds and other wildlife dating back to his childhood, proceeding through his numerous outdoor exc...

The acclaimed novel of love and courage. An intolerant Governor sets off a series of tragic events in an idyllic Pacific paradise, disrupting the peaceful lives of newlywed islanders Terangi and Marama in this tale of brave and beautiful people... of a young outlaw and his sensuous bride... of survival, of love and courage. A story of elemental terror, of strong men against the sea. By the authors of Mutiny on the Bounty