1816 was a year unlike any other and without question it shaped the decades and centuries to come. Most believe the palatable bland narratives of their history books, however the true explanations behind the various causes and events of that year were far more horrifying than they could possibly realise.Stories told from alternative and unexpected viewpoints and situated from all around the world ensure that this anthology is both unique yet still holding true to the overall core v...

The time a Swiss jelly-bear nearly ended my life, my constant battle against the onset of trench foot, invisible pottery museums of Madrid, the Brazilian mermaids of Itapua, invisible volcanoes of Ecuador and Honduras, the endless stream of Mango sellers in Peru, the Ecuadorian mosquito farm, rescuing damsels from a rampaging bovine mascot in Colombia, the Panamanian cyclists that raced under water - true reports from across the globe that prove that no trip ever goes quite as smoothly, or...

Mark Twain’s historical satire about two identical boys, one a poor beggar of the London slums and the other the heir to the royal throne, who trade places to experience a life they never imagined, newly repackaged for the Union Square & Co. Signature Classics line.Set in sixteenth-century England, The Prince and the Pauper is Mark Twain’s timeless tale of identical strangers, the penniless Tom Canty living in the London slums and the royal Prince Edward, ...

An out-of-control arsonist seeking revenge. A fireman and a detective on his tail.COUNT TO TEN is the compulsive fifth and final instalment in the Chicago series, by Sunday Times bestselling author Karen Rose.'There's action and chills galore in this nonstop thriller' TESS GERRITSON'COUNT ...

Ellie Colson is the only one who believes in the end of the world.As an agent of the Department of Advance Analysis, she's one of a handful of people who knows about the spread of a new virus—one she believes will wipe out mankind. With her bosses in denial, she flies to New York to get her ex-fiance Chip to safety.But he's already been scooped up and quarantined—and so has his adopted daughter. Pursued by her own agency, Ellie will stop at nothing to break Chip out before ...

Psychic Jeff Resnick has no expectations when investigating the disappearance of a four-year-old boy. That is until he confronts the mind responsible--a shattering experience for all involved.Cold Case was the inspiration for the Jeff Resnick novel Bound By Suggestion.The Jeff Resnick Mysteries:Murder On The MindDead In RedRoom At The InnCheated By DeathBound By SuggestionDark WatersShattered Spirits...

"Mansfield Park" is a novel by Jane Austen published in three volumes in 1814. In its tone and discussion of religion and religious duty, it is the most serious of Austen’s novels.While "Mansfield Park" appears in some ways to continue where "Pride and Prejudice" left off, it is a much darker work, which challenges the very values (of tradition, stability, retirement and faithfulness) it appears to endorse.Adopted into the household of her uncle, Sir Thomas Bertram, Fanny Pr...

#1 IN 18-STRONG-RAFFERTY & LLEWELLYN MYSTERY SERIESHis first murder investigation…an****d Joe Rafferty’s already got trouble in spades.His first case in charge looks like being his last.Because his new boss has taken against him; the case is a poisoned chalice from the start, with a ‘faceless lady’ victim; and his main suspect is pals with the Chief Constable.Even his ma adds seems to add to the kick...

You never know if the people sitting next to you are killers or just people sitting next to you.Meet the Carlsons. They’re your typical, fun-loving married couple on vacation. They’re charming, intelligent, and hospitable. That’s how they turn you into a victim.The Carlsons are defacing San Francisco’s beloved tourist attractions with body parts. SFPD desperately needs help and reaches out to the FBI. Agent Abby Kane quickly draws a connection between the murders and the ...

The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on 14 February 1895 at the St James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personæ to escape burdensome social obligations. Working within the social conventions of late Victorian London, the play's major themes are the triviality with which it treats institutions as serious as marriage, and the resulting satire of Victorian ways...

Book one in an exciting time travel series...Professor Simon Cross has spent his life searching for evidence of vampires and avoiding emotional entanglements. When a mysterious accident transports Simon and his assistant, Elizabeth West, back in time, Simon finally finds both the proof that he's been looking for, and the romance that he hasn't.Simon and Elizabeth's developing relationship is tested by demons real and imagined. In 1920s Manhattan, there are more tha...

Moby Dick is a novel by American writer Herman Melville. The work is an epic sea story of Captain Ahab's voyage in pursuit of Moby Dick, a great white whale. A contemporary commercial failure and out of print at the time of the author's death in 1891, its reputation rose during the twentieth century. D.H. Lawrence called it "the greatest book of the sea ever written." Jorge Luis Borges praised the style: "Unforgettable phrases abound." Today it is considered one of the Great American Novel...