Carleton: 92 books

A rare and powerful story of hope, love, survival,and the struggle to bring back alive a hostage in Iraq Micah Garen and Marie-Hélène Carleton were journalists and filmmakers working in Iraq on a documentary about the looting of the country's legendary archaeological sites, with their Iraqi...

Pam's peaceful morning is interrupted by an unexpected visitor. Linda has been kicked out of her apartment and is carrying all her possessions in two bags, which are now sitting at Pam's front door. Linda is on her way to a new job and the bags are too heavy to carry, so she asks Pam to...

Winner of the 2018 IPPY Gold Medal for Reference Book Everyone thinks that they know how to drink, but do you really know the difference between a scotch and a whiskey? How about a gin or vodka martini? Do you know whether Johnny Walker is a single malt or a scotch? Well now is the time to...

A tale of desperation and frustration that ultimately results in a greater tragedy. In this work Carleton has dwelled on human psychology and the workings of human mind. That despair sometimes proves to be more than human tolerance is eloquently presented here.

With its atmospheric story of small-town dreams and romance, Clair de Lune weaves an irresistible spell of longing, hope, love, and nostalgia. A newly discovered novel by Jetta Carleton, Clair de Lune will delight the legions of readers who have treasured her first—and, until now, only—published...

First published in 1993, The Ultimate Cigar Book has become a classic in its field, and is generally credited with having helped launch the current cigar smoking craze. It has been reprinted numerous times in the United States, and is now sold worldwide. No other book contains as much detailed and...

Mix classical Middle Eastern culture with Thai ways and what do you get? Something very intriguing – and utterly exotic. Some Arabs and Middle Easterners come to Bangkok for business and shopping. Others come for unrestrained sensuality, or medical tourism. Still others open restaurants, providing...

This early work by S. Carleton was originally published in 1901 and we are now republishing it as part of our Cryptofiction Classics series. 'The Lame Priest' is a short story about a hermit who makes the acquaintance of a limping priest who turns out not to be quite what he seemed. The Cryptofiction...

This volume contains a collection of poems written by Will Charlton (first published in 1873). This wonderful collection will appeal to lovers of nature poetry, and will be of particular interest to fans and collectors of Charlton's beautiful work. The poems contained herein include: "Betsey and I...

Outsiders view Russia as an aggressor, but Russians see themselves as surrounded by enemies, defensively fighting off invader after invader, or called upon by history to be the savior of Europe, or Christianity, or civilization itself, often at immense cost. As Gregory Carleton shows, war is the unifying thread of Russia’s national epic.

Excerpt: "My great-grandfather was killed in the Revolution; my grandfather fought in the War of 1812; my father sacrificed his health in the Civil War; but I, though born in New England, am the first of my family to emigrate to this country—the United States of America. That sounds like a riddle...

*‘Meet Augusta Macquarie: Her Excellency, patron of the arts, formidable matriarch, environmental vandal.’ Inside her triple-glazed compound, Augusta shields herself from the catastrophic elements, bathing in the classics and campaigning for the reinstatement of global reliance on fossil...

The Black Prophet centres upon an unsolved murder and the love affair between the niece of the victim and the son of his supposed killer, and the plot unfolds against the powerfully rendered background of the famine and typhus epidemic of 1817, which Carleton had witnessed at first hand. Yeats praised...

Reverend Michael Thomas, an Episcopal priest at a wealthy parish in Virginia, has lost his faith. In a futile effort to fill the emptiness inside him, he succumbs to the temptations of alcohol, drugs, gambling, and even infidelity. After his entire world is shattered and he runs completely...