Crane: 738 books

Orphaned and abandoned at age 4, Belle knew one, and only one name until she was taken in at the home of widowed Mrs. Mueller, and she was happy and proud of the family name her "new momma" bestowed. She was abandoned yet again, however, a year later, when Mrs. Mueller died of heart failure and Belle...

LIEUTENANT PAT ABBOTT and his lovable but slightly rattle-brained wife, Jean, have become about the most popular couple in murder fiction today. In The Indigo Necklace, Frances Crane takes them to New Orleans, where a huge wartime population has overflowed into the famous French quarter, steeped in...

I want a fresh start...and I’ll stop at nothing to get it. Emilio Pope doesn’t just employ half the town—he freaking owns it. That even includes the bank where my family’s mortgage is on the verge of foreclosure. When I gather up the courage to beg for financial mercy, I’m...

Collection of short stories and articles, published posthumuosly in 1902. According to Wikipedia: "Stephen Crane (November 1, 1871 June 5, 1900) was an American novelist, short story writer, poet and journalist. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as...

In the swirling rain that came at dusk the broad avenue glistened with that deep bluish tint which is so widely condemned when it is put into pictures. There were long rows of shops, whose fronts shone with full, golden light. Here and there, from druggists' windows, or from the red street-lamps that...

According to Wikipedia: "Stephen Crane (November 1, 1871 June 5, 1900) was an American novelist, short story writer, poet and journalist. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism and Impressionism. He is recognized by modern critics as one of the most innovative writers of his generation."

Walter Crane was an English artist and book illustrator. He is considered to be the most influential, and among the most prolific, children's book creators of his generation[1] and, along with Randolph Caldecott and Kate Greenaway, one of the strongest contributors to the child's nursery motif that...

Though he is today best remembered as the author of the classic Civil War novel The Red Badge of Courage, American author Stephen Crane was widely lauded as one of the foremost practitioners of the short-story format in the early twentieth century. This fine collection brings together a number of his...

An assassin travels through a broken world with his past biting at his heels, A young Muslim woman runs from agents of a corrupt government, As people die all around them, the two of them find the line between right and wrong is not just blurred, It’s broken, Moral Compass is next novel by Ophelia...

Following a shipwreck, four survivors are adrift in a leaking dinghy—The Open Boat. The captain is hurt but still able to lead, the cook keeps the boat afloat by bailing, and the correspondent and the oiler—a man whose job it is to oil machinery—take turns rowing. At first, angry at their situation...

A collection of tales, sketches and stories by the master of American naturalism and realism Stephen Crane.

Short story collection, first published in 1900. According to Wikipedia: "Stephen Crane (November 1, 1871 June 5, 1900) was an American novelist, short story writer, poet and journalist. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of...

Cyril is obsessed with the Bonniwell Music Machine, nihilism, and black leather boots. Despite his heroic illusions, everyone, except his girlfriend, thinks he's just the gum stuck to the shoes of a collapsing American city.His transgressive journey illuminates self-styled revolutionaries, melting walls, rotten cops, floating kids, and an orangechair named Roger.

There's dirty...and then there's dirty. I’m eager for the chance to see the old gardens up at High Point Estate, and even more excited about the thought of actually working there. But the old mansion is buried among a series of dirt roads and switchbacks, and by the time I find the estate,...