Oliver: 3228 books

Flamboyant, wealthy, middle aged and several-times married Dodie Fanshaw is in Madeira to help make a film about her early life as a chorus girl and Hollywood starlet, and her husbands. She is not amused when her son Jake, indifferent actor, appeals to her for money. Instead of going back to England...

Later in his career, the novelist who worked under the pen name Oliver Onions turned his focus to ghost stories and tales of the supernatural. However, his early work spanned a number of genres, including historical fiction, science fiction, and detective fiction. A Case in Camera delves deeply into a puzzling murder, and it's sure to please readers who appreciate well-written mysteries.

An idiosyncratic, highly original writer who is credited with developing the genre of psychological horror, Oliver Onions also tried his hand at science fiction, steering clear of the obvious "little green men" approach and opting instead for a style far more subtle and engaging. In The Tower of Oblivion,...

This volume represents yet another nature classic from the great natural history writer, James Oliver Curwood. The present text tells the tale of a quarter-strain wolf and three-quarters husky" torn between the call of the human and his wild mate.

Over the Teacups by the American  physician, poet, professor, lecturer, and author based in Boston, Oliver Wendell Holmes.Despite his weakening eyesight and a fear that he was becoming antiquated, Holmes continued to find solace in writing. He published Over the Teacups, the last of his table-talk books, in 1891.

Nathan Belin, un jeune étudiant en architecture, plutôt joli garçon, croise sur sa route Elliott Newton, un richissime homme daffaires à la beauté insolente qui le tire dune situation difficile. Aussitôt sous le charme dElliott, Nathan va aller de découverte en découverte, autant sur son mystérieux...

En este libro encontrarás cinco maravillosos y entrañables cuentos. En ellos, los protagonistas corren multitud de aventuras en las que sin duda atraparan tanto al lector como al escuchante. De niños aprendemos con los cuentos. En cambio, de adultos, tenemos la sensación de que las historias ya...

Dementia is a little understood and currently incurable illness, but much can be done to maximise the quality of life for people with the condition. Contented Dementia - by clinical psychologist and bestselling author Oliver James - outlines a groundbreaking and practical method for managing dementia...

One of the less fortunate legacies that we who practice ethnography in Oceania have given the scholarly world is the stereotype of the Melanesian leader as "Big Man". The designation "Big Man", derived literally from the metaphor commonly used in Austronesian languages or from...

Im Sommer 2036: Clark G. Flipper gehört zu der kleinen Gruppe von Astronauten, die mit Perry Rhodan zum Mond fliegen; über ihn und sein Leben ist so gut wie nichts bekannt. Dabei steht er stets mitten im Geschehen. Doch während die Menschen auf die Außerirdischen treffen und sich das Leben auf...

Was passiert in der Zeit, bevor die Cairanische Epoche anbricht? Wie verändert sich die Milchstraße, was geschieht mit ihren Bewohnern? Sechs Kurzromane, sechs Schauplätze, sechs Hauptpersonen: Die verlorenen Jahrhunderte werden in diesen Texten zum Leben erweckt. Zu den kleinen Sterneninseln der...

Tiger tanks were among the most-feared fighting vehicles of the Second World War and they gained almost legendary status, yet they never fulfilled their potential because they were not produced in sufficient numbers and the tide the war had turned against the German army by the time they were introduced....

In late 1944 and 1945 the Panther tank played an important role in Germany’s desperate efforts to stem the Allied advance on the Western Front. The Panther, perhaps the best armored vehicle produced by Germany during the Second World War, was a key element in the Wehrmacht’s defensive tactics,...

Designed with the hard lessons of the North African campaign in mind, including the adoption of a dual-purpose gun capable of firing high-explosive and anti-tank rounds, the Cromwell was one of the most successful of the British cruiser tanks produced during the Second World War. The lack of...