Robert Louis: 1244 books

Volume 3 presents three Penny Dreadful classics for Kobo: Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Mysteries of Paris Vols.1-3 and The Compensation House, a rare short story by Charles Collins, brother of Wilkie.  *Beautifully illustrated with original art.  *Over 1,000 pages...

Among the Nations of Europe, the Scots have always been allowed to possess a considerable share of maritime enterprise. The local situation and circumstances of Scotland necessarily directed the genius of its people to the pursuit of nautical affairs. Their voyages to the Hanseatic Towns, and to all...

This volume includes the collected letters of the well-known author. Hundreds and hundreds of writings are included, divided into the following sections: Letters From Samoa Letters To Young People Student Days At Edinburgh Advocate And Author The Amateur Emigrant Alpine Winters And Highland Summers...

COLLISION is a book written to modern America with all its technological advancements, for the purpose of understanding a strange new culture emerging from within its glory from the 7th century since Ted Kennedy opened the flood gates in 1965 without any concern for the inevitable clash that this...

pubOne.info thank you for your continued support and wish to present you this new edition. IT is difficult for a European to imagine Calistoga, the whole place is so new, and of such an accidental pattern; the very name, I hear, was invented at a supper-party by the man who found the springs.

This Work contains an active table of contents (HTML), which makes reading easier to make it more enjoyable. By the time this paper appears, I shall have been talking for twelve months; and it is thought I should take my leave in a formal and seasonable manner. Valedictory eloquence is rare, and death-bed...

Este sorprendente volumen reúne narraciones de escritores famosos de distintas épocas y nacionalidades, algunos insospechados para el género de lo extraordinario, desde Bécquer, Chéjov o Stevenson, hasta Twain y Rilke. Los fantasmas son una extensión de lo desconocido; no sólo han muerto (nada...

*Il “Dr. Jekyll e Mr. Hyde” è un doppio trionfo. Vi sono in esso l’interesse esteriore del Conan Doyle e l’interesse interiore di Henry James. * Gilbert Keith Chesterton Durante le brumose notti londinesi, il torbido Mr. Hyde si insinua nelle strade deserte e tortura giovani ragazze...

Tales and Fantasiescontains three stories: The Misadventures of John Nicholson The Body-Snatcher The Story of a Lie

"Pasear es un entretenimiento distinguido, burgués, ocioso, elegante…; caminar es más bien algo instintivo, natural, salvaje. Pasear es un rito civil, y caminar es un acto animal. Pasear es algo social, y caminar algo más bien selvático, aunque sea por las calles de una ciudad. El...

Extrait : C’était au mois de mai 1813 que j’avais eu le malheur de tomber aux mains des Anglais. Ma connaissance de la langue anglaise, — j’avais appris cette langue dès l’enfance et la parlais presque aussi aisément que le français, — m’avait valu d’être choisi par...

First published in 1885, Stevenson's verses so truly reflect the feelings of young children--about being small, the bliss of going up in a swing so high, discovering one's shadow, happiness and sorrow and dreaming--that they have never ceased to be an essential part of a child's library. Robinson's beautiful pictures originally appeared in 1896 in the first illustrated edition.

Before Captain Jack Sparro and The Pirates of the Caribbean, there were Treasure Island and Kidnapped. Two novels of derring-do and adventure among pirates on the high seas. Thrill with our young heroes as they swashbuckle through one adventure after another. Collected here together are the two books that all other pirate adventures are measured against.

"White men die very suddenly in Falesá." Originally censored by its British publisher, The Beach at Falesá is a scathing critique of colonialism and economic imperialism that bravely takes on many of the 19th Century’ s strongest taboos: miscegenation, imperialism, and economic...