James: 5752 books

James Thomson was a Scottish poet and playwright, known for his masterpiece The Seasons and the lyrics of "Rule, Britannia!". James Thomson was born in Ednam in Roxburghshire around 11 September 1700 and baptised on 15 September. He was the fourth of nine children of Thomas Thomson and Beatrix...

A semi-autobiographical novel by James Joyce, first serialised in the magazine The Egoist from 1914 to 1915, and published first in book format in 1916. It tells the story of Stephen Dedalus's childhood and youth in Dublin; his quest for identity through art, and his gradual emancipation from the...

James Cage’s The Mind of Frank Rosseus is an intricate mystery, thriller. Frank Rosseus is run over by a taxi cab and has a near death experience. Arturus Verturus, The Cowboy, appears and guides Frank through this difficult period. The Mind of Frank Rosseus is a sequel to James Cage’s cult classic...

1943. On the Eastern Front the Germans are losing the battle; to the west, they are assailed by the Allied Powers. But in a snow-clad valley in the Hartz mountains of central Germany, a British agent observes the visit of a senior Nazi to a top secret location. That Nazi is Hermann Goering and the Reichsmarschall...

Los europeos (título original en inglés: The Europeans) es una novela corta del autor norteamericano Henry James (1843-1916) publicada en 1878. Básicamente se trata de una comedia que contrasta los comportamientos y actitudes de dos visitantes europeos con los de sus parientes norteamericanos en...

Considerada una de las mejores novelas cortas de Henry James (1843-1916), La lección del maestro supone la máxima expresión de la depuración narrativa del genial escritor norteamericano. La trama gira alrededor de tres personajes para quienes el arte y la creación constituyen elementos esenciales...

En El Paisajista, Henry James apela al recurso del diario intimo para contar la historia de un hombre de fortuna que tras un desencuentro amoroso con una dama de sociedad se recluye en una humilde cabaña de la costa de Nueva Inlgaterra con el fin de dedicarse a pintar el bucolico paisaje del lugar....

Los papeles de Aspern (en inglés, The Aspern Papers) es el título de una novela corta de Henry James publicada por primera vez por entregas en la revista The Atlantic Monthly en 1888, y aparecida en libro al año siguiente. La obra se inspira en una anécdota real que llegó a oídos del autor acerca...

Whether attending decidedly awkward dinner parties or hayseed weddings complete with karaoke and inebriated attendants, or risking life and limb to aid the impoverished in Belize and Peru (with near-drastic results of misspoken Spanish), there’s a story for everyone in this third installment of...

An unusual poetry book because as well as animal poetry written by the author it includes his comments on animal welfare and cruelty and environmental matters.It reveals some startling facts related to animals and food. 

Scanlan Grimes is a fat, 50-year-old white man subsisting on Social Security Disability Insurance in the inner-city of Jersey City, New Jersey. Depressed and suicidal, he is pressed into service to help his salty old landlady (who, “back in the day,” was a dynamic woman straight out of a blaxploitation...

Why is it, that when it comes to getting offered opportunities, it's always the same dentists who get there first? There has never been a better time to be in dentistry. But what does the future hold? Learn how to: Be one step ahead of your clients Offer what patients want Shrug off that white...

James, Linus and Melissa are three of a group of Boy Scouts camping in the desert during an annual Rocket Camp. As evening falls on the first evening, the older scouts take the younger scouts on a traditional snipe hunt. Unfortunately for this troop, there is something in the desert tonight…A...

Playing a bigger game in life is not for everyone… yet if you want to achieve more in your life, you also want to have joy, energy and vitality at the same time, right?The problem many people experience on the path to achieving success and getting what they want is an increase in stress,...