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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain
¥8.09
This Point Blank Classics edition includes the full original text as well as an easy to use interactive table of contents.
The World Set Free
The World Set Free
H. G. Wells
¥40.79
The history of mankind is the history of the attainment of external power. Man is the tool-using, fire-making animal. From the outset of his terrestrial career we find him supplementing the natural strength and bodily weapons of a beast by the heat of burning and the rough implement of stone. So he passed beyond the ape. From that he expands.
Genus Novo
Genus Novo
H. G. Wells
¥40.79
It began years and years ago, with a revision of the Microlepidoptera (whatever these may be) by Pawkins, in which he extinguished a new species created by Hapley. Hapley, who was always quarrelsome, replied by a stinging impeachment of the entire classification of Pawkins. Pawkins, in his 'Rejoinder,' suggested that Hapley's microscope was as defective as his powers of observation, and called him an 'irresponsible meddler'...
This Side of Paradise
This Side of Paradise
F. Scott Fitzgerald
¥24.44
This Side of Paradise follows life of Amory Blaine, an attractive Princeton University student who dabbles in literature and formulates his own philosophy of romantic egoism. The novel explores post war uncertainties, the theme of love, greed and status-seeking.
Their Search for Real Love
Their Search for Real Love
Barbara Cartland
¥42.02
Sir John Gilmour has received a letter from his old friend Gavron Murillo, who lives in Paris to say that he only has a very short time to live and wants to see him urgently before he dies. Gavron, who was of Oriental appearance and a very rich man, had helped Sir John and his father with their finances when they had been almost on the point of bankruptcy and he had made them very wealthy. When Sir John arrives at Gavron’s bedside, the old man tells him that his dying wish is that he should marry his daughter, the beautiful Melita. Sir John feels that he cannot refuse the old man after all he had done for him and his father, although he is extremely surprised as he had no idea that Gavron had ever married. Melita, who had been living in a Convent in Thailand after her mother had died giving birth to her, is notified to travel to Paris immediately. When Sir John meets her and tells her what he had promised her father, Melita says that she only wants to marry for love. It is then agreed that they will pretend to their families that they have been married quietly and secretly in Paris while they attempt to find real love with someone else. When they finally return to England and go to live in Sir John’s enchanting house in the country, Melita is very happy. Then it is reported in the newspapers that she and Sir John have inherited all Gavron’s vast amount of money and estates. How Melita is kidnapped. How Sir John is blackmailed by the kidnappers and suffers the agony of trying to find and rescue her. And how in the end they both find real love, which is not very far away from them, is all told in this romantic and exciting story by BARBARA CARTLAND.
Die Flamme der Liebe
Die Flamme der Liebe
Barbara Cartland
¥51.91
Vada, eine junge, reiche, amerikanische Erbin, soll laut dem Wunsch ihrer Mutter einen englischen Duke heiraten. Anders als ihre Mutter tr?umt Vada aber nicht von einem Titel und Besuchen bei der englischen K?nigin, sondern von wahrer Liebe. Als sie auf ihrer Reise zu ihrem Br?utigam in Paris Halt macht, um sich eine exquisite Garderobe zu zu legen, trifft sie auf den Symbolisten Pierre, der sie mit dem Paris der Künstler bekannt macht und in den sie sich unsterblich verliebt. Kann Vada sich dem Willen ihrer Mutter widersetzen und ist Pierre wirklich der, für den er sich ausgibt?
La Esposa Complaciente
La Esposa Complaciente
Barbara Cartland
¥41.45
El apuesto Conde de Droxford, disfrutaba de todos los privilegios, de ser adinerado y soltero. Ahora, por decreto del Rey William, él debería estar casado dentro de un mes. —Tendré de encontrar a una esposa— le dijo a su hermosa y bella acompa?ante—. ?Necesito de una complaciente y conforme esposa, que no interfiera en mis asuntos! Para la bella y hechizante Karina de ojos verdes, era la oportunidad para escapar de la pobreza y dificultades, ofreciéndose a sí misma, como la esposa dócil y complaciente que él necesitaba! Así hicieron sus votos de matrimonio sin amor; el Conde y la encantadora chica del campo. Pero en la moda de Londres, Karina rompió con su promesa de ser complaciente, pues se había enamorado del Conde perdidamente, y acabó atrapada por un amor, que para ella, era imposible!
A Dan?bio ao Entardecer
A Dan?bio ao Entardecer
Barbara Cartland
¥41.45
A bela e adorável Lady Aletha Ling, aguardava ansiosamente pela sua primeira temporada social. Mas o seu pai, o Duque de Buclington, sabia muito bem que a aristocrática posi??o da sua querida filha, cheia de riqueza e beleza, seria a presa perfeita para todos os ca?adores de fortuna. Assim, querendo protegê-la a todo o custo, fez um casamento arranjado, custando a Aletha, todos os seus sonhos t?o esperados. Assustada, ela decide fugir, viajando com o mordomo do seu pai até à Hungria, onde ele está supervisionando, a compra de alguns belos cavalos. Ambos viajam mascarados, ela vai como sua neta e plebleia. V?o para a Hungria e na sua viagem, conhece o Príncipe Miklós, pelo qual se apaixona! Mas agora como plebleia, como se poderá apaixonar por um Príncepe, se fugida, n?o tem condi??o social para poder se apaixonar por um Nobre. Mas será que Aletha, revelaria o seu segredo? Será que o Príncepe Miklós, apaixonado, seria capaz de renunciar a sua Croa? E na Hungria, os violinos ciganos vibravam, enchendo o ar com uma doce melodia de ironia… e só Aletha poderia decidir o seu destino…
Bleib bei mir, kleine Lady
Bleib bei mir, kleine Lady
Barbara Cartland
¥51.91
Als Gracila Shering herausfindet, da? ihr Verlobter, der Herzog, in Wirklichkeit ein Verh?ltnis mit ihrer Stiefmutter hat, sieht sie den einzigen Ausweg aus einer solch schrecklichen Ehe in der Flucht. Gracila findet Zuflucht bei einem alten Diener, der jetzt im Dienst von Virgil, Lord Damien, steht, einem Mann, der von der viktorianischen Gesellschaft wegen seinem skandal?sen Verhalten ausgesto?en wurde. Als Virgil unerwartet aus dem Exil zurückkehrt, werden Gracila neue Probleme bereitet, die nur ein Akt der Dankbarkeit der K?nigin l?sen kann.
Der Prinz und die T?nzerin
Der Prinz und die T?nzerin
Barbara Cartland
¥51.91
Prinz Iwan Wolkonski will eigentlich nur einen kurzen Besuch bei seinem Freund Lord Marston in Paris machen – doch dieser entführt ihn in die Welt des Pariser Theaters, wo er die mysteri?se T?nzerin Lokita auf der Bühne sieht und sich sofort verliebt. Trotz aller Anstrengungen schafft es der Prinz jedoch nicht, die scheue T?nzerin zu treffen, alle Versuche sind vergebens. Doch dann gelingt ihm eines Abends der Coup durch einen vorget?uschten ?berfall. Er ist endlich mit ihr allein. Was das wahre Geheimnis der sch?nen T?nzerin ist und wer ihre illustren Eltern sind erz?hlt diese Geschichte aus dem 19. Jahrhundert.
A dama de negro
A dama de negro
Barbara Cartland
¥41.45
Quem seria aquela bela dama misteriosa, que atraía o olhar de lorde Silvester? Sibele e Selene tinham nascido sob a influência dos mesmos astros, do mesmo signo e no mesmo dia… elas eram, gêmeas idênticas, e quer estando juntas ou a quil?metros de dist?ncia, estariam sempre unidas pela for?a do Universo, como criaturas nascidas do mesmo ventre e à mesma hora. No entanto elas eram irm?s muito diferentes. Uma materialista, interesseira e calculista e a outra espiritual, culta e mística. Selene fugira de casa, logo após a morte da m?e, pois n?o aguentava viver em priva??es. Procurou um casamento de conveniência, que lhe proporcionasse o status que ela tanto ansiava, e conseguiu, casando com um Conde de meia idade. Depois inesperadamente, volta à sua casa natal, para pedir um favor à irm?. E que poderia querer ela de sua irm?, após alguns anos de ausência e sem enviar qualquer noticía? O cora??o de Sibele era puro e justo e o de Selene cheio de pecado e interesse. Lorde Silvester cruzou-se por Destino com ambas, poderia ele saber, quem realmente amava? Só poderia amar apenas uma. Qual das gêmeas, ele escolheria?
His Last Bow
His Last Bow
Arthur Conan Doyle
¥24.44
Holmes is long retired from his profession of detective but is still alive and well, albeit suffering from a touch of rheumatism.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Washington Irving
¥8.09
This Tribeca Press edition includes the full original text as well as an easy to use interactive table of contents.
In Deinen Armen will ich Tr?men
In Deinen Armen will ich Tr?men
Barbara Cartland
¥51.91
Lady Isobel, die zweite Frau Lord Blackstones, schikaniert ihre Stieftochter Sandra, wo es nur geht. Um Sandra als Konkurrentin um die Gunst ihrer G?ste aus dem Weg zu schaffen, will sie sie zu ihrer tiefreligi?sen Gro?tante Mathilda verbannen. Doch Sandra kommt ihr zuvor und verdingt sich als Gesellschafterin der eigenwilligen Gr?fin von Kyle. Durch diese lernt sie in Brighton den Prinzregenten und in dessen Gefolge den Enkelsohn der Gr?fin kennen, der ihr nicht gleichgültig ist. Verstrickt in ein Netz von Intrigen, Erpressung und Lügen wird sie schlie?lich durch eine mutige Tat vom Schicksal belohnt.
Amor, o Major Tesouro
Amor, o Major Tesouro
Barbara Cartland
¥41.45
Maior Tyson Dale volta para casa vitorioso das guerras serviu, contra Napole?o Bonaparte, mas quando regressa, encontra a sua propriedade devastada, em estado de decadência total, além de ver o seu título, roubado por seu tio. Afogado nas suas mágoas familiares, hospedasse numa estalagem local. Ele ouve uma conspira??o para sequestrar uma bela jovem herdeira. Determinado em salvá-la, ele engana os vil?es e esconde a jovem adorável na sua destruída mans?o. Mas mal sabia ele, que o seu primo, era o noivo que a procurava, para a obrigar a cumprir o casamento combinado, para ca?ar sua fortuna. Mas isolados de todos, V?nia e Tyson, s?o apanhados de surpresa… quando inesperadamente, o destino transforma a dor e a decep??o de ambos, num amor inevitavél. V?nia, inaltece esse amor, como uma ben??o e a sua única salva??o, para se livrar do casamento por obriga??o. O Major, sentindo-se impotente e incapaz de lhe poder proporcionar uma vida abastada como ela se habituara, achou melhor, deixá-la partir e n?o interferir com o Destino que a reservava. Mas será que o amor do Major Tyson, será mais forte que o preconceito? Será que ele a irá salvar de um destino infeliz e avassalador? Para ela , só ele a poderia salvar…
Multiple Personalities
Multiple Personalities
Tatyana Shcherbina
¥90.03
Having spent years in a coma, a female protagonist is anxious to lead a normal life. Her miraculous recovery is riddled with falling in and out of our time continuum - she wanders through history in her imagination as if it were her backyard. Notwithstanding her condition, her peers are going through a real change of their own echoing events that engulfed Russia in the past few decades. In Multiple Personalities, life is a masquerade and its participants are characters from classic world literature racing towards destination unknown. The question they all are asking is whether the traditional notion of time's flow from the past to the future is the correct one. Who has the answer?
The River Of Love
The River Of Love
Barbara Cartland
¥51.91
Admired by men and adored by women, a raffishly handsome adventurer and ladies’ man, the Duke of Darleston is known to all as ‘The Dasher’ after his father’s successful horse of the same name. And yet in his heart he yearns for something more in his life and he is suddenly compelled to gather some friends together to travel to Egypt to witness its ancient wonders and glorious Temples. Among the party is the coquettish recently bereaved beauty Lady Lily Cairns, who is determined to ensnare the Duke. And sure enough he is instantly captivated by her calculated charms until Fate intervenes. At the Temple of Luxor, the Duke is transfixed by a beautiful young woman, at once a stranger and yet somehow strangely familiar. All thought of Lily is gone as the lovely Irisa Garron, for that is her name, elevates him spirituality in a mystic meeting of minds and of hearts and souls. Suddenly they know that they are eternally bound together and that they were lovers in another previous life in Egypt and in many other lives as well And now Fate has drawn them together once more on the banks of the Nile, the Eternal River of Love.
The Star
The Star
H. G. Wells
¥40.79
It was on the first day of the New Year that the announcement was made, almost simultaneously from three observatories, that the motion of the planet Neptune, the outermost of all the planets that wheel about the sun, had become very erratic. Ogilvy had already called attention to a suspected retardation in its velocity in December.
A Vingan?a do Conde
A Vingan?a do Conde
Barbara Cartland
¥41.45
Charles Lyndon, herdeiro de um Ducado e recentemente amante rejeitado, está desesperado para salvar a sua honra e reputa??o entre os jovens d?ndis e senhoras da sociedade da corte londrina. Bonito, rico e condecorado por sua bravura no exército lutando pelo Rei e pela pátria,? Charles é reconhecido como um dos solteiros mais cobi?ados na sociedade. Porém, apesar do seu sucesso com as mulheres, parece que n?o consegue encontrar a esposa perfeita.? A linda Rania Temple? está morando em gentileza e empobrecida no seu país. Longe das modas e tendências da cidade, ela é dedicada à sua família e aos seus amados cavalos. A única mancha na sua paisagem perfeita,? é uma grave falta de dinheiro, sem o qual,? representa perder? tudo o que ela preza. Mas um encontro casual, entre Charles e Rania, faz com que resolvam unir suas for?as, para montar uma farsa, que os beneficiará a ambos. Mas Charles acaba por cair na sua propria armadilha, pois ela despertou nele o verdadeiro amor, e agora n?o lhe basta que Raina seja só uma noiva de mentira, mas sim, que se torne na sua noiva de verdade!
Theresa And The Tiger
Theresa And The Tiger
Barbara Cartland
¥51.91
Already abandoned by her father, who long ago had left her and her mother for the gaieties and beautiful courtesans of the Second Empire in Paris, the lovely Lady Theresa Holme is lost when her beloved mother dies. She has inherited a fortune – but she finds that blessing is also a curse when her uncle and now Guardian, the new Earl of Denholme, insists that she must marry his son so that he can get his greedy fingers on her money. Her hatred of all men, inspired by her father’s treachery and deceit towards her mother, is now confirmed and she flees to France accompanied only by her faithful companion, Gennie. As her mother has taught her the subtle art of French cuisine, she sets out to find work in France as a cook. By a lucky chance on the train to Paris she encounters a glamorous lady, who suggests that she tries the secretary of the Marquis de Sare. She is engaged and she and Gennie travel to the Marquis’s enchanted but isolated ch?teau in the Pyrenees. Theresa instantly becomes enamoured by the chateau and even more so by a noble tiger in its private menagerie and she begins to feel content and happy. Her employer, the Marquis, is at first suspicious of her and stubbornly she hates him as all other men. But somehow, without her realising it, she finds that she has fallen in love. First with the tiger named Le Roi. And then, profoundly, with his Master, the equally noble and handsome Marquis de Sare.
Der Marquis und das Arme M?dchen
Der Marquis und das Arme M?dchen
Barbara Cartland
¥51.91
Als der Marquis von Swayne im Dorf einen schlimmen Unfall mit seiner Kutsche erleidet, wird er im Hause von Dr. Winsford einquartiert. Seine Tochter Rowena kümmert sich aufopfernd um ihn – so sehr, daβ sie sich ineinander verlieben. Und doch will der Marquis Rowena auf keinen Fall heiraten. Sein Familienerbe und der Ruf der Swaynes ist ihm wichtiger. Wie kann sich Rowena vom Marquis fernhalten, wo ihn doch alle ihre Familienmitglieder so ins Herz geschlossen haben, und sie nicht um den Kampf in ihrem Herzen wissen?