The Star Rover

Jack London

Sentenced to execution a prisoner of solitary confinement travels in time, according to his past incarnations on Earth. From the primeval world to the nearest history. And we participate with him in certain events, experience ups and downs, love earthly and unearthly love, enjoy and experience humiliation, approaching the One Man whom the author tried to introduce to us.

The Human Drift

Jack London

Human Drift is a collection of essays and short sketches by Jack London, including a number of plays and his introduction to Richard Henry Danas Two Years Before the Mast. The title essay Human Drift explores the spread of humanity on continents throughout history, as well as the predicted results and the possible end of this drift. John Griffith London, known as Jack London, was an American journalist, public figure and writer.

Martin Paz

Jules Verne

Lima, au Pérou, lentrepreneur juif Samuel a promis dépouser sa fille Sarah avec un riche métis Andrea Serta. Cependant, Sarah est amoureuse de Indian Paz. Apres une bagarre au couteau dans la maison de Samuel, au cours de laquelle Serta a été blessé, Martin Paz saute dans la riviere turbulente. Tout le monde décide quil est mort, mais il est sauvé par lEspagnol Marquis Don Vegal.

The Undying Fire. A Contemporary Novel

Herbert George Wells

Dedicated to all schoolmasters and schoolmistresses and every teacher in the world, this re-interpretation of the Book of Job is one of the authors finest discussion novels. Written in 1918, this is the story of Job Huss, the headmaster of a progressive school. It is saturated with the ideas of educational reform and of the teaching of world history as the basis for a common civilization and is one of his most ambitious dialogue narratives. Essentially it is a modernized parody of the book of Job, a prose poem which Wells greatly admired, though not particularly religious, as can be seen from his logical Science Fiction writing. In The Undying Fire, Wells give us an updated Book of Job, focusing on the tribulations of an actual descendant of the biblical Job. The various characters from the Biblical narrative are all there, in updated form.

The Terrible Twins

Edgar Jepson

The twins are living in relatively straightened circumstances, as their father has died, and get up to all kinds of mischief, while being governed by their own set of values. The children, however, have little dread of poverty, for when ever they desire a luxury, such as a bicycle, or a fur stole for their mothers Christmas present, they devise some means to raise the necessary funds, and they stop at nothing from inducing a rich great-aunt to endow a home for cats to poaching for pheasants, and no matter what they do they always come out victorious, even when it comes to making or marring marriages. The Terrible Twins is written in a bright and amusing style and the author has indeed drawn upon a vivid imagination to think of all the scrapes and escapades in which the terrible twins are involved.

The Vintage of Yon Yee

Louise Jordan Miln

The novel is about a young woman of both English and Chinese descent, who must choose between lovers of both races, between East and West. Neither effort, nor suffering, nor experience can give perfection to any person, nor any race. Humanity, individual or herd, can only strive never fully triumph or to fulfill. But there are separate people, there are different people: vintage masculinity, vintage nation.

Elegant Edward

Edgar Wallace

This collection includes 7 mystery short stories, set in Victorian England. These stories depict adventures and misadventures of Elegant Edward, a charming London crook and his attempts to commit the perfect crime. The stories are pleasant and well written and definitely a product of their time and place. Edgar Wallace was a prolific author of crime, adventure and humorous stories, whose best known creations include The Four Just Men, Sanders of the River, and J. G. Reeder. Although Wallace wrote many stand alone novels it is, perhaps, for his series based material-always popular with readers-that he remains best known.

The Pearl of Lima. A Story of True Love

Jules Verne

This is a short romantic romance. The Pearl of Lima one of the lesser-known works of Verne, and for good reason. This is one of his short novels, with a very simplified plot lovers with crossed stars and a very sharp ending. This book is romantic and intended for those who love classic prose.