Ann Veronica is a New Woman novel by H.G. Wells. Ann Veronica describes the rebellion of Ann Veronica Stanley, "a young lady of nearly two-and-twenty," against her middle-class father's stern patriarchal rule. The novel dramatizes the contemporary problem of the New Woman. It is set in Victorian era London and environs, except for an Alpine excursion. Ann Veronica offers vignettes of the Women's suffrage movement in Great Britain and features a chapter...

A collection of the well-known stories, including "How the Whale Got his Throat," "The Elephant's Child," and "The Butterfly That Stamped." For more than 100 years, these brilliant, delightful tales by Nobel Prize winner Rudyard Kipling have entertained young and old alike. Full color.

A Daughter of the Land is set in Gene Stratton Porter's Limberlost series. Kate Bates lives in a man's world. It is her dream to own and run her own farm. To fulfill her dreams she must give up everything and start anew. - Back cover.

If King Richard the Lionheart hadn't died in 1199 and his descendants ruled the Anglo-French Empire, castles would be illuminated by lantern light and long distance conversation would be held by way of "telesin." In the world of detective Lord Darcy and his sidekick, sorcerer Sean O'Lochlainn, it is a very different looking late 20th Century. The laws of magic have developed in place of the laws of physics, but it is Lord Darcy's remarkable deductive...

Democracy: An American Novel (1880) is a novel by Henry Adams. Published anonymously, Democracy: An American Novel draws on Adams' experience as a political journalist in Washington, DC who worked to expose corruption in American government. Although fictional, the novel is viewed as a commentary on the presidential administrations of the 1870s and political atmospheres surrounding each. "For reasons which many persons thought ridiculous, Mrs. Lightfoot...

Only fools let a little thing like marriage get in the way of their careers... Especially someone else's. David Cooper cheats on his wife. She doesn't cheat - and that suits him fine. Until the young and beautiful Claudia appears and David wants out of his marriage. But Claudia has different ideas - different dreams: To be a model, an actress, a star. And she'll do anything to make it. Just name a price…The World Is Full of Married Men is a devastating...

Tout abandonner, partir… Vincent, écrivain en quête de renouveau, décide de tout quitter pour entreprendre un voyage vers l'inconnu. Son objectif : puiser dans ses dernières ressources pour stopper sa descente dans les ténèbres et renaître à la lumière. Alors que les ombres commencent à s'éclaircir, un sentiment d'excitation et d'incertitude l'envahit. Là, à l'horizon de son aventure, se profile Mathilde, un soleil au zénith, dont...

A marriage of friendsWhen her fiancé jilted her, Serena gave up all hope of ever getting married. She was determined to be sensible about the whole thing; that was, until Gijs suggested that she marry him.She liked Gijs very much, and she knew he was fond of her. Companionship seemed as good a basis as any for a marriage—who needed romance anyway? But it turned out Gijs was in love, and Serena couldn't work out who the lucky woman was.

A sequel to "Love Story," in which Oliver attempts to come to terms with his grief and guilt about the death of his wife.

Rock-and-roll superstar Al King and Dallas, a beauty queen, are on parallel paths to to fame and fortune when disaster strikes, forcing them out of their self-absorbed lifestyles and into each other's arms.