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Into a land of shadows and lost souls goes Pete Grahame in search of his hapless friends.

The Art of War is a Chinese military treatise that was written during the 6th century BC by Sun Tzu. Composed of 13 chapters, each of which is devoted to one aspect of warfare, it has long been praised as the definitive work on military strategies and tactics of its time.The Art of War is one of the oldest books on military strategy in the world. It is the first and one of the most successful works on strategy and has had a huge influence on Eastern and Western military thinking, business tactics, and beyond. Sun Tzu was the first to recognize the importance of positioning in strategy and that position is affected both by objective conditions in the physical environment and the subjective opinions of competitive actors in that environment. He taught that strategy was not planning in the sense of working through a to-do list, but rather that it requires quick and appropriate responses to changing conditions. Planning works in a controlled environment, but in a competitive environment,

When the Queen of the Spaceways meets the King of the Interplanetary Wilds, there's a checkmate in the stalking of Saturn's most dangerous game!

Set in Boston on December 26, 2000, but written before the turn of the nineteenth century, this classic Utopian novel is more significant and relevant than ever with its reappearance this millennium. Addressing moral and material concerns of late nineteenth century industrial America through romantic narrative, Bellamy suggests a fictionalized society in which war, poverty, and malice do not exist.

"Jehan de Mandeville", translated as "Sir John Mandeville", is the name claimed by the compiler of a singular book of supposed travels, written in Anglo-Norman French, and published between 1357 and 1371.By aid of translations into many other languages it acquired extraordinary popularity. Despite the extremely unreliable and often fantastical nature of the travels it describes, it was used as a work of reference — Christopher Columbus, for example, was heavily influenced by both this work and Marco Polo's earlier Il Milione (Adams 53).

His Own People was written in the year 1907 by Newton Booth Tarkington. This book is one of the most popular novels of Newton Booth Tarkington, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.This book is published by Booklassic which brings young readers closer to classic literature globally.

Beyond The Great Oblivion was written in the year 1913 by George Allan England. This book is one of the most popular novels of George Allan England, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.This book is published by Booklassic which brings young readers closer to classic literature globally.

The Long Voyage was written in the year 1853 by Charles Dickens. This book is one of the most popular novels of Charles Dickens, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.This book is published by Booklassic which brings young readers closer to classic literature globally.

This tale of the Indians of the far West has fairly earned its lasting popularity, not only by the intense interest of the story, but by its faithful delineations of Indian character.

A collectior of 24 short stories: The World and the Door; The Theory and the Hound; The Hypotheses of Failure; Calloway's Code; A Matter of Mean Elevation; Girl; Sociology in Serge and Straw; The Ransom of Red Chief; The Marry Month of May; A Technical Error; Suite Homes and Their Romance; The Whirligig of Life; A Sacrifice Hit; The Roads We Take; A Blackjack Bargainer; The Song and the Sergeant; One Dollar's Worth; A Newspaper Story; Tommy's Burglar; A Chaparral Christmas Gift; A Little Local Colour; Georgia's Ruling; Blind Man's Holiday; and Madame Bo Peep of the Ranches.

The third part of a trilogy which begins with The Thirty-Nine Steps and Greenmantle.

Blood of the Gods was written in the year 1935 by Robert Ervin Howard. This book is one of the most popular novels of Robert Ervin Howard, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.This book is published by Booklassic which brings young readers closer to classic literature globally.

Riders of the Purple Sage is a classic of the Western genre. It is the story of Lassiter, a gunslinging avenger in black, who shows up in a remote Utah town just in time to save the young and beautiful rancher Jane Withersteen from having to marry a Mormon elder against her will.

Enormously popular and widely read pamphlet, first published in January of 1776, clearly and persuasively argues for American separation from Great Britain and paves the way for the Declaration of Independence. This highly influential landmark document attacks the monarchy, cites the evils of government and combines idealism with practical economic concerns.

At dawn a clamor of voices shook the mill. Pere Merlier opened the door of Francoise's chamber. She went down into the courtyard, pale and very calm. But there she could not repress a shiver as she saw the corpse of a Prussian soldier stretched out on a cloak beside the well.

Der Roman ist eine fiktive Autobiographie. Der Protagonist, der Mönch Medardus, der, wie man im Laufe des Romans erfährt, mit nahezu allen handelnden Personen des Romans in irgendeiner Weise verwandt ist, weiß zu Beginn des Romans nichts von diesen Verbindungen und wird nach einer glücklichen Kindheit in einem paradiesischen Kloster dort aufgenommen. Er wächst hier heran und erhält, da er seinen Weg lobenswert geht, zwei wichtige Rollen in seinem Kloster: er verwaltet die Reliquienkammer, in der sich eines der Elixiere des Teufels, einer Sage nach vom heiligen Antonius hinterlassen, befindet. Außerdem beginnt er zu predigen. Sein Rednertalent steigt ihm zu Kopfe und so erklärt er sich selbst zum heiligen Antonius und verliert in einer Ohnmacht sein Rednertalent.