The Life and Times of Engineer Rear Admiral

In "The Mystery of Murray Davenport," Robert Neilson Stephens crafts a gripping narrative that intertwines suspense with an exploration of human psychology. Set against the backdrop of a turbulent social landscape, the novel delves into the enigmatic life of the titular character, Murray Davenport, whose sudden disappearance sends ripples through his social circle. Employing a rich literary style that combines vivid imagery with intricate character development, Stephens navigates themes of...

Vienna c 1905In darkness, late at night, a woman returns to her hotel to discover her usual maid has been replaced by a stranger. What begins as an icy exchange, born of weariness, becomes within minutes one of the most extraordinary encounters of her life. It will take her on a journey deep into her past and yet also closer, hour by hour, to a fateful assignation awaiting her on the other side of the night.Set amid the elegance and sophistication of the Bel...

One of the wildest, most spectacular decades in American history, the 1920s were a period of unprecedented growth and mass consumerism. In the New Era people drank in speakeasies, danced to jazz, idolized gangsters, and bet their life savings on stocks.Born and raised in a small Canadian town, Arthur Cutten went to Chicago in 1890 with ninety dollars to his name. Through utter ruthlessness he amassed a fortune trading in grain futures and stocks. Cutten was heralded as the modern M...

One of the wildest, most spectacular decades in American history, the 1920s were a period of unprecedented growth and mass consumerism. In the New Era people drank in speakeasies, danced to jazz, idolized gangsters, and bet their life savings on stocks.Born and raised in a small Canadian town, Arthur Cutten went to Chicago in 1890 with ninety dollars to his name. Through utter ruthlessness he amassed a fortune trading in grain futures and stocks. Cutten was heralded as the modern M...

This book explores the Arab world and its development problems as its new oil wealth opens up prospects of accelerated economic and social progress. It describes Kuwait's aid operations and looks at the effect the sudden torrent of oil money has had on the Kuwaitis.

A special blend of fact and fiction ...The Elizabethan golden age was peopled by a court of flamboyant and devoted men - each one unique, ambitious and talented. At its centre was a woman, Elizabeth, the Tudor princess who succeeded to the throne of England in 1558 and who vowed to her Parliament to remain unwed and a Virgin Queen for the rest of her life.How did such a diverse group of red-blooded men view their Gloriana? What were their aims and i...

Victorian Gothic blends with ghostly glimpses ofTudor history in this fabulous tale of love and destiny.London, 1876. The painter Amos Roselli is in love with his life-long friend and model, the beautiful Daphne - and she with him - until one day she is discovered by another man, a powerful and wealthy industrialist.What will happen when Daphne realises she has sacrificed her happiness to a loveless marriage? What will happen when the artist ...

All's Well That Ends Well is a play by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been written between 1604 and 1605, and was originally published in the First Folio in 1623Though originally the play was classified as a comedy, the play is now considered by some critics to be one of his problem plays, so named because they cannot be neatly classified as tragedy or comedy.When the clever and appealing Helena cures the ailing king of France of an illness, she asks for the han...

If, on the first Tuesday in June, in the year 1608, anybody had asked me on what business I was riding towards Paris, and if I had answered, "To cut off the moustaches of a gentleman I have never seen, that I may toss them at the feet of a lady who has taunted me with that gentleman's superiorities,"—if I had made this reply, I should have been taken for the most foolish person on horseback in France that day. Yet the answer would have been true, though I accounted myself one of the wisest...

Set during the American Revolutionary War, the novel follows the story of Captain Allan McLane, a Continental Dragoon who fights for the American cause against the British. McLane is depicted as a brave and resourceful soldier who engages in various military exploits and skirmishes against the British forces.Throughout the novel, McLane faces numerous challenges and dangers as he navigates the complexities of war and the shifting allegiances of his fellow soldiers. The story explores theme...

When Jack Morrow returned from the World's Fair, he found Philadelphia thermometers registering 95. The next afternoon he boarded a Chestnut Street car, got out at Front Street, hurried to the ferry station, and caught a just departing boat for Camden, and on arriving at the other side of the Delaware, made haste to find a seat in the well-filled express train bound for Atlantic City. While he was being whirled across the level surface of New Jersey, past the cornfields and short stretches...