Model Number: BBFEBBASE_17684DLDA
Author: Trollope, Anthony
Considered by contemporary critics to be Trollope's greatest novel, The Way We Live Now is a satire of the literary world of nineteenth-century London and a bold indictment of the new power of speculative finance in English life. The story concerns Augustus Melmotte, a French swindler and scoundrel, ...more »
Model Number: BBFEBBASE_17619DLDA
Author: Rohmer, Sax
A place of mystery and intrigue, where Tong wars rage and sinister Oriental criminals plot world domination! Sax Rohmer, creator of legendary super-villain Fu Manchu, takes the reader on nine trips into the seedy underbelly of Chinatown with this fascinating collection of stories: The Daughter of Huang ...more »
This expanded edition of Ayn Rand's classic tale of a future dark age of the great We--in which individuals have no name, no independence, and no values--is a beautifully written, powerful novel that projects current social trends into the future, and anticipates such later Rand masterpieces as The Fountainhead ...more »
Model Number: BBSS074324639XDLDA
Author: Fitzgerald, F. Scott
The exemplary novel of the Jazz Age, F. Scott Fitzgeralds' third book, The Great Gatsby (1925), stands as the supreme achievement of his career. T. S. Eliot read it three times and saw it as the first step American fiction had taken since Henry James; H. L. Mencken praised the charm and beauty of the ...more »
Model Number: BBAL1412119480DLDA
Author: Loti, Pierre
LOUIS-MARIE-JULIEN VIAUD, Pierre Loti, was born in Rochefort, of an old French-Protestant family, January 14, 1850. He was connected with the French Navy from 1867 to 1900, and is now a retired officer with full captain's rank. Although of a most energetic character and a veteran of various campaigns ...more »
Set during the time of the Mexican War, Jack Tier is a much more realistic sea story than the nautical romances Cooper wrote in the 1820s and 1830s. It begins in New York City where the Molly Swash, tied up at an unattractive wharf near beer halls and an almshouse, is in the process of departure for ...more »
Model Number: BBALEBBASE_18898DLDA
Author: Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
A certain Prince S - arrived in St. Petersburg from Moscow, an eminent and honourable young man. He was one of those active persons who always find some good work with which to employ themselves. Without forcing himself upon the public notice, modest and unobtrusive, this young prince was concerned with ...more »
Model Number: BBFEBBASE_10851DLDA
Author: Dumas (Sr)
As 1661 approaches, Princess Henrietta of England arrives for her marriage, and throws the court of France into complete disorder. The jealousy of the Duke of Buckingham, who is in love with her, nearly occasions a war on the streets of Le Havre, thankfully prevented by Raoul's timely and tactful intervention ...more »
Model Number: BBR9780553902532DLDA
Author: Anonymous
Socrates' ancient words are still true, and the ideas found in Plato's Dialogues still form the foundation of a thinking person's education. This superb collection contains excellent contemporary translations selected for their clarity and accessibility to today's reader, as well as an incisive introduction ...more »
