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: 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: BBAL1554459435DLDA
Author: Zola, Emile
Emile Zola was born in Paris, April 2, 1840. His father was Francois Zola, an Italian engineer, who constructed the Canal Zola in Provence. Zola passed his early youth in the south of France, continuing his studies at the Lycee St. Louis, in Paris, and at Marseilles. His sole patrimony was a lawsuit ...more »
Model Number: BBALISBN158873353XDLDA
Author: Davis, Richard Harding
INSPIRATION FOR THE CLASSIC DISNEY TV SERIES Get ready to meet the boy printer's ink flowin' through his veins and big bold headlines rollin' through his brains. He's Gallegher, the Newspaper Boy, starring in the story that inspired the beloved 1970s Disney television series. Here he is in ex-journalist ...more »
Model Number: BBALEBBASE_19109DLDA
Author: Bronte, Emily
On that bleak hill-top the earth was hard with a black frost, and the air made me shiver through every limb. Being unable to remove the chain, I jumped over, and, running up the flagged causeway bordered with straggling gooseberry-bushes, knocked vainly for admittance, till my knuckles tingled and the ...more »
