This novel is set in 1908, as international tensions are rising and moving the world toward war. A notable American battleship gun designer dies in what is thought a sensational suicide, but his da…
These are sixteen short stories and a long story the Mr. Cozzens has selected. They comprise a body of fiction that is entertaining, provocative, and enlightening. The themes of the stories are: re…
First published in 1895, this small masterpiece set the pattern for the treatment of war in modern fiction. The novel is told through the eyes of Henry Fleming, a young soldier caught up in an unna…
First published in 1895, this small masterpiece set the pattern for the treatment of war in modern fiction. The novel is told through the eyes of Henry Fleming, a young soldier caught up in an unna…
A philosopher/mechanic's wise (and sometimes funny) look at the challenges and pleasures of working with one's hands “This is a deep exploration of craftsmanship by someone with real, hands-o…
Professor Jeffrey Bird, investigating unusual seismological disturbances in Austria while there for a conference, has disappeared in an avalanche while skiing with a colleague. Or so the news says.…
A young girl spends her summer vacation in a country house where a tiger roams . . . A man reading a mystery finds out too late that he is the murderer's victim . . . In the fifteen stories collect…
Heart of Darkness adalah novel pendek yang ditulis oleh penulis Polandia Joseph Conrad. Novel ini berkisah tentang kehidupan Charles Marlow sebagai pengangkut gading di Sungai Kongo, Afrika Tengah.…
The Nigger of the "Narcissus": A Tale of the Forecastle[a] (sometimes subtitled A Tale of the Sea), first published in the United States as The Children of the Sea, is an 1897 novella by Joseph Con…
Jack Couffer, the director and cameraman for the brilliant Walt Disney wildlife productions of the 1950s and 1960s, spent his life working with wild creatures. This book gives a fascinating glimpse…