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      • Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
        January 2018

        Ulysses

        by James Joyce

        Ulysses chronicles the peripatetic appointments and encounters of Leopold Bloom in Dublin in the course of an ordinary day, 16 June 1904.[4][5] Ulysses is the Latinised name of Odysseus, the hero of Homer's epic poem Odyssey, and the novel establishes a series of parallels between the poem and the novel, with structural correspondences between the characters and experiences of Leopold Bloom and Odysseus, Molly Bloom and Penelope, and Stephen Dedalus and Telemachus, in addition to events and themes of the early 20th century context of modernism, Dublin, and Ireland's relationship to Britain. The novel imitates registers of centuries of English literature and is highly allusive.

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        Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
        2020

        Aeneid

        by Ivan Kotlyarevsky

        "Aeneid" is a Ukrainian burlesque-travesty poem written by the writer Ivan Kotlyarevsky, based on the plot of the classic poem of the same name by the Roman poet Virgil. It consists of six parts, in contrast to the twelve parts of Virgil. Written in four-foot iambic. The poem was written during the formation of romanticism and nationalism in Europe, against the background of nostalgia of the Ukrainian elite for the Cossack state, which was liquidated by Russia in 1775-1786. The Aeneid is the first large-scale monument of Ukrainian writing in the spoken Ukrainian language. The poem initiated the formation of modern Ukrainian literature.

      • Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
        April 2015

        The Cornubian

        What lies between the devil and the deep blue sea?

        by Julie Spiller

        When infamous smuggler Martin MacBride returns to Cornwall after escaping slavery in Algiers, he finds his wife and child have died. Fuelled by anger, the heartbroken smuggler vows to avenge their deaths by killing his hated foe, John Cardinham. However, Cardinham is riddled with a hatred of his own. He is convinced that his fiancée, beautiful local inn-keeper Josephine Bryant, is in love with MacBride, and intends to see the smuggler brought to justice at an appointment with the gallows. The locals of Cornwall pull together for their hero in a formidable force against the revenue, and Cardinham, finding he has his work cut out, hires the services of notorious privateer, Jose Sparky Vaquero, who proceeds to double-cross all concerned. Thus begins a twisting, turning journey of blackmail, obsession and suspicion. But when the stakes are high and the pressure is on, mistakes are easily made, and underestimation can prove to be a costly one. "Julie Spiller has found her inspiration in Cornwall's past, a rich seam of our history, as many writers from Daphne du Maurier to Winston Graham could testify, and she has mined it with colour and skill. It is a terrific piece of work and I wish her every success with it." Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey

      • Fiction
        July 2023

        Verona in Autumn

        by Tom Lloyd

        A pair of star-crossed lovers, fated to die but saved by a quirk of fate.   A pair of great houses, never compelled by grief to end their grudge.    A city, doomed to suffer under a bloody twenty-year feud.  A family, charged with returning to the city of their birth and restoring its glory.     Verona in Autumn – a sequel (of sorts) to one of the most famous stories ever told.

      • Fiction
        September 2022

        The Last Case of Journalist Cronina

        by Anastasiia Pika

        Aliona Cronina is a young Ukrainian journalist who started working in a highly censored publication, fully controlled by its Russian sponsor. During Euromaidan, she realized that she can no longer be a detached witness to the events and wants to fight Kremlin propaganda and reveal the truth to people. Aliona will build a brilliant career: IT journalist, Ukrainian parliament employee, MI6 intelligence agent — and she will try to thwart the Russian invasion of Ukraine that started on February 24, 2022.   The novel consists of four parts, each chapter corresponding to a case file the heroine takes on. The novel is not just about modern Ukrainian history in 2012–2022; it is primarily about the development of Ukrainian journalism and democratic society. The author seeks to answer the question of why neither censorship, nor Putin’s propaganda in the Ukrainian media, nor the attempts to suppress Ukrainian revolutions by force, nor even forced emigration and war can make a dent in Ukrainians’ inner strength and perseverance.

      • Fiction
        2019

        The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

        by Enéias TAvares; Fred Rubim

        At the end of the 18th century, the English poet and engraver William Blake contacted a powerful demon. The infernal creature, then, revealed to him the Wisdom of Hell and the way it could be passed down from generation to generation by using copper plates, corrosive acids and singular inks. Centuries later, the fates of a tormented hitman, a luxury call girl, a corrupt spiritual leader, and a visionary artist merge into a retelling of the Blakean illuminated book. Here, you will find blood, desire and revenge. Written by Eneias Tavares (Brasiliana Steampunk and Full Steam Punks!) and illustrated by Fred Rubim (Cão Negro and Le Chevalier), this graphic novel draws from the William Blake original and Quentin Tarantino aesthetics to present the urban savagery of São Paulo in a plot full of pop references, intense colors and fiery conflicts!

      • Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
        December 2021

        The Queen's Lender

        by Jean Findlay

        George Heriot, jeweller to King James VI, moves with the Court from Edinburgh to London to take over the English throne. It is 1603. Life is a Babel of languages and glittering new wealth. James gives Shakespeare his first secure position. To calm the perfidious religious tensions in the country, he commissions his translation of the Bible. He creates the Union Jack, called after himself. George becomes wealthier than the king as he sets a fashion for hat jewels and mingles with Drummond of Hawthornden, Ben Johnson, Inigo Jones and the mysterious ambassador Luca Von Modrich. However, both king and courtier bow before the phenomenal power invested in their wives.

      • Fiction

        The Wave that saw the sea

        by Nabiha Mheidly

        A little wave is just born in the middle of a sea. At first, the wave experiences an enjoyable moment because the movements feel like swinging. However, after a while, she is bored, as nothing fun happens in her life and her movements are always smooth. She starts nagging and other waves laugh at her. Then, she gets very curious to see the sea. One day she watches the stars and prays, and another day asks the seabird to hold her up and show her the sea. But none works. One day, a strong wind blows and creates a big wave out of her. She rises and finally gets the opportunity to see the sea. Other scared waves become surprised when they see her happiness. But the wave asks them to enjoy the moment because there is nothing to be scared and if they fall, the sea hugs them. Other waves accept his words joining him happily. The story ends when the happy little wave disappears on the face and wavy hair of a little girl on the beach, and another little wave is born in the sea.

      • Fiction
        September 2019

        RHAPSODY OF TIME

        by Hua Ling

        Wedding singer Li Yi-Hsing has a talent for mimicry; she can morph her voice at will to sound like any pop star. However, because of her crippling stage fright, she cannot pursue her dreams of stardom, and only performs at the familiar venue where she works.   One day after a performance she is hit with a withering criticism: like the moon, she will never shine with a light of her own, and can only reflect the light of others. Shattered, Li Yi-Hsing visits a temple for guidance, drawing a fortune on a slip of paper. When she returns home she discovers a young woman dressed head-to-toe in vintage clothes who insists that this is, in fact, her house. She says she is Peng Hsuen-Mei, a recently-signed singer about to begin her first recording sessions… in the year 1934! Adding to the mystery, the time traveler has also drawn a fortune at the temple: the exact fortune that Li Yi-Hsing drew.   Li Yi-Hsing and her brother dig through historical records but can’t find anything — no surviving recordings by Peng Hsuen-Mei, nor any reference to them. Meanwhile, they have also been searching for a lost phonograph of a song written by their grandfather, also made in 1934. Could the girl from 1934 be the key that unlocks the mystery of their family’s musical legacy? The only sensible thing to do is have Peng Hsuen-Mei stay with them while they continue to delve into these mysteries and search for a way to return her to 1934. For her part, Peng Hsuen-Mei must adapt to contemporary life even as she continues to pursue her musical dreams.   Young women of different eras with identical dreams, both attempting to uncover their pasts, both of them to rushing to meet their futures. In an era of great unknowns, readers are sure to appreciate this mysterious tale of youthful dreamers who join together to explore the enigmas of love, friendship, family, and fortune.

      • Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

        Tales of Soldiers and Civilians

        by Donald Blume (editor)

        This revised edition of Ambrose Bierce’s 1892 collection of “Soldiers” and “Civilians” tales fills a void in American literature. A veteran of the Civil War and a journalist known for his integrity and biting satire, Ambrose Bierce was also a lively short-story writer of considerable depth and power. As San Francisco’s most famous journalist during the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, Bierce was hired by William Randolph Hearst to write a column for San Francisco Examiner, where his “Soldiers” and “Civilians” tales first appeared during the late 1880s.By the standards of his day and ours, Bierce’s journalism was often brilliantly insightful, viciously libelous, petty, and grand, frequently in the space of a single paragraph. This edition reveals the often compelling artistry of Bierce’s original versions of the tales and the intentionally intricate design and scope of the original collection.

      • Fiction
        July 2013

        The Repercussions of Tomas D

        One Small Lie - Can Change History Forever

        by Sam Hawksmoor

        The Repercussions of Tomas D: Tomas is a boy haunted by a nightmare. Night after night in his dreams he runs to the bomb shelter as the sirens scream. Every morning he wakes gasping for breath surprised to be alive. Now it is suddenly very real. He has no idea how he got to 1941, or how he will get back. Worse, the only person who believes he's from the future might be a German spy! The day after Tomas disappears. Gabriella discovers everything has changed. She is the only one who remembers that Germany didn't win WW2!

      • Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

        For Dear Life

        and Selected Short Stories

        by Belinda Jeliffe (author), Virginia Pruitt, (editor) H. Faulkner (editor)

        Reintroduces readers to the voice of a strong and compelling Southern writerThe republication of this novel reintroduces readers to a strong southern writer, an interesting female voice, and a compelling story. This realistic portrayal of life among the rural poor of the early twentieth century shows the struggle of a tough-minded woman who fought her entire life to overcome the obstacles that confronted women and the working poor.Presented here with two previously unpublished short stories, For Dear Life, edited by Virginia Pruitt and Howard Faulkner, will appeal to those interested in women's studies, social history, and American studies, as well as to anyone who enjoys quality fiction.

      • Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

        Chekhov's Doctors

        A Collection of Chekohov's Medical Tales

        by Jack Coulehan (author)

        In his brief but distinguished life, Anton Chekhov was a doctor, a documentary essayist, an admired dramatist, and a humanitarian. He remains a nineteenth-century Russian literary giant whose prose continues to offer moral insight and to resonate with readers across the world.Chekhov experienced no conflict between art and science or art and medicine. He believed that knowledge of one complemented the other. Chekhov brought medical knowledge and sensitivity to his creative writing—he had an intimate knowledge of the world of medicine and the skills of doctoring, and he utilized this information in his approach to his characters. His sensibility as a medical insider gave special poignancy to his physician characters. The doctors in his engaging tales demonstrate a wide spectrum of behavior, personality, and character. At their best, they demonstrate courage, altruism, and tenderness, qualities that lie at the heart of good medical practice. At their worst, they display insensitivity and incompetency.The stories in Chekhov’s Doctors are powerful portraits of doctors in their everyday lives, struggling with their own personal problems as well as trying to serve their patients. The fifth volume in the acclaimed Literature and Medicine Series, Chekhov’s Doctors will serve as a rich text for professional health care educators as well as for general readers.

      • Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

        Wieland and "Memoirs of Carwin"

        Bicentennial Edition

        by Charles Brockden Brown (author)

        This first volume in Kent State University’s Bicentennial Edition of the Novels and Related Works of Charles Brockden Brown presents critical texts of Brown’s first published novel, Wieland, and of the fragment, “Carwin,” which he began in 1798 as a companion-piece to his novel. The texts are based on the first printings: the book edition of Wieland printed by T. and J. Swords in New York and published there by Hocquet Caritat in 1798, and the installments of “Carwin” that appeared in the Literary Magazine in Philadelphia in 1803, 1804, and 1805.The Historical Essay by Alexander Cowie, which follows the texts, discusses the facts surrounding the composition, publication, and reception of both works and their place in America’s literary history, and the Textual Essay by S.W. Reid discusses the copy-texts for the present edition, the transmission of the texts, and the editorial decisions that have been based on these considerations. Also appended are photographs of the notebook pages containing Brown’s “Outline” of Wieland, along with our transcription of it. Moreover, as the first in a series of volumes, this volume offers, as well, a note on the principles and procedures guiding the editing of all works in the Bicentennial Edition.

      • Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

        Arthur Mervyn

        Modernism and the Urban Spectacle

        by Charles Brockden Brown

        Arthur Mervyn has long puzzled students and scholars with its seeming diffuseness, resulting from its original serial publication. Critics agree, however, that the power of this novel lies not so much in its portrait of “right virtue,” which was Brown's primary aim, as in its realistic descriptions of the yellow fever epidemic and the ensuing panic that swept Philadelphia in the summer of 1793. The ambiguities of Arthur Mervyn's character and the precarious nature of the revolutionary 1790s make this novel a particularly apt subject for lively discussion and future scholarship and make this revised edition an excellent classroom text.

      • Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

        Edgar Huntly, Or, Memoirs of a SleepWalker

        by Charles Brockden Brown (author)

        Often described as a "gothic novel," this is a classic American tale of mystery and murder with exciting and dramatic plot twists. Charles Brockden Brown is the most frequently studied and republished practitioner of the "early American novel," or the US novel between 1789 and roughly 1820.This volume contains a critical edition of Charles Brockden Brown’s Edgar Huntly, the third of his novels to be published in 1799 and the first to deal with the American wilderness. The basis of the text is the first edition, printed and published by Hugh Maxwell in Philadelphia late in the year, but the “Fragment” printed independently in Brown’s Monthly Magazine earlier in 1799 supplies some readings in Chapters 17-20. The Historical Essay, which follows the text, covers matters of composition, publication, historical background, and literary evaluation, and the Textual Essay discusses the transmission of the text, choice of copy-text, and editorial policy. A general textual statement for the entire edition appears in Volume I of the series.

      • Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
        May 2001

        Sherlock Holmes and the Longacre Vampire

        by Val Andrews

        Val Andrews is the most successful of all the writers producing Sherlock Holmes stories in the style of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes and the Longacre Vampire takes the reader into an exciting and stimulating journey into the mind of the Baker street Sleuth. The story revolves around a death that appears to have been caused by a vampire. But surely vampires do not exist. The location of the book centres on the theatrical area of London's West End. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are invited to solve the mystery of this inexplicable death and as always, after a thorough investigation, Holmes is able to apprehend the culprit.

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