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This, the fifth novel in Zola's Rougon-Macquart Cycle, serves effectively as a sequel to "The Conquest of Plassans". Serge Mouret, the son of Francois and Marthe, is now a priest, in the little backwater of Artauds. After he suffers a breakdown, with subsequent amnesia, however, he enters into a romance with the childlike Albine, which leads to catastrophe. - Summary by Mark Leder

This final volume of detective stories was Doyle’s effort to put his most famous creation behind him at long last. It includes a variety of tales, from widely separated periods in the protagonist’s life, including his retirement, stories told from various points of view: Watson’s, Holmes’s, and an omniscient narrator’s. Most, of course, illustrate the detective’s famous “deduction,” but not all; some of his successes call upon resources of character which we rarely associate with him. He demonstrates compassion and empathy, and more than once he laughs. His attitude toward Dr. ...

This is a collection of early Sir Arthur Conan Doyle short stories. It includes stories of mystery, comedy, shipwrecks and fantasy. (Summary by Richard Kilmer)

After a number of deaths in his close family, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle turned to spiritualism in hope of finding proof of the afterlife. Being open in this way, he wanted to believe that spirits and other supernatural being including fairies were real. Because of this he believed the photographs of fairies taken by the Cottingley girls were proof of the existence of such beings. In this book he presents his stance on the issue. Eventually it was proven that the photographs were indeed a hoax. (Summary by Amy Gramour)

Rencontre Watson et Holmes, installation, et première enquête à Londres, et aussi détour aux U.S.A. en Utah… à Salt Lake City, chez les Mormons. Amour, vengeance… et crimes… Roman original dans sa construction.- Résumé par Christiane Jehanne

The Flying Saucers are Real by Donald Keyhoe. The Flying Saucers are Real is a book that investigates numerous encounters between USAF fighters, personnel, and other aircraft, and UFOs between 1947 and 1950. Keyhoe contended that the Air Force was actively investigating these cases of close encounter, with a policy of concealing their existence from the public until 1949. He stated that this policy was then replaced by one of cautious, progressive revelation. Keyhoe further stated that Earth had been visited by extraterrestrials for two centuries, with the frequency of these visits ...

Heidi by Johanna Spyri. Hear Heidi if you’ve ever longed to see the Swiss mountain slopes. This story transports the listener from the fine air and freedom of the mountaintop to the confines of Frankfurt, back to the peaks again, bounding in flowered fields with goats at your heels and sky utterly surrounding you. We meet Heidi when she is 5, led up the mountain by her aunt who has raised the orphan but must leave now for a position in Frankfurt. In a mountain cottage overlooking the valley is Heidi’s grandfather, and there with him the girl’s sweet, free nature expands with the ...

Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon. Mary Elizabeth Braddon's first novel, Lady Audley's Secret, was one of the most popular English novels of its day. Published serially in 1862, it tells the story of the lovely Lucy Graham, who becomes Lady Audley at the beginning of the novel, and who conceals a scandalous secret from her new husband and his family. The plot, which includes madness, bigamy, attempted murder, and seduction, made this a shocking but highly successful story for Victorian audiences. It remains one of the best examples of 19th century sensational fiction, and is a ...

Sex: Avoided Subjects Discussed in Plain English by Henry Stanton. Henry Stanton was appalled at the shocking lack of information given to young people about sex and reproduction in his time. He felt this was a crime that needed to be fixed and so he wrote this book explaining sex for young and old. Ignorance of basic reproductive processes he felt led to experimentation that then led to sin, crime and prostitution. While this book is definitely not written in what I would call Plain English, contains some very questionable 'facts' about masturbation and menstruation and might seem very ...

Florent, an escaped political prisoner, finds shelter with his half-brother Quenu, and his wife Lisa Quenu (a Macquart). They get him a job as a fish inspector at the Les Halles markets. - Summary by Mark Leder

The Bible in Basic English, translated by an American committee led by S.H. Hooke, uses Basic English, a simplified English vernacular developed by linguist Charles Kay Ogden for use in teaching English to non-native speakers and as an international auxiliary language. Basic English utilizes a limited vocabulary of around 850 English words. - Summary by Mark Penfold

The master criminal Caesar Valentine is rich, suave and seemingly untouchable. He has confounded Scotland Yard time and time again, stealing and killing beyond the long arm of the law. Hallet of the London C.I.B. thinks he has a solution though. He will recruit a special agent, designated Number Six, that no one will know the identity of and who will operate completely off the books. Number Six's sole goal is to infiltrate Caesar Valentine's inner circle and take him down. Who is this mysterious Number Six and will they succeed where all others have failed? - Summary by Ben Tucker

The Benson Murder Case – A Philo Vance Story is the first of a series of twelve popular mysteries set in New York during the Jazz Age. S. S. Van Dine is the nom de plume of prominent art critic, and member of New York’s avant-garde, W. H. Wright. He rapidly became one of the country’s best-selling authors and the series remained immensely popular for decades, as Philo Vance was featured in dozens of movies, plays and radio shows. Van Dine’s novels marked a sharp departure from earlier detective fiction. To begin with, the hero represents the antithesis of the familiar hard-boiled ...

The Bible in Basic English, translated by an American committee led by S.H. Hooke, uses Basic English, a simplified English vernacular developed by linguist Charles Kay Ogden for use in teaching English to non-native speakers and as an international auxiliary language. Basic English utilizes a limited vocabulary of around 850 English words. - Summary by Mark Penfold

Lois Reddle is a young girl who works as a clerk in a lawyer’s office. One day her boss, Mr. Shaddles, asks her to pay a visit to Telsbury women’s prison on a legal errand. Whilst there she encounters an intriguing inmate only to discover that she is a notorious convicted murderer. Regardless of this fact she is somehow drawn to this woman and finds she remains on her mind after the visit. Her boss then recommends Lois to be hired by an esteemed client, and she takes on a job at the home of the Countess of Moron. Soon she encounters a man named Michael Dorn who seems to be more than ...

"The Other Man" by Edgar Wallace is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story begins in a foggy London, introducing us to an array of characters entwined in a web of intrigue, including a young street messenger who plays a crucial role in the unfolding drama. The central conflicts revolve around financial schemes, personal relationships, and a tense atmosphere surrounding the mysterious Count Poltavo. The characters are vividly portrayed, with underlying tensions emerging, particularly in the romantic rivalry between the two protagonists, further complicated by Mr. Grayson's ...

The Bible in Basic English, translated by an American committee led by S.H. Hooke, uses Basic English, a simplified English vernacular developed by linguist Charles Kay Ogden for use in teaching English to non-native speakers and as an international auxiliary language. Basic English utilizes a limited vocabulary of around 850 English words. - Summary by Mark Penfold

Saul Arthur Mann is a meticulous and eccentric individual. His life revolves around the gathering of every fact and statistic he can possibly acquire. As a consultant to the police, he is often called upon as a trusted and reliable resource. When a case of murder and fraud arises with regard to a local millionaire, he gladly offers his assistance but even he cannot always be sure of what he will discover. “The Man Who Knew” is a story full of mystery, love and revelation. (Summary by Howard Skyman)

Wells wrote in his book God the Invisible King that his idea of God did not draw upon the traditional religions of the world: "This book sets out as forcibly and exactly as possible the religious belief of the writer. [Which] is a profound belief in a personal and intimate God." Later in the work he aligns himself with a "renascent or modern religion ... neither atheist nor Buddhist nor Mohammedan nor Christian ... [that] he has found growing up in himself." (Summary from Wikipedia)

Bealby is the comical story of the escapade of a thirteen-year-old boy when he rebels against his placement as a steward's-room boy in the great house of an estate named Shonts (his stepfather, Mr. Darling, is a gardener there) and flees—not, however, before thoroughly upsetting a weekend party where the nouveau riche couple renting Shonts is entertaining the Lord Chancellor. - Summary by Wikipedia