From youthful savagery to mature wisdom, an epic struggle in the defence of honour, in a running feud with the Norwegian king Erik Bloodaxe, for the English king Athelstan in his battles against Scotland.
Ali Baba is a clever young man, but will he get the better of his devious adversaries and their cunning magic?
Swift’s unforgettable satire takes readers into worlds formerly unimagined.
A bright flash of lightning lit up the darkness and showed me the horrible truth – the stairs came to a sudden stop, and if I had taken onemore step I would have plunged to my death upon the flagstones far below.
No one would have believed that planet Earth was being watched by creatures more intelligent than humankind.
Edna is an obedient wife and mother vacationing atGrand Isle with her family. While there, however, Ednabecome close to a young man named Robert Lebrun,but before they act on their mutual romantic interest ineach other Robert leaves for Mexico.
This was my life, my career, my brilliant career!
A word of warning – if you are expecting to read a story about model children, you’d better read something else. Not one of the seven children in this story is truly good – Australian children never are.
Henry Fleming leaves his widowed mother behind and marches off to join a war that is tearing his country apart.
One night in the reform club, Phileas Fogg bets his companions that he can travel across the globe in just eighty days.
Nick Carraway’s mysterious neighbour Gatsby gazes across the dark bay at a distant green light.
‘It is a far, far better thing that I do than I have ever done.’