Golden: 881 books

Thomas Hill (January 7, 1818 – November 21, 1891) was an American Unitarian clergyman, mathematician, scientist, philosopher, and educator. Taught to read at an early age, Hill read voraciously and was well regarded for his capacious and accurate memory. His father taught him botany, and he took...

From the Six Little Bunkers series: "Oh, Daddy, come and take him off! He's a terrible big one, and he's winkin' one of his claws at me! Come and take him off!" "All right, Mun Bun. I'll be there in just a second. Hold him under water so he won't let go, and I'll get him for you." Daddy Bunker, who...

There are many fine points to planning a murder. Rayannes life is one of dangerous secrets. Deep within her, she keeps buried the details of the horrific sexual abuse she suffered as a child. Her public face is one of a competent professional who works hard to control the loose ends of everyday...

A Son of the Sun is a 1912 novel by Jack London. It is set in the South Pacific at the beginning of the 20th century and consists of eight separate stories. David Grief is a forty-year-old English adventurer who came to the South seas years ago and became rich. As a businessman he owns offices in...

"Ivan the Fool" (also known as "Ivan the Fool and his Two Brothers") is an 1886 short story (in fact, a literary fairy tale) by Leo Tolstoy, published in 1886. It describes the struggles of three brothers and a sister with the Old Devil. The name "Ivan the Fool" hints to a popular hero of Russian folklore.

Bridget is in love with one man...and promised to another. Amid the liberty and promise of the New World, Bridget Barrington and Philippe Clavell fall in love. But nothing about their love seems possible. To pay for the Clavell family's passage from France, Philippe, a former member...

This book presents experiments which will teach physics relevant to astronomy. The astronomer, as instructor, frequently faces this need when his college or university has no astronomy department and any astronomy course is taught in the physics department. The physicist, as instructor, will find...

A peça, passada na Dinamarca, reconta a história de como o Príncipe Hamlet tenta vingar a morte de seu pai Hamlet, o rei, executando seu tio Cláudio, que o envenenou e em seguida tomou o trono casando-se com a mãe de Hamlet. A peça traça um mapa do curso de vida na loucura real e na loucura fingida...

This book focuses on the importance of using a brain-behavior relationship framework for the successful use of neuropsychological evaluations for courtroom purposes. It stresses the need to understand the offender as a unique individual assessed accordingly from cognitive and personality perspectives....

Medical thriller about a fertility counselor who goes on a killing spree of barren women in the warped belief that this "act of mercy" will save them -- her "sisters" -- from a life of suffering. Although she hides her crimes by making the killings appear to be accidents or suicides,...

Two Left Shoes. Chief of Investigations of the Army Criminal Investigation Division, CID, Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Jorgensen is vacationing at a ski resort on the west slope of the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. He no sooner arrives there, than he is involved in a murder investigation and romance. The...

I would wake up in the middle of the night; a cold sweat drenching my sheets, gasping for air, my hands racing defensively to my throat. In these brief moments that fallowed, I would always realize two things; one: it all had been a nightmare, a terrible nightmare, and two: the three figures standing...

Auf der Suche nach Gold und Abenteuer reist der junge Jack London in den hohen Norden, in den Yukon, wo Gold in den Flüssen entdeckt wurde. Dort muss Jack feststellen, dass das Gold nicht auf der Straße liegt, und viele Menschen enttäuscht und gebrochen heimkehren - oder einfach elend verenden, mutlos...

Zij een rijke erfgename, hij een arme knecht. Zij katholiek, hij Hugenoot. Hij in Frankrijk,zij in Amerika. Alles lijkt erop gericht te zijn Philippe en Bridget uit elkaar te houden. Philadelphia, 1685. Philippe, de oudste zoon van Madeleine Clavell, werkt in Amerika voor een rijke grootgrondbezitter....