Marion: 1935 books

"My dear," answered Colonel Wimpole, stretching out his still graceful legs, leaning back in his chair, and slowly joining his nervous but handsome hands, "nobody knows." He did not move again for some time, and his ward continued to scrutinize Dürer's Knight. It was the one known...

Collected here are twenty-two vampire stories by authors such as William Polidori, Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert E. Howard, Bram Stoker, and Warren Lapine. With more than 350 pages of vampires this anthology is a must have for any vampire enthusiast. The anthology ranges from classic stories such as...

In ancient Babylon and Persia, kings and queens are prominent. Darius the King fights rebels and Zoroaster, after revelation, seeks holy mysteries. Zoroaster began as a good-hearted prince, but meets defamation at the hands of an evil queen. His meditations bring powers greater than mortal man.

Crawford's A History of Southern Italy: The Rulers of the South is a fascinating history of southern Italy and Sicily.

Where shall I sign my name? Veronica Serra's thin, dark fingers rolled the old silver penholder nervously as she sat at one end of the long library table, looking up at the short, stout man who stood beside her. "Here, if you please, Excellency," answered Lamberto Squarci, with an affable smile. His...

An American writer noted for his many novels, especially those set in Italy, and for his classic weird and fantastic stories. Includes an active table of contents for easy navigation. Contents A Cigarette-Maker's Romance (1894) Saracinesca (1887) Man Overboard! (1903) The Little City of Hope...

After spending her youth in the Terran Empire, Margaret Alton returns to Darkover, the planet of her birth. There she discovers she has the Alton Gift--forced rapport and compulsion--one of the strongest and most dangerous of the inherited Laran gifts of the telepathic Comyn--the ruling families of...

The Heritage of Hastur: Nominated for a Hugo Award, and described as “Bradley’s best [Darkover] novel” by Lous, THE HERITAGE OF HASTUR is a brilliant epic of the pivotal events in the love-hate relationship between the Terran worlds and the semi-alien off-spring of the forgotten colonists who...

In the era of The Hundred Kingdoms, a time of war and unrest, King Carolin of Hastur and his friend Keeper Varzil Ridenow work selflessly to put an end to the destruction caused by the long range weapons of the magical matrix Towers. But Eduin Deslucido-who once called Carolin brother-has been consumed...

In the era of The Hundred Kingdoms, a time of war and unrest, a legendary friendship is forged between king and keeper which will lead to a new destiny for Darkover.

Reunited with his ex-wife… …and her secret son! In this Bondi Bay Heroes story, when doc Luc Braxton is called to a collapsed shopping mall the last person he expects to rescue from the rubble is his fiercely independent ex-wife, Dr. Beth Carmichael—and Toby, the little boy he...