Russell: 3438 books

From one of Britain’s masters of crime writing, here are two stories to whet your appetite, presented here in bargain-price format. The first, A Piece of Cake, has been anthologised several times already, and tells of the night Terri waited at home for her current lover, the no-good Jeg, to return...

FROM THIS NIGHT FORWARD As a newcomer to Lord Bruton's scandalous house party, Hugh Drake was to choose first. He would select the woman whose eyes and body excited him most, whose lips and tongue would do all of the things he had been told a true lady never did. He would select a woman who...

Derek's son is obsessed with a puppet show featuring his favorite doll, Mr. Buggins. But Derek is more than a little creeped out. Especially when the ugly green bastard starts threatening him...

The Fortress of Camelot shone like a beacon within the land of Ulin. For over three generations Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table fought for Freedom, Truth, Honour, and Justice. But no more, Camelot is but a memory, it, Arthur and his Knights brought to their knees by the betrayer. Though...

In The Analysis of Mind, influential author Bertrand Russell offers his ideas about the human mind and of what it may be composed. The book consists of a collection of lectures that he gave in London, including “Recent Criticisms of ‘Consciousness,’” “Desire and Feeling,” and “Belief.”

This comprehensive study of China's history and national character was published in 1922, after Russell had spent a year as Professor of Philosophy at the University of Beijing.  It is an insightful, and in some ways even prescient, take on a country that seems destined to stand beside America as a superpower of the 21st century.

In 1920 Russell traveled to Russia with a British delegation and met Lenin. Unlike many of his companions, he was disturbed by Lenin’s personality and the brutal and cultish aspects of Bolshevism—as well as by the executioners’ rifle shots, heard late at night. Here is the first-hand account of a clear thinker’s disillusionment.

MISSION OF EMPIRE Earthmen had colonized hundreds of planets in the four centuries of deep space exploration—independent new civilizations founded by the discontented and adventurous of Terra. Trouble was, they were too independent—and the Terran government had ambitions for a space...

"[W]orthy of being compared to Dickens's creations . . . First-class entertainment." - William F. Deeck,The Mystery Fancier "An exciting story told in a pleasant narrative style with considerable skill, and a whole portfolio of Dickensian characters, drawn against a rich background...

Spalding O’Connor is nearly killed by a vicious black dog who leaps out of thin air at Spalding’s throat as he jogs along the edge of the Notre Dame Campus on a fine Fall afternoon. During his awkward recovery, as he relearns the use of his hands, he discovers a plot on his...

This guide helps students navigate A.C. Bradley's classic text, while providing an important commentary on the value of Bradley's approach and how it can be adapted to present-day interests. John Russell Brown highlights the advantages of understanding Bradley's methods and provides major insights for any student of Shakespeare.

A black comedy set in the Swinging Sixties (1963-4) and revealed through the diaries of a doctor – 35 years old and still a virgin – whose curious obsessions drive him to start murdering his patients. Doctor Kristal is picky, pedantic and super-sure he’s right – though he doesn’t see himself...

Jeremy Liver—a sneak, coward, and drunk—incites mutiny aboard the good ship Atlantic. A falling spar almost kills the stalwart Captain Heron, who embarks on a dangerous course after the mutineers abandon ship. Russell’s eye for authentic nautical detail grounds this 1896 tale of romance and adventure in realism. 

Hummingbird Wars is a novelette--seven chapters long--that will grab you by the heart and not let go until the last fulfilling paragraph.Learn and grow with characters like Frank Tacket, a man who suffers through the heartbreak of realizing he no longer has the trust of people he respects and Maggie...