Wilkie: 657 books

A delightful meditation on the pleasures of bachelor bonding and an example of collaborative journalism at its best   In autumn 1857, Charles Dickens embarked on a sightseeing trip to Cumberland with his friend, the rising star of literature Wilkie Collins. Writing together, they reported...

This early work by Wilkie Collins was originally published in 1883. Born in Marylebone, London in 1824, Collins' family enrolled him at the Maida Hill Academy in 1835, but then took him to France and Italy with them between 1836 and 1838. Returning to England, Collins attended Cole's boarding school,...

Dieses eBook: "Ein Tiefes Geheimnis (Mystery-Krimi)" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen. Aus dem Buch: "Nach Empfang dieser Mitteilung zog der Baumeister sich und seine Leute, sobald die westliche Treppe und...

Verschwörungen, Komplotte, Intrigen...und eine verwirrende Liebe zwischen Iris und Lord Harry. Wilkie Collins war ein britischer Schriftsteller und Verfasser der ersten Mystery Thriller.

Als Rachel Verinder an ihrem achtzehnten Geburtstag den geheimnisumwobenen indischen Diamant erbt, der wegen seiner Farbe Mondstein genannt wird, ahnt das junge Mädchen nicht, dass der Stein in seiner Heimat nicht nur eine ganz besondere religiöse Bedeutung hat. Es sind außerdem drei Hindu-Priester,...

Dieses eBook: "Fräulein Minna und der Reitknecht" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen. Aus dem Buch: "Als ich diese Worte hörte und ihn aufmerksam betrachtete, während er sprach, konnte ich sehen, dass mein...

Wilkie Collins was a British author best known for his mystery novels.  Some of Collins’ classics include The Moonstone, Armadale, and No Name.  This edition of Basil includes a table of contents.

Reuben Wray is a retired stage actor whose most valuable possession is a mask of Shakespeare which he guards obsessively in his cash box, attracting thieves towards the box. Upon the theft of his sole possession it is upto his grand-daugter to bring back the lost happiness of his dear old grand-father...

This book Christian Psychiatry for Students was written by an experienced Catholic psychiatrist with the aim of introducing students in the health sciences to a practice of psychiatry based on Christian principles.  Therefore it is only to be expected that the contents of this book will be critical of much of current psychiatry whose methods are rooted in secular materialism.

Extravagance is Irene Wilkie’s second collection. Throughout, she demonstrates a delight in the natural world and its inhabitants. At the same time, she treats, often with a wry humour, the more serious aspects of growing older, loss and environmental concerns. There is strong enquiry with empathy...

Dopo il successo de La donna in bianco, il romanzo dell’estate 2015 secondo Antonio d’Orrico, proponiamo Armadale, un altro capolavoro di Wilkie Collins, il padre riconosciuto del genere poliziesco. Romanzo innovativo, con una protagonista incredibilmente maligna, definito da T.S. Eliot il miglior...

This meticulously edited horror collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Mary Shelley: Frankenstein The Mortal Immortal… John William Polidori: The Vampyre Bram Stoker: Dracula The Jewel of Seven Stars… Gaston Leroux: The Phantom of the Opera Marjorie...

Boomer woman and solo traveler Merry Watson finds herself in a Michigan city that's very different from Detroit. A disillusioned veteran feels he has no reason to live, until Merry helps him realize how valued and loved he is. Then she shows him a path that reinvigorates his zest for living.

This early work by Wilkie Collins was originally published in 1854. Born in Marylebone, London in 1824, Collins' family enrolled him at the Maida Hill Academy in 1835, but then took him to France and Italy with them between 1836 and 1838. Returning to England, Collins attended Cole's boarding school,...