Eugene Sue based his novel "The Wandering Jew" on a medieval folktale. The legend tells of a man named Ahaseurus who was cursed to walk the Earth until the Second Coming of Christ, as punishment for mocking Jesus as he was led to the...
1 Jan 1800 - 30 Nov 1805
Pauline Leclerc: the loveliest, most licentious woman in Paris – and sister to Napoleon himself.
Roger Brook is back in France – playing a deadly game as Prime Minister Pitt's most daring secret agent.
But...
Arizona Territory... the country of red deserts, rocks, high buttes and mountains--a harsh land but still a land, the Apaches had chosen for their own.
The land made the men, and the Indiands were trained from infancy to match their strength,...
“We recognize the names: Achilles, Odysseus, Zeus, and Apollo. We're taught that The Iliad is a foundational text of civilization. But who has really read the text? Until now, The Iliad was hijacked by academics and used to bludgeon schoolchildren...
Filled with exciting tales of the frontier, the chronicle of the Sackett family is perhaps the crowning achievement of one of our greatest storytellers.In The Warrior’s Path, Louis L’Amour tells the story of Yance and Kin Sackett, two brothers...
An ambitious and compelling novel, "The Watch" tells the story of Peter Alexeivich Kropotkin, a former prince who renounced his riches to become an anarchist, and his deathbed pact with the mysterious visitor who gives Peter a new life in the...
Learn how the extraordinary impact of the panda—from obscurity to fame—is also the story of China's transition from shy beginnings to center stage.
Henry Nicholls uses the rich and curious history of the giant panda to do several things: to...