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Guns, germs, and steel
Guns, germs, and steel

by Jared M. Diamond

A suitable starting point from which to compare historical developments on the different continents is around 11,000 B.C...

1997 58 ed.
The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia
The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia

by Samuel Johnson

"YE who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope; who expect that ...

1759 249 ed.
Murder Must Advertise
Murder Must Advertise

by Dorothy L. Sayers

And by the," said Mr. Hankin, arresting Miss Rossiter as she rose to go,"there is a new copy-writer coming today."

1933 98 ed.
Moriæ Encomium
Moriæ Encomium

by Desiderius Erasmus

HOW SLIGHTLY SOEVER I am esteemed in the common vogue of the world (for I well know how disingenuously Folly is decried,...

1515 254 ed.
L'Éducation sentimentale
L'Éducation sentimentale

by Gustave Flaubert

On the morning of 15 September 1840 the Ville de Montereau was lying alongside the quai Saint-Bernard* belching clouds o...

1898 162 ed.
Strong Poison
Strong Poison

by Dorothy L. Sayers

There were crimson roses on the bench; they looked like splashes of blood.

1930 115 ed.
Cat & Mouse
Cat & Mouse

by James Patterson

THE CROSS house was twenty paces away and proximity and sight of it made Gary Soneji's skin prickle.

1997 48 ed.
What If?
What If?

by Randall Munroe

Dieses Buch ist eine Sammlung von Antworten auf hypothetische Fragen.

1980 44 ed.
Kiss the Girls
Kiss the Girls

by James Patterson

FOR THREE weeks, the young killer actually lived inside the walls of an extraordinary fifteen-room beach house.

1995 43 ed.
Men at Arms
Men at Arms

by Terry Pratchett

better than he did his own. He spent his lunch hours there.

1993 42 ed.
Maskerade
Maskerade

by Terry Pratchett

The wind howled.

1995 39 ed.
The Seven Storey Mountain
The Seven Storey Mountain

by Thomas Merton

ON THE LAST DAY OF JANUARY 1915, UNDER THE SIGN OF the Water Bearer, in a year of great war, and down in the shadow of s...

1948 39 ed.
Soul Music
Soul Music

by Terry Pratchett

This is a story about memory.

1994 38 ed.
The joy of sex
The joy of sex

by Alex Comfort, Alex Comfort

The starting point of all lovemaking is close bodily contact.

1972 38 ed.
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

by Suzanne Collins

Coriolanus released the fistful of cabbage into the pot of boiling water and swore that one day it would never pass his ...

2020 34 ed.