The Small Pleasures of Life
The author describes thirty-four brief sequences on common situations of daily life which go by unnoticed, but which give us those little pleasures of life accessible to almost everyone. The simple yet...
Fiction
Fear No Evil
Alex Cross and Detective John Sampson venture into the rugged Montana wilderness—where they will be the prey.
They're not on the job, but on a personal mission. Until they're attacked by two rival...
The Importance of Being Earnest
A play and farce subtitled "a trivial comedy for serious people". John Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff, Jack and Algy, are courting. Jack wants to marry Algy’s cousin Gwendolen Fairfax and Algy is the...
Lessons in Chemistry
Plot The protagonist and her partner are depicted as fiercely truthful young chemists in their pursuit of scientific discovery. Tragedy truncates their trajectory and Elizabeth Zott, the protagonist takes a...
In a Café
Collection of stories about life itself, always with an open ending. Even in one of the tales, a character confronts a short story writer because the stories do not have a closed ending. All are set in...
The Imaginary Invalid
A hypochondriac, victimized by pompous physicians, tests the loyalty of a loving daughter and discovers the contempt of his scheming and greedy second wife. This classic comedy from one of the most...
Far From the Madding Crowd
This is one of the Wessex tales centring on the romantic dalliances of four people. The shepherd Gabriel Oak is generous in his love, Bathsheba Everdene is innocent in his young love, and the other two...
The Screwtape Letters
Screwtape, an experienced devil, writes letters to his nephew giving him advice on how to tempt “his human” and keep him under control. In this book Lewis shows an exceptional knowledge of human nature, its...
The Exchange: After The Firm
John Grisham continues the saga of Mitch and Abby McDeere, the main actors in Grisham's novel, "The Firm".
Mitch and Abby cannot seem to escape getting involved in touch-and-go adventures. This time...
Time and time again
The 1st of June 1914 and Hugh Stanton, ex-soldier and celebrated adventurer is quite literally the loneliest man on earth. No one he has ever known or loved has been born yet. Perhaps now they never will be...