Classic Love

TWO STRANGERS. ONE CABIN. Jenny was sure the remote cabin she’d rented was hers alone, until a brawny stranger showed up in her bedroom, claiming otherwise. No way was she taking on a roommate, especially this six-foot stud and his slow-fuse grin. Just sharing space with Logan roused her sleeping libido…how could she ever stop him from breaking her heart?

Ptah, a versatile and highly confident martial artist, has been the welterweight champion of his division for the past five years. His prowess in the ring is near legendary, and he is popularly known as Ptah the Wizard. As a member of the Dogon clan, Ptah's family has been instrumental in establishing the multimillion dollar earnings for fighters that truly proved themselves in the arena.

Magically quiet yet deeply satisfying, Macken in Love follows two middle-aged lovers who must navigate personal histories in search of the one thing that has evaded them both. Lonesome but loveable, 50-year-old Kevin Macken devotes his days to the Irish bakery he inherited from his parents. Once Juilliard-bound, Jill Novak has never recovered from the tragedy that derailed her promising career more than two decades ago. For two people who have all but given up on love, finding each other feels too good to be true.

A poignant exploration of love, loss, and the passage of time, imbued with a melancholic beauty that mirrors the author’s own reckoning with mortality and the changing tides of literature. This collection of short stories was released just before Corelli’s death, and is unlike any of her other tales. Corelli was the bestselling queen of Victorian romantic fiction, beloved by the public and Queen Victoria herself… but the Great War (WWI) war changed everyone, Corelli included.

A 'Woman's Hour' reading by Janet Suzman of Jane Austen's last completed work. When the personable Captain Wentworth reappears in Anne Elliot's life several years after she had been persuaded to break off their engagement, he at first makes no secret of his angry indignation.

Sublime Funeral is a brief, serene, and powerful story about how family becomes support, guidance, and meaning. Beyond the loss that sets the journey in motion, what truly shines is the way familial bonds hold, structure, and dignify life, even in its most difficult moments. With sober and sensitive prose, G. G. Melies portrays the silent path of a community that needs no words to express the essential. In every gesture, in every shared glance, a way of being in the world is revealed: through presence, support, and care. Sublime Funeral is a delicate portrait of a culture where familial ...

"Bez ljubvi zhit' legche" - vospominanija, ispoved' L'va Nikolaevicha Tolstogo, russkogo pisatelja i myslitelja. Ego vospominanija o svoej chelovecheskoj prirode, kotoraja sklonna k ubijstvam, dujeljam, kartezhnym igram, k pol'zovaniju chuzhimi blagami, k kaznjam, bludu i obmanu. No v protivoves jetomu vsegda stavalo stremlenie k luchshemu. "Bez ljubvi zhit' legche. No bez nejo net smysla" glavnaja ideja Tolstogo.

An experimental novella reimagining the main figure of TS Eliot's classic poem of memory, hopelessness, and loss in a contemporary setting. "No one wants to hear a lonely middle aged man talk about cities or memory. No one wants to know that the world exists in a kaleidoscope of colors. For one man, indigo is life, and he does not have time for the man for whom yellow is."

"The Passionate Shepherd to His Love", known for its first line, "Come live with me and be my love," is a poem written by the English poet Christopher Marlowe and published in 1599 (six years after the poet's death). In addition to being one of the best-known love poems in the English language, it is considered one of the earliest examples of the pastoral style of British poetry in the late Renaissance period. The poem was the subject of a well-known "reply" by Walter Raleigh, called "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd".

These four tales are based on very old stories collected and retold by Lin Yutang in Famous Chinese Short Stories, originally published in 1948. Lin wrote dozens of books in Chinese and English, and has been recognized for his witty and warm style of writing, and for bringing Chinese culture to an English-speaking audience. We have selected four of his best stories for inclusion in this book, and have retold them to appeal to modern listeners and use a limited vocabulary of just 700 different Chinese words.

Oregon Frontier 1850’s When Margaret agrees to marry John Holliday, it’s with a secret she knows could cost her dearly. And it does. When she shows up in Oregon and John learns she’s deceived him, he becomes cold and withdrawn, even as he’s kind and loving to her son. Determined to trust that God will help mend the rift in her brand-new relationship, Margaret dedicates herself to her new marriage. But nothing goes right. The plot of land John has been deeded refuses to give any crops. Their chickens start vanishing. As Margaret struggles to help find ways to make ends meet, with ...

It all starts in a local Texas library. Twelve-year-old James Buchanan Tanner is looking for something exciting to read. While walking down an aisle, he notices a western novel entitled James Buchanan “Buck” Tanner and The Silver Concho. Could he possibly be related to the famous cowboy? Looking closer, James notices a complete series of books entitled “The Tanner Clan.” He checks out The Silver Concho and rushes home, excited to start reading. James “Buck” Tanner is eighteen years old when he is put in charge of his first cattle drive. They join up with other ranchers in the ...

A CHRISTMAS CLASSIC! THE BEST CHRISTMAS STORY IN 100 YEARS! Most people think they know the whole story of Ebenezer Scrooge, but they would be wrong. Charles Dickens only told us those parts of Scrooge's life that he felt best fit his story and not all of what he told was true. In addition, he told us almost nothing of Ebenezer's partner, Jacob Marley. f you only read one Christmas story this season make it "The Redemption of Jacob Marley" Jacob Marley played a much more important role in Scrooge's life than Charles Dixons told us. Perhaps the reason that Dickens omitted and changed so much...

Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was a prolific English writer, now best remembered for his science fiction novels and often credited as being the father of science fiction. 'The Pearl of Love' is a pecular allegorical tale taken from ancient persian literature, telling the story of a bereaved Indian prince whose beloved wife dies young. The prince devotes the rest of his life to creating the perfect memorial for his love - but there is a cruel twist at the end.

"While known for beautifully observed works of social realism in the decades leading up to the Russian revolution, Ivan Turgenev, in this acclaimed tale, depicts a revolution of another kind: the electrifying transformation of a young man`s first love."

Paul Morley had stopped being surprised by modern pop music and found himself retreating into the sounds of artists he loved when, as an emerging music journalist in the '70s, he wrote for NME. But not wishing to give in to dreary nostalgia, endlessly circling back to the bands he wrote about in the past, he went searching for something new, rare and wondrous - and found it in classical music.

For those who like a small bit of homicide as part of a rocky romance! Here we go: more murder, mayhem and mystery: Five classic TRUE tales of homicide from the files of Alan Hynd (1903-1974), one of the foremost American true crime authors of the first half of the 20th Century. Here are five gems, all true and all told in the macabre irreverent style of the late Alan Hynd, who looked upon the human condition with both disbelief and a dark sense of humor. You'll be horrified one minute, laugh the next, and end up shaking your head at what husbands and wives can do to each other. This ...

La apasionante historia de una mujer condenada a llevar sobre su ropa una A escarlata, por haber cometido adulterio, no solo era un agudo analisis de la sociedad seudo-moralista en que vivia el autor sino ademas una obra de argumento interesante, con un profundo retrato de personajes y cuya grandeza nadie ha discutido.

Secrets lie buried at Parker Plantation, known only to its last owner who took them to his grave. When magazine photographer Carson Hudson arrives for a shoot, he finds more than just Georgian architecture through his lens. Local historian Bailey Barrows accompanies him, driven by her own mysterious connection to the property. As they delve into the history and discover the forgotten archives, they uncover a web of family secrets that leads straight to Bailey's ancestors. The discovery forces her to confront not just her heritage, but also the careful walls she's built around her heart. ...

Sensual, rebellious Anna falls deeply and passionately in love with the handsome Count Vronsky. When she refuses to conduct the discreet affair that her cold, ambitious husband - and Russian high society - would condone, she is doomed. Set against the tragic love of Anna and Vronsky, the plight of the melancholy nobleman Konstantine Levin unfolds. In doubt about the meaning of life - a mirror of Tolstoy’s own spiritual crisis - Konstantine is haunted by thoughts of suicide.