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The thrilling prequel to the New York Times-bestselling Summoner series!When stable boy Arcturus accidentally summons a demon and becomes Hominum's first common summoner, he becomes the key to a secret that the powerful overlords would do anything to...

A mesmerizing portrait of 1950s hypocrisy and unexpected love, from a powerful new voiceIt is 1957, and Lewis Aldridge, straight out of prison, is journeying back to his home in Waterford, a suburban town outside London. He is nineteen years old, and...

The bestselling novel behind the major new BBC drama starring George Mackay (Pride), Jessica Brown Findlay (Downton Abbey), Greg Wise (Cranford) and Hattie Morahan (Sense and Sensibility)Sussex, 1957. Lewis is nineteen, straight out of jail, and...

Excerpt from An Outcast of the Islands An Outcast of the Islands belongs to those novels of mine that were never laid aside; and though it brought me the qualification of exotic writer, I don't think the charge was at all justified. For the life of...

The Men of Pride CountyWhen War began, the boys of Pride County went off to fight for honor and glory. They returned as men: war-ravaged, shattered, yet determined to find love and rebuild their lives in a world that had crumbled around them. These...

Joseph Conrad's An Outcast of the Islands (1896) deals with man's constant struggle against nature and his own impulses. A man without empathy, Peter Willems, a clerk in Macassar is granted a second chance at a remote river trading post where he...

Conrad's Second novel (An Outcast of the Islands) is about the colonial enterprise and their faults while they take a region. The characters are complex and deep. It makes for a great read.Please Note: This book is easy to read in true text, not...

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<p><i>The Outcast Majority</i> invites policymakers, practitioners, academics, students, and others to think about three commanding contemporary issues—war, development, and youth—in new ways. The starting point is the following irony: while African...

Joseph Conrad's second novel follows the downfall of Peter Willems, a disreputable man who attempts to find refuge from a scandal in a native village.

Trajectory presents classics of world literature with 21st century features! Our original-text editions include the following visual enhancements to foster a deeper understanding of the work: Word Clouds at the start of each chapter highlight...

Hugo Bettauer'apos;s The Blue Stain, a novel of racial mixing and 'quot;passing,'quot; starts and ends in Georgia but also takes the reader to Vienna and New York. First published in 1922, the novel tells thestory of Carletto, son of a white European...

2014 “Christian Retailing’s Best” award finalist!Raised in an Old Order Mennonite community, Rachel Stoltzfus is a strong-willed single woman, content living apart from mainstream society until whispers stir the moment her belly swells with new life....

Tarod alone knew the nature of the supernatural force locked within his soul-and he knew that it must be thwarted, no matter what the sacrifice. Denounced by his fellow adepts as a demon, betrayed even by those he loved, he had unleashed a power that...

William Winwood Reade (1838 - 1875) was a British historian, explorer, and philosopher. His famous work, 'The Outcast', is a short novel about a young man who must deal with being rejected by his religious father and the death of his wife.

Ruth Galloway uncovers the bones of what might be a notorious Victorian child murdress and a baby snatcher known as "The Childminder" threatens modern-day Norfolk in this irresistible mystery from Elly Griffiths. 

Excerpt from The Outcast: A Rhyme for the Time A critic of the period has defined a classic as an old book which is read by the young. The Outcast is not yet an old book, but if the test suggested is applied to it it will be found to be already...

Excerpt from The Splendid Outcast Memory came to him with a rush. He remembered now what had happened in the darkness, what he had done. Taken Harry's lieutenant's uniform, giving the coward his own corporal's outfit. Then he, Jim Horton, had gone on...

Based on a wealth of biographical fact, Heathen and Outcast dramatizes the years 1842 - 1854 in the remarkable life of Mary Ann Evans, later known as the great novelist George Eliot. Her uncompromising search for independence ignited conflict within...

This book focuses on the ubiquitous and powerful effects of ostracism, social exclusion, rejection, and bullying. Human beings are an intrinsically gregarious species. Most of our evolutionary success is no doubt due to our highly developed ability...

Victorian-era novelist Marry Elizabeth Braddon rose to literary acclaim on the strength of her intricately plotted tales, a talent that is on full display in the gripping mystery Henry Dunbar. After festering for decades, a long-simmering family feud...

Peter Willems is down on his luck. The Dutch clerk has been fired for embezzlement from his job in the Indonesian port city of Makassar, and his scornful wife has abandoned him. Willems' despair lifts after an encounter with Tom Lingard, a sea...

Highly respected as a writer by critics and commentators, Hesba Stretton (1832-1911) was a vigorous campaigner for the rights of oppressed minorities and a founding member of the London Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Though she is...

Highly respected as a writer by critics and commentators, Hesba Stretton (1832-1911) was a vigorous campaigner for the rights of oppressed minorities and a founding member of the London Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Though she is...

Hinton Rowan Helper (1829--1909) gained notoriety in nineteenth-century America as the author of The Impending Crisis of the South (1857), an antislavery polemic that provoked national public controversy and increased sectional tensions. In his...

Hinton Rowan Helper (1829--1909) gained notoriety in nineteenth-century America as the author of The Impending Crisis of the South (1857), an antislavery polemic that provoked national public controversy and increased sectional tensions. In his...

This collection bundles two of beloved author Jolina Petersheim’s novels into one e-book for a great value!The Outcast (2014 “Christian Retailing’s Best” award finalist!)Raised in an Old Order Mennonite community, Rachel Stoltzfus is a strong-willed...

When family complications take Joshua away from his fundamentalist Christian mother and leave him with his grandfather, he finds himself immersed in a mysterious and magical world. Joshua'apos;s grandfather is a Wisconsin Ojibwe Indian who, along...

Sold into slavery when his planet was destroyed, Lynx was enslaved in a harem. He is a favorite due to his feline gene, which gives him remarkable sexual powers, but after ten years, Lynx is exhausted.Thrown out without a penny, Lynx is bitter and...

Sold into slavery when his planet was destroyed, Lynx was enslaved in a harem. He is a favorite due to his feline gene, which gives him remarkable sexual powers, but after ten years, Lynx is exhausted.Thrown out without a penny, Lynx is bitter and...

War of the Zealot Empire #6 - Returning from his own age of darkness, Vesuvius finds himself glimpsing a world that existed beneath him, beneath his nose, and his understanding. The lessons he wanted with Verana come true, in a new form, as he seeks...

Asteria Locke'apos;s Fight has just begun...Asteria Locke has never left her father'apos;s farm on the remote planet of Theron. But in one terrible moment, a surprise attack by space raiders destroys everything she'apos;s ever known. Orphaned and...

Examining two centuries of Balkan politics, from the emergence of nationalism to the retreat of Communist power in 1989, this is the first book to systematically argue that many of the region'apos;s problems are external in origin.A decade of...

Mary Elizabeth Braddon was a popular British author of the Victorian era. She was the author of over fifty novels and was widely read throughout the nineteenth century. While best known for Lady Audley's Secret, she has written many other works that...

Excerpt from Henry Dunbar, Vol. 3 of 3: The Story of an Outcast The Warwickshire baronet knew a good many people in Paris, and he and his bride received a very enthusiastic welcome from these Old friends, who pronounced that Miladi Jocelyn was clear...

Nyroc has exiled himself from the Pure Ones. He flies alone, feared and despised by those who know him as Kludd's son, hunted by those whose despotism he has rejected, and haunted by ghostly creatures conjured by Nyra to lure him back to the Pure...

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