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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This powerful novella explores the complexities of racial identity and societal norms in 1920s Harlem. It follows the intertwined lives of two light-skinned African American women, Irene and Clare, who 'pass' for white in different contexts. As Clare becomes increasingly drawn back to her Black heritage, the story delves into themes of race, identity, privilege, and the tensions of living between two worlds, culminating in a dramatic and tragic conclusion.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - In this heartwarming tale of love, loyalty, and sacrifice, young Willie finds his world turned upside down when his childhood friend Cuthbert enlists as a soldier and leaves their quiet village. Before departing, Cuthbert entrusts Willie with caring for his beloved Hildred. As the years pass with no word from Cuthbert, Willie struggles to honor his promise while grappling with his own growing feelings for Hildred. Set against the backdrop of a picturesque English castle, the story follows Willie's journey of self-discovery as he navigates the complexities of friendship, duty, and romance. With vivid characters and touching moments of both joy and sorrow, this classic novel explores timeless themes of fidelity and the bonds that tie us together, even when separated by distance and circumstance.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This captivating novel centers around the murder of a wealthy businessman, Thornton Lyne, whose body is found with a single daffodil placed on his chest. As Inspector Jack Tarling and his Chinese assistant, Ling Chu, investigate the case, they uncover a tangled web of jealousy, blackmail, and deceit. With its fast-paced plot and unexpected twists, this classic whodunit showcases Wallace's skill at weaving intrigue and suspense.Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) was a prolific British crime writer, journalist and playwright, who published 175 novels, 24 plays, and countless articles in newspapers and journals. Over 160 films have been made of his novels, more than any other author.The Daffodil Mystery (1920) is one of his classic mystery novels, full of devious twists and turns that will keep the reader guessing until the end!

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This classic tale follows the unexpected adventures of a mild-mannered English vicar who finds himself embroiled in international intrigue. When the vicar's roguish brother Edmund returns home with a mysterious cargo and dubious associates, the quiet clergyman is drawn into a web of smuggling and deceit. Forced to navigate unfamiliar waters both literal and figurative, the vicar must confront moral dilemmas as he tries to help his brother while upholding his principles. From the English countryside to Mediterranean ports, the story blends elements of mystery, adventure, and moral conflict. As secrets come to light and dangers mount, the vicar discovers hidden strengths as he fights to save his brother and clear his own conscience.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Set in the early 20th century, this story centers on the Fleming family, living in the ominous Wastewater Hall on the rugged coast. When David Fleming returns to his childhood home, dark family secrets and memories resurface. As David navigates the complex dynamics of his relatives, including the beautiful and imperious Sylvia, he grapples with loss, love, and the haunting presence of Wastewater itself.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - 'Big smoke dead ahead, partner!' 'I've been expecting to hear you announce that fact, Per-I mean Wally!' 'Kinder guess naow it mout be Birmingham, eh, what, Boss ' 'No other-you hit the nail on the head that time, Mr. Observer.' 'Huh! my native town, which I'm naow agwine to see fur the fust time.' 'Better get out of the habit of making such crazy cracks, brother-what if any one overheard you, and took a notion in his head you might be somebody other than just a Down-in-Dixie product from Alabama, -raised in the North, where you acquired a whiff of the dialect of a Canuck-and by name Wallace J. Corkendell, though generally answering to plain Wally.' - In this SKY DETECTIVES installment, Jack Ralston and his friend 'Perk,' Secret Service detectives and famous air pilots, have many adventures while helping the government unravel problems.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A blend of nature and human emotion, Pan tells the story of Lieutenant Thomas Glahn, a reclusive man who retreats to the wilderness of northern Norway. His simple life is disrupted by his intense and tumultuous relationships with two women, Edvarda and Eva, leading to a tragic exploration of love, isolation, and the struggle between civilization and nature. Hamsun masterfully intertwines psychological depth with vivid natural landscapes.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - When they were fourteen years old, Dick and Doc were attending an excellent English school where there were a great many future dukes and earls and arch-bishops and lord mayors, who, when they saw how much Dick and Doc resembled one another, called them 'The Twins.' Later, when they learned that Dick's father was distantly related to Lord Greystoke, who is famous all over the world as Tarzan of the Apes, the boys commenced to call Dick and Doc 'The Tarzan Twins' - so that is how the nickname grew and became attached to them.As everyone knows tar means white in the language of the great apes, and go means black, so Doc, with his light hair, was known as Tarzan-tar and Dick, whose hair was black, was called Tarzan-go. It was all right to be called Tarzan-tar and Tarzan-go, until the other boys began to make fun of them because they could climb trees no better than many another boy and, while they were fair in athletic sports, they did not excel. It was right there and then that Dick and Doc decided that they would live up to their new names, for they did not enjoy being laughed at and made fun of, any more than any other normal, red-blooded boy does.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - 72 HOURS IN HELLDis was a harsh, inhospitable, dangerous place and the Magter made it worse. They might have been human once -- but they were something else now. The Magter had only one desire -- to kill everything, themselves, their planet, the universe if they could.Brion Brandd was sent in at the eleventh hour. His mission was to save Dis, but it looked as though he was going to preside over its annihilation!

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - 'The only thing that kept Police Lieutenant Rodney Rushton from a date with the Night Wind's maiming and crippling fists was Bingham Harvard's determination to keep a charge of murder from ruining his prospects of marriage to Lady Kate. But now newlyweds Bing and Kate have returned from Europe determined to clear the Night Wind's name. But there still remains a price on Bingham's head -- dead or alive!'.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Junkyard Planet is a gripping science fiction novel set on the planet Poictesme, a world left in economic ruin after a galactic war. The story follows Conn Maxwell, a young man who returns to his home planet with knowledge of a legendary computer rumored to hold the key to restoring Poictesme's prosperity. This computer, known as 'Merlin,' was believed to have guided the victorious strategies during the war.Conn's return sparks a frenzy of excitement and speculation among the inhabitants, who see Merlin as their salvation. As Conn leads a quest to locate the elusive computer, he confronts the harsh realities of his world, including political scheming, social upheaval, and the desperate hopes of the people.Alongside a cast of colorful characters, Conn uncovers hidden truths about the planet's past and the nature of Merlin itself. H. Beam Piper crafts a compelling narrative filled with adventure, intrigue, and philosophical questions about technology's role in society. Junkyard Planet explores themes of human ingenuity, resilience, and the quest for progress in the face of adversity.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Set in Venice during the vibrant carnival season, this novel follows the intertwining lives of aristocrats and locals caught in a web of intrigue, romance, and mystery. Braddon masterfully evokes the city's enchanting atmosphere while unraveling the secrets and ambitions of her characters. From bustling piazzas to quiet canals, The Venetians offers a rich portrayal of love and betrayal amid the splendor of Venice at the turn of the century.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - From the pages of the December, 1920 issue of 'Adventure' magazine comes this thrilling tale of pirate adventure on the high seas -- a rousing action-adventure from H. Bedford-Jones, King of the Pulps!

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - 'Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review' was founded in 1979 to provide comprehensive coverage of all the major and minor books being released in the genre at that time. This was the golden era of SF publishing, with a thousand titles (old and new) hitting the stands and the bookshelves each and every year. From the older classics to the newest speculative fiction, this was the period when the best and the brightest shined forth their talents.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - During his twilight years, the French author Jules Verne (1828-1905) wrote two original sequels to books that had fired his own youthful imagination but which he felt to be incomplete: Johann Wyss's Swiss Family Robinson and Edgar Allan Poe's The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. Arthur Gordon Pym (1845) was only one of many Poe stories which Verne admired; no other single author had more impact on his writing.Verne acknowledged this debt in his only major piece of literary criticism, a detailed 1864 article entitled 'Edgard [sic] Poe and His Work.' Poe (1809-1849) was just emerging on the French literary scene in translation as Verne was writing his first plays and short stories. Verne was familiar with a broad range of Poe's works, the well-remembered stories as well as many that are obscure today. What is to be admired in Poe, Verne wrote, 'are the novelties of his situations, the discussion of little-known facts, the observations of the unhealthy faculties of Mankind, the choice of subject-matter, the ever-strange personality of his characters, their nervous, sickly temperaments, their ways of expressing themselves by bizarre interjections. And yet, among all these improbabilities, exists at times a verisimilitude that grips the credulity of the reader.'.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This classic space opera follows a group of heroes as they battle to save the universe from an unimaginable alien threat. With advanced technologies, interstellar travel, and epic space battles, the story dives into themes of cosmic warfare, loyalty, and the vastness of the universe. As the protagonists unite forces from different planets, they must outwit a seemingly invincible enemy with the fate of all life hanging in the balance.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - W. CLARK RUSSELL (1844-1911) was an English author, and a sailor for several years before he turned to journalism and fiction. He was well-regarded in his day for THE WRECK OF THE GROSVENOR and for THE DEATH SHIP, A STRANGE STORY (sometimes reprinted as THE FLYING DUTCHMAN). He wrote much on nautical topics and campaigned to improve working conditions for seamen.The Phantom Death and Other Stories collects 11 of Russell's classic horror-laced nautical stories, including: 'The Phantom Death,' 'Brokers' Bay,' 'The Lazarette of the Huntress,' 'A Memory of the Pacific,' 'So Unnecessary!,' 'The Major's Commission,' 'A Nightmare of the Doldrums,' 'Try For Her in Fifty,' 'The Chiliman Tragedy,' 'The Secret of the Dead Mate,' and 'The Transport.'.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - 'TRIPLANETARY is the first of the six classic 'Lensman' books, long recognized as the greatest space opera ever written.' -- John Clute'The Lensman books . . . are the books I cut my teeth on as a fan, and together they comprise one of the true milestones in science fiction literature.' -- J. Michael StraczynskiNo single phrase can describe TRIPLANETARY, the first of the 'Lensman' stories, the volume providing the background for the remaining novels in the series. It might be terned a Galactic Romance, or a Cosmological Fantasy -- but above all else it is a story. From the atomic age in Atlantis or a bloody Roman arena, you are borne to the watery world of Nevia, remote in space and time. You meet two incredible ancient races, the Arisians and the Eddorians, and you view the ancient conflict between these worlds.The text for this edition is taken from the original serial publication and varies from later book editions.'TRIPLANETARY is the first of the six classic 'Lensman' books, long recognized as the greatest space opera ever written.' -- John Clute'The Lensman books . . . are the books I cut my teeth on as a fan, and together they comprise one of the true milestones in science fiction literature.' -- J. Michael StraczynskiNo single phrase can describe TRIPLANETARY, the first of the 'Lensman' stories, the volume providing the background for the remaining novels in the series. It might be terned a Galactic Romance, or a Cosmological Fantasy -- but above all else it is a story. From the atomic age in Atlantis or a bloody Roman arena, you are borne to the watery world of Nevia, remote in space and time. You meet two incredible ancient races, the Arisians and the Eddorians, and you view the ancient conflict between these worlds.The text for this edition is taken from the original serial publication and varies from later book editions.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The enchanted castle is a country estate in the West Country of England, as seen through the eyes of three children, Gerald, James and Kathleen, who discover it while exploring during the school holidays. The lake, groves and marble statues, with white towers and turrets in the distance, make a fairy-tale setting, and then in the middle of the maze in the rose garden they find a sleeping fairy-tale princess.The 'princess' tells them that the castle is full of magic, and they almost believe her. She shows them the treasures of the castle, including a ring she says is a ring of invisibility, but when it actually turns her invisible she panics and admits that she is the housekeeper's niece, Mabel, and was just play-acting.The children soon discover that the ring has other magical powers.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Toilers of the Sea by Victor HugoSet against the backdrop of the rugged Channel Islands, this novel follows Gilliatt, a solitary fisherman who undertakes a perilous mission to salvage a shipwrecked steamer. Through Gilliatt's struggle against the sea and the elements, Hugo explores themes of human endurance, nature's power, and unrequited love. The novel is both an adventure story and a deep philosophical reflection on the individual's battle against the forces of nature and fate.Bug-Jargal by Victor HugoThis early novel by Victor Hugo is set during the Haitian Revolution and tells the story of Bug-Jargal, an African prince who becomes a leader among the enslaved people. The novel explores themes of slavery, rebellion, and the complexities of human nature, while also reflecting on the horrors of colonialism and the fight for freedom. Hugo's portrayal of Bug-Jargal as a noble and heroic figure underscores the author's deep concern with justice and human dignity.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Inspired by the life of artist Paul Gauguin, this novel tells the story of Charles Strickland, a man who abandons his conventional life to pursue his passion for painting. His journey takes him from London to the South Pacific, where his obsession with art and personal freedom leads him down a path of selfishness, genius, and isolation. The novel explores themes of artistic ambition, the conflict between society and individuality, and the cost of creative fulfillment.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - When a famous author comes to the closed-up summer resort at Balpate Mountain in the dead of winter, he expects to find peace and quiet in which to write his next book, his literary masterpiece. But before his first night is out, a steady stream of unexpected visitors begins to fill the hotel . . . secretive and sometimes dangerous men and women with stories of love, loss, and flight . . . and none of them are telling the truth. A fortune is at stake, and they will do anything to possess it. For some it means wealth. For others it means power. And some need it as a point of honor. Before the week is over, there will be gunfire, bribery, fights in the snow, and hidden truths unmasked. 'Seven Keys to Baldpate' is a mystery that will leave you guessing to the end!Earl Derr Biggers penned 'Seven Keys to Baldpate' long before he created his most famous character, Chinese detective Charlie Chan, yet in its day it was a popular best-seller and became the source for no less than seven films.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This captivating novel centers around the murder of a wealthy businessman, Thornton Lyne, whose body is found with a single daffodil placed on his chest. As Inspector Jack Tarling and his Chinese assistant, Ling Chu, investigate the case, they uncover a tangled web of jealousy, blackmail, and deceit. With its fast-paced plot and unexpected twists, this classic whodunit showcases Wallace's skill at weaving intrigue and suspense.Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) was a prolific British crime writer, journalist and playwright, who published 175 novels, 24 plays, and countless articles in newspapers and journals. Over 160 films have been made of his novels, more than any other author.The Daffodil Mystery (1920) is one of his classic mystery novels, full of devious twists and turns that will keep the reader guessing until the end!

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This space adventure follows the crew of the Inter-Planetary Corporation (IPC) as they battle alien forces and navigate the dangers of outer space. When their ship is attacked and stranded on a distant planet, they must survive against hostile aliens and unravel a sinister plot that threatens humanity. The novel combines fast-paced action, advanced technology, and interstellar intrigue, highlighting the resilience and ingenuity of its characters.This text is taken from the original magazine publication and varies from the later book edition.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - In this intriguing detective novel, Dr. John Thorndyke, a forensic expert, is called to investigate the mysterious illness of a man residing at 31 New Inn. What begins as a medical consultation soon turns into a gripping investigation, as Thorndyke uncovers clues of poisoning and a sinister plot. Blending forensic science with classic detective work, Freeman delivers a masterful mystery filled with suspense, detailed investigation, and twists.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The Outlaw of Torn is a historical novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, creator of Tarzan. It was his second novel (his first being the science fiction work A Princess of Mars.)The story is set in 13th century England and concerns the fictitious outlaw Norman of Torn, who purportedly harried the country during the power struggle between King Henry III and Simon de Montfort. Norman is the supposed son of the Frenchman de Vac, once the king's fencing master, who has a grudge against his former employer and raises the boy to be a simple, brutal killing machine with a hatred of all things English. His intentions are partially subverted by a priest who befriends Norman and teaches him his letters and chivalry towards women.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Seaton and Crane return in this exciting sequel to 'The Skylark of Space!' In Skylark Three, Seaton has developed a 'Zone of Force' to protect his ship, the Skylark. But with the Zone up and running, he can no longer control his vessel. Can this new invention help them prevail against the Fenachronians, with their advanced technology.and their determination to conquer the galaxy, starting with the destruction of Earth And what of DuQuesne and his villainous plans The text for this edition is taken from the original serial version, which differs from the first book edition.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This collection features a thrilling assortment of stories from the golden age of pulp fiction, showcasing Johnston McCulley's masterful ability to craft suspenseful and action-packed narratives. Best known as the creator of Zorro, McCulley delivers gripping tales filled with mystery, daring heroes, and shadowy villains. The stories are a perfect reflection of the fast-paced, high-stakes drama that defined the pulp era, keeping readers on the edge of their seats.This volume presents 5 novellas originally published under the pseudonym 'Harrington Strong' in Detective Story Magazine: 'The Great Green Ring,' 'The Only Way,' 'Run to Ground,' 'The Obvious Clue,' and 'Slave of Mystery.'.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Originally published as a four-part serial in the legendary pulp magazine The Thrill Book, here is the story of Sir Gerald Desmond, late officer in His Majesty's Royal Flying Corps. Broke and drunk in Manila, he befriends a consumptive Irish fiddler, Michael O'Sullivan, and the two become involved in a free fight with the native constabulary. From this brawl they are rescued by an unknown benefactor -- but when they come to their senses, they find themselves shanghaied aboard the schooner 'San Gregorio', bound for Mindoro Island. Typhoons, smugglers, beautiful women, opium, and mutiny are just the beginning of their adventures!

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - From the Introduction by Ed Gorman:If there's one thing Dick Lupoff understands (with perverse glee) it's the sorry state of the human condition. In this collection you'll find a wide variety of humans whose conditions leave much to be desired.A pit bull owner who's just as nasty as his dogA thief who believes his father-in-law was a real NaziA dead-end boxer who has come back in a boxing movieA detective named Caligula Foxx who might be Nero Wolfe in dragA crooked corporal whose payoff is deathNot only are the storylines original, the writing is indelibly stamped with Dick's vision and voice.Dick's writing talents really can't be defined by the usual means. Yes, he writes science fiction. Yes, he writes fantasy. Yes, he writes mystery. But what he really writes are Lupoffs. Long, short, hilarious, whimsical, dark, mysterious-they're all Lupoffs.Richard A. Lupoff is the author of many books including the popular Lindsey-and-Plum mysteries. The next of these, The Emerald Cat Killer, will be published by St. Martin's Press in October, 2010. His most recent collection of mysteries is Quintet: The Cases of Chase and Delacroix, published by Crippen & Landru.