European Fiction

Here is a delightful look at childhood, written by master poet and storyteller Robert Louis Stevenson. In this collection A Child's Garden of Verses of 64 poems, Stevenson recalls the joys of his childhood, from sailing boats down a river, to waiting for the lamplighter, to sailing off to foreign lands in his imagination. Nothing has ever been written that appeals to a child's nature more than A Child's Garden of Verses. It is written in a simple verse that a child can readily understand.

A mythical man known as Nightmare haunted young children for years. Until he became real. DCI Harry McNeil knows the legend all too well. Growing up in the Highlands, Nightmare was on his and every other child's mind as they went to sleep. Then, Nightmare claimed his first victim. A young girl, found dead in an abandoned cemetery with the words, I am Nightmare, carved into her chest. Two more victims, the same words carved into them. Then Nightmare disappears. Now, years later, there have been reports of graffiti being sprayed around Inverness and on graves in old cemeteries.

"Je hais les voyages et les explorateurs", toute première phrase de l'ouvrage, affirme sans détour son rejet de l'exotisme comme porte vers le sensationnel. Il s'agit ici d'un voyage bien plus philosophique, retour sur les études de terrain qui ont formé son esprit d'ethnologue. Comment se positionner face à l'autre, face à des cultures aux structures si différentes ?

At fourteen, the unworldly, idealistic Jack Easy leaves the luxury of his father's estate in England and sails into a world of action and adventure aboard the sloop of war HMS Harpy. At first, Jack finds it hard to stomach the discipline of naval life and, with his mischievous sense of humor, is always getting himself into scrapes. But soon he is bravely taming a band of mutinous seamen, outwitting a wily and murderous Sicilian nobleman, and breathing the smell of gunpowder and raw steel as the Harpy chases Spanish ships on the Mediterranean.

"La Morte amoureuse" est une nouvelle fantastique de Théophile Gautier, parue en 1836. Le vieux Romuald raconte à un autre ecclésiastique qu'il nomme "frère" les faits étranges qui ont suivi son ordination.

Searching for a more romantic, unscripted, and exciting life that she feels sure exists out there somewhere, London Rose accepts a job as a tour guide on a high-end European cruise line that travels through a country a day. London is elated. She gets to see a new port every night, sample an endless array of new cuisine, and meet a stream of interesting people. It is a traveler’s dream, and it is anything but predictable. But when a wealthy, high-maintenance passenger suddenly turns up dead outside of Budapest, the cruise has become a bit too unpredictable.

Concluding his acclaimed series on the Eastern Front in World War I, Prit Buttar comprehensively details not only these climactic events, but also the "successor wars" that raged long after the armistice of 1918. New states rose from the ashes of empire and war raged as German forces sought to keep them under the aegis of the Fatherland. These unresolved tensions between the former Great Powers and the new states would ultimately lead to the rise of Hitler and a new, terrible world war only two decades later.

In a magisterial work, Jaan Puhvel unravels the prehistoric Indo-European origins of the traditions of India and Iran, Greece and Rome, of the Celts, Germans, Balts, and Slavs. Utilizing the methodologies of historical linguistics and archaeology, he reconstructs a shared religious, mythological, and cultural heritage. Separate chapters on individual traditions as well as on recurrent themes—god and warrior, king and virgin, fire and water—give life to Comparative Mythology as both a general introduction and a detailed reference.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, in collaboration with his friend, William Wordsworth, revolutionized English poetry. In 1798 they produced their Lyrical Ballads, poems of imagination and reflection using "the language of men" - pointing the way forward for a generation of Romantic poets.

When her father remarries, the honest, innocent Molly Gibson suddenly finds herself with a new stepsister, Cynthia, who is beautiful, worldly and impetuous. This would be more than enough to deal with, but the new wife is the deeply snobbish (and darkly secretive) Hyacinth. Thwarted love, scheming ambition and small-town gossip underlie the warmth, irony and brilliant social observation which link the relationships and the inevitable conflicts as profound change comes to rural England.

One of the most successful and beloved Victorian fairy tales... The Princess and the Goblin is the story of Princess Irene and her friend Curdie, who come face to face with the dreaded mountain goblins. This children's fantasy novel was originally published in 1872. It uses subtle layers of symbolism to tell a story of courage and honor.

Un destin exceptionnel. New York, dans les années 1900. Une jeune fille, que passionnent les livres rares, se joue du destin et gravit tous les échelons. Elle devient la directrice de la fabuleuse bibliothèque du magnat J.P. Morgan et la coqueluche de l'aristocratie internationale, sous le faux nom de Belle da Costa Greene. Belle Greene pour les intimes. En vérité, elle triche sur tout.

Roman de guerre, roman d’amour, Le Soldat désaccordé ne laissera personne indifférent. La quête d’un disparu de la Grande Guerre entraîne le narrateur dans une histoire échevelée, traversée de personnages tantôt effrayants, tantôt fabuleux.

Dans les houillères épuisées d'Aberfoyle en Ecosse, ne vivent plus que le vieux contremaître Simon Ford, sa femme et son fils.

Par une nuit d'hiver glacée, deux flics de la criminelle, partis pour surveiller un parrain de la drogue en banlieue parisienne, mettent pieds dans une étrange affaire. Leur principal suspect est mort brûlé vif dans son appartement et les méthodes employées ne ressemblent pas à un règlement de compte. Eva Svärta, la policière albinos, dominée par le désir obsessionnel de retrouver le meurtrier de sa mère et de sa sœur jumelle, pressent un danger imminent. Et si les fantômes du passé se mettaient à reprendre vie ? Hallucination ou réalité ?

Un roman-reportage glaçant et criant de modernité qui imagine un assassinat raté contre Mussolini. Un enregistrement remasterisé exceptionnel, contenant une interview exclusive de Marguerite Yourcenar.

What do you do when the doctor says you could die at any moment? Well...after you’ve made a cup of tea, of course. Nathan James is young, successful and has the world at his feet. Unfortunately, he’s also about to die - which ruins things somewhat. And now he’s staring imminent death in the face, Nathan is having to rethink some of his life choices very hard. Then Nathan falls in love with a charming girl called Alison, which is a really stupid thing to do. Because how can you give your heart to someone when it might be about to stop?

Par amour pour un enfant, que seriez-vous prêt à faire ? Maddi, elle, ira jusqu'au bout... Une intrigue magistrale, un twist virtuose pour le nouveau suspense 100% Bussi. 2010. Maddi est médecin généraliste à Saint-Jean-de-Luz, une vie comblée avec Esteban, son fils de 10 ans. Ce jour d'été là, elle le laisse quelques minutes seul sur la plage. Quand elle revient, Esteban a disparu. 2020. Maddi a refait sa vie, et revient sur cette plage en pèlerinage. Au bord de l'eau, un enfant est là. Même maillot de bain, même taille, même corpulence, même coupe de cheveux.

L'homme au masque de fer est l'un des prisonniers les plus fameux de l'histoire française. Le mystère entourant son existence, ainsi que les différents films et romans dont il a fait l'objet, n'ont cessé d'exciter les imaginations.

Pensées d'auteurs célèbres : Alfred de Musset, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, François Voltaire, Oscar Wilde, Marcel Proust, Lord Byron, Gustave Flaubert, et bien d'autres !