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Walter Wilding has lived his life secure in the knowledge that he was the son of his mother. But a chance encounter shocks him to his deathbed, leaving his friend and Executor George Vendale charged with the finding of the real Walter Wilding, Meanwhile George pitches woo to Margerite Obenreizer...

Originally published in the Strand Magazine between December 1894 and September 1903. The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard by Arthur Conan Doyle, the celebrated author of Sherlock Holmes and the Lost, follows the adventures of Brigadier Etienne Gerard, a courageous soldier in the service of Napoleon...

"I’ll tell you what, we must go and seek for treasure: it is always what you do to restore the fallen fortunes of your House..." And so begins the tales of the Bastable children (all six of them) and their attempts at treasure seeking, never with any great fiscal success, but with plenty of...

A collection of short stories from the celebrated irish writer and dramatist: Oscar Wilde. Included within this collection are the stories: Lord Arthur Savile's Crime: Lady Windermere's pet palm-reader delivers a fearful oracle to Lord Arthur, but being a resolute gentlemen he knows just what to...

After moving into a house in kent, five children go exploring and in a gravel pit, find a Sand Fairy, known as a "Psammead" who says he will give them one wish each day. What follows are eleven misadventures where it is discovered that making a good wish is actually much harder than it first...

A four act play by Oscar Wilde, first performed in 1892, Lady Windermere's Fan is another one of his productions that takes a half-sardonic, half-serious look into the intrigues of life. In this play, Lady Windermere's idyllic life as the young wife of the rich Lord Windermere is disturbed by...

Paste Jewels is a collection of humorous short stories following the Perkins family — particularly newlyweds Thaddeus and Bessie — as they navigate the comic trials of managing a household and domestic staff in late 19th-century America. The book's seven tales include "The Emancipation of...

A retired lawyer, an unlicensed contractor, and an ex-ballplayer walk into a bar . . . and transform their neighborhood. With a dark secret weighing heavily on his conscience, former government lawyer Oliver Bartholomew teams with two buddies to perform random acts of kindness in their Adams...

Have a laugh with these delightfully funny short stories. All reflect on the humor and absurdity of life. Join in the fun!

A book about an aspiring author whose work is published by a publisher. A book signing event is hosted at local library to promote the author. Throughout the book there are many bizzare anecdotes.

Who wouldn’t want to find someone as loyal and wonderful as their beloved pup? Landscape architect Melissa finds out the hard way when a random wish on a dandelion transforms rescue dog Gus into a man in a public park, sans manners, sans English and sans clothes. His mind and behavior still all canine, Gus immediately throws Melissa’s world into hilarious adventure in this comedy/fantasy novella with an unexpected romantic twist.

Get in, take the teeth under the pillow, leave the money. Sounds simple, righ It wasn't supposed to end with a curse..They say, if you don't clean your teeth before you go to bed, Granny Green Teeth will come and make them green. She did, until no one forgot any more.

Surrey, 1986: Sent back in time after a lifetime trapped in a loveless marriage, Lucy Hart is determined to find the courage to take back control of her life. In 2025, reeling from the death of her husband, Lucy must face the truth that she has wasted forty-five years with a man who never truly loved her. At his funeral, shocking revelations come to light, including affairs, a secret love child, and a will that tears her family apart. Given the chance to return to the past, Lucy finds herself back in 1986, with two small children and a husband whose ambitions leave no room for hers.

Sina Jakobsen durchlebt einen Albtraum. Ihre beste Freundin Natalie kam unter mysteriösen Umständen ums Leben, und Sina geriet in Verdacht, deren Tod verursacht zu haben. Fünf Jahre sind seither vergangen. Dann stirbt eine weitere Frau in Sinas Umfeld. Manches erinnert an Natalies Tod. Doch es gibt auch eine Verbindung zu einem weit zurückliegenden Cold Case auf Sylt.

Crime writer Francis Meadowes has just been offered his first paid detective gig, which means going on the road with gender-fluid rock star JonniK, tagging along as the musician's entourage travels from Berlin to Brussels and beyond. Jonni's manager is already worried by a guitar tech's fatal overdose on a tour bus, but then the star himself is attacked on stage... Another shock comes as Jonni's lead guitarist is electrocuted by his own instrument in the middle of a gig.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. **Cottonball Catastrophe: A LitRPG Tale of Fluff and Fury** *A genre-bending, satirical adventure where soft meets unstoppable.* In a world where everyone gets a superpower at age eighteen, Amelia Hartwell drew the short straw—hers is throwing small...

The complete short stories of Beryl Bainbridge, including the novella Filthy Lucre – written when the author was only 13 years old. Bainbridge's exquisite, devastating skill for skewering characters in all their pomposity, fallibilities, vulnerability and humour, not to mention their capability for cruelty, is fully on display in this collection, accompanied by classic Bainbridge backdrops of seedy hotel rooms, dusty theatres and the twilight zone of lodging houses.

UNA AVENTURA DE HUMOR ABSURDO, ESPIONAJE DISPARATADO Y ACCIÓN SIN FRENO. Enrique Spasmos lleva una vida tan gris como previsible: trabaja en unos grandes almacenes, sobrevive a la monotonía diaria, dilapida los fines de semana entre amigos, alcohol, resacas e intentos de ligar con resultados más bien desastrosos. Todo cambia una mañana de domingo cuando, camino de comprar el periódico y todavía bajo los efectos de una resaca monumental, atropella por accidente a una joven que irrumpe corriendo en la calzada.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Welcome to the Happiness control Center. Its objective is to make every target feel joy. When two suspicious guests arrive in the country, intelligence suspects that they are the happiness critics. So, eager to keep the “Happiest country” title...

A winning attitude matters for friends and lotteries.