<p>ALFRED THE GREAT figures in history as the founder, in some sense, of the British monarchy. Of that long succession of sovereigns who have held the scepter of that monarchy, and whose government has exerted so vast an influence on the condition and welfare of mankind, he was not, indeed, actually the first. <br> <br>There were several lines of insignificant princes before him, who governed such portions of the kingdom as they individually possessed, more like semi-savage chieftains than English kings. Alfred followed these by the principle of hereditary right, and spent his life in laying broad and deep the foundations on which the enormous superstructure of the British empire has since been reared. If the tales respecting his character and deeds which have come down to us are at all worthy of belief, he was an honest, conscientious, disinterested, and farseeing statesman. <br> <br>If the system of hereditary succession would always furnish such sovereigns for mankind, the principle of loyalty would have held its place much longer in the world than it is now likely to do, and great nations, now republican, would have been saved a vast deal of trouble and toil expended in the election of their rulers.</p>
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Allan Guthries neuer Roman ist ein dunkler Trip durch sechs fieberhafte Stunden in Edinburgh - hypnotisierend, schockierend und urkomisch! Tommy Savage wird erpresst und hat keine Ahnung, warum und von wem. Andy Park hingegen glaubt endlich zu wissen, wie er seine Feinde drankriegen kann, obwohl er beim Anblick von Blut jedes Mal das Bewusstsein verliert. Und dann ist da noch Mr. Smith, der dauernd Skimasken trägt und seine Zunge herausstreckt. Aber was will er wirklich? Tommy ist sich nicht sicher, doch der Berg von Leichen lässt ihn vermuten, dass dieser Mann es ernst meint ... Zwei verfeindete Familien, ein Haufen Bargeld, ein paar Schwerter und eine geballte Ladung Wut - die perfekte Kombination für eine haarsträubende Nacht in Schottlands Hauptstadt.
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Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels ofJohn Kendrick Bangswich are Mr. Munchausen and The Idiot. John Kendrick Bangs wrote comic, occasionally savage, spoof fantasy. His name is immortalised in the term"Bangsian Fantasy"- fantasy set in the afterlife. Novels selected for this book: - Mr. Munchausen - The IdiotThis is one of many books in the series Essential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.
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Barbar Conan durchstreift die Marvel-Gegenwart. Weil das ein Verbrechen gegen die Zeit darstellt, macht nun der Cyborg Deathlok Jagd auf den Cimmerier. Doch Elektra, Black Knight, Anti-Venom, Cloak und Dagger sowie Waffe H stehen ihm bei. Sie alle landen im Hyborischen Zeitalter – und einer von Conans Erzfeinden mischt ebenso mit wie Miles Morales.
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Shortlisted for the Military History Matters Book of the Year Award Few causes have given rise to such dramatic tales of loyalty, passion and betrayal as the Jacobite dream of restoring the Stuarts to the British throne. Although its failure brought savage retribution from the Hannoverians, the Jacobite flame continued to burn decades after Culloden. This is the first modern history of the entire Jacobite movement in Scotland, England and Ireland, from the 'Glorious Revolution' of 1688 that drove James II into exile and the death of his grandson, Cardinal Henry, Duke of York, in 1807. The Battle of Culloden and Bonnie Prince Charlie's flight through the heather are well known, but not the other risings and plots that involved half of Europe and even revolutionary America. The King Over the Water weaves together all the strands of this gripping saga into a vivid, sweeping narrative, full of insight, analysis and anecdote.
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Conans Abenteuer in der Marvel-Gegenwart! Während der finstere Symbionten-Gott Knull die Erde angreift, wollen Conan und Deadpool den Hellfire Club ausrauben – und kriegen Stress mit den X-Men! Zudem prallt der barbarische Cimmerier mit dem Symbionten-Schwert auf Spider-Man, Rhino und Ghost Rider.
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The short story commenced its career as a verbal utterance, or, as Robert Louis Stevenson puts it, with "the first men who told their stories round the savage campfire." The short story is today our most common literary product. It is read by everyone. Not every boy or girl will read novels after leaving school, but every boy or girl is certain to read short stories. It is important in the high school to guide taste and appreciation in short story reading, so that the reading of days when school life is over will be healthful and encouraging. Here is a collection that is entirely modern. The authors represented are among the leading authors of the day, the stories are principally stories of present-day life, the themes are themes of present-day thought. The students who read this book will be more awake to the present, and will be better citizens of today. The great number of stories presented has given opportunity to illustrate different types of short story writing. Contents: Washington Irving. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Edgar Allan Poe. The Gold Bug Herman Melville. Bartleby, the Scrivener Bret Harte. The Luck of Roaring Camp Leo Tolstoy. The Death of Ivan Ilyich Fyodor Dostoevsky. The Dream of a Ridiculous Man Rudyard Kipling. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The Yellow Wallpaper Anton Chekhov. The Lady with the Dog D.H. Lawrence. The Prussian Officer James Joyce. Araby Ivan Turgenev. First Love Nikolay Gogol. The Mantle Mikhail Bulgakov. The Embroidered Towel Ivan Bunin. The Gentleman from San Francisco Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. Carmilla O.Henry. The Gift of the Magi Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce. An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Robert Louis Stevenson. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde H.G. Wells. The Magic Shop W.W. Jacobs. The Monkey's Paw Arthur Conan Doyle. His Last Bow Henry James. Daisy Miller H.P. Lovecraft. The Call of Cthulhu Alexsandr Pushkin. The Queen of Spades G.K. Chesterton. The Blue Cross
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Eine uralte Stadt, von der Zeit vergessen … Lady Amelia Swift ist davon überzeugt, dass die vergessene Stadt Z wirklich existiert, und fest entschlossen, sie zu finden. Zusammen mit einer Gruppe wagemutiger Abenteurer, darunter der Weltkriegsveteran und Bootskapitän Willy Rivers, wagt sie sich in den undurchdringlichen brasilianischen Dschungel. Doch die Jagd nach Ruhm und Reichtum wird schnell zum Kampf ums Überleben. Irgendetwas hat die Kreaturen des Amazonas in bizarre Monstrositäten verwandelt. Und es gibt einen Grund, warum die geheimnisvolle Zivilisation im dunkelsten Herzen des Dschungels unterging. Denn die schrecklichste Kreatur wartet in den Ruinen der vergessenen Stadt nur darauf, wiedererweckt zu werden … "Eine kurzweilige Geschichte mit kreativ überzeichneten gruseligen Krabbeltieren und einer im Dschungel verborgenen mysteriösen Stadt. Ein atemloser Actionspass." - Amazon.com "Der Fluch der vergessenen Stadt" versprüht den Charme der großen Abenteuer eines Indiana Jones, Quatermains oder Doc Savage. Ein Retro-Abenteuer voller gefährlicher Riesenmonster, unerschrockener Haudegen und sagenhafter Geheimnisse.
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