384p. ; 18 cm

Ticca’s hopes of being the greatest mercenary the Daggers have seen die when she accidentally kills the assassin her powerful patron hired her to watch. Lebuin’s hope for a scholar’s…

Author: Gabriele D'AnnunzioPublisher: Independently PublishedGenre: Fiction Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author)Pages: 412ISBN: 9788804400363

"A Rose for Emily" is a short story by American author William Faulkner, first published in the April 30, 1930, issue of The Forum. The story takes place in Faulkner's…

“Killer Earth” unveils the extraordinary return of a select group to Earth after millennia in suspended animation. Educated by computer recordings during their slumber, they aim to build an ideal…

Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (1804-1881), was a British Conservative statesman and literary figure. He served in government for three decades, twice as Prime Minister. Before and during his…

Steinbeck considered East of Eden to be his masterpiece. In his journal, Journal of a Novel (often read as a companion to the novel) he notes that “this is the…

Author: George EliotPublisher: Independently PublishedISBN: 9781791877019

In “Life Plug,” Franco and Page lead seemingly ordinary lives within a sophisticated virtual reality simulation. Unbeknownst to them, their existence is a carefully crafted illusion, meticulously controlled by unknown…

"Distributed Systems," the material has been thoroughly revised and extended, integrating principles and paradigms into nine chapters: 1. Introduction 2. Architectures 3. Processes 4. Communication 5. Naming 6. Coordination 7….

Mary Shelley, the author of [*Frankenstein*][1], wrote the apocalyptic novel The Last Man in 1826. Its first person narrative tells the story of our world standing at the end of…