Although Sir Isaac Harman didn't think much of the suffragette movement, his female employees certainly did, and he thought it prescient that he too should do his bit for women's rights. His wife totally agreed, so he locked her up. However, this gesture was to have far-reaching reverberations as Sir Isaac's wife becomes the absolute embodiment of women's independence. "The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman" is a novel by H. G. Wells, first written in 1914....

Fanny Burney's renowned epistolary novel is a satirical tale detailing a young woman's journey through eighteenth-century London's fashionable society. Evelina is an early example of romanticism, sensibility, and the novel of manners. Evelina Anville is a beautiful young woman who falls into the wrong circles after leaving her secluded home for the first time. The story takes place in both London and Hot Wells, Bristol, in a series of letters....

Thomas Gradgrind destroys the spiritual and emotional lives of his children by denying the importance of human feelings

Stunning and Brave ... For Fatgirl, everything has come down to this -- and it's more awful than even Kallie could've imagined. With her dad held captive at the Darling Donut factory, Kallie and AB race to the scene. And while Kallie's too scared to do much more than follow AB's lead, she's left speechless as AB does the unthinkable: Consume one of her own radioactive doughnuts. But even that's not the most surprising event for the evening, as Kallie...

A humorous and provocative tale of a woman's journey maneuvering through her relationship with a philandering spouse, while surrounded by friends who also interpret monogamy in a unique way. Is it cheating, if you're in a different zip code, flying at 30,000 feet, having an Internet tryst, phone sex, if your spouse is comatose, if you're swingers, if they are the same sex? Of course not! The threads of their misadventures interweave with hers, leading...

Trapped in a dead-end job in his Ohio hometown, watching the girl of his dreams move on to a glamorous new life in a big city-Donald McDougal's aimlessness has held him back for a long time. When a lightning strike grants him superhuman powers, he jumps at his chance to finally be somebody. But the new abilities and the pursuit of superheroic fame come with a price tag, and it may not be one he can afford.This wry debut is at once a fanboy's homage...

What is this tiny book? Who is this Koons Crooks? With its privately-printed, anonymously-produced 140-copy first printing, Iterating Grace became the talk of summer 2015 in the tech world. From Buzzfeed to Tumblr to Fusion, people were puzzled and enthralled by the story of Koons Crooks, a young man who took the Twittered musings of the Silicon Valley elite to heart-and ended up on a profoundly unexpected path, leaving behind only the lovingly hand-calligraphed...

"Questland is a thrill ride . . . Richly imagined, action-packed, maximum fun." — Charles Yu, New York Times bestselling author of Interior Chinatown

YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A MAZE FULL OF TWISTY PASSAGES . . .

Literature professor Dr. Addie Cox is living a happy, if sheltered, life in her ivory tower when Harris Lang, the famously eccentric billionaire tech genius, offers her an unusual job. He wants her to guide

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In her fourth book, Lillian Moats constructs an astonishing appraisal of humanity through the eyes of Death itself. As an insightful, philosophical and witty narrator, Death takes a tour through the follies of human past, present and future to approach seemingly complex matters with startling directness. Full of intelligent humour and deep insights, this book will engage and enlighten as it offers new perspectives on religion, militarism and the contradictions...

Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d'Universalis Lorsque paraissent les Voyages de Gulliver (1726), Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), doyen de la cathédrale anglicane St. Patrick à Dublin, a près de soixante ans et une longue carrière politique et littéraire derrière lui. Une fiche de lecture spécialement conçue pour le numérique, pour tout savoir sur Les Voyages de Gulliver de Jonathan Swift Chaque fiche de lecture présente...