Genre - Other. You are on the page - 450
Description Hercule Poirot has retired to the English village of Kingโs Abbot, determined to use his little grey cells in the growing of vegetable marrows. But when Roger Ackroyd, a local businessman and former acquaintance of Poirotโs, is murdered, the manโs niece begs Poirot to investigate in order to clear her fiancรฉ. With Hastings having married and moved to Argentina, Poirot enlists the local doctor to be his assistant and scribe, and the two of them sift through clues to try to discern
Description Selina Peake moves from Chicago to a rural Dutch farming area just outside the city to teach in a one room school. As she attempts to fit into the community, she learns about her own strength in adapting to rural life. She marries an uneducated but sweet Dutch farmer named Pervus DeJong and has a son, Dirk, nicknamed โSo Big.โ She wishes her son to have the same appreciation for the arts and education she has, and although he becomes an architect, his disillusionment with the
Description Wet Magic was the last novel for children published by E. Nesbit. It was originally serialized in The Strand Magazine in 1912, with a book version published in 1913. In the book, four brothers and sisters are on their way to a holiday at the beach. While traveling on a train, theyโre excited to read about the purported sighting of a mermaid near the coastal town where theyโll be staying, and agree among themselves to join the hunt for this mythical creature. But when they arrive,
Description In 1919, at the height of the anti-leftist Palmer Raids conducted by the Wilson administration, the anarchist activist and writer Emma Goldman was deported to the nascent Soviet Union. Despite initial plans to fight the deportation order in court, Goldman eventually acquiesced in order to take part in the new revolutionary Russia herself. While initially supportive of the Bolsheviks, with some reservations, Goldmanโs firsthand experiences with Bolshevik oppression and corruption
Description Antony and Cleopatra begins two years after Julius Ceasar . Mark Antony was supposed to be in Egypt to conduct government affairs on behalf of the Roman Empire. Instead, he fell in love with the beautiful Queen Cleopatra, became her lover, and abandoned his duties to his wife and country. A messenger arrives bearing news that Antonyโs wife and brother are dead after attempting to kill Octavius Caesar, and one of Ceasarโs generals, Pompey, is gathering an army against the Roman
Description In the Italian city of Padua, a young gentleman named Lucentio comes to study at one of the cityโs colleges. As is often the fate of men in Shakespeareโs plays, Lucentio falls in love at first sight. The object of his affection, Bianca, is the beautiful and docile daughter of a rich merchant. Her father, Baptista Minola, has declared that no one can marry Bianca until her older sister Katharina has been married first. Katharina is the polar opposite of her sister: vicious,