Humours story
Loved as much for its nonsense verse as its whimsical nature, this poem tells of a ship’s crew of ten hunting the highly dangerous Boojum.
More adventures of Raffles, gentleman-burglar
The life, adventures and piracies of a young man, the book portrays the redemptive power of one man's love for another. By the author of Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders.
Short story that chronicles the struggles of a boxer sacrificed to the revolutionary cause. Jack London wrote this story after visits to Mexico, intrigued by the outbreak of the Revolution.
A fisherman catches a mermaid in his net. He soon falls in love and wants to marry her, but the conditions lead to a twist to the story.
Journalist Edward Malone, rejected by the woman he loves because he is too prosaic, decides to go in search of adventure and fame to prove himself worthy of her. Soon after, he meets Professor George Challenger, a scientist who claims to have discovered a 'lost world' populated by pterodactyls and...
The earliest Indian treaties on the Science and art of sex and love.
It was a very odd bridegroom who arrived so late for the feast prepared for him in the castle-home of his betrothed. It looked as if the goblins had been playing tricks on the Baron and his lovely daughter.
The Perfumed Garden is a masterpiece of sensual, sexual and erotic delight that is ranked, alongside The Kama Sutra, as one of the great books on the art of love. For mature audiences.