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The Life of Captain Frederick Marryat
Author: David Hannay; Publisher: Fireship Press
People the world over have thrilled to the fictional exploits of Horatio Hornblower, Jack Aubrey, Nicholas Ramage and others. But few know that these characters, along with the modern nautical fiction genre itself, can be traced in large part to the writings of one man-Frederick Marryat. Even fewer know that Marryat personally experienced many of the events he described. As a young midshipman he served on the HMS Imprieuse under the famous Lord Thomas Cochrane. He fought at the Battle of Basque Roads, was part of the ill-fated Walcheren Campaign, fought the Americans during the War of 1812 and was even present when Napoleon died. Along the way, he was commended for bravery dozens of times, was the captain of a frigate, became one of the literary stars of his day, acquired several fortunes and squandered each of them away. In 1889, the life of this extraordinary man was captured by David Hannay. It is presented here as a Fireship Press Contemporized Classic.
Genre: Literary
(ISBN: 9781934757031)
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Siddhartha
Author: Hermann Hesse; Publisher: Norilana Books
Siddhartha (1922) by Hermann Hesse is a deceptively simple, intense, and lyrical allegorical tale of a man in ancient India striving for enlightenment at the time of Buddha. Siddhartha is a man whose life journey runs in parallel and who may or may not be another version of Buddha himself. Spiritual enlightenment may not be taught, only experienced, and each individual must tread their own personal path toward truth, in this unforgettable novel by the author who won the 1946 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Genre: Classics
(ISBN: 9781934648032)
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Madame de Treymes
Author: Edith Wharton; Publisher: Alan Rodgers Books
Edith Wharton's Madame de Treymes is a remarkable example of the form. It is the story of the tactical defeat but moral victory of an honest and upstanding American in his struggle to win a wife from a tightly united but feudally minded French aristocratic family. He loses, but they cheat. . . . In a masterpiece of brevity, Wharton dramatizes the contrast between the two opposing forces: the simple and proper old brownstone New York, low in style but high in principle, and the achingly beautiful but decadent Saint-Germain district of Paris. The issue is seamlessly joined. Louis Auchincloss in the Wall Street Journal, 2006
Genre: Classics
(ISBN: 9781598183771)
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Vengeful Impulse
Author: Robert Chadwick; Publisher: iUniverse Inc.
As a young boy, Johnny loses his parents. As Johnny grows, so does his revenge on how to get rid of people who miss treat him. It starts with Johnny watching small insects and how they eat their prey. When he is a young adult, he finds himself alone and working hard to live on his own. Johnny then gets rid of people he sees as useless in his world to bigger animals, such as the tigers he cares for at the safari park. He then finds himself on the run from the law and still killing. The alligators he seeks to do his killings are no fun. Johnny finds another safari park with tigers and a new identity to work under. It is a while before the law catches up with his false identity. In the end is Johnny over come by the tigers or does he escape once again?
Genre: Action & Adventure
(ISBN: 9780595278763)
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