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Paddy Chayefsky ALTERED STATES (English Edition)

Science Fiction
English
48254 Words
Ages 16 and up
921
0

Edward Jessup, a young psycho-physiologist, experiments with different states of consciousness, obsessed with an addiction to truth and knowledge. He injects himself with psychedelic drugs, lies locked in an isolation tank and experiences all the stages of pre-human consciousness until finally terrible changes take place with him: Jessup also physically transforms into a pre-human being. His thirst for knowledge drives him into ever new, increasingly irreversible transformations. Only the horror when his body begins to dissolve into pure energy brings him back to human bonds... Paddy Chayefsky (January 29, 1923 – August 1, 1981), one of the most important US dramatists, wrote a breath-taking, equally philosophical shocker with his debut novel. In 1980, British director Ken Russell adapted the novel based on Paddy Chayefsky's screenplay - starring: William Hurt, Blair Brown and Drew Barrymore. [more]

Keywords: Apex-Verlag, Science Fiction, SF, SciFi, Sci-Fi, novel, classic, new wave, psychedelic, drugs, expansion of consciousness, drama, ken russell, literature, literarily, experimental literature, experimental, postmodern, ebook, e-book, new edition 2022, new publication 2022 [more][Less]

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Robert Thurston ALICIA II (English Edition)

The science fiction classic!

Science Fiction
English
136906 Words
Ages 16 and up
49
0

In the not distant future the world hasn't changed so much - men and women still fall in love, laugh, and sip wine - but some have changed, some will live forever as retreads, old souls implanted surgically in the empty bodies of the young. Voss Geraghty is a retread, a retiring government researcher who has been rewarded with a new body. What he wants out of his new life is fun, sex, and adventure, what he finds is disappointment. But there's a growing radical underground that sees the inequity in a society that allows the young to die so that the old may live on... Alicia II is the undisputed science fiction masterpiece by Robert Thurston (* 28. Oktober 1936 in Lockport, New York; † 20. Oktober 2021 in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey) and was first published in 1978; Apex is publishing a new edition of this classic novel in its ENGLISH SCIENCE FICTION NOVELS series. [more]

Keywords: Apex-Verlag, Science Fiction, SF, SciFi, Sci-Fi, future, dystopia, novel, classic, action, adventure, near-future, near future, social fiction, social science fiction, utopia, negative utopia, dark future, ebook, e-book, Ebook, new edition 2022, new publication 2022 [more][Less]

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John Cassells THE DEAD ARE DANGEROUS - A SUGAR KANE MYSTERY (English Edition)

The crime classic!

Mystery & Crime
English
56252 Words
Ages 16 and up
207
0

When Sugar Kane, the boxer turned detective, met his old pal Bobby Hynd at Antrade's place, it never occurred to him that he would be talking over Hynd's case before the week was out, and Kane found himself rapidly caught up in a whirlwind of violence, mystery and vicious murder... The Dead Are Dangerous by John Cassells (a pseudonym of the bestselling Scottish author William Murdoch Duncan; * 18. November 1909 in Glasgow; † 19. April 1975 in Glasgow) was first published in 1966; Apex is publishing a new edition of this classic of crime literature in its ENGLISH CRIME NOVELS series. [more]

Keywords: Apex-Verlag, crime, novel, hard-boiled, hardboiled, noir, crime noir, classic, William Murdoch Duncan, private eye, detective, novels, detective novels, detective stories, London, England, suspense, action, adventure, murder, mystery, secret, ebook, Ebook, E-Book, new edition 2022, new publication 2022 [more][Less]

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Elliot Kennedy THE BIG LOSER

The crime classic!

Mystery & Crime
English
43141 Words
Ages 16 and up
81
0

When Ben Kavanaugh is robbed and murdered, it seems that Private Eye Cliff Dexter, hired by Kavanaugh to trace Laura Gordon, must mark the file case closed. But Dexter's investigations have already carried him to a psychological point of no return. Piece by piece he builds up a fascinating picture of Laura, no looker, but seductive to a wide variety of men, all of whom she dupes and betrays in her hunger for the good life and a stage for her own rare talents... The Big Loser by Elliot Kennedy (a pseudonym of the bestselling British author Lionel Robert Holcombe Godfrey; * 01. January 1932; † 01. January 1980) was first published in 1972; Apex is publishing a new edition of this classic of crime literature in its ENGLISH CRIME NOVELS series. [more]

Keywords: Apex-Verlag, crime, novel, classic, mystery, action, private eye, detective, detective novel, murder, murderer, noir, crime noir, big city thriller, thrller, thrilling, erotic, noir thriller, ebook, Ebook, e-book, new edition 2022, new publication 2022 [more][Less]

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John Cassells DEATH OF A CANARY - A SOLO MALCOLM MYSTERY

The crime classic!

Mystery & Crime
English
53516 Words
Ages 16 and up
242
0

It was Detective Superintendent Nick Bogardus, on holiday in a prosperous Northern town, who brought in Solo Malcolm to help a private investigator who was finding the case too much for him. Who was it who had taken the attractive night-club singer from the luxury of the Torch Club to the bleak desolation of Brickett Wood to shoot her dead? This was the problem which confronted Solo Malcolm, the tough, rough and incorruptible private eye, when he made the long journey northward... Death Of A Canary by John Cassells (a pseudonym of the bestselling Scottish author William Murdoch Duncan; * 18. November 1909 in Glasgow; † 19. April 1975 in Glasgow) was first published in 1969; Apex is publishing a new edition of this classic of crime literature in its ENGLISH CRIME NOVELS series. [more]

Keywords: Apex-Verlag, crime, novel, suspense, classic, crime classic, mystery, detective, private investigator, private eye, murder, murderer, novels, noir, crime noir, hard-boiled, hardboiled, William Murdoch Duncan, detective novels, detective stories, England, Scotland, action, adventure, secret, ebook, Ebook, E-Book, new edition 2022, new publication 2022 [more][Less]

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John Boland WHITE AUGUST - A DYSTOPIAN NOVEL

Science Fiction
English
68185 Words
Ages 16 and up
224
0

It was mid-summer. Then suddenly it began to snow. Another joke on the British weather? But the snow kept on falling and greenish light pervaded all. What started off as a joke and a bother turned into national calamity as the snow kept on falling until normal life was completely stopped. Then it was discovered that the snow was radioactive... John Boland (12 February 1913 – 9 November 1976), a British novelist and science fiction author, first published this classic of dystopian science fiction literature in 1955. Apex is publishing a revised edition of the novel. [more]

Keywords: Apex-Verlag, science fiction, sf, scifi, sci-fi, novel, novels, dystopia, dystopic, post-apocalypse, nuclear winter, England, London, classic, science fiction classic, apocalyptic, anti-utopia, anti-utopian, action, excitement, dark, sinister, literature, literarily, nuclear fallout, fallout, ebook, Ebook, E-Book, new edition 2022, new issue 2022, new publication 2022 [more][Less]

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Charles M. Smith REVEREND RANDOLLPH AND THE AVENGING ANGEL

A crime novel

Mystery & Crime
English
64688 Words
Ages 16 and up
45
0

The biggest society wedding of the year is scheduled for Chicago’s prestigious Church of the Good Shepherd. The famous bride is movie star Lisa Julian; the groom, a prominent physician. The minister is none other than the Reverend ‘Con’ Randollph, former Rams’ quarterback, esteemed Episcopal priest—and amateur detective. The lavish marriage ceremony will be the Reverend’s first formal wedding. But the groom isn’t the first lover in the beautiful Lisa’s colorful life. A whole list of jilted suitors have said yes to the glided wedding invitation’s RSVP... and now someone intends to make sure that ‘Till Death do us part’ comes just after the last whispered ‘I do’... »Reverend Randollph capers are fast-paced and fun.« ~Chicago Sun-Times Reverend Randollph And The Avenging Angel by Charles M. Smith (* 1919; † 1986) was first published in 1980; Apex is publishing a new edition of this classic of crime literature in its ENGLISH CRIME NOVELS series. [more]

Keywords: Apex-Verlag, crime, thriller, novel, novels, crime novel, mystery, suspense, excitement, detective, detective story, reverend detective, Father Brown, murder, murderer, secret, riddle, whodunit, church, priest, USA, North America, classic, crime classic, ebook, Ebook, E-Book, new edition 2022, new publication 2022 [more][Less]

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Gustave Flaubert Madame Bovary (New Edition)

Fiction
English
115545 Words
Ages 12 and up
319
2

Madame Bovary is the French writer Gustave Flaubert's debut novel. The story focuses on a doctor's wife, Emma Bovary, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of provincial life. Though the basic plot is rather simple, even archetypal, the novel's true art lies in its details and hidden patterns. Flaubert was a notorious perfectionist and claimed always to be searching for le mot juste ("the precise word"). Long established as one of the greatest novels ever written, the book has often been described as a "perfect" work of fiction. Henry James writes: "Madame Bovary has a perfection that not only stamps it, but that makes it stand almost alone; it holds itself with such a supreme unapproachable assurance as both excites and defies judgment." Giorgio de Chirico said that in his opinion "from the narrative point of view, the most perfect book is Madame Bovary by Flaubert". [more]

Keywords: madame bovary, gustave flaubert, modern literature, realism, character study, satire, psychological study

$2.99

Louisa May Alcott Little Women (New Edition)

Fiction
English
185775 Words
Ages 6 and up
513
3

Little Women is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott. This popular novel concerns the lives and loves of four sisters growing up during the American Civil War, and was based on Alcott's own experiences as a child in Concord, Massachusetts. Little Women is the most memorable book I have read in several years. A single chapter would bring both laughter and tears. The characters were very real-- living, learning and loving through situations which made them all better human beings. Louisa May Alcott is one of my favorite authors. She weaves solid wisdom and goodness into every tale she tells. The characters are beautifully portrayed, probably and no other character shall I ever find who will delight me like Jo March. Louisa May Alcott's books deserve to be spread far and wide and this site is a wonderful way to get most of her works. [more]

Keywords: little women, louisa may alcott, american literature, historic romance, american history, family life, coming of age

$2.99

Joseph Conrad The Secret Agent (New Edition)

Thriller
English
90235 Words
Ages 12 and up
344
2

The Secret Agent is a novel by Joseph Conrad. The novel deals broadly with the notions of anarchism, espionage, and terrorism. It portrays anarchist or revolutionary groups before many of the social uprisings of the twentieth century. The novel is set in London in 1886 and follows the life of Mr. Verloc, a secret agent. Verloc is also a businessman who owns a shop which sells pornographic material, contraceptives, and bric-a-brac. He lives with his wife Winnie, his mother-in-law, and his brother-in-law, Stevie. Stevie has a mental disability, possibly autism, which causes him to be very excitable; his sister, Verloc's wife, attends to him, treating him more as a son than as a brother. Verloc's friends are a group of anarchists of which Comrade Ossipon, Michaelis, and "The Professor" are the most prominent. Although largely ineffectual as terrorists, their actions are known to the police. The group produce anarchist literature in the form of pamphlets entitled F.P., an acronym for The Future of the Proletariat. The Secret Agent was ranked the 46th best novel of the 20th century by Modern Library. [more]

Keywords: the secret agent, joseph conrad, spy novel, espionage, modern literature, historical fiction, political thriller

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