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Author: Dashiell Hammett
Publisher: Delphi Classics
ISBN: 191348713X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 4906

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The American author Dashiell Hammett created the hard-boiled school of detective fiction, with the enduring characters of Sam Spade, Nick and Nora Charles (The Thin Man) and the Continental Op. Now widely regarded as among the greatest mystery stories of world literature, his works went on to have a significant impact on the development of crime fiction and film-noir cinema. His 1930 novel ‘The Maltese Falcon’ is generally considered his finest work, introducing Sam Spade, the quintessential hard-boiled private detective, who battles the gangs of organised crime, while left cynical by the cycle of violence and corruption in the world around him. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents Hammett’s complete published works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts and informative introductions. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Hammett’s life and works * Concise introductions to the novels and other texts * All 6 novels, with individual contents tables * The rare unfinished novel ‘Tulip’, first time in digital print * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original books and serial publications * Excellent formatting of the texts * Rare short story collections available in no other collection * The complete published Continental Op stories * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories * Easily locate the stories you want to read * Includes Hammett’s rare uncollected stories – available in no other collection * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and genres Please note: the unfinished Sam Spade story ‘A Knife will Cut for Anybody’ and several other minor tales were only recently published and so cannot appear in this collection, due to copyright restrictions. When new texts enter the public domain, they will be added to the eBook as a free update. CONTENTS: The Novels Red Harvest (1929) The Dain Curse (1930) The Maltese Falcon (1930) The Glass Key (1931) The Thin Man (1934) Tulip (1966) The Shorter Fiction The Continental Op Series The Adventures of Sam Spade The Thin Man Series Woman in the Dark (1933) Hammett Homicides (1946) Dead Yellow Women (1947) Nightmare Town (1948) The Creeping Siamese (1950) A Man Named Thin (1962) The Big Knockover (1966) Uncollected Stories The Short Stories List of Short Stories in Chronological Order List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks

Author: A. E. W. Mason
Publisher: Delphi Classics
ISBN: 1788779592
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 7243

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A. E. W. Mason was an English early-twentieth century author of detective fiction and adventure novels, best remembered for his 1902 novel of courage and cowardice in wartime, ‘The Four Feathers’. He was also the creator of Inspector Hanaud, a French detective that served as an early template for Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot. Mason was a prolific writer, whose novels and short stories feature well-drawn characters and complicated, even intriguing plots. Many of his novels were made and remade into films during his lifetime, inspiring enduring classics of British cinema. This comprehensive eBook presents Mason’s complete fictional works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Mason’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major texts * All 30 novels, with individual contents tables * Features rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing, including Mason’s last novel, ‘Musk and Amber’ * The Complete Inspector Hanaud stories — discover Mason’s original answer to Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Rare story collections * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories * Easily locate the stories you want to read * Includes Mason’s rare non-fiction works, including his seminal biography of Drake – available in no other collection * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: Inspector Hanaud Series At the Villa Rose (1910) The Affair at the Semiramis Hotel (1917) The House of the Arrow (1924) No Other Tiger (1927) The Prisoner in the Opal (1928) They Wouldn’t Be Chessmen (1934) The Ginger King (1940) The House in Lordship Lane (1946) Other Novels A Romance of Wastdale (1895) The Courtship of Morrice Buckler (1896) Lawrence Clavering (1897) The Philanderers (1897) Parson Kelly (1899) Miranda of the Balcony (1899) The Watchers (1899) Clementina (1901) The Four Feathers (1902) The Truants (1904) Running Water (1906) The Broken Road (1907) The Turnstile (1912) The Witness for the Defence (1913) The Summons (1920) The Winding Stair (1923) The Dean’s Elbow (1930) The Three Gentlemen (1932) The Sapphire (1933) Fire over England (1936) The Drum (1937) Königsmark (1938) Musk and Amber (1942) The Shorter Fiction Ensign Knightley: And Other Stories (1901) The Four Corners of the World (1917) Dilemmas (1934) The Short Stories List of Short Stories in Chronological Order List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order The Non-Fiction The Royal Exchange (1920) Sir George Alexander and the St. James’ Theatre (1935) The Life of Francis Drake (1941) Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks

Author: Maurice Leblanc
Publisher: Delphi Classics
ISBN: 1786561131
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 4939

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Author: J. S. Fletcher
Publisher: Delphi Classics
ISBN: 1913487105
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 7449

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Although little known today, the English novelist J. S. Fletcher was one of the highest selling writers of the early twentieth century. He wrote more than 230 books covering a range of genres and subjects, including social dramas, exciting thrillers and celebrated historical novels. It is as a pioneering writer of detective fiction that he is being reappraised in the twenty-first century, recognising his important contribution to the development of the genre. Gripping novels like ‘The Middle Temple Murder’ and ‘The Charing Cross Mystery’ are renowned for their complicated, intelligently structured plots, colourful characterisation and unputdownable events. Offering the largest collection of J. S. Fletcher’s novels ever compiled, this eBook presents his collected works, with numerous illustrations, many rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Fletcher’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major novels * 30 novels, with individual contents tables * Features rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing, including his almost lost first two novels, ‘Frank Carisbroke’s Stratagem’ and ‘Andrewlina’ * Fletcher's very rare and compelling historical novel 'When Charles the First Was King', appearing here for the first time in digital publishing * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Rare story collections * Includes Fletcher’s rare poetry collections – available in no other collection * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres Please note: due to US copyright laws, post 1924 novels cannot appear in this volume. Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of titles CONTENTS: The Novels Frank Carisbroke’s Stratagem (1888) Andrewlina (1889) Mr. Spivey’s Clerk (1890) When Charles the First Was King (1892) In the Days of Drake (1895) Where Highways Cross (1895) Mistress Spitfire (1896) Baden Powell of Mafeking (1900) Lucian the Dreamer (1903) Perris of the Cherry-Trees (1913) The King versus Wargrave (1915) The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation (1917) Paul Campenhaye (1918) The Chestermarke Instinct (1918) The Borough Treasurer (1919) The Middle Temple Murder (1919) The Talleyrand Maxim (1919) Scarhaven Keep (1920) The Herapath Property (1920) The Lost Mr. Linthwaite (1920) The Orange-Yellow Diamond (1920) The Markenmore Mystery (1921) The Root of All Evil (1921) Wrychester Paradise (1921) In the Mayor’s Parlour (1922) Ravensdene Court (1922) The Middle of Things (1922) The Charing Cross Mystery (1923) The Kang-He Vase (1924) The Safety Pin (1924) Sea Fog (1925) The Bedford Row Mystery (1925) The Cartwright Gardens Murder (1925) The Mill of Many Windows (1925) Dead Men’s Money (1928) Murder at Wrides Park (1931) Murder in Four Degrees (1931) Murder of the Ninth Baronet (1932) The Borgia Cabinet (1932) The Solution of a Mystery (1932) Todmanhawe Grange (1937) The Shorter Fiction Mr. Poskitt’s Nightcaps (1910) The Secret of the Barbican and Other Stories (1924) Miscellaneous Stories (1907) The Poetry Collections The Juvenile Poems of Joseph S. Fletcher (1879) Early Poems by Joseph Smith Fletcher (1882) Anima Christi (1884) Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks

Author: J. S. Fletcher
Publisher: Delphi Classics
ISBN: 1913487199
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 5623

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Although little known today, the English novelist J. S. Fletcher was one of the highest selling writers of the early twentieth century. He wrote more than 230 books covering a range of genres and subjects, including social dramas, exciting thrillers and celebrated historical novels. It is as a pioneering writer of detective fiction that he is being reappraised in the twenty-first century, recognising his important contribution to the development of the genre. Gripping novels like ‘The Middle Temple Murder’ and ‘The Charing Cross Mystery’ are renowned for their complicated, intelligently structured plots, colourful characterisation and unputdownable events. This comprehensive collection presents J. S. Fletcher's collected works, with numerous illustrations, many rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Fletcher’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major novels * 30 novels, with individual contents tables * Features rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing, including his almost lost first two novels, ‘Frank Carisbroke’s Stratagem’ and ‘Andrewlina’ * Fletcher's very rare and compelling historical novel 'When Charles the First Was King', appearing here for the first time in digital publishing * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Rare story collections * Includes Fletcher’s rare poetry collections – available in no other collection * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of titles CONTENTS: The Novels Frank Carisbroke’s Stratagem (1888) Andrewlina (1889) Mr. Spivey’s Clerk (1890) When Charles the First Was King (1892) In the Days of Drake (1895) Where Highways Cross (1895) Mistress Spitfire (1896) Baden Powell of Mafeking (1900) Lucian the Dreamer (1903) Perris of the Cherry-Trees (1913) The King versus Wargrave (1915) The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation (1917) Paul Campenhaye (1918) The Chestermarke Instinct (1918) The Borough Treasurer (1919) The Middle Temple Murder (1919) The Talleyrand Maxim (1919) Scarhaven Keep (1920) The Herapath Property (1920) The Lost Mr. Linthwaite (1920) The Orange-Yellow Diamond (1920) The Markenmore Mystery (1921) The Root of All Evil (1921) Wrychester Paradise (1921) In the Mayor’s Parlour (1922) Ravensdene Court (1922) The Middle of Things (1922) The Charing Cross Mystery (1923) The Kang-He Vase (1924) The Safety Pin (1924) The Shorter Fiction Mr. Poskitt’s Nightcaps (1910) The Secret of the Barbican and Other Stories (1924) Miscellaneous Stories The Poetry Collections The Juvenile Poems of Joseph S. Fletcher (1879) Early Poems by Joseph Smith Fletcher (1882) Anima Christi (1884) Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks

Author: M. P. Shiel
Publisher: Delphi Classics
ISBN: 1913487458
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 6000

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The early twentieth century writer M. P. Shiel was a master of supernatural horror and science-fiction romances. ‘The Purple Cloud’ (1901), a dystopian, post-apocalyptic novel, is an important milestone in the development of science fiction literature, regarded by some as the best of all ‘Last Man’ novels. His pioneering works went on to influence important writers like H. G. Wells and Stephen King. This comprehensive eBook presents Shiel’s collected works, with numerous illustrations, many rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Shiel’s life and works * Concise introductions to the novels and other texts * 16 novels, with individual contents tables * Features many rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Rare short stories * Includes Shiel’s rare non fiction works, published posthumously – available in no other collection * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Novels The Rajah’s Sapphire (1896) The Yellow Danger (1898) Contraband of War (1899) Cold Steel (1899) The Man-Stealers (1900) The Lord of the Sea (1901) The Purple Cloud (1901) The Evil That Men Do (1904) The Lost Viol (1905) The Yellow Wave (1905) The Last Miracle (1906) The White Wedding (1908) The Isle of Lies (1909) The Dragon (1913) Children of the Wind (1923) The Young Men Are Coming! (1937) The Short Story Collections Prince Zaleski (1895) Shapes in the Fire (1896) Miscellaneous Short Stories The Non-Fiction Science, Life and Literature (1950) Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks

Author: Blaise Pascal
Publisher: Delphi Classics
ISBN: 1913487253
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 1870

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The French seventeenth century philosopher, Blaise Pascal was also a mathematician, physicist and master of prose. A child prodigy, Pascal had numerous interests and an innovative, untiring mind, making a significant contribution to a range of fields and studies. He laid the foundation for the modern theory of probabilities, formulating what came to be known as Pascal’s principle of pressure. He also propagated a religious doctrine that taught the experience of God through the heart rather than reason. An important mathematician, he went on to strongly influence the development of modern economics and social science. Pascal's most celebrated work is ‘Pensées’ (Thoughts), a collection of fragments left unfinished at his early death. It is a treatise on spirituality, representing a defense of the Christian religion, introducing the famous concept of "Pascal's wager". This comprehensive eBook presents Pascal’s collected (almost complete) works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Pascal’s life and works * Concise introductions to the texts * All of the major works, with individual contents tables * Multiple translations of ‘Pensées’ * Features rare treatises appearing for the first time in digital publishing, including George Pearce’s seminal translations of uncollected ‘Thoughts’ * Excellent formatting of the texts * Rare letters and fragments, available in no other recollection * Special criticism section, with four essays evaluating Pascal’s contribution to philosophy * Features two biographies – discover Pascal’s incredible life * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Books Essay on Conics (1639) (Tr. Frances Marguerite Clarke) The Provincial Letters (1657) (Tr. Thomas M’Crie) On the Geometrical Spirit (1658) (Tr. Orlando Williams Wight) On the Art of Persuasion (1658) (Tr. Orlando Williams Wight) Thoughts (1670) (Tr. Charles K. Paul and William Finlayson Trotter) Thoughts on Eloquence and Style (Tr. George Pearce) Miscellaneous Thoughts (Tr. George Pearce) Thoughts on the Jesuits and the Jansenists (Tr. George Pearce) Thoughts and Notes for the Provincial Letters (Tr. George Pearce) On the Pope and the Church (Tr. George Pearce) Conversation on Religion (Tr. George Pearce) Letters and Minor Works (Tr. Mary L. Booth and Orlando Williams Wight) The Criticism Port Royal and the Jesuits: Blaise Pascal (1866) Pascal (1898) by Leslie Stephen Pascal (1900) by William Cleaver Wilkinson Pascal (1916) by John Cowper Powys The Biographies Pascal (1878) by John Tulloch Blaise Pascal (1911) by George Chrystal Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks

Author: Emanuel Swedenborg
Publisher: Delphi Classics
ISBN: 1801700273
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 16103

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Emanuel Swedenborg, an eighteenth century Christian mystic, philosopher and theologian, had a prolific career as an inventor and scientist. At the age of 53, he entered into a spiritual phase in which he began to experience dreams and visions, culminating in a "spiritual awakening" in which he received a revelation that Christ had appointed him to reform Christianity. Swedenborg devoted his enormous energy to interpreting the Bible and to relating what he had seen and heard in the world of spirits and angels. His ‘Arcana Cœlestia’ and ‘Apocalypse Revealed’ provide thought-provoking commentaries on the internal spiritual meaning of Genesis, Exodus and the Book of Revelation, while his famous ‘Heaven and Hell’ gives a mesmerising account of the afterlife and how people live after the death of the physical body. This comprehensive eBook presents Swedenborg’s collected works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Swedenborg’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major texts * All of the major theological treaties, with individual contents tables * Features rare texts appearing for the first time in digital publishing * Excellent formatting of the texts * Rare translation of the author’s enigmatic ‘Journal of Dreams’, discovered many years after his death * Features three biographies, including Benjamin Worcester’s seminal study – discover Swedenborg’s incredible life * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Books Arcana Cœlestia (1749-1756) Heaven and Its Wonders and Hell (1758) The Last Judgment (1758) The White Horse (1758) Earths in the Universe (1758) The New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine (1758) The Athanasian Creed (1759) De Domino (1760) Prophets and Psalms (1761) The Word of the Lord from Experience (1762) Last Judgment Posthumous (1762) The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem Concerning the Lord (1763) Doctrine of the Sacred Scripture (1763) Doctrine of Life (1763) Doctrine of Faith (1763) Continuation of The Last Judgement (1763) Angelic Wisdom Concerning the Divine Love and the Divine Wisdom (1763) Divine Providence (1764) Charity (1766) Apocalypse Revealed (1766) The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugal Love (1768) God the Saviour (1768) Canons (1769) Brief Exposition (1769) Interaction of the Soul and the Body (1769) Coronis (1771) Invitation to the New Church (1771) True Christian Religion (1771) Journal of Dreams (1859) The Gist of Swedenborg (1920) The Biographies Emanuel Swedenborg, Servus Domini (1904) by John Bigelow Swedenborg: Harbinger of the New Age of the Christian Church (1910) by Benjamin Worcester Emanuel Swedenborg (1911) by Alexander James Grieve Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks

Author: Gregory of Nazianzus
Publisher: Delphi Classics
ISBN: 1801702004
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 2782

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Saint Gregory of Nazianzus was a fourth century Church Father, whose defense of the doctrine of the Trinity (God as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) made him one of the greatest champions of orthodoxy against Arianism. Following his death, as Gregory’s works circulated throughout the empire, they exacted a large influence on theological thought. In 451 he was designated as ‘Theologian’ by the Council of Chalcedon —a title held by no others, save John the Apostle and Symeon the New Theologian. Delphi’s Ancient Classics series provides eReaders with the wisdom of the Classical world, with both English translations and the original Greek texts. This eBook presents Gregory’s collected works, with illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Gregory’s life and works * Features the collected works of Gregory, in both English translation and the original Greek * Concise introduction to the theologian * Includes translations previously appearing in the ‘Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers’, Second Series, 1894 * Excellent formatting of the texts * Easily locate the orations and letters you want to read with individual contents tables * Provides a selection of dual English and Greek texts, allowing readers to compare the sections paragraph by paragraph — ideal for students * Features two bonus biographies — discover Gregory’s ancient world CONTENTS: The Translations Brief Introduction: Gregory of Nazianzus Orations Letters The Greek Texts List of Greek Texts Selected Dual Texts Dual Greek and English Texts The Biographies Gregorius Nazianzenus (1911) by Henry Wace St. Gregory of Nazianzus (1913) by David Oswald Hunter Blair

Author: Anselm of Canterbury
Publisher: Delphi Classics
ISBN: 1801701237
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 1793

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Saint Anselm of Canterbury was an eleventh century theologian and philosopher. He is regarded as the father of Scholasticism, a philosophical school of thought that dominated the Middle Ages. He is now recognised as the originator of the ontological argument for the existence of God and the satisfaction theory of atonement or redemption. His pioneering theories were significant for presenting a comprehensive system that focused on the interrelationship between God, Jesus and mankind. Delphi’s Ancient Classics series provides eReaders with the wisdom of the Classical world, with both English translations and the original Latin texts. This eBook presents Anselm’s collected works, with illustrations, introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Anselm’s life and works * Features the collected works of Anselm, in both English translation and the original Latin * Concise introductions to the works * Includes rare translations * Excellent formatting of the texts * Easily locate the sections you want to read with individual contents tables * Provides a special dual English and Latin text for three major works, allowing readers to compare the sections paragraph by paragraph — ideal for students * Features two bonus biographies — discover Anselm's intriguing life CONTENTS: The Translations Monologion (c. 1076) Proslogion (c. 1078) Gaunillon’s ‘In Behalf of the Fool’ and Anselm’s ‘Apologetic’ (c. 1079) De veritate (c. 1084) Cur deus homo (c. 1096) Meditations and Prayers The Latin Texts List of Latin Texts The Dual Texts Dual Latin and English Texts The Biography Anselm (1911) Anselm’s Philosophy (1914) by Frank Thilly Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to explore our range of Ancient Classics titles or buy the entire series as a Super Set