In his first novel, A Happy Death, written when he was in his early twenties and retrieved from his private papers following his death in I960, Albert Camus laid the foundation for The Stranger, focusing in both works on an Algerian clerk who kills a man in cold blood. But he also revealed himself to an extent that he never would in his later fiction. For if A Happy Death is the study of a rule-bound being shattering the fetters of his existence, it is also a remarkably candid portrait of its author as a young man.

As the novel follows the protagonist, Patrice Mersault, to his victim's house -- and then, fleeing, in a journey that takes him through stages of exile, hedonism, privation, and death -it gives us a glimpse into the imagination of one of the great writers of the twentieth century. For here is the young Camus himself, in love with the sea and sun, enraptured by women yet disdainful of romantic love, and already formulating the philosophy of action and moral responsibility that would make him central to the thought of our time.

Translated from the French by Richard Howard

...Until the Dickensian law firm of Willis & Willis summons her to a reading of the woman's will. Down-on-her-luck Lori learns she's about to inherit a siazable estate--if she can discover the secret hidden in a treasure trove of letters in Dimity's English country cottage. What begins as a fairy tale becomes a mystery--and a ghost story--in an improbably cozy setting, as Aunt Dimity's indominable spirit leads Lori on an otherworldly quest to discover how, in this life, true love can conquer all.

"The reader is held captive, and, ultimately, seduced."
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Ramses the Great has awakened in Edwardian London. Having drunk the elixir of life, he is now Ramses the Damned, doomed forever to wander the earth, desperate to quell hungers that can never be satisfied. Although he pursues voluptuous aristocrat Julie Stratford, the woman for whom he desperately longs is Cleopatra. And his intense longing for her, undiminished over the centuries, will force him to commit an act that will place everyone around him in the gravest danger....

Playwright and Jungian analyst Florida Scott-Maxwell explores the unique predicament of one's later years: when one feels both cut off from the past and out of step with the present; when the body rebels at activity but the mind becomes more passionate than ever. Written when Maxwell was in her eighties, The Measure of My Days offers a panoramic vision of the issues that haunt us throughout our lives: the struggle to achieve goodness; how to maintain individuality in a mass society; and how to emerge--out of suffering, loss, and limitation--with something approaching wisdom. Maxwell's incredible wisdom, humanity, and dignity make The Measure of My Days both timeless and timely--an important contribution to the literature of aging, and of living.

La casa: La unica manera de salir esta dentro es un thriller emocionante y adictivo, que te tendra en suspenso desde sus primeras paginas. La historia se centra en 4 personajes principales, un matrimonio y una pareja de novios que se ven obligados a hospedarse en una casa en medio de la nada. Las cosas se vuelven espeluznantes cuando se enteran que estan encerrados con otros 3 desconocidos en medio de un juego mortal con 3 reglas principales, entre ellas: entregar un cadaver antes del amanecer o todos moriran. Los autores Frank Peretti (uno de los escritores de literatura cristiana mas leidos del mundo) y Ted Dekker (escritor de bestsellers cristianos del New York Times), crearon esta historia llena de adrenalina y confrontaciones entre el bien y el mal. Incluye: Novela ficticia cristiana. Frank Peretti y Ted Dekker, dos de los escritores mas reconocidos en novelas de ficcion. Un alucinante thriller sobrenatural donde los personajes se encuentran cara a cara con el pecado. House House is an exciting and addictive thriller that will have you in suspense from its first pages. The story focuses on 4 main characters, a married couple, and a boyfriend and girlfriend, who are forced to stay in a house in the middle of nowhere. Things get spooky when they find out they are locked in with 3 other strangers in the middle of a deadly game with 3 main rules including: deliver a corpse before dawn or they will all die. Authors Frank Peretti (one of the world's most widely read Christian literature writers) and Ted Dekker (New York Times Christian bestselling writer) created this adrenaline-fueled story of confrontations between good and evil. It includes: Christian fictional novel. Frank Peretti and Ted Dekker, two of the most recognized writers in fiction novels. A mind-blowing supernatural thriller where the characters come face to face with sin.

Skye is looking for normal. She grew up different and it rankles. Home isn't normal; her mom isn't normal. Her brother, beloved as he is, isn't quite normal, either. Her marriage was kind of normal (Cam is a wealthy, handsome man who's nice enough) and now it's a dumpster fire. And look at South Africa—entirely NOT normal.

She's got PTSD and she's in mourning. She doesn't know who she is or what she wants.

She tries to anchor herself to tangible things: to her cooking, to her neighbour's children, to sex. But as she relives her past and tries to plan her future, she feels increasingly dislocated. Skye escapes when things get overwhelming, and realises almost too late that she's about to make everything worse.