Historical Humor

A great Australian yarn about a bold Australian outback adventure belonging to another time in another world, inspired by a true story. The happy routine life of two Perth boys is shattered one November day in 1950 when they are falsely accused of theft. With fabricated evidence mounting against them they decide to run away from their homes and families to avoid prosecution and pooling their meager pocket money they back the winner of the Melbourne Cup and fund an escape.

Sleepy Brat With Her Dearest Friend & A Stranger~ Abigail: A Sleep Sex With Permission Short An evening tryst leads to so much more... Abigail wants one thing, and confides in her best friend Jason. Now Jason sets out to give her what she so desires... She longs for this to happen yet again, but Jason has other ideas and invites another gentleman along, a stranger, a hired hand from the nearby farm... and things take a turn towards a full on menage! A Victorian friends with benefits story. Apprx. 5000 words.

It's 1883 - only a few months after Molly Pepper; her mother, Cassandra; and her friend, Emmett, saved New York from an attack by the megalomaniacal Ambrose Rector while managing to preserve the reputations of Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison, whose technology was manipulated in Rector’s scheme. Their selfless heroism will finally earn them a place in the Inventors’ Guild, alongside the greatest minds of their generation. Unless, of course, no one knows that they did any of that.

Three young Laotian women have died from fencingsword wounds. Each of them had studied abroad in an Eastern bloc country. Before he can complete his investigation, Dr. Siri is lured to Cambodia by an allexpensespaid trip. Accused of spying for the Vietnamese, he is imprisoned, beaten, and threatened with death. The Khmer Rouge is relentless, and it is touch and go for the dauntless, 74-year-old national—and only—coroner of Laos.

Bolt is the general foreman for Tug Mackintosh's railroad line, which is competing with Sirus Proctor's railroad to reach Breakneck Pass. The narrow gap is only wide enough for one line, meaning the other crew will have to skirt the mountain range at the cost of several weeks and many extra miles of track. Also, the first crew to arrive at the main line will be awarded the mail delivery contract and a prime spot for their dock. To complicate the situation, Tug has arranged to marry his junior partner's daughter, in lieu of his contributing more money to the railroad line. Ariette Ekhard is ...

A trio of royal siblings brave the wild frontiers to secure their place in history, setting the stage for a zany adventure filled with chaos, danger, and unexpected love in a fantasy kingdom. When the Emperor of Jordinia tasks his two underachieving nephews to spearhead an expedition to the untamed North Isles, the impish and audacious Duke Andrew leaps at the chance to make history and stand out among his four brothers. While he manages to convince his shy and reclusive brother Ludwig to join him, he is less enthusiastic about their spirited sister tagging along. Duchess Johannah, ...

A delightful day in 1910 at the Haxford Spring Fair turns horrifying and deadly when a balloonist plummets to the earth from the blue skies above. However unlikely, it’s soon discovered that this unfortunate corpse was not done in by his precipitous plunge but instead from an arrow fatally lodged in his chest. Unraveling the twisted web of intrigue that took the man’s life requires the expert skills of Haxford’s brilliant and sartorially splendid Chief Inspector Pignon Scorbion. But the quirky detective is not alone. Aiding Scorbion in his dogged pursuit are his chosen deputies.

On a ravaged street overlooking a cemetery in Beirut's Christian enclave, we meet an eccentric young man named Pavlov, the son of a local undertaker. When his father meets a sudden and untimely death, Pavlov is approached by a colorful member of the mysterious Hellfire Society - an anti-religious sect that, among many rebellious and often salacious activities, arranges secret burial for outcasts who have been denied last rites because of their religion or sexuality.

Blandford Candy is sent to London, after an illicit affair, and joins the Roundhead army to fight against the King, taking part in the Battle of Edgehill. A reluctant hero if ever there was one, he becomes a spy for the cause - and, through luck or judgement, uncovers more than one Royalist plot. His love of wine and the fairer sex prove both a curse and a blessing for the agent. Blandford soon earns the enmity of the King’s spy mistress Jane Whorwood, and patronage of the great parliamentarian leader John Hampden.

Mark Robarts, a young vicar, is newly arrived in the village of Framley. With ambitions to further his career, he seeks connections in the county's high society. He is soon preyed upon by a local member of parliament to guarantee a substantial loan, which Mark, in a moment of weakness, agrees to, even though he knows the man is a notorious debtor; it brings Mark to the brink of ruin.

Dorothy Fiske, eighty-three, adores movie stars, jewelry, murder mysteries, and men. At twenty-five, inspired by Judy Garland and Angela Lansbury, she moved to Los Angeles from a religiously strict Midwestern home. Despite the glamour, Dorothy, heartbroken, was childless. She blamed her sweet, unambitious husband, Eugene, claiming his sperm was weak, but Dorothy knows the truth. Ruth, a sixty-six-year-old home health aide, fears eviction from her LA apartment due to her unusual, antisocial behavior. Previously fired from a nursing facility for residents dying under her care, Ruth targets ...

Harry Flashman: the unrepentant bully of Tom Brown's schooldays, now with a Victoria Cross, has three main talents - horsemanship, facility with foreign languages and fornication. A reluctant military hero, Flashman plays a key part in most of the defining military campaigns of the 19th century, despite trying his utmost to escape them all. When all other trusts fail, turn to Flashman' Abraham LincolnIn China in 1860, a lot of people mistakenly put their trust in Flashman.

Edi and Ash have been best friends for over forty years, a bond formed by a lifetime of memories. Since childhood they have seen each other through life's milestones: stealing vodka from their parents, REM concerts, unexpected Scottish wakes, marriages, infertility, children. As Ash notes, 'Edi's memory is like the back-up hard drive for mine.' When Edi is diagnosed with the final stages of terminal ovarian cancer, she makes the painstaking decision to leave behind her husband and son to move to a hospice down the road from Ash.

He was named Don John Blackthorn, but his family call him Black Jack (although not within earshot), because of his mysterious ways, yes, but mostly because he allows no one close to him, reveals nothing of himself. But Jack has a problem, and her name is Tess Fonteneau. She's the daughter of his mentor in the fine art of clandestine adventure, and she sees him all too well. Now his mentor, his friend, this man who knows too many dangerous secrets, has disappeared, and it will take Jack and Tess both to find him, save him, before it is too late. Even if they both believe it's already too ...

There is a hauntingly beautiful forest located at the base of Mount Fuji in Japan. Every year, up to one hundred people visit the forest and never leave. It is called ‘Suicide Forest’ and one man strives to save as many lives as possible. The Gulch is a fictional story based in Cumbria, England. A village tortured by an unspeakable history, relentless visitors, and a chilling murder mystery within a burnt-out room inside an abandoned hotel. Just one man applied. An extraordinary job interview for a unique and macabre position. Perhaps Rod was the only man who could meet the requirements...

Ne "I Miserabili" Victor Hugo narra con assoluta sensibilità ed estrema modernità la solitudine dell'uomo, il contrasto tra ceti sociali, ma anche la redenzione attraverso la rivolta e l'amore. Il romanzo, dal ritmo incalzante, magistrale e irripetibile per l'autenticità delle emozioni e per la complessità della trama narrativa, viene qui tradotto ad alta voce da un unico narratore, Moro Silo, che con la sua più che trentennale esperienza di lettore, riesce a cogliere l'enorme quantità di significati presenti nel libro nel massimo rispetto dello stile unico e originale dell'autore, del suo contesto storico-culturale e filologico.

Western Frontier 1889 More than anything, Evelyn Donnelly wants to become a doctor. However, the world she lives in doesn’t approve of female physicians, so she assumes her dreams of medicine will always remain elusive. Then Max Washington, apprentice to Dr. Simon O’Toole, has to briefly leave Cripple Creek, and Evelyn suddenly sees the opportunity of a lifetime. For a few short weeks, Evelyn helps Dr. O’Toole out in almost every capacity, proving her worth again and again. She’s living the dream…and then it comes crashing down. She and Max butt heads constantly. But can their ...

¸.•´*¨`*•✿ ❥ ♥♥Second Chance Romance♥♥ ¸.•´*¨`*•✿ ❥ Robert Rotherford, gentleman of wealth and privilege, saw something redeeming in Elizabeth that nobody else could see. Instead of leading her to the magistrate when he catches her robbing the widow, he marries the chit, clears her name, and then promptly dumps her in the country and forgets about her. For the first time in her life, Lizzie isn’t under the constant abuse of her mother and she begins to thrive. Surrounded by an amazing group of ladies with an unconventional habit of saving others, Lizzie ...

Edith Lavery is a woman on the make. The attractive only child of a middle-class accountant, she leaves behind her dull job in a Chelsea estate agents and manages to bag one of the most eligible bachelors of the day: Charles Broughton, heir to the Marquess of Uckfield. But is life amongst the upper echelons of 'good' society all that it seems? Edith soon discovers there's much more to the aristocracy than dancing in Anabel's, shooting small birds and understanding which fork to use at dinner.

The hilarious, bawdy and touching story of a good man who loved too well and dared challenge the absolute power of the Sun King himself.