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Springing from the author's first-hand experience as an ambulance driver and Red Cross worker during World War I, this autobiographical first novel is noteworthy for its vivid and colorful evocation of France at that time and for its passionate indictment of war. The author's disillusionment with war for a time turned him toward socialism and against capitalism.

As the American Civil War rages, an officer who longs for the glory of battle has been assigned to staff duties away from the battlefield. Now a captain, he is assigned to a combat unit and faces battle for the first time. He finds there is no glory, only controlled terror for those engaged in war.

Arthur Somers Roche (1883-1935) was an American writer, best known for his fast-paced mystery thrillers. The Club of One-Eyed Men is an extraordinary crime story. The narrator is determined to turn himself into the master of all super-crooks if he can only find the right opportunity. Then suddenly one day in Paris, a strange set of circumstances which cannot be explained but can be no coincidence occur. He sees an American millionaire talking business with a notorious criminal in a Parisian nightclub.

The Three Men Collection brings together Jerome K. Jerome's two most celebrated pieces of fiction - Three Men in a Boat and the follow-up, Three Men on the Bummel - still widely thought of as an essential comedic classic and the inspiration for countless spin-offs and adaptations.

Something nobody ever wants loose is on the loose. A wizard crisis looms. Body parts in the river. A kidnapping and mysterious murders. Only a reckless newcomer and an unflappable constable can put things right. Discover a new fantasy world brimming with magic, murder, and intrigue. Discover the Akken Chronicles.