Rare book titles reprinted by Swedish identical twins

Added: (Mon Oct 22 2007)

Pressbox (Press Release) - Rare book titles by famous authors are being brought back to bookstore shelves and offered by online literature dealers thanks to the efforts of a pair of Swedish identical twins.

“We grew up on books like these – they are inspiring and unique works of art, be it turn-of-the-century science fiction predicting the atom bomb or Jane Austen’s romantic tale of forbidden relationships. You can’t help but be impressed by the genius of the authors. They deserve to be remembered,” says Nils-Erik Lindstrom, one of the twins behind the new editions.

The books are published under the collection name “A Twin Engine Gem”. Kent-Ove Lindstrom, Nils-Erik’s twin brother explains, “Though the books span over several genres, we’re presenting them under a single collection name because we think that they are true literary gems- elusive and precious.”

The Twin Engine Gems will be available from online book stores like Amazon and Barnes & Noble as of mid-November. If you can’t stand the wait, they are already available directly from the publisher at http://www.lulu.com/twinengine .

Nils-Erik and Kent-Ove Lindstrom were born and raised in Sweden and have, during a decade’s time, been working as illustrators and creators for television, print and other media.

Kent-Ove explains, “You can do anything if you set your mind to it so we’ve decided to bring these books back from oblivion.”

About the Twin Engine Gem titles:
Jane Austen’s “Northanger Abbey” (ISBN: 978-1-84753-742-3)
The first of Jane Austen’s novels to be completed for publication, though only published after her death. It is the story of seventeen-year-old Catherine and how she matures from a dreamy irresponsible child to an independent strong woman.

Lewis Carroll’s “Phantasmagoria” (ISBN: 978-1-84753-747-8)
Originally published as “Rhyme? And Reason?”, this collection of poems became popularly referred to (and reprinted) as “Phantasmagoria” – simultaneously humoristic, dark and uplifting. Hollywood is currently shooting a movie starring Marilyn Manson and Evan Rachel Wood about the life of Lewis Carroll under the same title.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard” and “The Adventures of Gerard” (ISBN: 978-1-84753-753-9 and 978-1-84753-752-2)
The creator of Sherlock Holmes lets his talent for comedy shine through in these tall tales of swashbuckling adventure and romance as told by an old French brigadier. Originally published in “The Standard” and immensely popular at the time.

Philip Gosse’s “The Pirates’ Who’s Who” (ISBN: 978-1-84753-750-8)
A bibliographical dictionary of the lives (and deaths) of the world’s most infamous pirates and their crew members. Twin Engine has added an extensive index for easy reference to the original text.

Jules Verne’s “Five Weeks in a Balloon” (ISBN: 978-1-84753-751-5)
Verne’s literary breakthrough. A tale of a daring journey across the then unexplored African continent.

Jules Verne’s “Robur The Conqueror” (ISBN: 978-1-84753-740-9)
In this story of the genius and megalomaniac Robur and his giant helicopter gunship, Verne predicts the surrender of zeppelins and balloons to a future of heavier-than-air vehicles – a far-fetched thought at the time.

Jules Verne’s “The Master of The World” (ISBN: 978-1-84753-741-6)
Robur the madman returns, this time holding the world hostage with the aid of an amphibious airplane called “The Terror”. Made into a Hollywood movie back in the sixties with Charles Bronson as protagonist and Vincent Price as Robur.

H. G. Wells’s “The World Set Free” (ISBN: 978-1-84753-748-5)
Published in 1914, just before the start of World War I. This is Wells’s story of how society comes to destroy itself with what a modern reader clearly recognizes as nuclear bombs. Leó Szilárd, the man behind the Manhattan Project, read this book in 1932, conceived the idea of nuclear reaction and filed patents on it in 1934.