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A collection of related short stories by British author G. K. Chesterton. Each story is centered on a person who is making his living by some novel and extraordinary means (a "queer trade"). To gain admittance to the Club, one must have a unique...

The novel tells the story of a journey to the moon by the impecunious businessman Mr Bedford and the brilliant but eccentric scientist Dr Cavor. On arrival, Bedford and Cavor find the moon inhabited by a race of moon-folk the two call "Selenites." The...

The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth is a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells, first published in 1904. Wells called it "a fantasia on the change of scale in human affairs. . . . I had hit upon...

The Lost Princess of Oz is the eleventh canonical Oz book written by L. Frank Baum. Published on June 5, 1917, it begins with the disappearance of Princess Ozma, the ruler of Oz and covers Dorothy and the Wizard's efforts to find her. The...

The novel details the undoing of Peter Willems, a disreputable, immoral man who, on the run from a scandal in Makassar, finds refuge in a hidden native village, only to betray his benefactors over lust for the tribal chief's daughter. The story features Conrad's...

The Young Buglers traces the fortunes of two brothers, Tom and Peter Scudamore, who join the British army in Portugal and serve with distinction during the hard-fought battles of the Peninsula War.Author: Ravell,G. a. HentyISBN-10: 1541326660ISBN-13: 9781541326668Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/27/2016Pages: 272Format:...

It was the exact kind of abode that I had been looking after for weeks, for I was in that condition of mind when absolute renunciation of society was a necessity. I had become diffident of myself, and wearied of my kind. A strange...

The Great Boer War is a non-fiction work on the Boer War by Arthur Conan Doyle and first published in 1900 by Smith, Elder & Co. By the end of the war in 1902 the book had been published in 16 editions, constantly revised...

This collection, a facsimile of the 1910 Authorized Edition, contains the title story and 22 others, including "The Thing's the Play," "The Call of the Tame," and "Psyche and the Pskyscraper."Author: Ravell,O. HenryISBN-10: 1541013107ISBN-13: 9781541013100Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/08/2016Pages: 200Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize:...

The Trimmed Lamp follows The Four Million and provides another series of short stories that take place in New York City in the early years of the 20th century and are representative of the surprise endings that popularized O. Henry's work. They also capture...

The Time Machine is a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells, published in 1895. Wells is generally credited with the popularization of the concept of time travel by using a vehicle that allows an operator to travel purposely and selectively forwards or backwards...

The following Report will show to Marylanders, how a runaway slave talks, when he reaches the Abolition regions of the country. This presumptive negro was even present at the London World's Temperance Convention, last year; and in spite of all the efforts of the...

Dombey and Son is a novel by Charles Dickens, published in monthly parts from 1 October 1846 to 1 April 1848 and in one volume in 1848. Its full title is Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son: Wholesale, Retail and for Exportation....

Hard Times is unusual in several respects. It is by far the shortest of Dickens' novels, barely a quarter of the length of those written immediately before and after it. Also, unlike all but one of his other novels, Hard Times has neither a...

This is a short story about a shy, quiet little girl living in a big city. When her parents are offered the opportunity to take care of a house in the suburbs for the summer she meets another little girl in the house and...

Pride and Prejudice is a novel by Jane Austen, first published in 1813. The story follows the main character, Elizabeth Bennet, as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of the British Regency....

The mother is a novel by Maxim Gorki, one of the great exponents of socialist realism, published in 1907.que is a woman struggling against the Tsarist regime. The novel begins with the death of the worker Mikhail Vlasov, a man who physically and psychically...

When a young lady from a land boom syndicate tries to enlist Andy Green's help in a scheme to lure settlers to Montana, he isn't interested -- until he learns that the land selected was part of the Flying U Ranch.Author: Ravell,B. M. BowerISBN-10:...

In the topsy turvy world of The Singing Bone, Richard Austin Freeman presents us with a solution. The reader is asked to deduce how different mysteries were solved rather than whodunit. Freeman introduces five distinct tales of intrigue, romance, mutiny and murder.Author: Ravell,R. Austin...

Work by the prolific American-born author and literary critic of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He spent much of his life in Europe and became a British subject shortly before his death. He is primarily known for novels, novellas and short stories...

Moby-Dick; or, The Whale (1851) is a novel by Herman Melville considered an outstanding work of Romanticism and the American Renaissance. A sailor called Ishmael narrates the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaler Pequod, for revenge on Moby Dick, a white whale...

This story takes place in a bucolic small town of Mirgorod (Myrhorod in Ukrainian), written in the style featuring grotesque, realistic portrayals of the characters. The two Ivans are gentlemen landowners, neighbors and great friends, each one almost being the opposite image of the...

The story chronicles the journey of fallen German aristocrat Countess Johanna 'Hannele' zu Rassentlow as she dates a Scottish officer of unusual philosophy. The relationship develops into one of D. H. Lawrence's idiosyncratic 'wicked triangles'. The intimate relationship between Captain Alexander Hepburn and Hannele...

These two volumes comprise a biography of John Donne, Dean of St. Paul's and metaphysical poet. These volumes cover his tumultuous career in parliament, his writings and patronages, his marriage and his career with the Church of England.Author: Edmund GosseISBN-10: 153267810XISBN-13: 9781532678103Publisher: Wipf &...

The novel takes place in the Yukon Territory in 1893. The main character, nicknamed "Burning Daylight" was the most successful entrepreneur of the Alaskan Gold Rush.Author: Hollybook,Jack LondonISBN-10: 1522801154ISBN-13: 9781522801153Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/17/2015Pages: 470Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.37lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.95d

Swallow: A Tale of the Great Trek is a 1899 novel by H. Rider Haggard set in South Africa during the Boer Trek of 1836.Author: Hollybook,H. Rider HaggardISBN-10: 1522717994ISBN-13: 9781522717997Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/11/2015Pages: 414Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.21lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.85d

The story is a third-person narrative that follows the journey of Reverend Thomas Owen as he seeks to carry out missionary work in south central Africa, specifically in the tribe of Amasuka.Author: Hollybook,H. Rider HaggardISBN-10: 1522713506ISBN-13: 9781522713500Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/11/2015Pages: 254Format:...

The significance of the collection was recognized by its republication (as Allan's Wife, With Hunter Quartermain's Story, a Tale of Three Lions, and Long Odds) by the Newcastle Publishing Company as the twenty-fourth volume of the celebrated Newcastle Forgotten Fantasy Library series in October,...

His novels portray many of the stereotypes associated with colonialism, yet they are unusual for the degree of sympathy with which the native populations are portrayed. Africans often play heroic roles in the novels, although the protagonists are typically European (though not invariably).Author: Holybook,H....

The story takes place against the real life struggle between Cetshwayo and Umbelazi, the two sons of the Zulu king Mpande (called "Panda" in the novel).Author: Holybook,H. Rider HaggardISBN-10: 1519737661ISBN-13: 9781519737663Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/07/2015Pages: 384Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.13lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x...

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An embryo gathered in a metal womb, controlled potential building to titanic birth. A thread of wire melted under a breath of energy and a tiny, glowing light winked out. A rodentlike maintenance robot, scurrying to an unimportant repair task, saw no warning signal...

Author: Rabindranath TagoreISBN-10: 1517190142ISBN-13: 9781517190149Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/03/2015Pages: 36Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.14lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.07d

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In Acres of Diamonds Russell H. Conwell shows us how to identify the riches and opportunity that lie all around us. Many people search their entire life for opportunity never realizing that everything they need to succeed is already within their reach if only...

This book contains a varied representation of successful speeches by eminently successful speakers. They furnish, in convenient form, useful material for study and practise. The student is earnestly recommended to select one speech at a time, analyze it carefully, note its special features, practise...

This is a 19th century history written from the perspective of white settlers. From the intro: "The Indian Affairs have ever appeared to your judgment of such Importance to the Welfare of our own People, that you have ever carefully applied your Thoughts to...

Art-Lovers Guide to the Exposition is an art appreciation handbook that is designed to furnish the information necessary for intelligent appreciation of the purely artistic features of the Exposition. It is planned first to explain the symbolism of the architecture, sculpture and painting; and...

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1915 Edition.Author: Charles Christopher MierowISBN-10: 1498188508ISBN-13: 9781498188500Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/07/2014Pages: 196Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.59lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.42d

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1916 Edition.Author: Ellen Newbold La MotteISBN-10: 1498188443ISBN-13: 9781498188449Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/07/2014Pages: 196Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.59lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.42d

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1869 Edition.Author: Brownlow NorthISBN-10: 1498185800ISBN-13: 9781498185806Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/07/2014Pages: 166Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.51lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.35d

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1883 Edition.Author: Denis DiderotISBN-10: 1498182216ISBN-13: 9781498182218Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/07/2014Pages: 128Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.27d

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1885 Edition.Author: William Picard StephensISBN-10: 1498185878ISBN-13: 9781498185875Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/07/2014Pages: 168Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.51lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.36d

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1920 Edition.Author: John a. RyanISBN-10: 1498188036ISBN-13: 9781498188036Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/07/2014Pages: 194Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.59lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.41d

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1914 Edition.Author: William Heard KilpatrickISBN-10: 1498178766ISBN-13: 9781498178761Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/07/2014Pages: 82Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.27lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.17d

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1853 Edition.Author: Charles DickensISBN-10: 1498176097ISBN-13: 9781498176095Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/07/2014Pages: 48Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.17lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.10d

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1912 Edition.Author: Kenneth Sawyer GoodmanISBN-10: 1498174949ISBN-13: 9781498174947Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/07/2014Pages: 20Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.09lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.04d

Benedictine Monachism: Studies In Benedictine Life And Rule is a book written by Cuthbert Butler that delves into the history and practices of Benedictine monasticism. The book provides an in-depth analysis of the life and teachings of St. Benedict, the founder of the Benedictine...

""The Antiquities of Wisconsin: As Surveyed and Described"" is a book written by Increase Allen Lapham in 1865. The book is a comprehensive study of the prehistoric and historic artifacts found in Wisconsin. Lapham, who was a prominent naturalist and geologist, spent several years...

The Roots, Verb-Forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language: A Supplement to His Sanskrit Grammar (1885) is a scholarly work by William Dwight Whitney. This book serves as a supplement to Whitney's earlier work, A Sanskrit Grammar, and provides a comprehensive analysis of...