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This short vignette from Honore de Balzac, a key figure in French realism, is a story within a story. The narrator, Nathan, regales a pair of aristocratic ladies with stories about the Rusticoli family...
Steve Harrison, Detective of the Occult!! Three masterful stories from one of the greatest fantasy writers of the 20th century, the uncontained, unconstrainable, Mr. Robert E. Howard: "Fangs of Gold"...
It was not until my second season's hunting with Koenraad du Plessis that I heard of Verloren Vlei, a place I am never likely to forget. Du Plessis was a Transvaal Boer, descended, as his name implies,...
Set in Wyoming and Colorado, this is the story of cattleman and a rodeo star named Kirby Lane. Kirby is trying to help Rose McLean and her pregnant, single sister Esther. The father is Kirby's uncle and...
A nobleman is found in his library half-dead and laying by the side of the safe. The key is missing. But this extraordinary mystery has only just begun...Fred M. White weaves a classic mystery tale of...
Mr. William Hyde was discharged from Deer Lodge Penitentiary a changed man. That was quite in line with the accepted theory of criminal jurisprudence, the warden's discipline, and the chaplain's prayers....
Like a clap of thunder, the north wind, rushing seawards, seemed suddenly to threaten the ancient little building with destruction. The window sashes rattled, the beams which supported the roof creaked...
If you ever make a trip to the green planet of Venus, the first thing you'll see will be the fifty-foot high statue of Venus' greatest hero. It stands on the very top of towering New Plymouth Rock at...
A Mad Love is a wonderful tale of against-all-odds romance that will enthrall fans of classic Victorian-era love stories. Charlotte M. Brame (1 November 1836 – 25 November 1884) was an English novelist....
The Thane of Wessex takes place shortly before King Alfred's rule. The hero is robbed of land and title through bitter intrigues, and banned from the realm. But as he tries to leave the kingdom, he's...
The Argonauts are the gold seekers of 1849 and the years immediately following. These adventurers came from all quarters of the globe and all ranks of society, and they had in common only the possession...
The tales selected here are taken from various volumes, and two of them, "The Elephant" and "The White Poodle," from a volume specially designed by Kuprin for reading aloud to children. The others are:...
Treasure and the occult are vividly blended in this stirring tale of Africa. Allan Quatermain finds a village in the middle of the Dark Continent ruled by a huge, pale man with a strange knowledge of...
Populated by a parade of fascinating characters, this slice-of-life story provides a glimpse into life in the Appalachian region in the early twentieth century. A prodigal son, the offspring of a legendary...
Shana, the beautiful daughter of Lord Hallam has not yet been a debutante as she has been helping her father write his autobiography.Although retired from the Foreign Office, Lord Hallam agrees to go...
King James I, narrowly escaping assassination in the infamous Gunpowder Plot, has reason to suspect all around him. But surely he can trust members of his Privvy Council - and especially Robert Carr of...
I have never believed, as some people do, in I omens and forewarnings, for the dramatic things in my life have generally come upon me as suddenly as a tropical thunderstorm. But I have observed that in...
Prolific author and political activist Upton Sinclair throws the upheaval of the early twentieth century into sharp relief in 100%. In a matter of instants, a bomb blast transmutes Peter Gudge's entire...
American Fairy Tales is the title of a collection of twelve fantasy stories by L. Frank Baum. The twelve stories were published in this order in the first edition. "The Box of Robbers." "The Glass Dog."...
Grahame's reminiscences are notable for their conception “of a world where children are locked in perpetual warfare with the adult 'Olympians' who have wholly forgotten how it feels to be young”--a theme...
A GOOD many of us, who are now certain beyond a doubt that space travel will forever remain in the realm of the impossible, probably would, if a rocket that were shot to the moon, for instance, did arrive,...
A collection of very early stories published posthumously, with a preface by his wife Charmian
Stories set on the San Francisco Bay of London's youth, including "A Raid on the Oyster Pirates."
CONTENTS: The Golden Age Dream Days The Reluctant Dragon The Wind in the Willows
Estimates of ease and affluence vary with the point of view. While his older brother lived, Monty had continued in his element, a cavalry officer, his combined income and pay ample for all that the Bombay...
This story of brutality toward animals inspired a movement known as the Jack London Clubs, which were devoted to the cause of animal welfare and humane treatment.
Adventure set during the Crusades with Genghis Khan, flashing swords, mighty battles, lots of adventure and lurid description. Fun, pulse-pounding stuff! Robert E. Howard truly inspires in this historical...
The name of a Persian poet and thinker of the twelfth century, Omar Khayyam is well known to everyone. His quatrains rubaiyat have a special place in a world culture treasury. Everybody who loves to talk,...
With the memoir A Padre in France, Irish clergyman James Owen Hannay (who used the pseudonym "George A. Birmingham") takes a break from the humorous political satires that were his typical stock in trade....
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