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By: Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) | |
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Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll
Colonel Robert Green Ingersoll (1833–1899) was a Civil War veteran, American political leader and orator during the Golden Age of Freethought, noted for his defense of atheism. This book is the first of two volumes collecting Ingersoll’s speeches. | |
The Ghosts And Other Lectures | |
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume VIII. Interviews | |
By: E. E. Smith (1895-1965) | |
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Spacehounds of IPC
When the Inter-Planetary Corporation's (IPC) crack liner “IPV Arcturus” took off on a routine flight to Mars, it turned out to be the beginning of a unexpected and long voyage. There had been too many reports of errors in ship's flight positions from the Check Stations and brilliant physicist Dr. Percival (“Steve”) Stevens is aboard the Arcturus on a fact-finding mission to find out what's really happening, and hopefully save the honor of the brave pilots of the space-liner Arcturus from the desk-jockeys' in the Check Stations implications of imprecision - the nastiest insult you could cast at a ships pilot... | |
Skylark Three
This is a sequel to The Skylark of Space. The novel concerns Richard Seaton and his allies who have encounters with aliens while fighting DuQuesne and the Fenachrone.. | |
The Skylark of Space
The Skylark of Space is one of the earliest novels of interstellar travel and is considered a classic of pulp science fiction. Originally serialized in 1928 in the magazine Amazing Stories it is often categorized as the first literary space opera, complete with protagonists perfect in mind, body, and spirit, who fight against villains of absolute evil. |
By: R. Austin Freeman (1862-1943) | |
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The Eye of Osiris
The Eye of Osiris is an early example from the Dr. Thorndyke series of detective stories written by R. Austin Freeman. In these stories, the author drew on his extensive medical and scientific knowledge for his main character, a medico-legal expert who relies on forensic evidence and logical deduction in solving cases. In this case, Thorndyke steps in to investigate the disappearance of one John Bellingham, an English gentleman and amateur Egyptologist, who has vanished under very mysterious circumstances... | |
The Mystery of 31 New Inn
Jeffrey Blackmore suspiciously made two wills, both deceptively alike, but still, in a cunning way, completely different. John Thorndyke, equally cunning and smart, smells something fishy. With stylish cool and logic, he leads the story up to its marvelous and fully credible climax. | |
The Red Thumb Mark
Missing diamonds, untouched safe, two blood smeared thumb prints and a mysterious Mr X. If these are present, Dr Thorndyke must be there too. Will he be able to solve this case?The Red Thumb Mark is the first novel of Freeman’s best-selling Thorndyke series. | |
The Uttermost Farthing
Humphrey Challoner is a solitary old man who spent a lifetime collecting for his private museum, primarily mammals exhibiting osteological abnormalities but also 24 articulated human skeletons without any apparent defect. His friend, Dr. Wharton, is puzzled by the collection, but he humors Challoner's eccentricities and tends to him in his final illness. When Wharton inherits the collection on Challoner's death, the dark mystery that ties the collection together is finally revealed. |
By: Bret Harte (1837-1902) | |
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Selected Stories
Bret Harte (1837–1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his accounts of pioneering life in California. | |
The Queen of the Pirate Isle | |
Condensed Novels | |
The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers | |
From Sand Hill to Pine | |
Mrs. Skagg's Husbands and Other Stories
A collection of short stories set in the American West at the end of the 19th century. | |
In a Hollow of the Hills | |
Under the Redwoods | |
Legends and Tales | |
Tales of the Argonauts | |
The Twins of Table Mountain | |
Tales of Trail and Town | |
Colonel Starbottle's Client | |
On the Frontier | |
Condensed Novels: New Burlesques | |
The Bell-Ringer of Angel's | |
The Crusade of the Excelsior | |
Stories in Light and Shadow | |
A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories | |
What the Wolf Really Said to Little Red Riding Hood
Francis Bret Harte was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he wrote poetry, fiction, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches in addition to fiction. As he moved from California to the eastern U.S. to Europe, he incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been most often reprinted, adapted, and admired. | |
Urban Sketches | |
Tennessee's Partner |