A House-Boat on the Styx John Kendrick Bangs http://feedbooks.com/book/2839 urn:isbn:8184569297 en 1895 Short Fiction Crime/Mystery Fantasy Collections The book begins with Charon, ferryman of the Styx startled--and annoyed--by the arrival of a house boat on his mystical river. At first afraid that the boat will put him out of business, he later finds out that he is to be appointed the boat's janitor. What follows are eleven stories set on the house boat. There is no central theme; each chapter features various souls from history and mythology, and in the twelfth chapter the house boat disappears, seguing into the sequel, Pursuit of the House-Boat. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/2839.png http://feedbooks.com/book/2839.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/2839.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/2839.mobi Pursuit of the House-Boat John Kendrick Bangs http://feedbooks.com/book/2840 en 1897 Novels Fantasy This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/2840.png http://feedbooks.com/book/2840.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/2840.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/2840.mobi R. Holmes & Co. John Kendrick Bangs http://feedbooks.com/book/3735 urn:isbn:1428089918 en 1906 Short Fiction Crime/Mystery Collections Humor/Satire A collection of 10 short stories about the son of Sherlock Holmes and grandson of Raffles. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/3735.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3735.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3735.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3735.mobi A Stable for Nightmares Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu http://feedbooks.com/book/2834 urn:isbn:B001F0RRKK en 1896 Short Fiction Horror Collections Ghost Stories http://feedbooks.com/book/2834.png http://feedbooks.com/book/2834.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/2834.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/2834.mobi An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Ambrose Bierce http://feedbooks.com/book/2836 urn:isbn:0486466574 en 1988 Short Fiction War This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70. http://feedbooks.com/book/2836.png http://feedbooks.com/book/2836.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/2836.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/2836.mobi Anthem Ayn Rand http://feedbooks.com/book/2837 urn:isbn:0452281253 en 1938 Novels Science Fiction Psychology Anthem is a dystopian fiction novella by Ayn Rand, first published in 1938. It takes place at some unspecified future date when mankind has entered another dark age as a result of the evils of irrationality and collectivism and the weaknesses of socialistic thinking and economics. Technological advancement is now carefully planned (when it is allowed to occur at all) and the concept of individuality has been eliminated (for example, the word "I" has disappeared from the language). As is common in her work, Rand draws a clear distinction between the "socialist/communal" values of equality and brotherhood and the "productive/capitalist" values of achievement and individuality. Many of the novella's core themes, such as the struggle between individualism and collectivism, are echoed in Rand's later books, such as The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. However, the style of "Anthem" is unique among Rand's work, more narrative-centered and economical, lacking the intense didactic expressions of philosophical abstraction that occur in later works. It is probably her most accessible work. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://feedbooks.com/book/2837.png http://feedbooks.com/book/2837.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/2837.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/2837.mobi The Damned Thing Ambrose Bierce http://feedbooks.com/book/2835 urn:isbn:1406595918 en 1898 Short Fiction Horror This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/2835.png http://feedbooks.com/book/2835.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/2835.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/2835.mobi Common Sense Thomas Paine http://feedbooks.com/book/2850 urn:isbn:0486296024 en 1776 Non-Fiction Essay Politics Enormously popular and widely read pamphlet, first published in January of 1776, clearly and persuasively argues for American separation from Great Britain and paves the way for the Declaration of Independence. This highly influential landmark document attacks the monarchy, cites the evils of government and combines idealism with practical economic concerns. http://feedbooks.com/book/2850.png http://feedbooks.com/book/2850.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/2850.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/2850.mobi The Wallet of Kai Lung Ernest Bramah Smith http://feedbooks.com/book/3643 urn:isbn:1438504497 en 1900 Short Fiction Fantasy Collections The Wallet of Kai Lung is a collection of fantasy stories by Ernest Bramah, all but the last of which feature Kai Lung, an itinerant story-teller of ancient China. It was first published in hardcover in London by Grant Richards in 1900, and there have been numerous editions since. Its initial tale, The Transmutation of Ling, was also issued by the same publisher as a separate chapbook in 1911. The collection's importance in the history of fantasy literature was recognized by the anthologization of two of its tales in the celebrated Ballantine Adult Fantasy Series, edited by Lin Carter and published by Ballantine Books; "The Vision of Yin" in Discoveries in Fantasy (March, 1972), and "The Transmutation of Ling" in Great Short Novels of Adult Fantasy Volume II (March, 1973). Although the collection is presented in the fashion of a novel, with each of its component stories designated chapters, there is no overall plot aside from each of the first eight tales being presented as narratives told by Kai Lung at various points in his itinerant career. The final tale is represented as being from a manuscript left by its own separate first-person narrator, Kin Yen. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://feedbooks.com/book/3643.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3643.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3643.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3643.mobi Veritas Nos Liberabit Kristin Janz http://feedbooks.com/book/2847 en 2008 Short Fiction Science Fiction “Veritas Nos Liberabit” is a story told in emails about how emails can tell stories. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://feedbooks.com/book/2847.png http://feedbooks.com/book/2847.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/2847.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/2847.mobi The Prophet Kahlil Gibran http://feedbooks.com/book/2843 urn:isbn:0394404289 en 1923 Poetry The Prophet is a book of 26 poetic essays written in English in 1923 by the Lebanese-American artist, philosopher and writer Khalil Gibran. In the book, the prophet Almustafa who has lived in the foreign city of Orphalese for 12 years is about to board a ship which will carry him home. He is stopped by a group of people, with whom he discusses many issues of life and the human condition. The book is divided into chapters dealing with love, marriage, children, giving, eating and drinking, work, joy and sorrow, houses, clothes, buying and selling, crime and punishment, laws, freedom, reason and passion, pain, self-knowledge, teaching, friendship, talking, time, good and evil, prayer, pleasure, beauty, religion, and death. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/2843.png http://feedbooks.com/book/2843.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/2843.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/2843.mobi The Good Soldier Ford Madox Ford http://feedbooks.com/book/2838 en 1915 Novels A chronicle of the tragedies in the lives of two seemingly ''perfect couples'' whose lives are far from perfect, this novel was loosely based on two real-life incidents of adultery and on Ford's own messy personal life. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/2838.png http://feedbooks.com/book/2838.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/2838.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/2838.mobi Erewhon, or Over The Range Samuel Butler http://feedbooks.com/book/2845 en 1910 Novels Humor/Satire http://feedbooks.com/book/2845.png http://feedbooks.com/book/2845.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/2845.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/2845.mobi The Son of the Wolf Jack London http://feedbooks.com/book/2849 urn:isbn:019283486X en 1900 Short Fiction Adventure Collections Jack London gained his first and most lasting fame as the author of tales of the Klondike gold rush. This, his first collection of stories, draws on his experience in the Yukon. The stories tell of gambles won and lost, of endurance and sacrifice, and often turn on the qualities of exceptional women and on the relations between the white adventurers and the native tribes. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/2849.png http://feedbooks.com/book/2849.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/2849.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/2849.mobi The Sea Wolf Jack London http://feedbooks.com/book/2848 urn:isbn:0553212257 en 1904 Novels Adventure Chronicles the voyages of a ship run by the ruthless Wolf Larsen, among the greatest of London's characters, and spokesman for an extreme individualism London intended to critique. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/2848.png http://feedbooks.com/book/2848.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/2848.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/2848.mobi Hamlet William Shakespeare http://feedbooks.com/book/2846 urn:isbn:074347712X en 1599 Plays Hamlet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601. The play, set in Denmark, recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet's father, the King, and then taken the throne and married Hamlet's mother. The play vividly charts the course of real and feigned madness—from overwhelming grief to seething rage—and explores themes of treachery, revenge, incest, and moral corruption. http://feedbooks.com/book/2846.png http://feedbooks.com/book/2846.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/2846.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/2846.mobi Earthmen Bearing Gifts Frederic Brown http://feedbooks.com/book/2856 en 1960 Short Fiction Science Fiction Mars had gifts to offer and Earth had much in return--if delivery could be arranged! Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://feedbooks.com/book/2856.png http://feedbooks.com/book/2856.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/2856.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/2856.mobi The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories Algernon Blackwood http://feedbooks.com/book/1066 urn:isbn:1592241891 en 1916 Short Fiction Horror Collections Ghost Stories This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://feedbooks.com/book/1066.png http://feedbooks.com/book/1066.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/1066.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/1066.mobi The Book of Dragons Edith Nesbit http://feedbooks.com/book/2924 urn:isbn:8132015959 en 1899 Short Fiction Young Readers Fantasy Collections Eight madcap tales of unpredictable dragons — including one made of ice, another that takes refuge in the General Post Office, and a fire-breathing monster that flies out of an enchanted book and eats an entire soccer team! This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/2924.png http://feedbooks.com/book/2924.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/2924.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/2924.mobi Interplanetary Hunter Arthur K. Barnes http://feedbooks.com/book/2482 urn:isbn:B000GEUSRA en 1959 Short Fiction Science Fiction Collections This book collects and blends five previously published stories about Gerry Carlyle, a worldwide celebrity who travels to different planets collecting alien animals for the Interplanetary Zoo in London. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://feedbooks.com/book/2482.png http://feedbooks.com/book/2482.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/2482.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/2482.mobi