Life On The Mississippi Mark Twain http://feedbooks.com/book/4313 en 1883 Non-Fiction History Humor/Satire Travel Life on the Mississippi is a memoir by Mark Twain detailing his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before and after the American Civil War. The book begins with a brief history of the river. It continues with anecdotes of Twain's training as a steamboat pilot, as the 'cub' of an experienced pilot. He describes, with great affection, the science of navigating the ever-changing Mississippi River. In the second half, the book describes Twain's return, many years later, to travel on a steamboat from St. Louis to New Orleans. He describes the competition from railroads, the new, large cities, and his observations on greed, gullibility, tragedy, and bad architecture. He also tells some stories that are most likely tall tales. Simultaneously published in 1883 in the U.S. and in England, it is said to be the first book composed on a typewriter. (Source: Wikipedia) This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/4313.png http://feedbooks.com/book/4313.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/4313.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/4313.mobi The Diary of a U-boat Commander Sir William Stephen Richard King-Hall http://feedbooks.com/book/4208 en 1918 Biography War The diary of a World War One U-Boat commander. As well as being a fascinating glimpse of life on the German U-boats during the intense submarine blockade, this also reminds us there were humans involved - on both sides of the action - as we read too of the intimate thoughts and intense love of a man longing for his sweetheart. This work was published before 1923 and is in the public domain in the USA only. http://feedbooks.com/book/4208.png http://feedbooks.com/book/4208.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/4208.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/4208.mobi Irish Fairy Tales James Stephens http://feedbooks.com/book/4143 en 1920 Short Fiction Young Readers Fantasy Collections The lore of ancient Ireland comes to life in this collection of classic folk tales retold for modern readers. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://feedbooks.com/book/4143.png http://feedbooks.com/book/4143.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/4143.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/4143.mobi My Man Jeeves P. G. Wodehouse http://feedbooks.com/book/4086 en 1919 Novels Humor/Satire My Man Jeeves is a collection of short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the UK in May 1919 by George Newnes. Of the eight stories in the collection, half feature the popular characters Jeeves and Bertie Wooster, while the others concern Reggie Pepper, an early prototype for Wooster. This work was published before 1923 and is in the public domain in the USA only. http://feedbooks.com/book/4086.png http://feedbooks.com/book/4086.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/4086.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/4086.mobi The Mathematicians Arthur Feldman http://feedbooks.com/book/4002 en 1953 Short Fiction Science Fiction We gave this story to a very competent, and very pretty gal artist. We said, "Read this carefully, dream on it, and come up with an illustration." A week later, she returned with the finished drawing. "The hero," she said. We did a double take. "Hey! That's not the hero." She looked us straight in the eye. "Can you prove it?" She had us. We couldn't, and she left hurriedly to go home and cook dinner for her family. And what were they having? Frog legs—what else? Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://feedbooks.com/book/4002.png http://feedbooks.com/book/4002.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/4002.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/4002.mobi Old Rambling House Frank Herbert http://feedbooks.com/book/4062 en 1958 Short Fiction Science Fiction All the Grahams desired was a home they could call their own ... but what did the home want? Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://feedbooks.com/book/4062.png http://feedbooks.com/book/4062.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/4062.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/4062.mobi The Man Who Talked to Machines Michael Graeme http://feedbooks.com/userbook/2783 en 2001 A short story from web-author Michael Graeme (a half hour read): "You have to talk to them, counsel them, mesmerise them into stillness before you set foot anywhere near them. And, though I may not be considered wholly sane, at least I have a reputation for the way I talk to machines." science fiction fiction short story short read http://feedbooks.com/userbook/2783.png http://feedbooks.com/userbook/2783.pdf http://feedbooks.com/userbook/2783.epub http://feedbooks.com/userbook/2783.mobi Escape From Paradise Island Michael Graeme http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3739 en 2007 A 25 minute read by Michael Graeme: Crime doesn't pay. That's what they try to teach you in prison, and fair enough, I might even have left there one day determined to go straight except, suddenly, I was on an island in the China Sea, gazing at a beautiful girl in a yellow Bikini. So maybe it had been worth it after all. But careful now! You had to avoid thinking things like that because they'd a nasty habit of dissolving back into reality and you'd wake up right back in that stinking grey cell: five years of your life already erased, with another two to go, and all because you'd never been able to resist the puzzle of a pretty motor car! fantasy mystery romance short story speculative http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3739.png http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3739.pdf http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3739.epub http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3739.mobi The Magician of Monkton Pier Michael Graeme http://feedbooks.com/userbook/5030 en 2009 Short Story - a twenty five minute read. Joshua is navigating his eco-boat, The Mattie Rat along a dark and stinking stretch of the old canal through Monkton - a city overwhelmed by gangs and gun toting Militias. Joshua's seen it all before: urban decay, corruption and the death of hope. Living on the water, and with no need for money, he's usually able to slip unnoticed through these town stretches and into the green beyond. But when he's tricked into picking up a pair of enigmatic hitchers, Joshua knows there's going to be trouble in Monkton. In spite of his best efforts, the wily old Waterman is about to become an accomplice in the biggest magical stunt of all time. And if the world no longer believes in magic, well, it only has itself to blame. Magic short story speculative romantic new age philosophical http://feedbooks.com/userbook/5030.png http://feedbooks.com/userbook/5030.pdf http://feedbooks.com/userbook/5030.epub http://feedbooks.com/userbook/5030.mobi The Man Who Could Not Forget Michael Graeme http://feedbooks.com/userbook/2857 en 2008 A Short Story by Michael Graeme (a fifteen minute read): ...I have a problem with my memory. It isn't that it ever fails me - quite the opposite in fact. Indeed, my recall of events from all but the earliest years of my life is truly photographic, so there was little doubt in my mind the woman before me now was the one who had stolen the book.... fantasy fiction romance short story speculative http://feedbooks.com/userbook/2857.png http://feedbooks.com/userbook/2857.pdf http://feedbooks.com/userbook/2857.epub http://feedbooks.com/userbook/2857.mobi The Golden Ass Lucius Apuleius http://feedbooks.com/book/591 urn:isbn:0374505322 en 160 Novels Humor/Satire The story follows Lucius, a young man of good birth, as he disports himself in the cities and along the roads of Thessaly. This is a wonderful tale abounding in lusty incident, curious adventure and bawdy wit. http://feedbooks.com/book/591.png http://feedbooks.com/book/591.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/591.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/591.mobi The Long Voyage Charles Dickens http://feedbooks.com/book/707 urn:isbn:1905820151 en 1853 Short Fiction http://feedbooks.com/book/707.png http://feedbooks.com/book/707.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/707.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/707.mobi The Third Book François Rabelais http://feedbooks.com/book/301 en 1546 Novels http://feedbooks.com/book/301.png http://feedbooks.com/book/301.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/301.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/301.mobi Pantagruel François Rabelais http://feedbooks.com/book/201 en 1532 Novels http://feedbooks.com/book/201.png http://feedbooks.com/book/201.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/201.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/201.mobi Gargantua François Rabelais http://feedbooks.com/book/200 en 1534 Novels The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel (in French, La vie de Gargantua et de Pantagruel) is a connected series of five novels written in the 16th century by François Rabelais. It is the story of two giants, a father (Gargantua) and his son (Pantagruel) and their adventures, written in an amusing, extravagant, satirical vein. http://feedbooks.com/book/200.png http://feedbooks.com/book/200.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/200.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/200.mobi The Repairman Harry Harrison http://feedbooks.com/book/1409 urn:isbn:B000XCUV5Y en 1958 Short Fiction Science Fiction Being an interstellar trouble shooter wouldn’t be so bad … if I could shoot the trouble! Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://feedbooks.com/book/1409.png http://feedbooks.com/book/1409.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/1409.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/1409.mobi Beautiful Red M. Darusha Wehm http://feedbooks.com/userbook/2548 en 2007 The future is boring. Technology has solved most of the world’s most pressing problems, leaving people with tedious work and mundane play. Jack is a Security Officer Class 5, which sounds important, but isn’t. However, her banal life as a cubicle worker by day and tinkerer by night is interrupted when she discovers that her employer’s computer system has been invaded. Jack enlists the help of her only friends – her co-worker, Gilles and Adrian, an online friend she’s never met – to help her track down the source of the invasion. Her investigation leads her to a shadowy group called the Red, where Jack learns that not everyone lives a life of quiet servitude. Even though she believes that the Red are responsible for a series of gruesome attacks, Jack begins to become attracted to their worldview. In her search for the people responsible for the attacks, she confronts the leaders of the group as well as her own burgeoning sense of self-awareness. science fiction thriller computers ai mystery cyberpunk future women http://feedbooks.com/userbook/2548.png http://feedbooks.com/userbook/2548.pdf http://feedbooks.com/userbook/2548.epub http://feedbooks.com/userbook/2548.mobi The Lost Room Fitz James O'Brien http://feedbooks.com/book/2561 en 1858 Short Fiction Science Fiction In the tale, the unnamed narrator relates a tale where he literally loses his room in a surreal situation that sounds more like a rather unpleasant version of Alice in Wonderland. http://feedbooks.com/book/2561.png http://feedbooks.com/book/2561.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/2561.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/2561.mobi Beasts of New York: A children's book for grown-ups Jon Evans http://feedbooks.com/userbook/2976 en 2007 An urban fantasy about the wildlife of New York City, starring a squirrel protagonist who has to find his way from exile in Staten Island back to his home in Central Park. http://www.beastsofnewyork.com/ fantasy animals urban fantasy http://feedbooks.com/userbook/2976.png http://feedbooks.com/userbook/2976.pdf http://feedbooks.com/userbook/2976.epub http://feedbooks.com/userbook/2976.mobi How To Disappear Completely David Bowick http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3115 en 2009 www.bowick.net/books/ Sitting at the top of a Ferris wheel overlooking the Boston skyline, Josh’s life takes an unexpected turn, and things will never be the same. Along with the many surprises on his life’s new path, he’ll come to take life advice from a family of ducks, get in a bloody war with a dog, lose his job over a spilled drink, wake up in the hospital, apply to work at an adult-themed novelty bakery, and find out that people often aren’t what they seem. When you're at the top of the world, there's nowhere to go but down. fiction Contemporary comedy David Bowick how to disapear completely http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3115.png http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3115.pdf http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3115.epub http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3115.mobi Middlemarch George Eliot http://feedbooks.com/book/575 urn:isbn:0451529170 en 1871 Novels Vast and crowded, rich in irony and suspense, Middlemarch is richer still in character, with two of the era's most enduring characters, Dorothea Brooke, trapped in a loveless marriage, and Lydgate, an ambitious young doctor. http://feedbooks.com/book/575.png http://feedbooks.com/book/575.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/575.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/575.mobi The Lagoon Joseph Conrad http://feedbooks.com/book/13 urn:isbn:0192832220 en 1897 Short Fiction This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/13.png http://feedbooks.com/book/13.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/13.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/13.mobi Margaret Thatcher and the miners 1972-1985 thirteen years that changed Britain Pierre-François Gouiffès http://feedbooks.com/userbook/4452 en 2009 Creative Commons The confrontation between the British Government via the National Coal Board and the National Union of Mineworkers led to three major strikes (1972, 1973-74 and 1984-85). The book provides a comprehensive and objective outline of these conflicts based on original research and interviews with the key players and eye witnesses. These events marked a turning point in modern British political and economic history. Contemporary Britain can only be fully appreciated with an understanding of this important period. http://feedbooks.com/userbook/4452.png http://feedbooks.com/userbook/4452.pdf http://feedbooks.com/userbook/4452.epub http://feedbooks.com/userbook/4452.mobi American Borders Carla King http://feedbooks.com/userbook/4523 en 2007 An exploration of the borders between the USA and Canada becomes a comedy of breakdowns in small towns all around the USA. This four-month, ten-thousand-mile solo adventure includes moments of blissful backroads freedom, cultural connection, and roadside romance--interrupted by cracked welds, electrical gremlins, evil tow truck drivers, tornadoes, and hurricanes. From B.C. to the Blue Ridge, Boquillas to Beverly Hills, American Borders is a unique and intimate exploration of the melange that defines American culture. adventure motorcycle travel women memoir armchair http://feedbooks.com/userbook/4523.png http://feedbooks.com/userbook/4523.pdf http://feedbooks.com/userbook/4523.epub http://feedbooks.com/userbook/4523.mobi Hunted Down Charles Dickens http://feedbooks.com/book/696 urn:isbn:0720612659 en 1859 Short Fiction Crime/Mystery One might not necessarily think of Dickens as a mystery writer, but detectives and criminals do figure into much of his work. This...gathers a dozen of his stories featuring cops of one kind or another http://feedbooks.com/book/696.png http://feedbooks.com/book/696.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/696.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/696.mobi The Man Who Would be King Rudyard Kipling http://feedbooks.com/book/3771 en 1888 Short Fiction Adventure The Man Who Would be King (1888) is a short story by Rudyard Kipling chronicling the adventures of two British men who become kings in Kafiristan (now a province of Afghanistan). This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/3771.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3771.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3771.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3771.mobi The Second Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling http://feedbooks.com/book/3090 urn:isbn:B0014O4DRW en 1895 Novels Fantasy The Second Jungle Book is a sequel to The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. First published in 1895, it features five stories about Mowgli and three unrelated stories, all but one set in India, most of which Kipling wrote while living in Vermont. All of the stories were previously published in magazines in 1894-5, often under different titles. The book is less well-known than the original. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/3090.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3090.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3090.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3090.mobi The Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling http://feedbooks.com/book/162 urn:isbn:0763623172 en 1894 Novels Fantasy The Jungle Book (1894) is a collection of stories written by Rudyard Kipling.The tales in the book (and also those in The Second Jungle Book which followed in 1895, and which includes five further stories about Mowgli) are fables, using animals in an anthropomorphic manner to give moral lessons. The verses of The Law of the Jungle, for example, lay down rules for the safety of individuals, families and communities. Kipling put in them nearly everything he knew or "heard or dreamed about the Indian jungle." This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/162.png http://feedbooks.com/book/162.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/162.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/162.mobi