Les Enfants du capitaine Grant Jules Verne http://feedbooks.com/book/1494 urn:isbn:2253160881 fr 1868 Novels Adventure L'action commence en 1864. Alors que Lord et Lady Glenarvan font une excursion au large de Glasgow à bord de leur yacht, le Duncan, l'équipage pêche un requin dans le ventre duquel on découvre une bouteille de Veuve Clicquot qui contient un message de détresse en mauvais état; ce dernier indique bien le degré de latitude (37° 11') du naufrage du Britannia, mais toute indication de longitude est devenue illisible. Le jeune couple (Lord Glenarvan a 34 ans) monte une expédition pour tenter de retrouver les survivants avec l'aide du commandant John Mangles et de son second Tom Austin, un vieux loup de mer. Ils sont accompagnés par les enfants du Capitaine Grant disparu avec le Britannia, le major Mac Nabbs ainsi qu'un savant dans la lune, Jacques-Eliacin-François-Marie Paganel, secrétaire de la société de géographie de Paris, membre correspondant des sociétés de Berlin, de Bombay, de Darmstadt, de Leipzig, de Londres, de Pétersbourg, de Vienne, de New York, membre honoraire de l’institut royal géographique et ethnographique des Indes orientales, qui s'est trompé de navire au moment d'embarquer. http://feedbooks.com/book/1494.png http://feedbooks.com/book/1494.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/1494.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/1494.mobi The Prairie James Fenimore Cooper http://feedbooks.com/book/3940 urn:isbn:014039026X en 1827 Novels History Adventure War The Prairie: A Tale (1827) is a historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper, the third novel written by him featuring Natty Bumppo, his fictitious frontier hero, who is simply known as "the trapper" in it. Chronologically The Prairie is the fifth and final installment of the Leatherstocking Tales. It depicts Natty in the final year of his life still proving helpful to people in distress on the American frontier. Continuity with The Last of the Mohicans is indicated by the appearance of the grandson of Duncan and Alice Heyward of The Last of the Mohicans and the noble Pawnee chief Hard Heart, whose name is English for the French nickname for the Delaware, le Coeur-dur. Natty is drawn to Hard Heart as a noble warrior in the likeness of his dear friend Uncas, "the last of the Mohicans." http://feedbooks.com/book/3940.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3940.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3940.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3940.mobi Don Rodriguez: Chronicles of Shadow Valley Lord Dunsany http://feedbooks.com/book/3266 urn:isbn:1592240046 en 1922 Novels Fantasy A coming of age story set in the mythical "golden age" of Spain. The titular character is excluded from the inheritance of the family castle on the grounds that given his expertise with sword and mandolin he should be able to win his own estate and bride. Setting out to achieve his place in the world, Rodriguez quickly acquires a Sancho Panza-like servant, Morano, and goes on to experience a series of adventures en route to his goal. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://feedbooks.com/book/3266.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3266.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3266.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3266.mobi Fifty-One Tales Lord Dunsany http://feedbooks.com/book/3356 urn:isbn:1592240062 en 1915 Short Fiction Fantasy Collections Fifty-One Tales is a collection of fantasy short stories by Irish writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula LeGuin and others. The first editions, in hardcover, were published simultaneously in London and New York by Elkin Mathews and Mitchell Kennerly, respectively, in April, 1915. The British and American editions differ in that they arrange the material slightly differently and that each includes a story the other omits; "The Poet Speaks with Earth" in the British version, and "The Mist" in the American version. The collection's significance in the history of fantasy literature was recognized by its republication (as The Food of Death: Fifty-One Tales) by the Newcastle Publishing Company as the third volume of the celebrated Newcastle Forgotten Fantasy Library in September, 1974. The Newcastle edition used the American version of the text. The book collects fifty-one short stories by the author. Source: Wikipedia This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://feedbooks.com/book/3356.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3356.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3356.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3356.mobi The Book of Wonder Lord Dunsany http://feedbooks.com/book/3355 en 1912 Short Fiction Fantasy Collections The Book of Wonder is the seventh book and fifth original short story collection of Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula LeGuin and others. It was first published in hardcover by William Heinemann in November, 1912, and has been reprinted a number of times since. A 1918 edition from the Modern Library was actually a combined edition with Time and the Gods. The book collects fourteen fantasy short stories by the author. Source: Wikipedia This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://feedbooks.com/book/3355.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3355.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3355.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3355.mobi The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories Lord Dunsany http://feedbooks.com/book/3309 en 1908 Short Fiction Fantasy Collections The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories is the third book by Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula LeGuin and others. It was first published in hardcover by George Allen & Sons in October, 1908, and has been reprinted a number of times since. Issued by the Modern Library in a combined edition with A Dreamer's Tales as A Dreamer's Tales and Other Stories in 1917. The book is a series of short stories, some of them linked by Dunsany's invented pantheon of deities who dwell in Pegāna, which were the focus of his earlier collections The Gods of Pegāna and Time and the Gods. One of the stories, "The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth," was afterwards (1910) published by itself as a separate book, a now very-rare "Art-and-Craft" style limited edition. Source: Wikipedia This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://feedbooks.com/book/3309.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3309.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3309.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3309.mobi Time and the Gods Lord Dunsany http://feedbooks.com/book/3349 en 1905 Short Fiction Fantasy Collections Time and the Gods is the second book by Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula LeGuin and others. The book was first published in hardcover by William Heinemann in September, 1906, and has been reprinted a number of times since. It was issued by the Modern Library in an unauthorised combined edition with The Book of Wonder under the latter's title in 1918. Dunsany had a brief preface in the original edition and added a new introduction to the 1922 edition. The book is a series of short stories linked by Dunsany's invented pantheon of deities who dwell in Pegāna. It was preceded by his earlier collection The Gods of Pegāna and followed by some stories in The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://feedbooks.com/book/3349.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3349.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3349.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3349.mobi Tales of Wonder Lord Dunsany http://feedbooks.com/book/3357 en 1916 Short Fiction Fantasy Collections The Last Book of Wonder, originally published as Tales of Wonder, is the tenth book and sixth original short story collection of Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula LeGuin and others. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://feedbooks.com/book/3357.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3357.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3357.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3357.mobi The Gods of Pegana Lord Dunsany http://feedbooks.com/book/3275 en 1905 Short Fiction Fantasy Collections The book is a series of short stories linked by Dunsany's invented pantheon of deities who dwell in Pegāna. It was followed by a further collection Time and the Gods and by some stories in The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories . This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://feedbooks.com/book/3275.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3275.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3275.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3275.mobi Tales of Three Hemispheres Lord Dunsany http://feedbooks.com/book/3373 en 1920 Short Fiction Fantasy Collections Tales of Three Hemispheres is a collection of fantasy short stories by Lord Dunsany. The first edition was published in Boston by John W. Luce & Co. in November, 1919; the first British edition was published in London by T. Fisher Unwin in June, 1920. The collection's significance in the history of fantasy literature was recognized by its republication in a new edition by Owlswick Press in 1976, with illustrations by Tim Kirk and a foreword by H. P. Lovecraft, actually a general article on Dunsany's work originally written by Lovecraft in 1922, but unpublished until it appeared in his posthumous Marginalia (Arkham House, 1944). The book collects 14 short pieces by Dunsany; the last three, under the general heading "Beyond the Fields We Know," are related tales, as explained in the publisher's note preceding the first, "Idle Days on the Yann," which was previously published in the author's earlier collection A Dreamer's Tales, but reprinted in the current one owing to the relationship. Source: Wikipedia This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://feedbooks.com/book/3373.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3373.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3373.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3373.mobi A Dreamer's Tales Lord Dunsany http://feedbooks.com/book/3352 en 1910 Short Fiction Fantasy Collections A Dreamer's Tales is the fifth book by Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula LeGuin and others. It was first published in hardcover by George Allen & Sons in September, 1910, and has been reprinted a number of times since. Issued by the Modern Library in a combined edition with The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories as A Dreamer's Tales and Other Stories in 1917. The book is actually Dunsany's fourth major work, as his preceding book, The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth (March, 1910), was a chapbook reprinting a single story from his earlier collection The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories (October, 1908). In common with most of Dunsany's early books, A Dreamer's Tales is a collection of fantasy short stories. Source: Wikipedia This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://feedbooks.com/book/3352.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3352.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3352.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3352.mobi