The Riddle of the Sands Erskine Childers http://feedbooks.com/book/3871 urn:isbn:0199549710 en 1903 Novels Adventure War Thriller The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service is a patriotic British 1903 novel by Erskine Childers. It is a novel that "owes a lot to the wonderful adventure novels of writers like Rider Haggard, that were a staple of Victorian Britain"; perhaps more significantly, it was a spy novel that "established a formula that included a mass of verifiable detail, which gave authenticity to the story – the same ploy that would be used so well by John Buchan, Ian Fleming, John le Carré and many others." Ken Follett called it "the first modern thriller." 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This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/3022.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3022.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3022.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3022.mobi A Thief in the Night Ernest William Hornung http://feedbooks.com/book/2568 urn:isbn:140656866X en 1905 Short Fiction Crime/Mystery Collections "These latest adventures of 'Raffles' and 'Bunny' are their most thrilling and exciting ones. The sentimental side of their story has never before been shown so dramatically and romantically, and the suggestion in this book of the final conclusion of their careers cannot but make these stories of the greatest interest to all readers." Boston Herald. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/2568.png http://feedbooks.com/book/2568.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/2568.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/2568.mobi Raffles: Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman Ernest William Hornung http://feedbooks.com/book/2567 urn:isbn:B001CV1NA2 en 1901 Short Fiction Crime/Mystery Collections The Black Mask (published in some countries as Raffles: Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman) is the second collection of stories written by Ernest William Hornung in the A.J. Raffles series concerning a Gentleman thief in late Victorian London. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/2567.png http://feedbooks.com/book/2567.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/2567.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/2567.mobi The Amateur Cracksman Ernest William Hornung http://feedbooks.com/book/2566 en 1899 Short Fiction Crime/Mystery Collections Arthur Raffles is a prominent member of London society, and a national sporting hero. As a cricketer he regularly represents England in Test matches. He uses this as a chance to commit a number of burgalries, primarily stealing valuable jewellry from his hosts. In this he is assisted by his friend, the younger, idealistic Bunny Manders. Both men are constantly under the surveillance of Inspector Mackenzie of Scotland Yard who is always thwarted in his attempts to pin the crimes on Raffles. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/2566.png http://feedbooks.com/book/2566.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/2566.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/2566.mobi The Chronicles of Clovis Saki http://feedbooks.com/book/3401 en 1911 Short Fiction Collections Humor/Satire One of Saki's best-known works. A collection of satirical short stories featuring Clovis. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/3401.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3401.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3401.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3401.mobi Beasts and Super-Beasts Saki http://feedbooks.com/book/3399 urn:isbn:1406542865 en 1914 Short Fiction Collections Humor/Satire Beasts and Super-Beasts is a collection of short stories, written by Saki (the literary pseudonym of Hector Hugh Munro) and first published in 1914. Along with The Chronicles of Clovis, Beasts and Super-Beasts is one of Saki's best-known works. It was his final collection of stories before his death in World War I, and several of its stories, in particular "The Open Window" and "Sredni Vashtar", are reprinted frequently in anthologies. The majority of the volume's stories deal in one fashion with animals, providing the source for its title. The character of Clovis Sangrail, featured in earlier works by Saki, appears in several stories. Most of the stories appeared previously in periodicals. Stylistically, Beasts and Super-Beasts displays the simple language, cynicism and wry humor that characterize Saki's earlier literary output. 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This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/3583.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3583.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3583.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3583.mobi The Prisoner of Zenda Anthony Hope http://feedbooks.com/book/3582 urn:isbn:0141033746 en 1894 Novels Romance Adventure Thriller The Prisoner of Zenda is an adventure novel by Anthony Hope, published in 1894. The king of the fictional country of Ruritania is abducted on the eve of his coronation, and the protagonist, an English gentleman on holiday who fortuitously resembles the monarch, is persuaded to act as his political decoy in an attempt to save the situation. The villainous Rupert of Hentzau gave his name to the sequel published in 1898, which is included in some editions of this novel. The books were extremely popular and inspired a new genre of Ruritanian romance, including the Graustark novels by George Barr McCutcheon. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/3582.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3582.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3582.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3582.mobi The Status Civilization Robert Sheckley http://feedbooks.com/book/874 urn:isbn:1434499995 en 1960 Novels Science Fiction Will Barrent had no memory of his crime . . . but he found himself shipped across space to a brutal prison-planet. On Omega, his only chance to advance himself -- and stay alive -- is to commit an endless series of violent crimes. The average inmate's life expectancy from time of arrival is three years. Can Barrett survive, escape, and return to Earth to clear his name? Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://feedbooks.com/book/874.png http://feedbooks.com/book/874.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/874.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/874.mobi Moonfleet John Meade Falkner http://feedbooks.com/book/1606 urn:isbn:0140367047 en 1898 Novels Adventure Moonfleet is a tale of smuggling by the English novelist J. Meade Falkner, first published in 1898. The book was extremely popular among children worldwide up until the 1970s, mostly for its themes of adventure and gripping storyline. It remains a popular story widely read and is still sometimes studied in schools. The novel is set in a fishing village in Dorset during the mid 18th century. The story concerns a 15 year old orphan boy, John Trenchard, who becomes friends with an older man who turns out to be the leader of a gang of smugglers. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/1606.png http://feedbooks.com/book/1606.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/1606.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/1606.mobi The Valley of the Flame Henry Kuttner http://feedbooks.com/book/2319 en 1946 Novels Science Fiction They warped Time itself to keep their secrets... This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50. http://feedbooks.com/book/2319.png http://feedbooks.com/book/2319.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/2319.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/2319.mobi The Creature from Beyond Infinity Henry Kuttner http://feedbooks.com/book/2316 urn:isbn:B000J0T9EY en 1940 Novels Science Fiction Cosmic terror strikes as a messenger of death sweeps through the universe. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50. http://feedbooks.com/book/2316.png http://feedbooks.com/book/2316.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/2316.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/2316.mobi The Dark World Henry Kuttner http://feedbooks.com/book/2317 urn:isbn:B000GCFFZW en 1946 Novels Science Fiction Fantasy World War II veteran Edward Bond's recuperation from a disastrous fighter plane crash takes a distinct turn for the weird when he encounters a giant wolf, a red witch, and the undeniable power of the need-fire, a portal to a world of magic and swordplay at once terribly new and hauntingly familiar. In the Dark World, Bond opposes the machinations of the dread lord Ganelon and his terrible retinue of werewolves, wizards, and witches, but all is not as it seems in this shadowy mirror of the real world, and Bond discovers that a part of him feels more at home here than he ever has on Earth. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50. http://feedbooks.com/book/2317.png http://feedbooks.com/book/2317.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/2317.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/2317.mobi The Time Axis Henry Kuttner http://feedbooks.com/book/2318 urn:isbn:B000GCFFZM en 1948 Novels Science Fiction Called to the end of time by a being known as The Face of Ea, four adventurers face a power that not even the science of that era could meet -- the nekron, negative matter, negative force, ultimate desctruction for everything it touched! This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50. http://feedbooks.com/book/2318.png http://feedbooks.com/book/2318.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/2318.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/2318.mobi The Night Land William Hope Hodgson http://feedbooks.com/book/2417 urn:isbn:1605971685 en 1912 Novels Science Fiction Horror Fantasy The Sun has gone out: the Earth is lit only by the glow of residual vulcanism. The last few millions of the human race are gathered together in a gigantic metal pyramid, the Last Redoubt, under siege from unknown forces and Powers outside in the dark. These are held back by a Circle of energy, known as the "air clog," powered from the Earth's internal energy. For millennia, vast living shapes - the Watchers - have waited in the darkness near the pyramid: it is thought they are waiting for the inevitable time when the Circle's power finally weakens and dies. Other living things have been seen in the darkness beyond, some of unknown origins, and others that may once have been human. To leave the protection of the Circle means almost certain death, or worse, but as the story commences, the narrator establishes mind contact with an inhabitant of another, forgotten, Redoubt, and sets off into the darkness to find her. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/2417.png http://feedbooks.com/book/2417.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/2417.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/2417.mobi Carnacki, The Ghost Finder William Hope Hodgson http://feedbooks.com/book/2426 urn:isbn:1605970921 en 1912 Novels Crime/Mystery Horror Ghost Stories Detective stories in which the great Thomas Carnacki investigates the supernatural using scientific tools, such as photography, and tools that are augmented by theories of the supernatural, such as the electric pentacle, which uses vacuum tubes to repel supernatural forces. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/2426.png http://feedbooks.com/book/2426.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/2426.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/2426.mobi I Will Repay Baroness Emma Orczy http://feedbooks.com/book/3574 urn:isbn:1599865696 en 1906 Novels History Adventure I Will Repay was written by Baroness Emmuska Orzcy and originally published in 1906, this is a sequel novel to the Scarlet Pimpernel. The second Pimpernel book written by Orzcy, it comes (chronologically) third in the series and should be read after Sir Percy Leads the Band and before The Elusive Pimpernel. The story starts before the French revolution. It's 1783 and wealthy Paul Déroulède has offended the young Vicomte de Marny by speaking disrepctfully of his latest infatuation, Adèle de Monterchéri. Déroulède had not intended to get into the quarrel but has a tendency to blunder into things -- "no doubt a part of the inheritance bequeathed to him by his bourgeois ancestry." Incensed at the slur on Adèle, who he sees as a paragon of virtue, the Vicomte challenges Déroulède to a duel, a fight which Déroulède does not want -- for he knows and respects the boy's father, the Duc de Marny. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://feedbooks.com/book/3574.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3574.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3574.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3574.mobi The Elusive Pimpernel Baroness Emma Orczy http://feedbooks.com/book/3575 urn:isbn:0755111133 en 1908 Novels History Adventure First published in 1908, The Elusive Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy is the 4th book in the classic adventure series about the Scarlet Pimpernel. It is September 1793 and French Agent and chief spy-catcher Chauvelin is determined to get his revenge for the previous humiliations dished out to him at the hands of the Scarlet Pimpernel. Chauvelin travels to England as an official representative of the French government tasked with looking after the interests of French citizens, but this is only a cover and his real purpose is to trick Sir Percy Blakeney into returning to France, where he can be captured and put to the guillotine. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://feedbooks.com/book/3575.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3575.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3575.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3575.mobi The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel Baroness Emma Orczy http://feedbooks.com/book/3569 urn:isbn:1406835870 en 1919 Short Fiction History Adventure Collections Written by Baroness Orczy and first published in 1919, The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel is a sequel book to the classic adventure tale, The Scarlet Pimpernel. The book consists of eleven short stories about Sir Percy Blakeney's exploits in rescuing various aristos and French citizens from the clutches of the guillotine. The stories are set in 1793 but appear in no particular order. They occasionally refer to events in other books in the series. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://feedbooks.com/book/3569.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3569.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3569.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3569.mobi El Dorado Baroness Emma Orczy http://feedbooks.com/book/3576 urn:isbn:0486440265 en 1913 Novels History Adventure Eldorado, by Baroness Orczy is a sequel book to the classic adventure tale, The Scarlet Pimpernel. It was first published in 1913. The novel is notable in that it is the partial basis for most of the film treatments of the original book. A French language version, translated and adapted by Charlotte and Marie-Louise Desroyses, was also produced under the title La Capture du Mouron Rouge. As well as containing all the main characters from the first book, Eldorado introduces several new characters and features the Baron de Batz, who also turns up in Sir Percy Leads the Band and The Way of the Scarlet Pimpernel (Baron Jean de Batz is a genuine historical figure). It is 1794 and Paris, "despite the horrors that had stained her walls - has remained a city of pleasure, and the knife of the guillotine did scarce descend more often than did the drop-scenes on the stage." The plot begins when Sir Percy reluctantly agrees to take Armand St. Just with him to France as part of a plan to rescue the young Dauphin. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://feedbooks.com/book/3576.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3576.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3576.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3576.mobi The Scarlet Pimpernel Baroness Emma Orczy http://feedbooks.com/book/3568 urn:isbn:014037454X en 1905 Novels History Adventure In this historical adventure set during the French Revolution, the elusive Scarlet Pimpernel sets out to rescue men, women and children facing the horrors of the guillotine, while evading the relentless pursuit of his arch enemy, Chauvelin. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://feedbooks.com/book/3568.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3568.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3568.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3568.mobi Masters of Space Edward Elmer "Doc" Smith Edward Everett Evans http://feedbooks.com/book/2302 en 1961 Novels Science Fiction The Masters had ruled all space with an unconquerable iron fist. But the Masters were gone. And this new, young race who came now to take their place--could they hope to defeat the ancient Enemy of All? Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://feedbooks.com/book/2302.png http://feedbooks.com/book/2302.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/2302.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/2302.mobi The Skylark of Space Edward Elmer "Doc" Smith http://feedbooks.com/book/830 urn:isbn:0803292864 en 1928 Novels Science Fiction We know so little about intra-atomic forces, that this story, improbable as it will appear in spots, will read commonplace years hence, when we have atomic engines, and when we have solved the riddle of the atom. You will follow the hair-raising explorations and strange ventures into far-away worlds with bated breath, and you will be fascinated, as we were, with the strangeness of it all. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://feedbooks.com/book/830.png http://feedbooks.com/book/830.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/830.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/830.mobi The Galaxy Primes Edward Elmer "Doc" Smith http://feedbooks.com/book/826 urn:isbn:0586040021 en 1959 Novels Science Fiction The Pleiades was Earth's first starship, and it could travel anywhere instantaneously -- but where it ended up could not be predicted... or even if the ship could return to Earth! Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://feedbooks.com/book/826.png http://feedbooks.com/book/826.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/826.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/826.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 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