Peter the Brazen George F. Worts http://feedbooks.com/book/3895 urn:isbn:1928619444 en 1919 Novels Crime/Mystery Excerpt: When Peter Moore entered the static-room, picked his way swiftly and unnoticingly across the littered floor, and jerked open the frosted glass door of the chief operator's office, the assembled operators followed him with glances of admiration and concern. No one ever entered the Chief's office in that fashion. One waited until called upon. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://feedbooks.com/book/3895.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3895.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3895.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3895.mobi The road to Frontenac Samuel Merwin http://feedbooks.com/book/3948 en 1901 Novels History Western A book about Denonville's expedition against the Iroquois. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/3948.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3948.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3948.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3948.mobi The Bridge of the Gods Frederic Homer Balch http://feedbooks.com/book/3944 en 1891 Novels Adventure Western This tale of the Indians of the far West has fairly earned its lasting popularity, not only by the intense interest of the story, but by its faithful delineations of Indian character. http://feedbooks.com/book/3944.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3944.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3944.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3944.mobi Christian Gellert's Last Christmas Berthold Auerbach http://feedbooks.com/book/3505 en 1869 Short Fiction A Christmas short-story extracted from "German Tales". http://feedbooks.com/book/3505.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3505.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3505.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3505.mobi The Abandoned Room Wadsworth Camp http://feedbooks.com/book/3946 en 1917 Novels Crime/Mystery Bobby Blackburn can remember the first part of the evening when his grandfather was murdered. The problem is, he cannot remember what happened the rest of the night, or how he ended up in the neighborhood of his grandfather's house the next morning. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/3946.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3946.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3946.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3946.mobi The Gloved Hand Burton E. Stevenson http://feedbooks.com/book/3753 urn:isbn:1406576204 en 1913 Novels Crime/Mystery Excerpt: I was genuinely tired when I got back to the office, that Wednesday afternoon, for it had been a trying day—the last of the series of trying days which had marked the progress of the Minturn case; and my feeling of depression was increased by the fact that our victory had not been nearly so complete as I had hoped it would be. Besides, there was the heat; always, during the past ten days, there had been the heat, unprecedented for June, with the thermometer climbing higher and higher and breaking a new record every day. As I threw off coat and hat and dropped into the chair before my desk, I could see the heat-waves quivering up past the open windows from the fiery street below. I turned away and closed my eyes, and tried to evoke a vision of white surf falling upon the beach, of tall trees swaying in the breeze, of a brook dropping gently between green banks. This work was published before 1923 and is in the public domain in the USA only. http://feedbooks.com/book/3753.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3753.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3753.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3753.mobi The Two Christmas Celebrations, A.D. I. and MDCCCLV. Theodore Parker http://feedbooks.com/book/3518 en 1856 Short Fiction Religion http://feedbooks.com/book/3518.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3518.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3518.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3518.mobi The Brand of Silence Harrington Strong http://feedbooks.com/book/3755 urn:isbn:1436636868 en 1919 Novels Crime/Mystery Excerpt: Now the fog was clearing and the mist was lifting, and the bright sunshine was struggling to penetrate the billows of damp vapor and touch with its glory the things of the world beneath. In the lower harbor there still was a chorus of sirens and foghorns, as craft of almost every description made way toward the metropolis or out toward the open sea. The Manatee, tramp steamer with rusty plates and rattling engines and a lurch like that of a drunken man, wallowed her way in from the turbulent ocean she had fought for three days, her skipper standing on the bridge and inaudibly giving thanks that he was nearing the end of the voyage without the necessity for abandoning his craft for an open boat, or remaining to go down with the ship after the manner of skippers of the old school. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://feedbooks.com/book/3755.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3755.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3755.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3755.mobi The Christmas Porringer Evaleen Stein http://feedbooks.com/book/3509 en 1914 Novels Young Readers An earthenware porringer, bought by a little Flemish girl of Bruges as a gift for the Christ child and stolen by Robber Hans, finally brings much happiness to her and her grandmother, the lace maker. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/3509.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3509.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3509.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3509.mobi Botchan Natsume Sōseki http://feedbooks.com/book/3911 urn:isbn:4770030487 en 1919 Novels Humor/Satire Botchan (坊っちゃん) is a novel written by Natsume Sōseki (real name: Kin'nosuke Natsume) in 1906. It is considered to be one of the most popular novels in Japan, read by most Japanese during their childhood. The central theme of the story is morality. (from Wikipedia) In its simplest understanding, "Botchan" may be taken as an episode in the life of a son born in Tokyo, hot-blooded, simple-hearted, pure as crystal and sturdy as a towering rock, honest and straight to a fault, intolerant of the least injustice and a volunteer ever ready to champion what he considers right and good. Children may read it as a "story of man who tried to be honest." It is a light, amusing and, at the name time, instructive story, with no tangle of love affairs, no scheme of blood-curdling scenes or nothing startling or sensational in the plot or characters. (from the translator) This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/3911.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3911.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3911.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3911.mobi The Ghost Arnold Bennett http://feedbooks.com/book/3857 urn:isbn:160450336X en 1907 Novels Romance Fantasy Ghost Stories When Carl Foster, a young doctor, sees beautiful Rosetta Rosa at a London opera he is instantly captivated -- and almost as rapidly finds himself plagued by mysterious occurances. When another of Rosa's paramours un-expectedly dies, Carl begins to wonder if her glamour carries a deadly curse. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/3857.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3857.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3857.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3857.mobi The Burglar and the Blizzard Alice Duer Miller http://feedbooks.com/book/3521 en 1914 Novels A Christmas story. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://feedbooks.com/book/3521.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3521.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3521.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3521.mobi The Upas Tree Florence L. Barclay http://feedbooks.com/book/3528 en 1912 Novels A Christmas Story for all the Year. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/3528.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3528.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3528.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3528.mobi Nibsy's Christmas Jacob August Riis http://feedbooks.com/book/3510 en 1893 Short Fiction Collections A collection of 3 short stories about Christmas. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/3510.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3510.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3510.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3510.mobi The Life and Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves Tobias Smollett http://feedbooks.com/book/752 urn:isbn:1419151649 en 1760 Novels http://feedbooks.com/book/752.png http://feedbooks.com/book/752.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/752.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/752.mobi The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont Robert Barr http://feedbooks.com/book/3734 urn:isbn:8132044657 en 1906 Novels Crime/Mystery Humor/Satire The Triumphs of Eugene Valmont (1906) brings together tales of the multifarious exploits of Robert Barr's elegant and cunning sleuth, Valmont, a brilliantly ironic parody of Sherlock Holmes. Exhibiting the crucial combination of realism and imagination that characterizes the finest crime writing, the stories exude playfulness and blend mystery and quasi-Gothic thrills with humorous detours and romantic adventure. A notable figure in 1890s literary London and a friend of Conan Doyle, Barr was acutely aware of style as a form of statement and the stories are full of literary effects, commentary on the detective mystery genre, and Valmont's disparaging reflections on English values. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/3734.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3734.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3734.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3734.mobi The Beetle Richard Marsh http://feedbooks.com/book/3759 urn:isbn:1840226099 en 1897 Novels Crime/Mystery Horror A fantastic creature, "born of neither god nor man," hypnotic and supernatural, stalks British politician Paul Lessingham through turn-of-the-century London. A classic tale of supernatural horror. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/3759.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3759.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3759.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3759.mobi Christmas with Grandma Elsie Martha Finley http://feedbooks.com/book/3523 en 1888 Novels A Christmas story from the Elsie series. http://feedbooks.com/book/3523.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3523.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3523.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3523.mobi Christmas Zona Gale http://feedbooks.com/book/3522 en 1912 Novels This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/3522.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3522.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3522.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3522.mobi Maida's Little Shop Inez Haynes Irwin http://feedbooks.com/book/3694 urn:isbn:8132029399 en 1909 Novels Young Readers This is the tale of Maida Westabrook, the motherless daughter of Jerome "Buffalo" Westabrook, Wall Street tycoon. Although Maida has had everything that money can buy and the devotion of her father, she has also known trouble and heartache. This work was published before 1923 and is in the public domain in the USA only. http://feedbooks.com/book/3694.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3694.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3694.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3694.mobi The Weapons of Mystery Joseph Hocking http://feedbooks.com/book/3527 en 1890 Novels Crime/Mystery This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/3527.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3527.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3527.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3527.mobi The Sleuth of St. James's Square Melville Davisson Post http://feedbooks.com/book/3748 urn:isbn:1605978035 en 1920 Short Fiction Crime/Mystery Collections A collection of 16 mystery short stories: The Thing on the Hearth, The Reward, The Lost Lady, The Cambered Foot, The Man in the Green Hat, The Wrong Sign, The Fortune Teller, The Hole in the Mahogany Panel, The End of the Road, The Last Adventure, American Horses, The Spread Rails, The Pumpkin Coach, The Yellow Flower, Satire of the Sea & The House by the Loch. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/3748.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3748.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3748.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3748.mobi The Description of Wales Giraldus Cambrensis http://feedbooks.com/book/3826 en 1194 Non-Fiction History Williams' classic edition of Hoare's classic translation is here augmented with almost 200 new annotations concerning quotations, language, geography, history, and customs alluded to in the text. http://feedbooks.com/book/3826.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3826.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3826.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3826.mobi The Itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin through Wales Giraldus Cambrensis http://feedbooks.com/book/3813 urn:isbn:0140443398 en 1191 Non-Fiction Travel A mediaeval Norman-Welsh cleric recounts his adventures travelling through his homeland, recruiting for the Third Crusade. http://feedbooks.com/book/3813.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3813.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3813.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3813.mobi The Spirit of Christmas Henry van Dyke http://feedbooks.com/book/3512 en 1905 Short Fiction Essay Collections Religion A short story, an essay, a sermon and two prayers for Christmas. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/3512.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3512.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3512.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3512.mobi 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." This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/3871.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3871.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3871.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3871.mobi The Woman in Black E.C. Bentley http://feedbooks.com/book/3754 urn:isbn:0554990199 en 1913 Novels Crime/Mystery The first of a series of detective novels featuring "gentleman sleuth Philip Trent," later published under the title "Trent's Last Case." This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://feedbooks.com/book/3754.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3754.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3754.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3754.mobi The Coral Island Robert Michael Ballantyne http://feedbooks.com/book/3951 en 1857 Novels Young Readers Adventure Three boys, fifteen-year-old Ralph Rover (the narrator), eighteen-year-old Jack Martin and fourteen-year-old Peterkin Gay, are the sole survivors of a shipwreck on the coral reef of a large but uninhabited Polynesian island. At first their life on the island is idyllic; food, in the shape of fruits, fish and wild pigs, is plentiful, and using their only possessions; a broken telescope, an iron-bound oar and a small axe, they fashion a shelter and even construct a small boat. Their first contact with other people comes after several months when they observe two large outrigger canoes land on the beach. The two groups are engaged in battle and the three boys intervene to successfully defeat the attacking party, earning the gratitude of the chief Tararo. The Polynesians leave and the three boys are alone once more. Then more unwelcome visitors arrive in the shape of pirates, who make a living trading, or stealing, sandalwood. The three boys conceal themselves in a hidden cave, but Ralph is captured when he sets out to see if the pirates have left, and is taken aboard the pirate schooner. Ralph strikes up an unexpected friendship with one of the pirates, "Bloody Bill", and when they call at an island to trade for more wood he meets Tararo again. On the island he sees all facets of island life, including the popular sport of surfing, as well as the practice of infanticide and cannibalism. Rising tension leads to an attack by the inhabitants on the pirates, leaving only Ralph alive and Bloody Bill mortally wounded. However they manage to make their escape in the schooner. After Bill dies, making a death-bed repentance for his evil life, Ralph manages to sail back to the Coral Island to be re-united with his friends. http://feedbooks.com/book/3951.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3951.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3951.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3951.mobi