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This is a three-act comedy from the Harlem Renaissance. The setting is Florida. The main characters are two song and dance men and Daisy. Here is a classic love triangle. Jealously causes Jim to hit...

This is a three-act comedy from the Harlem Renaissance. The setting is Florida. The main characters are two song and dance men and Daisy. Here is a classic love triangle. Jealously causes Jim to hit...

The Mysteries of All NationsAuthor: James GrantPublisher: Book JunglePublication Date: Jan 28, 2008Number of Pages: 460 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1604249560ISBN-13: 9781604249569

During the Civil War 5 northern prisoners captured in Richmond, Virginia decide to escape and take off for a South Pacific island in a balloon. Each man brings his own talents to the group and they...

Fergus Hume was an early 20th English writer. Hume spent his childhood in New Zealand and then moved to Australia. In 1888 he moved to England and produced over 100 novels and numerous short stories...

Grace Livingston Hill was an early 20th century Christian Romance novelist. She is credited with having written hundreds of short stories and novels. Her strong female characters were either solid...

Leroux was an early 20 th century writer, detective and journalist. He is best known for writing The Phantom of the Opera. This mystery is one of the first "locked room mysteries". A locked room...

Leroux was an early 20th century writer, detective and journalist. He is best known for writing The Phantom of the Opera. This mystery is one of the first "locked room mysteries". A locked room...

Douglass begins by saying that he does not know his birthday and this bothers him. What a simple statement yet is conveys so much of the laments of an ex slave and the cruelty of the slave system...

Douglass begins by saying that he does not know his birthday and this bothers him. What a simple statement yet is conveys so much of the laments of an ex slave and the cruelty of the slave system...

...If the Merit of a Natural History depends upon the Truth of the Facts which are brought to support it, then an unprejudiced Eye-Witness is more proper to write it, than any other Person; and I...

The research work, covering years, has included the careful examination of many records of interest to the Negro contained in the California Archives and the Bancroft Library at the University of...

Wilkie Collins was an English novelist, poet, and playwright writing in the mid 19th century. His writing was very popular consisting of 27 novels, 50 short stories, 15 plays and over 100 poems. His...

William Hope Hodgson wrote essays, and fiction. His fiction consisted of fantasy fiction, horror stories, and science fiction. His hobbies included body-building and photography. The Night Land was...

William Hope Hodgson wrote essays, and fiction. His fiction consisted of fantasy fiction, horror stories, and science fiction. His hobbies included body-building and photography. The Night Land was...

The OctopusAuthor: Frank NorrisPublisher: Book JunglePublication Date: Jul 28, 2008Number of Pages: 488 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1605979872ISBN-13: 9781605979878

The Odyssey is the sequel to the Illiad in which the Greek hero Odysseus has many adventures in his travels. After the fall of Troy Ulysses (the name the Roman's gave Odysseus) returns to Ithica...

William Daniell (1769-1837) was a British draughtsman who at age 14 accompanied his Uncle Thomas to India. He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1822. Before his death he began painting panoramas...

These were times when sugar sold for eighteen cents per pound, calico fifteen cents per yard, salt three dollars a barrel, and all other goods at these comparatively high prices, while butter would...

Although Arthur Conan Doyle is best known for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, he was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays,...

Chekhov was a Russian who wrote short stories and plays. Chekhov was a doctor during most of his life. He was said to say, "Medicine is my lawful wife and literature is my mistress". The Party and...

Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856-May 6, 1919) was an American author, actor, and independent filmmaker best known as the creator, along with illustrator W. W. Denslow, of one of the most popular books...

Oliver Wendell Holmes served on the U S Supreme Court from 1902 to 1932. He is considered to be one of the most influential judges ever to serve on the court. His wit and concise writing style make...

The Path to RomeAuthor: Hilaire BellocPublisher: Book JunglePublication Date: May 08, 2008Number of Pages: 220 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 160597689XISBN-13: 9781605976891

The Path to RomeAuthor: Hilaire BellocPublisher: Book JunglePublication Date: Jul 28, 2008Number of Pages: 220 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 160597935XISBN-13: 9781605979359

To give the world emancipation is the ruling desire of all minds that are spiritually awakened; and these should remember that to overcome evil with good is the only way. Forget the wrong that may...

To give the world emancipation is the ruling desire of all minds that are spiritually awakened; and these should remember that to overcome evil with good is the only way. Forget the wrong that may...

Jack London is a masterful storyteller. London spent some time living in the poorer areas of London, sleeping in workhouses and often living on the streets. This experience encouraged him to create...

Jack London is a masterful storyteller. London spent some time living in the poorer areas of London, sleeping in workhouses and often living on the streets. This experience encouraged him to create...

Henry Rider was a British Victorian writer known for his adventure novels set is exotic places. His writings are sympathetic to the natives. He often portrayed Africans as heroic in his stories even...