Literary Collections

SIide LightsAuthor: James RuncimanPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Jul 18, 2015Number of Pages: 146 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1515132056ISBN-13: 9781515132059

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.Author: Joseph C. LincolnPublisher:...

Where Angels Fear to Tread and Other Tales of The SeaAuthor: Morgan RobertsonPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Jul 25, 2015Number of Pages: 164 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1515221520ISBN-13:...

Anna Katharine Green (1846 - 1935) was an American writer best known for detective fiction. Green is considered the mother of the detective novel and wrote some of the most famous works in crime fiction before the Conan Doyle's classic Sherlock Holmes...

Excerpt from Mistress Spitfire: A Plain Account of Certain Episodes in the History of Richard Coope, Gent;, And of His Cousin, Mistress Alison French, at the Time of the Revolution, 1642-1644 At seven of the clock I turned away from the window, where,...

Excerpt from In a Steamer Chair: And Other Ship-Board Stories Mr. George Morris stood with his arms folded on the bulwarks of the steamship City of Buffalo, and gazed down into the water. All around him was the bustle and hurry of passengers embarking,...

A few minutes before noon on a hot summer day, Edmund Trevelyan walked up the gang-plank of the steamship, at that moment the largest Atlantic liner afloat. Exactly at the stroke of twelve she would leave Southampton for Cherbourg, then proceed across to...

Deaconesses in EuropeAuthor: Jane M. BancroftPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Aug 01, 2015Number of Pages: 142 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1515317617ISBN-13: 9781515317616

Well, here we are, fellows," said Jesse Wilcox, as he threw down an armful of wood at the side of the camp-fire. "For my part, I believe this is going to be about the best trip we ever had." "That's what I was telling Rob to-day," said John Hardy,...

Excerpt from A Deal in Wheat: And Other Stories of the New and Old West As Sam Lewiston backed the horse into the shafts of his buckboard and began hitching the tugs to the whiffletree, his wife came out from the kitchen door of the house and drew near,...

A collection of Norris's early writing, much of which first appeared in the San Francisco Wave, published together in book form posthumously in 1909.Author: Frank NorrisPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Aug 02,...

A novel of strife, separation, and tragedy in the Dust Bowl of the Texas Panhandle. Dan and Leora lose everything in their former home in Central Texas and travel to the northernmost part of the Panhandle to try to make a living on an isolated ranch in...

The wind, rising again as the sun went down, mourned lonesomely at the northwest corner of the cabin, as if it felt the desolateness of the barren, icy hills and the black hollows between, and of the angry red sky with its purple shadows lowering over...

The floor manager had just called out that it was "ladies' choice," and Happy Jack, his eyes glued in rapturous apprehension upon the thin, expressionless face of Annie Pilgreen, backed diffidently into a corner. He hoped and he feared that she would...

B. M. Bower, was an American author who wrote novels, fictional short stories, and screenplays about the American Old West. This is one of her stories.Author: B. M. BowerPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Aug 30,...

The Spirit of The RangeAuthor: B. M. BowerPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Aug 30, 2015Number of Pages: 36 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1517117011ISBN-13: 9781517117016

The wind, rising again as the sun went down, mourned lonesomely at the northwest corner of the cabin, as if it felt the desolateness of the barren, icy hills and the black hollows between, and of the angry red sky with its purple shadows lowering over...

B. M. Bower, was an American author who wrote novels, fictional short stories, and screenplays about the American Old West. This is one of her stories.Author: B. M. BowerPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Aug 30,...

B. M. Bower, was an American author who wrote novels, fictional short stories, and screenplays about the American Old West. This is one of her stories.Author: B. M. BowerPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Aug 30,...

This is a new release of the original 1929 edition.Author: Madeline BrandeisPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Aug 30, 2015Number of Pages: 52 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 151711957XISBN-13:...

Excerpt from The Second Mrs. Tanqueray: A Play in Four Acts The Second Mrs. Tanqueray: A Play in Four Acts was written by Arthur W. Pinero in 1900. This is a 202 page book, containing 26744 words. Search Inside is enabled for this title. About the...

Lanier of The Cavalry: or A Week's ArrestAuthor: Charles KingPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Aug 31, 2015Number of Pages: 94 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1517125790ISBN-13: 9781517125790

Trumpeter FredAuthor: Charles KingPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Aug 31, 2015Number of Pages: 82 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1517125863ISBN-13: 9781517125868

This is the life story of one who was born on a farm, and died on a farm, yet who achieved a world-wide fame through his military exploits. It has been told many times, it will be told for centuries yet to come; for the world loves a man of high emprise,...

Shanty The Blacksmith: A Tale of Other TimesAuthor: Mrs SherwoodPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Aug 31, 2015Number of Pages: 76 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1517127890ISBN-13: 9781517127893

Captain Sam or The Boy Scouts of 1814Author: George Cary EgglestonPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Aug 31, 2015Number of Pages: 96 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1517129265ISBN-13: 9781517129262

The Adventure of A Brownie: As Told to My ChildAuthor: Dinah Maria CraikPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Sep 01, 2015Number of Pages: 86 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1517145775ISBN-13: 9781517145774

"Good lack, Agnes! Why, Agnes Stone! Thou art right well be-called Stone; for there is no more wit nor no more quickness in thee than in a pebble. Lack-a-daisy! but this were never good land sithence preaching came therein, -idle foolery that it is!-good...

The sun was shining brightly on the battlements and casements of Lovell Tower. The season was spring, and the year 1395. Within the house, though it was barely seven o'clock in the morning, all was bustle and confusion, for Dame Lovell was superintending...

The afternoon service was over in Lincoln Cathedral, and the congregation were slowly filing out of the great west door. But that afternoon service was six hundred years ago, and both the Cathedral and the congregation would look very strange to us if we...