Literary Collections

A Miscellany of Men : 9781502722829Author: G. K. CherstertonPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Oct 06, 2014Number of Pages: 130 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1502722828ISBN-13: 9781502722829

Unless we are all mad, there is at the back of the most bewildering business a story: and if we are all mad, there is no such thing as madness. If I set a house on fire, it is quite true that I may illuminate many other people's weaknesses as well as my...

"The Club of Queer Trades by G. K. Chesterton: " Publisher: Kindle E-Book Edition: ISBN-13: 978-1-78379-088-3 The Club of Queer Trades is a collection of stories by G. K. Chesterton. Each story in the collection is centered on a person who is making...

"The Defendant by G. K. Chesterton: " Publisher: Kindle E-Book Edition: ISBN-13: 978-1-78379-151-4 A collection of reprinted articles on a wide-range of subject, all in the unique style of G. K. Chesterton. Using wit, paradox, and good humor he defends...

"The Trees of Pride by G. K. Chesterton: " Publisher: Kindle E-Book Edition: ISBN-13: 978-1-78379-091-3 In this mystery novella, G. K. Chesterton does what he does best-spins a tale of intrigue and suspense, strewn with philosophical and theological...

The Wild KnightAuthor: G. K. ChestertonPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Oct 18, 2014Number of Pages: 74 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1502723123ISBN-13: 9781502723123

"The Napoleon of Notting Hill by G. K. Chesterton: " Publisher: Kindle E-Book Edition: ISBN-13: 978-1-78379-112-5 It will be very reasonably asked why I should consent, though upon a sort of challenge, to write even a popular essay in English history,...

"Varied Types by G. K. Chesterton: " Publisher: Kindle E-Book Edition: ISBN-13: 978-1-78379-163-7 Another delightful and sharply pointed excursion into the topics of the day, and of our day as well, with Gilbert Keith Chesterton. Here he uses his wit...

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless 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: Jennie HallPublisher:...

Immediately after the awful barbarism which disgraced the State of Georgia in April of last year, during which time more than a dozen colored people were put to death with unspeakable barbarity, I published a full report showing that Sam Hose, who was...

Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its PhasesAuthor: Ida B. Wells-BarnettPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Oct 09, 2014Number of Pages: 84 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1502768003ISBN-13: 9781502768001

Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit : 9781502768209Author: Samuel Taylor ColeridgePublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Oct 09, 2014Number of Pages: 102 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1502768208ISBN-13:...

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless 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: William Makepeace...

George Cruikshank : 9781502779373Author: William Makepeace ThackerayPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Oct 11, 2014Number of Pages: 58 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1502779374ISBN-13: 9781502779373

Exquisite, silly, wistful, and heartbreaking, this collection of short nonfiction is unlike any you've seen before, and includes musings about Kyle MacLachlan, jackhammers, Sacramento, and getting hit by a van. "Work and Other Essays" is the last...

Some poet has observed, that if any man would write down what has really happened to him in this mortal life, he would be sure to make a good book, though he never had met with a single adventure from his birth to his burial. How much more, then, must I,...

OF THE LOVES OF MR. PERKINS AND MISS GORGON, AND OF THE TWO GREAT FACTIONS IN THE TOWN OF OLDBOROUGH. "My dear John," cried Lucy, with a very wise look indeed, "it must and shall be so. As for Doughty Street, with our means, a house is out of the...

The History of Samuel TitmarshAuthor: William Makepeace ThackerayPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Oct 12, 2014Number of Pages: 106 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 150279618XISBN-13: 9781502796189

GEORGE FITZ-BOODLE, ESQUIRE, TO OLIVER YORKE, ESQUIRE. OMNIUM CLUB, May 20, 1842. DEAR SIR, -I have always been considered the third-best whist-player in Europe, and (though never betting more than five pounds) have for many years past added considerably...

The Tremendous adventures of Major GahaganAuthor: William Makepeace ThackerayPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Oct 12, 2014Number of Pages: 90 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1502796295ISBN-13:...

This is Valoroso XXIV., King of Paflagonia, seated with his Queen and only child at their royal breakfast-table, and receiving the letter which announces to His Majesty a proposed visit from Prince Bulbo, heir of Padella, reigning King of Crim Tartary...

The Shunned House : 9781502796417Author: H P LovecraftPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Oct 12, 2014Number of Pages: 76 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1502796414ISBN-13: 9781502796417

GREAT many years ago there dwelt in a city of the East, of which you have never heard the name, a wise and holy man. He was highly esteemed by his fellow citizens, for he was kind and benevolent, never refusing good counsel to those in earnest to profit...

It was not their home. That was easy to be seen by the eager looks of curiosity and surprise on the two little faces inside the heavy travelling carriage. Yet the faces were grave, and there was a weary look in the eyes, for the journey had been long,...

"Where did you get those eyes so blue?" "Out of the sky as I came through." Christmas week a good many years ago. Not an "old-fashioned" Christmas this year, for there was no snow or ice; the sky was clear and the air pure, but yet without the sharp,...

"No," said Alix, "that's not a good plan at all. It's perfectly stupid. If you've no better ideas than that, Rafe, we needn't talk about it any more." Rafe looked and felt very snubbed indeed. He was ten, she was nine. But she generally took the lead;...

"One that was a woman, sir; but, rest her soul, she's dead." I myself have never seen a ghost (I am by no means sure that I wish ever to do so), but I have a friend whose experience in this respect has been less limited than mine. Till lately, however, I...

"Wherefore and whence we are ye cannot know." "The Winds' Song," Light of Asia.-Edwin Arnold The first thing that little Gratian Conyfer could remember in his life was hearing the wind blow. It had hushed him to sleep, it had scolded him when he was...

..". The Faith ... Which winged quick seeds of hope beyond the boundary walls of death." Dr Walter Smith, Hilda. Lettice moved to the window. She choked down a little sob which was beginning to rise in her throat, and by dint of resolutely gazing out at...

Imogen : 9781502796974Author: Mrs MolesworthPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Oct 12, 2014Number of Pages: 112 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 150279697XISBN-13: 9781502796974