Literary Collections

Having murdered my mother under circumstances of singular atrocity, I was arrested and put upon my trial, which lasted seven years. In charging the jury, the judge of the Court of Acquittal remarked that it was one of the most ghastly crimes that he had...

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: Ambrose BiercePublisher:...

So this is what happened to the dozen-odd malcontents who could no longer stand the dirty business in Europe and the dirtier politicians at home. There was treachery in the Senate, treason in the House. A plague of liars infested the Republic; the land...

A Young Man In A Hurry and other short StoriesAuthor: Robert W. ChambersPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Oct 18, 2014Number of Pages: 192 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 150232671XISBN-13: 9781502326713

Abour the Author- Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 - December 16, 1933) was an American artist and fiction writer, best known for his book of short stories entitled The King In Yellow, published in 1895.Author: Robert W. ChambersPublisher:...

The year had been, as everybody knows, a momentous and sinister year for the masculine sex; marriages and births in the United States alone had fallen off nearly eighty per cent.; the establishment of Suffragette Unions in every city, town, and village...

One of Robert W. Chambers' most well-known stories, In The Quarter is an interesting story that is considered by many to be a classic.Author: Robert W. ChambersPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Sep 10, 2014Number of...

Although the man's back was turned toward me, I was uncomfortably conscious that he was watching me. How he could possibly be watching me while I stood directly behind him, I did not ask myself; yet, nevertheless, instinct warned me that I was being...

There was a new crescent moon in the west which, with the star above it, made an agreeable oriental combination. In the haze over bay and river enough rose and purple remained to veil the awakening glitter of the monstrous city sprawling supine between...

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: Robert W...

I DURING the last two years Fate, Chance, and Destiny had been too busy to attend to Mike Clinch. But now his turn was coming in the Eternal Sequence of things. The stars in their courses indicated the beginning of the undoing of Mike Clinch. From...

The Mystery of Choice : 9781502327253Author: Robert W. ChambersPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Sep 10, 2014Number of Pages: 168 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1502327252ISBN-13: 9781502327253

Only when the Nan-yang Maru sailed from Yuen-San did her terrible sense of foreboding begin to subside. For four years, waking or sleeping, the awful subconsciousness of supreme evil had never left her. But now, as the Korean shore, receding into...

Greenmantle is the second of five novels by John Buchan featuring the character of Richard Hannay, first published in 1916 by Hodder & Stoughton, London. It is one of two Hannay novels set during the First World War, the other being Mr Standfast (1919);...

To celebrate his retirement, mild-mannered grocer Dickson McCunn has planned a walking tour of the Scottish countryside. However, the journey that starts out as a bucolic gambol soon spirals into a remarkable -- and endlessly entertaining -- series of...

The three of us in that winter camp in the Selkirks were talking the slow aimless talk of wearied men. The Soldier, who had seen many campaigns, was riding his hobby of the Civil War and descanting on Lee's tactics in the last Wilderness struggle. I said...

Nineteen-year-old David Crawfurd travels from Scotland to South Africa to work as a storekeeper. On the voyage he encounters again John Laputa, the celebrated Zulu minister, of whom he has strange memories. In his remote store David finds himself with...

Europe is close to war and spies are everywhere. Richard Hannay, bored and world-weary in London, encounters Scudder, an American stranger who has discovered a plot to assassinate the Greek Premier which could lead the world into war. When Scudder is...

When I was a child in short-coats a spaewife came to the town-end, and for a silver groat paid by my mother she riddled my fate. It came to little, being no more than that I should miss love and fortune in the sunlight and find them in the rain. The...

He was a born protestant. He declined to give up his large ambition of knowledge and action for any narrow craft or profession, aiming at a much more comprehensive calling, the art of living well. If he slighted and defied the opinions of others, it was...

Guy Deverell vol. IAuthor: Joseph Sheridan LefanuPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Sep 29, 2014Number of Pages: 182 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1502343398ISBN-13: 9781502343390

At Sunwich Port : 9781502357090Author: W. W. JacobsPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Oct 12, 2014Number of Pages: 196 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1502357097ISBN-13: 9781502357090

William Wymark Jacobs (1863-1943), was an English American author . He is now best remembered for his macabre short stories "The Monkey's Paw" and "The Toll House," but the majority of his output was humorous in tone. His favourite subjects were marine...

Captains All : 9781502357687Author: W. W. JacobsPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Oct 12, 2014Number of Pages: 138 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1502357682ISBN-13: 9781502357687

Dialstone Lane : 9781502357816Author: W. W. JacobsPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Sep 29, 2014Number of Pages: 194 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 150235781XISBN-13: 9781502357816

Odd Craft : 9781502358844Author: W. W. JacobsPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Sep 13, 2014Number of Pages: 202 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1502358840ISBN-13: 9781502358844

"Wapping Old Stairs?" said the rough individual! shouldering the brand-new sea-chest, and starting off at a trot with it; "yus, I know the place, captin. Fust v'y'ge, sir?" "Ay, ay, my hearty," replied the owner of the chest, a small, ill-looking lad of...

MR. JOHN VYNER, ship-owner, pushed his chair back from his writing-table and gazed with kindly condescension at the chief clerk as he stood before it with a handful of papers. "We shall be able to relieve you of some of your work soon, Hartley," he said,...

Wapping Old Stairs?" said the rough individual, shouldering the bran-new sea-chest, and starting off at a trot with it; "yus, I know the place, captin. Fust v'y'ge, sir?" "Ay, ay, my hearty," replied the owner of the chest, a small, ill-looking lad of...

Short Cruises : 9781502401021Author: W. W. JacobsPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Sep 17, 2014Number of Pages: 156 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1502401029ISBN-13: 9781502401021