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By: John Kendrick Bangs (1862-1922) | |
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Enchanted Typewriter
The Enchanted Typewriter is a collection of short stories by the American author John Kendrick Bangs, written in 1899 in the style that has become known as Bangsian fantasy. Bangs attributes many of the stories to the late (and invisible) James Boswell, who has become an editor for a newspaper in Hades, and who communicates with the author by means of an old typewriter. The fantasy stories in this book are part of the author's Hades series, named for the stories' setting. | |
Paste Jewels | |
Mrs. Raffles
Mrs. Raffles, widow of the now deceased A. J. Raffles (who was the gentleman thief pursued at one time by Sherlock Holmes), continues the family legacy of crime—but this time in America. These stories are narrated by her cohort, Harry “Bunny” Manders, previously the devoted friend and sidekick of A.J. Raffles before his death. | |
Genial Idiot
John Kendrick Bangs once again takes us on a journey with the loveable, but somewhat self-opinionated and irritating Mr Idiot. | |
Water Ghost and Others
Eight ghost stories by a master story teller and humorist of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. | |
Mr. Bonaparte of Corsica | |
In Camp With A Tin Soldier | |
Jack and the Check Book
Bangs is in top form in his version of this small collection of timeless fairy tales. If you don't immediately recognize Jack and the Check Book, Puss, the Promoter, and the Golden Fleece, don't worry, you soon will. | |
A Rebellious Heroine | |
Toppleton's Client
A pre-eminent legal firm gets far more than it bargained for when it hires the son of its late senior partner, Hopkins Toppleton, Sr., simply to retain the illustrious family name on the company masthead. Knowing Jr. is a loose cannon, their strategy is to pack him off to the UK to head up a European branch of the firm - a branch they have no intention of sending work. The unwitting Hopkins Toppleton, Jr. is, however, determined to make his mark. | |
A Proposal Under Difficulties A Farce | |
The Booming of Acre Hill And Other Reminiscences of Urban and Suburban Life |
By: Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) | |
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Utopia
He was a trusted aide of Henry VIII, but when he supposedly opposed the monarch's second marriage, he was thrown into prison and executed for treason. More than two hundred years later, he was canonized as the patron saint of statesmen and politicians by the Catholic Church. Philosopher, writer, diplomat, lawyer, Renaissance man, avid gardener, humanist thinker and statesman are only some of the words used to describe him. A lifelong opponent of Protestantism who was rumored to have had heretics imprisoned, murdered and burned at the stake, Thomas More is even today an enigmatic figure... |
By: Philip Verrill Mighels (1869-1911) | |
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As It Was in the Beginning | |
The Furnace of Gold | |
Bruvver Jim's Baby |
By: Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) | |
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A Defence of Poetry and Other Essays | |
The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley — Volume 1 | |
Adonais | |
The Daemon of the World | |
The Witch of Atlas | |
Peter Bell the Third |
By: George Edmundson (1848-1930) | |
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History of Holland
The title, “History of Holland,” given to this volume is fully justified by the predominant part which the great maritime province of Holland took in the War of Independence and throughout the whole of the subsequent history of the Dutch state and people. |
By: Emily Post (1873-1960) | |
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The Title Market |
By: Edward Channing (1856-1931) | |
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A Short History of the United States
First published in 1908, A Short History of The United States by Edward Channing aims to provide a compact and concise account of the events that went into the making of the United States of America. Divided into 45 short chapters which are laid out point-wise, the book is designed as a school text book. Each chapter has a section at the end with a set of questions regarding the facts given in it. Beginning with theories about the first European who may have “discovered” the North American... |
By: Logan Marshall | |
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The Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters
Logan Marshall's book "The Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters" gives readers a first-hand account of the greatest sea disaster of all time straight from the survivors of the ill-fated sunken ship. Unlike many of the books about the Titanic that was written recently, Logan Marshall was fortunate that he was able to interview the survivors of the Titanic and access to all the important documents about the ship, including the diagrams, maps and actual photographs related to the disaster... | |
Myths and Legends of All Nations
This excellent book contains many great stories from the various mythologies of man throughout the ages. | |
A History of the Nations and Empires Involved and a Study of the Events Culminating in the Great Conflict | |
The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado |
By: Charles Brockden Brown | |
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Arthur Mervyn
Kicked out of his parental home by his scheming young stepmother, a young country boy, Arthur Mervyn arrives in Philadelphia. Here he finds the city in the throes of a deadly yellow-fever epidemic. However, he finds a small job as a clerk and is determined to make his way in the world. He soon discovers that his employer is a con man and a murderer. One night, Arthur helps him dispose of a body in the river. While they're struggling with the corpse, the employer is swept away by the current... If you haven't encountered American Gothic before, Arthur Mervyn by Charles Brockden Brown is a great introduction to this genre... | |
Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker | |
Memoirs of Carwin, the Biloquist | |
Jane Talbot | |
Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness | |
Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness | |
Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness |
By: Edward Lear (1812-1888) | |
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A Book of Nonsense
In 1846 Lear published A Book of Nonsense, a volume of limericks that went through three editions and helped popularize the form. This book contains 112 of these funny, imaginative verses that have been well loved by many generations of children (and adults). ( | |
Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets
A selection of nonsense poems, songs (not sung!), stories, and miscellaneous strangeness. The work includes the "Owl and the Pussycat" and a recipe for Amblongus Pie, which begins "Take 4 pounds (say 4½ pounds) of fresh ablongusses and put them in a small pipkin."Edward Lear was an English writer, poet, cat-lover, and illustrator (his watercolours are beautiful). This recording celebrates the 200th anniversary of Lear's birth. | |
Nonsense Drolleries The Owl & The Pussy-Cat—The Duck & The Kangaroo. | |
More Nonsense | |
Nonsense Verses by Edward Lear
This is a collection of some of the delightful nonsense verses and stories by Edward Lear. A lot of them are also my favorites. The Jumblies, The Owl and the Pussy-cat; the Broom, the Shovel, The Poker and the Tongs; The Duck and the Kangaroo; The Cummerbund; The Dong with the Luminous Nose; The New Vestments; Calico Pie; The courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo and Incidents in the Life of My Uncle Arly. Also included at no extra cost are two sections with my favorite Lear limericks. Only about 30 of them but they are all funny and full of delectable silliness. I hope you enjoy listening to these as much as I enjoyed recording them. |
By: George Barr McCutcheon (1866-1928) | |
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Brewster's Millions
He hosts an all expenses paid luxury cruise to Europe for fifty guests and showers them with expensive gifts. When he's mugged in a dark alley, he insists that the thugs also take the $300 stashed away in his back pocket. He flies into a rage whenever one of his employees suggests cutting costs. Every time he places a bet, he wins, causing him even more despair! In Brewster's Millions by George Barr McCutcheon, a classic riches-to-rags tale, Montgomery Brewster is bound by the terms of an eccentric uncle's will to spend one million dollars completely within a year so that he can lay claim to an even bigger fortune... | |
Graustark
The Graustark novels are stories of court intrigue, royal disguise, and romance similar to Anthony Hope’s 1894 novel, The Prisoner of Zenda, and its sequels. They were popular best-sellers at the time they were published and the original editions are still readily available in used book shops. The novels gave their name to a fictional genre called Graustarkian: this genre contains tales of romance and intrigue usually featuring titled characters in small, fictional, Central European countries... | |
Beverly Of Graustark
Beverly Of Graustark is the second book in the Graustark series. Lorry and his wife, the princess, made their home in Washington, but spent a few months of each year in Edelweiss. During the periods spent in Washington and in travel, her affairs in Graustark were in the hands of a capable, austere old diplomat–her uncle, Count Caspar Halfont. Princess Volga reigned as regent over the principality of Axphain. To the south lay the principality of Dawsbergen, ruled by young Prince Dantan, whose half brother, the deposed Prince Gabriel, had been for two years a prisoner in Graustark, the convicted assassin of Prince Lorenz, of Axphain, one time suitor for the hand of Yetive... | |
The Daughter of Anderson Crow | |
Anderson Crow, Detective | |
A Fool and His Money | |
Truxton King A Story of Graustark | |
The Prince of Graustark | |
West Wind Drift | |
Nedra | |
From the Housetops | |
The Husbands of Edith | |
Her Weight in Gold | |
Jane Cable | |
The Man from Brodney's | |
Castle Craneycrow | |
Quill's Window | |
What's-His-Name | |
The Day of the Dog | |
The Flyers | |
The Rose in the Ring | |
Viola Gwyn | |
The Purple Parasol | |
Yollop
Mr. Crittenden Yollop makes friends with the man who came to burglarize his home and sets out to help him return to where he really wants to be...prison. This humorous satire takes a somewhat different look at prisons, criminals, the law and reformers. | |
The Hollow of Her Hand | |
Mr. Bingle | |
The Sherrods | |
Green Fancy |
By: John Masefield (1878-1967) | |
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On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. | |
The Old Front Line | |
William Shakespeare | |
King Cole |