Charles Roberts: 86 books

A collection of poetry by turn-of-the-century poet, Charles G. D. Roberts. Some poems are romanctic; some are startling, and all of them are pure art. Enjoy this book of poems.

“Revenant à la Belle Acadie”—the words sang themselves over and over in my brain, but I could get no further than that one line, try as I might. I felt that it was the beginning of a song which, if only I could imprison it in my rhyme, would stick in the hearts of our men of Acadie, and live...

Tale of animals: predators vs. prey, growing up wild, and the lives of many animals in the forest. Told by nature writer Charles Roberts, this story is along the lines of Jack London's Call of the Wild.

Jim’s mother was a big cross-bred bitch, half Newfoundland and half bloodhound, belonging to Black Saunders, one of the hands at the Brine’s Rip Mills. As the mills were always busy, Saunders was always busy, and it was no place for a dog to be around, among the screeching saws, the thumping,...

Barbara Ladd is a fiction by Charles G. D. Roberts. First published in 1902 with Illustation by Frank Verbeck.  We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances...

It was toward the end of July, and Fredericton, the little New Brunswick capital, had grown hot beyond endurance, when six devoted canoeists—Stranion, Magnus, Queerman, Sam, Ranolf, and myself—heard simultaneously the voices of wild rapids calling to them from afar. The desire of the woods awoke...

James Harkin is expanding business in the 1970’s. Moving to a new mall will supply big-ticket grandeur to the Texas border department store. The personnel are to be increased and new employees would work under the stern patron. One of the new hires crashes a plane into a religious shrine and a funeral...

This manuscript is an edited journal Harold McDowell kept in Mexico. It contains the actions of the Marroquin family of Monterrey during the civil difficulties. It starts with Harold and a friend Jerry White pursuing macho activities on the South Texas border. Harold games with an experienced smuggler...

The tale of a fox, and his trials, tribulations, and life, as told from the point of view of the fox itself, as only Roberts could tell it. In Roberts' own words: "In the following story I have tried to trace the career of a fox of the backwoods districts of Eastern Canada. The hero of...

Charles Sweeny (1882–1963) was the heir to a fortune. Renouncing a life of comfort, he became a warrior for causes he believed in. Twice kicked out of West Point, he fought in revolts against three Latin American dictators. He was a decorated officer in the French Foreign Legion and in the U.S....

This book contains the following works arranged alphabetically by authors last names The Black Cat [Edgar Allan Poe] The Man Who Knew Too Much,The Man Who Was Thursday: a Nightmare [G.K Chesterton] The Hound of the Baskervilles,The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [Arthur Conan Doyle] The Nebuly Coat [John...

Told from the point of view of different animals, this study of wildlife on and around islands in the North East makes Roberts' works some of the most rewarding and interesting adventure tales.

A survey of the last 100 years of science fiction, with representative stories and illuminating essays by the top writers, poets, and scholars, from Edgar Rice Burroughs and Samuel Butler to Robert A. Heinlein and and Jack Vance, from E.E. "Doc" Smith and Clifford D. Simak to Ted Chiang and Charles Stross-- and everyone in between. More than one million words of classic fiction and essays!

They are the lone wolves of the battlefield. Tracking the enemy, lying in wait for the target to appear -- then they shoot to kill. Armed with an unerring eye, infinite patience and a mastery of camouflage, combat snipers stalk the enemy with only one goal... In World War II, Korea, Vietnam,...