H H Munro: 40 books

This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. Saki was called the Oscar Wilde of his day, and hailed as a master stylist. Using witty dialogue and macabre humor, he writes of mischievous young men, foolish aunts, and blood-thirsty beasts. His stories are surprisingly...

This book, newly updated, contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure! The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning...

Welcome to the 3 Books To Know series, our idea is to help readers learn about fascinating topics through three essential and relevant books. These carefully selected works can be fiction, non-fiction, historical documents or even biographies. We will always select for you three great works to instigate...

The Contrast, written in 1787 by Royall Tyler, is an American play in the tradition of the English Restoration comedies of the seventeenth century; it takes its cue from Sheridan's The School for Scandal, a British comedy of manners that had revived that tradition a decade before. Royall uses the...

This eBook edition of "The Unbearable Bassington" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Francesca Bassington is a somewhat cold and self-contained society woman who values her home and possessions above all else. She lives in a house...

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Toys of Peace and Other Papers" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: The Toys of Peace Louise Tea The Disappearance of Crispina Umberleigh The Wolves of Cernogratz Louis The Guests The Penance The Phantom Luncheon...

Russia, which is blessed with a rich variety of tribes and peoples, the despair of the ethnographical geographer, who can scarcely find enough distinctive colours wherewith to denote them all on his maps, is characterised by a singular uniformity of physical conditions throughout the greater part of...

In Caesars account of the German he claims that they had no druids. This book sets out to prove that they did have druids and their religious practices were highly complex and long standing. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce...

In literary theory, the Heroic Age was the time of great deeds recorded in epic poems like The Iliad. In this 1912 study, drawing from anthropology and philology, the author develops the idea of the Heroic Age by comparing Greek and Teutonic literary traditions, finding echoes in medieval England and Serbia.

Volume 51 contains a total of 60 lectures covering 12 topics: History Poetry Natural Science Philosophy Biography Prose Fiction Criticism and the Essay Education Political Science Drama Voyages and Travels Religion

Los gatos, esos adorables compañeros, son los protagonistas de estos cuatro cuentos. Inteligentes y elegantes por naturaleza, han servido de inspiración a muchos artistas de diferentes latitudes a lo largo de los siglos. Tanto los escritores como los ilustradores que iluminan estos relatos nos muestran...