List 98 of books from editorial B R Samizdat Express

The Jest Book (1865), the choicest anecdotes and sayings

by Mark Lemon
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Collection of anecdotes, first published in 1865. "The compiler of this new jest book is desirous to make known that it is composed mainly of old jokes -- some older than Joe Miller himself -- with a liberal sprinkling of new jests gathered from books and hearsay. In the course of his researches he...

A Tramp Through the Bret Harte Country

by Thomas Dykes Beasley
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Travel in the American West, first published around 1900. Recollections of Bret Harte and the places that were the settings for his stories. According to Wikipedia: "Bret Harte (August 25, 1836[2] May 6, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his accounts of pioneering life in California....

Resonance in Singing and Speaking

by Thomas Fillebrown
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

"Efforts to develop my own voice, and the voices of my patients after operations for cleft palate, aided by anatomical study, resulted in a plan for the focusing and development of the human voice quite different from any other yet published, or, so far as I know, yet proposed. This plan has proved so...

Voice Production in Singing and Speaking, Based on Scientific Principles

by Wesley Mills
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

"The present work is based on a life study of the voice, and has grown out of the conviction that all teaching and learning in voice-culture, whether for the purposes of singing or speaking, should as far as possible rest on a scientific foundation. The author, believing that practice and principles...

Hubert's Wife: A Story for You

by Minnie Mary Lee
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Popular novel, first published in 1873.

The Infernal Marriage

by Benjamin Disraeli
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, born Benjamin D'Israeli, (21 December 1804 19 April 1881), was a British Conservative statesman and literary figure. He served in government for three decades, twice as Prime Minister. An Anglican, he was nonetheless the country's...

The Little Tea Book (1903)

by Arthur Gray
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

"After all, tea is _the_ drink! Domestically and socially it is the beverage of the world. There may be those who will come forward with _their_ figures to prove that other fruits of the soil--agriculturally and commercially--are more important. Perhaps they are right when quoting statistics. But what...