Halcyon Press Ltd : 195 books

This Halcyon Classics ebook contains the three volumes of BULFINCH'S MYTHOLOGY complete in one edition.  Bulfinch's work is a compilation of much of the mythology of the ancient world and western Europe.  Includes an active table of contents for easy navigation. • Publisher’s Preface •...

This Halcyon Classics eBook contains five works by noted author Sherwood Anderson, including his seminal 'Winesburg, Ohio.'  Includes an active table of contents for easy navigation. Windy McPherson’s Son Marching Men Winesburg, Ohio Poor White Out of Nowhere Into Nothing...

This Halcyon Classics ebook contains nineteen short stories by several popular American writers of the 19th and early 20th centuries, including Mark Twain, Edgar Allan Poe, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Bret Harte, and O. Henry.  THE LITTLE FRENCHMAN AND HIS WATER LOTS George Pope Morris...

This Halcyon Classics ebook is F. Scott Fitzgerald's Jazz Age Classic THIS SIDE OF PARADISE.  Wealthy and attractive Princeton student Amory Blaine dabbles in literature and romance, and becomes disillusioned by the greed and social climbing of post-World War I American youth. Francis...

This Halcyon Classics ebook is F. Scott Fitzgerald's Jazz Age Classic THE BEAUTIFUL AND DAMNED.  The novel tells the story of Anthony Patch, a young presumptive heir to a fortune and his relationship with his wife Gloria.  Patch serves in the army and struggles with alcoholism as he seeks...

This Halcyon Classics ebook collection contains 35 books and short stories by Frances Hodgson Burnett, including 'The Secret Garden,' 'A Little Princess,' and 'Little Lord Fauntleroy.'  Includes an active table of contents for easy navigation. The Secret Garden A Little Princess...

This Halcyon Classics eBook contains the complete Oz series from L. Frank Baum - 20 books and short stories set in the mythical land of Oz. Includes an active table of contents. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz The Marvelous Land of Oz Ozma of Oz Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz The Road to Oz The Emerald...

THE SYNDIC AND OTHER SCIENCE FICTION ADVENTURES contains one novel and three other works by science fiction writer C.M. Kornbluth (1923-1958).  As a teenager, Kornbluth was a member of the Futurians, an influential group of science fiction fans and writers. While a member of the Futurians, he...

There have been a thousand tales of future Utopias and possible civilizations. They have been ruled by benevolent dictatorships and pure democracies, every form of government from extreme right to absolute left. Unique among these is the easy-going semi-anarchistic society ruled by THE SYNDIC....

THE MARCHING MORONS AND OTHER GOLDEN AGE SCIENCE FICTION STORIES features nine novels and short stories by C. M. Kornbluth, including his novels THE SYNDIC and SEARCH THE SKY (with Frederik Pohl). In his famous dystopian story THE MARCHING MORONS, a few intelligent people struggle to keep the mass...

The ORESTEIA is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus which concerns the end of the curse on the House of Atreus. The only surviving example of a trilogy of ancient Greek plays, the Oresteia was originally performed at the Dionysia festival in Athens in 458 BC, where it won first prize. ...

LYSISTRATA is a classic Old Comedy set during the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC).  Wearied by 20 years of war, Lysistrata persuades the women of Athens to withhold sexual favors from their husbands and lovers as a means of forcing them to negotiate peace with Sparta. Aristophanes (c.446 BC...

THE BIRDS differs markedly from all the other Comedies of Aristophanes which have come down to us in subject and general conception. It is just an extravaganza pure and simple--a graceful, whimsical theme chosen expressly for the sake of the opportunities it afforded of bright, amusing dialogue,...

THE COMPLETE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR SERIES includes six young readers' novels dealing with the great struggle of France and England and their colonies for control of North America during 1754-1763, culminating with the fall of Quebec. It is also concerned to a large extent with the Iroquois, the mighty...