Halcyon Press Ltd : 195 books

THE KNIGHTS, dating to about 424 BC, is the fourth play written by Aristophanes.  A masterful Old Comedy satire, the play examines the social and political life of classical Athens during the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC). Aristophanes (c.446 BC - c.386 BC) was a comic playwright of...

THE ECCLESIAZUSAE (translated variously as 'women in power' or 'women in council'), group of Athenian women led by Praxagora sneak into the Athenian assembly disguised as men and vote the women of the Republic into power.  In this hilarious farce, the women enforce an odd brand of equality through...

TIME CRIME AND OTHER PARATIME STORIES is a collection of stories of a time traveling police force with the mandate to keep secret the knowledge of parallel timeline travel -- partly to avoid chaos, and partly to protect their world's lucrative trade with the people of other timelines. In TIME...

THE H. BEAM PIPER MEGA SCIENCE FICTION COLLECTION includes nearly forty novels and short stories by noted science fiction writer H. Beam Piper.  He is best known for his extensive Terro-Human Future History series, which explores 6,000 years of future history beginning with the splitting of the atom...

Anthony Rogers is a 20th century man transported to the 25th century after a mine cave-in left him in a state of suspended animation. Upon emerging, Rogers discovers that America has been crushed by the Han, a Mongolian people possessing advanced technology. Rogers joins the Americans in the new struggle...

THE COLLECTED SCIENCE FICTION OF GEORGE GRIFFITH includes 17 works by pioneering science fiction writer George Chetwynd Griffith.  Griffith (1857-1906) was an English writer and explorer whose exploits including three journeys around the world, one which took only 65 days to complete.  He...

Xerxes, son of Darius and of his wife Atossa, daughter of Cyrus, went forth against Hellas, to take vengeance upon those who had defeated his father at Marathon. But ill fortune befell the king and his army both by land and sea; neither did it avail him that he cast a bridge over the Hellespont and...

The final play of THE ORESTEIA, THE EUMENIDES (the Furies) addresses the subject of Orestes' guilt. Aeschylus (c. 524 BC – c. 455 BC) was the first of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose work has survived, the others being Sophocles and Euripides, and is often recognized as the father...

THE SECRET GARDEN AND OTHER WORKS includes four classic young reader novels by Frances Hodgson Burnett, including her classics THE SECRET GARDEN, THE LITTLE PRINCESS, LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY, and THE LOST PRINCE.  This collection is DRM free and includes an active table of contents for easy navigation.

THE PENNY DREADFULS OF THOMAS PECKETT PREST includes three "penny dreadfuls" including VARNEY THE VAMPIRE, THE STRING OF PEARLS, and THE DEMON OF THE HARTZ.   Set during the reign of King George II, the gruesome tale of VARNEY THE VAMPIRE concerns the persecution of the Bannerworth...

BULLDOG DRUMMOND AND THE BLACK GANG includes two 'Bulldog Drummond' thrillers by Herman Cyril McNeile, who wrote as 'Sapper.' In BULLDOG DRUMMOND, Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond, wealthy former officer of the Loamshire Regiment, dashing and strong (but not particularly handsome), places...

Joseph A. Altsheler's CIVIL WAR SERIES for young readers' features all eight novels of the series.  They tell the story of the American Civil War through the eyes of two cousins, Harry Kenton and Dick Mason, who are united by blood but divided by culture and geography.  The two cousins join...

THE DELEGATE FROM VENUS AND OTHER SCIENCE FICTION STORIES includes six classic science fiction stories by noted writer Henry Slesar.  Slesar (1927-2002) was a versatile writer who published works of science fiction, fantasy, detective, and achieved long-term success writing science fiction and...

THE COLLECTED ADVENTURES OF BERTRAM MITFORD includes 27 works by noted British colonial writer Bertram Mitford.  A very popular writer during the late 19th and early 20th century, Mitford wrote in several genres, but specialized in colonial adventures, usually set in South Africa or India. ...