United Holdings Group: 47 books

Allan's Wife is a classic romance novel written by H. Rider Haggard and first published in 1899. It may be remembered that in the last pages of his diary, written just before his death, Allan Quatermain makes allusion to his long dead wife, stating that he has written of her fully elsewhere. When his...

Real Soldiers of Fortune was written by Richard Harding Davis and first published in 1906. This is an early biography of the Real Soldiers are Winston Spencer Churchill, Baron James Harden-Hickey, Captain Philo Norton McGriffin, General McIver and other prominent military men of Davis' time. A true American classic.

At the Earth's Core is a science fiction adventure classic written by Edgar Rice Burroughs and first published in 1914. David Innes is a young man who has just inherited a large mining company. An eccentric inventor, Abner Perry, convinces Innes to underwrite a project to build an 'iron mole', claiming...

Hop-Frog was written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1849. A dwarf is taken from his homeland and becomes the jester of a king particularly fond of practical jokes. Taking revenge on the king and his cabinet for striking his friend and fellow dwarf Trippetta, he dresses them as orangutans for...

Mother Goose in Prose was written by L. Frank Baum and first published in 1897, three years before the author achieved fame as the creator of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, this engaging volume, inspired by well-known nursery rhymes, added an exciting new dimension to old, much-loved verses. In 22 captivating...

A House of Pomegranates was written by Oscar Wilde and first published in 1892. A House of Pomegranates is a collection of whimisical short stories which includes the following tales: The Young King, The Birthday of the Infanta, The Fisherman and his Soul, and The Star-child. Readers of all ages will be delighted by these fanciful tales.

Metropolis is a novel written by Thea von Harbou, who was director Fritz Lang's wife. It contains bits of the story that got lost on the cutting-room floor; in a very real way it is the only way to understand the film.

Goody Two-Shoes is a children's story first published in 1888. The story is the origin of the popular phrase "goody two-shoes," often used to describe an overly virtuous person. Goody Two-Shoes is a variation of the Cinderella story.

A Laodicean is a romance classic written by Thomas Hardy and first published in 1881. Paula Power inherits a medieval castle from her industrialist father who has purchased it from the aristocratic De Stancy family. She employs two architects, one local and one, George Somerset, newly qualified from...

Ayesha is a classic gothic adventure story written by H. Rider Haggard and first published in 1905. In this heart-stopping sequel to the classic novel "She," Allan Quatermain discovers a lost kingdom in the heart of Africa, ruled by the mysterious Ayesha. A haunting story of love and enchantment that...

Siddhartha is a spiritual tale written by Hermann Hesse and first published in 1922. This is an allegorical novel which deals with the spiritual journey of an Indian boy called Siddhartha during the time of the Buddha. The word Siddhartha is made up of two words in the Sanskrit language, siddha (gotten)...

A Tale of the Ragged Mountains is a classic short written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1844. "A Tale of the Ragged Mountains" highlights scientific theories of Poe's day, engages with British imperial history, and forecasts contemporary interest in psychoactive drugs, the transmigration...

Mankind in the Making is a classic story written by H. G. Wells and first published in 1903. Certain wholesale aspects of man-making with a skin of infinite delicacy that life will harden very speedily, with a discomforted writhing little body, with a weak and wailing outcry that stirs the heart, the...

Jacob's Room is a classic story wriiten by Virginia Woolf and first published in 1922. It is Virginia Woolf's first truly experimental novel. It is a portrait of a young man, who is both representative and victim of the social values which led Edwardian society into war. Jacob's life is traced from the...