Cobb: 371 books

We are all at the mercy of time, moving towards a significant moment. This collection of stories takes us through the events leading up to death and beyond for a number of characters living in different periods of history. They meet their maker in a variety of circumstances which are rarely peaceful....

Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane or Daring Adventures Over the Great Lake In the tradition of the Bobbsey Twins and the Hardy Boys, Dave Dashaway is back with a daring adventures filled with speedboats, smugglers, and a mid-air chase! The irrepressible Dave Dashaway has returned for...

Dave Dashaway Around the World or A Young Yankee Aviator Among Many Nations In the tradition of the Bobbsey Twins and the Hardy Boys, Dave Dashaway’s adventures continue with a race around the world! And they’re off! Dave Dashaway and Hiram Dobbs are on their way on a race around...

Dave Dashaway, Air Champion or Wizard Work in the Clouds In the tradition of the Bobbsey Twins and the Hardy Boys, here is the exciting conclusion to Dave Dashaway's aeronautic adventures! Dave Dashaway and Hiram Dobbs are preparing for a new aerial contest, but competition is fierce,...

She emerges from the shop. She is any woman, and the shop from which she emerges is any shop in any town. She has been shopping. This does not imply that she has been buying anything or that she has contemplated buying anything, but merely that she has been shopping—a very different pursuit from buying....

For a good many years now I have been carrying this idea round with me. It was more or less of a loose and unformed idea, and it wouldn’t jell. What brought it round to the solidification point was this: Here the Other week, being half sick, I was laid up over Sunday in a small hotel in a small seacoast...

An American war correspondent's memoir of the privations and triumphs of dining amid rationing in Britain and France during World War I. Told lightly and with humor, this short piece is of interest to food historians and other seeking information about life during those difficult times.

This pair of essays represent a fascinating glimpse of the gender rights rhetoric of the early twentieth century. Rambling, by turns patronizing, sexist, admiring and reverential, the authors reflect on many topics from suffrage to fashion. A quick read that is both humorous and thought-provoking.

JUNE 20, A.D. 1098. Towards the close of the day a man stood upon the shore of Loch Tay, one of the most beautiful and picturesque sheets of water in Scotland, gazing at times over the towering summit of Ben Lawers, where the clouds were rolling up in great black masses, and...

When a dust storm engulfs her Colorado town and pink snow blankets the streets, a heartbreaking decision faces Ruby Cole, a girl who counts birds: She must abandon her baby or give in to her father, whom she nicknames Lord God, and marry a man more than twice her age who already has two wives. She chooses...

On the night of his wife’s funeral, successful poet Mr Derwent leaves his house and disappears without a trace. Despite the assurances of Inspector Holt, Florence Derwent is convinced that her father has been murdered, and is determined to discover the truth, whatever it takes. Just what has become...

Dick Forsyth's parents died in a train crash when he was a young boy. On the same train was the wealthy Silas Wedderburn. Surviving the accident, Wedderburn adopted the unfortunate orphan as his own. Now, eleven years later, Wedderburn is on the brink of death and everyone in the little village of...