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"Alyosha the Pot" is a short story by Leo Tolstoy and a masterpiece of rare perfection. Alyosha, a young child who lives in a village and obtained the nickname "the Pot" from an incident where he broke a pot in his youth, is sent to live with a merchant's family as a servant. He...

Joseph Alexander Altsheler (April 29, 1862 – June 5, 1919) was an American newspaper reporter, editor and author of popular juvenile historical fiction. His seven series comprise a total of thirty-two novels, each containing an independent story. The entire French and Indian War Series is very well...

The book begins with the introduction of your standard hero; Buck Mason, a straight talking straight shooting cowboy who has a problem with Ole Gunderstrom surrounding a land dispute that has been going on for 18 years. His visit is most likely not entirely about this dispute but more to garner information...

First published in 1726, this full-length study of the devil's role in society combines Biblical history with common sense as Defoe considers the conflict between forces of destructive evil and the benevolent Deity which controls the world. (Excerpt from Goodreads)

(Excerpt): "The Friendly Daemon, or the Generous Apparition; being a true narrative of a miraculous cure, newly perform'd upon that famous deaf and dumb gentleman, Dr. Duncan Campbel, by a familiar spirit that appear'd to him in white surplice, like a cathedral singing Boy."

A collection of stories from the deep American South

Excerpt: "I say, but am I fed up to the teeth with the blasted paper work that goes with this kind of a job!" he groaned. "Not at all like in the last mess we had with Jerry. A chap could fly every day, then, regardless of rank."

Two separate search parties are looking for the lost ones without knowing the other has already found the ones they are seeking. (Wikipedia)

"The Judgment" ("Das Urteil") is a short story written by Franz Kafka in 1912, concerning the relationship between a man and his father.(Excerpt from Wikipedia)

"A Country Doctor" is a short story written in 1919 by Franz Kafka. The plot follows a country doctor's hapless struggle to attend a sick young boy on a cold winter's night. A series of surreal events occur in the process, including the appearance of a mysterious groom in a pig shed. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)

Excerpt: "To the make of a piper go seven years of his own learning and seven generations before. If it is in, it will out, as the Gaelic old-word says; if not, let him take to the net or sword. At the end of his seven years one born to it will stand at the start of knowledge, and leaning a fond...

Fyodor Dostoyevsky worked as a journalist, publishing and editing several magazines of his own. He began to travel around western Europe and developed a gambling addiction, which led to financial hardship. For a time, he had to beg for money, but he eventually became one of the most widely read and...

The author of 'Doctor Nikola,' 'The Beautiful White Devil,' and 'Pharos the Egyptian' brings another riveting grand tale.

Sarah Broom Macnaughtan (26 October 1864 – 24 July 1916) was a Scottish-born novelist. During the outbreak of the First World War, she volunteered with the Red Cross Society and sent to Russia and eventually Armenia. She wrote extensively about the plight of the Armenian refugees of the Armenian...