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Excerpt: "We were in a heavy gale of wind as soon as we passed Sandy Hook. The vessel behaved splendidly. The seas rolled over her, and we found her the most comfortable vessel we had ever seen, except for the ventilation, which gave us more trouble than I have time to tell you about. We had...

Captain William Henry Lowe Watson (1891-1932) was the British author of Adventures of a Despatch Rider (1915). (Excerpt) "This book is not a history, a military treatise, an essay, or a scrap of autobiography. It has no more accuracy or literary merit than letters usually possess. So I hope you...

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...

A true account of a soldier's life in the First World War. He spent sixteen months in four German prison camps.

Harold Reginald Peat (July 12, 1893 – 1960) was a Canadian soldier and author. Born in Jamaica, and emigrated to Toronto with his mother, Peat was educated privately and at boarding school in Kingston, Jamaica. He served as a private in the 3rd Battalion of the First Canadian Contingent during WWI....

An unusual tale of an unusual death which occurs in a small town. First a body is found washed up on a beach and town officials attempt to cover up details about it, then an affluent family begin acting rather strangely about the matter, whilst Kent and his friend Sedgwick try to solve the case and keep a step ahead of the authorities...(Excerpt from Goodreads)

In Round the Block (1864), John Bell Bouton, stirs together comedy and pathos to explore the schemes and dreams of the average and extraordinary people inhabiting and intermingling on a single New York City block. In the path of the novel's circumambulation lie mystery, romance, and a murder trial,...

A story written in a letter form about a horrible dream the writer had, set in Spain in ancient Roman times. (Goodreads)

Die Afrika-Romane von Edgar Wallace gelten bei vielen Lesern als das Beste, was er überhaupt geschrieben hat. Edgar Wallace ist nicht nur der »Klassiker des Kriminalromans«. Darüber hinaus hat er in seinen Afrika-Büchern unvergessliche Gestalten geschaffen, voll Anschaulichkeit und pulsierenden...

Returning to Florence after 25 years of military service, a man finds himself haunted by memories of a thwarted love affair that took place on the banks of the Arno during his youth. On inquiring after the erstwhile object of his affections, he encounters a young man in amorous pursuit of her daughter....

Here are five stories from the science fiction magazine of the 1930ies, interesting to see what was considered 'astounding' in the 1930s. Some of which are old hat to us in the 21st century, and some of which (including the secret to life) which still amaze us.

Excerpt: "G stands for Gnu, whose weapons of Defence Are long, sharp, curling Horns, and Common-sense. To these he adds a Name so short and strong, That even Hardy Boers pronounce it wrong.How often on a bright Autumnal day The Pious people of Pretoria say, "Come, let us hunt the——"...

Rupert Brooke had planned to put together a second collection of poetry for the spring of 1915. However he died of blood-poisoning while serving in World War I and this collection was published posthumously in 1915. It includes the celebrated poem "The Old Vicarage, Granchester". (Amazon)

Excerpt: “Augustus Fitz-Herbert, as all are aware, Having crossed the Atlantic, and got a moustache on, likewise being son of a known millionaire, stands of course on the very top round of the fashion. Being taught to consider himself, from his birth, as one of the privileged ones of the earth,...