The Last of the Mohicans James Fenimore Cooper http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3347 en 1826 Novels History Adventure War The Last of the Mohicans is a historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in January 1826. It was one of the most popular English-language novels of its time. Its narrative flaws were criticized from the start, and its length and elaborately formal prose style have reduced its appeal to later readers. Regardless, The Last of the Mohicans is widely read in American literature courses. This second book of the Leatherstocking Tales pentalogy is the best known. The Pathfinder, written 14 years later in 1840, is its sequel. Cooper named a principal character Uncas after the most famous of the Mohicans. The real Mohicans lived in the colony of Connecticut in the mid-seventeenth century, and not in the New York frontier a century later. Uncas was a Mohegan, not a Mohican, and Cooper's usage has helped to confuse the names of two tribes to the present day. When John Uncas, his last surviving male descendant died in 1842, the Newark Daily Advertiser wrote "Last of the Mohegans Gone" lamenting the extinction of the tribe. The writer was not aware that Mohegans still existed then and to the present day. The story takes place in 1757 during the Seven Years' War (known in America as the French and Indian War), when France and the United Kingdom battled for control of the American and Canadian colonies. During this war, the French often allied themselves with Native American tribes in order to gain an advantage over the British, with unpredictable and often tragic results. Source: Wikipedia http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3347.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3347.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3347.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3347.mobi The Radiant Shell Paul Frederick Ernst http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2392 urn:isbn:B0016R5ALK en 1932 Short Fiction Science Fiction Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2392.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2392.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2392.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2392.mobi Fifty-One Tales Lord Dunsany http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3356 urn:isbn:1592240062 en 1915 Short Fiction Fantasy Collections Fifty-One Tales is a collection of fantasy short stories by Irish writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula LeGuin and others. The first editions, in hardcover, were published simultaneously in London and New York by Elkin Mathews and Mitchell Kennerly, respectively, in April, 1915. The British and American editions differ in that they arrange the material slightly differently and that each includes a story the other omits; "The Poet Speaks with Earth" in the British version, and "The Mist" in the American version. The collection's significance in the history of fantasy literature was recognized by its republication (as The Food of Death: Fifty-One Tales) by the Newcastle Publishing Company as the third volume of the celebrated Newcastle Forgotten Fantasy Library in September, 1974. The Newcastle edition used the American version of the text. The book collects fifty-one short stories by the author. Source: Wikipedia This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3356.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3356.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3356.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3356.mobi Time and the Gods Lord Dunsany http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3349 en 1905 Short Fiction Fantasy Collections Time and the Gods is the second book by Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula LeGuin and others. The book was first published in hardcover by William Heinemann in September, 1906, and has been reprinted a number of times since. It was issued by the Modern Library in an unauthorised combined edition with The Book of Wonder under the latter's title in 1918. Dunsany had a brief preface in the original edition and added a new introduction to the 1922 edition. The book is a series of short stories linked by Dunsany's invented pantheon of deities who dwell in Pegāna. It was preceded by his earlier collection The Gods of Pegāna and followed by some stories in The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3349.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3349.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3349.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3349.mobi The Man Who Came Early Poul William Anderson http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3339 en 1957 Short Fiction Science Fiction How rarely science-fiction writers succeed in creating a wholly alien culture may be judged from any adequate study of an earthly culture of a time or place which does not form part of our direct heritage. S.F's aliens may have pseudopods or supersdentific gadgets, but rarely so wholly different a frame of reference as man himself has achieved in other eras. Here F&SFs favorite Scandinavian skald takes us to Iceland near the end of the tenth century and convincingly depicts a truly "alien" way of life and teaches us the tragic truth that the role of a twentieth-century timetraveler to a "primitive" culture need not necessarily be that of Prometheus the Fire-Bringer. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3339.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3339.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3339.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3339.mobi Tales of Wonder Lord Dunsany http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3357 en 1916 Short Fiction Fantasy Collections The Last Book of Wonder, originally published as Tales of Wonder, is the tenth book and sixth original short story collection of Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula LeGuin and others. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3357.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3357.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3357.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3357.mobi The Book of Wonder Lord Dunsany http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3355 en 1912 Short Fiction Fantasy Collections The Book of Wonder is the seventh book and fifth original short story collection of Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula LeGuin and others. It was first published in hardcover by William Heinemann in November, 1912, and has been reprinted a number of times since. A 1918 edition from the Modern Library was actually a combined edition with Time and the Gods. The book collects fourteen fantasy short stories by the author. Source: Wikipedia This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3355.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3355.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3355.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3355.mobi Bull Hunter Max Brand http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3348 en 1924 Novels Adventure Western Hunter was a man who could rip a tree trunk from the ground with his bare hands or tame the wildest stallion with his kind manner. Nobody west of the Pecos would have dared run afoul of the mighty frontiersman. But Pete Reeve didn't have the reputation of a dead shot because he relied on his common sense. Then Bull and Pete crossed paths, and townsfolk from Cheyenne to San Antonio braced for the battle. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3348.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3348.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3348.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3348.mobi The Cavern of the Shining Ones Hal K. Wells http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3312 en 1932 Short Fiction Science Fiction Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3312.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3312.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3312.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3312.mobi The Planetoid of Peril Paul Frederick Ernst http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4127 en 1931 Short Fiction Science Fiction Undaunted by crazy tales of an indestructible presence on Asteroid Z-40, Harley 2Q14N20 sets out alone to face and master it. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4127.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4127.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4127.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4127.mobi Man of Many Minds Edward Everett Evans http://www.feedbooks.com/book/881 en 1953 Novels Science Fiction Cadet George Hanlon of the Inter-Stellar Corps had to make an important decision, the most difficult of his short lifetime. With graduation just a few short weeks ahead, he was asked to join the Corps' Secret Service, but in order to accept he had to be expelled from the Corps in disgrace. Why had he been chosen for this secret honor and the public dishonor that went with it? A fascinating and thrilling tale of the spaceways in the world of tomorrow introduced by the Atomic Age. It is a story which will enable you to experience vicariously the excitement and wonder of the days to come. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/881.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/881.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/881.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/881.mobi A Dreamer's Tales Lord Dunsany http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3352 en 1910 Short Fiction Fantasy Collections A Dreamer's Tales is the fifth book by Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula LeGuin and others. It was first published in hardcover by George Allen & Sons in September, 1910, and has been reprinted a number of times since. Issued by the Modern Library in a combined edition with The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories as A Dreamer's Tales and Other Stories in 1917. The book is actually Dunsany's fourth major work, as his preceding book, The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth (March, 1910), was a chapbook reprinting a single story from his earlier collection The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories (October, 1908). In common with most of Dunsany's early books, A Dreamer's Tales is a collection of fantasy short stories. Source: Wikipedia This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3352.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3352.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3352.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3352.mobi Medal of Honor Mack Reynolds http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3480 en 1960 Short Fiction Science Fiction According to tradition, the man who held the Galactic Medal of Honor could do no wrong. In a strange way, Captain Don Mathers was to learn that this was true. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3480.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3480.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3480.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3480.mobi Cully Jack Egan http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3067 en 1963 Short Fiction Science Fiction Psychology By all the laws of nature, he should have been dead. But if he were alive ... then there was something he had to find. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3067.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3067.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3067.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3067.mobi The Jameson Satellite Neil Ronald Jones http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3145 en 1956 Short Fiction Science Fiction The mammoths of the ancient world have been wonderfully preserved in the ice of Siberia. The cold, only a few miles out in space, will be far more intense than in the polar regions and its power of preserving the dead body would most probably be correspondingly increased. When the hero-scientist of this story knew he must die, he conceived a brilliant idea for the preservation of his body, the result of which even exceeded his expectations. What, how, and why are cleverly told here. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3145.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3145.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3145.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3145.mobi The Coming of the Ice Green Peyton Wertenbaker http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3234 en 1961 Short Fiction Science Fiction Strange men these creatures of the hundredth century... 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