The Wisdom of Father Brown Gilbert Keith Chesterton http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3724 urn:isbn:0755100352 en 1914 Short Fiction Crime/Mystery Collections Religion From London to Cornwall, then to Italy and France, a short, shabby priest runs to earth bandits, traitors, killers. Why is he so successful? The reason is that after years spent in the priesthood, Father Brown knows human nature and is not afraid of its dark side. Thus he understands criminal motivation and how to deal with it. The stories included are "The Paradise of Thieves," "The Duel of Dr. Hirsch," "The Man in the Passage," "The Mistakes of the Machine," "The Head of the Caesar," "The Purple Wig," "The Perishing of the Pendragons," "The God of the Gongs," "The Salad of the Colonel Cray," "The Strange Crime of John Boulnois" and "The Fairy Tale of Father Brown." This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3724.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3724.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3724.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3724.mobi The Man Who Was Thursday: a Nightmare Gilbert Keith Chesterton http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3680 urn:isbn:0375757910 en 1908 Novels Crime/Mystery Fantasy Thriller Religion The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare is a novel by G. K. Chesterton, first published in 1908. The book has been referred to as a metaphysical thriller. Although it deals with anarchists, the novel is not an exploration or rebuttal of anarchist thought; Chesterton's ad hoc construction of "Philosophical Anarchism" is distinguished from ordinary anarchism and is referred to several times not so much as a rebellion against government but as a rebellion against God. The novel has been described as "one of the hidden hinges of twentieth-century writing, the place where, before our eyes, the nonsense-fantastical tradition of Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear pivots and becomes the nightmare-fantastical tradition of Kafka and Borges." This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3680.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3680.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3680.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3680.mobi Heretics Gilbert Keith Chesterton http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3679 urn:isbn:1595478736 en 1905 Non-Fiction Essay Collections Religion Though he was on the whole a fun loving and gregarious man, during adolescence Chesterton was troubled by thoughts of suicide. In Christianity he found answers to many of the dilemmas and paradoxes of life. Throughout Heretics he provides a very personal critique of contemporary religious notions. His consistently engaging but often wayward humour is mixed liberally with daring flights of fancy and some startling turns of thought. A highly original collection of essays, providing an invaluable contribution to one of the major debates of the last century - one that continues to exercise leading thinkers in the present one. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3679.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3679.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3679.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3679.mobi Orthodoxy Gilbert Keith Chesterton http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3685 urn:isbn:8562022268 en 1908 Non-Fiction Religion Orthodoxy (1908) is a book by G. K. Chesterton that has become a classic of Christian apologetics. Chesterton considered this book a companion to his other work, Heretics. In the book's preface Chesterton states the purpose is to "attempt an explanation, not of whether the Christian Faith can be believed, but of how he personally has come to believe it." In it, Chesterton presents an original view of Christian religion. He sees it as the answer to natural human needs, the "answer to a riddle" in his own words, and not simply as an arbitrary truth received from somewhere outside the boundaries of human experience. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3685.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3685.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3685.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3685.mobi Eugenics and Other Evils Gilbert Keith Chesterton http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3719 urn:isbn:1587420023 en 1922 Philosophy Essay Science Collections Politics From the introduction: "I publish these essays at the present time for a particular reason connected with the present situation; a reason which I should like briefly to emphasise and make clear. Though most of the conclusions, especially towards the end, are conceived with reference to recent events, the actual bulk of preliminary notes about the science of Eugenics were written before the war.[...]" This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3719.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3719.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3719.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3719.mobi The Woman in White Wilkie Collins http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3696 urn:isbn:0141439610 en 1860 Novels Crime/Mystery Thriller Gothic The Woman in White is an epistolary novel written by Wilkie Collins in 1859, serialized in 1859–1860, and first published in book form in 1860. It is considered to be among the first mystery novels and is widely regarded as one of the first (and finest) in the genre of 'sensation novels'. As was customary at that time, The Woman in White was first published as a magazine serial. The first episode appeared on 29 November 1859, following Charles Dickens's own A Tale of Two Cities in Dickens's magazine All the Year Round in England, and Harper's Magazine in America. It caused an immediate sensation. Julian Symons (in his 1974 introduction to the Penguin edition) reports that "queues formed outside the offices to buy the next instalment. Bonnets, perfumes, waltzes and quadrilles were called by the book's title. Gladstone cancelled a theatre engagement to go on reading it. And Prince Albert sent a copy to Baron Stockmar." (from Wikipedia) http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3696.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3696.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3696.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3696.mobi The Napoleon of Notting Hill Gilbert Keith Chesterton http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3683 urn:isbn:0955519624 en 1904 Novels Humor/Satire Politics The Napoleon of Notting Hill is a novel written by G. K. Chesterton in 1904, set in a nearly-unchanged London in 1984. Though the novel deals with the future, it concentrates not on technology nor on totalitarian government but on a government where no one cares what happens, comparable to Fahrenheit 451 in that respect. The dreary succession of randomly selected Kings of England is broken up when Auberon Quin, who cares for nothing but a good joke, is chosen. To amuse himself, he institutes elaborate costumes for the provosts of the districts of London. All are bored by the King's antics except for one earnest young man who takes the cry for regional pride seriously – Adam Wayne, the eponymous Napoleon of Notting Hill. While the novel is humorous (one instance has the King sitting on top of an omnibus and speaking to it as to a horse: "Forward, my beauty, my Arab," he said, patting the omnibus encouragingly, "fleetest of all thy bounding tribe"), it is also an adventure story: Chesterton is not afraid to let blood be drawn in his battles, fought with sword and halberd in the London streets, and Wayne thinks up a few ingenious strategies; and, finally, the novel is philosophical, considering the value of one man's actions and the virtue of respect for one's enemies. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3683.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3683.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3683.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3683.mobi Whose Body? Dorothy Leigh Sayers http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3406 en 1923 Novels Crime/Mystery Lord Peter Wimsey investigates the sudden appearance of a naked body in the bath of an architect at the same time a noted financier goes missing under strange circumstances. As the case progresses it becomes clear that the two events are linked in some way. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3406.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3406.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3406.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3406.mobi The Secret Adversary Agatha Christie http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2059 urn:isbn:0451201205 en 1922 Novels Crime/Mystery Hiring themselves out as “young adventurers willing to do anything” is a smart move for Tommy and Tuppence. All Tuppence has to do is take an all-expenses-paid trip to Paris and pose as someone named Jane Finn. But with the job comes a threat to her life, and the disappearance of her mysterious employer. Now Tuppence’s newest job is playing detective—because if there’s a Jane Finn that really exists, she’s got a secret that’s putting both their lives in danger. This work was published before 1923 and is in the public domain in the USA only. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2059.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2059.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2059.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2059.mobi His Last Bow Arthur Conan Doyle http://www.feedbooks.com/book/65 urn:isbn:0755334434 en 1917 Short Fiction Crime/Mystery Collections His Last Bow is a collection of seven Sherlock Holmes stories (eight in American editions) by Arthur Conan Doyle, as well as the title of one of the stories in that collection. Originally published in 1917, it contains the various Holmes stories published between 1908 and 1913, as well as the one-off title story from 1917. The collection was originally called Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes and did not contain the actual story His Last Bow, which appeared later, after the full-length The Valley of Fear was published. However later editions added it and changed the title. Some recent complete editions have restored the earlier title. When the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes were published in the USA for the first time, the publishers believed "The Adventure of the Cardboard Box" was too scandalous for the American public, since it dealt with the theme of adultery. As a result, this story was not published in the USA until many years later, when it was added to His Last Bow. Even today, most American editions of the canon include it with His Last Bow, while most British editions keep the story in its original place in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/65.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/65.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/65.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/65.mobi The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle http://www.feedbooks.com/book/66 urn:isbn:1905432585 en 1923 Short Fiction Crime/Mystery Collections The last twelve stories written about Holmes and Watson, these tales reflect the disillusioned world of the 1920s in which they were written. Some of the sharpest turns of wit in English literature are contrasted by dark images of psychological tragedy, suicide, and incest in a collection of tales that have haunted generations of readers. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/66.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/66.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/66.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/66.mobi The Wild Knight and Other Poems Gilbert Keith Chesterton http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3702 urn:isbn:1406590991 en 1900 Poetry Collections This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3702.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3702.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3702.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3702.mobi The Moonstone Wilkie Collins http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3311 en 1868 Novels Crime/Mystery Widely regarded as the precursor of the modern mystery and suspense novels, The Moonstone tells of the events surrounding the disappearance of a mysterious (and cursed) yellow diamond. T. S. Eliot called it 'the first, the longest, and the best of modern English detective novels'. It contains a number of ideas which became common tropes of the genre, including a crime being investigated by talented amateurs who happen to be present when it is committed, and two police officers who exemplify respectively the 'Scotland Yard bungler' and the skilled, professional detective. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3311.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3311.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3311.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3311.mobi The Mysterious Affair at Styles Agatha Christie http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2058 urn:isbn:1579126227 en 1920 Novels Crime/Mystery In her first published mystery, Agatha Christie introduces readers to the heroic detective, Hercule Poirot. This is a classic murder mystery set in the outskirts of Essex. The victim is the wealthy mistress of Styles Court. The list of suspects is long and includes her gold-digging new spouse and stepsons, her doctor, and her hired companion. This work was published before 1923 and is in the public domain in the USA only. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2058.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2058.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2058.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2058.mobi The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1421 urn:isbn:0199536953 en 1892 Short Fiction Crime/Mystery Collections The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his famous detective and illustrated by Sidney Paget. These are the first of the Sherlock Holmes short stories, originally published as single stories in the Strand Magazine from July 1891 to June 1892. The book was published in England on October 14, 1892 by George Newnes Ltd and in a US Edition on October 15 by Harper. The initial combined print run was 14,500 copies. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1421.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1421.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1421.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1421.mobi The Red House Mystery A.A. Milne http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3756 urn:isbn:0099521261 en 1921 Novels Crime/Mystery The Red House, stately mansion home of Mark Ablett, is filled with very proper guests when Mark's most improper brother returns from Australia. When the maid hears an argument in the study it isn't long before the brother dies... of a bullet between the eyes! Strangely, the study has been locked from the inside, and Mark Ablett is missing. Only an investigator with remarkable powers of observation could hope to resolve this mystery, and Antony Gillingham (with cheerful Bill Beverly at his side) is just the man. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3756.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3756.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3756.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3756.mobi The Return of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle http://www.feedbooks.com/book/63 urn:isbn:078581325X en 1905 Short Fiction Crime/Mystery Collections The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of 13 Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1903-1904, by Arthur Conan Doyle. The book was first published on March 7, 1905 by Georges Newnes, Ltd and in a Colonial edition by Longmans. 30,000 copies were made of the initial print run. The US edition by McClure, Phillips & Co. added another 28,000 to the run. This was the first Holmes collection since 1893, when Holmes had "died" in "The Adventure of the Final Problem". Having published The Hound of the Baskervilles in 1901–1902 (although setting it before Holmes' death) Doyle came under intense pressure to revive his famous character. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/63.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/63.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/63.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/63.mobi The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu Sax Rohmer http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3305 en 1913 Novels Crime/Mystery Follow the exciting adventures of Commissioner Nayland Smith as he pursues Dr. Fu Manchu across the opium dens of Thames-side London and various country estates. This work was published before 1923 and is in the public domain in the USA only. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3305.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3305.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3305.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3305.mobi The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Francis Scott Fitzgerald http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3431 en 1922 Short Fiction This story was inspired by a remark of Mark Twain's to the effect that it was a pity that the best part of life came at the beginning and the worst part at the end. By trying the experiment upon only one man in a perfectly normal world I have scarcely given his idea a fair trial. Several weeks after completing it, I discovered an almost identical plot in Samuel Butler's "Note-books." The story was published in "Collier's" last summer and provoked this startling letter from an anonymous admirer in Cincinnati: "Sir-- I have read the story Benjamin Button in Colliers and I wish to say that as a short story writer you would make a good lunatic I have seen many peices of cheese in my life but of all the peices of cheese I have ever seen you are the biggest peice. I hate to waste a peice of stationary on you but I will." This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3431.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3431.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3431.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3431.mobi John Thorndyke's Cases R. Austin Freeman http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2062 urn:isbn:1557424551 en 1909 Short Fiction Crime/Mystery Collections This volume collects seven of Thorndyke's most puzzling stories, including "The Man with the Nailed Shoes," "The Moabite Cipher," "A Message from the Deep Sea," and many more. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2062.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2062.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2062.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2062.mobi