Farewell to the Master Harry Bates http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3797 en 1940 Short Fiction Science Fiction "Farewell to the Master" is a science fiction short story written by Harry Bates. It was first published in the October 1940 issue of Astounding Science Fiction. It provided the basis of the noted 1951 film The Day the Earth Stood Still and its 2008 remake. In 1973, the story was adapted by Marvel Comics for its Worlds Unknown series with Bates' blessing. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3797.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3797.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3797.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3797.mobi The Weakling Everett B. Cole http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3792 en 1961 Short Fiction Science Fiction A strong man can, of course, be dangerous, but he doesn’t approach the vicious deadliness of a weakling--with a weapon! Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3792.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3792.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3792.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3792.mobi Tales of Chinatown Sax Rohmer http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3803 en 1922 Short Fiction Crime/Mystery Collections Ghost Stories Ten stories of Macabre Mystery by the creator of the famous Dr. Fu Manchu. Includes the excellent ghost story Tcheriapin and a creeping hand story called The Hand of Mandarin Qung. This work was published before 1923 and is in the public domain in the USA only. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3803.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3803.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3803.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3803.mobi Tao Te Ching Laozi http://www.feedbooks.com/book/215 urn:isbn:0679724346 en -600 Non-Fiction Philosophy Religion The Tao Te Ching is fundamental to the Taoist school of Chinese philosophy and strongly influenced other schools, such as Legalism and Neo-Confucianism. This ancient book is also central in Chinese religion, not only for Taoism but Chinese Buddhism, which when first introduced into China was largely interpreted through the use of Taoist words and concepts. Many Chinese artists, including poets, painters, calligraphers, and even gardeners have used the Tao Te Ching as a source of inspiration. Its influence has also spread widely outside East Asia, aided by hundreds of translations into Western languages. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/215.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/215.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/215.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/215.mobi A Journey into the Interior of the Earth Jules Verne http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3796 urn:isbn:1416561463 en 1877 Novels Science Fiction Adventure Journey to the Center of the Earth is a classic 1864 science fiction novel by Jules Verne (published in the original French as Voyage au centre de la Terre). The story involves a professor who leads his nephew and hired guide down a volcano in Iceland to the "center of the Earth". They encounter many adventures, including prehistoric animals and natural hazards, eventually coming to the surface again in southern Italy. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3796.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3796.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3796.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3796.mobi The Age of Reason Thomas Paine http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3781 en 1807 Non-Fiction Philosophy Essay Religion The Age of Reason: Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology, a deistic treatise written by eighteenth-century British radical and American revolutionary Thomas Paine, critiques institutionalized religion and challenges the inerrancy of the Bible. Published in three parts in 1794, 1795, and 1807, it was a bestseller in America, where it caused a short-lived deistic revival. British audiences, however, fearing increased political radicalism as a result of the French revolution, received it with more hostility. The Age of Reason presents common deistic arguments; for example, it highlights the corruption of the Christian Church and criticizes its efforts to acquire political power. Paine advocates reason in the place of revelation, leading him to reject miracles and to view the Bible as an ordinary piece of literature rather than as a divinely inspired text. The Age of Reason is not atheistic, but deistic: it promotes natural religion and argues for a creator-God. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3781.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3781.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3781.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3781.mobi I Like Martian Music Charles E. Fritch http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3788 en 1957 Short Fiction Science Fiction There have been a number of interesting theories advanced about life on Mars, but few have equalled Charles Fritch's intriguing picture of the world of Longtree and Channeljumper in its infinite variations, tonal and thematic. The Mars of these two is an old culture, old and finite. Longtree played. His features relaxed into a gentle smile of happiness and his body turned a bright red orange. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3788.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3788.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3788.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3788.mobi The Man-Made World; or, Our Androcentric Culture Charlotte Perkins Gilman http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3612 urn:isbn:1434660567 en 1911 Non-Fiction Essay Politics A liberal feminist text. Rather than considering what is appropriate masculine or feminine behaviour, we should investigate what it is to be human. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3612.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3612.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3612.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3612.mobi Hunting Sketches Anthony Trollope http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2187 urn:isbn:1426400705 en 1865 Essay http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2187.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2187.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2187.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2187.mobi Hushed Up! William Le Queux http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3790 en 1911 Novels Crime/Mystery Excerpt: “And he died mysteriously?” “The doctors certified that he died from natural causes—heart failure.” “That is what the world believes, of course. His death was a nation’s loss, and the truth was hushed up. But you, Phil Poland, know it. Upon the floor was found something—a cigar—eh?” “Nothing very extraordinary in that, surely? He died while smoking.” This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3790.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3790.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3790.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3790.mobi The Sins of Séverac Bablon Sax Rohmer http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3782 urn:isbn:8132012976 en 1914 Novels Crime/Mystery Excerpt: "There's half a score of your ancestral halls," said Julius Rohscheimer, "that I could sell up to-morrow morning! Of the quartet that heard his words no two members seemed quite similarly impressed. The pale face of Adeler, the great financier's confidential secretary, expressed no emotion whatever. Sir Richard Haredale flashed contempt from his grey eyes—only to veil his scorn of the man's vulgarity beneath a cloud of tobacco smoke. Tom Sheard, of the Gleaner, drew down a corner of his mouth and felt ashamed of the acquaintance. Denby, the music-hall comedian, softly whistled those bars of a popular ballad set to the words, "I stood in old Jerusalem." This work was published before 1923 and is in the public domain in the USA only. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3782.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3782.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3782.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3782.mobi The Czar's Spy William Le Queux http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3783 urn:isbn:1598187732 en 1905 Novels Crime/Mystery Thriller We could tell you what this book was about, but then we'd have to kill you. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3783.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3783.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3783.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3783.mobi Flight Through Tomorrow Stanton A. Coblentz http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3787 en 1947 Short Fiction Science Fiction Super warfare has destroyed the old race of man, but elsewhere a new civilization is dawning.... Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3787.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3787.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3787.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3787.mobi Stopover William Gerken http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3786 en 1957 Short Fiction Science Fiction What will the world be like, the day after Tomorrow, for the lonely ones who will have talents that others will half fear, half envy? William Gerken describes this strange world in which young and old will have to find new values and pursue new dreams, as they search for the answer.... When he opened the door to the shed that day, and saw the axe suspended in mid-air, he understood what was wrong. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3786.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3786.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3786.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3786.mobi Bolden's Pets Floyd L. Wallace http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3785 en 1955 Short Fiction Science Fiction The price of life was a life for a life—which was all the reward the victim looked for! Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3785.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3785.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3785.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3785.mobi Twilight in Italy David Herbert Lawrence http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1031 urn:isbn:0141180307 en 1916 Non-Fiction Essay Travel This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1031.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1031.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1031.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1031.mobi The Bishop and Other Stories Anton Pavlovich Chekhov http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3810 urn:isbn:1438508336 en 1919 Short Fiction Collections A collection of various of Anton Chekhov's short stories including: THE BISHOP, THE LETTER, EASTER EVE, A NIGHTMARE, THE MURDER, UPROOTED, and THE STEPPE. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3810.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3810.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3810.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3810.mobi The Einstein Theory of Relativity Hendrik Antoon Lorentz http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3591 en 1920 Essay Science Whether it is true or not that not more than twelve persons in all the world are able to understand Einstein's Theory, it is nevertheless a fact that there is a constant demand for information about this much-debated topic of relativity. The books published on the subject are so technical that only a person trained in pure physics and higher mathematics is able to fully understand them. In order to make a popular explanation of this far-reaching theory available, the present book is published. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3591.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3591.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3591.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3591.mobi The Coming Technological Singularity Vernor Vinge http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2011 en 1993 Essay Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2011.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2011.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2011.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2011.mobi Old Christmas Washington Irving http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3514 en 1819 Essay Collections A collection of essays about Christmas. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3514.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3514.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3514.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3514.mobi