Armadale Wilkie Collins http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3966 en 1866 Novels Crime/Mystery Armadale (1866) by Wilkie Collins is a 19th-century semi-epistolary novel. Some chapters consist of letters between the various characters, while other chapters record the events as the characters perceive them. The novel has a convoluted plot about two distant cousins both named Allan Armadale. The father of one had murdered the father of the other (the two fathers are also named Allan Armadale). The story starts with a deathbed confession by the murderer in the form of a letter to be given to his baby son when he grows up. Many years are skipped over. The son, mistreated at home, runs away from his mother and stepfather, and takes up a wandering life under the assumed name of Ozias Midwinter. He becomes a companion to the other Allan Armadale, who throughout the novel never discovers the relationship. But Ozias is constantly haunted by feeling that he might harm Allan, first after he reads the letter left for him, and then again after they spend the night on a shipwreck off the Isle of Man--the ship turning out to be the same on which the old murder took place (the murderer locked his victim in a cabin as the boat filled with water). On the boat, Allan has a mysterious dream involving three characters. This dream fills Ozias with foreboding, its three scenes becoming fulfilled in the course of the novel. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3966.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3966.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3966.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3966.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 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 Raiders Invisible Desmond Winter Hall http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3977 en 1931 Short Fiction Science Fiction Alone and unaided, Pilot Travers copes with the invisible foes who have struck down America's great engine of war. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3977.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3977.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3977.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3977.mobi Spawn of the Comet H. Thompson Rich http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3971 en 1931 Short Fiction Science Fiction A swarm of huge, fiery ants, brood of a mystery comet, burst from their shells to threaten the unsuspecting world. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3971.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3971.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3971.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3971.mobi Compatible Richard R. Smith http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3935 en 1958 Short Fiction Science Fiction Richard R. Smith has been writing SF since 1949, "except for the year that I spent climbing up and down hills in Korea." Former office manager for a construction company, and a chess enthusiast, he now writes full time and adds, "My main ambition in life is to write SF for the next forty years!" There are many ways—murder included—in which husbands can settle certain problems. This was even more drastic! Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3935.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3935.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3935.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3935.mobi The Demon Spell Hume Nisbet http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1325 en 1894 Short Fiction Horror This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1325.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1325.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1325.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1325.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 Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard Joseph Conrad http://www.feedbooks.com/book/31 urn:isbn:014018371X en 1904 Novels Set in the imaginary South American republic of Costaguana, this work is an illustration of the impact of foreign exploitation on a developing nation. As Sulaco, site of an English/American controlled silver mine establishes its independence, its ideals are inevitably compromised. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/31.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/31.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/31.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/31.mobi Poisoned Air Sterner St. Paul Meek http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3988 en 1932 Short Fiction Science Fiction Again Dr. Bird closes with the evil Saranoff—this time near the Aberdeen Proving Ground, in a deadly, mysterious blanket of fog. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3988.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3988.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3988.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3988.mobi The Book of Five Rings Musashi Miyamoto http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3953 urn:isbn:1590302486 en 1644 Non-Fiction Philosophy Essay Biography Miyamoto Musashi's Go Rin no Sho or the book of five rings, is considered a classic treatise on military strategy, much like Sun Tzu's The Art of War and Chanakya's Arthashastra. The five "books" refer to the idea that there are different elements of battle, just as there are different physical elements in life, as described by Buddhism, Shinto, and other Eastern religions. Through the book Musashi defends his thesis: a man who conquers himself is ready to take it on on the world, should need arise. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3953.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3953.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3953.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3953.mobi All Cats Are Gray Andre Alice Norton http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3965 en 1953 Short Fiction Science Fiction Under normal conditions a whole person has a decided advantage over a handicapped one. But out in deep space the normal may be reversed—for humans at any rate. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3965.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3965.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3965.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3965.mobi The Land of the Hibiscus Blossom Hume Nisbet http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1345 en 1899 Novels This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1345.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1345.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1345.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1345.mobi The Man in Lower Ten Mary Roberts Rinehart http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3725 urn:isbn:1592249248 en 1906 Novels Crime/Mystery The Man in Lower Ten is the first book ever written by Mary Roberts Rinehart, arguably the greatest American mystery writer of her generation. Vividly imagined, it combines adventure, suspense, horror, and mystery at breakneck speed. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3725.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3725.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3725.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3725.mobi The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' Joseph Conrad http://www.feedbooks.com/book/718 urn:isbn:1406921297 en 1897 Novels This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/718.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/718.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/718.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/718.mobi The Art of War Sun Tzu http://www.feedbooks.com/book/168 urn:isbn:0762415983 en -514 Non-Fiction Philosophy War The Art of War is a Chinese military treatise that was written during the 6th century BC by Sun Tzu. Composed of 13 chapters, each of which is devoted to one aspect of warfare, it has long been praised as the definitive work on military strategies and tactics of its time. The Art of War is one of the oldest books on military strategy in the world. It is the first and one of the most successful works on strategy and has had a huge influence on Eastern and Western military thinking, business tactics, and beyond. Sun Tzu was the first to recognize the importance of positioning in strategy and that position is affected both by objective conditions in the physical environment and the subjective opinions of competitive actors in that environment. He taught that strategy was not planning in the sense of working through a to-do list, but rather that it requires quick and appropriate responses to changing conditions. Planning works in a controlled environment, but in a competitive environment, http://www.feedbooks.com/book/168.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/168.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/168.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/168.mobi The Heads of Apex George Henry Weiss http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3976 en 1931 Short Fiction Science Fiction Horror Far under the sea-floor Solino's submarine carries two American soldiers of fortune to startling adventure among the Vampire Heads of Apex. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3976.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3976.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3976.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3976.mobi In the Orbit of Saturn Roman Frederick Starzl http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3972 en 1931 Short Fiction Science Fiction Disguised as a voluntary prisoner on a pirate space ship, an I. F. P. man penetrates the mystery of the dreaded "Solar Scourge." Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3972.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3972.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3972.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3972.mobi L'Assommoir Emile Zola http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3963 en 1877 Novels L'Assommoir (1877) is the seventh novel in Émile Zola's twenty-volume series Les Rougon-Macquart. Usually considered one of Zola's masterpieces, the novel—a harsh and uncompromising study of alcoholism and poverty in the working-class districts of Paris—was a huge commercial success and established Zola's fame and reputation throughout France and the world. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3963.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3963.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3963.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3963.mobi The Abandoned Room Wadsworth Camp http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3946 en 1917 Novels Crime/Mystery Bobby Blackburn can remember the first part of the evening when his grandfather was murdered. The problem is, he cannot remember what happened the rest of the night, or how he ended up in the neighborhood of his grandfather's house the next morning. 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