Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions Edwin Abbott Abbott http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1596 urn:isbn:048627263X en 1884 Novels Philosophy Science Humor/Satire <p>Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is an 1884 science fiction novella by the English schoolmaster Edwin Abbott Abbott. <br />As a satire, Flatland offered pointed observations on the social hierarchy of Victorian culture. However, the novella's more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions; in a foreword to one of the many publications of the novella, noted science writer Isaac Asimov described Flatland as "The best introduction one can find into the manner of perceiving dimensions." As such, the novella is still popular amongst mathematics, physics and computer science students.</p> This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1596.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1596.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1596.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1596.mobi One for the Road B. C. Tørrissen http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7466 en 2008 This is not a travel guide or a travel journal, it's both! Learn about a low-budget cruise to Antarctica, understand what the Trans-Siberian Railway really is like, enjoy the natural wonders of Southern Africa. The book is a fun read, but wherever you live, this book will also teach you about far-away destinations and about how to travel independently anywhere. More details, including other trips and loads of photos, available from http://bjornfree.com/ África travel free independent travel backpacking Antarctica Siberia Trans-Siberian http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7466.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7466.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7466.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7466.mobi Lunch Meat Michael M. Hughes http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/1097 en 2008 A corporate horror story set in the not-so-distant future. fiction short story horror lunch http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/1097.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/1097.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/1097.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/1097.mobi Bound with an Iron Chain: How the British Transported 50,000 Convicts to Colonial America Anthony Vaver http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/5673 en 2009 Most people associate convict transportation with Australia, when in reality colonial America served as the first major destination for transported British convicts. "Bound with an Iron Chain" tells the neglected story of the 50,000 convicts who were forcibly shipped to America, auctioned off like African slaves, and made to work on plantations in Maryland and Virginia during the eighteenth century. This forgotten chapter in American history is told through the lives of the government officials who invented this new form of punishment, the convict merchants who got rich off of it, the plantation owners who eagerly bought this form of cheap labor, and the convicts who were separated from their families and friends over the theft of what sometimes amounted to less than one shilling. Learn more about convict transportation at my website, Early American Crime (www.EarlyAmericanCrime.com). crime history Law American british america Britain colonial history 18th Century convict transportation criminals punishment http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/5673.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/5673.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/5673.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/5673.mobi Ohiowa T. Alex Miller http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/695 en 2009 A dark comedy full of unlikely heroes, sleazy villains and a terrorism-laden backdrop that seems all too possible. Ohiowa is action-packed, therapy-laden and delightfully absurd. fiction colorado jihad action http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/695.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/695.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/695.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/695.mobi Light-Years Ahead of His Time Joseph Devon http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3163 en 2007 This story was published out of sequence because I got somewhat derailed during the Holidays by family and then I got sick and blah blah blah. At some point leading up to this story I decided that I wanted to write something about “worm-holes and morons.” This is the result of that wish. science fiction fiction Creative Commons short story worm holes morons time travel http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3163.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3163.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3163.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3163.mobi the Zany Time Travels of Warble McGorkle Blackbird Crow Raven http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3631 en 2009 Warble McGorkle and his entourage travel back in time to alter history. Their meddling in Revolutionary Times, at Custer's Last Stand, the Alamo, Woodstock, as well as a detour to 1st century Jerusalem to kidnap Jesus--or Judas--leads to catastrophic consequences for those living in modern times. Among the things Warble and his gang perpetrate are: 1. The origin of Preemptive Strikes (umpires calling strikes before the ball is thrown) 2. George Washington being banished to England for inventing the peanut (and thus being responsible for "Peanut Envy") 3. Changing song lyrics and altering drugs at Woodstock to change the politics and personalities of the hippies there 4. "Helping out" at the Alamo, so that it's the Mexicans who ultimately get "saddled" with Texas. These are just a few of the hilarious shenanigans that culminate in a climactic scene as the protagonists return to the present and see what their changes have wrought. science fiction Satire dystopia time travel social commentary http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3631.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3631.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3631.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3631.mobi Cain's Apples Bryan L. Lee http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/8020 en 2003 Ever bought an apple at a roadside stand? Joe Johnson wishes he hadn't in this suspenseful and spooky short story. Feel free to send comments to blee2000 at writing.com fiction short stories short story horror short fiction supernatural spooky apples fruit country salesman http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/8020.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/8020.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/8020.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/8020.mobi The Case of the Naked Nun: A Dick Burns Minit Mrdr® William Garner & monkeyrotica http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2623 en 2008 A cross country killing spree turns into a high-octane Christian allegory! As cited in the Vatican Index of Forbidden Texts! pulp dc monkeyrotica hardboiled dick burns minit mrdr http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2623.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2623.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2623.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2623.mobi The Iliad & The Odyssey Homer http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7333 en 2007 While Homer's existence as a historical person is still a topic of debate, the writings attributed to the name have made their mark not only on history and literature, but the history of civilization itself. Homer's epic poems, The Iliad and The Odyssey, laid the foundation upon which Ancient Greece developed not only its culture, but its societal values, religious beliefs, and practice of warfare as well. This publication features the Samuel Butler translation; and while it strays from the poetic style reproduced by more well known translators like Robert Fagles and Robert Fitzgerald, the vision of the epics as if they were prose found in modern novels take their best form under Butler's most capable hand. The Butler translation may be found at many websites on the Internet, but the source text reproduced for this publication is derived from he online library of the University of Adelaide in South Australia (http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/p/plato/). The epic poems are reproduced under the freedoms specified by a Creative Commons License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/au/). Epic Poetry http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7333.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7333.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7333.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7333.mobi Biblical Mysteries Lonely Soul http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/1950 en 2008 In this book you can explore many puzzling biblical mysteries, including: -- Does the Devil really exist? -- Was Mary Magdalene secretly married to Jesus? -- Where is Hell located? -- What was in the Lost Gospels? -- Who was the mysterious Beloved Disciple? -- Is there a divine language? -- Can people be possessed by demons? -- Why did Jesus call himself the Son of Man? -- And many more ... history religion bible Christian Christianity http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/1950.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/1950.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/1950.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/1950.mobi Tokyo Zero Marc Horne http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3501 en 2004 Michael Blake is in Tokyo to help out with the end of the world. Living in the Tokyo of the gangs, the losers and the outsiders, Blake and a cell of Japanese psychopaths plot to unleash a new kind of bio-chemical horror on an unsupecting populace of daydreaming salary-people. science fiction fiction Creative Commons Post-1930 http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3501.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3501.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3501.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3501.mobi The Man Who Could Not Forget Michael Graeme http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2857 en 2008 A Short Story by Michael Graeme (a fifteen minute read): ...I have a problem with my memory. It isn't that it ever fails me - quite the opposite in fact. Indeed, my recall of events from all but the earliest years of my life is truly photographic, so there was little doubt in my mind the woman before me now was the one who had stolen the book.... fantasy fiction romance short story speculative http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2857.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2857.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2857.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2857.mobi America's Historical Documents J.M. LaRoche http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7931 en 2009 A Selection of Key Documents Dealing with the Foundation, Growth, and Preservation of the United States of America Preserved in the U.S. National Archives More than forty transcripts that chart the course of the nation from the Continental Congress to the Viet Nam War. USA treaties resolutions laws National Archives http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7931.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7931.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7931.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7931.mobi Angel Falling Softly Eugene Woodbury http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2950 en 2008 The suspenseful tale of an unlikely friendship. The younger of Rachel Forsythe's two daughters is dying of cancer. Milada Daranyi, chief investment officer at Daranyi Enterprises International, has come to Utah to finalize the takeover of a medical technology company. When a chance encounter brings them together, Rachel makes an unexpected and very dangerous discovery. Milada is a vampire, and possibly the only person in the world who can save Rachel's daughter. fantasy religion Mormon horror vampire supernatural http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2950.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2950.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2950.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2950.mobi Pleasure Cruise Richard Kadrey http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2614 en 2001 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/2614.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2614.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2614.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2614.mobi Pleasure Cruise Richard Kadrey http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2614 en 2001 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/2614.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2614.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2614.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2614.mobi Food Chain Blues Richard Kadrey http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2638 en 2002 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/2638.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2638.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2638.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2638.mobi Bad Blood Richard Kadrey http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2529 en 2002 Short Fiction Fantasy Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2529.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2529.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2529.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2529.mobi Second-Floor Girls Richard Kadrey http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2545 en 2002 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/2545.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2545.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2545.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2545.mobi The Skull Philip K. Dick http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4335 en 1952 Short Fiction Science Fiction <p>Conger agreed to kill a stranger he had never seen. But he would make no mistakes because he had the stranger's skull under his arm.</p> Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4335.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4335.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4335.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4335.mobi Cthul-You Damien G. Walter http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7655 en 2009 When I first heard about Cthul-YOU I was skeptical to say the least. Like most people I thought anything that promised so much had to be bogus. Like the sites for BDSM fanboys populated by 24,753 lonely I.T. technicians seeking submissive female slaves, and…NO submissive females waiting to be enslaved. I was glad that kind of thing wasn’t really my scene, but then being a follower of the occult wasn’t any easier. So when the e-mail that would ultimately lead me to my dark lord and master appeared in my Inbox, you can be sure I had my reservations. horror Lovecraft urban fantasy Cthulhu Cthul-You Contemporary Fantasy Dark Fantas http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7655.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7655.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7655.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7655.mobi Where Beauty Lies in Wait Peadar Ó Guilín http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7609 en 2007 A Science Fiction story originally published in Black Gate magazine. It was well reviewed, although many men in particular found it "unsettling". science fiction fantasy adventure http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7609.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7609.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7609.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7609.mobi Life On The Mississippi Mark Twain http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4313 en 1883 Non-Fiction History Humor/Satire Travel <p>Life on the Mississippi is a memoir by Mark Twain detailing his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before and after the American Civil War. The book begins with a brief history of the river. It continues with anecdotes of Twain's training as a steamboat pilot, as the 'cub' of an experienced pilot. He describes, with great affection, the science of navigating the ever-changing Mississippi River. In the second half, the book describes Twain's return, many years later, to travel on a steamboat from St. Louis to New Orleans. He describes the competition from railroads, the new, large cities, and his observations on greed, gullibility, tragedy, and bad architecture. He also tells some stories that are most likely tall tales. Simultaneously published in 1883 in the U.S. and in England, it is said to be the first book composed on a typewriter. (Source: Wikipedia)</p> This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4313.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4313.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4313.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4313.mobi Roughing It Mark Twain http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4307 en 1872 Biography Humor/Satire Travel <p>Roughing It follows the travels of young Mark Twain through the Wild West during the years 1861–1867. After a brief stint as a Confederate cavalry militiaman, he joined his brother Orion Clemens, who had been appointed Secretary of the Nevada Territory, on a stagecoach journey west. Twain consulted his brother's diary to refresh his memory and borrowed heavily from his active imagination for many stories in the novel.</p> <p>Roughing It illustrates many of Twain's early adventures, including a visit to Salt Lake City, gold and silver prospecting, real-estate speculation, and his beginnings as a writer.</p> <p>In this memoir, readers can see examples of Twain's rough-hewn humor, which would become a staple of his writing in his later books, such as Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.</p> <p>(Source: Wikipedia)</p> This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4307.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4307.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4307.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4307.mobi A Stable for Nightmares Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2834 urn:isbn:B001F0RRKK en 1896 Short Fiction Horror Collections Ghost Stories http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2834.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2834.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2834.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2834.mobi How To Disappear Completely David Bowick http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3115 en 2009 www.bowick.net/books/ Sitting at the top of a Ferris wheel overlooking the Boston skyline, Josh’s life takes an unexpected turn, and things will never be the same. Along with the many surprises on his life’s new path, he’ll come to take life advice from a family of ducks, get in a bloody war with a dog, lose his job over a spilled drink, wake up in the hospital, apply to work at an adult-themed novelty bakery, and find out that people often aren’t what they seem. When you're at the top of the world, there's nowhere to go but down. fiction Contemporary comedy David Bowick how to disapear completely http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3115.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3115.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3115.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3115.mobi Small Stories Small Stories http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2705 en 2008 101 very short stories, some comic, some dark - each one written to provide a quick entertaining read. Great for reading on any mobile device. funny fiction short stories comic stories dark weird comedy surreal nanofiction microfiction absurd strange collections computer games http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2705.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2705.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2705.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2705.mobi