The Hyborian Age Robert Ervin Howard http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1629 urn:isbn:1406572470 en 1930 Essay Fantasy The Hyborian Age is an essay by Robert E. Howard pertaining to the Hyborian Age, the fictional setting of his stories about Conan the Cimmerian. It was written in the 1930s but not published during Howard's lifetime. Its purpose was to maintain consistency within his fictional setting. It sets out in detail the major events of the prehistorical period, before and after the time of the Conan stories. In describing the Cataclysmic end of the Thurian Age, the period described in his Kull stories, Howard linked both sequences of stories into one shared universe. Other stories would establish links to real life as well - The Haunter of the Ring, set in the modern age, contains a Hyborian artifact, and Kings of the Night brings King Kull forward in time to fight the Roman legions. This essay also sets out the racial and geographical heritage of the fictional peoples and countries of the Age. For example, how the Gaels were descended from Howard's Cimmerians. Howard's only Conan novel, The Hour of the Dragon, expands upon the history of the world presented in this essay by introducing a new ancient empire called Acheron that had ruled the Hyborian kingdoms in the past. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1629.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1629.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1629.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1629.mobi The Green Eyes of Bâst Sax Rohmer http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3774 urn:isbn:0554350513 en 1920 Novels Crime/Mystery Fantasy Psychic investigator Dr. Damar Greefe encounters ancient sorceryand a cult whose leader is possessed by the murderous cat-goddess Bast! This work was published before 1923 and is in the public domain in the USA only. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3774.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3774.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3774.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3774.mobi The Reluctant Dragon Kenneth Grahame http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3646 urn:isbn:0805008020 en 1898 Short Fiction Young Readers Fantasy The Reluctant Dragon is an 1898 children's story by Kenneth Grahame (originally published as a chapter in his book Dream Days), which served as the key element to the 1941 feature film with the same name from Walt Disney Productions. The story has also been set to music as a children's operetta by John Rutter, with words by David Grant. The story takes place in the Berkshire Downs in Oxfordshire (where the author lived and where, according to legend, St George did fight a dragon). It is Grahame's most famous short story. It is arguably much more well-known than Dream Days itself or the related The Golden Age. It can be seen as a prototype to most modern stories in which the dragon is a sympathetic character rather than a threat. In Grahame's story, a young boy discovers an erudite, mushroom-loving dragon living in the Downs above his home. The two become friends, but soon afterwards the dragon is discovered by the townsfolk, who send for St George to rid them of it. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3646.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3646.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3646.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3646.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 Spell of Apocalypse Mayer Alan Brenner http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1973 en 1994 Novels Fantasy Whose magic will prove mightiest in this final showdown between gods, mortals, and other beings? Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1973.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1973.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1973.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1973.mobi Spell of Catastrophe Mayer Alan Brenner http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1594 en 1989 Novels Fantasy For a change, Max was not actually on the run, which is to say that he didn't think anyone in particular was after him. Of course, his perception (which happened to be wrong) did not materially change the situation. He did indeed have a pursuer, and later that night the pursuer caught up. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1594.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1594.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1594.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1594.mobi Stranger Things Happen Kelly Link http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2873 urn:isbn:1931520003 en 2001 Short Fiction Fantasy Collections This first collection by award-winning author Kelly Link, takes fairy tales and cautionary tales, dictators and extraterrestrials, amnesiacs and honeymooners, revenants and readers alike, on a voyage into new, strange, and wonderful territory. The girl detective must go to the underworld to solve the case of the tap-dancing bank robbers. A librarian falls in love with a girl whose father collects artificial noses. A dead man posts letters home to his estranged wife. Two women named Louise begin a series of consecutive love affairs with a string of cellists. A newly married couple become participants in an apocalyptic beauty pageant. Sexy blond aliens invade New York City. A young girl learns how to make herself disappear. These eleven extraordinary stories are quirky, spooky, and smart. They all have happy endings. Every story contains a secret prize. Each story was written especially for you. Stories from Stranger Things Happen have won the Nebula, Tiptree, and World Fantasy Award. Stranger Things Happen was a Salon Book of the Year, one of the Village Voice's 25 Favorite Books of 2001, and was nominated for the Firecracker Alternative Book Award. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2873.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2873.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2873.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2873.mobi The Hour of the Dragon Robert Ervin Howard http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1626 urn:isbn:080957151X en 1936 Novels Fantasy The Hour of the Dragon, also known as Conan the Conqueror, is a 1935 fantasy novel written by Robert E. Howard featuring his seminal sword and sorcery hero Conan the Cimmerian. It was the last Conan story published before Howard's suicide although not the last to be written. The plot is a loosely based melange of motifs from previous Conan short stories, most notably "The Scarlet Citadel", with which it shares an almost identical storyline. It takes place when Conan is about forty-five, during his reign as King of Aquilonia, and follows a plot by a group of conspirators to depose him in favor of Valerius, heir to Conan's predecessor Numedides, whom he had slain to gain the throne. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1626.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1626.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1626.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1626.mobi Butcher Bird Richard Kadrey http://www.feedbooks.com/book/227 urn:isbn:1597800864 en 2005 Novels Horror Fantasy Spyder Lee is a happy man who lives in San Francisco and owns a tattoo shop. One night an angry demon tries to bite his head off before he's saved by a stranger. The demon infected Spyder with something awful - the truth. He can suddenly see the world as it really is: full of angels and demons and monsters and monster-hunters. A world full of black magic and mysteries. These are the Dominions, parallel worlds full of wonder, beauty and horror. The Black Clerks, infinitely old and infinitely powerful beings whose job it is to keep the Dominions in balance, seem to have new interests and a whole new agenda. Dropped into the middle of a conflict between the Black Clerks and other forces he doesn't fully understand, Spyder finds himself looking for a magic book with the blind swordswoman who saved him. Their journey will take them from deserts to lush palaces, to underground caverns, to the heart of Hell itself. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/227.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/227.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/227.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/227.mobi Magic for Beginners Kelly Link http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3187 en 2005 Short Fiction Science Fiction Fantasy Collections Link's engaging and funny second collection -- call it kitchen-sink magical realism -- riffs on haunted convenience stores, husbands and wives, rabbits, zombies, weekly apocalyptic poker parties, witches, superheroes, marriage, and cannons -- and includes several new stories. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3187.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3187.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3187.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3187.mobi The Story of the Amulet Edith Nesbit http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1602 urn:isbn:0140367527 en 1905 Novels Young Readers Fantasy When Cyril, Robert, Anthea and Jane rescue the magic sand-fairy from a pet shop, they have no idea of the astonishing adventures to come! This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1602.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1602.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1602.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1602.mobi Starman's Quest Robert Silverberg http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3493 en 1958 Novels Science Fiction The Lexman Spacedrive gave man the stars—but at a fantastic price. Interstellar exploration, colonization, and trade became things of reality. The benefits to Earth were enormous. But because of the Fitzgerald Contraction, a man who shipped out to space could never live a normal life on Earth again. Travelling at speeds close to that of light, spacemen lived at an accelerated pace. A nine-year trip to Alpha Centauri and back seemed to take only six weeks to men on a spaceship. When they returned, their friends and relatives had aged enormously in comparison, old customs had changed, even the language was different. So they did the only thing they could do. They formed a guild of Spacers, and lived their entire lives on the starships, raised their families there, and never set foot outside their own Enclave during their landings on Earth. They grew to despise Earthers, and the Earthers grew to despise them in turn. There was no logical reason for it, except that they were—different. That was enough. But not all Starmen liked being different. Alan Donnell loved space, and the ship, and life aboard it. His father, Captain of the Valhalla, lived for nothing but the traditions of the Spacers. But his twin brother, Steve, couldn't stand it, and so he jumped ship. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3493.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3493.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3493.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3493.mobi Pirates of Venus Edgar Rice Burroughs http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1219 urn:isbn:0803261837 en 1934 Novels Science Fiction The shimmering, cloud-covered planet of Venus conceals a wondrous secret: the strikingly beautiful yet deadly world of Amtor. In Amtor, cities of immortal beings flourish in giant trees reaching thousands of feet into the sky; ferocious beasts stalk the wilderness below; rare flashes of sunlight precipitate devastating storms; and the inhabitants believe their world is saucer-shaped with a fiery center and an icy rim. Stranded on Amtor after his spaceship crashes, astronaut Carson Napier is swept into a world where revolution is ripe, the love of a princess carries a dear price, and death can come as easily from the blade of a sword as from the ray of a futuristic gun. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1219.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1219.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1219.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1219.mobi The Enchanted Island of Yew Lyman Frank Baum http://www.feedbooks.com/book/360 en 1903 Novels Fantasy Sesely, daughter of Baron Merd of Heg, and two companions are enjoying a picnic in the Forest of Lurla when they are accosted by a fairy. The fairy, bored with centuries of insipid fairy life, amazes the girls by pleading to be changed into a mortal. Though the girls are surprised that they might have the power to do such a thing, the fairy explains how it can be done. The girls agree to transform the fairy into a human boy for the space of one year. The newly-minted male is dubbed Prince Marvel, and, furnished with fairy arms and armor and an enchanted horse (a deer transformed), sets out to have adventures. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/360.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/360.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/360.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/360.mobi The Enchanted Castle Edith Nesbit http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1599 urn:isbn:0140367438 en 1907 Novels Young Readers Fantasy An invisible princess, a magic ring, and more adventures than you could dream of. This is what Gerald, Kathleen and Jimmy find when they stumble upon a mysterious castle. At first it all appears to be a lark. But the children soon discover they need all their bravery and ingenuity to contend with the castle's supernatural forces. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1599.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1599.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1599.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1599.mobi Phantastes George MacDonald http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3437 en 1858 Novels Fantasy Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women is a fantasy novel written by George MacDonald, first published in London in 1858. Its importance was recognized in its later revival in paperback by Ballantine Books as the fourteenth volume of the celebrated Ballantine Adult Fantasy series in April 1970. This was the first prose work published by MacDonald. Because of its limited financial success, MacDonald saw himself forced to turn to writing realistic novels. Phantastes, however, exerted a strong influence on fantasy authors of later generations: for example, C. S. Lewis in his book Suprised by Joy claimed that his imagination had been "baptized" by reading it. The story centers on the character Anodos ("pathless" or "ascent" in Greek) and takes its inspiration from German Romanticism, particularly Novalis. The story concerns a young man who is pulled into a dreamlike world and there hunts for his ideal of female beauty, embodied by the "Marble Lady". Anodos lives through many adventures and temptations while in the other world, until he is finally ready to give up his ideals. In its themes and overall storyline, Phantastes is a kind of dry run for MacDonald's later novel Lilith. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3437.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3437.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3437.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3437.mobi Lilith George MacDonald http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3414 en 1895 Novels Fantasy Lilith is a fantasy novel written by Scottish writer George MacDonald and first published in 1895. Its importance was recognized in its later revival in paperback by Ballantine Books as the fifth volume of the celebrated Ballantine Adult Fantasy series in September 1969. Lilith is considered among the darkest of MacDonald's works, and among the most profound. It is a story concerning the nature of life, death and salvation. Many believe MacDonald is arguing for Christian universalism, or the idea that all will eventually be saved. Mr. Vane, the protagonist of Lilith, owns a library that seems to be haunted by the former librarian, who looks much like a raven from the brief glimpses he catches of the wraith. After finally encountering the supposed ghost, the mysterious Mr. Raven, Vane learns that Raven had known his father; indeed, Vane's father had visited the strange parallel universe from which Raven comes and goes and now resides therein. Vane follows Raven into the world through a mirror (this symbolistic realm is described as "the region of the seven dimensions", a term taken from Jacob Boehme). Source: Wikipedia http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3414.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3414.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3414.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3414.mobi His Robot Girlfriend Wesley Allison http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/5854 en 2009 Mike Smith's life was crap, living all alone, years after his wife had died and his children had grown up and moved away. Then he saw the commercial for the Daffodil. Far more than other robots, the Daffodil could become anything and everything he wanted it to be. Mike's life is about to change. science fiction future robot girlfriend http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/5854.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/5854.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/5854.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/5854.mobi The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1523 en 1850 Novels Romance Gothic The Scarlet Letter, published in 1850, is an American novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and is generally considered to be his magnum opus. Set in 17th-century Puritan Boston, it tells the story of Hester Prynne, who gives birth after committing adultery, refuses to name the father, and struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity. Throughout the novel, Hawthorne explores questions of grace, legalism, sin and guilt. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1523.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1523.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1523.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1523.mobi The Dark Star Robert William Chambers http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3855 urn:isbn:0548997381 en 1916 Novels Romance Adventure A pastor's daughter is inadvertently involved the heist of the famous Dark Star gem. Is there a prince who can save her from ruin and recover the stone? This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3855.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3855.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3855.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3855.mobi The Princess and the Goblin George MacDonald http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3415 en 1872 Novels Young Readers Fantasy Princess Irene and her newfound friend Curdie battle the goblin king and queen, along with their foul son Prince Froglip, and save the kingdom with old mining knowledge, some thread, and the help of Irene's magical great-great grandmother. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3415.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3415.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3415.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3415.mobi Pericles, Prince of Tyre William Shakespeare http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2998 urn:isbn:019953683X en 1609 Plays Pericles, Prince of Tyre is a play written (at least in part) by William Shakespeare and included in modern editions of his collected works despite some questions over its authorship, as it was not included in the First Folio. Many modern editors believe that Shakespeare is responsible for the main portion of the play after scene 9 that follows the story of Pericles and Marina, and that the first two acts, detailing the many voyages of Pericles, were written by a relatively untalented reviser or collaborator, possibly George Wilkins. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2998.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2998.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2998.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2998.mobi The Prince Niccolò Machiavelli http://www.feedbooks.com/book/94 urn:isbn:0553212788 en 1513 Non-Fiction Philosophy War Politics Il Principe (The Prince) is a political treatise by the Florentine public servant and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli. Originally called De Principatibus (About Principalities), it was written in 1513, but not published until 1532, five years after Machiavelli's death. The treatise is not representative of the work published during his lifetime, but it is the most remembered, and the work responsible for bringing "Machiavellian" into wide usage as a pejorative term. It has also been suggested by some critics that the piece is, in fact, a satire. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/94.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/94.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/94.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/94.mobi On the Origin of Species, 6th Edition Charles Darwin http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3015 urn:isbn:0554267381 en 1872 Non-Fiction Science Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, in which he writes of his theories of evolution by natural selection, is one of the most important works of scientific study ever published. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3015.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3015.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3015.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3015.mobi Beasts of New York: A children's book for grown-ups Jon Evans http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2976 en 2007 An urban fantasy about the wildlife of New York City, starring a squirrel protagonist who has to find his way from exile in Staten Island back to his home in Central Park. http://www.beastsofnewyork.com/ fantasy animals urban fantasy http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2976.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2976.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2976.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2976.mobi The Divine Comedy Dante Alighieri http://www.feedbooks.com/book/206 urn:isbn:0451208633 en 1306 Poetry Dante Alighieri's poetic masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, is a moving human drama, an unforgettable visionary journey through the infinite torment of Hell, up the arduous slopes of Purgatory, and on to the glorious realm of Paradise-the sphere of universal harmony and eternal salvation. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/206.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/206.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/206.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/206.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 Kama Sutra Vatsyayana http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3622 urn:isbn:0375759247 en 400 Non-Fiction Philosophy Sexuality The Kama Sutra, is an ancient Indian text widely considered to be the standard work on human sexual behavior in Sanskrit literature written by the Indian scholar Vatsyayana. A portion of the work consists of practical advice on sex. Kāma means sensual or sexual pleasure, and sūtra are the guidlines of yoga, the word itself means thread in Sanskrit. The Kama Sutra is the oldest and most notable of a group of texts known generically as Kama Shastra). Traditionally, the first transmission of Kama Shastra or "Discipline of Kama" is attributed to Nandi the sacred bull, Shiva's doorkeeper, who was moved to sacred utterance by overhearing the lovemaking of the god and his wife Parvati and later recorded his utterances for the benefit of mankind. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3622.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3622.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3622.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3622.mobi