Kai Lung's Golden Hours Ernest Bramah Smith http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3906 en 1922 Novels Fantasy Kai Lung's Golden Hours is a fantasy novel by Ernest Bramah. It was first published in hardcover in London by Grant Richards Ltd. in October, 1922, and there have been numerous editions since. The first edition included a preface by Hilaire Belloc, which has also been a feature of every edition since. Its importance in the history of fantasy literature was recognized by its reissuing by Ballantine Books as the forty-fifth volume of the celebrated Ballantine Adult Fantasy series in April, 1972. As with other Kai Lung novels, the main plot serves primarily as a vehicle for the presentation of the gem-like, aphorism-laden stories told by the protagonist Kai Lung, an itinerant story-teller of ancient China. In Kai Lung's Golden Hours he is brought before the court of the Mandarin Shan Tien on treasonable charges by the Mandarin's confidential agent Ming-shu. In a unique defense, Kai Lung recites his beguiling tales to the Mandarin, successfully postponing his conviction time after time until he is finally set free. In the process he attains the love and hand of the maiden Hwa-Mei. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3906.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3906.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3906.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3906.mobi Tales of Three Hemispheres Lord Dunsany http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3373 en 1920 Short Fiction Fantasy Collections Tales of Three Hemispheres is a collection of fantasy short stories by Lord Dunsany. The first edition was published in Boston by John W. Luce & Co. in November, 1919; the first British edition was published in London by T. Fisher Unwin in June, 1920. The collection's significance in the history of fantasy literature was recognized by its republication in a new edition by Owlswick Press in 1976, with illustrations by Tim Kirk and a foreword by H. P. Lovecraft, actually a general article on Dunsany's work originally written by Lovecraft in 1922, but unpublished until it appeared in his posthumous Marginalia (Arkham House, 1944). The book collects 14 short pieces by Dunsany; the last three, under the general heading "Beyond the Fields We Know," are related tales, as explained in the publisher's note preceding the first, "Idle Days on the Yann," which was previously published in the author's earlier collection A Dreamer's Tales, but reprinted in the current one owing to the relationship. 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/3373.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3373.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3373.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3373.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 The Wallet of Kai Lung Ernest Bramah Smith http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3643 urn:isbn:1438504497 en 1900 Short Fiction Fantasy Collections The Wallet of Kai Lung is a collection of fantasy stories by Ernest Bramah, all but the last of which feature Kai Lung, an itinerant story-teller of ancient China. It was first published in hardcover in London by Grant Richards in 1900, and there have been numerous editions since. Its initial tale, The Transmutation of Ling, was also issued by the same publisher as a separate chapbook in 1911. The collection's importance in the history of fantasy literature was recognized by the anthologization of two of its tales in the celebrated Ballantine Adult Fantasy Series, edited by Lin Carter and published by Ballantine Books; "The Vision of Yin" in Discoveries in Fantasy (March, 1972), and "The Transmutation of Ling" in Great Short Novels of Adult Fantasy Volume II (March, 1973). Although the collection is presented in the fashion of a novel, with each of its component stories designated chapters, there is no overall plot aside from each of the first eight tales being presented as narratives told by Kai Lung at various points in his itinerant career. The final tale is represented as being from a manuscript left by its own separate first-person narrator, Kin Yen. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3643.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3643.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3643.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3643.mobi Dubliners James Joyce http://www.feedbooks.com/book/5 urn:isbn:0486268705 en 1914 Short Fiction Collections Dubliners is a collection of 15 short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914. The fifteen stories were meant to be a naturalistic depiction of the Irish middle class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century. The stories were written at the time when Irish nationalism was at its peak, and a search for a national identity and purpose was raging; at a crossroads of history and culture, Ireland was jolted by various converging ideas and influences. They center on Joyce's idea of an epiphany: a moment where a character has a special moment of self-understanding or illumination. Many of the characters in Dubliners later appear in minor roles in Joyce's novel Ulysses. The initial stories in the collection are narrated by children as protagonists, and as the stories continue, they deal with the lives and concerns of progressively older people. This is in line with Joyce's tripartite division of the collection into childhood, adolescence and maturity. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/5.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/5.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/5.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/5.mobi The Whisperer in Darkness Howard Phillips Lovecraft http://www.feedbooks.com/book/25 urn:isbn:1931082723 en 1930 Novels Horror The story is told by Albert N. Wilmarth, an instructor of literature at Miskatonic University in Arkham. When local newspapers report strange things seen floating in rivers during a historic Vermont flood, Wilmarth becomes embroiled in a controversy about the reality and significance of the sightings, though he sides with the skeptics. Wilmarth uncovers old legends about monsters living in the uninhabited hills who abduct people who venture or settle too close to their territory. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/25.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/25.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/25.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/25.mobi Planet of the Damned Harry Harrison http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2395 urn:isbn:0812535073 en 1962 Novels Science Fiction Hugo nominated in 1962, originally published in Analog Science Fact-Science Fiction as "Sense of Obligation." Brion has just won the Twenties, a global competition to test achievements in 20 categories of human activities -- but before he can enjoy his victory he's forced to leave his homeworld to help salvage Dis, the most hellish planet in the galaxy. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2395.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2395.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2395.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2395.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 Dreams in the Witch-House Howard Phillips Lovecraft http://www.feedbooks.com/book/27 en 1932 Short Fiction Horror Walter Gilman, a student of mathematics and folklore at Miskatonic University, takes a room in the Witch House, a house in Arkham thought to be accursed. The first part of the story is an account of the history of the house, which has once harboured Keziah Mason, an accused witch who disappeared mysteriously from a Salem gaol in 1692. Gilman discovers that for the better part of two centuries many if not most of its occupants have died prematurely. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/27.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/27.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/27.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/27.mobi O Pioneers! Willa Cather http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2104 urn:isbn:1406844357 en 1913 Novels Western The first of her renowned prairie novels--a story that expresses Cather's conviction that "the history of every country begins in the heart of a man or a woman." When Alexandra Bergson takes over the family farm after her father's death, she falls under the spell of the rich, forbidding Nebraska prairie. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2104.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2104.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2104.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2104.mobi Treachery in Outer Space Carey Rockwell http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2376 urn:isbn:1604249242 en 1954 Novels Young Readers Science Fiction When Tom Corbett and his two pals are assigned to monitor the three giant spaceships which are entered in the most famous race in all space history, an adventure begins which is bound to make your blood tingle. The race is to the spaceport of the planet Titan where rich crystal mines are located... Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2376.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2376.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2376.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2376.mobi Uller Uprising Henry Beam Piper http://www.feedbooks.com/book/307 urn:isbn:1604249188 en 1952 Novels Science Fiction The story of a confrontation between a human overlord and alien servants, with an ironic twist at the end. Like most of Piper's best work, Uller Uprising is modeled after an actual event in human history; in this case the Sepoy Mutiny -- though not a mere retelling of the Indian Mutiny, but rather an analysis of an historical event applied to a similar situation in the far future. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/307.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/307.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/307.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/307.mobi Ancient Celtic Myth, Magic, and Medicine Jonathan Klemens http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3762 en 2008 The ancient Celts were an enchanting and mysterious pre-Christian people with a romantic and legendary history - a people of heroes, wizards, and fairies. These indomitable clans, identified by their language and culture, migrated from Central Europe and populated much of Western Europe, Britain, and Ireland until they were supplanted by the Romans, and later, Christianity. Julius Caesar stated that the Celts (Gauls) were "brave, but headstrong and impetuous." Magic medicine King Author Arthuran Tales Celts Romans Druids wizards farries heroes Britons shamans dwarfs brownies leprechauns diety myth herbs Welsh oak Churchill http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3762.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3762.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3762.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3762.mobi The Wailing Asteroid Murray Leinster http://www.feedbooks.com/book/900 urn:isbn:141918704X en 1960 Novels Science Fiction THE PUBLIC ABRUPTLY ceased to be interested in news of the signals. Rather, it suddenly wanted to stop thinking about them. The public was scared. Throughout all human history, the most horrifying of all ideas has been the idea of something which was as intelligent as a man, but wasn't human. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/900.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/900.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/900.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/900.mobi ...After a Few Words... Randall Garrett http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2146 en 1962 Short Fiction Science Fiction This is a science-fiction story. History is a science; the other part is, as all Americans know, the most fictional field we have today. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2146.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2146.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2146.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2146.mobi Mercenary Mack Reynolds http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2310 urn:isbn:B00133NNFC en 1962 Novels Science Fiction Every status-quo-caste society in history has left open two roads to rise above your caste: The Priest and The Warrior. But in a society of TV and tranquilizers--the Warrior acquires a strange new meaning.... Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2310.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2310.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2310.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2310.mobi Slingshot Irving W. Lande http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2369 urn:isbn:B000W7KNCQ en 1955 Short Fiction Science Fiction War The slingshot was, I believe, one of the few weapons of history that wasn't used in the last war. That doesn't mean it won't be used in the next! Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2369.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2369.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2369.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2369.mobi Essays (First Series) Ralph Waldo Emerson http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3882 en 1841 Essay Collections A collections of essays: History, Self-reliance, Compensation, Spiritual laws, Love, Friendship, Prudence, Heroism, The over-soul, Circles, Intellect & Art. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3882.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3882.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3882.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3882.mobi The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel Baroness Emma Orczy http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3569 urn:isbn:1406835870 en 1919 Short Fiction History Adventure Collections Written by Baroness Orczy and first published in 1919, The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel is a sequel book to the classic adventure tale, The Scarlet Pimpernel. The book consists of eleven short stories about Sir Percy Blakeney's exploits in rescuing various aristos and French citizens from the clutches of the guillotine. The stories are set in 1793 but appear in no particular order. They occasionally refer to events in other books in the series. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3569.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3569.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3569.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3569.mobi Rebel Raider Henry Beam Piper http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2326 en 1950 Short Fiction History 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/2326.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2326.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2326.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2326.mobi Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan, Vol 2 Lafcadio Hearn http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2057 urn:isbn:160206489X en 1894 Non-Fiction History Essay Travel http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2057.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2057.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2057.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2057.mobi The Elusive Pimpernel Baroness Emma Orczy http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3575 urn:isbn:0755111133 en 1908 Novels History Adventure First published in 1908, The Elusive Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy is the 4th book in the classic adventure series about the Scarlet Pimpernel. It is September 1793 and French Agent and chief spy-catcher Chauvelin is determined to get his revenge for the previous humiliations dished out to him at the hands of the Scarlet Pimpernel. Chauvelin travels to England as an official representative of the French government tasked with looking after the interests of French citizens, but this is only a cover and his real purpose is to trick Sir Percy Blakeney into returning to France, where he can be captured and put to the guillotine. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3575.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3575.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3575.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3575.mobi I Will Repay Baroness Emma Orczy http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3574 urn:isbn:1599865696 en 1906 Novels History Adventure I Will Repay was written by Baroness Emmuska Orzcy and originally published in 1906, this is a sequel novel to the Scarlet Pimpernel. The second Pimpernel book written by Orzcy, it comes (chronologically) third in the series and should be read after Sir Percy Leads the Band and before The Elusive Pimpernel. The story starts before the French revolution. It's 1783 and wealthy Paul Déroulède has offended the young Vicomte de Marny by speaking disrepctfully of his latest infatuation, Adèle de Monterchéri. Déroulède had not intended to get into the quarrel but has a tendency to blunder into things -- "no doubt a part of the inheritance bequeathed to him by his bourgeois ancestry." Incensed at the slur on Adèle, who he sees as a paragon of virtue, the Vicomte challenges Déroulède to a duel, a fight which Déroulède does not want -- for he knows and respects the boy's father, the Duc de Marny. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3574.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3574.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3574.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3574.mobi El Dorado Baroness Emma Orczy http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3576 urn:isbn:0486440265 en 1913 Novels History Adventure Eldorado, by Baroness Orczy is a sequel book to the classic adventure tale, The Scarlet Pimpernel. It was first published in 1913. The novel is notable in that it is the partial basis for most of the film treatments of the original book. A French language version, translated and adapted by Charlotte and Marie-Louise Desroyses, was also produced under the title La Capture du Mouron Rouge. As well as containing all the main characters from the first book, Eldorado introduces several new characters and features the Baron de Batz, who also turns up in Sir Percy Leads the Band and The Way of the Scarlet Pimpernel (Baron Jean de Batz is a genuine historical figure). It is 1794 and Paris, "despite the horrors that had stained her walls - has remained a city of pleasure, and the knife of the guillotine did scarce descend more often than did the drop-scenes on the stage." The plot begins when Sir Percy reluctantly agrees to take Armand St. Just with him to France as part of a plan to rescue the young Dauphin. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3576.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3576.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3576.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3576.mobi The Double Traitor Edward Phillips Oppenheim http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3577 urn:isbn:0554127326 en 1915 Novels History Thriller A story of the diplomatic events leading up to the European War. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3577.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3577.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3577.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3577.mobi The Tide Mill Richard Herley http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2265 en 2008 Novels History Adventure The setting is feudal Sussex in the thirteenth century, a landscape and society that have changed almost beyond recognition. The power of the Church is at its zenith, and the bishop of Alincester is one of the richest men in England. He derives income from the watermills in his diocese: the forces of wind and rain are held to be divine. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2265.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2265.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2265.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2265.mobi A Dream of John Ball William Morris http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3688 urn:isbn:1603124330 en 1888 Novels History Politics A Dream of John Ball (1888) is a novel by English author William Morris about the English peasants' revolt of 1381 and the rebel John Ball. Like the novels close contemporary - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) by Mark Twain - it describes a dream and time travel encounter between the medieval and modern worlds. However unlike Twain's vision of a violent and chaotic "Dark Age", Morris describes a positive image of the Middle Ages, seeing it as a golden, if brief, period when peasants were prosperous and happy and guilds protected workers from exploitation. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3688.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3688.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3688.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3688.mobi The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard Arthur Conan Doyle http://www.feedbooks.com/book/364 urn:isbn:0940322730 en 1896 Novels History War This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/364.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/364.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/364.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/364.mobi