The Moving Picture Girls Laura Lee Hope http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3059 urn:isbn:1406520349 en 1914 Novels Young Readers Actor Hosmer DeVere and his daughters Ruth and Alice struggle to make ends meet while Mr. DeVere is between theatrical engagements. Things look up when he wins a leading role in an upcoming play, but he is suddenly afflicted with hoarseness just before the play opens. When his voice does not improve, he loses his role in the play and must seek other work. Russ Dalwood, a friend to Ruth and Alice, suggests that Mr. DeVere join his film company as an actor in the moving pictures. Considering the moving pictures to be vulgar and cheap, he refuses until the situation has become critical and the family is served with an eviction notice. Mr. DeVere gives in and accepts the job at the film company. Over time, Alice and Ruth also gain positions with the film company where they experience many adventures and help Russ prevent thieves from stealing his newly invented film stabilizer from him. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3059.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3059.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3059.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3059.mobi The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Francis Scott Fitzgerald http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3431 en 1922 Short Fiction This story was inspired by a remark of Mark Twain's to the effect that it was a pity that the best part of life came at the beginning and the worst part at the end. By trying the experiment upon only one man in a perfectly normal world I have scarcely given his idea a fair trial. Several weeks after completing it, I discovered an almost identical plot in Samuel Butler's "Note-books." The story was published in "Collier's" last summer and provoked this startling letter from an anonymous admirer in Cincinnati: "Sir-- I have read the story Benjamin Button in Colliers and I wish to say that as a short story writer you would make a good lunatic I have seen many peices of cheese in my life but of all the peices of cheese I have ever seen you are the biggest peice. I hate to waste a peice of stationary on you but I will." This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3431.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3431.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3431.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3431.mobi Geek Mafia: Mile Zero Rick Dakan http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1942 urn:isbn:1604860022 en 2007 Novels Thriller Key West-southernmost point in the United States, Mile Zero on Highway 1; and as far as you can run away from your past troubles without swimming to Cuba. Key West-originally Cayo Huesos or Isle of Bones, for centuries a refuge for pirates, wreckers, writers, scoundrels, drunks, and tourists. Now home to a Crew of techno geek con artists who've turned it into their own private hunting ground. Paul and Chloe have the run of the sun-drenched island, free to play and scam far from the enemies they left behind in Silicon Valley. But that doesn't mean they can't bring a little high tech know how to the paradise. They and their new Crew have covered the island with their own private Big Brother style network-hidden cameras, RFID sensors, and a web of informers that tip them off about every crime committed and tourist trapped on the island. But will all the gadgets and games be enough when not one but three rival crews of con artists come to hold a top-secret gang summit? And when one of them is murdered, who will solve the crime? Inspired by author Rick Dakan's own eventful experiences in the video game and comic book industries, the Geek Mafia series satisfies the hunger in all of us to buck the system, take revenge on corporate America, and live a life of excitement and adventure. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1942.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1942.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1942.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1942.mobi Refuge Richard Herley http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3025 en 2008 Novels Science Fiction Thriller Like The Penal Colony, this is a thriller set in the near future. It is twelve years on from a global plague. John Suter believes himself the sole survivor. He has gradually come to terms with his fate and has settled into a steady and self-reliant daily routine. One morning he finds a mutilated body in the river near his house. In his terror, Suter knows he has no choice but to investigate. What he discovers upstream stretches his endurance to its limits and forces him to reassess not only his own humanity, but also his place within the human family he had once believed extinct. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3025.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3025.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3025.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3025.mobi Geek Mafia Rick Dakan http://www.feedbooks.com/book/917 urn:isbn:0977264904 en 2006 Novels Thriller Fired from a job he hated at a company he loved, videogame designer Paul Reynolds is drowning his sorrows in late-morning margaritas when he meets an alluring, pink-haired conwoman named Chloe. With her gang of techno-pirate friends, Chloe helps Paul not only take revenge on his former employers, but also extort a small fortune from them in the process. What more could a recently unemployed, over-worked videogame designer in Silicon Valley ask for? In return for Chloe’s help, Paul agrees to create counterfeit comic books for one of her crew’s criminal schemes. In the process finds himself drawn right into the center of their wild, seductive, underground world. He falls in for their fun loving, drug fueled “off the grid” lifestyle almost as fast as he falls head over heels for Chloe. Wary of the Crew’s darker side, but eager to impress both the girl and the gang, Paul uses his game design expertise to invent a masterful con of his own. If all goes according to plan, it will be one for the ages. But can he trust any of them, or is he the one who’s really being conned? Inspired by author Rick Dakan’s own eventful experiences in the videogame and comic book industries, "Geek Mafia", satisfies the hunger in all of us to buck the system, take revenge on corporate America, and live a life of excitement and adventure. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/917.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/917.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/917.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/917.mobi Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure John Cleland http://www.feedbooks.com/book/84 urn:isbn:1840224177 en 1749 Novels Sexuality Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, popularly known as Fanny Hill, is a novel by John Cleland. Written in 1748 while Cleland was in debtor's prison in London, it is considered the first modern "erotic novel" in English, and has become a byword for the battle of censorship of erotica. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/84.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/84.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/84.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/84.mobi 羅生門 (rashoumon) Ryūnosuke Akutagawa http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3923 ja 1915 Short Fiction Philosophy Psychology "Rashōmon" (Japanese: 羅生門) is a short story by Akutagawa Ryūnosuke based on tales from the Konjaku Monogatarishū. A man considering whether or not to become a thief meets a woman stealing hair from corpses. Their conversation explores the morality of theft. The story was first published in 1915 in Teikoku Bungaku. Despite its name, it provided no direct plot material for the Akira Kurosawa movie Rashōmon, which was based on Akutagawa's 1921 short story, In a Grove. 『羅生門』（らしょうもん）は、芥川龍之介による初期の小説。『今昔物語集』の「羅城門登上層見死人盗人語第十八」を題材にした短編小説。羅生門とは、朱雀大路にある平安京の正門のことである。正しくは羅城門であるが、人間の生を意識してあえて「羅生門」にしたと考えられている。高校教科書などでも採用され、広く知名度がある。 (source: Wikipedia) Note: You may have to embed your own Japanese unicode font in order for this to display on your reader. An English version is available on Feedbooks at: http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4254 This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3923.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3923.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3923.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3923.mobi The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde http://www.feedbooks.com/book/6 urn:isbn:0375751513 en 1891 Novels Oscar Wilde's story of a fashionable young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty is one of his most popular works. Written in Wilde's characteristically dazzling manner, full of stinging epigrams and shrewd observations, the tale of Dorian Gray's moral disintegration caused something of a scandal when it first appeared in 1890. Wilde was attacked for his decadence and corrupting influence, and a few years later the book and the aesthetic/moral dilemma it presented became issues in the trials occasioned by Wilde's homosexual liaisons, trials that resulted in his imprisonment. Of the book's value as autobiography, Wilde noted in a letter, "Basil Hallward is what I think I am: Lord Henry what the world thinks me: Dorian what I would like to be--in other ages, perhaps." http://www.feedbooks.com/book/6.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/6.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/6.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/6.mobi Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen http://www.feedbooks.com/book/52 urn:isbn:0553213105 en 1813 Novels Romance Pride And Prejudice, the story of Mrs. Bennet's attempts to marry off her five daughters is one of the best-loved and most enduring classics in English literature. Excitement fizzes through the Bennet household at Longbourn in Hertfordshire when young, eligible Mr. Charles Bingley rents the fine house nearby. He may have sisters, but he also has male friends, and one of these—the haughty, and even wealthier, Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy—irks the vivacious Elizabeth Bennet, the second of the Bennet girls. She annoys him. Which is how we know they must one day marry. The romantic clash between the opinionated Elizabeth and Darcy is a splendid rendition of civilized sparring. As the characters dance a delicate quadrille of flirtation and intrigue, Jane Austen's radiantly caustic wit and keen observation sparkle. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/52.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/52.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/52.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/52.mobi Doctor Who: Nightshade Mark Gatiss http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2937 urn:isbn:0426203763 en 1992 Novels Science Fiction Humor/Satire Monsters of the mind kill all in their path. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2937.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2937.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2937.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2937.mobi Doctor Who: Human Nature Paul Cornell http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2934 urn:isbn:0426204433 en 1995 Novels Science Fiction Humor/Satire "On the eve of the First World War, John Smith teaches at an English public school. But is he all that he seems?" Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2934.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2934.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2934.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2934.mobi Doctor Who and the Scales of Injustice Gary Russell http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2668 urn:isbn:0426204778 en 1996 Novels Science Fiction Humor/Satire The Silurians come up against a sinister government department. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2668.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2668.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2668.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2668.mobi Doctor Who and the Empire of Glass Andy Lane http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2664 urn:isbn:0426204573 en 1995 Novels Science Fiction Humor/Satire Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2664.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2664.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2664.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2664.mobi Doctor Who: The Sands of Time Justin Richards http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2666 urn:isbn:0426204727 en 1996 Novels Science Fiction Humor/Satire An ancient Egyptian god is reborn through Nyssa. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2666.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2666.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2666.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2666.mobi 2 B R O 2 B Kurt Vonnegut http://www.feedbooks.com/book/912 en 1962 Short Fiction Science Fiction Humor/Satire 2 B R 0 2 B is a satiric short story that imagines life (and death) in a future world where aging has been “cured” and population control is mandated and administered by the government. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/912.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/912.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/912.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/912.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 Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan, Vol 1 Lafcadio Hearn http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2056 urn:isbn:1596056835 en 1871 Non-Fiction History Essay Travel A Japanese magic-lantern show is essentially dramatic. It is a play of which the dialogue is uttered by invisible personages, the actors and the scenery being only luminous shadows. Wherefore it is peculiarly well suited to goblinries and weirdnessess of all kinds; and plays in which ghosts figure are the favourite subject. -from "Of Ghosts and Goblins" In 1889, Westerner Lafcadio Hearn arrived in Japan on a journalistic assignment, and he fell so in love with the nation and its people that he never left. In 1894, just as Japan was truly opening to the West and global interest in Japanese culture was burgeoning, Hearn published this delightful series of essays glorifying what he called the "rare charm of Japanese life." Beautifully written and a joy to read, Hearn's love letters to the land of the rising sun enchant with their sweetly lyrical descriptions of winter street fairs, puppet theaters, religious statuaries, even the Japanese smile and its particular allure. A wonderful journal of immersion on a foreign land, this will bewitch Japanophiles and travelers to the East. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2056.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2056.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2056.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2056.mobi My Father, the Cat Henry Slesar http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3675 en 1957 Short Fiction Fantasy Henry Slesar, as we have said before, is a young advertising executive who has rapidly become one of the better known writers in the field. Here is an off-trail story that is guaranteed to make some of you take a very searching second look at some of the young men you know. "He wondered if I'd told her everything, and, faltering, I had to admit that I hadn't. She was wonderful—but 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/3675.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3675.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3675.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3675.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 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 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 Botchan Natsume Sōseki http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3911 urn:isbn:4770030487 en 1919 Novels Humor/Satire Botchan (坊っちゃん) is a novel written by Natsume Sōseki (real name: Kin'nosuke Natsume) in 1906. It is considered to be one of the most popular novels in Japan, read by most Japanese during their childhood. The central theme of the story is morality. (from Wikipedia) In its simplest understanding, "Botchan" may be taken as an episode in the life of a son born in Tokyo, hot-blooded, simple-hearted, pure as crystal and sturdy as a towering rock, honest and straight to a fault, intolerant of the least injustice and a volunteer ever ready to champion what he considers right and good. Children may read it as a "story of man who tried to be honest." It is a light, amusing and, at the name time, instructive story, with no tangle of love affairs, no scheme of blood-curdling scenes or nothing startling or sensational in the plot or characters. (from the translator) This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3911.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3911.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3911.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3911.mobi The Book of Tea Kakuzo Okakura http://www.feedbooks.com/book/991 urn:isbn:1933330171 en 1906 Non-Fiction Philosophy The Book of Tea was written by Okakura Kakuzo in the early 20th century. It was first published in 1906, and has since been republished many times. In the book, Kakuzo introduces the term Teaism and how Tea has affected nearly every aspect of Japanese culture, thought, and life. The book is accessibile to Western audiences because Kakuzo was taught at a young age to speak English; and spoke it all his life, becoming proficient at communicating his thoughts to the Western Mind. In his book, he discusses such topics as Zen and Taoism, but also the secular aspects of Tea and Japanese life. The book emphasises how Teaism taught the Japanese many things; most importantly, simplicity. Kakuzo argues that this tea-induced simplicity affected art and architecture, and he was a long-time student of the visual arts. He ends the book with a chapter on Tea Masters, and spends some time talking about Sen no Rikyu and his contribution to the Japanese Tea Ceremony. According to Tomonobu Imamichi, Heidegger's concept of Dasein in Sein und Zeit was inspired — although Heidegger remains silent on this — by Okakura Kakuzo's concept of das-in-dem-Welt-sein (to be in the being of the world) expressed in The Book of Tea to describe Zhuangzi's philosophy, which Imamichi's teacher had offerred to Heidegger in 1919, after having followed lessons with him the year before. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/991.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/991.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/991.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/991.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 Roast Beef, Medium: The Business Adventures of Emma McChesney Edna Ferber http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3828 en 1913 Short Fiction Collections Edna Ferber, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Show Boat and Giant, achieved her first great success with a series of stories she published in American Magazine between 1911 and 1913. The stories featured Emma McChesney: smart, savvy, stylish, divorced mother, and Midwest traveling sales representative for T. A. Buck's Featherloom skirts and petticoats. With one hand on her sample case and the other fending off advances from salesmen, hotel clerks, and other predators, Emma holds on tightly to her reputation: honest, hardworking, and able to outsell the slickest salesman. Like her compact bag of traveling necessities, Emma has her life boiled down to essentials: her work and her seventeen-year-old son, Jock. Her experience has taught her that it's best to stick to roast beef, medium--avoiding both physical and moral indigestion--rather than experiment with fancy sauces and exotic dishes. Yet she never shies away from a challenge, and her sharp instincts and common sense serve her well in dealing with the likes of Ed Meyer, a smooth-talking, piano-playing salesman; Blanche LeHay, prima donna of the Sam Levin Crackerjack Belles; and T. A. Buck Jr., the wet-behind-the-ears son of the founder of Featherloom. This work was published before 1923 and is in the public domain in the USA only. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3828.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3828.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3828.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3828.mobi Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow Jerome Klapka Jerome http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2182 urn:isbn:1843911604 en 1886 Essay Collections Humor/Satire This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2182.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2182.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2182.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2182.mobi