Written in 1892 but not published until 1916, this beautifully crafted story features two sisters who keep a shop in a shabby part of New York City. When Ann Eliza, the eldest sister, gifts Evelina with a clock on her birthday, events are set in motion which will forever change not only their relati...
Kobani is an "action-packed thrill ride", exploring what impact new military technologies will have on the men and women who serve. From the author of the Future War series, best-selling winner of Readers' Favorite 2020 Political Thriller of the year, and a Publishers' Weekly Star.
Backed by Russi...
The Mosquito Fleet is a documentary about America's small but strategically important fleet of PT boats during the Second World War. After Pearl Harbor, the American Naval Fleet was at a severe disadvantage to the mighty Japanese fleet.
Enter the PT or patrol torpedo boat of the US Navy. Built for...
Poor Miss Finch by Wilkie Collins
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Madame Pratolungo is a close companion to Lucilla Finch, a young woman who has been blind since birth. Madame Pratolungo records the narrative of Lucilla's trials from falling in love with Oscar Duborg, her wealthy and shy neighbor,...
The classic tale of the uncanny and supernatural by W.W. Jacobs.
Whilst serving in India, the Sergeant-Major acquired the mummified paw of a monkey - that had had a spell put on it by an old fakir who, "wanted to show that fate ruled people's lives, and those that interfered with it did so to thei...
The Complete Original Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant, Volume XIII
Guy de Maupassant, France's gift to the world of short stories, was a prolific writer of this genre. His complete collection numbers are just under 200. Volume XIII contains the following titles:
“I’ve come too far to surrender now....”
Eledan’s nightmare has been unleashed upon the worlds, and with Oberon gone, only the Messenger crew stands in its way.
Kellee, Talen, Sirius, Sota, and Kesh. Together, they are stronger, but there are forces on Faerie who do not want the worlds saved, fo...
It can be said that the subject of Rating Pilots and the Fleet Air Arm may only be of interest to avid aviation and naval historians. In this short but concise treatise, Alan Clifford provides an in-depth and detailed history, from the inter-service social and governmental politics to the practical...
Narrated by Denis Daly
Christian D. Larson was a prominent representative of the New Thought movement and the author of more than 20 books covering many aspects of self-development.
In this compact tract, Larson provides a trenchant examination of the basic principles of concentration and a stra...
One chance meeting. A single act of kindness. Can young soul mates find each other in adulthood, or will hidden truths tear them apart?
The year 1904. Twelve-year-old Luci Quick never forgot the boy who saved her life that fateful Christmas Eve. But when he disappeared without a word after bringin...
"She had the perpetual sense, as she watched the taxi cabs, of being out, out, far out to sea and alone; she always had the feeling that it was very, very, dangerous to live even one day."
Virginia Woolf’s most famous "stream of consciousness" novel, Mrs. Dalloway, records the events of one June d...
The Online Stage presents**The Green Cockatoo by Arthur Schnitzler.
The Green Cockatoo is a short play set in a busy tavern on the night of the storming of the Bastille. Rich Parisian nobles come to watch some actors play at being rogues, thieves, and other criminals, but they quickly find reality...
