Tales of Unrest by Joseph Conrad. Joseph's outsider's eye gave him special insights into the moral dangers of the great age of European empires. In his prefactory note to this volume, Conrad wrote, "Of the five stories in this volume, 'The Lagoon,' the last in order, is the earliest in date.
All three horsemen rode in silence. Old Taras's thoughts were far away: before him passed his youth, his years--the swift-flying years, over which the Cossack always weeps, wishing that his life might be all youth. He wondered whom of his former comrades he should meet at the Setch. He reckoned up...
The $30,000 Bequest provides a rare long view of Twain's work, covering virtually his entire career, from "Advice to Young Girls" to the title story, written in 1904. Whether he is probing the dynamics of a marriage in "The $30,000 Bequest," or tapping into the nature of hierarchies of abusive...
The adventures of an author as she confronts her guardian angel. Jerome does a wonderful job of sharing the thoughts and feelings of a young writer in London during the late 19th century.
The Piper class carrier was designed for the IGN following the Fifth Frontier War as part of the general rebuilding of the Navy. In keeping with the changed design philosophy, the Pipers are specialized for support of 300 Lance class fighters, with minimal self-defense capability.
Bret Harte's witty, sometimes heart-rending tales of frontier California, earned him acclaim during the 1860s as the new prophet of American letters. His books, The Luck of Roaring Camp, The Outcasts of Poker Flat and M'liss, helped establish the foundations of western American fiction.
The Best British Short Stories of 1922 edited by E. J. O'Brien and J. Cournos.
The Bee-Man lives in a small hut in the countryside that has been so covered over by the honeycomb of his friends the bees that it resembles more of a hive. He's happy there, but is instantly alarmed by the arrival of a young Sorcerer, who informs him that his strange way of living has come about...
The Best Ghost Stories by Various authors.
The Best Mystery and Detective Stories edited by Julian Hawthorne.