Most of Curwood's stories were adventure tales set in the Canadian North, where the author spent much of his time. During the 1920s his books were among the most popular in North America, and many were made into movies. The River's End was the first book to sell more than 100,000 copies in its...
Beasts and Super-Beasts - This book is by H. H. Munro
A selection of works by Russian authors such as: A. S. Pushkin, N.V. Gogol, I.S. Turgenev, F.M. Dostoyevsky, L.N. Tolstoy, M.Y. Saltykov, and A.P. Chekhov.
These loosely related tales of scamps and underdogs in an unstable Central American republic contain some clever images, as well as some dated, derogatory language. Lloyd James navigates this murky area admirably, de-emphasizing the crude name-calling by voicing it largely without malice. He...
Drifting North; Seigerman's Per Cent; Bad Medicine; A Winter Round-up; A College Vagabond; The Double Trail; Rangering; At Comanche Ford; Around the Spade Wagon; The Ransom of Don Ramon Mora; The Passing of Peg-Leg; In the Hands of His Friends; A Question of Possession; and The Story of a Poker...
These short stories constitute some of the best in the English language. They have quite a range in tone, from the extreamely humorous Unrest Cure to the mystery of Sredni Vashtar. Only The Easter Egg diappoints. Written in an Edwardian prose that never disappoints, read it like it was one of...
A collection of short stories set during the Napoleonic era, focuses on the adventures and misadventures of Parisian Police Agent, Hector Ratichon.
A compilation of jokes.
Buttered Side Down, Stories by Edna Ferber. Author of "Dawn O'Hara."
Poe combines horror, mystery, and science fiction to create 73 short stories and poems.
