Chronicles of Avonlea

Lucy Maud Montgomery

On Prince Edward Island, where Anne Shirley grew up in the sea-sprayed town of Avonlea, there was no shortage of wonderful stories. In Chronicles of Avonlea, a delightful collection of twelve short stories about the inhabitants of Avonlea and other nearby villages, we meet lovely new characters and relive many stories that inspired various episodes on Road to Avonlea. Focusing on universal themes about mankind, the book conveys the flaws of critical behavior that is sure to leave a poignant mark later in life. In addition it deals with compassion, taking risks, and absolute dedication in order to attain ones hopes and dreams, while serving as a reminder to not allow pride the luxury to govern ones choices.

The Green Bungalow

Fred M. White

In short stories, Fred M. White often has a love theme. So in the story The Green Bungalow. The main character, Hilton Blythe, has a generous character and is always happy to give useful advice. He was proud that nobody and nothing had ever shocked him. However, one meeting, one look changed everything...

The Bishops Jaegers

Thorne Smith

If youre in the mood for a wildly hilarious comic romp, give Thorne Smiths The Bishops Jaegars a read. Mad, hilarious, degenerate, or simply fun fantasy? Only the reader can decide. Adrift and listless, a wealthy coffee heir Peter Van Dyke is searching for meaning in life. His young secretary Jo decides to shake things up and help him get back on track. Although he is engaged to another, she has far from given up. Laughter ensues as they go from one mishap to another along with fiancée Yolanda Wilmont, a pickpocket, a bishop who is desperately attached to his jaegers, and Aspirin Liz. Before long, they find themselves at the center of a bizarre coterie of characters who invade a nudist colony. The Bishops Jaegers was published in 1932.

The Northing Tramp

Edgar Wallace

Rather different from the usual Wallace plot, here we have a tramp heading for the Canadian border who marries a girl while in a drunken stupor. Her wedding day was so fraught with danger that she and her husband were forced to flee from the deadly menace that ruthlessly dogged their every move. She learned to avoid the man with the red beard and his swarthy knife-juggling companion. Above all, she feared and avoided Gussie, whose drawl and monocle gave him a deceptive appearance of meekness. Who were these three and who was her strange husband and what was the secret that spelled death between them? Mysterious tramps, Chicago gangsters, and villainous members of the English nobility!

Tales of Cthulhu

Robert E. Howard

Nameless Cults: The Cthulhu Mythos Fiction of Robert E. Howard is a collection of Cthulhu Mythos short stories by Robert E. Howard. It was first published in the US in 2001 by Chaosium Press. All of these stories had been published previously, between 1929 and 1985, in Weird Tales, From Beyond the Dark Gateway, Strange Tales, Weirdbook, Fantasy Crosswinds, Coven, Fantasy Book, Dark Things, and The Fantasy Magazine. The collection includes an introduction by Robert M. Price called Raven, Son of Morn. Prices introduction gives a short sketch of Howards overall writing and a more detailed overview of his Cthulhu Mythos work and its relation to that of other mythos writers.

Curious Happenings to the Rooke Legatees

E. Phillips Oppenheim

Five people were seated around a table in the private office of a well-known solicitor in Lincolns Inn. Their expressions and general attitude were sufficiently disturbed to suggest that their gathering was of no ordinary moment. A grey-haired, untidy looking woman in seedy black was tapping the mahogany table in front of her with long, ill-cared for nails, and breathing quickly. A fat, red-cheeked man, with a waistcoat the lower buttons of which failed to connect, with blue watery eyes and a loose, but good-humoured, mouth, was whistling softly to himself.

Jess of the Rebel Trail

H.A. Cody

The main character was faced with a difficult choice an unwanted marriage. Her father insisted on marriage, against her will. However, things may not be so bad. And in the end it can be a happy ending with mutual love.

Iliade

Homer

Iliade est le plus ancien monument de la littérature grecque, un poeme épique attribué a Homere. Le poeme est composé de chansons, chacune pouvant etre perçue comme une histoire indépendante dun événement particulier dans la vie de ses héros. Description des batailles tres réaliste et parfois naturaliste. Le personnage principal venge pour son ami. La vengeance na jamais aidé les gens.