Classicly Books
What I Saw in America
G. K. ChestertonTravel ought to combine amusement with instruction; but most travellers are so much amused that they refuse to be instructed. I do not blame them for being amused; it is perfectly natural to be amused..
Canadian Wonder Tales
Cyrus MacmillanThis is a collection of folk tales originating in Canada, some from aboriginal oral tradition and others due to early French, Scottish, Irish and British colonists. They are presented as "fables" thou..
Corleone - A Tale of Sicily
F. Marion CrawfordCorleone: A Tale of Sicily is an Italian fiction novel written by Francis Marion Crawford, an American writer noted for his many novels, especially those set in Italy, and for his classic w..
Meister Zacharius
Jules VerneMeister Zacharius is the German version of Jules Verne's story A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories.Meister Zacharius ist ein Uhrmacher in Genf und berühmt für die Genauigkeit seiner..
The Breaking Point
Mary Roberts RinehartMary Roberts Rinehart -- "America's Agatha Christie," as she used to be called -- set this story in a New York suburban town, shortly after the end of the first world war. Dick Livingstone is a young,..
The Hour of the Dragon
Robert E. HowardThe Hour of the Dragon, also known as Conan the Conqueror, is a fantasy novel by American writer Robert E. Howard featuring his sword and sorcery hero Conan the Cimmerian. It was one of the last Conan..
The Valley of Fear
Arthur Conan DoyleThe Valley of Fear is the fourth and final Sherlock Holmes novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is loosely based on the Molly Maguires and Pinkerton agent James McParland. The story was first published..
And Even Now
Sir Max BeerbohmThis is a diverse collection of essays by English writer Max Beerbohm, whose circle included such notables as Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw, Ezra Pound, and Somerset Maugham. Much of Beerbohm's wor..