Classicly Books
The Road to Bunker Hill
Shirley BarkerDick shivered and turned up the collar of his homespun jacket. “Maybe it has,” he said, “but it’s cold enough tonight[5] to freeze your gizzard. Hope there won’t be a frost, with the apple trees alrea..
The Story of Andre Cornelis
Paul BourgetI was nine years old. It was in 1864, in the month of June, at the close of a warm afternoon. I was at my studies in my room as usual, having come in from the Lycée Bonaparte, and the outer shutters w..
Byliny Book - Hero Tales of Russia
Marion Chilton HarrisonThis is a Byliny Book. What does “Byliny” mean? It is a Russian word, and it means stories about What-has-Been, what happened in Russia in the old days long ago. We all read about the Greek heroes Jas..
Es Percipi
Stephen MarloweChanning shook his head. "Even if I agreed with you, I couldn't do that. Wouldn't that be perfect grist for the propaganda mills on Sirius and Centauri, not to mention Deneb? Big Brother Earth goes ar..
Honor of Thieves - A Novel
C. J. Cutcliffe HyneMiss Rivers shrugged her shoulders. “Not he. But you know what Mrs. Shelf is when she gets any show person at one of her functions. The poor man had to stand it for a while, because she held on to him..
Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct
F. B. TowerThe views which I have given of the important points on the line of the Croton Aqueduct, are from sketches taken for my own satisfaction. A description from such source, accompanied with detailed..
The Origin and Ideals of the Modern School
Francisco FerrerOn October 12, 1909, Francisco Ferrer y Guardia was shot in the trenches of the Montjuich Fortress at Barcelona. Evidence sent in Ferrer’s favour was confiscated by the police; the witnesses who could..
The World of Flying Saucers
Donald H. MenzelAt a conference with Air Force officials in Washington in April 1952, he presented his idea that planetary mirages, sundogs, reflections, and other astronomical, atmospheric, and optical phenomena pro..