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Shannach—The LastEven in this grip of alien horror a man could not throw away his lifetime goal ... not stand idly by as endless rows of alabaster shapes, seated in their chairs of stone, thought-ruled this gargoyle planet from the dead blackness of deep...

Silkkilaiva: KertomusI. Anna Marja. II. Vanhoja papereita. III. Hampuria. IV. Juudaksen epistola. V. Havukkavuoren ukko. VI. Laskiainen kirkkotarhassa. VII. Kosinta. VIII. Piki-Juosepin onnellinen laivarikko. IX. Saaren uusi puoti. X. Yls herraa vastaan tuuliin. XI. "Anna-Marjan" tuho. XII. Hullu-Juoseppi. XIII. Sameli ja Havukanvuoren ukko. XIV....

Translations from LucretiusSix of the plays of Euripides are also issued in 2 volumes. Cr. 8vo. Cloth, 6s. net per volume. Vol. I.: Hippolytus, Trojan Women and Bacch Vol. II.: Medea, Iphigenia in Tauris, and Electra. ......Buy Now (To Read More)Product details Ebook Number:...

La peurLe monde t'a peu compris; il t'a ft pour son plaisir et non pour ta valeur: quand tu as comparu devant lui, il a applaudi des effets sans discerner les causes et dans son enthousiasme provisoire pour ta voix, ton geste et ton...

The Virgin of ValkarionThe sun was low in the west and a thin chill wind was blowing along the hills when Alfric saw Valkarion below him. He reined in his hengist and sat for a moment scouting the terrain with the hard-learned caution of...

The Scientific Spirit of the Age, and Other Pleas and DiscussionsWe are all possessed of friends who, when any serious belief or matter of practical conduct is in question, take up at the outset a thesis of their own which they press on our...

The Pit of NympthonsHailard, director of Venusian Exports, was not given to unnecessary elaborations or complexities of speech. He let his attention stray from the girl to a tiny scale-model of the first rocket ship to land on Venus, and reflected bitterly that after...

A Fine Day for DyingLife could be for a whole forest of years, but dying took just as long as one wished. Condemeign reckoned he might as well do the world a bad turn while he was about it. One might as well have...

De Scherpschutters van Zuid-Afrika: Een Verhaal uit den Vrijheidsoorlog 1880-81Hij werpt een nieuw houtblok op het vuur, want het is koud, en het vuur verspreidt een aangename warmte. De vlammen slaan nu hoog uit, en duidelijk kunt ge thans de gelaatstrekken van den man...

The Dare Boys in VincennesIn the cool, darkened room of the improvised Patriot Hospital in Charleston, a young man in the uniform of a Continental, read aloud to his much-bandaged friend. The subject of their attention was a long-delayed letter from the invalid's sister,...

A Paris pair; Their day's doings BY BEATRICE BRADSHAW BROWN ILLUSTRATED BY BARBARA HAVEN BROWN NEW YORK E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY 681 Fifth Avenue {2} Copyright, 1923, By E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America...

Last CallA soldier of the Disciplinary Corps hadn't cracked up in all the years of Captain Morrow's service. Bronson was the first ... Bronson who reckoned he was one of the rare beings who had heard THE CALL from Mars. The small cargo rocket...

The VanderlarkThe peculiar quality of deep space is hard to put into words. On earth, however isolated we are, whatever happens to us, we are yet on our home planet. The man afloat on the life raft in the Pacific, delirious with exposure and...

Letters of an Architect, From France, Italy, and Greece. Volume 1 [of 2]Many books of travels in the south of Europe have been published; some of them written by men of talents and information, who were attached to the fine arts, and to architecture...

Puck's Broom - The wonderful adventures of George Henry & his dog Alexander who went to seek their fortunes in the Once upon a time landHow George Henry came into the world, and what Puck and the fairies thought about it. Some wise words...

El BuscapiéIn presenting the Buscapi to the English public, it may not be superfluous, first to explain the title of this literary curiosity, and next to offer a few observations relative to its nature and origin. The title Buscapi seems to have been suggested...

The Android KillThe android slaves, insipid pieces of metal, plastic and skin, were constructed to work and work and help men like Caffrey relax. But someone, somewhere, made this batch too perfect. Caffrey, big tough Caffrey laughed out loud at the tremendous irony of...

ItBefore the Captain's feet fled ghosts of dust. Crackling with static electricity they fled before his body-charge. Ringing out through pools of heat mirage they mushroomed up the toppled walls. In his ears their crackling was laughter. In his brain he screamed at them....

Histoire des ducs de Normandie, suivie de: Vie de Guillaume le ConquérantLes fautes de typographie videntes (lettre manquante ou errone, permutation de deux lettres, espace manquante entre deux mots, virgule la place dun point en fin de phrase, point la place dune virgule dans...

The DancersIt was the hour before dawn. In the middle of the night the big ship had landed on the new planet, the satellite of the sun Proxima. Now they sat in the dark waiting, and they talked. "Two spears, against forty blasters and...