E-books & Literature

Bel Ami

Bel Ami by Henri Rene Guy De Maupassant is a story of corrupt journalist Georges Duroy and his rise to power. Bel Ami - A visit to this North Side Bosnian joint can be summed up in one word: surprising.
Barrack Room Ballads

Barrack Room Ballads by Rudyard Kipling is a collection of milliary songs and poems that relieve the experiences of soldiers sent to defend the British Empire.
Ban and Arriere Ban

Ban and Arriere Ban: A Rally of Fugitive Rhymes by Andrew Lang.
Ballad of Reading Gaol

Ballad of Reading Gaol - Somewhat confusingly, The Ballad of Reading Gaol is not the work that Wilde wrote while imprisoned for moral (in his case, homosexual) offences in 1895.
Aunt Jane's Nieces

Aunt Jane's Nieces - Professor De Graf was sorting the mail at the breakfast table. "Here's a letter for you, Beth," said he, and tossed it across the cloth to where his daughter sat. The girl raised her eyebrows, expressing surprise.
At the Sign of the Cat and Racket

At the Sign of the Cat and Racket - The old merchant was to be seen standing on the threshold of his shop, as if by a miracle, the instant the servant withdrew.
Around the World in 80 days

Around the World in 80 days - Shocking his stodgy colleagues at the exclusive Reform Club, enigmatic Englishman Phileas Fogg wagers his fortune, undertaking an extraordinary and daring. enterprise: to circumnavigate the globe in eighty days.
Apology

But many as their falsehoods were, there was one of them which quite amazed me; -- I mean when they told you to be upon your guard, and not to let yourselves be deceived by the force of my eloquence.
Angling Sketches

Angling Sketches - Several of the sketches in this volume have appeared in periodicals.
Androcles and the Lion

Androcles and the Lion is a 1912 play written by George Bernard Shaw, set in Roman times, about a slave who gets saved from torture by a lion. Shaw writes the play using slapstick humour, verbal wit and physical humour in outlining his themes.