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The Precipice
Elia Peattie was an outspoken journalist and social activist who gave her attention to such areas as orphanages, charity hospitals, the Woun…
Psychopathology of Everyday Life
Professor Freud developed his system of psychoanalysis while studying the so-called borderline cases of mental diseases, such as hysteria an…
The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets
Much of the material in the following pages has appeared in current publications. It is here presented in book form in the hope that it may …
An American Idyll
In a memoir marked by joy, love, and an unbending sense of adventure, Cornelia Stratton Parker reveals the heart of a unique man and their l…
The Mariner's Secret
Thugs, chases through the streets of San Francisco, scientific discoveries, and other mysteries abound!
Matt and Heather Townsend, orphaned …
The Mariner's Secret
Thugs, chases through the streets of San Francisco, scientific discoveries, and other mysteries abound!
Matt and Heather Townsend, orphaned …
The Mystery of a Butcher's Shop
Beatrice Adela Bradley is a fictional detective created by Gladys Mitchell. In this dramatic adaptation, Mrs. Bradley, portrayed by Mary Wim…
The Brain and the Voice in Speech and Song
From the Preface: "The contents of this little book formed the subject of three lectures delivered at the Royal Institution "On th…
The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation
Marshall Allerdyke is driving through the night from London to Hull in response to an urgent telegram from his cousin. As he nears Hull, a …
North and South
North and South is set in the fictional industrial town of Milton in the North of England. Forced to leave her home in the tranquil rural so…
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count Vronsky. In Book 8, Vr…
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count Vronsky. In Book 4, An…
The Uttermost Farthing
Humphrey Challoner is a solitary old man who spent a lifetime collecting for his private museum, primarily mammals exhibiting osteological a…
Aunt Hannah and Martha and John
Aunt Hannah's fondest wish had been that her nephew John would marry a local girl and take over the family farm. Trouble was, John was neve…
The Chestermarke Instinct
Bank manager John Hornbury is missing, as are securities and jewels from the bank’s vault. Gabriel Chestermarke and his nephew Joseph have u…
The Amazing Interlude
It is the early days of The Great War. As the curtain rises, Sara Lee is sitting by the fire in her aunt and uncle’s home, knitting a baby a…
The Borough Treasurer
Messrs. Mallalieu and Cotherstone were outsiders who had built a prosperous business in Highmarket and even been elected as Mayor and Treasu…
The Lady from Nowhere
In the heart of Victorian London, a woman is discovered dead in a lavish yellow boudoir, her identity shrouded in mystery. As whispers of he…
All of Grace
HE WHO SPOKE and wrote this message will be greatly disappointed if it does not lead many to the Lord Jesus. It is sent forth in childlike d…
War and Peace
I am inclined to rank Count Tolstoy not among the realists or naturalists, but rather as an impressionist. He is often careless about accur…