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''The Ballad of Cat Ballou'' is the story of Cat and Clay, told with all the earthy simplicity of a folk-song out of those forever banished days of six guns, frontier dance halls and blazing range wars between cattleman and farmer, the days when a sense of honor could...
The banks of the Didder on a sunny summer afternoon when the trout are rising seem an unlikely place for a murderer to strike. But when the body of a local landowner is discovered it soon becomes apparent that there are a number of people with good reason to dislike...
This is Herman Hesse's last and greatest work, which won for him the Nobel Prize for LIterature. Described as "sublime" by Thomas Mann, admired by Andre Gide and T. S. Eliot, it is considered one of the important novels of the twentieth century. It captures Herman Hesse...
A dark and pessimistic fantasy based on Shakespeare's Hamlet. There is something rotten in Sixth Century Jutland, where prince Amleth cannot make up his mind how to deal with the murderers of his father. This terrific novel guest-stars a rough and ready Arthur of...
Narcissus and Goldmund tells the story of two medieval men whose characters are diametrically opposite: Narcissus, an ascetic monk firm in his religious commitment, and Goldmund, a romantic youth hungry for knowledge and worldly experience. First published in 1930,...
Romance and terror in a barbaric age. Michael of Finlandia an orphan bastard pursues a better social position with help of friendly people and crosses the continent of Europe to seek his fortune.
In the Thirteenth Century, Mediterranean Europe was in a passionate ferment—restlessly reaching out for new lands, new achievements, new exploits. And Marco Polo, the Venetian, was its brightest symbol of adventure. The author has chosen a real person to be his hero,...
Considered to be one of the author's most successful books, this is the story of the long hunt of Jason Starbuck, who rode east from the frontiers of the Adirondacks to seek the Golden Fleece and followed the proud, bold, beautiful Roxana from the harbors of Salem to...
Ever read a book you couldn't put down? That you wish hadn't ended? This is such a book. I've already read it twice, and about to begin again. The adventure begins as we see a boy standing on the coast, watching his family die in a severe storm off the New England...
H.G. Wells' The Shape of Things to Come (1933) is a "future history" novel presented as a manuscript from the future, chronicling humanity's path from global chaos in the mid-20th century (WWII, economic collapse, chemical warfare) towards a scientific, rational world...
In this compelling drama about fidelity, sorrow and forgiveness, Nobel Prize-winning author Sigrid Undset tells the story of Ida Elisabeth, who marries her teenage sweetheart, Frithjof, in an effort to redeem her reputation. Early in their marriage, she realizes that...
After serving a six year prison term because of the betrayal of a friend, Harrison Destry decides to try to hunt down the twelve jurors who convicted him. This classic western is the basis for the famous film starring James Stewart and Marlene Dietrich.
''Years of Grace'' (1930) by Margaret Ayer Barnes, now in the public domain, won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1931. Barnes' alma mater Bryn Mawr College, along with the characters of college presidents M. Carey Thomas and Marion Park, figure prominently in this...
Not strictly mystery, but a combination thriller, detection yarn, adventure, in the detailed exposition of a man's downfall. A Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde sort of tale, of a crook who runs a dope ring, to insure the respectability of his alter ego and the social...
Ronald Hudson, travel writer and adventurer, visits Philip Tolefree with an anonymous letter written in cypher, which he hopes the sleuth can decode. But Tolefree is uneasy. What are Hudson's motives? Is his writer-persona a facade for espionage - or something even more...
''Number Nineteen: Ben's Last Case'' is the final adventure of J. Jefferson Farjeon's Cockney tramp, Ben, where he witnesses a murder on a park bench and gets entangled in a thrilling, humorous mystery at Number 19, Billiter Road, continuing his series known for its...
All is not well in the English town of Castle-Dinas, a strange un-English-looking, tumbled hill-town, which seemed to have jutted up out of the Middle Ages. Concerned about the brooding atmosphere surrounding his fiancee Katherine and her family, Jardine is persuaded by...
The story takes place on Jowle Street in London, where many of the houses are empty. Ben, a homeless man with a rich sense of humor and "naïve philosophies," has taken up residence in one of the untenanted properties, No. 29. He is a reluctant sleuth, often confused by...
"The Restless Flame" by Louis de Wohl is a historical novel vividly recounting the dramatic life of St. Augustine, chronicling his transformation from a worldly, sensual youth in the decadent Roman Empire to the brilliant theologian, focusing on key figures like his...
''Ben on the Job'' by J. Jefferson Farjeon is a humorous, thrilling mystery featuring Ben the tramp, an unlikely Cockney detective, who stumbles upon a murder on a London bridge, gets framed, and then finds himself entangled in a dangerous plot involving an...
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