Epubli: 1948 books

Literary Thoughts edition presents The Adventures of Sam Spade and other stories by Dashiell Hammett ------ "The Adventures of Sam Spade and other stories" is a collection of seven short stories (three of them with Detective Sam Spade), written by American author of detective novels and...

"The Twilight of Magic" was written in 1931 by Hugh Lofting (1886-1947), telling about the Middle Ages, when adults and children alike still believed in magic. The tale is full of castles, kings, cavalcades of knights and princesses. The main characters Giles and Anne are nine-year-old twins...

Literary Thoughts edition presents Tales from the Works of G. A. Henty by G. A. Henty ------ "Tales from the Works of G. A. Henty" is a collection of excerpted stories from the tales of George Alfred Henty (short: G. A. Henty, 1832–1902), a prolific English novelist. All books of the Literary...

"At the same time eight year old Abdul heard a familiar hissing noise. He had heard the sound several times before. But never as close, as loud and as short. He and his little brother hadn't yet fully turned around when they saw the two missiles. After that they didn't perceive anything for a...

Literary Thoughts edition presents Song of Years by Bess Streeter Aldrich ------ "Song of Years" is a novel by American author Bess Streeter Aldrich (1881–1954), originally published in 1939 and capturing the period in Iowa of Indian scares and county-seat wars, as well as the political...

This fabel tells how an old woman outwits a wolf and other wild animals with the help of a rolling pumpkin. Many, many years ago in the olden times, a friendly old woman called Asis lived in a small village where she earned her living by spinning and sewing. One day she decided to visit her youngest daughter Minu who lived in a near village to her...

"The Dinner Club" is a mystery novel, written in 1923 by British author Herman Cyril McNeile (1888-1937; commonly known as Cyril McNeile and often publishing under the name H.C. McNeile or the pseudonym "Sapper"). On a certain day in the year of grace 1920, there came into being...

Literary Thoughts edition presents In Beaver Cove and Elsewhere by Martha Jane Crim (alias Matt Crim) ------ "In Beaver Cove and Elsewhere" is a novel written in 1892 by American author Martha Jane Crim (1864-1909), using her pseudonym Matt Crim. All books of the Literary Thoughts edition...

As F. Schiller himself has defended, a work does not have to bear a purely academic and rather boring style, in order to be qualified as historical. The scene of this extensive work is the larger Europe from Russia to the Italian peninsula and the states bordering the Ottoman Empire. The actors of...

As F. Schiller himself has defended, a work does not have to bear a purely academic and rather boring style, in order to be qualified as historical. The scene of this extensive work is the larger Europe from Russia to the Italian peninsula and the states bordering the Ottoman Empire. The actors of...

These historical essays were actually an occasion for Schiller to analyze, according to his own criteria, the greatness and frailties of past rulers. This profiling of men in command and their government are dealt in essays such as: "Memorable facts about the life of Marshall of Vieilleville",...

Setting out to provide a definitive history of the European Film Fund (EFF), the purpose of this thesis is as follows: first, to draw attention to the many exile and refugee organisations by examining one of them, the EFF. As a study of a refugee organisation founded as a result of Nazism, my examination...

Erfahre wie Du wieder Sex haben wirst! Egal ob mit Freundin oder Frau. Diesen Ratgeber kannst Du als Nachschlagwerk benutzen und alles Wichtige nachlesen. Du hattest schon lange keinen Sex mehr und der Gedanke daran, wieder welchen zu haben, schüchtert dich vielleicht ein oder ist überwältigend....

Fast jede Nacht verließ der reiche Mr. Merrivan heimlich sein Haus. Wohin er ging, interessierte niemanden – bis er getötet wurde. Man fand seine Leiche im Arbeitszimmer. Die Pulverspuren auf der weißen Weste verrieten, dass er aus nächster Nähe erschossen wurde. Seltsamerweise trug Mr. Merrivan...