Astounding Stories Of Super Science June 1930 features six Classic Science Fiction Stories from the "Golden Age of Science Fiction". Contents and short description: "Out Of The Dreadful Depths" by C.D. Willard:Robert Thorpe Seeks Out the Nameless Horror That Is Sucking All Human Life Out of Ships in the South Pacific, "Murder Madness" by Murray Leinster: Bell, of the Secret "Trade," Strikes into the South American Jungle to Find the Hidden Stronghold of the Master—the Unknown Monster Whose...

“The volume is unique in that it relates to a period about which American readers have known little.” —Boston Transcript. “With numerous illustrations from photographs” —A. C. McClurg & Co., Publishers. In response to repeated requests, the compiler now presents in book form the series of legends that have been made a feature of "The Hawaiian Annual" for a number of years past. The series has been enriched by the addition of several tales, the famous shark legend having been furnished for ...

Astounding Stories Of Super Science February 1931 features five Classic Science Fiction Stories from the "Golden Age of Science Fiction". Contents and short description: "Werewolves Of War": The Story of the "Torpedo Plan" and of Capt. Lance's Heroic Part in America's Last Mighty Battle with the United Slavs,by D.W. Hall "The Tentacles From Below": Down to Tremendous Ocean Depths Goes Commander Keith Wells in His Blind Duel with the Marauding "Machine-Fish." by Anthony Gilmore (A Complete ...

Punch Among the Planets is presented here as a high quality classic work by Various written in the English language. Throughout the book has old style black and white illustrations which brings the story to life!Punch or The London Charivari, was an old famous illustrated magazine of humour, which was founded by journalists Henry Mayhew, Joseph Stirling Coyne, and Mark Lemon in 1841. Punch Among the Planets was taken from the Christmas edition of 1890 magazine."The Old Year...

“The volume is unique in that it relates to a period about which American readers have known little.”—Boston Transcript.“With numerous illustrations from photographs”—A. C. McClurg & Co., Publishers.In response to repeated requests, the compiler now presents in book form the series of legends that have been made a feature of "The Hawaiian Annual" for a number of years past. The series has been enriched by the ...

"Many librarians have felt the need and expressed the desire for a select collection of children's Christmas stories in one volume. This books claims to be just that and nothing more. Each of the stories has already won the approval of thousands of children, and each is fraught with the true Christmas spirit." By the editor of this collection of stories, Asa Don Dickinson and Ada M. Skinner.The Children's Book of Christmas Stories - The Original Classic Edition written by Various A...

"In 1840 Louisa Stuart Costello published in Fraser’s Magazine an article on classic Persian poetry, which included a section on Omar Khayyam with translations of some verses. Interest in the poetry of Omar Khayyam received its first major boost in the English speaking world when Edward Fitzgerald published a translation of 75 quatrains in 1859. Fitzgerald’s mentor was Professor Edward Byles Cowell, who, in the previous year, had published an essay entitled “Omar Khayyam, the astronomer-po...

Astounding Stories Of Super Science August 1931 features six Classic Science Fiction Stories from the "Golden Age of Science Fiction". Contents and short description: "Danger From The Deep" by Ralph Milne Farley: Marooned on the Sea-Floor, His Hoisting Cable Cut, Young Abbot Is Left at the Mercy of the Man-Sharks, "Brood Of The Dark Moon" by Charles Willard Diffin: Once More Chet, Walt and Diane Are United in a Wild Ride to the Dark Moon. But This Time They Go as Prisoners of Their Deadly ...

"The Invaders and Three More Amazing Stories" is an anthology that delves into the realms of ambition, fear, love, and the supernatural. Each story presents a unique journey, exploring the depths of human experience and the mysteries that lie beyond the ordinary. In Benjamin Ferris's short story "The Invaders", the arrival of the enigmatic Big Joe Merklos and his family in the desolate Dark Valley sparks unease among the locals, as their uncanny behavior and eerie influence hint at an othe...

Hot on the heels of the 500 Words: Black Lives Matter competition hosted by Virgin Radio in July, this audiobook contains a selection of inspiring, moving and poignant short stories from 500 Words: Black Lives Matter submitted by children from across the country and read by David Tennant, Amanda Abbington, Stephen Graham, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Vivienne Acheampong, Jude Owusu, Angellica Bell, Michael Underwood, Nicole Kidman, Jim Broadbent, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Shobna Gulati, Rebecca Gethin...

A selection of short works about Christmas. (Summary by david wales)

This classic edition of Christmas stories is written in the English language. Show casing eleven classic stories.This collection of eleven classic Christmas novels include Shakespeares Christmas Gift to Queen Bess, Christian Gellerts Last Christmas, Christmas Holidays at Merryvale, Two Christmas Celebrations, The Potato Child & Others, The Goblins Christmas, Christmas Sunshine, Man in his Element, Nibsys Christmas, Old Peabody Pew, The Lost Word.All of the books have been w...