Contents: A.M. CHISHOLM A Thousand a Plate A.M. WILLIAMSON The Eccentricity of Fleetwood ACHMED ABDULLAH The Home-Coming ARTHUR TRAIN The Escape of Wilkins ARTHUR TRAIN The Governor-General's Trunk BUCK CONNOR Get Your Man CHARLES BEADLE John O'Damn CHARLES E. VAN LOAN Water Stuff E.NESBIT The Dwellers EDWARD S. ELLIS A Battle in the Air EDWARD S. ELLIS An Unpleasant Companion EDWARD S. ELLIS Lost in a Blizzard EDWARD S. ELLIS Lost in the South Sea F. HOPKINSON SMITH Captain Joe FORREST CR...

A story of transgression in the face of religious ideology, a sexist scientific establishment, and political resistance to securing women’s right to vote.When Ohio newspapers published the story of Alice Chenoweth’s affair with a married man, she changed her name to Helen Hamilton Gardener, moved to New York, and devoted her life to championing women’s rights and decrying the sexual double standard. She published seven books and countless essays, hobnobbed with the...

In the early 1940s, the 8th U.S. Army Air Corps was asked to fly daylight missions over Germany in non-pressurized, unheated aircraft that were built in the early 1930s (at the same time Model “A” Fords were being produced). They were to fl y missions against the largest, most modern air power in the world, the German Luftwaffe, right into the sites of the world’s heaviest and most dangerous concentration of anti-aircraft guns. Experts considered the whole plan “insane”. Even Britain’s Roy...

The landmark play by one of the most influential playwrights of our time -- Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart, recorded live in a benefit staged Broadway reading at the height of the AIDS epidemic, can now be heard on digital audio for the very first time. All author and performer fees and royalties donated to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.The Normal Heart, Larry Kramer's explosive drama of the early years of the AIDS epidemic, first opened to t...

Duty and morality clash on a Western reservation as a cavalry officer stands against the corrupt interests threatening a displaced tribe. Caught between military orders and his own sense of justice, he must navigate a landscape of political greed and rising tensions. A complex romance adds a layer of vulnerability to his mission of protection. It is a gripping tale of a soldier who finds his true enemy is not on the battlefield.

There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore them...

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In "The Shadow World," Hamlin Garland employs a poignant realism that reveals the intricate tapestry of human emotions and relationships. Set against the backdrop of the American Midwest, this novel explores the internal struggles and societal pressures faced by its characters, delving into themes of isolation and the pursuit of authenticity. Garland's literary style is characterized by rich, vivid descriptions and a deep psychological insight that evoke a sense of both longing and despair...

Three women rise above societal expectations in this historical novel that "vividly evokes a fascinating period in Maine history" ( Downeast Magazine ).Nineteenth-century Bangor, known as the Queen City, is a city of sharp contrasts––from the elegant mansions of Broadway, built from lumber fortunes and bootlegged alcohol money to the poverty-stricken Joppa neighborhood lined with taverns and frequented by desperate men and...

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According to Wikipedia: "Main-Travelled Roads is a collection of short stories by the American author Hamlin Garland. First published in 1891, the stories are set in what the author refers to as the "Middle Border," the northwestern prairie states of Wisconsin, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota. In the book's eleven stories, Garland portrays the hardships of agrarian life, deconstructing the conventional myth of the American prairie while highlighting the economic and social condi...

Originally published in 1987, this volume examines the ideals and realities of river use in 19th Century Britain and the failure of legal and technological remedies for river pollution. It deals with the involvement of scientists, particularly chemists, in pollution inquiries and considers the effects on the normal workings of the scientific community of scientists’ participation in the adversary forums in which water and sewage policy was made. It discusses 19th ideas of decomposition, di...