The following is a list of recently released ebooks from various Gutenberg projects, including Project Gutenberg US, PG Australia, Faded Page, and Standard Ebooks.
A description of the Battle of Trafalgar, fought between the British and French navies off the southwest coast of Spain in 1805, and the events leading to it.
Samantha van der Byl, an American girl, and Samaris Davies, a Welsh girl, arrive at the Chalet School at the beginning of the second term. Although there is a two-year difference in their ages, they become firm friends. The two have many adventures.—Goodreads
A young man sets off to regain his honor after his resignation from the military on the eve of deployment brands him a coward.
Ben the tramp, self-confessed coward and ex-sailor, is back in the Merchant Service and shipwrecked in the Pacific.
Ben the tramp, self-confessed coward and ex-sailor, is back in the Merchant Service and shipwrecked in the Pacific.
Tired of being homeless and down on his luck, the incorrigible Ben has taken a job as a stoker on a cruise ship. But his luck doesn’t last long when they are all shipwrecked in the Pacific. Seen through Ben’s eyes, the uncharted island is a hive of cannibals, mumbo-jumbo, and gals who are more nearly naked than any he has ever seen. And every time he tries to bluff his way out of a situation, he just bluffs himself further in, somehow convincing the natives that he has God-like powers . . .—Amazon
This paper was read before the economics section of the British Association for the Advancement of Science at Nottingham on September 11, 1937.
The book is comprised of two novellas.
In Death of Felicity Taverner the quest of Armed With Madness (Taverner #1) is renewed five years later, this time to discover a buried truth. Was Felicity’s death accidental? A suicide? Or a murder? As the mystery unravels, Felicity’s opportunistic widower unveils a plan with a vacation-home development, inciting a drama played out between conscience and evil.
This intimate journal grants readers unparalleled access to a year in the life of Helen Keller, revealing her unique perspective on the world. Writing during the tumultuous 1930s, Keller's observations are set against the backdrop of global change, economic struggles, and political upheavals.—Amazon.
When pretty Charlotte Manisty left the narrow circumstances of her English village home to become the companion and secretary to Madame de Dasulas of Paris and Tangiers, she had no notion of the alarms and adventures that were in store for her.—from the dust jacket
A history of the Salem witch trials. A juvenile edition.
A look at the life of Socrates. The play was adapted into a television movie which aired in 1966, starring Peter Ustinov as Socrates, a role for which he won an Emmy.
Hilaire Belloc cruises around Wales and the English Channel on his sailboat, writing on a variety of topics.
A young woman’s life unravels through a series of romantic entanglements.
The story of the Cree Indian Chief, Payepot
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