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 Cold-War chase novel in which a young academic is coerced into espionage, stumbling through danger with a mixture of fear, wit, and reluctant courage--its dark humour arising from the absurdity of a mild-mannered historian forced to play the role of a killer.
A young man mysteriously vanishes, and all the suspects are secretly in love with his fiancé.
During a transatlantic voyage, Olivia Ottendorf unexpectedly encounters Nick Allen, the brilliant and volatile first husband she hasn’t seen since their bitter divorce ten years earlier. The meeting forces her to confront the unresolved emotions and regrets of her youth, unsettling the comfortable but stagnant life she has built with her second husband, Harry.
The Maple Leaf was a Canadian juvenile monthly magazine published from July 1852 to December 1854. It was the second juvenile magazine published in Canada and was written for both boys and girls and their families. In all, a total of 30 issues were published.
Four short novels of crime on the high seas.
This book consists of three parts. In the first, Kai Lung’s village has been pillaged by the evil Ming-Shu, and not only have his house and garden been destroyed, but his wife has also been taken away. It is left to the story-teller’s wits to think of a plan to defeat Ming-Shu and reclaim his property.
In the second part, Kai Lung overhears a neighbor using an improper analogy and decides to educate him by providing an example of a properly composed piece of prose.
In the third part, Kai Lung receives the distinction of being allowed to practise his craft before any official within three and a half li of his residence, provided that official is not engaged in important business at the time, and is authorized to style himself as “Literary Instructor to the Shades of Female Ancestors”. He then finds a suitable occasion to launch into one of his narratives.
A young girl disguises herself as a boy to whet her taste for seaborn adventure.
"Thus political power was monarchical and spiritual power democratic in the East, while political power was democratic and spiritual power monarchical in the West." Innis discusses how the differences in the developments of the Russian and European cultures is significant in understanding post-War Russia.
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