The following is a list of recently released ebooks from various Gutenberg projects, including Project Gutenberg US, PG Australia, Faded Page, and Standard Ebooks.
Cross Trails reflects Bindloss’s interest in the challenges and experiences of settlers in Canada, showcasing the dramatic moments and struggles faced during this period. This novel, along with others by Bindloss, remains significant in Canadian literature, illustrating the complexities of life during the early 20th century. His writing in Cross Trails was influenced by his experiences as a farmer in Canada and his time spent at sea and in various colonies, particularly in Africa.
Four poetical tragedies written mostly in blank verse: Mordred; Daulac; Morning; and Hildebrand.
In his Preface, the author states that although they are widely separated in their subject matter, they “are included in the one volume because they deal with those eternal problems of the human soul which all of the world’s thinkers have had at heart.”
‘The Maids of La Rochelle’ introduces the sisters Elizabeth and Anne Temple, who are in their twenties, and their teenage half-sister Janie. In their youth they were farmed out in various different places, including living for some years in France. Now their father has died, and although they seem barely to have seen him when growing up, they’re all grieving. They’re also rather worried about money, but circumstances work in their favour, and they move to a cottage in Guernsey. The book relates their attempts to make friends, their clashes with the ‘white witch’ who was still an important personage on the island in the 1920s, and the very low key romances that develop when two young men come into Elizabeth and Anne’s lives.—adapted from https://suesbookreviews.blogspot.com/
A collection of stories and articles written by the author during his time serving as a special war correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune from June to December 1943. Steinbeck wrote about the experiences of the ordinary people, those who were doing the actual fighting, and those who did the vast number of unglamorous but vital support jobs which kept the armed forces operating.—Wikipedia.
An analysis of the role played by commodity production in recovery from the Depression of 1929.
Marquis Roderigo de Cordovina is leaving his Portuguese estates in Lisbon because he is being pressured to join the German military and command a mechanical battalion. He meets Miss Anne Strangeways in the seaplane terminal. The two board an airboat for London. Shortly thereafter, they meet again at the home of Princess Rosina Di Gomez who is the niece of the Portuguese Ambassador. At this point the plot changes to encompass the arrival of Mr. Mirakel, a mysterious, wealthy, well-connected personage who insinuates himself in the company. Thereafter, the book becomes a strange fantasy about a remote land of tropical perfection where war, and rumors of war, are unknown!—Rakuten kobo
This book covers a period of about 300 years from when Samual de Champlain founded Quebec City in 1608, through the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in 1759, to the Quebec City of the late 1800s.
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