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 young couple who have just eloped get into a car accident and a heap of trouble when they stumble into a tramp and the Green Dragon Inn. They have to solve the mysteries of why the Inn was abandoned, who locked the cook in the cupboard, and why the Chinaman is after the blind man's dog.—Goodreads
A naive young monk in Roman Alexandria tries to convert a famous pagan woman philosopher to Christianity.
A soldier-turned-detective and his team bust up a Bolshevik plot to take over Britain.
The newly-placed Prince of Transylvania must defend his realm against foreign influence.
Sir Oliver Dale’s peaceful life unravels as his two adopted children—fierce, fey Clia and impulsive Robin—grow into turbulent adulthood, stirring jealousy, desire, and danger around him. When love, rivalry, and village feuds collide, Oliver must confront his own long‑buried feelings to protect the fragile happiness he’s built.
"Red Nails" is the last of the stories featuring Conan the Cimmerian. It is set in the fictional Hyborian Age and concerns Conan entering a lost city whose degenerate inhabitants are entangled in a murderous blood feud. Due to its dark themes of decay and death, the story is considered a classic of Conan lore while also cited by Howard scholars as one of his best tales.—Wikipedia
The book is a retelling of the story of Pwyll, Rhianon and Pryderi from the four branches of medieval Welsh Mabinogion.
Jeff Sharp, a proud and embittered former Confederate officer, is summoned by Secretary of State William H. Seward and offered a secret mission to Alaska—an assignment meant to help secure the territory for the United States before England can seize it. Torn between loyalty to the defeated South and the chance for adventure, Jeff accepts the post with the hidden intention of betraying the Union, unaware that the journey will challenge every conviction he carries.
(Were)wolves in the woods.
A German historian presents a theory detailing how certain ideas which are key to capitalism may have evolved from Protestantism.
Being a Selection of Aphorisms, Reflections, Precepts, Maxims, Epigrams, Paradoxes and Opinions from his Parliamentary and Public Speeches, 1900-1955
Manderson of Scotland Yard and Boulet of the Sûreté Générale join forces to unravel the deviating, twisting threads of fate and frailty that weave into the mystery of beautiful Carmen Cranmore’s death.
The author talks about how he found the records and minutes of the Highland Society of Canada (1818-1847) in a trunk in an abandoned derelict building. He pieced together a bit of the Society's history and mentions names of important persons he noted in the papers, that were prominent in the developing years of what would eventually become Canada. He speculates on what may have contributed to the end of the Society.
Trevelyan wrote this book during the Second World War. It is a popular retelling of English life from the 14th to the 19th century. A little bit nostalgic, it was written as a feel-good nostalgia of past English life of the common people. This was his most successful history book.
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