Adventure on the high seas with a little of everything thrown in evil mutineers, a love story, good overcomes evil.

This is the story of Ab, a man of the Age of Stone, who lived so long ago that we cannot closely fix the date, and who loved... More > and fought well.
Ab and Lightfoot and others of the cave people whose story is told in the tale which follows the author cannot disown. He has shown them as they were. Hungry and cold, they slew the fierce beasts which were scarcely more savage than they, and were fed and clothed by their flesh and fur. In the caves of the earth the cave men and their families were safely sheltered. Theirs were the elemental wants and passions. They were swayed by love, in some form at least, by jealousy, fear, revenge, and by the memory of benefits and wrongs. They cherished their young; they fought desperately with the beasts of their time, and with each other, and, when their brief, turbulent lives were ended, they passed into silence, but not into oblivion. The old Earth carefully preserved their story, so that we, their children, may read it now. < Less

Dates of addresses by George Washington: January 8, 1790 December 8, 1790 October 25, 1791 November 6, 1792 December 3, 1793... More > November 19, 1794 December 8, 1795 December 7, 1796 < Less

A collection of 106 essays written by an American Free-Thinker and published in 1911. These essays cover many topics concerning religion and daily life.

A Collection of 17 short stories about the railroad. The Last Spike, The Belle of Athabasca, Pathfinding in the Northwest,... More > The Curé's Christmas Gift, The Mysterious Signal, Chasing the White Mail, Oppressing the Oppressor, The Iron Horse and the Trolley, In the Black Cañon, Jack Ramsey's Reason, The Great Wreck on the Père Marquette, The Story of an Englishman, On the Limited, The Conquest of Alaska, Number Three, The Stuff that Stands, The Milwaukee Run < Less

A story of love, a need for purpose, set in the days of war. A small group of Red Cross workers at the edge of a battle.... More > Hugh Wadpole places an odd assortment of people in the dark forest. < Less

The adventures of Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish prince and merchant in Jerusalem. Ben-Hur's childhood friend Messala returns home... More > as an ambitious commanding officer of the Roman legions. They come to realize that they have changed and hold very different views and aspirations. During a military parade, a tile falls from the roof of Judah's house and barely misses the Roman governor. Messala condemns the Ben-Hur family. Without trial, Judah is sent to work until death as a Roman galley slave; his mother and sister are imprisoned and all the family property is confiscated.
Through good fortune, Judah survives and returns to Jerusalem, where he seeks revenge against his one-time friend and redemption for his family. Running in parallel with Ben-Hur's narrative is the unfolding story of Jesus, who comes from the same region and is a similar age. With the Crucifixion, Ben-Hur recognizes that the Christ stands for a different goal than revenge, and he becomes Christian. < Less

In 1831 Pushkin married, and soon after appeared his charming novel, "Marie," a picture of garrison life on the Russian... More > plains. Peter and Marie of this Northern story are as pure as their native snows, and whilst listening to the recital, we inhale the odor of the steppe, and catch glimpses of the semi-barbarous Kalmouk and the Cossack of the Don. < Less

Madame Yerta's graphic account of the endless "requisitions," "perquisitions," "inquisitions," to which the inhabitants of... More > Morny in the Laonnois were subject in 1915. It is clear, however, that these six brave women--Madame Valaine, her four daughters and her daughter-in-law, the writer of the book--were well able to take care of themselves. The tale of their courage, their gaiety, their resource under the endless difficulties and petty oppressions of their lot, lights up the miserable scene. < Less

A five part essay by Winston Churchill where he discusses American ideals and actions as it impacts the world at large. How... More > America has contributed to the world view of Democracy. This is the American author not the British statesman. < Less