David Wales
The Dogs Of Boytown
This collection of stories about dogs and the people they own was published in 1918. The story proceeds leisurely with much information abou…
A Surgeon In Arms
Robert James Manion (1881-1943) was a Canadian doctor who volunteered in the Canadian medical corps during World War I. This book is his me…
Pond And Stream
This book is part of the author’s "Nature Books For Children" series (three books), which is probably the best indication of its t…
Canyon de Chelly; The Story of its Ruins and People
A 1973 U.S. government publication describing the history and physical characteristics of this Arizona national monument within the boundari…
Vindication Of The Rights Of Men, In A Letter To The Right Honourable Edmund Burke; Occasioned By His Reflections On The Revolution In France
Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Men (1790) attacks aristocracy and advocates republicanism. It was published in response to …
A Picture Book Of Merry Tales
Forty European folk tales. Caveats: 1. Some of these stories are not suitable for young children. 2. In two stories (10 and 25) appear the n…
The Tower Of London
Description. History. “… those who read this book and have no opportunity of visiting the Tower expect that the characters in the moving d…
Tales Of The Royal Irish Constabulary
The Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC, simply called the Irish Constabulary 1836–67) was the armed police force of the United Kingdom in Ireland…
Joseph Conrad: A Personal Remembrance
Joseph Conrad (1857 – 1924) was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. Though…
A Christmas Miscellany 2017
A selection of short works about Christmas. (Summary by david wales)
Rejected Of Men; A Story Of Today
Rejected Of Men reimagines the life of Jesus Christ through the lens of early twentieth-century America, offering a unique perspective on a …
Through Glacier Park; Seeing America First With Howard Eaton (version 2)
In Through Glacier Park, Mary Roberts Rinehart invites listeners on a captivating journey through one of America's most stunning natural lan…
Henry James At Work
Bosanquet (1880-1961) was secretary or amanuensis to James from 1907 to his death in 1916. She wrote this essay (1924) eight years after hi…
The Borough
English village life and villagers in the east of England in the late 1700’s and early 1800s—is the subject of The Borough. George Crabbe …
Tall Tales Of Cape Cod
“The title of this volume is perhaps misleading. Tall Tales of Cape Cod they are, yes, but in a broader sense that are the feel and the basi…
The Third Circle
Sixteen short stories by the American novelist Benjamin Frank Norris Jr (1870-1902) who wrote predominantly in the naturalist genre. He liv…
With The American Ambulance Field Service In France; Personal Letters Of A Driver At The Front
This 1915 publication collects letters written by a driver for the American ambulance service. The incidents they relate occurred before the…
John Sherman and Dhoya
John Sherman and Dhoya brings together two distinct yet thematically intertwined works by William Butler Yeats. In the novella John Sherman,…
Use Of The Dead To The Living
In 1827 Thomas Southwood-Smith published The Use of the Dead to the Living, a pamphlet which argued that the current system of burial in the…
The Easter Mystery Of Jesus Christ; A Miscellany Of Readings, Poems, And Hymn Texts
The story of Jesus Christ is a treasure of Western civilization. Understanding that life and story is necessary for a proper understanding …