Susy has made her home the little enclave of San Pedro. Through flavors and memories, the ladies of Sea Foam Lane will discover more about themselves during the holiday season.When a sports car is left in the charming cul-de-sac of Sea Foam Lane a few days prior to Christmas, five of the six ladies living in the houses on this lovely street go into a frenzy. Only Susy, the newest in the neighborhood, seems to not share their excitement.Susy is more interest...

In "The Minute Man on the Frontier," William George Puddefoot presents a captivating narrative that explores the complex interrelations of bravery, duty, and frontier life in early America. With a rich literary style characterized by vivid imagery and meticulous attention to historical detail, Puddefoot immerses readers in the ethos of the American military volunteer. The book wrestles with themes of valor and sacrifice, situating the protagonist in the turbulent landscape of the 19th cent...

William N. Tyler's "The Dispatch Carrier and Memoirs of Andersonville Prison" offers a harrowing yet illuminating account of the Civil War, intertwining personal narrative and historical record. Through a compelling first-person perspective, Tyler documents his experiences as a dispatch carrier, capturing the precariousness of wartime communication and the emotional weight of his duties. The literary style is characterized by vivid imagery and stark realism, immersing readers in the brutal...

In "Perpetual Light: A Memorial," William Rose Benét crafts a poignant tribute that intertwines personal sorrow with universal themes of loss and remembrance. Benét employs a lyrical style rich in imagery and emotion, framing the human experience of grief within the context of literary mourning. The book resonates with modernist sensibilities while harkening back to the elegiac traditions, creating a tapestry of reflections that honor the memory of loved ones, particularly those lost dur...

This book-collection file includes: The Innocents Abroad, Roughing It, Life on the Mississippi, A Tramp Abroad, Following the Equator, and Chapters from My Autobiography. It also includes the short pieces: A Burlesque Autobiography, Rambling Idle Excursions, and The Stolen White Elephant.

The Poetry Of HP Lovecraft. Poetry is a fascinating use of language. With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that these Isles have produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse through the centuries. In this series we look at the American writer HP Lovecraft who in the following poems is seen to be a gifted and accomplished poet. There are rather few masters of horror writing out of the many who write horror. HP Lovecraft has achieved fame becau...

The Complete Mark Twain in one volume with linking table of content to navigate through 6000 pages of his works.

The Poetry of H. P. Lovecraft gathers the verse of a writer more often remembered for cosmic horror, revealing the formal, antiquarian, and philosophical foundations beneath his fiction. These poems range from Augustan satire and Georgian pastoral to dream-visions, macabre lyrics, and sonnets of cosmic dread. Their diction is deliberately archaic, their meters disciplined, and their imaginative world steeped in Poe, Dunsany, Milton, and the eighteenth-century classicists. Read together, th...

Two works by George Washington Sears (Nessmuk) in one collection with an active table of contents.

Myths of ÍfèBy John WyndhamThis short book is a translation of some of the myths of the Yoruba people of Nigeria. It is a history of the creation of the world, the gods, and humanity, and the early days of the sacred city of ?f?, the traditional center of Yoruba culture. The text was recited to the author/translator by the high priests of ?f?, and the book is still cited in some books on traditional Yoruba religion and thought today. It has undeservedly become quite rare, as...

Charles Baudelaire wrote of The Flowers of Evil: “There are in every man at all times two simultaneous impulses: one toward God, the other toward Satan.” Its principal themes of sex and death, created a public scandal. The work was banned for verses then considered obscene and “an insult to public decency.” Six of the poems remained banned until 1949 and shocked the literary world with their outspoken portrayal of lesbian love, linking of sexuality and death, their unremitting iro...

Mark Twain's 'The Complete Autobiographical Works of Mark Twain' is a collection of autobiographical writings by the renowned American author. Twain's distinctive literary style shines through in these pieces, which range from humorous anecdotes to deeply introspective reflections on his life and experiences. The book provides valuable insights into the literary context of Twain's time, showcasing his wit and wisdom in a way that is both entertaining and thought-provoking. Readers will app...