MobileRead Forums - Other Books http://www.mobileread.com/forums Share your e-books in formats other than Sony BBeB and Mobipocket (e.g. Adobe PDF) en Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:25:18 GMT vBulletin 30 http://www.mobileread.com/feeds/images/mr/misc/logo.gif MobileRead Forums - Other Books http://www.mobileread.com/forums Action Farnol, Jeffery: The Amateur Gentleman, LIT v1, 12 March 2010. http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76813&goto=newpost Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:48:46 GMT Jeffery Farnol [1878-1952]
The Amateur Gentleman [1913]

A hefty Regency tale (180,000 words) with a hero, a romance, adventures, plus a murder and the detective Mr Jasper Shrig.

From Wikipedia:
The Amateur Gentleman is an early novel by the popular author of Regency period swashbucklers, Jeffrey Farnol, published in 1913. The novel was made into a film in 1936 with Douglas Fairbanks Junior starring as the protagonist, Barnabas Barty.
The format of the novel is essentially that of a bildungsroman. It tells the story of the Barnabas Barty, the son of John Barty, the former champion boxer of England and landlord of a pub in Kent. At the start of the tale Barnabas comes fortuitously into the possession of a vast fortune - £700,000, an astronomical amount by Regency standards - and determines to use this fortune to become a gentleman. His father objects to this plan and they quarrel, and settle their differences in a round of fisticuffs, which Barnabas wins, beating his father fair and square. Barnabas sets off for London in the furtherance of his ambitions and on the way there contrives to make a number of influential friends and enemies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ama...an_%28novel%29
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]]> Other Books Patricia http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76813 Mystery Wells, Carolyn: Raspberry Jam, LIT v1, 12 March 2010. http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76810&goto=newpost Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:42:35 GMT Carolyn Wells [1862–1942]
Raspberry Jam [1920]

A locked-room mystery with a psychic mystery subplot.

Mike Grost comments:
“Raspberry Jam” (1920) is one of Wells’ best impossible crime stories. It avoids the cheating with secret passages often found in Wells. Instead, it includes impossible crime ideas that are still considered solid approaches. Its main puzzle is linked to Wells’ earliest such stories: explaining how outsiders might penetrate a locked domicile - here done right. It combines the locked-apartment mystery of “A Chain of Evidence,” with a solution that shares imagery with “The White Alley,” but which is simpler, more plausible, and fair play. “Raspberry Jam” also has three good subplots about explaining purported psychic phenomena, also a Wells tradition. The writing is lively throughout. Much of the detection is by Fleming Stone's teenage assistant, street kid Fibsy, who is well characterized. This is not Fibsy's debut, but it is perhaps his richest portrait in a Wells novel.
http://mikegrost.com/hanshews.htm#Wells
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]]> Other Books Patricia http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76810 Science Fiction Anderson, Poul: Security, LIT v1, 12 March 2010. http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76804&goto=newpost Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:34:20 GMT Poul Anderson [1926-2001]
Security [1953]

“In a world where Security is all-important, nothing can ever be secure. A mountain-climbing vacation may wind up in deep Space. Or loyalty may prove to be high treason. But it has its rewards.”

Project Gutenberg Transcriber’s Note:
This etext was produced from Space Science Fiction February 1953. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed. Minor spelling and typographical errors have been corrected without note.
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]]> Other Books Patricia http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76804 Science Fiction Anderson, Poul: Industrial Revolution, LIT v1, 12 March 2010. http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76801&goto=newpost Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:30:08 GMT Poul Anderson [1926-2001]
Writing as Winston P. Sanders
Industrial Revolution [1963]
Illustrator: Leo Summers

“Ever think how deadly a thing it is if a machine has amnesia— or how easily it can be arranged....”

Project Gutenberg Transcriber’s Note:
This etext was produced from Analog Science Fact & Fiction September 1963. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.
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]]> Other Books Patricia http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76801 Science Fiction Anderson, Poul: The Sensitive Man, LIT v1, 12 March 2010. http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76796&goto=newpost Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:22:06 GMT Poul Anderson [1926–2001]
The Sensitive Man [1954]

From the blurb:
Conspiracy seems to be as much a part of our times as it was in the times of Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot. Hence it finds frequent reflection in all branches of fiction, including science fiction. Yet, as in life, something new has been added, the most gigantic conspiracy of all, the human conspiracy against conspirators. Which makes for a fine stirring story in this short novel of the future by Mr. Anderson, one of our best young authors.

Project Gutenberg Transcriber’s Note:
This etext was produced from Fantastic Universe January 1954. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.
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]]> Other Books Patricia http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76796 Science Fiction Asimov, Isaac: Youth, LIT v1, 11 March 2010. http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76672&goto=newpost Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:34:38 GMT Isaac Asimov [1920–1992]
Youth [1952]
Illustrations by Schecterson

This short story made an unexpected appearance at Project Gutenberg a couple of days ago.

“Red and Slim found the two strange little animals the morning after they heard the thunder sounds. They knew that they could never show their new pets to their parents.”

Project Gutenberg Transcriber’s Note:
This etext was produced from “Space Science Fiction” May 1952. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed. Minor spelling and typographical errors have been corrected without note.
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]]> Other Books Patricia http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76672 Other Fiction Cabell, James Branch: The Cords of Vanity, LIT v1, 11 March 2010. http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76669&goto=newpost Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:29:03 GMT James Branch Cabell [1879–1958]
The Cords of Vanity: A Comedy of Shirking
Revised and Expanded Edition with an Introduction by Wilson Follett [1887–1963]

The narrator is a Casanova, who leaves a trail of young women in his wake. He is a writer who uses his mistresses for his own advancement, while wondering why he feels dissatisfied. Then events take an unexpected turn when he meets a literary lady…

The source was a Project Gutenberg text file. The book is on the US server because, while the text is out of copyright in Canada, the Introduction is not. However, Follett failed to renew the US copyright.
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]]> Other Books Patricia http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76669 Other Fiction Cabell, James Branch: The Jewel Merchants, LIT v1, 11 March 2010. http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76664&goto=newpost Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:19:10 GMT James Branch Cabell [1879–1958]
The Jewel Merchants: A Comedy in One Act [1921]

A play, set in renaissance Italy. In Florence, the young Lady Giocosa finds that it is not merely gems that are on sale…
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]]> Other Books Patricia http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76664 Other Fiction Meyrink, Gustav: Walpurgisnacht. (German) PDF/A5 V1 10 Mar 2010 http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76634&goto=newpost Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:33:48 GMT Gustav Meyrink (1868-1932)
Walpurgisnacht (1917)

In der Nacht des 30. April, der Walpurgisnacht, stört ein schlafwandelnder Schauspieler die Abendgesellschaft im Hause des Barons Elsenwanger auf dem Hradschin in Prag. Für die nächsten 4 Wochen steht das Leben der dort versammelten Personen unter dem Zeichen der Walpurgisnacht.

Meyrinks Werke habe einen starken Zug ins Fantastische und Esoterische. "Walpurgisnacht" erinnert in seiner Dichte und Tiefgründigkeit an die Erzählungen aus "Des deutschen Spießers Wunderhorn".
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]]> Other Books Hokuspokus http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76634 Other Fiction Heine, Heinrich: Florentinische Naechte (German) PDF/A5 V1 9 Mar 2010 http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76464&goto=newpost Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:16:11 GMT Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Florentinische Nächte (1833)

Um seine lungenkranke Freundin Maria abzulenken, erzählt Maximilian ihr "allerlei närrische Geschichten", in denen das Unheimliche und Phantastische im Vordergrund steht.
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]]> Other Books Hokuspokus http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76464 Biography MacDonald, Betty: The Egg and I, LIT v1, 9 March 2010. http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76443&goto=newpost Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:20:49 GMT Betty MacDonald [1908?–1958]
The Egg and I [1945]

An amusing account of the author's experience as a poultry farmer in Washington State, which became a huge bestseller, and was later filmed.
Sourced from Project Gutenberg Canada.
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]]> Other Books Patricia http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76443 Biography Ward, Maisie: Gilbert Keith Chesterton, LIT v1, 9 March 2010. http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76439&goto=newpost Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:15:35 GMT Maisie Ward [1889–1975]
Gilbert Keith Chesterton [1943]

The authorised biography of Chesterton. It is long: 239,000 words. I’ve left the footnotes inline because they are all very short.
The source was a text file at Project Gutenberg. Given that they are punctilious about checking copyrights, it is safe to assume that the US copyright was not renewed.
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]]> Other Books Patricia http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76439 Short Fiction James, Henry: My Friend Bingham, LIT v1, 9 March 2010. http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76434&goto=newpost Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:06:49 GMT Henry James [1843–1916]
My Friend Bingham [1867]

A man is the accidental cause of a child’s death. What possible reparation can he make to the mother?
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]]> Other Books Patricia http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76434 Mystery Hoffmann, E.T.A. Das Fräulein von Scuderi (German) PDF/A5 V1.1 8 Mar 2010 http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76352&goto=newpost Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:40:29 GMT Mein erster Upload, deshalb bitte ich um Nachsicht, falls ich etwas falsch gemacht habe, und um Hinweise, was ich in Zukunft besser machen kann. Das Fräulein von Scuderi von E.T.A. Hoffmann (1776 – 1822) Eine Erzählung aus dem Zeitalter Ludwig des Vierzehnten. Eine Mordbande geht um in Paris. Unbekannte Täter lauern reichen Herren auf, töten sie mit einem Stich ins Herz und rauben kostbaren Schmuck. Eines Nachts bringt ein Unbekannter ein Kästchen in das Haus des Fräuleins von Scuderi, einer 73jährigen angesehenen Schriftstellerin, die auch mit Ludwig XIV bekannt ist. Einige Zeit später wird das Fräulein aufgefordert, den Schmuck in die Werkstatt des berühmten Goldschmieds René Cardillac zu bringen. Doch als sie dort ankommt, trägt man die Leiche des Goldschmieds aus dem Haus. Edit: Als tagged pdf neu hochgeladen. Mein erster Upload, deshalb bitte ich um Nachsicht, falls ich etwas falsch gemacht habe, und um Hinweise, was ich in Zukunft besser machen kann.

Das Fräulein von Scuderi von E.T.A. Hoffmann (1776 – 1822)

Eine Erzählung aus dem Zeitalter Ludwig des Vierzehnten.
Eine Mordbande geht um in Paris. Unbekannte Täter lauern reichen Herren auf, töten sie mit einem Stich ins Herz und rauben kostbaren Schmuck. Eines Nachts bringt ein Unbekannter ein Kästchen in das Haus des Fräuleins von Scuderi, einer 73jährigen angesehenen Schriftstellerin, die auch mit Ludwig XIV bekannt ist.
Einige Zeit später wird das Fräulein aufgefordert, den Schmuck in die Werkstatt des berühmten Goldschmieds René Cardillac zu bringen. Doch als sie dort ankommt, trägt man die Leiche des Goldschmieds aus dem Haus.

Edit: Als tagged pdf neu hochgeladen.
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]]> Other Books Hokuspokus http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76352 Short Fiction Runyon, Damon: A Damon Runyon Omnibus, LIT v1, 8 March 2010. http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76309&goto=newpost Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:09:37 GMT Damon Runyon [1880-1946]
A Damon Runyon Omnibus

This collection of 41 short stories was compiled by forum member, Ralph Sir Edward, who has added a short Introduction and a Glossary, which he has generously put into the public domain. RSE has also done most of the proofreading. I’ve done the layout, formatting, and a cursory proofing; also a cover.

From Wikipedia:
[Runyon] was best known for his short stories celebrating the world of Broadway in New York City that grew out of the Prohibition era. To New Yorkers of his generation, a "Damon Runyon character" evoked a distinctive social type from the Brooklyn or Midtown demi-monde. The adjective "Runyonesque" refers to this type of character as well as to the type of situations and dialog that Runyon depicted. He spun humorous tales of gamblers, hustlers, actors, and gangsters, few of whom go by "square" names, preferring instead colorful monikers such as "Nathan Detroit," "Big Jule," "Harry the Horse," "Good Time Charley," "Dave the Dude," or "The Seldom Seen Kid." Runyon wrote these stories in a distinctive vernacular style: a mixture of formal speech and colorful slang, almost always in present tense, and always devoid of contractions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damon_Runyon
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