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MobileRead Forums - IMP Books http://www.mobileread.com/forums Share your e-books in eBookwise IMP format (e.g. Fictionwise eBookwise 1150) en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:38:44 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.mobileread.com/feeds/images/mr/misc/logo.gif MobileRead Forums - IMP Books http://www.mobileread.com/forums Other Non-Fiction Clason, George S.:The Richest Man in Babylon v1.0 20 Nov 2009 http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62822&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:31:17 GMT IMP eBookWise 1150 format

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"The Richest Man in Babylon" is one of the bestselling financial self-help books ever published. Written by George Samuel Clason and first published in 1927, it has sold more than 2 million copies. The book dispenses financial advice through a collection of parables set in ancient Babylon. The story is uses parables in ancient times involving situations that modern people can understand and identify with. The author presents these lessons as timeless wisdom that is as relevant today as it was back then. This book holds the secrets to acquiring money, keeping money, and making money earn more money. It offers an understanding of and a solution to your personal financial problems which will guide you successfully through a lifetime. "The Richest Man in Babylon" is a book you will want to read yourself, recommend to friends, and give to young people just starting out in life.

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]]> IMP Books =X= http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62822 Mystery Rinehart, Mary Roberts: The Breaking Point. V1. 20 Nov 2009 http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62806&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:21:22 GMT Mary Roberts Rinehart (August 12, 1876-September 22, 1958) was a prolific author often called the American Agatha Christie.[1] She is considered the source of the phrase "The butler did it", although she did not actually use the phrase herself, and also considered to have invented the "Had-I-But-Known" school of mystery writing.

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"Heaven and earth," sang the tenor, Mr. Henry Wallace, owner of the Wallace garage. His larynx, which gave him somewhat the effect of having swallowed a crab-apple and got it only part way down, protruded above his low collar.
"Heaven and earth," sang the bass, Mr. Edwin Goodno, of the meat market and the Boy Scouts. "Heaven and earth, are full—" His chin, large and fleshy, buried itself deep; his eyes were glued on the music sheet in his hand.

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]]> IMP Books crutledge http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62806 Other Fiction Arnim, Elizabeth von: Christine, v1, 20 November 2009. http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62751&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:56:09 GMT Elizabeth von Arnim (1866–1941) Writing as Alice Cholmondeley Christine (1917) A young violinist goes to study in Berlin in the summer of 1914. Momentous events are described in a series of letters to her mother. Elizabeth von Arnim is well-known for writing novels in which an outsider enters a foreign culture - usually German - with comic results. This work is somewhat different: the outsider does visit Germany, but with tragic consequences. Elizabeth von Arnim did her best to disguise her authorship and strongly to imply that the story was factual, by presenting it as an epistolary novel, apparently edited by the heroine’s mother. This conversion was inspired by the recent forum discussion on false documents. http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62083 There’s more discussion about the novel in this Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_(book) and on false documents here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_document Elizabeth von Arnim (1866–1941)
Writing as Alice Cholmondeley
Christine (1917)

A young violinist goes to study in Berlin in the summer of 1914. Momentous events are described in a series of letters to her mother.
Elizabeth von Arnim is well-known for writing novels in which an outsider enters a foreign culture - usually German - with comic results. This work is somewhat different: the outsider does visit Germany, but with tragic consequences. Elizabeth von Arnim did her best to disguise her authorship and strongly to imply that the story was factual, by presenting it as an epistolary novel, apparently edited by the heroine’s mother.

This conversion was inspired by the recent forum discussion on false documents.
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62083
There’s more discussion about the novel in this Wikipedia article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_(book)
and on false documents here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_document

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]]> IMP Books Patricia http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62751 Action Le Queux, William: Number 70, Berlin: A Story of Britain’s Peril, 20 Nov 2009. http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62743&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:38:14 GMT William Le Queux (1864–1927) Number 70, Berlin: A Story of Britain’s Peril (1916) Written and set during the First World War, this sensational story is clearly also a propaganda piece. A young man believes he has discovered a German spy; his closest friend - a spycatcher - dies in mysterious circumstances; and then he enters a world of nightmarish allegations. Will the mystery ever be solved? William Le Queux (1864–1927)
Number 70, Berlin: A Story of Britain’s Peril (1916)

Written and set during the First World War, this sensational story is clearly also a propaganda piece. A young man believes he has discovered a German spy; his closest friend - a spycatcher - dies in mysterious circumstances; and then he enters a world of nightmarish allegations. Will the mystery ever be solved?

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]]> IMP Books Patricia http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62743 Mystery Rinehart, Mary Roberts: The After House. V1. 19 Nov 2009 http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62686&goto=newpost Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:59:56 GMT Mary Roberts Rinehart (August 12, 1876-September 22, 1958) was a prolific author often called the American Agatha Christie.[1] She is considered the source of the phrase "The butler did it", although she did not actually use the phrase herself, and also considered to have invented the "Had-I-But-Known" school of mystery writing.

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By the bequest of an elder brother, I was left enough money to see me through a small college in Ohio, and to secure me four years in a medical school in the East. Why I chose medicine I hardly know. Possibly the career of a surgeon attracted the adventurous element in me. Perhaps, coming of a family of doctors, I merely followed the line of least resistance. It may be, indirectly but inevitably, that I might be on the yacht Ella on that terrible night of August 12, more than a year ago.

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]]> IMP Books crutledge http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62686 Short Fiction Daudet, Alphonse: Letters from my Windmill, v1, 19 November 2009. http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62663&goto=newpost Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:47:02 GMT Alphonse Daudet (1840–1897)
Letters from my Windmill (Lettres de mon moulin) (1869)
Translated for Project Gutenberg by Mireille Harmelin & Keith Adams
©2009

From Wikipedia:
Letters from My Windmill (French: Lettres de mon moulin) is a collection of short stories by Alphonse Daudet first published in its entirety in 1869. Some of the stories had been published earlier in newspapers or journals such as Le Figaro and L'Evénement as early as 1865.
The stories are all told by the author in the first person, typically addressing a Parisian reader. The author, having relocated his home from Paris, recounts short bucolic tales about his new life in Provence as well as his trips to Corsica and French Algeria. Considered to be light-hearted, and often a bit tongue-in-cheek, the stories vary from day-to-day events in southern France to Provençal folk-tales, and often feature professions and faunal references characteristic of Provence.
Letters From My Windmill is sometimes considered to be Daudet's most important work. It is cherished by many French, particularly in the South, for the picture it paints of the local culture.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lettres_de_mon_moulin

COPYRIGHT NOTE: This is a Project Gutenberg-tm book. Please see the license at the end of this book for more information. The source file and PG license may also be found here: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/30442

The cover image is a photograph of Daudet’s mill, found at Wikipedia.

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]]> IMP Books Patricia http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62663 Short Fiction Daudet, Alphonse: Lettres de mon moulin, (French/Français) v1, 19 November 2009. http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62659&goto=newpost Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:36:24 GMT Alphonse Daudet (1840–1897)
Lettres de mon moulin (1869)

Un extrait de Wikipedia:
Les Lettres de mon moulin est un recueil de nouvelles d'Alphonse Daudet. Plusieurs furent originellement publiées dans des journaux parisiens.
Le titre a été habituellement orthographié et typographié « Lettres de mon Moulin », mais on rencontre diverses éditions sous les titres alternatifs « Lettres de mon moulin », « Les Lettres de mon Moulin » et « Les Lettres de mon moulin ».
À partir de leur publication sous ce titre, elles ont toutes été attribuées à Alphonse Daudet. On sait pourtant que Paul Arène, entre autres, a été le co-auteur de plusieurs nouvelles, comme l'a notamment révélé Octave Mirbeau en 18832. Celles qui ont été écrites en collaboration avec lui, voire par lui, ont un charme, une légèreté d'écriture qui leur vaut une place dans les livres scolaires et dans le cœur de nombreux lecteurs : La Chèvre de monsieur Seguin, Les Vieux, La Mule du pape, La Légende de l'homme à la cervelle d'or...
Les histoires situées en Corse ou en Algérie (où Daudet a séjourné) sont dures, parfois racistes (ce qui n'a rien d'exceptionnel chez les intellectuels français du XIXe siècle).
Une curiosité : Le Curé de Cucugnan ; très honnêtement, Daudet prévient que cette histoire n'est pas de lui.
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lettres_de_mon_moulin

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]]> IMP Books Patricia http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62659 Other Non-Fiction O’Donnell, Elliott: Byways of Ghost-Land, v1, 19 November 2009. http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62653&goto=newpost Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:18:32 GMT Elliott O’Donnell(1872–1965) Byways of Ghost-Land (1911) During his eventful life, the author became a professional ghost-hunter and these are some reminiscences, plus some folk-lore about ghosts. It is claimed that the stories are true, though I am sceptical and always suspect some exaggeration, especially when he puts so many words in capital letters. In fact, I’m not entirely convinced that this should be categorised as “non-fiction.” The source was Project Gutenberg. Elliott O’Donnell(1872–1965)
Byways of Ghost-Land (1911)

During his eventful life, the author became a professional ghost-hunter and these are some reminiscences, plus some folk-lore about ghosts. It is claimed that the stories are true, though I am sceptical and always suspect some exaggeration, especially when he puts so many words in capital letters. In fact, I’m not entirely convinced that this should be categorised as “non-fiction.”

The source was Project Gutenberg.

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]]> IMP Books Patricia http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62653 Mystery Reeve, Arthur B: The Romance of Elaine. V1. 18 Nov 2009 http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62632&goto=newpost Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:47:56 GMT Arthur Benjamin Reeve (October 15, 1880 - August 9, 1936) was an American mystery writer. He is best known for creating the series character Professor Craig Kennedy, sometimes called "The American Sherlock Holmes," and his Dr Watson-like sidekick Walter Jameson, a newspaper reporter, in eighteen detective novels. The bulk of Reeve's fame is based on the 82 Craig Kennedy stories, published in Cosmopolitan magazine between 1910 and 1918. These were collected in book form; with the third collection, the short stories were stitched together into pseudo-novels. The 12-volume Craig Kennedy Stories came out in 1918; it reissued Reeve's books-to-date as a matched set.

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Rescued by Kennedy at last from the terrible incubus of Bennett’s persecution in his double life of lawyer and master criminal, Elaine had, for the first time in many weeks, a feeling of security.
Now that the strain was off, however, she felt that she needed rest and a chance to recover herself and it occurred to her that a few quiet days with “Aunt” Tabitha, who had been her nurse when she was a little girl, would do her a world of good.

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]]> IMP Books crutledge http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62632 Mystery Reeve, Arthur B: The Master Mystery. V1. 18 Nov 2009 http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62574&goto=newpost Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:31:06 GMT Arthur Benjamin Reeve (October 15, 1880 - August 9, 1936) was an American mystery writer. He is best known for creating the series character Professor Craig Kennedy, sometimes called "The American Sherlock Holmes," and his Dr Watson-like sidekick Walter Jameson, a newspaper reporter, in eighteen detective novels. The bulk of Reeve's fame is based on the 82 Craig Kennedy stories, published in Cosmopolitan magazine between 1910 and 1918. These were collected in book form; with the third collection, the short stories were stitched together into pseudo-novels. The 12-volume Craig Kennedy Stories came out in 1918; it reissued Reeve's books-to-date as a matched set.

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Peter Brent sat nervously smoking in the library of his great house, Brent Rock.
He was a man of about forty-five or -six—a typical, shrewd business man. Something, however, was evidently on his mind, for, though he tried to conceal it, he lacked the self-assurance that was habitually his before the world.
A scowl clouded his face as the door of the library was flung open and he heard voices in the hall. A tall, spare, long-haired man forced his way in, crushing his soft black hat in his hands.

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]]> IMP Books crutledge http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62574 Mystery Reeve, Arthur B The Exploits of Elaine. V1. 17 Nov 2009 http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62483&goto=newpost Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:39:43 GMT Arthur Benjamin Reeve (October 15, 1880 - August 9, 1936) was an American mystery writer. He is best known for creating the series character Professor Craig Kennedy, sometimes called "The American Sherlock Holmes," and his Dr Watson-like sidekick Walter Jameson, a newspaper reporter, in eighteen detective novels. The bulk of Reeve's fame is based on the 82 Craig Kennedy stories, published in Cosmopolitan magazine between 1910 and 1918. These were collected in book form; with the third collection, the short stories were stitched together into pseudo-novels. The 12-volume Craig Kennedy Stories came out in 1918; it reissued Reeve's books-to-date as a matched set.

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“Here’s this murder of Fletcher, the retired banker and trustee of the University,” he explained. “Not a clue—except a warning letter signed with this mysterious clutching fist. Last week it was the robbery of the Haxworth jewels and the killing of old Haxworth. Again that curious sign of the hand. Then there was the dastardly attempt on Sherburne, the steel magnate. Not a trace of the assailant except this same clutching fist. So it has gone, Jameson—the most alarming and most inexplicable series of murders that has ever happened in this country. And nothing but this uncanny hand to trace them by.”

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]]> IMP Books crutledge http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62483 Short Fiction Benson, Robert Hugh: The Light Invisible, v1, 17 November 2009. http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62429&goto=newpost Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:18:36 GMT Robert Hugh Benson (1871–1914) The Light Invisible (1903) A collection of fifteen linked short stories in which a priest recounts his supernatural experiences. Robert Hugh Benson (1871–1914)
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A collection of fifteen linked short stories in which a priest recounts his supernatural experiences.

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]]> IMP Books Patricia http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62429 Spiritual Benson, Robert Hugh, Non-Catholic Denominations, v1, 17 November 2009. http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62417&goto=newpost Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:55:03 GMT Robert Hugh Benson (1871–1914) Non-Catholic Denominations (1910) A summary of the origins and beliefs of non-Catholic religious denominations in England. This manual was intended for the education of Catholic priests, so includes some hints for dealing with potential converts. It covers all shades of Anglicanism, also various Nonconformist traditions: Congregationalists, Baptists, Presbyterians, Methodists, Quakers, Spiritualists, Theosophists and others. It’s quite useful if you ever want to know the doctrinal differences between say, a Congregationalist and a Presbyterian. Monsignor Benson was the son of an Archbishop of Canterbury, and himself a Catholic convert. The MR library contains a number of his novels. The source was a scan at The Internet Archive. I have renumbered the footnotes consecutively, and linked them; cleaned up the OCR errors; transliterated a couple of Greek words, and silently corrected some obvious typos. Robert Hugh Benson (1871–1914)
Non-Catholic Denominations (1910)

A summary of the origins and beliefs of non-Catholic religious denominations in England. This manual was intended for the education of Catholic priests, so includes some hints for dealing with potential converts.
It covers all shades of Anglicanism, also various Nonconformist traditions: Congregationalists, Baptists, Presbyterians, Methodists, Quakers, Spiritualists, Theosophists and others. It’s quite useful if you ever want to know the doctrinal differences between say, a Congregationalist and a Presbyterian.
Monsignor Benson was the son of an Archbishop of Canterbury, and himself a Catholic convert. The MR library contains a number of his novels.

The source was a scan at The Internet Archive. I have renumbered the footnotes consecutively, and linked them; cleaned up the OCR errors; transliterated a couple of Greek words, and silently corrected some obvious typos.

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]]> IMP Books Patricia http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62417 Spiritual Benson, Robert Hugh: At a Requiem, v1, 17 November 2009. http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62412&goto=newpost Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:44:02 GMT Robert Hugh Benson (1871–1914) At a Requiem (1903) A short article by Monsignor Benson on the role of the requiem mass in Catholicism. Robert Hugh Benson (1871–1914)
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A short article by Monsignor Benson on the role of the requiem mass in Catholicism.

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]]> IMP Books Patricia http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62412 Mystery Le Queux, William: The Sign of Silence, v1, 17 November 2009. http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62406&goto=newpost Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:27:04 GMT William Le Queux (1864–1927) The Sign of Silence (1917) A young man finds that he needs to get to the bottom of a sinister conspiracy, when an imposter impersonates a vanished friend; and his fiancée is suspected of murder. Found at Project Gutenberg. William Le Queux (1864–1927)
The Sign of Silence (1917)

A young man finds that he needs to get to the bottom of a sinister conspiracy, when an imposter impersonates a vanished friend; and his fiancée is suspected of murder.

Found at Project Gutenberg.

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