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  Joan's Handful - A Rector's...

  Amy Le Feuvre

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  A rector's daughter takes charge of four children left on the parish and a neighbour who wants nothing to do with any of them. Amy Le Feuvre wrote a great many books for the religious tract trade and had a real gift for children's dialogue. The evangelism is explicit and the household comedy underneath it is genuinely funny. Fifty-eight plates from Mary Cassatt, John MacWhirter and others survey the domestic and pastoral world of the story, from stocking-mending interiors to waterfalls and Tyrolean summers.

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  Time Machine The - Audiobook

  H. G. Wells, Classic Audiobooks,...

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  The Time Machine is a groundbreaking science fiction novella by H. G. Wells that introduced the concept of time travel through a mechanical device. The story follows the unnamed Time Traveller as he ventures far into the future, arriving in the year 802,701. There he encounters the peaceful, childlike Eloi and the sinister, subterranean Morlocks, uncovering the disturbing future of humanity.A sharp critique of social class, industrialization, and the human condition, The Time Machine is both a thrilling adventure and a philosophical meditation on progress, decay, and the fate of civilization. Wells's vision remains hauntingly relevant to this day.

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  The Sea-Wolf - Captive of the...

  Jack London

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  A literary gentleman is picked out of San Francisco Bay by a sealing schooner whose captain is the strongest and most intelligent brute either of them has met. London had sailed on such a voyage at seventeen; the argument between Wolf Larsen and his prisoner is the argument London had with himself all his life and never settled. One hundred plates of storm, wreck and becalmed sail by Aivazovsky and Turner follow the schooner from San Francisco Bay through every sea the novel crosses.

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  Conversation On Conversation -...

  Harriet Beecher Stowe

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  The bookshelves of American literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors.  From this continent their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure.  Among them is Harriet Beecher Stowe.

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  A Thin Ghost and Others

  Montague Rhodes James

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  Enter a world where ancient secrets, haunted places, and unseen forces create unforgettable tales of suspense.
  
  Discover "A Thin Ghost and Others" by M. R. James, a masterful collection of supernatural stories from one of the greatest writers of classic ghost fiction. Blending Gothic atmosphere, psychological suspense, and chilling mystery, these timeless tales continue to captivate readers with their subtle and unforgettable sense of dread.
  
  Within this acclaimed collection, M. R. James leads readers through mysterious old houses, forgotten manuscripts, hidden relics, and eerie encounters where the ordinary gradually gives way to the supernatural. Rather than relying on shock alone, James builds suspense through rich atmosphere, intelligent storytelling, and carefully crafted mysteries that linger long after the final page.
  
  First published in 1919, "A Thin Ghost and Others" is widely regarded as one of M. R. James' finest collections. His influence on supernatural fiction and modern horror is profound, inspiring generations of writers while establishing him as a master of the classic ghost story.
  
  Perfect for fans of Gothic horror, supernatural fiction, classic ghost stories, mystery, and literary classics, this collection offers an unforgettable reading experience filled with suspense, haunting imagery, and timeless storytelling.
  
  Step into the shadows of one of literature's greatest masters of the supernatural. Add "A Thin Ghost and Others" to your Kindle library today and experience a collection of ghost stories that continues to thrill readers more than a century after its publication.

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  The Cactus - From their pens to...

  O Henry

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  William Sydney Porter was born on 11th September 1862 in Greensboro, North Carolina. At age 3 his mother died from tuberculosis. From an early age it was clear Porter had a large appetite for reading as he absorbed the world around him. 
  He first attended at a school run by his aunt before enrolling at the Lindsey Street High School and then worked at his uncle’s drugstore and gained a pharmacists’ license in 1881.  
  A persistent cough took him to Texas in the hope that a change of climate would help his symptoms. He took on various types of work, initially from ranch hand and cook and then as varied as pharmacist, draftsman, bank teller and journalist. He also began to write, though for now, purely as a hobby. 
  He was a member of several singing and dramatic groups when he met 17 year old Athol Estes, daughter of a wealthy Austin family. Despite her mother’s objection owing to Athol’s tuberculosis, they began courting and in July 1887, they eloped and soon married. 
  Athol, impressed by his writing, encouraged him to get them published. A job as a draftsman at the Texas General Land Office paid a healthy $100 dollars per month and life was good. 
  But then life turned cruel. His son died a few hours after birth although a daughter, Margaret, came the following year.  His job had to be vacated but another was found at the First National Bank of Austin. The bank operated informally and Porter was careless in keeping the books. He lost that job but began writing for the humorous weekly The Rolling Stone and the Houston Post. Some time later the federal Bank auditors went through his former accounts and he was arrested on charges of embezzlement. 
  Porter fled the day before his trial to Honduras. Holed up for several months he began to write.  Athol had become too ill to travel to meet him and learning that her health was deteriorating he surrendered to the court in February 1897.  Bail was obtained so that he could stay with Athol during her final days.  
  Porter was sentenced to five years at the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus. His pharmacy qualifications got him the job of night druggist.  His sentence also gave him time to write and publish fourteen short stories. In December 1899 in McClure’s Magazine he published a short story as O Henry.  
  He was released two years early in July 1901, and reunited with Margaret, now 11, in Pittsburgh.  He now began his most prolific period of writing; a short story per week for the New York World, while also publishing works in other magazines.  Eventually over 600 of his short stories were published. 
  Porter was a heavy drinker and in 1908 his health, which had deteriorated for several years, took a dramatic turn for the worse, as did his writing.  
  O Henry died of cirrhosis of the liver complicated by diabetes and an enlarged heart on 5th June 1910.

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