title | creator | language | description | tableOfContents | contributor | subject | created |
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 | Various | en | | Into the Ocean's Depths / Sewell Peaslee Wright
Murder Madness (Part 1 of 4) / Murray Leinster
Brigands of the Moon (Part 3 of 4) / Ray Cummings
The Jovian Jest / Lilith Lorraine
The Atom-Smasher / Victor Rousseau | Bates, Harry, 1900-1981 [Editor] | Science fiction -- Periodicals; Science fiction, American -- Periodicals | 2009-08-26 |
Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective | Butler, Ellis Parker, 1869-1937 | en | | The hard-boiled egg -- The pet -- The eagle's claws -- The oubliette -- The un-burglars -- The two-cent stamp -- The chicken -- The dragon's eye -- The progressive murder -- The missing Mr. Master -- Waffles and mustard -- The anonymous wiggle -- The half of a thousand -- Dietz's 7462 Bessie John -- Henry -- Buried bones -- Philo Gubb's greatest case. | Irvin, Rea, 1881-1972 [Illustrator] | | 2009-08-17 |
Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels | Leacock, Stephen, 1869-1944 | en | | Winsome Winnie; or, Trial and temptation -- John and I; or How I nearly lost my husband -- The split in the cabinet; or, The fate of England -- Who do you think did it? or, The mixed-up murder mystery -- Broken barriers; or, Red love on a blue island -- The kidnapped plumber; a tale of the new time -- The blue and the grey; a pre-war war story -- Buggam Grange; a good old ghost story. | | Humorous stories, Canadian; Parodies | 2007-02-20 |
Blown to Bits
The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago | Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894 | en | | | | Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction; Hermits -- Juvenile fiction; Islands -- Juvenile fiction; Canoes and canoeing -- Juvenile fiction; Friendship -- Juvenile fiction; Pirates -- Juvenile fiction; Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction; Hunting -- Juvenile fiction; Natural history -- Juvenile fiction; Murder -- Juvenile fiction; Malay Archipelago -- Juvenile fiction; Krakatoa (Indonesia) -- Juvenile fiction | 2007-11-06 |
Blown to Bits
or, The Lonely Man of Rakata | Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894 | en | | | | Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction; Canoes and canoeing -- Juvenile fiction; Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction; Friendship -- Juvenile fiction; Hermits -- Juvenile fiction; Hunting -- Juvenile fiction; Islands -- Juvenile fiction; Krakatoa (Indonesia) -- Juvenile fiction; Malay Archipelago -- Juvenile fiction; Murder -- Juvenile fiction; Natural history -- Juvenile fiction; Pirates -- Juvenile fiction | 2005-03-13 |
Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 | Various | en | | A Problem in Communication / Miles J. Breuer, M.D.
Jetta of the Lowlands (Part 1 of 3) / Ray Cummings
The Terrible Tentacles of L-472 / Sewell Peaslee Wright
Marooned Under the Sea / Paul Ernst
The Murder Machine / Hugh B. Cave
The Attack From Space / S. P. Meek
Earth, the Marauder (Part 3 of 3) / Arthur J. Burks | Bates, Harry, 1900-1981 [Editor] | Science fiction -- Periodicals; Science fiction, American -- Periodicals | 2009-06-27 |
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 | Various | en | | The Planet of Dread / R. F. Starzl
The Lord of Space / Victor Rousseau
The Second Satellite / Edmond Hamilton
Silver Dome / Harl Vincent
Earth, the Marauder (Part 2 of 3) / Arthur J. Burks
Murder Madness (Part 4 of 4) / Murray Leinster
The Flying City / H. Thompson Rich | Bates, Harry, 1900-1981 [Editor] | Science fiction -- Periodicals; Science fiction, American -- Periodicals | 2009-08-23 |
Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 | Various | en | | Beyond the Heaviside Layer / S. P. Meek
Earth, the Marauder (Part 1 of 3) / Arthur J. Burks
From an Amber Block / Tom Curry
The Terror of Air-Level Six / Harl Vincent
The Forgotten Planet / Sewell Peaslee Wright
The Power and the Glory / Charles Willard Diffin
Murder Madness (Part 3 of 4) / Murray Leinster | Bates, Harry, 1900-1981 [Editor] | Science fiction -- Periodicals; Science fiction, American -- Periodicals | 2009-06-21 |
The Lonely Island
The Refuge of the Mutineers | Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894 | en | | | | Bounty Mutiny, 1789 -- Juvenile fiction; Voyages and travels -- Juvenile fiction; Ship captains -- Juvenile fiction; Mutiny -- Juvenile fiction; Seafaring life -- Juvenile fiction; Sailing -- Juvenile fiction; Murder -- Juvenile fiction; Pitcairn Island -- Juvenile fiction | 2007-06-07 |
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 | Various | en | | Out of the Dreadful Depths / Charles Willard Diffin
Murder Madness (Part 2 of 4) / Murray Leinster
The Cavern World / James P. Olsen
Brigands of the Moon (Part 4 of 4) / Ray Cummings
Giants of the Ray / Tom Curry
The Moon Master / Charles Willard Diffin | Bates, Harry, 1900-1981 [Editor] | Science fiction -- Periodicals; Science fiction, American -- Periodicals | 2009-08-29 |
The Historical Nights' Entertainment
Second Series | Sabatini, Rafael, 1875-1950 | en | | The absolution: Affonso Henriques, first king of Portugal -- The false Demetrius: Boris Godunov and the pretended son of Ivan the Terrible -- The hermosa fembra: an episode of the Inquisition in Seville -- The pastry-cook of Madrigal: the story of the false Sebastian of Portugal -- The end of the "vert galant": the assassination of Henry IV -- The barren wooing: the murder of Amy Robsart -- Sir Judas: the betrayal of Sir Walter Raleigh -- His Insolence of Buckingham: George Villiers' courtship of Anne of Austria -- The path of exile: the fall of Lord Clarendon -- The tragedy of Herrenhausen: Count Philip Königsmark and the Princess Sophia Dorothea -- The tyrannicide: Charlotte Corday and Jean Paul Marat. | | | 2005-04-01 |
Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy
A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. | Anonymous | en | | Adventures of Capt. Woodward and Five Seamen in the island of Celebes -- An Occurrence at sea -- Loss of H. B. M ship Phœnix, off Cuba -- An account of the Whale Fishery, with anecdotes of the dangers attending it -- Loss of the Brig Tyrrel -- Loss of the Peggy -- Loss of H. B. M. ship Litchfield -- Wreck of the Rothsay Castle Steamer -- Loss of the French ship Droits de L'Homme -- Loss of H. B. M. ship Queen Charlotte -- A Scene on the Atlantic Ocean -- Wreck of the French Frigate Medusa, on the Arguin Bank -- Loss of the Royal George -- Loss of the Æneas, transport -- The Absent Ship -- Loss of the Halsewell, East Indiaman -- An account of Four Russians, abandoned on the Island of East Spitzbergen -- Loss of the Amphitrite, Female Convict Ship -- The Mutineers, a Tale of the Sea -- Fate of Seven Sailors, left on the island of St. Maurice -- Seamen wintering in Spitzbergen -- A Man Overboard -- An Escape through the Cabin-Windows -- Tom Cringle's Log -- Loss of the Nautilus, Sloop of War -- Wreck of a Slave Ship -- The Wrecked Seamen -- Adventures of Philip Ashton -- Explosion of H. B. M. ship Amphion -- Loss of H. B. M. ship La Tribune -- Burning of the Prince, a French East Indiaman -- Wreck of the Schooner Betsey -- Early American Heroism -- Fingal's Cave -- Loss of H. B. M. ship Ramillies -- Preservation of Nine Seamen -- Capt. Ross's Expedition -- Loss of the Catharine, Venus, and Piedmont, transports, and three Merchant Ships -- Wreck of the Ship Sidney -- Loss of the Duke William, transport -- Commodore Barney -- Naval Battles of the United States -- Address to the Ocean. | | Shipwrecks; Mutiny; Pirates; Seafaring life | 2008-07-06 |
Standard Selections
A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From
Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform | | en | | The Arena Scene from "Quo Vadis?". -- The Arrow and the Song. -- Aux Italiens. -- Bobby Shafto. -- Carcassonne. -- The Child-wife. -- Count Gismond. -- The Death of Arbaces. -- Dora. -- An Easter with Parepa. -- Those Evening Bells. -- Ginevra. -- The High Tide at Lincolnshire. -- How Did You Die?. -- The Indigo Bird. -- The Jackdaw of Rheims. -- Jaffar. -- Jim Bludsoe. -- King Robert of Sicily. -- The Lady of Shalott; Tennyson. A Legend of Service. -- Little Boy Blue; Field. -- Mary's Night Ride. -- Nydia, the Blind Girl. -- O Captain, My Captain!. -- On the Other Train. -- The Pansy. -- The Revenge; Tennyson. -- The Rider of the Black Horse. -- Sailing beyond Seas. -- The Sands of Dee. -- The School of Squeers. -- The Secret of Death; Arnold. -- Shamus O'Brien. -- My Ships. -- The Soldier's Reprieve. -- The Song; Scott. -- The Stirrup Cup. -- The Swan-song; Brooks. -- Sweet Afton. -- Violet's Blue. -- To a Waterfowl. -- The Wedding Gown. -- When the Snow Sifts Through. -- To a Wild Flower. -- The Fate of Zoroaster. -- Centennial Hymn. -- The Chambered Nautilus. -- Crossing the Bar. -- The Destruction of Sennacherib. -- Each and All. -- Laus Deo!. -- The Pilgrim Fathers. -- The Present Crisis; Lowell. -- The Recessional. -- The Sacredness of Work. -- What's Hallowed Ground?. -- The Encroachments of Philip. -- Oration against Antony; Cicero. -- Undue Lamentations over the Dead; Chrysostom. -- On Applauding Preachers; Chrysostom. -- On the Death of the Prince of Condé; Bossuet. -- War with America; Chatham. -- Attempt to Subjugate America; Chatham. -- Impeachment of Hastings; Burke. -- Conciliation with America; Burke. -- English Privileges in America; Burke. -- Bunker Hill Monument; Webster. -- Revolutionary Patriots; Webster. -- Character of Washington; Webster. -- The Call to Arms; Henry. -- Coercion of Delinquent States; Hamilton. -- The Reply to Hayne; Webster. -- The Murder of Lovejoy; Phillips. -- The Slavery Issue; Lincoln. -- Moral Aspect of the American War; Beecher. -- Abolition of War; Sumner | | | 2006-11-27 |