The following is a list of recently released ebooks from various Gutenberg projects, including Project Gutenberg US, PG Australia, Faded Page, and Standard Ebooks.
The Massacre of Glencoe took place in Glen Coe in the Argyll region of the Scottish Highlands on 13 February 1692. An estimated 30 members and associates of Clan MacDonald of Glencoe were killed by Scottish government forces, allegedly for failing to pledge allegiance to the new monarchs, William II/III and his wife Mary II. —Wikipedia
This enchanting adventure tells the story of Donald, a boy spending his summer holidays in the Canadian countryside. John Buchan knew that some Indians were said to have the power of projecting happenings of long ago onto a piece of calm water. In this tale he chooses Negog, the Native American Indian, as Donald’s companion and guide. Negog conjures up a strange mist from a magic fire and brings to life visions from the past. Through these boyish adventures peopled with Vikings, gold prospectors, Indians and Eskimos, Donald learns more about history than school has taught him.—Goodreads
Six essays written in 1916 on women in Canada: Women’s Organisations; The Business Woman; The College Woman; The Country Woman; The Woman at Home; and Women and the War.
The bride is a carefree, popular sixteen-year-old; the groom is a high school football star. Their hasty, necessary marriage horrifies everyone—July and Bo Jo, most of all. Uncertain of their love, cut off from friends, their lives seem ruined. Then, just as happiness at last seems possible, they suffer a shattering tragedy—a tragedy that becomes the final test of their marriage.—Back Cover
A love affair between a twice widowed woman and a married man. Will love conquer all, or will it be something else?
In ten short stories William and the Outlaws become convinced that a local resident has murdered his neighbor; organize a greyhound race starring William’s mongrel dog Jumble; on the day of the local fair, the Outlaws steal a waxwork figure from one of the tents which is substituted for William. William’s attempt to impersonate a waxwork at the fair goes badly; and, faced with a parental ban on the purchase of fireworks, the Outlaws dupe the sister in the theft of her brother’s fireworks. Although the Outlaws do not benefit from the theft, they witness their parents brought low while engaging in a party with the fireworks appropriated from the boys.
This volume contains all hitherto uncollected magazine articles and addresses which seem for any reason worth preserving in book form.--from the Preface.
The summer story of a family and the kind of boat we'd all like to own, a combination houseboat and store from which they make their living, captures the feeling of the Canadian coast north of Vancouver and happy hard working times. The Brownes, Danforth a retired actor and his two children, 17 year old Royal and 14 year old Wally, own the Argosy. Their third summer peddling goods up the coast brings something good to them all, for their way is a varied one, in and out of inlet towns and settlements. Most important for Royal is her meeting with Eric Ward who owns his own boat, turns out to be Royal's first love and introduces Wally to the possibilities of a career in lumbering. And later they meet the West Wind, a whole boatload of travelling players whose ship-side productions are a fertile field for Dan's ingenuity. All's well that ends well.--Kirkus Reviews.
A collection of short stories by Ring Lardner.
The Red Journey Back is a companion-story to the famous book The Angry Planet. Although some of the original characters reappear, and the adventures on Mars of the Albatross explorers are continued in the old “authentic vein,” this present tale is self-contained.
Issued the same year in Britain as SOS FROM MARS
A chance overhearing of an argument leads to a race for long-lost treasure.
A moral tale about the perils of alcoholism and adultery.--Goodreads.
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