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 setting: a small resort hotel in rural England. The cast: a group of dedicated fly fishermen. The crime: murder.
Inspector Mallett’s shrewd resolution of the case involves the clever use of fishing lore and practice. Vintage detection from a master.—Back Cover.
This is not a war book, but it is impossible that stories written in the past decade or so should fail to reflect something of those urgent years, almost six of which were occupied by a struggle so vast that the mind is staggered by much more than its statistics ... Back of its beginnings were the apathies and follies at which none of us can afford to throw stones; beyond its ending lies either spiritual greatness—or destruction. This book is concerned more with men than machines, with individuals rather than events. It is stating the obvious to point out that the atomic age will be no wiser nor greater than the individuals who by thought, word or deed—or the absence of them—help to shape and direct it.—Foreword
A story of English schoolgirls participating in the Camp Fire Girls program in the early twentieth century. The first campfire was on the Yorkshire moors, where Priscilla took Kathleen and Dorothy Ann for a picnic, and they couldn’t even boil an egg. Then came the campfires at school, where secrets were uncovered, new names were taken, and new ideas shared. By the time of the final campfire, everything had changed...—Goodreads
Maud Silver, demure private eye, is on a train to London when a young woman in a state of shock bursts into her compartment. She is Lisle Jerningham, a newlywed with a fortune - which may be about to get her killed.—Amazon
A shuddery tale of dark horror and evil things, and the uncanny funeral rites over the corpse of old John Grimlan.
An intimate account of San Francisco and its history.
A dog sled race sets the stage for this tale of adventure and romance in the snowy north.
A moving and deeply personal memoir of the author's journey from childhood piano prodigy to professional concert pianist. A tribute to the transformative power of music and the enduring importance of artistic expression.
A husband hends his young wife abroad—to Venice. She wearies and flees to Palermo. Was it jealousy? Remorse? What?
One of Sackville-West’s most popular works and has been adapted for television by the BBC. The novel addresses people’s, especially women’s, control of their lives, a subject about which Sackville-West was greatly concerned although often pointing out that she did not consider herself a feminist. The title is taken from the final three words of John Milton’s Samson Agonistes.
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