The Zeit -Geist is a German term which translated means spirit of the age , spirit of the time or sign of the times . The set of intellectual and cultural climate in the world ,...

Who was John Milton? He was a man going about his daily life like any of us in 17th century England, (except that he was a genius of course). Take time to read about a day in his...

The Zeppelin’s Passenger is a tale of German espionage in England during World War I. Dreymarsh is a fictional “backwater” area in England with no apparent military value....

Five early stories by one of my favorite SF writers, Mack Reynolds. Medal of Honor is an intriguing look into the mind of someone who is above the law; who cannot commit a crime....

It is a multilingual collection of Christmas texts, which contains short stories, essays , poems and passages recorded by a variety of narrators in English, German and Portuguese .

This book was written in 1912 by John Muir, the greatest naturalist of the twentieth century. This work is deals with Valei Yosemite, created by President Roosevelt who had been...

Romeo and Juliet is Shakespeare's famous tragedy of two "star-crossed lovers" from rival houses. Romeo and Juliet meet at a party and fall instantly in love, realizing too late...

This is a collection of 12 creepy stories by that master of creepiness: Allan Poe. The Black Cat, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Raven, The Tell Tale Heart, The Masque of the...

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (published 1876) is a very well-known and popular story concerning American youth. Mark Twain's lively tale of the scrapes and adventures of boyhood...

Three Science Fiction stories by the great Gerald Vance: Monsoons of Death is a very nice blend of horror story and a study of true bravery on the planet Mars. In Larson's Luck,...