Classicly Books
Last Run on Venus
James McKimmeyCaine brought the ship up with a wrench, swearing under his breath. Well, this was the last time he'd have anything more to do with them. Tomorrow, he'd be on a rocket and this time he'd find a place ..
Overlord of Colony Eight
Robert SilverbergReese whistled. The pack was brim-full of ampoules of benzolurethrimine, the pain-killing drug to which Kuhli had been made an addict. The alien had stumbled into the colony one day, his chest slashed..
The Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
Otto H. AdamsThe story of the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum began ten years ago. The progression of events between the first consideration of the memorial in 1944 and its completion in 1952 was by no means sm..
The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 363, December 11, 1886
Various AuthorsPausanias was a Greek gentleman, native of Lydia, in Asia Minor, a geographer and traveller, who visited noted sites in Greece with the express purpose of seeing and describing all that was most beaut..
The Poems of Richard Corbet
Richard CorbetThe author of the following poems (an account of whose life may be considered as a necessary appendage to these pages) is said to have descended from the antient family of the Corbets in Shropshire. I..
Twenty Years of My Life
Douglas SladenIf I could tell all I know about the interesting people I have met, the book would read like my own Who’s Who re-written by Walter Emanuel for publication in Punch. As it is, the book contains a great..
Day of Wrath
Bjarne KirchhoffThe Emergency Call had been instituted over two thousand years ago, after a disastrous invasion of the system by beings from some unknown part of space. Installed in all important etheradio stations, ..
On Translating Homer
Mathew ArnoldThe frame of mind in which we approach an author influences our correctness of appreciation of him; and Homer should be approached by a translator in the simplest frame of mind possible. Modern sentim..