Classicly Collection of Books

We Were There at the Normandy Invasion

Clayton Knight

The town of Ste. Mère Église sits almost in the middle of what is called the Cherbourg Peninsula. Most of the Norman people are farmers or dairymen. Some are fishermen, but the Nazis would not let the..

A Man-Sized Pet

W. C. Tuttle

He had started to make a deprecatory gesture with his right hand, which had suddenly come into contact with fur. Also the fur moved. Magpie took one look and then swallowed his tobacco. A wildcat was ..

A Point of Testimony

Simon Pokagon

Clearbrook was a small settlement of well-to-do society people, who wished to live near but not in New York. The houses were rather pretentious, with well-kept grounds, and picturesque flower-beds, bu..

At the Queen’s Mercy

Mabel Fuller Blodgett

A curious woven strip falling from one 8shoulder over the right breast bound his middle. Save for this, the man was naked, and I saw that some strange torture had twisted and distorted his wrists and ..

Augustus - The Life and Times of the Founder of the Roman Empire

E. S. Shuckburgh

Augustus has been much less attractive to biographers than Iulius; perhaps because the soldier is more interesting than the statesman; perhaps because the note of genius conspicuous in the Uncle was w..

Cliquot - A Racing Story of Ideal Beauty

Kate Lee Ferguson

Cliquot, a bright and peculiarly interesting novel in which burning love and a wonderfully exciting episode of the race-course are the chief ingredients, is the production of Kate Lee Ferguson, one of..

Early Carriages and Roads

Sir Walter Gilbey

Only some three hundred and fifty years have elapsed since wheeled conveyances for passengers came into use in England; but, once introduced, they rapidly found favour with all classes of society, mor..

Export Commodity

Irving E. Cox

Naturally the scientists relied on their data, Henig thought bitterly; but they weren't making the observation—they weren't standing naked and unarmed on an alien world. The miniature recorders sent d..