David Wales
A Christmas Miscellany 2018
Sixteen Christmas stories or essays. (David Wales)
The Madman: His Parables And Poems and The Forerunner: His Parables And Poems
Two short books by the Lebanese-American writer, poet, and mystic. Reflections on existence and life, purpose and meaning. His most famous w…
The Wooden Horse
Walpole’s first novel (1909), The Wooden Horse is the story of the Trojans, a family which accepted tranquilly the belief that they were the…
Elsie And The Child; A Tale Of Riceyman Steps And Other Stories
Thirteen short stories (1924) by a master story teller of the early twentieth century. His writings, fiction and nonfiction, were popular wi…
Izaak Walton's Lives of John Donne, Henry Wotton, Richard Hooker and George Herbert
The full title of Walton's book of short biographies is, Lives of John Donne, Henry Wotton, Rich'd Hooker, George Herbert, &C. Sir Henry…
Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes Of The Civil War
Seven narratives published in the late nineteenth century and assembled in this 1913 collection. - Summary by david wales
The Grim Smile Of The Five Towns
The Grim Smile of the Five Towns (1907) is the second major collection of stories written by Arnold Bennett. (The first is Tales Of The Five…
Blackfeet Tales of Glacier National Park
James Willard Schultz, or Apikuni, (1859 – 1947) was a noted author, explorer, Glacier National Park guide, fur trader and historian of the …
The Good Soldier; A Selection Of Soldiers' Letters, 1914-1918
“Here are boys, all sorts of boys: French, English, Italian, American… These are soldiers’ letters written home. But reading, one finds t…
The Bomb: The 1945 Test of the First Atomic Bomb
These two publications put out by the U.S. government are about the Trinity site in New Mexico where in 1945 the first atomic bomb was teste…
The Times' Red Cross Story Book By Famous Novelists Serving In His Majesty's Forces
These eighteen stories were published in 1915, in the midst of World War I. "Published For The Times' Fund For The Sick And Wounded&qu…
Red Men And White
These eight stories are made from our Western Frontier as it was in a past as near as yesterday and almost as by-gone as the Revolution; so …
Blazed Trail Stories and Stories Of The Wild Life
Thirteen short stories by a popular writer of the early 20th century (not to be confused with an earlier book Blazed Trail). White's books …
Over The Plum Pudding
Over The Plum Pudding is a delightful collection of twelve stories that blend humor, holiday spirit, and a touch of the supernatural. Author…
A Thin Ghost And Others
Five ghost stories, published in 1920, by the early twentieth century master of ghostery. - Summary by david wales
Abaft The Funnel
Abaft The Funnel is a collection of thirty-one short stories by Rudyard Kipling, showcasing his unique ability to weave tales of adventure a…
The Wheel of Time
Fanny Knocker is a very, very plain young woman. She is introduced to the extremely handsome, thoroughly impoverished, younger son of an old…
The Last Three Soldiers
What if the Confederacy had won the American Civil War? It’s July 1864 and three oh-so-young Union troopers are assigned to a mountaintop in…
The Old Ladies
“Quite a number of years ago there was an old rickety building on the rock above Seatown in Polchester, and it was one of a number in an old…
Among Typhoons And Pirate Craft
Anderson served as third officer aboard the Eamont. Eamont was an opium clipper built in Cowes. Eamont was involved in the opening of Japan …