Mark F. Smith
Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 (version 2)
Abner Doubleday was a busy man. He rose to be a major general during the American Civil War, started the first cable car company in San Fran…
Conquest Over Time
Pat Travis, a spacer renowned for his luck, is suddenly quite out of it. His job is to beat his competitors to sign newly-Contacted human ra…
Sons and Lovers
This intimate portrait of a coal-miner's family fastens on each member in turn: Walter Morel, the collier; Gertrude, his wife; and the child…
Give Me Liberty
This speech was given March 23, 1775, at St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia, and is credited with having singlehandedly convinced the V…
New Discoveries at Jamestown
Chances are, you are reading this because you are aware that Jamestown, Virginia, celebrated its 400th birthday in 2007. It was the first &q…
Nights With Uncle Remus
That the little boy loved Uncle Remus and his stories was so obvious that the tale-spinning sessions began drawing additional listeners. Dad…
Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest
"Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest" is a narration of his life story by Abel, a Venezuelan, to a comrade. Once a we…
Sense and Sensibility (version 2)
This is a story of the English moneyed class and its eternal struggle for creating “sense and sensibility” in its world. A potential marriag…
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (version 2)
In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain creates an entertaining adventure of Middle America in the 1800's - afloat on a raft on th…
Twenty Years' Experience as a Ghost Hunter
After having a difficult time establishing a career as a novelist, O’Donnell discovered to his happy surprise that the reading public was ve…
The Burial of the Guns
This is a book of short stories centered around the Civil War and its aftermath. The author was a prominent Virginian in his day, and his wr…
How to Live on Twenty-Four Hours a Day
"Which of us lives on twenty-four hours a day? And when I say 'lives,' I do not mean exists, nor 'muddles through.'" -- Arnold Ben…
The Battle of Life
While "The Battle of Life" is one of Charles Dickens' Christmas Books - his annual release of a story just before Christmas - this…
The Prophet
The prophet Al Mustafa, before leaving the city where he has been living twelve years, stops to address the people. They call out for his wo…
Americans All, Immigrants All
The United States Department of the Interior, Office of Education partnered with the Columbia Broadcasting System to present a series of 26 …
Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard
Uncle Wiggily Longears, an old bunny gentleman now stricken with rheumatism and getting around with a cane, still is quite active. In these …
The Communist Manifesto (version 2)
The Communist Manifesto was conceived as an outline of the basic beliefs of the Communist movement. The authors believed that the European P…
Floor Games
H.G. Wells had so much fun playing with his children on the floor of their playroom, he decided to write a jovial little book to inspire oth…
The Reluctant Dragon
What would you do if you discovered a dragon living in a cave on a hill above your home? Make friends, read poetry together? It turns out th…
Uncle Remus
Many readers will already be familiar with Uncle Remus’ favorite animal characters – Br’er Rabbit and Br’er Fox among them – and some of the…