Books published in 1919
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In Der Strafkolonie
[german | 1919]Franz Kafka
Summary: [The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces is a collection of short stories and recollections by Franz Kafka with additional writings by Max Brod. First published in 1948 by Schocken Books this volume includes all the works Kafka intended for publication and published during his lifetime (the only exception in The Stoker which serves as a first chapter for the novel Amerika). It also includes ...]
Genres: [fiction and literature] Downloads: 132
In Secret
[english | 1919]Robert William Chambers
Summary: [A Secret History of the IRA (Penguin 2002 2007) by award-winning journalist Ed Moloney. In The Blanket an on-line journal reviewer Liam O Ruairc described the book as potentially the standard if not the definitive work on the history of the Provisional IRA. Eamonn McCann in The Nation commented that it was the best book yet written on the Provisional IRA as it traced the rise of the Provos from ...]
Genres: [fiction | romance] Downloads: 259
In The Cage
[english | 1919]Henry James
Summary: [In The Cage by Henry James. In the Cage is a novella by Henry James first published as a book in 1898. This long story centers on an unnamed London telegraphist. She deciphers clues to her clients personal lives from the often cryptic telegrams they submit to her as she sits in the cage at the post office. Sensitive and intelligent the telegraphist eventually finds out more than she may want to ...]
Genres: [fiction] Downloads: 134
In The Flash Ranging Service
[english | 1919]Edward Alva Trueblood
Summary: [the author was my grandfather. although he passed away a few years before i was born (from chronic complications stemming from his ww1 gassing) i have been able to peek into his character and resolve as i have all of his letters that were sent to his parents (my great-grandparents). its an interesting brief read and glimpse into an era that is much different than today.]
Genres: [war | non fiction] Downloads: 264
In The Shadow Of The Hills
[english | 1919]George Shedd
Summary: [In The Shadow Of The Hills by George C Shedd. The volume is from 1919. Excerpt from Chapter I IN A HOSTILE COUNTRY Eastward out of the Torquilla Range the Burntwood River emerged from a gorge flowing swift and turbulent during the spring months shallow and murmurous the rest of the year to pass through a basin formed by low mountains and break forth at last from a canyon and wind away over the ...]
Genres: [fiction and literature] Downloads: 202
In The Sweet Dry And Dry
[english | 1919]Christopher Morley
Summary: [Sweet Dreams: Philosophical Obstacles to a Science of Consciousness is a book by the American philosopher Daniel Dennett based on the text of the Jean Nicod lectures he gave in 2001.]
Genres: [fantasy | fiction and literature | humor] Downloads: 271
In the Wake of the Monarchist Bourgeoisie or in the Van of the Revolutionary Proletariat and Peasantry
[english | 1919]Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Summary: [Lenin was one of the leading political figures and revolutionary thinkers of the 20th century who masterminded the Bolshevik take-over of power in Russia in 1917 and was the architect and first head of the USSR. Expelled from university for his radical policies Lenin completed his law degree as an external student in 1891. He moved to St Petersburg and became a professional revolutionary. Like ...]
Genres: [political | revolutionary | social history] Downloads: 376
Inger strtin Rouva
[english | 1919]Henrik Ibsen
Summary: [Henrik Ibsen (20 March 1828 ? 23 May 1906) was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright theatre director and poet. He is often referred to as the father of modern drama and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre. His plays were considered scandalous to many of his era when European societies were characterized by strict mores of family life and propriety. Ibsens work examined the ...]
Genres: [drama] Downloads: 311
Irish Impressions
[english | 1919]G Chesterton
Summary: [Irish Impressions by G K Chesterton. Kindle edition to G.K. Chesterton s classic work.]
Genres: [essays | audiobook] Downloads: 444
James Cutbush
[english | 1919]Edgar Smith
Summary: [James Cutbush An American Chemist Three Centuries Of Science In America by Edgar F Smith. PREFACE There is nothing thrilling in the following pages. They contain the story of the life-work of a very modest man deeply interested in and enamoured with the science of chemistry who sought also to inspire others and to familiarize the general public of his time with the intimate connection of ...]
Genres: [biography] Downloads: 268
Jeremy
[english | 1919]Hugh Walpole
Summary: [The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher is a childrens book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter and published by Frederick Warne Co. in July 1906. The tale is about a frogs misadventures while fishing for dinner. Its origins lie in a picture and story letter Potter wrote to a child on 5 September 1893. Although the tales setting in the letter is the River Tay in Scotland Potter transferred the ...]
Genres: [fiction and literature] Downloads: 274
Jim Of The Hills
[english | 1919]C Dennis
Summary: [Green Hills of Africa is a 1935 work of nonfiction written by Ernest Hemingway (July 21 1899 - July 2 1961). Hemingways second work of nonfiction Green Hills of Africa is basically a journal of a month on safari he and his wife Pauline Marie Pfeiffer took in East Africa during December 1933. Green Hills of Africa is divided into four parts: Pursuit and Conversation Pursuit Remembered Pursuit and ...]
Genres: [poetry] Downloads: 462
Judas Trotskys Blush of Shame
[english | 1919]Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Summary: [Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (22 April 1870 21 January 1924) was a Russian revolutionary author lawyer economic theorist political philosopher creator of the Soviet Communist Party leader of the 1917 October Revolution and founder of the USSR. As head of the Bolsheviks (19171924) he led the Red Army to victory in the Russian Civil War before establishing the worlds first officially socialist state. As a ...]
Genres: [political | revolutionary | social history] Downloads: 82
Judith A Play In Three Acts
[english | 1919]Arnold Bennett
Excerpts: [... on my knee and he was filled like the full moon-with naughtiness. OZIAS. What has brought you at last out of your house. Are you come to prophesy ...... has she come forth. And there is none to give her an ill word, for she fears the Lord greatly. CHABRIS. Yes. But what manner of woman is she. OZIAS. ...... moment. (She faints and falls.). CHABRIS (_indifferently, as_ Charmis moves ...]
Genres: [drama | religion] Downloads: 431
Juhana Herttuan Ja Catharina Jagellonican Lauluja
[english | 1919]Eino Leino
Summary: [Eino Leino was a Finnish poet and journalist and is considered one of the pioneers of Finnish poetry. His poems combine modern and Finnish folk elements. The style of much of his work is like the Kalevala and folk songs. Nature love and despair are frequent themes in Leinos work. He is beloved and widely read in Finland today.]
Genres: [poetry] Downloads: 125
Jungle Tales Of Tarzan
[english | 1919]Edgar Rice Burroughs
Summary: [Jungle Tales of Tarzan is a collection of twelve loosely-connected short stories written by Edgar Rice Burroughs comprising the sixth book in order of publication in his series about the title character Tarzan. Chronologically it is a midquel to the first Tarzan novel Tarzan of the Apes as the events recounted in it actually occur within Chapter 11 of that novel between Tarzans avenging of his ...]
Genres: [adventure | fiction and literature | audiobook] Downloads: 420
Jurgen A Comedy Of Justice
[english | 1919]James Branch Cabell
Summary: [Jurgen A Comedy of Justice is a 1919 fantasy book by James Branch Cabell - the eighth among some fifty-two books written by this author - which gained fame (or notoriety in the view of some) shortly after its publication.The eponymous hero who considers himself a monstrous clever fellow embarks on a journey through ever more fantastic realms even to hell and heaven. Everywhere he goes he winds up ...]
Genres: [fiction | fantasy | humorous] Downloads: 33
Karkurit
[english | 1919]Aleksis Kivi
Excerpts: [... Ja iloitsemme heidn ilostaan. HANNA. Taas haaveksii sun mieles. Murheen auer, Miks' ei se enn otsaltasi poistu. Alakuloisuuden tummaan hmrn, ...... olette saaneet tmn luutaudin. MARTTI. Ole i se ei kuulu sinuun.-Katsos nyt, kuinka min teen. Sovitan sauvani tnne taakse, likistn sen ksivarsillani ...... Hn vastaanottaa sua riemulla. TYKO. Sin juonittelet, haastelet vlttelisti. Maa ja ...]
Genres: [drama] Downloads: 362
Keeping Fit All The Way
[english | 1919]Walter Camp
Summary: [very good book]
Genres: [health] Downloads: 243
Kew Gardens
[english | 1919]Virginia Woolf
Summary: [Coral Gardens and Their Magic properly Coral Gardens and Their Magic: A Study of the Methods of Tilling the Soil and of Agricultural Rites in the Trobriand Islands is the final book in anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowskis ethnographic trilogy on the lives of the Trobriand Islanders. It concentrates on the cultivation practices the Trobriand Islanders used to grow yams taro bananas and palms. It ...]
Genres: [fiction | short stories] Downloads: 294