Books published in 1920
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Youth And The Bright Medusa
[english | 1920]Willa Cather
Excerpts: [... in the perpetual dusk, was the dog's bed, and often a bone or two for his comfort. The dog was a Boston bull terrier, and Hedger explained his surly ...... leather strap she wore about her wrist to prevent dislocation of tendons. She swished about the place, scattering dust and splashing soapsuds, while ...... like people. He's a recluse. Good-bye. I can't be sure about Tuesday. ...]
Genres: [fiction | short stories] Downloads: 393
You Touched Me
[english | 1920]David Herbert Lawrence
Summary: [Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World is a best-selling non-fiction book published in September 2008. The book covers the life and times of Dewey Readmore Books the cat in residence at the Spencer Public Library in Spencer Iowa. In addition to discussing Deweys life from his discovery in the library drop bin on a cold winters night to his unlikely fame to his death in 2006 the ...]
Genres: [fiction | short stories] Downloads: 368
Women In Love
[english | 1920]David Herbert Lawrence
Summary: [Women in Love is a novel by British author D. H. Lawrence published in 1920. It is a sequel to his earlier novel The Rainbow (1915) and follows the continuing loves and lives of the Brangwen sisters Gudrun and Ursula. Gudrun Brangwen an artist pursues a destructive relationship with Gerald Crich an industrialist. Lawrence contrasts this pair with the love that develops between Ursula and Rupert ...]
Genres: [fiction | romance] Downloads: 230
West Wind Drift
[english | 1920]George Barr Mccutcheon
Summary: [The romantic story of the shipwreck of a great modern liner on an uninhabited island where the passengers built homes established a government created laws and enforced them and kept the fires of courage burning through the years that followed.]
Genres: [fiction | action adventure | romance] Downloads: 267
Trotsky Diplomacy and a Certain Party Platform
[english | 1920]Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Summary: [The birth of the Cesarevitch Alexis Nicolaievitch in August 1904 caused great rejoicings in Russia because it had been preceded by the birth of four daughters to the lmnperial couple and there seemed reason to fear that the succession to the Throne would not descend in the direct line. The joy of the Imperial Family was increased when it was found that the child was of a bright active disposition ...]
Genres: [political | revolutionary | social history] Downloads: 151
Tom Swift And His Undersea Search
[english | 1920]Victor Appleton
Summary: [Tom Swift And His Undersea Search Or The Treasure On The Floor Of The Atlantic 99 Popular Classics by Victor Appleton. Young inventor Tom Swift is at it again in this exciting classic adventure. Join the brilliant young engineer and his friends Mary Newton and Ned Nestor in Tom Swift and His Undersea Search ]
Genres: [fiction | action adventure | science fiction] Downloads: 430
Tolstoy and the Proletarian Struggle
[english | 1920]Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Summary: [Anarchy In Petrograd. The War: 4th Year 1908th. Aided by the garrisol of Petrograd the Maximalists under Lenin have deposed the Kerensky Government and have assumed office. They announce that this was acomplished without bloodshed that several Ministers have been arrested and that M. Kerensky is a fugitive. In a proclamation to the Arrny Committees they state that authority of Government has been ...]
Genres: [political | revolutionary | social history] Downloads: 489
To P A Axelrod Part 2
[english | 1920]Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Summary: [Lenin was a prolific political theoretician and philosopher who wrote about the practical aspects of carrying out a proletarian revolution he wrote pamphlets articles and books without a stenographer or secretary until prevented by illness. He simultaneously corresponded with comrades allies and friends in Russia and world-wide. His Collected Works comprise 54 volumes each of about 650 pages ...]
Genres: [political | revolutionary | social history] Downloads: 185
To L D Trotsky
[english | 1920]Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Summary: [The Bolshevik or Maximalist wing of the Social-Democratic Party was able to control the Soviet and the Committees in the early days of the Revolution its hold upon them has tightened and it is now stronger than ever. Yct it represents neither the best nor even the most numerous section of the people. Like the Okhrana or secret police system under the old rSgime its influence is based.upon the ...]
Genres: [political | revolutionary | social history] Downloads: 327
To A N Potresov Part 2
[english | 1920]Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Summary: [Lenins April Theses form one of the most decisive manifestos in the history of the revolution. They consist of just a few short notes the bare skeleton of Lenins speeches when he arrived back in Petrograd in April 1917. But the ideas outlined within them brought about a decisive reorientation of the Bolshevik leadership. Lynn Walsh re-examines the April Theses and their lessons for today. Lenins ...]
Genres: [political | revolutionary | social history] Downloads: 441
To A M Gorky Part 1
[english | 1920]Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Summary: [The February Revolution of 1917 in Russia was the first stage of the Russian Revolution of 1917. Largely a bloodless transfer of power from the Tsar the regime that came into being was an alliance between liberals and socialists who wanted to instigate political reform create a democratically elected executive and constituent assembly. In the first half of February lack of food supply caused ...]
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Thuvia Maid Of Mars
[english | 1920]Edgar Rice Burroughs
Summary: [This installment shifts focus from John Carter and Dejah Thoris protagonists of the first three books in the series to their son Carthoris prince of Helium and to Thuvia princess of Ptarth and follows Carthoris efforts to win the heart of Thuvia who will have nothing to do with him. When Thuvia is kidnapped Carthoris is presented with an opportunity -- throw in an airship battle lost cities ...]
Genres: [fiction | action adventure | science fiction] Downloads: 487
This Side Of Paradise
[english | 1920]Francis Scott Fitzgerald
Summary: [The Far Side of Paradise is a biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald by Arthur Mizener. It was the first biography about Fitzgerald to be published and is credited with renewing public interest in the subject. It dealt frankly with Scotts alcoholism and his wife Zeldas schizophrenia. Edmund Wilson literary critic and close friend of the Fitzgeralds later commented that the books anecdotes distorted ...]
Genres: [fiction | romance] Downloads: 478
The Vampire
[english | 1920]Jan Neruda
Summary: [The Little Vampire is a childrens fantasy series by German author Angela Sommer-Bodenburg that follows the adventures of young Tony Peasbody and the child vampire Rudolph Sackville-Bagg (Anton Bohnsack and Rudiger von Schlotterstein in the original German version respectively). The series has sold over 12 million copies and has been translated into over 30 languages. Sommer-Bodenburg states that ...]
Genres: [fiction | horror | short stories] Downloads: 225
The Valley Of Silent Men
[english | 1920]James Oliver Curwood
Summary: [If you cant find it countless millions of miles in space come back to Earth. You might find it just on the other side of the fence?where the grass is always greener.]
Genres: [fiction | action adventure | romance] Downloads: 286
The Tasks of the Youth Leagues
[english | 1920]Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Summary: [During the next few years Lenin was essentially dictator (a ruler with unquestionable authority) of Russia. The major task he faced was establishing this authority for himself and his party in the country. Most of his policies can be understood in this light even though he angered some elements in the population while satisfying others. Examples of such policies include the governments seizing of ...]
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The Talleyrand Maxim
[english | 1920]Joseph Smith Fletcher
Summary: [Nesta left alone gave herself up to deep thought and to a careful reckoning of her position. She was longing to confide in some trustworthy person or persons for Pratts revelations had plunged her into a maze of perplexity. But her difficulties were many. First of all she would have to tell all about the terrible charge brought by Pratt against her mother. Then about the second which he professed ...]
Genres: [fiction | mystery detective] Downloads: 430
The Story Of Doctor Dolittle
[english | 1920]Hugh Lofting
Summary: [The adventures of a kind-hearted doctor who is fond of animals and understands their language as he travels to Africa with some of his favorite pets to cure the monkeys of a terrible sickness.Source: Google Books]
Genres: [fiction | fantasy | juvenile] Downloads: 248
The Statement Of Randolph Carter
[english | 1920]Howard Phillips Lovecraft
Summary: [The Statement of Randolph Carter is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft. Written December 1919 it was first published in The Vagrant May 1920. It tells of a traumatic event in the life of Randolph Carter a student of the occult loosely representing Lovecraft himself. It is the first story in which Carter appears and is part of Lovecrafts Dream Cycle.Lovecraft based the story on a dream that he ...]
Genres: [fiction | short stories] Downloads: 263