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The History of the Saracens is a book written by Simon Ockley of Cambridge University and first published in the early 18th century. Ockley based his work on an Arabic manuscript in the Bodleian Library which later scholars have pronounced less trustworthy than he imagined it to be.[5] Stanley Lane-Poole in the Dictionary of National Biography wrote that: "The work was based upon a manuscript in the Bodleian Library ascribed to the Arabic historian El-Wâkidî, with additions from El-Mekîn, Abû-l-Fidâ, Abû-l-Faraj, and others. Hamaker, however, has proved that the manuscript in question is not the celebrated 'Kitâb el-Maghâzî' of El-Wâkidî, but the 'Futûh esh-Sham, ' a work of little authority, which has even been characterised as 'romance rather than history'" citing the opinion of William Robertson Smith in the article on Ockley from the ninth edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. The author in question is now known as pseudo-Waqidi.[6] Lane-Poole notes that the History "formed for generations the main source of the average notions of early Mohammedan history." Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

The Hound of Baskervilles The Hound of Baskervilles, is the third detective novel to feature Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Like the previous completions, it originally appeared in The Strand Magazine, however this novel was serialized and is one story, unlike The Adventures and The Memoirs. The story is mostly set in England's West countryside as Holmes investigates a mysterious supernatural hound. Odin's Library Classics Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

Everybody's Book of Luck is the anonymously authored book on luck and the occult published in 1900. The book is illustrated with many charts and guides on everything from tarot reading to astrology to Phrenology and more. The book contains a plethora of interesting rituals and beliefs from the late Victorian era and is a fascinating read for anyone interested in the topics of period. Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is the second collection of short stories about the fictional protagonist, detective Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Published in 1983 it includes short stories originally published in The Strand Magazine. Odin's Library Classics Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

The Prisoner of Zenda (1894), by Anthony Hope, is an adventure novel in which the King of Ruritania is drugged on the eve of his coronation and thus is unable to attend the ceremony. Political forces within the realm are such that, in order for the king to retain the crown, his coronation must proceed. Fortuitously, an English gentleman on holiday in Ruritania who resembles the monarch is persuaded to act as his political decoy in an effort to save the unstable political situation of the interregnum. The name of the villain in The Prisoner of Zenda, Rupert of Hentzau, is the title of the sequel novel, Rupert of Hentzau (1898), published four years later, and is included in some editions of The Prisoner of Zenda. The popularity of the novels inspired the Ruritanian romance genre of literature, film, and theatre that features stories set in a fictional country, usually in Central Europe and Eastern Europe, such as Ruritania, the Central European realm that named the genre, which includes the Graustark novels by George Barr McCutcheon. The Complete Prisoner of Zenda Story contains both The Prisoner of Zenda and Rupert of Hentzau.

The Monster and Other Stories is a collection of short stories by the prolific young American author Stephen Crane. The collection includes the titular story as well as two others. They are: The Blue Hotel His New Mittens Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

Mary Wollstonecraft's Original Stories is an illustrated collection of short stories by the famous author Mary Wollstonecraft.

The Life of La Fayette is a biography of the Colonial General in the American War for Independence, Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette better known as La Fayette, written by Lydia Hoyt Farmer. Published in 1888 it has become one of the renowned biographies on the man that was La Fayette. Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

The Black Tulip is a historical novel by the famous French author, Alexandre Dumas, père. The story begins with a historical event - the 1672 lynching of the Dutch Grand Pensionary (roughly equivalent to a modern Prime Minister) Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis, by a wild mob of their own countrymen - considered by many as one of the most painful episodes in Dutch history, described by Dumas with a dramatic intensity. Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

The Tin Woodman of Oz: A Faithful Story of the Astonishing Adventure Undertaken by the Tin Woodman, Assisted by Woot the Wanderer, the Scarecrow of Oz, and Polychrome, the Rainbow's Daughter is the twelfth Land of Oz book written by L. Frank Baum and was originally published on May 13, 1918. The Tin Woodman is unexpectedly reunited with his Munchkin sweetheart Nimmie Amee from the days when he was flesh and blood. This was a back-story from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The book was dedicated to the author's grandson Frank Alden Baum. Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

Redburn: His First Voyage is the 1849 novel by American author Herman Melville. The novels protagonist, a young New Yorker, named Wellingborough Redburn, signs onto the Highlander, a merchant ship bound to Liverpool out of New York City. The son of a gentleman, expects to be treated as much, but finds himself among rough sailors being forced to do the lowest duties. The story chronicles the hardship of sailor during the 19th century. Because of his classical style or writing Redburn has been praised as a classic work of American literature. Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

This work, originally designed as a book of instruction for the cadets of the Military Academy, has, since my separation from the department of artillery, been extended beyond the limits at first proposed, with a view of spreading information not popularly accessible, upon a subject of the first importance to our national defense. It is submitted to my brother officers, trusting that many allowances will be made for its defects, and that some one more capable of doing justice to the subject will be induced to offer to the service, and to our militia -- on whom, in the event of war, the principal defense of our large fortifications must devolve -- a more complete system of instruction than I have been able to furnish. Where translations have been made, it has been my endeavor to select such portions as are or may be applicable to our own service, leaving out those peculiar to the foreign.

Abbott Lawrence Rotch (January 6, 1861 - April 7, 1912) was an American meteorologist and founder of the Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory, the longest continually operating observation site in the United States and an important site for world climatology. He ballooned above Paris, France in 1889. The French government gave him the distinction of Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur. He was awarded an honorary master's degree by Harvard in 1891. He was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1899. During his life, he ascended Mont Blanc six times, reaching the summit three times. His book published in September 1909, The Conquest of Air, went through three printings in one year. He co-authored a book titled Charts of the Atmosphere for Aeronauts and Aviators 1st Edition in 1911. He published Sounding of the Ocean of Air, a popular work, in 1900, and also did experiments in wireless telegraphy. Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

The Home: Its Work and Influence is the 1903 book by feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman that attacks the domestic life of the early twentieth century. "the economic independence and specialization of women is essential to the improvement of marriage, motherhood, domestic industry, and racial improvement," which is her central theme, and echoes most loudly in this book, the antithesis of her work. Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a notable American feminist. While she was most famous for her writings, both fiction and non-fiction, on feminism and social reform, she was also a poet, artist, magazine editor, lecturer, and social reformer. She was a great influence on modern feminism because of her view on utopian feminism and unorthodox lifestyle views. Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

The White Company The White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is a historical fiction adventure novel that takes place from 1366 to 1367 during the Hundred Years war. The backdrop is that of the campaign of Edward, the Black Prince to return the Throne to its rightful heir Peter of Castile, climaxing at the Battle of Nájera. Boyle considers this book among his best work, better than the Holmes series, for which he is famous. Odin's Library Classics Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

Sevastopol, often called Sebastopol Sketches or Sevastopol Sketches, is the 1855 publication of Tolstoy's experiences during the siege of Sevastopol, Sevastopol being a city in Crimea. The book formed the basis of what would become Tolstoy's War and Peace. Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of short stories about the fictional protagonist detective Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Published in 1892, it comprises stories first published in The Strand Magazine. The stories, as told by Watson, are not in chronological order, but comprise of Holmes ideology of trying to correct social injustices. Odin's Library Classics Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

The Lock and Key Library: The Most Interesting Stories of All Nations: Real Life and Modern Magic is a collection of stories that include: ARTHUR TRAIN A Flight into Texas P. H. WOODWARD Adventures in the Secret Service of the Post-Office Department An Erring Shepherd An Aspirant for Congress The Fortune of Seth Savage A Wish Unexpectedly Gratified An Old Game Revived A Formidable Weapon ANDREW LANG Saint-Germain the Deathless The Man in the Iron Mask The Legend The Valet's History The Valet's Master Original Papers in the Case of Roux De Marsilly M. ROBERT-HOUDIN A Conjurer's Confessions Self-Training "Second Sight" The Magician Who Became an Ambassador Facing the Arab's Pistol DAVID P. ABBOTT Fraudulent Spiritualism Unveiled A Doctor of the Occult How the Tricks Succeeded The Name of the Dead Mind Reading in Public Some Famous Exposures HEREWARD CARRINGTON More Tricks of "Spiritualism" "Matter through Matter" Deception Explained by the Science of Psychology ANONYMOUS How Spirits Materialize Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

The Sign of Four The Sign of Four, is the second novel by Doyle to feature the famous detective Sherlock Holmes. Set in 1888 the plot revolves around complexities involving the Indian Rebellion and a stolen treasure. It marks the use of drugs by Holmes as a way to humanize him as well as introduce Watson's future wife Mary Morstan. Odin's Library Classics Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

The Lock and Key Library: The Most Interesting Stories of All Nations: North Europe - Russian - Swedish - Danish - Hungarian is a collection of stories that include: ALEXANDER SERGEIEVITCH PUSHKIN The Queen of Spades VERA JELIHOVSKY The General's Will FEODOR MIKHAILOVITCH DOSTOYEVSKY Crime and Punishment ANTON CHEKHOFF The Safety Match VSEVOLOD VLADIMIROVITCH KRESTOVSKI Knights of Industry JORGEN WILHELM BERGSOE The Amputated Arms OTTO LARSSEN The Manuscript BERNHARD SEVERIN INGEMANN The Sealed Room STEEN STEENSEN BLICHER The Rector of Veilbye HUNGARIAN MYSTERY STORIES FERENCZ MOLNAR The Living Death MAURUS JOKAI Thirteen at Table ETIENNE BARSONY The Dancing Bear ARTHUR ELCK The Tower Room Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

What Diantha Did is the novel published in 1909 by the leading feminist author Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The story is about an entrepreneurial young heroin protagonist. She starts a homecleaning service to escape her home and her fiancé. As her business quickly expands the social structure of the day is highlighted. Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a notable American feminist. While she was most famous for her writings, both fiction and non-fiction, on feminism and social reform, she was also a poet, artist, magazine editor, lecturer, and social reformer. She was a great influence on modern feminism because of her view on utopian feminism and unorthodox lifestyle views. Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

The Lock and Key Library: The Most Interesting Stories of All Nations: Stories of Modern French Novels is a collection of stories that include: Victor Cherbuliez Count Kostia Paul Bourget Andre Cornelis Anonymous The Last of the Costellos Lady Betty's Indiscretion Odin's Library Classics Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

The Lock and Key Library: Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Old Time English is a collection of stories that include: CHARLES DICKENS (1812-70) The Haunted House No. I Branch Line: The Signal Man BULWER-LYTTON (1803-73) The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain The Incantation THOMAS DE QUINCEY (1785-1859) The Avenger CHARLES ROBERT MATURIN (1782-1824) Melmoth the Wanderer LAURENCE STERNE (1713-68) A Mystery with a Moral WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY (1811-63) On Being Found Out The Notch on the Ax ANONYMOUS Bourgonef The Closed Cabinet Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

Emma is the 1815 novel by the author Jane Austen. The story is about youthfulness and the hubris that accompanies it. The novel focuses on the perils of lustful romance without constraint and the misgivings that come. Her main focus is on the perils and difficulties of genteel women at the time and does so with the classic comic whit that made her famous. Austen said of the novel, "I am going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will much like." However this is simply untrue as Emma became one of Austen's most successful novels. Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio which translates to "Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livy" or The Discourses on Livy, is a work of the 16th century by the political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli on philosophy and political theory. The work focuses on the expansion of Rome through the Third Samnite War in 293 BC and what can be gained in Machiavelli's time. Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

Phroso is the 1897 romantic action comedy novel by the famous author Anthony Hope. The story concerns a Lord Wheatley that decides to purchase an island in the Turkish Peloponnese. Things go awry when he falls for a woman who is to be the islands ruler only to be involved in a soon to be war. Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

What Men Live by is the short story be Leo Tolstoy, published in 1885. Simon is a humble shoemaker that one day purchases sheep-skins in order to sew a new winter coat for his wife. He instead offers the coat to a Stanger and realizes something in the process. The story is summed up by the line, "all men live not by care for themselves but by love." The book includes several other stories. Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

The Bostonians is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Century Magazine in 1885-1886 and then as a book in 1886. This bittersweet tragicomedy centres on an odd triangle of characters: Basil Ransom, a political conservative from Mississippi; Olive Chancellor, Ransom's cousin and a Boston feminist; and Verena Tarrant, a pretty, young protégée of Olive's in the feminist movement. The storyline concerns the struggle between Ransom and Olive for Verena's allegiance and affection, though the novel also includes a wide panorama of political activists, newspaper people, and quirky eccentrics. Mississippi lawyer and Civil War veteran, Basil Ransom, visits his cousin Olive Chancellor in Boston. She takes him to a political meeting where Verena Tarrant delivers a feminist speech. Ransom, a strong conservative, is annoyed by the speech but fascinated with the speaker. Olive, who has never before set eyes on Verena, is equally fascinated. She persuades Verena to leave her parents' house, move in with her and study in preparation for a career in the feminist movement. Meanwhile, Ransom returns to his law practice in New York, which is not doing well. He visits Boston again and walks with Verena through the Harvard College grounds, including the impressive Civil War Memorial Hall. Verena finds herself attracted to the charismatic Ransom.

An Illustrated edition of Little Peter: A Christmas Morality for Children of any Age. Little Peter: A Christmas Morality for Children of any Age is the 1888 work of Lucas Malet, the pen name for Mary St Leger Kingsley, a Victorian Novelist. Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

Edgar Allan Poe (/po/; born Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 - October 7, 1849) was an American writer, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States and American literature as a whole, and he was one of the country's earliest practitioners of the short story. Poe is generally considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre and is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career. Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.