Showing results by narrator "Sam Kusi" in All Categories

The Cabman's Story (sub-titled The Mysteries of a London "Growler") is a short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published anonymously in the Cassell's Saturday Journal on 17 May 1884. A cabman tells one of his clients three stories he experienced. The first one is about a dead passenger, the second about a passenger with a mysterious box, and the last one tells the story of a passenger who is a terrorist.

The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of 13 Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1903-1904, by Arthur Conan Doyle. The stories were published in the Strand Magazine in Great Britain, and Collier's in the United States. The book was first published in February 1905 by McClure, Phillips & Co. (New York) then on 7 March 1905 by Georges Newnes, Ltd. (London) and was the first Holmes collection since 1893, when Holmes had "died" in "The Final Problem".

Book 1: Recalled to Life: A Tale of Two Cities is an 1859 historical novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel tells the story of the French Doctor Manette, his 18-year-long imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris and his release to live in London with his daughter Lucie, whom he had never met. The story is set against the conditions that led up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror. Dickens' best-known work of historical fiction, A Tale of Two Cities is regularly cited as the best-selling novel of all time.

The War in the Air: And Particularly How Mr. Bert Smallways Fared While It Lasted is a military science fiction novel written by H. G. Wells. The novel was written in four months in 1907, and was serialized and published in 1908 in The Pall Mall Magazine. It is (like many of Wells's works) notable for its prophetic ideas, images, and concepts—particularly the use of aircraft for the purpose of warfare—as well as conceptualizing and anticipating events related to World War I.

Book 2: The Golden Thread: A Tale of Two Cities is an 1859 historical novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel tells the story of the French Doctor Manette, his 18-year-long imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris and his release to live in London with his daughter Lucie, whom he had never met. The story is set against the conditions that led up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror. Dickens' best-known work of historical fiction, A Tale of Two Cities is regularly cited as the best-selling novel of all time.

Chesterton portrays Father Brown as a short, stumpy Roman Catholic priest, with shapeless clothes and a large umbrella, and an uncanny insight into human evil. "How in Tartarus," cried Flambeau, "did you ever hear of the spiked bracelet?" -- "Oh, one's little flock, you know!" said Father Brown, arching his eyebrows rather blankly. "When I was a curate in Hartlepool, there were three of them with spiked bracelets." Not long after he published Orthodoxy, G. K. Chesterton moved from London to Beaconsfield, and met Father O'Connor.

Book 3: The Track of a Storm: A Tale of Two Cities is an 1859 historical novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel tells the story of the French Doctor Manette, his 18-year-long imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris and his release to live in London with his daughter Lucie, whom he had never met. The story is set against the conditions that led up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror. Dickens' best-known work of historical fiction, A Tale of Two Cities is regularly cited as the best-selling novel of all time.

Burning Daylight takes place in the Yukon Territory in 1893. The main character, Elam Harnish, nicknamed "Burning Daylight" was the most successful entrepreneur of the Alaskan Gold Rush. The story of the main character was partially based upon the life of Oakland entrepreneur "Borax" Smith. Bringing his fortunes to the States he is cheated out of it by a crowd of money kings, and recovers it only at the muzzle of his gun. Embarking on a new life in California, he makes another fortune by underhanded means . . . only to find his corrupt life suddenly turned around by the love of a woman.

Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen (Volume 6) is a collection of fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen. Contents: Little Ida's Flowers / The Little Match-seller / The Little Mermaid / Little Tiny or Thumbelina / Little Tuk / The Loveliest Rose in the World / The Mail-coach Passengers / The Marsh King's Daughter / The Metal Pig / The Money-box.

Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen (Volume 7) is a collection of fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen. Contents: What the Moon Saw / The Neighbouring Families / The Nightingale / There is no Doubt about it / In the Nursery / The Old Bachelor's Nightcap / The Old Church Bell / The Old Grave-stone / The Old House / What the Old Man Does is Always Right.

Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen (Volume 9) is a collection of fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen. Contents: The Porter's Son / Poultry Meg's Family / The Princess and the Pea / The Psyche / The Puppet-show Man / The Races / The Red Shoes / Everything in the Right Place / A Rose from Homer's Grave / The Snail and the Rose-tree.

Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen (Volume 11) is a collection of fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen. Contents: Soup from a Sausage Skewer / The Storks / The Storm Shakes the Shield / The Story of a Mother / The Sunbeam and the Captive / The Swan's Nest / The Swineherd / The Thistle's Experiences / The Thorny Road of Honor.

Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen (Volume 8) is a collection of fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen. Contents: The Old Street Lamp / Ole-Luk-Oie, the Dream God / Ole the Tower-keeper / Our Aunt / The Garden of Paradise / The Pea Blossom / The Pen and the Inkstand / The Philosopher's Stone / The Phoenix Bird / The Portuguese Duck.

Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen (Volume 10) is a collection of fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen. Contents: A Story from the Sand-hills / The Saucy Boy / The Shadow / The Shepherdess and the Sheep / The Silver Shilling / The Shirt-collar / The Snow Man / The Snow Queen / The Snowdrop / Something.

Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen (Volume 2) is a collection of fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen. Contents: The Bishop of Borglum and His Warriors / The Bottle Neck / The Buckwheat / The Butterfly / A Cheerful Temper / The Child in the Grave / Children's Prattle / The Farm-yard Cock and the Weather-cock / The Daisy / The Darning-Needle.

Burning Daylight takes place in the Yukon Territory in 1893. The main character, Elam Harnish, nicknamed "Burning Daylight" was the most successful entrepreneur of the Alaskan Gold Rush. The story of the main character was partially based upon the life of Oakland entrepreneur "Borax" Smith. Bringing his fortunes to the States he is cheated out of it by a crowd of money kings, and recovers it only at the muzzle of his gun. Embarking on a new life in California, he makes another fortune by underhanded means . . . only to find his corrupt life suddenly turned around by the love of a woman.

Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen (Volume 12) is a collection of fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen. Contents: In a Thousand Years / The Brave Tin Soldier / The Tinder-box / The Toad / The Top and Ball / The Travelling Companion / Two Brothers / Two Maidens / The Ugly Duckling.

Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen (Volume 4) is a collection of fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen. Contents: The Flying Trunk / The Shepherd's Story of the Bond of Friendship / The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf / The Goblin and the Huckster / The Golden Treasure / The Galoshes of Fortune / She was Good for Nothing / Grandmother / A Great Grief / The Happy Family.

Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen (Volume 5) is a collection of fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen. Contents: A Leaf from Heaven / Holger Danske / Ib and Little Christina / The Ice Maiden / The Jewish Maiden / The Jumper / The Last Dream of the Old Oak / The Last Pearl / Little Claus and Big Claus / The Little Elder-tree Mother.

Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen (Volume 3) is a collection of fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen. Contents: Delaying is not Forgetting / The Drop of Water / The Dryad / Jack the Dullard / The Dumb Book / The Elf of the Rose / The Elfin Hill / The Emperor's New Suit / The Fir Tree / The Flax.