Supply and Demand part 5
“`I conquered `em, spectacularly,` goes on King Shane, `and then I’ went at `em with economical politics, law, sleight-of-hand, and a kind of New...
Supply and Demand part 4
“He leads me into the biggest house, and sets the chairs and a kind of a drink the color of milk. It was the...
Supply and Demand part 3
“After this man and me got through our conversation, which left him dry of information, I shook hands with him and told him I...
Supply and Demand part 2
“I heard it from a king,” said Finch “the white king of a tribe of Indians in South America.”
I was interested but not surprised....
Supply and Demand part 1
O. Henry (William Sydney Porter) (1862 1910)
William Sydney Porter who wrote under the pen-name “O. Henry” was born at Greensboro, N. C., in 1862....
Doctor Faust and the Usurer part 2
I will give you either an arm or a leg, whichever shall best please you, and which shall be made over to you as...
Doctor Faust and the Usurer part 1
Anonymous: Late 16th Century
The author of the socalled Chapbook of Dr. Faust was in all probability a Lutheran pastor. The first known edition appeared...
The Lay of Hildebrand part 2
The Lay of Hildebrand
Anonymous: Early 9th Century, A.D.
THE fragmentary Lay of Hildebrand is the very earliest surviving specimen of literature in the German language....
The Lay of Hildebrand part 1
The contribution of German writers to the technical development and the sum total of the world`s stories has been especially rich. Owing doubtless to...
Istanbul Black Sea blue gate
One of the northern gates of Istanbul opening to the sea is Kilyos. Kilyos is a place preferred for swimming, eating fish and having...
