Richard Davis: 242 books

One of the most famous war correspondents of his era, Richard Harding Davis covered the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. In this spellbinding book, indispensable reading for any history buff, Davis recounts his firsthand experiences at the front lines in France and Serbia during World War I.

A collection of two novellas and three short stories, Ranson’s Folly showcases Richard Harding Davis’s masterful writing and storytelling skills. The title story was later dramatized by Davis and made into a movie; the collection also includes “The Bar Sinister,” “A Derelict,” “La Lettre D’Amour,” and “In the Fog.”

Davis chronicles his adventures and those of his wife, Cecil Clark Davis, as they traveled along the coasts of Africa in 1907. Their interactions with the nature, people, and animals of the land are interesting and precarious. This is a detailed catalogue of his experiences, written with Davis’s usual flair for excitement, drama, and attention to detail.

During the night of the great fog of 1897, five members of London’s The Grill club listen to the telling of three interconnected stories. An American gentleman begins by relating how he had gotten lost in the fog and stumbled upon a house where a double murder had just been committed. The victims...

A Handful of Mischief: New Essays on Evelyn Waugh is a collection of essays based on presentations at the Evelyn Waugh Centenary Conference at Hertford College, Oxford, in 2003. There are twelve different essays by authors from various countries, including Australia, Canada, Russia, the United Kingdom,...

The Scarlet Car by Richard Harding Davis.

British Mystery Multipack Vol. 15 presents four brilliant mysteries from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction: The Paradise Mystery by J. S. Fletcher. In the Fog by Richard Harding Davis. The Wooden Hand - A Detective Story by Fergus Hume. The Maxwell Mystery by Carolyn Wells.

Contents: A.M. CHISHOLM A Thousand a Plate A.M. WILLIAMSON The Eccentricity of Fleetwood ACHMED ABDULLAH The Home-Coming ARTHUR TRAIN The Escape of Wilkins ARTHUR TRAIN The Governor-General's Trunk BUCK CONNOR Get Your Man CHARLES BEADLE John O'Damn CHARLES E. VAN LOAN Water Stuff E.NESBIT The Dwellers...

These two short crime novels from the Victorian period depict a threatening night-time London, where murder lurks in the fog...  In Fergus Hume's The Piccadilly Puzzle (1889), the private detective Dowker is called upon to investigate the death of a beautiful woman, whose body is found...

“Miss Civilization” is founded on a story by the late James Harvey Smith. All professional rights in this play belong to Richard Harding Davis. Amateurs who desire to produce “Miss Civilization” may do so, providing they apply for permission to the editor of Collier's Weekly, in which publication this play was first printed.

In New York, acclaimed reporter Richard Harding Davis hopped a train westward, hoping to encounter the Wild West he had read so much about. His dispatches to Harper’s Weekly, including a riveting account of riding with the U.S. Army on the trail of a fugitive, are collected this early portrait of a growing region.

NOTHING'S WHAT IT SEEMS IN THIS SLYLY SINISTER COLLECTION OF DAMES DONE WRONG...AND DOING THE SAME! Shocking surprises, chilling comeuppances, and mercies that are anything but tender are just part of what to expect from these memorable stories of women's wills...and wiles. Choosing them with...

Philosophy and Christianity make truth claims about many of the same things. They both claim to provide answers to the deep questions of life. But how are they related to one another? Four Views on Christianity and Philosophy introduces readers to four predominant views on the relationship between...

The Amateur by Richard Harding Davis libreka classics – These are classics of literary history, reissued and made available to a wide audience. Immerse yourself in well-known and popular titles!