title | creator | language | description | tableOfContents | contributor | subject | created |
Theory of the Leisure Class | Veblen, Thorstein, 1857-1929 | en | | | | Sociology; Leisure class | 1997-03-01 |
Thoughts, Moods and Ideals: Crimes of Leisure | Lighthall, W. D. (William Douw), 1857-1954 | en | | | | | 2005-01-06 |
Sweets for Leisure Hours
Amusing Tales for Little Readers | | en | | | | Children's poetry, English; Conduct of life -- Juvenile poetry | 2007-11-12 |
Fantastic Fables | Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914? | en | | The Moral Principle and the Material Interest -- The Crimson Candle -- The Blotted Escutcheon and the Soiled Ermine -- The Ingenious Patriot -- Two Kings -- An Officer and a Thug -- The Conscientious Official -- How Leisure Came -- The Moral Sen | | Short stories; Wit and humor | 1995-12-01 |
The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories | Gissing, George, 1857-1903 | en | | The work of George Gissing : An introductory survey -- The house of cobwebs -- A capitalist -- Christopherson -- Humplebee -- The scrupulous father -- A poor gentleman -- Miss Rodney's leisure -- A charming family -- A daughter of the lodge -- The riding-whip -- Fate and the apothecary -- Topham's chance -- A lodger in maze pond -- The salt of the earth -- The pig and whistle. | | | 2004-03-01 |
As We Go | Warner, Charles Dudley, 1829-1900 | en | | Our president -- The newspaper-made man -- Interesting girls -- Give the men a chance -- The advent of candor -- The American man -- The electric way -- Can a husband open a wife's letters? -- A leisure class -- Weather and character -- Born with an 'ego' -- Juventus mundi -- A beautiful old age -- The attraction of the repulsive -- Giving as a luxury -- Climate and happiness -- The new feminine reserve -- Repose in activity -- Women--Ideal and real -- The art of idleness -- Is there any conversation? -- The tall girl -- The deadly diary -- The whistling girl -- Born old and rich -- The 'old soldier' -- The island of Bimini -- June. | | | 2004-12-05 |