Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot investigates, and his friend Captain Arthur Hastings narrates "The Mystery of the Hunter's Lodge."

In a sculptor's studio in Paris, eager young expatriates hear a tale of rootedness and creativity. Willa Cather's "The Namesake."

An intriguing story by a writer who was best known as a pioneer of detective fiction. Anna Katherine Green’s "Shall He Wed Her?”

Mark Twain dips his pen in dark comic ink for a speech to accident insurance executives and for a tale called "Cannibalism in the Cars."

G. K. Chesterton's priestly detective Father Brown examines a curse on an old and prominent Devonshire family.

A humorous and satisfying story of one man taking on the corrupt local political machine: Meredith Nicholson's "the Boulevard of Rogues"

Master storyteller Guy de Maupassant's "Théodule Sabot's Confession"

Lest we forget: George Washington's and Dwight Eisenhower farewell addresses

A young girl discovers her passion for New England country life and her love and values for the animals that inhabit it.

A Christmas story set in Poland: Eric Kelly's "In Clean Hay"