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The Extraordinary Adventures of Ars...

Морис Леблан

The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar

Maurice Leblanc, a contemporary of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, created the character of Arsène Lupin, who in French-speaking countries rivaled the popularity of Sherlock Holmes. Arsène Lupin is a confidence man and thief who steals only from the rich. In this collection of short stories we are first introduced to Lupin in the following nine stories: «The Arrest of Arsène Lupin», «Arsène Lupin in Prison», «The Escape of Arsène Lupin», «The Mysterious Traveller», «The Queen's Necklace», «The...

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Морис Леблан

The Fifth Queen Crowned

Форд Мэдокс Форд

The Fifth Queen Crowned

Ford Madox Ford (1873-1939) was an English novelist, essayist, memoirist, poet and critic. He founded literary journals such as «The English Review» and «The Transatlantic Review» which were instrumental in the development of early 20th century English literature. He published renowned authors such as Thomas Hardy, H. G. Wells, Joseph Conrad, John Galsworthy, William Butler Yeats and many more in these influential journals and even collaborated with Joseph Conrad on three novels. He is now best...

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Форд Мэдокс Форд

Pony Girl

Laura Lippman

Pony Girl

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Laura Lippman

The Wagons

R. A. Lafferty

The Wagons

You think you know all about prairie dogs but I bet you don’t even know this. You see, in the very middle of every prairie dog town and about four feet down there is a pile of gold. Lafferty was the winner of the Hugo and World Fantasy Award and a six time Nebula Award Nominee. His quirky style made his work hard to pigeonhole and market, but he still managed to influence a wide array of today’s best writers. Simply on of the best writers the science fiction and fantasy field has ever produced.

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R. A. Lafferty

Through Other Eyes

R. A. Lafferty

Through Other Eyes

Using this machine you can look at the world through someone else’s eyes. Lafferty was the winner of the Hugo and World Fantasy Award and a six time Nebula Award Nominee. His quirky style made his work hard to pigeonhole and market, but he still managed to influence a wide array of today’s best writers. Simply on of the best writers the science fiction and fantasy field has ever produced.

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R. A. Lafferty

Adam Had Three Brothers

R. A. Lafferty

Adam Had Three Brothers

Adam had three brothers, named Etienne, Yancy, and Rreq. This story is about the descendeds of Req, or as they’re better known the Wrecks. R. A. Lafferty. Lafferty was the winner of the Hugo and World Fantasy Award and a six time Nebula Award Nominee. His quirky style made his work hard to pigeonhole and market, but he still managed to influence a wide array of today’s best writers. Simply on of the best writers the science fiction and fantasy field has ever produced.

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R. A. Lafferty

The Fifth Queen Crowned

Форд Мэдокс Форд

The Fifth Queen Crowned

"The Fifth Queen Crowned" by Ford Madox Ford. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible...

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Форд Мэдокс Форд

The Financier

Theodore Dreiser

The Financier

An unflinching examination of the corrupted American dream, «The Financier» tells a story revolving around a fiercely dishonest and motivated businessman, Frank Cowperwood. This protagonist relentlessly maneuvers for wealth without scruples or compassion, first marrying an affluent widow, then embezzling funds. When stock markets crash, his lies are exposed, and he is used as a scapegoat for the corruption of others. Both a betrayer and the betrayed, the brutal reality of his later success after...

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Theodore Dreiser

The Flying Inn

G. K. Chesterton

The Flying Inn

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) was an English literary and social critic, historian, playwright, poet, Catholic theologian, debater, mystery writer and foremost, a novelist. Among the primary achievements of Chesterton's extensive writing career are the wide range of subjects written about, the large number of genres employed, and the sheer volume of publications produced. He wrote several plays, around 80 books, several hundred poems, some 200 short stories and 4000 essays....

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G. K. Chesterton

The Forsyte Saga

John Galsworthy

The Forsyte Saga

Consisting of three novels and two interludes, the Forsyte saga chronicles several generations of an upper middle class British family at the beginning of the twentieth century. Full of social satire, «The Man of Property» commences this fictional history and introduces the first generation of Forsytes, prominently featuring Soames and his wife Irene. Keenly aware of their nouveau riche standing and highly desirous of material possessions, Soames especially demonstrates the opposing forces of...

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John Galsworthy

The Four Feathers

Mason Mason

The Four Feathers

A story of the legendary feats of a man four times accused of cowardice, «The Four Feathers» is a well-crafted, suspenseful novel by British author A. E. W. Mason during the height of England's colonial domination. The tale centers around the exploits of Harry Feversham, whose untimely resignation from his regiment earns him three white feathers from his friends and one from his fiancé, all representing his fear and disgrace in their esteem. Determined to prove his bravery to the others and...

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Mason Mason

The Ugly Sea

R. A. Lafferty

The Ugly Sea

The Sea is ugly and monotonous, with only four or five faces, and all of them coarse, but mankind has just decided to deny this ugliness for subconscious reasons. Lafferty was the winner of the Hugo and World Fantasy Award and a six time Nebula Award Nominee. His quirky style made his work hard to pigeonhole and market, but he still managed to influence a wide array of today’s best writers. Simply on of the best writers the science fiction and fantasy field has ever produced.

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R. A. Lafferty

The Weirdest World

R. A. Lafferty

The Weirdest World

Odd planet! The bipeds talked from their heads and saw only what lay before them. In short, they were pathetic—and deadly! Lafferty was the winner of the Hugo and World Fantasy Award and a six time Nebula Award Nominee. His quirky style made his work hard to pigeonhole and market, but he still managed to influence a wide array of today’s best writers. Simply on of the best writers the science fiction and fantasy field has ever produced.

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R. A. Lafferty

The Four Feathers

Mason Mason

The Four Feathers

"The Four Feathers" by A. E. W. Mason. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to...

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Mason Mason

The Fruit of the Tree

Edith Wharton

The Fruit of the Tree

Edith Wharton was an American novelist, poet and short story writer whose works exhibit a mastery over the realistic fiction genre. Although she grew up in a world of refined manners and fashionable people, she was also aware of its superficiality, a theme that frequently appeared in her fiction. She began writing short stories and poetry at a young age, impressing such literary figures as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and William Dean Howells. Her stories range widely from powerful social...

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Edith Wharton

The Glimpses of the Moon

Edith Wharton

The Glimpses of the Moon

Edith Wharton was an American novelist, poet and short story writer whose works display her mastery over the realistic fiction genre. Although she grew up in a world of refined manners and fashionable people, she was also aware of its superficiality, a theme that frequently appeared in her works. She began writing short stories and poetry at a young age, impressing such literary figures as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and William Dean Howells. Her stories range widely from powerful social...

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Edith Wharton

The Gods of Mars

Edgar Rice Burroughs

The Gods of Mars

In this sequel to «A Princess of Mars», we find John Carter after being forced back to Earth at the end of «A Princess of Mars», returning to Mars after a ten-year absence. Having been separated from his wife Dejah Thoris and his unborn child and in an effort to return to them, Carter struggles against various obstacles in this fantastical imagination of the red planet by Edgar Rice Burroughs. «The Gods of Mars» is a captivating tale of science fiction adventure set in a far off world.

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Edgar Rice Burroughs

The Golden Bowl

Генри Джеймс

The Golden Bowl

Henry James's 1904 novel «The Golden Bowl» is the story of Prince Amerigo, an impoverished but charismatic Italian nobleman who travels to London to marry Maggie Verver, only child of the wealthy American financier and art collector, Adam Verver. While in London, Prince Amerigo meets his former mistress, Charlotte Stant, and the two are soon engaged in an adulterous affair. Considered by some to be the last work of Henry James's «major phase», «The Golden Bowl» is a complex examination...

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Генри Джеймс

Day of the Glacier

R. A. Lafferty

Day of the Glacier

The Fifth or Zurichthal glaciation of the Pleistocene began on the morning of April 1, 1962, on a Sunday about nine o’clock by eastern time. Lafferty was the winner of the Hugo and World Fantasy Award and a six time Nebula Award Nominee. His quirky style made his work hard to pigeonhole and market, but he still managed to influence a wide array of today’s best writers. Simply on of the best writers the science fiction and fantasy field has ever produced.

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R. A. Lafferty

In the Garden

R. A. Lafferty

In the Garden

It Was a Dull, Routine Little World. It Didn't Even Have a City. Everything it Had Was in the Garden. Lafferty was the winner of the Hugo and World Fantasy Award and a six time Nebula Award Nominee. His quirky style made his work hard to pigeonhole and market, but he still managed to influence a wide array of today’s best writers. Simply on of the best writers the science fiction and fantasy field has ever produced.

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R. A. Lafferty

Aloys

R. A. Lafferty

Aloys

He appeared in glory and sank with out a trace. Why? How? For the first time anywhere, here is the startling inside story. Lafferty was the winner of the Hugo and World Fantasy Award and a six time Nebula Award Nominee. His quirky style made his work hard to pigeonhole and market, but he still managed to influence a wide array of today’s best writers. Simply on of the best writers the science fiction and fantasy field has ever produced.

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R. A. Lafferty

The Good Soldier

Ford Madox Ford

The Good Soldier

"The Good Soldier" is the story of two couples. The first couple is English, Edward Ashburnham, the good soldier referenced in the title, and his wife Leonora. The second couple is American, John and Florence Dowell, who have been living abroad for quite some time. In a German spa prior to World War I the two couples meet and subsequently Edward and Florence become engaged in an affair. «The Good Soldier» is a tragic tale of passion. As John Dowell laments at the beginning of the book, it...

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Ford Madox Ford

The Good, the Bad and the Texan

Kathie DeNosky

The Good, the Bad and the Texan

This Texas cowboy wants the one woman he can’t have…from USA TODAY bestselling author Kathie DeNosky!Jaron Lambert has his pick of willing women, but he only has eyes for lovely, young Mariah Stanton. For years, he’s tried to stay away. But on one perfect, tender night they set aside their nine-year age difference and indulge in everything they’ve both been wanting.But Jaron is still dealing with the effects of his dark, troubled past. He can’t tell Mariah the truth so he has to tell her their...

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Kathie DeNosky

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby

"The Great Gatsby" is a novel by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald. The story takes place in 1922, during the Roaring Twenties, a time of prosperity in the United States after World War I. The book received critical acclaim and is generally considered Fitzgerald's best work. It is also widely regarded as a «Great American Novel» and a literary classic, capturing the essence of an era. The Modern Library named it the second best English language novel of the 20th century.

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F. Scott Fitzgerald

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