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All peoples have their myths of wanderers through time who, though they may not end their own sufferings, have the power to help others save themselves . . . Such a one was the gaunt man. Robert F. Young was a Hugo nominated author known for his lyrical and sentimental prose. His work appeared in Amazing Stories, Fantastic Stories, Startling Stories, Playboy, The Saturday Evening Post, Collier’s, Galaxy Magazine, and Analog Science Fact & Fiction.
| Автор | Robert F. Young |
The Tarks were attacking, the bosomy princess was clinging to him in terror, and Harold Smith realized he was at the end of his plot-line. What a dilemma! And what an opportunity!! Robert F. Young was a Hugo nominated author known for his lyrical and sentimental prose. His work appeared in Amazing Stories, Fantastic Stories, Startling Stories, Playboy, The Saturday Evening Post, Collier’s, Galaxy Magazine, and Analog Science Fact & Fiction.
| Автор | Robert F. Young |
Published in England in 1853, this social novel by Elizabeth Gaskell received controversial reviews among readers of the Victorian era because of its candid portrayal of the «fallen woman.» Ruth Hilton, an orphaned young seamstress, falls prey to the wiles of the young, wealthy and bored Henry Bellingham. The affair is short-lived when Ruth, carrying Bellingham's unborn child, is abandoned and left unemployed, homeless, and utterly without hope. She is saved by the minister, Thurstan...
| Автор | Элизабет Гаскелл |
Нет, Мессия не спустился с небес в белых одеждах в окружении ангелов и сиянии славы. Он приехал в Рим на случайной попутке, на ногах у него были грязные стоптанные ботинки, а во рту не хватало нескольких зубов. Он крал, убивал и прелюбодействовал, но это не имело значения, потому что его назвали новым Христом в прямом эфире всех телеканалов мира. И человечество получило того, кого заслуживало.
| Автор | Тим Скоренко |
Сахарный, белый Кремль – сердце России 2020-х, пережившей Красную, Серую и Белую смуты, закрывшейся от внешнего мира и погруженной в сон. Этим сердцем понемножку владеют все, ведь и у скотницы, и у зэка, и у лилипута есть хотя бы осколок его рафинадной копии, но на самом деле оно никому не принадлежит. Пятнадцать новелл из сборника “Сахарный Кремль”, написанных как будто совсем по-разному и о разном, складываются в картину призрачной, обреченной реальности, размокающей, как сахарная башенка в...
| Автор | Владимир Сорокин |
For ages Mankind labelled Mercury a dead world—a red-hot, seething outpost of hell. Too late Rawley learned of the hideous life that molten, steaming planet spawned! Frank Belknap Long was best known for his horror and science fiction short stories, including early contributions to the Cthulhu Mythos. He received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement, the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement, and the First Fandom Hall of Fame Award (1977).
| Автор | Dirk Wylie |
No one had ever escaped from Venus’ dread Stellar Legion. And, as Thekla the low-Martian learned, no one had ever betrayed it and—lived. Leigh Brackett was the undisputed Queen of Space Opera and the first women to be nominated for the coveted Hugo Award. She wrote short stories, novels, and scripts for Hollywood. She wrote the first draft of the Empire Strikes Back shortly before her death in 1978.
| Автор | Leigh Brackett |
Out there in the green star system; far beyond the confining grip of the Federation, moved the feared Bitter Star, for a thousand frigid years the dark and sinister manipulator of war-weary planets. Leigh Brackett was the undisputed Queen of Space Opera and the first women to be nominated for the coveted Hugo Award. She wrote short stories, novels, and scripts for Hollywood. She wrote the first draft of the Empire Strikes Back shortly before her death in 1978.
| Автор | Leigh Brackett |
Edith Wharton was an American novelist, poet and short story writer whose works display 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...
| Автор | Edith Wharton |
Collected here are Jane Austen's three unfinished works; «Sanditon, The Watsons, and Lady Susan». «Sanditon» is the story of the idyllic modern seaside town and its inhabitants. «The Watsons» is the story of Mr. Watson, a widowed clergyman, and his two sons and four daughters. «Lady Susan», the most complete of the three, is an epistolary novel; the story of its title character, a woman who engages in affairs and searches for suitable husbands for herself and her young daughter. Also...
| Автор | Джейн Остин |
Collected together here are three of Jane Austen’s posthumously published works; “Sanditon”, “The Watsons”, and “Lady Susan”. These fragmentary tales show Austen experimenting with different literary styles and parodying the popular novels of her day. In “Sanditon,” Austen uses the premise of an idyllic and modern seaside town to examine its inhabitants and their various social circles with her trademark sharp social observations and wit. “The Watsons” is the story of Mr. Watson, a widowed...
| Автор | Джейн Остин |
Set in the time of the French Revolution, this 1921 novel tells of the romantic adventures of André-Louis Moreau, a man who has never known the names of his parents. Educated as a lawyer and living with his godfather, André-Louis becomes involved with revolutionaries after his best friend is killed in a duel with the aristocratic Marquis de la Tour d'Azyr. He gives stirring speeches to the rebels concerning wealthy men who are not brought to justice, which helps set the stage for the...
| Автор | Rafael Sabatini |
Freddy Goes to the North Pole [originally More to and Again] (1930) is the 2nd book in the humorous children's series Freddy the Pig, written by American author Walter R. Brooks and illustrated by Kurt Wiese. It tells the story of the animals, their lectures, and trip to the North Pole.
| Автор | Walter R. Brooks |
After a spectacularly public custody battle for her precious daughter, Isla, Dr Gemma Halliday is determined that their new life on the Isle of Arran will be safe, secure and – for Gemma – single! Except sexy island bachelor Dr Logan Scott quickly breaks down all her resolve…But when her deepest secret comes to light, will Logan be the one man to stay by her side?
| Автор | Scarlet Wilson |
Matteo De Campo: every woman’s wildest fantasy and the man looking to secure a multi-million-dollar deal with her family’s companyTo make the ultimate decision Quinn Davis must remain impartial – which is easier said than done! Quinn knows how desperately Matteo needs this chance, but just one glimpse of his inner demons is enough to make her question everything…Is she ready to meet the real Matteo De Campo?
| Автор | Дженнифер Хейворд |
"Scenes of Clerical Life" by George Eliot. 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...
| Автор | George Eliot |
George Eliot, the pen name used by Mary Anne Evans, wrote popular works that epitomized the settings and ideology of contemporary Victorian England. She was brought up in a large farmhouse near Coventry, where she was surrounded by the wide fields, large trees, canals and small roads that would color the landscape of her later fiction. Evans was raised in the Church of England, where she developed strong moral convictions that carried over into her fiction; she often presented stories of social...
| Автор | George Eliot |
Andrea, verheiratet, drei Kinder, verliebt sich in Attila, den getrennt lebenden Mann ihrer Cousine, mit der er seinerseits drei Kinder hat. Das Zusammenleben in der neuen Patchworkfamilie erweist sich als konfliktreich. Es ist kaum möglich, allen Bedürfnissen gerecht zu werden. In Andrea und Attila reift der Gedanke, in Spanien eine neue Zukunft zu gestalten. Kündigt Andrea ihren ungeliebten Beamtenjob und kann Attila seine Geschäfte von dort aus weiterführen? Können sie die Kinder mitnehmen? ...
| Автор | Andrea Ross |
Nach gescheiterten Ehen, drastischen Familienzerwürfnissen, beruflichem Scheitern und verzweifelter Seelenerschöpfung sind Andrea und Attila nach Spanien ausgewandert und unternehmen den Versuch eines Neustarts. Doch die Schatten der Vergangenheit reichen bis an die Costa Blanca. Scheidungsverfahren, Sorgerechtsverhandlungen und ein zehrender Kampf um die Gunst der Kinder trüben die spanische Sonne. Intrigen, Neid und Hass finden ihren Weg auch über Ländergrenzen hinweg. Außerdem lassen...
| Автор | Andrea Ross |
A level 5 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Clare West. Sometimes the Dashwood girls do not seem like sisters. Elinor is all calmness and reason, and can be relied upon for practical, common sense opinions. Marianne, on the other hand, is all sensibility, full of passionate and romantic feeling. She has no time for dull common sense – or for middle-aged men of thirty-five, long past the age of marriage. True love can only be felt by the young, of course....
| Автор | Джейн Остин |
