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LENKA, the daughter of the retired collegiate assessor, Plemyanniakov, was sitting in her back porch, lost in thought. It was hot, the flies were persistent and teasing, and it was pleasant to reflect that it would soon be evening. Dark rainclouds were gathering from the east, and bringing from time to time a breath of moisture in the air.<br><br>Kukin, who was the manager of an open-air theatre called the Tivoli, and who lived in the lodge, was standing in the middle of the garden...
| Автор | Anton Tchekhov |
William Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) is best known as the innovator of the English detective novel, whose sensational novels, plays, and short stories were hugely popular in the Victorian era. Today, readers enjoy Collins' intricate and suspenseful plots, and his penetrating social commentary on the plight of women and domestic issues of the time. Unfortunately Collins suffered from rheumatic gout, for which he took the opiate laudanum, and which eventually led to paranoid delusions and the...
| Автор | Уилки Коллинз |
Rinaldo Farnese and his brother, Gino, had just discovered an Englishwoman had inherited part of their farm. There seemed only one solution to reclaim their missing land: they would toss a coin and the winning brother would marry her!Alexandra has no idea of their plan, just that she's overwhelmingly attracted to dark and brooding Rinaldo, even though he seems to hate her with a passion. Or is it passion of a different kind?
| Автор | Lucy Gordon |
Lucy Grayford is devastated when she discovers that her daughter is not actually hers–six years ago there was a baby mix-up. Then she meets single dad Dominic Grayling and they discover they now have each other's biological child. She can't bear to lose the child she's grown to know and love…but she yearns to know her biological child, too. It's a heartrending situation where there seems to be only one solution…
| Автор | Natasha Oakley |
"The Dead Secret" by Wilkie Collins. 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 | Уилки Коллинз |
The Declaration of Independence is the usual name of a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent sovereign states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. Instead they formed a new nation—the United States of America. John Adams was a leader in pushing for independence, which was unanimously approved on July 2. A committee of five had...
| Автор | Thomas Jefferson |
Billionaire Johnny Ellis inherits a share of Gundamurra, the beloved Outback station of his youth–and all of Megan Maguire's hostility.Megan resents Johnny's magnetic masculinity–Gundamurra should be hers alone. Shocked when their mutual tension explodes into a night of passion, Megan is further amazed when Johnny lays out his rescue package: Gundamurra will belong fully to Megan–if she becomes his wife!
| Автор | Emma Darcy |
When Riana Andrews wakes up to find an engagement ring on her finger, she is more than a little confused.Especially as the guy she thinks proposed is Joe Henderson, the oh-so-sexy famous photographer shooting her wedding dress designs! Joe may have a hidden agenda, but he is acting like her fiancé, and she's definitely not imagining the tingles she gets whenever he's around.…
| Автор | Darcy Maguire |
Kathryn Mercer and Tim McGrath were intensely attracted at first sight. But the petite, stunning blonde was off-limits, so Tim tried to forget her. Easier said than done!Now Kat is Tim's new paramedic partner in a busy New Zealand fire station! And as they work together, racing to save lives, the attraction becomes overwhelming. Tim knows he shouldn't get involved – but Kat has a dangerous secret, and he is the only one who can help her….
| Автор | Alison Roberts |
"The Declaration of Independence of The United States of America" by Thomas Jefferson. 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...
| Автор | Thomas Jefferson |
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.Set in the 1740s, just after the start of the French and Indian wars, James Fenimore Cooper’s The Deerslayer tells the story of a young Natty Bumppo, most famously known as ‘Hawkeye’, and his Mohican ‘brother’ Chingachgook, as they attempt to rescue Chingachgook’s betrothed, Wah-ta-Wah, from the Hurons. When Bumppo’s friends Harry March and Tom Hutter are also captured, Bumppo must go on his first warpath in...
| Автор | Джеймс Купер |
The last of James Fenimore Cooper's «Leatherstocking tales» to be written, yet chronologically set first, «The Deerslayer» introduces us to the hero of the series, the young frontiersmen Natty Bumppo. We find him at Otsego Lake in central, upstate New York, during the years 1740-1745, a time in which the advance of civilization dominates the landscape of New York State. The story revolves around the conflict that arises between Natty Bumppo and the Huron tribe when he and his friend...
| Автор | Джеймс Купер |
Zane Grey (1872-1939) was a prolific and popular author of novels about the wild west of the United States. For nearly three decades in the early part of the 20th century, Grey published a novel almost every year, many of which became bestsellers. His stories examined the hostility between cattlemen and sheepherders, the variegated Western vistas, cattle drives, gunslingers, range wars, the impact of the railroad and the wire on the way of life. Grey gave authenticity to his books by visiting...
| Автор | Zane Grey |
High-powered shipping executive Mitch Deveraux, Charleston, South Carolina's most eligible – and handsome – bachelor, was more interested in the status of his shipping company than in matters of the heart.But when the chief business rival of the Deveraux family offered his lovely daughter's hand in marriage as bait for a merger – everything changed. There was a time when Mitch would have done anything to unite the two companies. Only, now he wasn't so sure.Because passionate...
| Автор | Cathy Gillen Thacker |
Fasten your seatbelts… turbulence ahead!Surgeon Cassandra St. James can't wait to join the Global Aid Organization's new flying Jet Hospital. Nothing could be more thrilling and challenging… until she encounters mission leader Vidal Santiago.What is this millionaire plastic surgeon, the man she loves and loathes, doing on a humanitarian mission? Has Cassandra misjudged him? And can the jet-setting surgeons control the unwanted passion that flares between them?
| Автор | Оливия Гейтс |
Carter Blake is used to getting his own way – he didn't become a billionaire by taking no for an answer! And he has to have shy, virginal Liberty Fox. He'll charm and seduce her into becoming his…But Liberty is not ripe for Carter's picking. To possess her, Carter is forced to make one final ultimatum… he will have her and hold her in matrimony… if that's what it takes!
| Автор | Helen Brooks |
George Grossmith was an English comedian, writer, composer, actor and singer, who is best known for a series of nine characters in the Gilbert and Sullivan operas, as well as the novel, «The Diary of a Nobody», which he wrote in collaboration with his brother, Weedon. Weedon Grossmith had been trained as a painter, but was forced to turn to the stage for financial reasons. The brothers were both successful actors and playwrights, specializing in comic roles. «The Diary of a Nobody» first...
| Автор | George Grossmith |
Olivia Linfield was the beautiful Havilah heiress.Jason Corey was the boy from the wrong side of the tracks made good. It was to be the wedding of the decade. Except it never took place…. Seven years later, Olivia returns to the Queensland homestead she's inherited.To her shock, she discovers Jason installed at the Havilah plantation as estate manager. Should Olivia send him packing? Or will Jason manage to persuade Olivia how much he still loves her, and always has….
| Автор | Margaret Way |
Single mom Martha Shaw has a gorgeous new boss–Lewis Mansfield. She's nanny to his niece and is about to spend six months on a tropical island with him and the babies! Martha quickly falls deeply in love with her sexy boss. But he seems happy being a carefree bachelor with no plans to settle down…Will Martha risk all by telling Lewis how she really feels?
| Автор | Jessica Hart |
Corrie Davis has never had a real date. She's been too busy trying to run her ranch single-handedly and thinks she knows more about money (as in not having any!) than men.But now the two sexy Merrick brothers–the richest men in the county–are vying for her attention! Corrie is in an enviable dilemma. Which gorgeous brother should she choose? Her oldest friend–or the man who's always been out of reach: the older, dangerously attractive Nick Merrick?
| Автор | Susan Fox P. |