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Guards, go out! – he ordered. Twelve men went out one by one from the house he had left. They seemed to feel more warm than Brown did, because they fell...

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First published in 1928, „Last Post” is part four of Ford Madox Ford’s hugely successful „Parade’s End” tetralogy. It is about Christopher Tietjens and his...

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Victorian Socialist Romance. Enoch Strone is a book-loving rustic loner who lives in a remote hand-built cabin. He works as a mechanical engineer in the...

”A Personal Record” is the story of the design and manuscript of „Caprice Olmeyer,” Conrad’s first novel, as well as the story of his dream about the sea,...

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This is a story about a bold and intelligent engineer. He dared to do business on the Canadian border. From meeting real friends, making enemies and...

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A set of five melodramatic love short stories, first published in 1917 and written by a popular 20th century writer Ethel M. Dell. „The Safety Curtain”...

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We learn from the very beginning that the main character dies. But, of course, readers need to find out who is the killer. There were many people in her...

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H. Bedford-Jones’ „D’Artagnan” is a sequel to the first Musketeer book of Alexandre Dumas. It continues the rollicking romantic romp through...

Correspondence with Knipper is interesting not only as a chronicle of the last years of Chekhov’s life, not only as a valuable source of information about...

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Hans Dominiks Romane der 1920er Jahre waren vom damaligen Zeitgeist in Deutschland geprägt. Im Mittelpunkt seiner Handlungen stehen meist deutsche...

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Kurd Laßwitz (20.4.1848 – 17.10.1910) gilt als Begründer der deutschen Science Fiction Literatur. Homchen ist ein früher Vorfahr des Menschen, der im...

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Sapper was the pseudonym of Herman Cyril McNeile, who wrote many novels, mostly on military subjects. In the story, the author fulfilled a fascinating...

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This is an exciting detective story. A detective tracks down a suspect in an assault and rape at the Chinaman’s Flat gold mines in Australia, hoping to...

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"The Metamorphosis" is a masterpiece by Franz Kafka. "One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that in bed he had been...

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The dagger flashed downward. A sharp cry broke in a gasp. The form on the rough altar twitched convulsively and lay still. The jagged flint edge sawed at...

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Staying alive is worth a thousand dollars a day to Oliver Wilton. That’s what he’s paying Lew Sherry and Pete Long as hired guns to keep him healthy. And...

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„All the Sad Young Men” is a collection of nine short stories by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. It includes two of his most famous – the beautifully...

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This early work by Ernest Bramah Smith was originally published in 1911. „The Moon of Much Gladness Related by Kai Lung” is the fourth book in the Kai...

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The main task of the heroes is to find the treasure. The trader heard the legend of the great treasure buried by the Portuguese party for hundreds of...