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A nineteenth-century novel from a German Egyptologist and novelist who discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus in Luxor. Georg Ebers wanted to...

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Anna Katharine Green was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America, received praise for her accurate, well plotted stories. Her novels...

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The Ambassador’s office was indeed a very thankless one, while my own position as second secretary of the Paris Embassy was a post not to be envied, even...

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The motive in the case of murder – this is the first thing that draws the attention of the police. No one except a madman commits murder for no reason....

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Rowdy Vaughn is a goodhearted but somewhat uncouth range rider whose attempts at wooing the local schoolteacher are hampered by a longstanding blood...

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A small collection of stories. The general theme of the stories is the diversity of emotions that the main characters experience, and by the end it turns...

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This is Edith Wharton’s earliest published collection of 8 short stories (1899). A selection consists: „Muse’s Tragedy”: Unrequited love between a poet...

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American lawyer and writer, Arthur Cheney Train, also called Arthur Chesney Train, was a prolific author of legal thrillers. His most popular work...

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This is a horror book, but prone to human psychology. The book begins: between the kitchen and the pantry there was a certain window, which was a...

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Madame Rosika Storey was one of the most celebrated fictional female private investigators during the Golden Age of the mystery (1920-40). This...

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This is a novel that tells the story from a dramatic moment when Abner signs $ 1,000 to a shelter fund and detonates a financial bomb at a close...

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Another masterpiece by George Griffiths that deserves attention. The World Masters is an exciting, story that explores the unintended consequences of...

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Stirling Deane has sold the Little Anna Gold Mine which he discovered in South Africa early in his career. The sale has made him a rich man and the head...

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Written in 1922, this story of world politics in 1934 has everything that goes to the making of an enthralling tale. A theme of present import, an...

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Originally published in 1908, while Baum was resident in Coronado, California, „Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz” is considered one of the „darker” of the Oz...

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Author Hulbert Footner (1879-1944) brought the excitement of the 1920s and 1930s to Madame Storey’s cosmopolitan adventures, moving away from Edwardian...

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"The Well-Beloved" complete the series of Hardy’s great novels, repeating his favorite themes of man’s eternal pursuit of excellence both in love and in...

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Miss Mott quickly rose from the sound of knocking at her office door. She was engaged in the typical task of writing her advice to a young woman whose...

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В центре повествования жизнь молодого человека Мисаила Полознева. Он потомственный дворянин и ему не пристало добывать себе копейку физическим трудом. Но...