Affairs of honour, affairs of the heart, and all the gallantry, villainy and elegance of the age that Georgette Heyer has made her own are exquisitely revived in these eleven short stories of the...
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Предлагаемая вниманию читателей повесть знаменитого американского писателя Джека Лондона «Джерри-островитянин» – одна из четырех...
As in its predecessor, we are back in the Yorkshire town of Malbry, and in the company of a young man whose behaviour verges on the sociopathic. BB is in his 40s, still living with his mother and making his living with an unrewarding (in every...
The Cruise of the...
After a series of mishaps, Mr. Darcy is in a foul mood when he arrives at the estate his friend, Charles Bingley, rented in Hertfordshire. His mood persists at the assembly he is forced to attend, accounting for his diatribe about country life...
What begins as an adventure soon becomes a nightmare...
Locals claim it is haunted and refuse to put a single toe past the front door, but to siblings Peter, Celia, and Margaret, the Priory is nothing more than a rundown estate inherited from...
An alien starship is nearing Earth, but its inhabitants show no interest in communicating with humanity. The only invited visitor to their ship uncovers a shocking reason for the aliens’ lack of curiosity about...
A story about a quadriplegic writer paralyzed in a car accident that killed his wife, has continued writing—if not living—and suddenly he is faced with a possible cure… and it terrifies...
Children of the...
An alien being is found on an asteroid which gladly answers any question it is asked. But will it be for good or for bad for humanity to have every question readily...