When Harry Houdini travels all the way to Egypt, he doesn't know yet that this trip will take him to one of his greatest –…

There\'s nothing like the fresh air in the mountains, waves lapping against the shore, the wind caressing your breast, the…

Julia – is moving overseas to live with her friend. A new job in sunny Florida is to be her ticket to a better life.…

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Elektronická kniha , 22 stran, anglicky The young couple. The first time. Daring flirtations. The secret, forbidden meeting.…

Sherlock Holmes is hired by a retired art supply dealer from Lewisham, Josiah Amberley, to look into his wife’s…

Written to honour the life of the eponymous abolitionist and activist, ‘John Brown’ is the transcript of a speech delivered…

Poe's symptomatic need to portray dying or already dead women is evocative of his own failed and miserably spent marriage…

Just concentrate! Join the Rainbow Chicks in an adventure of concentration and understanding. This book contains four…

A dark comedy, threaded through with an unsettling plot twist, "The System" follows a bumbling narrator through a tour of a…

"The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter" tells the tale of 17th century monk Ambrosius, who meets a young girl named Benedicta,…

Neil Gibson, the Gold King and former Senator for "some Western state", approaches Holmes to investigate the murder of his…

In 'Perilous Play' we are thrust amongst a group of wealthy Southern Belles and boys on a particularly boring day, until a…

• Rok vydání 1898

\'Pott\'s Painless Cure\' (1898) is a short story by the American author, Edward Bellamy, most famous for his socialist and…

On July 15th, 1912, the body of Dora Grey was found on Yarmouth Beach. Apparently strangled, this became known as ‘The…

Exquisitely deploying the story-within-a-story narrative, \'Honorine\' is a tale casting piercing insight into the fabric of…

There\'s nothing Manju loves more than keys and keyholes. She is deeply fascinated by their rattling sounds and mysterious…

‘She also grew from a sickly, fretful child into a fine, strong woman.’From the author of ‘Little Women’, this short story…

‘The Life of Mr. Richard Savage’ is an incredibly interesting true crime book by Daniel Defoe. The book examines the case of…

Charles Dickens\' \'The Lamplighter\' is a short story that will take the reader on a comical adventure bringing together…

'Bay' is a collection of DH Lawrence poetry. His innovative perspectives and techniques rendered him a persecuted, censored,…

E. A. Poe's short story follows Prince Prospero and his friends' futile attempt to outrun and outsmart a deadly plague,…

‘A bloody nation, barbarous and rude’ is how Daniel Defoe describes England in his hilarious poem ‘The True-Born…

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Elektronická kniha - ze série The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, autor Arthur Conan Doyle, 16 stran, anglicky Holmes is…

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Elektronická kniha - autor Anthony Trollope, 40 stran, anglicky Published in 1861, ‘The Château of Prince Polignac’ is one…

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Elektronická kniha - autor Jane Austen, 23 stran, anglicky Being good People themselves, their first & principal care was to…

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Elektronická kniha - autor Jack London, 6 stran, anglicky A gold prospector Mason, his wife Ruth and their friend Malemute…

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Elektronická kniha - autor Oscar Wilde, 13 stran, anglicky "Like two doomed ships that pass in storm We had crossed each…

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Elektronická kniha - autor H. G. Wells, 36 stran, anglicky Adapted into episode one of the TV mini-series, The Nightmare…

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Elektronická kniha - ze série Fireman Sam, 10 stran, anglicky The rockstars of Pontypandy Mike and Elvis are busy practising…

How can there be any such thing as "An Honest Thief"? I know Astafy has stolen my coat so why can't he just admit it?'An…

While some try to get out of prison, Soapy, the only character in O. Henry's short story, tries to get into it. Soapy is a…

"Treachery don't come natural to beaming youth; but trust and pity, love and constancy, –they do, thank God!" In this…

'The Happy Prince' is a fairy story, written for children, from the pen of one of the 19th Century's most regarded writers.…

"Remember to the last, that while there is life there is hope."Onboard the ship The Golden Mary we meet a dignified woman in…

There’s nothing like the fresh mountain air, waves lapping against the beach, the wind caressing your chest, the water…

It is sometimes difficult to know who most deserves our judgement. Do we look down more upon a shop owner for inventing a…

A short story that is shrouded in mystery, "The Man that Was Used Up" follows a narrator who wants to learn more about an…

Tip started licking her clitoris. Sweet, unbearable rushes coursed through her quivering spleen. Everything trembled. She…

\"Green Tea\" tells the haunting story of a man plagued by a demonic monkey. The unnamed narrator, a trained surgeon who…

When Saffi designs an amazing treehouse, she knows just who to ask to build it: Bob the Builder and his crew! But when a…

Are memories of past love affairs stronger than time? After a mysterious foreign letter arrives at breakfast, Georges Garin…

Puchku loves to read. But one day she discovers that she has read every book in the library. To her delight, she sees a…

Between 1904 and 1918, Wallace collected tales about life in the British Army and the escapades and adventures of the…

• Rok vydání 1855

‘Gambler’s Luck’ (1855) is a ‘weird tale’ written by the German romantic author E. T. A. Hoffmann, most famous for his…

The young couple. The first time. Daring flirtations. The secret, forbidden meeting. The young student and teacher. The…

First published in 1905 ‘The Woggle-Bug Book’ by L. Frank Baum follows the humorous exploits of the Woggle-Bug – a quirky…

"Purgatorio" is the second part of Alighieri's poem "The Divine Comedy". The story of Dante travelling through the nine…

‘My Friend the Murderer’ is a short story by Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Our narrator is a doctor who…