'To Build a Fire' is one of Jack London's ('White Fang, 'The Call of the Wild') most cherished short stories. Drawn from…

• Rok vydání 1894

Written just a year before his death, ‘Why is the Negro Lynched?’ is one of Douglass’ most moving and passionate speeches.…

Father Damien was a Belgian, Roman Catholic Missionary who devoted his life to helping at a leper sanctuary in Hawaii.…

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Elektronická kniha - autor Rajiv Eipe, 18 stran, anglicky Puchku loves to read. But one day she discovers that she has read…

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

Oscar is looking for a mature lady who knows what she wants, and you can definitely say that about Astrid. However, despite…

"Please, speak softly, we might be overheard,"Two college friends run into each other in Paris and one tells the other of a…

'Floor Games' is a delightful book by H.G. Wells about the fun children can have with some simple toys and a lot of…

"The Teacher of Literature" tells the story of Nikitin, a young teacher at the local school, who proposes to Masha, the…

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

Randolph Carter is not sure what has happened to his closest friend Harley Warren. The two of them decided to visit an old…

When Mal decides to end her five-year relationship with Anna, she feels it is a new beginning. However, time passes, and the…

Halley's Comet had just swung by and the infamous Baptist preacher William Miller was foretelling the end of the world.Edgar…

• Rok vydání 1911

Suffrage Songs and Verses, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, is a collection of 25 poems which advocates the suffragette movement…

A classic detective short story shrouded in mystery, "Marie Rogêt" features Poe's famour investigator C. Auguste Dupin…

Two queens, joined by blood and rivals for the throne. Only one would survive their decades-long power play. \"Mary Stuart\"…

An ambitious lawyer, a scandalous family secret, and a loan shark. Take these three elements and paint them onto a backdrop…

England, My England' is a collection of short stories written between the years 1913-1921, including the notable 'Wintry…

Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious. Sir Robert Chiltern is a…

• Rok vydání 1922

"I enjoy the spring more than the autumn now. One does, I think, as one gets older." 'Jacob's Room' (1922) is Virginia…

The story follows the life of Tina, a young woman caught between the mother who adopted her - the beautiful, upstanding…

• Rok vydání 1816

This early work by E. T. A. Hoffmann was originally published in 1816. Born in Konigsberg, East Prussia in 1776, Hoffmann\'s…

She was the \'Nightingale of India\', and her voice was first heard in 1905 when \'The Golden Threshold\' was published.This…

Sherwood Anderson built his literary reputation on his to-the-point novels about American life.When he turned his hand to…

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Elektronická kniha - ze série Bob the Builder, 10 stran, anglicky Bob the Builder and his team are building separate waiting…

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• Rok vydání 1898

Elektronická kniha - autor Edward Bellamy, 17 stran, anglicky The Blindmans World (1898) is a short story by the American…

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Elektronická kniha - autor F. Scott Fitzgerald, 23 stran, anglicky A witty short story about popularity and revenge,…

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Elektronická kniha - autor H. P. Lovecraft, 10 stran, anglicky When Harry Houdini travels all the way to Egypt, he doesn't…

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Elektronická kniha - autor Anton Chekhov, 4 stran, anglicky Chehkov's short story "The Beggar" revolves around the theme of…

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Elektronická kniha - autor Alexandre Dumas, 10 stran, anglicky Stories of her arrogance and extravagance fanned the flames…

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Elektronická kniha - ze série The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, autor Arthur Conan Doyle, 13 stran, anglicky Sherlock Holmes…

A gold prospector Mason, his wife Ruth and their friend Malemute Kid have noticed that their dogs are getting vicious – the…

"Lazy and indifferent, shaking space easily from his wings, knowing his way, the heron passes over the church beneath the…

Accused of sorcery, a man of God is put on trial for his life. But the dark forces leading his persecution are far from…

Charles Stuart just wanted to sit quietly in the audience and watch the play, but Mrs Robinson and her two friends in the…

\'Two Days\' Solitary Imprisonment\' (1898) is a classic short story by the American author, Edward Bellamy, most famous for…

Deliciously funny, 'Jemina' is one of those rare things: a story for a story's sake. Fifty years ago, way up in the…

How much power can one family wield before they\'re corrupted?In this first volume of his \"Celebrated Crimes\" series,…

Two brothers, blessed with a telepathic connection, living under the shadow of a family vendetta. Can their strange power…

"A Little Hero" is a short story that deals with the topic of pre-adolescence, maturity, the abandonment of pure childhood,…

What if something wild is lurking in the forest? Something more dangerous than an animal? When she was a little girl, she…

"Inferno" tells the story "of those who have rejected spiritual values", of those who are lost and are unable to find the…

Woman-woman. Man-man. Bisexuality. Flexible. Queer. Some people have never questioned whether or not they're gay. Others are…

When the narrator boards the ship "Independence" for a summer trip from Charleston to New York City, the days ahead look…

Imprisoned for three decades. His face never seen. Who was \"The Man in the Iron Mask?\" In the novel \"The Vicomte of…

\"The Undertaker\" is a supernatural gothic tale by Pushkin, which features Adrian Prokhorov, an undertaker, who comes to a…

'To Build a Fire' is one of Jack London's ('White Fang, 'The Call of the Wild') most cherished short stories. Drawn from…

Liz works as a medical secretary at a clinic. She is both attracted to and fascinated by the striking and confident doctor.…