Interplanetary dangers and incredible adventures on the red planet await you on the pages of the famous trilogy of science fiction novels by Edgar Rais Burroughs! Burroughs is considered to be the founder of modern science fiction. His novels about John Carter, which saw the light in the 1920s, instantly gained immense popularity and paved the way for a new genre - the adventure fantasy genre. John Carter, a cavalry officer from Virginia, is magically transferred to Mars, where there is a constant struggle between various races, inhabiting the red planet. Thanks to his courage, determination,...
This updated 2018 Classic Edition contains the original version of William Strunk's The Elements of Style, plus a variety of enhancements that make this book even more useful. It is now being used as a textbook in classes at University of Minnesota, University of Texas, UC Berkeley, and elsewhere. Generations of college students and writers have learned the basics of English grammar from this short book. It was rated "one of the 100 most influential books written in English" by Time in 2011, and iconic author Stephen King recommended it as a grammar primer that all aspiring writers should...
Hercule Poirot receives a letter from a South American millionaire asking for help. Could not have time to save the unfortunate man in the golf course. You should have killed a millionaire....
The book includes the famous story by Arthur Conan Doyle “The Hound of the Baskervilles” (1902), the plot of which is based on a randomly heard author. The investigation of the strange origin is a consequence of the attack on monstrous dogs, which predetermine the persecution of family Baskervilles. The mystery of the family portrait, jealousy, the struggle for the inheritance and explicit recognition in the finale of the narrative create a unique flavor of one of the best works of the detective genre. You can read the book The Hound of the Baskervilles for free. To read the book of the...
What is the love of a strong woman? FEELING? Not blind, animal passion, not timid humility, but - feeling? Proud, full of dignity, fully self-aware What is woman's love weak? Sensitivity? Fragile tenderness, as if from books and romances? Willingness to sacrifice yourself - but the inability to fight for yourself? Is there a man's love? The one that is neither a feeling nor a sensitivity? Strength and weakness at the same time? And - nothing more...
Robinson Crusoe - The hero of the novels of Daniel Defoe, the first two of which were published in 1719. The first book about Robinson gave rise to the classic English novel and spawned the fashion for pseudo-documentary prose; it is often called the first "authentic" novel in English. This literary character has a real prototype - Alexander Selkirk, the boatswain of the ship "Cinque Ports" ("Senk Por"), distinguished by an extremely quarrelsome and quarrelsome character. Selkirk was landed in 1704, at his request, on an uninhabited island, supplied with weapons, food, seeds and tools....
English writer Charles Dickens is understandable and dear to readers of all generations and nationalities. And this is not surprising, since he wrote about what is well known to everyone: about good and evil, about family values, about punishment of vices and the reward of virtue. The ingenious imagination of Dickens gave him the opportunity to survive many lives for his heroes. The fate of one of them - Oliver Twist had a difficult fate, but this crafty, touching and pure soul boy, having gone through Fegin’s thieves' school, having endured many adversities and dangers, was nevertheless...
This story is about a little warmth in life. This beautiful book is like a mixture of depression, blues and melancholy. Sisters March, girls from an impoverished American family of the late 19th century, seeking to become worthy love of their parents. Each heroine is a jewel of narration with its own character, aspirations. Serious beauty Margaret, windy with the boyish character of Joe, good Bess, refined Emmy; they all love their family, everyone has their own talent and zest. Like the murmur of a stream. She is inspired and delivers a lot of pleasant moments....
Publication of the work "For the grandiose work and evil" in 1886 in the light of the modern philosophical views of Friedrich Nietzsche. He clearly and boldly rejects all the customs and thoughts of God, good and evil. Nietzsche demonstrates that the Christian world is immersed in false piety and infection by “slave morality.” In this innovative work, the philosophical and literary talents of Nietzsche are at the highest point of realization. Mortal irony and sparkling wit, he explodes the accumulated experience over centuries, which has become generally accepted metaphysics, moral and...
