Ranger James Medart stood next to Captain Gene Willis' control chair aboard Empress Lindner, enjoying a peaceful trip back to Terra after a surprisingly no-accident cruise. He was busy enough to avoid boredom, but there were no emergency calls that made the cruise almost a vacation. No matter how pleasant he was, he found himself almost desiring emergency care. Not really, since the emergency situation, serious enough to demand Ranger's attention, meant that the Empire was in trouble, and he did not like this part - but the challenge he made....
The most terrible wars are civil wars, when hatred goes beyond all limits, when a brother goes against his brother, when getting captured can be worse than death. It was in this situation that the five northerners found themselves, whose desire for freedom was stronger than the fear of dying in captivity or while trying to escape. But the result of the flight in a balloon turned out to be unpredictable: as a result of a hurricane, they were brought to a desert island. Many adventures and dangers await them there, but courage, knowledge and ingenuity will allow them not only to survive, but...
The planet itself was quite rigid - barren, deserted, forbidden; enough to stop the most adventurous and devoted. But they had to face a crazy genius who had the motto: death to all the Terrans!...
In the course of his duties as special patrol commander, John Hanson reveals the unique and keen secret of Tom Annerson. This is a story that I never intended to tell. I would not even say it now, if not for the Zenians. Understand that I do not like Zenians. One of the best officers I've ever had was zenith. His name was Eitel, and he served me on old Tamon, my first team. But lately, the Zenians have performed too many exploits of Aime Bawe. ...
Bandits from the Brotherhood of Beldon captured the Operational Block of the Seventh Star space hotel and planted a bomb. Heslet Quillan has six hours to frustrate their plans, as well as to neutralize Hlath, who escaped from the biomodule....
Psi-Lodge had its own methods and means of exerting pressure, when pressure was necessary. But this guy’s special talent was one that even they had never heard of ...! We hope you enjoy this wonderful classic work and it will be a rewarding experience for you....
A boat with delivery of mail, supplies and spare parts slowly moved to the base, holding most of the moon between itself and the Earth. Captain Ebor, who was at the helm, with a slight negligence of lengthy practice, directed the ship onto a rocky, uneven surface, then cut the disk, reached its tentacles and reached for it. Wearing a spacesuit, he left the ship to approach the dome and meet with Darkelney, the base commander....
General Wingrove, on behalf of the General Staff, turned to the US Congress with a request to eliminate the obsolete branch of the Armed Forces, known as the Navy, which will save taxpayers' money, and all thanks to the great discovery of scientists ......
To force the authorities to end the war, the farmers agreed to stop work. After all, the war is being fought by soldiers who are fed by farmers, and if there is no food, then the soldiers will stop fighting....
The largest work of George Eliot (the pseudonym of the English writer Mary Ann Evans), a real masterpiece was the Middlemarch novel about a provincial town. A lot of terrible things are happening in Middlemarch - dubious enrichment, feuds around the inheritance, intrigues are woven, unsuccessful marriages are made, but the novel is written with mild irony and imbued with typically Victorian optimism....
The Grimm brothers are one of the most famous storytellers on the planet. Everyone knows the tales and protagonists of these wonderful authors of the Bremen Town Musicians, King Thrushbeard, Snow White and Rose Red, The Brave Tailor, and many others. Their stories are still being translated into many different languages and reprinted each year in huge print runs....
The whole play is the apotheosis of human will. If people want to, they will be immortal. In any case, it is in the power of people to extend their lives to the Methuselah century. One of the heroes of the play, biologist Konrad Barnabas, has proved on a number of experiments that a person, by exerting his will, can live hundreds and hundreds of years. The biologist has a brother, a politician, he preaches this theory everywhere. Lloyd George and Asquith hunt for the Barnabas, each strives to get them in his party in order to secure the majority of the votes in the elections....
In the book, the reader will meet an unusual anti-hero, Mr. Varney, a vampire who appears before us in the guise of a elegant English gentleman. Armed with a consciousness of his own impunity and omnipotence, he creates terror in a small estate. The object of his heinous attacks is the young and beautiful girl Flora. However, her brothers and groom are defying the monster......
