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”Det lilla samhället hänger, i såväl moraliskt som ekonomiskt hänseende, i en tunn tråd, men det hänger i sin tråd i det svaga kvällsljuset.” John Cheever kallades ”sovstädernas Tj ...

Hunter Patrol is a Science fiction novella by H Beam Piper and John J McGuire first published in 1959. Many men have dreamed of world peace, but none have been able to achieve it. ...

‘Neighbours’ is a short drama by Chekhov about Zina, a young woman who leaves her home for a married man. This scandalous behaviour plagues the mind of Zina’s brother, Pyotr, who b ...

"Yes, I was a fool, but I was in love, and though I was suffering the greatest misery I had ever known I would not have had it otherwise for all the riches of Barsoom. Such is love ...

Sir John Norton-Griffiths was one of a breed of adventurer, pioneer, entrepreneur and soldier whose like is very seldom seen. Having learnt his trade and made his fortune mining th ...

In THE WAR LORDS, Field Marshal Lord Carver has assembled an engrossing series of short, detailed biographies of forty-three of the dominant military commanders of the twentieth ce ...

The Idiot is anything but, yet that is how his fellow boarders at Mrs. Smithers Pedagog's home for single gentlemen see him. His brand of creative thought is dismissed as foolishne ...

Little My is a true firecracker; small but fierce yet clever and brave - and one of Moomintroll’s best friends. She is independent and wherever Little My goes, something exciting i ...

Little My is a true firecracker; small but fierce yet clever and brave - and one of Moomintroll’s best friends. She is independent and wherever Little My goes, something exciting i ...

The King of the City is a science fiction novella by American author Keith Laumer first published in 1961. A fantastic science fiction tale, woven out of the threads of future thin ...

Gambler's World is a science fiction short story by American author Keith Laumer. Here is a story starring the always unconventional Terrestrial Diplomat, Retief. As a diplomat, Re ...

Here are Doctor Dolittle’s adventures with his friends a part of The Greatest Show on Earth. Unwilling to sell the Pushmi-pullyu to the circus proprietor, John Dolittle arranges th ...

This is the story of the clash between two gigantic personalities in the early years of the twentieth century.On one side was Admiral Lord Charles Beresford. Physically strong, co ...

In ancient Greece, Sparta was unique in having a dual kingship – two kings from different clans, the Agiads and the Eurypontids, reigning simultaneously. The institution was alrea ...

Long before coal-fuelled ships and machine-tooled firearms, in the age of sail and black powder, the Portuguese were engaged all around the coasts of Africa in capturing trading to ...

The Yillian Way is a science fiction short story by American author Keith Laumer.  Here is a story starring the always unconventional Terrestrial Diplomat, Retief. The ceremonious ...

After a slow start, the Second World War produced an enormous number of war correspondents. Correspondents like Ernest Hemingway, John Dos Passos and George Orwell were all inspire ...

In Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [1865], young Alice falls down a rabbit hole into an underground fantasy world inhabited by unforgettable, anthropomorphic chara ...

Join the Cutie Mark Crusaders in the third book of the Ponyville Mysteries series as they solve the mystery of the Rusty Horseshoe! Scootaloo, Apple Bloom, and Sweetie Belle have b ...

Seventeen-year-old Catherine Morland is one of ten children of a country clergyman. Although a tomboy in her childhood, by the age of 17 she is "in training for a heroine" and is e ...

It Could Be Anything is a science fiction novella by American author Keith Laumer first published in 1963. A science fiction story by the great Keith Laumer - what more needs to be ...

When John Chester returned to England after suddenly inheriting a Dukedom he knew his life had changed forever. But he didn't know just how much. Gina Wilton was like a breath of ...

‘Bardell v. Pickwick’ is an episode from Charles Dickens’ classic novel, ‘The Pickwick Papers’. Reminiscent of a John Grisham novel, this work by Charles Dickens is packed full of ...

"Den bästa boken jag läst!""Boken är helt briljant rakt igenom!""Wow vilken bok – den har liksom ALLT!""Min nya bibel!""Vägra följa John är ett mästerverk!""Den mest angelägna boke ...

Set aboard a steamship sailing from Le Havre to Trouville, ‘Discovery’ is a short and funny story, with a moral tucked away in the dialogue.When the narrator meets his old friend, ...