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The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by the English writer H. G. Wells (1866-1946). This is one of the earliest novels detailing the conflict between humanity and an alien race. Aliens from Mars plan to invade Earth as their planet's resources are dwindling.

The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath is a story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. In his dreams, Randolph Carter sees a majestic city, but he is unable to approach it. After the city appears in his dreams, he prays to the gods of dream to reveal the city’s whereabouts. But then the city vanishes from his dreams altogether. Carter resolves to beseech the gods in person at Kadath—on the mountain above which the gods of dream live. The priests in a temple that borders the Dreamlands tell Carter that nobody knows the location of Kadath, and warn him of great danger should he continue with his quest.

The Last Tycoon is an unfinished novel by the American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940).
Cecilia Brady, daughter of influential Hollywood producer Pat Brady, is in love with her father’s business partner, Monroe Stahr. But Cecilia’s father is increasingly dissatisfied with Stahr as a business partner and wants to get rid of him. Since he is unable to achieve his goal through blackmail, he does not hesitate to hire a professional killer. Stahr survives and also hires a killer to kill Brady...

Adam’s Diary is a humorous narration about the Book of Genesis. It begins with him meeting Eve who is described as an annoying creature, and who has a penchant for naming things, which Adam could do without. Eve’s Diary is a humorous short story by Mark Twain in the style of a personal journal kept by Eve, the first woman in the Biblical Creation accounts. The book uses original illustrations by Lester Ralph.

The Adventures of Gerard is a collection of stories Arthur Conan Doyle (1859—1930) about Brigadier Gerard, a soldier in the Napoleonic army.

Книга висвітлює зростання і успіх одного з найбільших американських підприємців і бізнесменів. Генрі Форд і "Форд Мотор Компані" назавжди будуть ототожнювати з американським індустріалізмом початку 20 століття. Інновації для бізнесу та безпосередній вплив на американську економіку Генрі Форда та його компанії незмірні. Його історія блискуче відображена в цій класичній американській біографії.

"In the Midst of Life. Tales of Soldiers and Civilians" includes collected works by the American classic, journalist, author of sardonic and horrible stories, and American Civil War veteran Ambrose Bierce (1842—1913).

The Strange High House in the Mist is a collection of several mystical stories by the American writer H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937). In the story of the same name, Thomas Olney is intrigued by a strange house on a cliff overlooking the ocean. Local residents are afraid of this place, which no one visits. With great difficulty, Olney climbs the rock, approaches the house and meets the mysterious man who lives there.

In the novel The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), the dramatic story of Michael Henchard is described. The life path of Henchard—The Man of Character—was determined by fate at the moment of anger and a cruel joke in his youth. Despite the achievements of all subsequent years of life, a shameful act weighs on him and leads to an inevitable collapse.

The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain—one of the five Christmas tales by the English writer Charles Dickens (1812–1870). Professor Redlaw was constantly thinking about the past. A ghost similar to the professor appears and wants to help him. But it is almost impossible to forget your past.

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564–1616).

Agnes Grey (1847) by English writer Anne Brontë is the story of a governess. The novel is based on the author’s own five-year experience. Like Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre, the work describes the difficult lives of poor girls who are forced to work for other families.

The novel The Beautiful and Damned (1922) by F. Scott Fitzgerald begins shortly before World War I. Anthony Patch, a twenty five-year-old Harvard University graduate, returns to New York. He is the likely heir to his grandfather’s vast fortune. Anthony meets the beautiful Gloria Gilbert. They fall madly in love and decide to get married. But Gloria and Anthony’s marital happiness is short-lived, as each person’s selfishness comes to the fore.

This book is the rough truth of the morals in today’s Russian Federation, the country turned into a GULAG, of being a prisoner of war, when the past is ruined, and the future is nowhere.