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Полный вариант заголовка: «The busy body : a comedy : adapted for theatrical representation, as performed at the Theatres-Royal, Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden / by Mrs. Centlivre».

"Through the Magic Door" is an essay by Arthur Conan Doyle: his subject is the charisma and charm of books. Doyle invites readers to enjoy the greatest minds of all times through what they have left behind and argues that, when we read, the selfishne…

In "The New Revelation" the first dawn of the coming change has been described. In "The Vital Message" the sun has risen higher, and one sees more clearly and broadly what our new relations with the Unseen may be.

This volume collects a wide array of the author's short works of fiction, spanning virtually every literary genre. Detective stories are featured, but genres such as historical fiction, romance, and even nautical adventure are represented, as well. T…

As the title reveals, these stories are a collection of some of Mark Twain's more fanciful and eccentric works. They run the gamut from political commentary to our species' need to "be remembered" somehow. Taken as a whole the stories are "whimsical"…

Полный вариант заголовка: «The life of Catharine II., Empress of Russia : Vol. 1 : with 11 elegant portraits, a view of the fortrees of Schlusselburg, and a correct map of the Russian Empire : in 3 volumes».

Полный вариант заголовка: «The life of Catharine II., Empress of Russia : Vol. 2 : with 11 elegant portraits, a view of the fortrees of Schlusselburg, and a correct map of the Russian Empire : in 3 volumes».

Полный вариант заголовка: «The life of Catharine II., Empress of Russia : Vol. 3 : with 11 elegant portraits, a view of the fortrees of Schlusselburg, and a correct map of the Russian Empire : in 3 volumes».

Полный вариант заголовка: «Letters concerning the present state of Poland : together with the manifesto of the courts of Vienna, Petersburgh, and Berlin, and the letters patent of the King of Prussia».

Полный вариант заголовка: «Considerations on the state of the currency / by Thomas Tooke».

"Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow" is a collection of humorous and entertaining essays written by popular English humorist Jerome K. Jerome. It was the author’s second published book and it helped establish him as a leading English humorist.