He burst into her life unexpectedly. During a country fair, Jay accidentally found herself in the path of a maddened horse, rushing at full speed, biting the...

A story from the author’s collection “According to the same recipe” (The Mixture As Before, 1940).

President Abraham Lincoln believed that slavery would continue for at least another century. Abolitionist John Brown's terrorist campaign against the South r...

A story from the author’s collection “Toys of Fate” (Creatures of Circumstance, 1947).

After decades of internecine warfare, the six Tiste Edur tribes are finally united under the rule of the sorcerer-king of the Hirot. Peace has been achieved ...

The body of a woman who died during a terrorist attack in the center of Jerusalem has been lying in the morgue for several days. Who is she? Why doesn't anyo...

Anya had the rare gift of bringing light and peace to those suffering. The girl was working as a nurse when chance brought her together with one of the patie...

Edward Newson stands out among other Scotland Yard employees not only because of his bright red hair and gentle manners. He is 33 years old and already a sen...

More than three decades ago, The Godfather, Mario Puzo's greatest novel, was first published. In 2004, Mark Weingartner wrote a continuation of this story, t...

In this book, author Allan Nevins analyzes the multifaceted, but at the same time, in a certain sense, limited personality of John D. Rockefeller. Childhood ...

The book presents a rich collection of mystical, mysterious and creepy stories created by Western European and American writers of the 18th–20th centuries. F...

Ben Elton's tenth novel is a historical drama, detective story and romance. Investigator Douglas Kingsley goes to prison for refusing to go to fight in World...