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The Flaxborough Crab was first published in 1969, although its title in the US was Just What the Doctor Ordered, and is the sixth novel in the Flaxborough series. H. R. F. Keating, in his critical study Crime and Mystery: The 100 Best Books, praised the 'solidity of Watson's Flaxborough saga.' Watson, Keating said, 'created in his imaginary Flaxborough a place it is not preposterous to compare with the creation of Arnold Bennett in his classic Five Towns novels, or even perhaps with William Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha County'. All twelve of Colin Watson's 'Flaxborough Chronicles' were set in this fictional town that could be found somewhere in the East of England and it is home to 15,000 inhabitants that appear, on the surface at least, to be bland and conservative, but as the novels show...

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The Fleet Street Murders

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Finch Charles

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Исторические детективы;

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3

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2013-11-16

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It’s Christmas, 1866, and amateur sleuth Charles Lenox, recently engaged to his best friend, Lady Jane Grey, is happily celebrating the holiday in his Mayfair townhouse. Across London, however, two journalists have just met with violent deaths — one shot, one throttled. Lenox soon involves himself in the strange case, which proves only more complicated as he digs deeper. However, he must leave it behind to go north to Stirrington, where he is fulfilling a lifelong dream: running for a Parliamentary seat. Once there, he gets a further shock when Lady Jane sends him a letter whose contents might threaten their nuptials. In London, the police apprehend two unlikely and unrelated murder suspects. From the start, Lenox has his doubts; the crimes, he is sure, are tied, but how? Racing...

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The Flesh Tinker and lonelist man

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Олдридж Рэй

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Космическая фантастика;

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2013-11-16

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The author informs us that he has been a potter and a stained-glass designer for about fifteen years. He is married and enjoys sailing, gardening, and Al computer art. His story «Click» was a prizewinner in the Writers of the Future contest, and it was printed in the contest’s second anthology. Currently, he is working on a novel and, hopefully, a couple of short stories for Amazing Stories.(July...

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The Flip Side of Wait for Me

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Alexia Chase

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2020-11-25

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The Flirt

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Tarkington Booth

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3

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2013-11-17

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After a fight, some warriors seek to return home. Others seek revenge. The battle of Akhlaur's Swamp is over, and its heroes part ways. One becomes a wizard's apprentice and tries to unravel her mysterios lineage. Another hero returns to his queen, only to find that all is not as it was. Hidden from them both, the Magehound broods. She cannot forgive those who drove her from power, and she will stop at nothing to be avenged. Her bitterness ensures that Akhlaur's Swamp was only the beginning for them...

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2013-11-25

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It is December 1937 and the Japanese Imperial Army has just entered Nanking. Unable to reach the Safety Zone in Pokou, a group of schoolgirls are hiding out in the compound of the St. Mary Magdalene mission. They are looked after by Father Engelmann, an American priest who has made China his home for many years. The church is supposed to be neutral ground in the war between China and Japan, but eyewitness reports from the outside make it clear the Japanese are not obeying the international rules of engagement. As the soldiers pour through the streets of Nanking, committing unspeakable atrocities on civilians, thirteen Chinese courtesans from a nearby brothel climb over the church compound's walls seeking refuge. Their presence further jeopardizes the children's safety and what happens...

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Рассказ вошёл в сборники: The Golden Apples of the Sun (Золотые яблоки солнца) S Is For Space (К значит Космос) Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales (Сборник ста лучших...

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Shoogar was on the warpath. The villagers wondered uneasily if they should pack. The last time their protector had done this he had blown the whole village to hell and they had all had to trek to find a new area. Still, he had proved his point. Shoogar was indeed a mighty witch doctor — and his flock took a kind of resigned pride in his power. After all, who knew what the new invader could do? Better the protector you know than the one you don’t. Had they but known the marvels and monstrosities that Shoogar in his rage would bring about they would have fled shrieking. Which of course they did — for a while. But Shoogar drew them back, for his power was great. And they didn’t really have any place else to go. No place, that is, that had as many interesting possibilities as...

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The Flying Warlord

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Франковски Лео

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Альтернативная история;

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3

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2013-11-27

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Рассказ вошёл в сборники: The Golden Apples of the Sun (Золотые яблоки солнца) R Is For Rocket (Р — значит ракета) The Vintage Bradbury (Классический Брэдбери) The Stories of Ray Bradbury (И грянул гром: 100...

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She is never cold, she always knows exactly what time it is, and her hair grows two inches while she sleeps. Fifteen-year-old Corinna Stonewall--the only Folk Keeper in the city of Rhysbridge — sits hour after hour with the Folk in the dark, chilly cellar, 'drawing off their anger as a lightning rod draws off lightning.' The Folk are the fierce, wet-mouthed, cave-dwelling gremlins who sour milk, rot cabbage, and make farm animals sick. Still, they are no match for the steely, hard-hearted, vengeful orphan Corinna who prides herself in her job of feeding, distracting, and otherwise pacifying these furious, ravenous creatures. The Folk Keeper has power and independence, and that's the way she likes...

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The Follower

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Kate Doughty

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2021-10-07

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The Food of the Gods

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H. G. Wells

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2024-10-24

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Description In the early twentieth century, two scientists develop a substance to promote continuous growth in plants and animals. In testing it on poultry at an experimental farm, the “Food of the Gods” is carelessly scattered about, resulting in giant insects, giant rats, and so on. When anxious parents give it to sickly children, it creates a race of giant humans. Though there are many touches of humor in this somewhat satirical look at society and how one invention or discovery could overturn it, the book ends on a much more serious and thoughtful note, and includes a warning against unchecked technology in the hands of capitalism. It also points out how easily a rabble-rousing politician can incite hatred towards those who are...

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The Footman and I: The Footmen’s Club Trilogy

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Bowman, Valerie

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Старинная литература: Прочее;

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2021-02-17

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The Footprints of God

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Iles Greg

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Триллеры;

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3

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2013-10-02

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From Publishers Weekly The shoot-'em-up potential of spiritual subject matter has recently been profitably exploited by a number of writers (most notably James BeauSeigneur in his Christ Clone trilogy). In this compelling, science-based entry, Iles (Sleep No More; 24 Hours; The Quiet Game) gives his own particular spin on biblical mayhem. 'My name is David Tennant, M.D. I'm professor of ethics at the University of Virginia Medical School, and if you're watching this tape, I'm dead.' Tennant works for Project Trinity, a secret government organization attempting to build a quantum-level supercomputer. Using advanced magnetic resonance imaging techniques, Tennant and five other top scientists have supplied Trinity, the experimental computer, with molecular copies of themselves as models for...

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The Footsteps at the Lock

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Ronald A. Knox

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2025-03-19

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Description Derek Burtell is a boorish young man with a devotion to drink and drugs, and deeply in debt. His younger cousin, Nigel Burtell, is a pompous aesthete finishing his studies in Oxford. They share a childhood without parents, and a mutual antipathy. Derek is due to inherit a family fortune from his grandfather’s estate when he turns twenty-five, but if he should die before attaining that age, Nigel becomes the beneficiary. Complicating matters is the further possibility of a legacy from their great-aunt, if they can demonstrate that their hostilities have ceased. These are the factors leading to their decision to share a summer canoe holiday on the Thames, in spite of their animosity. As they are on the return leg of their excursion, Nigel...

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