The Mysterious Benedict Society
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Stewart TrentonЖанр:
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The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey
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Stewart TrentonЖанр:
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The Mysterious Island
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Jules VerneЖанр:
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2022-03-19Язык книги:
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The Mysterious Island tells the tale of five Americans who, in an attempt to escape the Civil War, pilot a hot-air balloon and find themselves crashed on a deserted island somewhere in the Pacific. Verne had been greatly influenced by works like Robinson Crusoe and The Swiss Family Robinson, and that influence shines brightly in this novel of engineering ingenuity and adventure. Verne imparts the escapees with such over-the-top cleverness and so many luckily-placed resources that modern readers might find the extent to which they tame the island comical. Despite that,...
The Mysterious Miss Fairchild (HQR Historical)
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Sarah MalloryЖанр:
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2020-09-07Язык книги:
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The Mysterious Mummy
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Rohmer SaxЖанр:
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2013-11-17Язык книги:
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The Mysterious Mummy, Rohmer's first published work in 1903, plus six other short...
The Mysterious Planet
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del Rey LesterЖанр:
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2013-12-04Язык книги:
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“The wanderer gleamed balefully in the sky—was it a new world for Man or a messenger of ultimate destruction?” Planet X discovered out beyond Pluto—“…if the might of the Federation met the advanced weaponry of the aliens… the inevitable clash would surely destroy all life in the solar...
The Mysterious Rider
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Grey ZaneЖанр:
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2013-10-31Язык книги:
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The story of a terrible gunfighter with a strange history and Columbine Bellounds, a lost child brought up by a stern old rancher who expects her to marry his rascally son out of gratitude.
Review
This is an earlier Zane Grey work (1921 copyright) but it is well worth the reading. I would highly recommend it for the younger generation, boys or girls. I found the book very enjoyable. If you want to read a western about shootouts, and that sort of thing, then this is not your book. But for a good, descriptive drama, that grabs you and makes the pages turn, then this is the book for you. Rancher Bill Belllounds had brought up Columbine as though she were his daughter. Out of affection for her foster father, Columbine had agreed to marry Bills son, Jack-a drunkard, gambler,...
The Mysterious Stranger
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Twain MarkЖанр:
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2013-12-01Язык книги:
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The Mystery Knight
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Martin GeorgeЖанр:
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2013-11-26Язык книги:
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“People have been telling stories about warriors for as long as they have been telling stories. Since Homer first sang the wrath of Achilles and the ancient Sumerians set down their tales of Gilgamesh, warriors, soldiers, and fighters have fascinated us; they are a part of every culture, every literary tradition, every genre.All Quiet on the Western Front, From Here to Eternity,and The Red Badge of Couragehave become part of our literary canon, taught in classrooms all around the country and the world. Our contributors make up an all-star lineup of award-winning and bestselling writers, representing a dozen different publishers and as many genres. We asked each of them for the same thing — a story about a warrior. Some chose to write in the genre they’re best known for. Some decided...
The Mystery of 31, New Inn
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R. Austin FreemanЖанр:
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2025-11-30Язык книги:
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Dr. Jervis is summoned to the aid of a dying man, but on arrival, he finds the man already dead of an opium overdose. Could the man’s death be related to will that was abruptly, and recently, changed for no obvious reason? Dr. Thorndyke is called to investigate and see if he can link the two cases.
The Mystery of 31, New Inn was written as a novella in 1905 and expanded into a novel in 1912. Dr. Jervis, a Watson-esque sidekick introduced in The Red Thumbmark, takes a prominent...
The Mystery of a Butcher's Shop
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Mitchell GladysЖанр:
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When Rupert Sethleigh's body is found one morning, minus its head, laid out in the village butcher shop, the inhabitants of Wandles Parva aren't particularly upset. Sethleigh was a blackmailing money lender and when the unconventional detective Mrs Bradley begins her investigation she finds no shortage of suspects. It soon transpires that most of the village seem to have been wandering about Manor Woods, home of the mysterious druidic stone on which Sethleigh's blood is found splashed, on the night he was murdered but can she eliminate the red herrings and catch the real...
The Mystery of Cabin Island
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Franklin W. DixonЖанр:
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2025-05-08Язык книги:
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While trying to plan what to do for the winter holidays, the Hardy boys are heartily rewarded for their prowess in solving crimes by Mr. Jefferson, an eccentric antiques dealer and a victim of the carjackers from The Shore Road Mystery.
Mr. Jefferson allows the boys and two of their friends to vacation on his island, but the fun outing soon takes a turn for the worse: among missing supplies, a snow storm, and a shady figure named Mr. Haneligh who keeps trying to assert his authority over the island, the boys realize that there may be more to the eccentric old man and his past than...
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
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Dickens CharlesЖанр:
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2013-10-30Язык книги:
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The first genuine mystery novel written by Dickens was never finished and was published posthumously in 1870 leaving the mystery unsolved forever. The choirmaster of Cloisterham, Jack Jasper, has a ward named Edwin Drood, a respectable young man engaged to Rosa Bud. Underneath the respectability Drood is an opium addict and no longer loves Rosa, the secret love of Jasper. Drood breaks the engagement and disappears completely. Also in love with Rosa, Neville Landless is arrested for Drood's murder, but released for lack of a body. Fearing Rosa's feelings for Landless, Jasper confesses his love and threatens to further implicate Landless in the murder unless she returns his love. The manuscript ends as Datchery, a shadowy character bedeviling Jasper, is introduced. Speculation abounds, but...
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
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Charles DickensЖанр:
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2026-07-13Язык книги:
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Choirmaster John Jasper has two secrets: an addiction to opium, and a burning love for Rosa, the fiancée of his nephew, Edwin Drood. When Edwin vanishes without a trace one night, his uncle becomes just one of the suspects in Edwin’s disappearance, as it turns out that several other residents of the town of Cloisterham also seek Rosa’s affections. Who’s the real murderer? We’ll never know—Dickens died with this, his final novel, only half finished, and he left no notes outlining how the story would end. Dickens scholars have pored over his papers and correspondence for more than a century, hoping to find the answer.
Despite its conspicuous lack of conclusion, The...
The Mystery of Orcival
Автор:
Émile GaboriauДата добавления:
2022-03-18Язык книги:
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A murder is discovered. The authorities quickly arrest an obvious suspect. A detective spends hours at the scene in disguise before making himself known, and proceeds to minutely examine the evidence with the assistance of a doctor, among others, before proclaiming the answer lies in a completely different direction. One would be forgiven for thinking the detective must be a certain famous Englishman and his doctor companion.
But this detective is French rather than English, a professional working for the police rather than an amateur, and indulges in candy lozenges rather than cocaine. If there is a straight line between Poe’s Dupin and ...
The Mystery of the Barranca
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Herman WhitakerЖанр:
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2026-10-20Язык книги:
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William Thornton and Robert Seyd are two American friends who share an interest in mining. They make an agreement that whoever finds a good prospect has to contact the other so that they can work together to exploit the mine. The day to honor this pact finally comes when Robert finds a rich copper mine in Guerrero, Mexico.
On the way to the mine, William is struck by the beauty of an elegant young woman, accompanied by a large Siberian wolfhound, at a local train station. As the train approaches, the dog leaps onto the tracks. Robert, acting quickly, gets the dog to safety in the nick of time. The girl’s companion—the nephew of...
The Mystery of the Birthday Basher
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Amirah KassemЖанр:
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The Mystery of the Blue Train
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Christie AgathaЖанр:
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2013-10-02Язык книги:
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The Mystery of the Blue Train
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Agatha ChristieЖанр:
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2024-10-24Язык книги:
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The Mystery of the Blue Train revolves around a set of fabulous rubies, said to have been worn by Catherine the Great, now purchased by an American millionaire as a gift to his daughter. When she takes them with her on a luxury train to the Riviera, she is unaware that among her fellow passengers are her unfaithful husband, his not-so-secret mistress, a quiet Englishwoman who believes that nothing exciting ever happens to her—and the famous retired detective Hercule Poirot. And, possibly, a murderer.
Despite positive critical reception of this entry in the Poirot canon, Christie described this as the...
The Mystery of the Coughing Dragon
Автор:
West NickЖанр:
Детские детективы;Серия:
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2013-11-05Язык книги:
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