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..." data-title="Книга The Mystery of Cabin Island">

During her life in the trenches, Bochkareva became the first female officer in the Russian Army and organized the Woman’s Battalion of Death, an all-women military unit intended to inspire the demoralized troops during the last year of the war...." data-title="Книга Yashka">

In reality Ryecroft is a fictional character, and his diary is a semi-autobiographical account of Gissing’s own career as an author and literary critic, and of his personal philosophical musings. His love of nature, the English landscape, and the English national character is evident throughout, though Gissing, in his affection for the rural England of the past, doesn’t shy away from criticizing contemporary..." data-title="Книга The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft">

While this book was written in 1910, many of the issues Chesterton addresses, like home ownership, public education, and the..." data-title="Книга What’s Wrong with the World">

Rather than the six members of the Crimes Circle converging on a single criminal, each one arrives at a completely different solution to the same murder.

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In it, MacDonald lays out his vision of God. In his view, God is fundamentally a loving father to all humanity, working to purify people from their sin so that they are as good as God himself. A consequence of this is that all people will eventually be saved—which was a controversial teaching in the churches where he preached, making him unpopular with church leaders.

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The play begins with Deianeira, wife of the absent hero Heracles, expressing her fears about his long absence and possible infidelity. Her anxieties are confirmed when she learns that Heracles has sacked a city to claim the young princess Iole as his concubine. Desperate to regain his..." data-title="Книга The Trachiniae">