Herbert: 2062 books

Kouzelný návštěvník průzkumu čelí budoucnosti zatížené našimi největšími naději ... a našimi nejtemnějšími obavami. Pohyb páky stroje Stroje ho pohání do věku pomalu umírající Země. Tam objevuje dva bizarní závody - éterický Eloi a podzemní Morlocky - které...

"The Diamond Maker" is a short story by H. G. Wells, first published in 1894 in the "Pall Mall Budget". It was included in "The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents", the first collection of short stories by Wells, first published in 1895. In the story, a businessman...

H. G. Wells was a prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction. His writing career spanned more than sixty years, and his early science fiction novels earned him the title (along with Jules Verne and Hugo Gernsback) of "The Father of Science Fiction".

For more than 100 years, science fiction writers have told tales of alien encounters and fascinating technologies and warned of the dangers of dystopian governments. From Victorians experimenting with time travel to pioneers exploring the depths of space, the stories collected here are a tribute to...

С един спекулативен скок, който все още запалва въображението, смел изследовател посещава бъдеще, натоварено с най-големите ни надежди ... и най-мрачните ни страхове....

This new edition of the rarest and most influential blackjack book in the history of the game brings together the most famous contributors in the game. Privately published in 1957 in an extremely limited quantity, this was the first book ever to print the correct winning strategies for the game of blackjack....

The Wintry Peacock is a powerful portrayal of the devastating effects of the First World War.Disillusioned in his role as a husband and father, Egbert strives to find his identity as a soldier. Yet the brutality of war leaves no room for such romantic notions, and everything that Egbert sought...

Goose Fair’ was written by D H Lawrence in 1910. It was the seventh of his sixty-seven short stories, all of which will be published individually in ebook format by the Blackthorn Press. Lawrence sets his story against the backdrop of the industrial troubles caused by the Franco-Prussian war of...

'The Witch à la Mode' examines the theme of marriage and the social and passionate contrasts of a modern marriage. The hero of the story returns to England to undertake a 'respectable' marriage but is drawn to see the passionate love of his life once more. Their mutual passion attracts and repels...

'The Mortal Coil' is one of Lawrence's darker stories. From adversity the lovers find a kind of happiness in each other only for death to snatch it away.  

'Samson and Delilah' is set against a Cornish backdrop. Lawrence and his wife tried to settle in Cornwall during the First World War but were hounded by the authorities and forced to leave. Lawrence pointedly describes the local people as' mindless' in this story. It is almost a Homeric story of a...

'Tickets Please' returns Lawrence to his native Nottingham during the war. The social revolution of women doing jobs previously done by men, also begins to change the relationship between the sexes and the women in the story are aggressive and wanting their rights. But are they happier for conquering...

'You Touched Me' is a comic/tragic story of a forced marriage brought about by an accidental touch in the night but the depth of the writing leaves the reader unsure if the couple are marrying for money or to release the passions realised by the touch in the night.

Maurice Pervin, a world war veteran, has settled on a farm in the English Midlands after being blinded in combat during his second tour of army duty in Flanders. He and his wife, Isabel, have employed a tenant couple to manage the farm. Maurice discusses details of production with his manager and...