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This book has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Jeeves presents the ideal image of the gentleman, being highly competent, dignified, and respectful. Incredibly knowledgeable about topics ranging from horse racing to history, Jeeves has an encyclopedic knowledge of literature and academic subjects. He frequently quotes from Shakespeare and the romantic poets. Well informed about members of the British aristocracy thanks to the club book of the Junior Ganymede Club, he also seems to have a considerable number of useful connections among various servants. Jeeves uses his knowledge and connections to solve problems inconspicuously. Contents: - Leave it to Jeeves - Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest - Jeeves and the Hard-boiled Egg - Absent Treatment - Helping Freddie - Rallying Round Old George - Doing Clarence a Bit of Good - The Aunt and the Sluggard
Musaicum Books presents to you this unique SF collection, designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Contents: - H. G. Wells: - The Time Machine - Ayn Rand: - Anthem - Mark Twain: - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court - H. Beam Piper: - Flight from Tomorrow - Philip K. Dick: - The Skull - The Variable Man - Fritz Leiber: - The Big Time - Andre Norton: - Key Out of Time - The Time Traders - The Defiant Agents - Lester Del Rey: - Pursuit - ...And It Comes Out Here - August Derleth: - A Traveler in Time - Frederik Pohl: - The Tunnel Under the World - The Day of the Boomer Dukes
This book has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. "The Big Time" is Hugo Award winning short science fiction novel by Fritz Leiber. The storyline features members of one of two factions, both capable of time travel, engaged in a long-term conflict called "The Change War". The two opposing groups are nicknamed the Spiders and the Snakes after their respective sponsors. The true forms or identities of the Spiders and the Snakes, how those nicknames were chosen, or whether they are in any way descriptive are all unknown."No Great Magic" is the sequel to "The Big Time". The story involves two warring factions that battle by using time travel to change the outcome of events throughout history.
This book edition of "A Royal Prisoner" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. The King of Hesse-Weimar is arriving in, with a famous diamond of tremendous worth in his keeping. Fantômas bites the bait and foils the ingenious and diabolical plot to steal the diamond, but the redoubtable Inspector Juve and his faithful sidekick Fandor know Fantômas too well not to anticipate it.
This book edition of "A Nest of Spies" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. The Europe is on the verge of The Great War and the Fantômas puts his evil genius in the service of Kaiser's Germany. A certain foreign power is engaged in Paris and Fantômas colludes with them, providing vital national and military secrets for Germany. Fearless detective Juve is, as always, one step behind.
This book has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. The Phantom is actually Richard Curtis Van Loan, a world-famous detective, whose true identity is only known by one man--Frank Havens. "The lonely shack stood in the chill night gloom, its windows faint squares of light. Thin mist, driven by a wind which shook the dark branches of surrounding heavy trees, swirled coldly about the small, solitary building. Within it, under the glare of a single naked ceiling bulb, two men stood with their backs to the bolted oak door. They were watching a third man who crouched across the room before the gleaming dials of a small but full equipped short-wave radio apparatus."
This book has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Adjustment Team - Don't like what you see? Leave it to the adjustment team to "fix" your reality. This story was also adapted into a successful movie featuring Matt Damon. The Defenders - The USA and Soviet Union are engaged in a long nuclear war, but can the robots defend the humanity or be the end of it? The Unreconstructed M - An independent researcher uncovers a plot to falsify evidence in a world where the technology used to solve crimes has advanced... Breakfast at Twilight - A family strangely finds itself in the middle of a nuclear war but they have the option of going back to their own time-continuum or escape their fate altogether...
This book has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Second Variety - A nuclear war between the Soviet Union and the West has reduced much of the world to a barren wasteland. The war continues, however, among the scattered remains of humanity. The Western forces have developed "claws", which are autonomous self-replicating robots to fight on their side... The Last of the Masters - An old and ageing robot is a benevolent dictator of the last remnants of humanity, but the Anarchists want him gone. Will the machines and humans never understand each other? The Defenders - The USA and Soviet Union are engaged in a long nuclear war, but can the robots defend the humanity or be the end of it? Sales Pitch - An unwanted sales-pitching robot is the sole company of his master on a long flight... James P. Crow - Robots have totally moved the society away from war and anarchism but the humans begrudge being inferior to them. It now remains up to James P. Crow to remove the robots from the earth and "de-integrate" the society...
A Room with a View - When Lucy Honeychurch embarks on a journey of a lifetime to Italy, little does she know that she would fall for the reckless man George, with whom she and co-traveller had exchanged the room with in Florence. In spite of her self-denial about her growing attraction to George Lucy knows in her heart that she cannot marry another man, let alone Cecil Vyse, who is not only downright obnoxious but also overbearing. This book is a classic romance which has also been adapted into a highly successful movie featuring Helena Bonham Carter, Julian Sands, Maggie Smith and Daniel Day-Lewis. Howards End - The story revolves around three families in England at the beginning of the 20th century: the Wilcoxes, rich capitalists with a fortune made in the colonies; the half-German Schlegel siblings (Margaret, Helen, and Tibby), whose cultural pursuits have much in common with the Bloomsbury Group; and the Basts, an impoverished young couple from a lower-class background. As fate would have it, their lives are going to be intertwined in such a manner that the secret passions and flying tempers would bring each of the family to the verge of ruin. Can they survive this vortex or will they be ruined forever?
This book edition of "THE MACHINE STOPS" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. "The Machine Stops" describes a world in which most of the human population has lost the ability to live on the surface of the Earth. Each individual now lives in isolation below ground in a standard room, with all bodily and spiritual needs met by the omnipotent, global Machine. Travel is permitted, but is unpopular and rarely necessary. Communication is also made via a kind of machine with which people conduct their only activity: the sharing of ideas and what passes for knowledge. In such a suffocating atmosphere Kuno, a man dares to think and do the unmentionable, that is, question the omnipotence of the faulty machine God.... E. M. Forster (1879-1970) was an English novelist, short story writer, essayist and librettist. He is known best for his ironic and well-plotted novels examining class difference and hypocrisy in early 20th-century British society. A Passage to India (1924) brought him his greatest success and he was also nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 16 different years.
The Guardians - All hell breaks loose when a young girl tries to fulfil her curiosity about the prohibited knowledge of her universe and defies the orders of her elders... Perchance to Dream - What do you do in a totalitarian society when even your dreams are under the control of state? Can you still dare to dream freely and face death? or Will you accept conformity? Irving E. Cox (1917-2001) was a prolific science fiction author who wrote popular books like Adolescents Only, The Cartels Jungle and Impact. Richard Stockham (?) is an unknown science fiction author.
Musaicum Books presents to you this meticulously edited Mack Reynolds collection. This book has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Content: Ultima Thule Black Man's Burden Border, Breed nor Birth Frigid Fracas Status Quo Dogfight - 1973 Potential Enemy Off Course After Some Tomorrow Happy Ending Unborn Tomorrow I'm a Stranger Here Myself Summit Revolution Combat Medal of Honor Gun for Hire Freedom Farmer Mercenary Subversive The Common Man Expediter Spaceman on a Spree Adaptation
These sellected SF stories are set in a near future and cover an assortment of social systems including anarchy, communism, technocracy, syndicalism, meritocracy, various forms of socialism, and an extrapolation of free-enterprise economics, People's Capitalism. Reynolds' heroes seek to improve their societies by direct revolutionary action. Contents: - Revolution - Combat - Freedom - Subversive - Mercenary - Ultima Thule - Black Man's Burden - Border, Breed nor Birth - Frigid Fracas - Status Quo - Dogfight - 1973 - Potential Enemy - Off Course - After Some Tomorrow - Happy Ending - Unborn Tomorrow - I'm a Stranger Here Myself - Summit - Medal of Honor - Gun for Hire - Farmer - Mercenary - The Common Man - Expediter - Spaceman on a Spree - Adaptation
Musaicum Books presents to you a meticulously edited Thornton Burgess collection. This book has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Content: - Bedtime Story-Books: - The Adventures of Reddy Fox - The Adventures of Johnny Chuck - The Adventures of Peter Cottontail - The Adventures of Unc' Billy Possum - The Adventures of Mr. Mocker - The Adventures of Jerry Muskrat - The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse - The Adventures of Grandfather Frog - The Adventures of Chatterer, the Red Squirrel - The Adventures of Sammy Jay - The Adventures of Buster Bear - The Adventures of Old Mr. Toad - The Adventures of Prickly Porky - The Adventures of Old Man Coyote - The Adventures of Paddy the Beaver - The Adventures of Poor Mrs. Quack - The Adventures of Bobby Coon - The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk - The Adventures of Bob White
Metaphysics is one of the principal works of Aristotle and the first major work of the branch of philosophy with the same name. The principal subject is "being qua being," or being insofar as it is being. It examines what can be asserted about any being insofar as it is and not because of any special qualities it has. Also covered are different kinds of causation, form and matter, the existence of mathematical objects, and a prime-mover God.
There is something wrong with Peter Rabbit as he lost his appetite. He seems to be lonely and in a need of companion, so he sets of to the Old Pasture to visit some friends. However, after some unpleasant incidents he runs into lovely Miss Fuzzytail and falls in love. Since the feelings are mutual, two of them marry and start a new life and a new adventure in the Old Briar-Patch.
"Old Mother West Wind" is a famous series of children's books written by Thornton Burgess. The author used his outdoor observations of nature as plots for his stories. The characters in the Old Mother West Wind series include Peter Rabbit (known briefly as Peter Cottontail), Jimmy Skunk, Sammy Jay, Bobby Raccoon, Little Joe Otter, Grandfather Frog, Billy Mink, Jerry Muskrat, Spotty the Turtle, Old Mother West Wind, and her Merry Little Breezes. Table of Contents: - Old Mother West Wind - Mother West Wind's Children - Mother West Wind's Animal Friends - Mother West Wind "Why" Stories - Mother West Wind "How" Stories - Mother West Wind "When" Stories - Mother West Wind "Where" Stories
What do you do when in the aftermath of a nuclear holocaust the only way to survive is to kill or be killed? Two strangers, a man and a woman, come across each other in a hostile world where every life hangs by the thread. Instead of killing each other they decide to strike up a purely sexual relationship yet never losing the sight of their weapons. But things can never go as per plan when lust for blood runs higher than carnal lust. Will they survive? Or will they suffer the same gory end as that of the other victim who was murdered by the hero earlier? Interestingly the term "The Night of the Long Knives", was in reality, a military purge known as the Operation Hummingbird that took place in Nazi Germany from June 30 to July 2, 1934, when the Nazi regime carried out a series of political extrajudicial executions intended to consolidate Hitler's absolute hold on power in Germany. Read on! Fritz Leiber (1910-1992) was an American writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. He was also a poet, actor in theater and films, playwright and chess expert. With writers such as Robert E. Howard and Michael Moorcock, Leiber can be regarded as one of the fathers of sword and sorcery fantasy, having in fact created the term.
This book has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Bertie returns to London from several weeks in Cannes spent in the company of his Aunt Dahlia Travers and her daughter Angela. In Bertie's absence, Jeeves has been advising Bertie's old school friend, Gussie Fink-Nottle, who is in love with a goofy, sentimental, whimsical, childish girl named Madeline Bassett...
Sometimes we meet obstacles in the form of adversities. With good hope and persistence and with confidence we can overcome. This book contains simple and insightful poems that give different views as to how we can overcome adversity and act with confidence so that we can enjoy success.
Sometimes we need to just work and have optimistic hope and desires. This book contains poetic views that are powerful that shows why it is important to work towards success and also to be optimistic. It is a good read that can empower you in your journey towards success.
We are all helping one another if we want to achieve success and our personal goals. Also important is our actions that consider others. This book contains poetic thoughts that are simple and insightful that gives views on why helpfulness and considerations are important in our journey towards success.
We all need to work with people we trust and who are reliable. Also important is the need to consider the environment as we pursue success. This book contains poetic insights that are simple yet powerful that give views on why it is important to have reliability and consideration of the environment in journey to success.
We act towards others with our own choice. However, in our journey towards success, it is important that we have honour and sincerity. This book contains poetic reflections that are simple and insightful that helps us be aware of why it is important to have sincerity and honour in our quest for success in our lives.
Success may come because we have service and the desire to go the extra mile. We work towards success with an attitude of service and doing that extra. This book has poetic reflections that are simple and insightful that gives reasons as to way it is important to serve others as well as go the extra mile.
We are to act with self-discipline and also with orderliness if we are to have long term success. If we don't have these two values, then it will be hard for us to enjoy long term the success that we achieve. This book contains poetic insights that contains different views on why it is important to act with discipline and orderliness
Sometimes we act with disrespect and disloyal. This won't take us too far in our quest for success. We enjoy the fruits of long term success when we are respectful and also when we are loyal to others who helped us in our journey towards success. Read this book for poetic insights on respect and loyalty.
One of the most important value for success is persistence despite setback and obstacles. The challenges we face is life is sometimes overcome by persistence and when we achieve success it is important to be modest because others may not like an attitude of arrogance and self boast.
This book contains poetic reflections that are powerful but simple, insightful and easy to understand. It has poetic views on why it is important to have purity and integrity in our journey and why they can help us succeed in life.
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