Herbert George Wells (1866—1946) was an English writer. He was prolific in many genres, writing dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, but he is now best remembered for his science fiction novels. «The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth» is a science fiction novel, first published in 1904. Hoping to create a new growth agent for food with beneficial uses to mankind, two scientists find that the spread of the material is uncontrollable. Giant chickens, rats, and insects run amok, and children given the foodstuffs experience incredible growth and serious illnesses.

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 — 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. «The Last Galley: Impressions and Tales I» is the first volume in the series, consisting of wonderful short stories like «The Last Galley,» «The Contest,» and «Through the Veil.»

Herbert George Wells (1866 — 1946) was an English writer. He was prolific in many genres, writing dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, but he is now best remembered for his science fiction novels. «Marriage» is a novel, which features two protagonists: Marjorie Pope, the oldest daughter of a carriage manufacturer and R.A.G. Trafford, a physicist specializing in crystallography whom she marries against the wishes of her family. The novel traces the history of their relationship, which begins when an early airplane Trafford is piloting crashes into the garden of a house Marjorie’s family is renting for the summer.

Herbert George Wells (1866 — 1946) was an English writer. He was prolific in many genres, writing dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, but he is now best remembered for his science fiction novels. «Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul» is a satirical social novel about a young man, Artie Kipps. Orphaned at an early age, raised by his aunt and uncle, and apprenticed for seven years to a draper, he is stunned to discover upon reading a newspaper advertisement that he is the grandson of a wealthy gentleman — and the inheritor of his fortune.

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 — 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. This volume contains remarkably witty stories about French officer Brigadier Gerard: «How Brigadier Gerard Lost His Ear,» «How Brigadier Slew The Fox,» «The Marriage of the Brigadier» and other stories.

Thomas Hardy (1840—1928) was an English novelist and poet. In the novel «Two On A Tower» Lady Constantine breaks all the rules of social decorum when she falls in love with the beautiful Swithin St Cleeve. He is younger than she and stands below the social ladder. The tower in question is a monument to the astronomical observatory where together the lovers ‘sweep the heavens’. Science and romance are destined to collide, however, as work, ambition and the pressures of the outside world intrude upon the pair. In what Sally Shuttleworth calls ‘a drama of oppositions and conflicts’, Hardy’s story sets male desire against female constancy.

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 — 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. «Tales of the Camp» is a collection of fascinating military stories, set in the prime days of the British Empire. Not surprisingly, one of the stories has a supernatural element. It is a remarkable book for those who wish to get a closer look at the army life of those times.

World-famous for his novels Sister Carrie and Jennie Gerhardt, Theodore Dreiser was also highly accomplished in journalism, autobiography, and travel writing. In 1919 Dreiser proposed to publish a «book of characters» that would collect twelve biographical sketches of individuals who were major influences on Dreiser, both as a man and as a writer. The men profiled in Twelve Men are a diverse and colorful group: from Dreiser’s equally famous brother, the song-writer Paul Dreiser, to the entirely obscure railroad foreman Michael Burke, on whose work crew Dreiser had labored in 1903.

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 — 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. This volume includes short mystery stories like «The Lost Special,» «The Beetle-Hunter» and «The Man with the Watches,» filled to the brim with suspense, wild twists, and turns.

Henry James (1843—1916) was an American author regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism. «The Tragic Muse» is wide, cheerful panorama of English life follows the fortunes of two would-be artists: Nick Dormer, who throws over a political career in his efforts to become a painter, and Miriam Rooth, an actress striving for artistic and commercial success.

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 — 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. «Tales of Blue Water» is a collection of short stories about the sea. Mixing adventure, romance, and humor, these tales present an interesting view of life in the sea.

Henry James (1843—1916) was an American author regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism. «The Princess Casamassima» is the wonderful story of an intelligent but confused young London bookbinder, Hyacinth Robinson, who becomes involved in radical politics and a terrorist assassination plot. The book is unusual in the Jamesian canon for dealing with such a violent political subject.

Henry James (1843—1916) was an American author regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism. «The Portrait of a Lady» is the awesome story of a spirited young American woman, Isabel Archer. She inherits a large amount of money and subsequently becomes the victim of Machiavellian scheming by two American expatriates. This novel reflects James’s continuing interest in the differences between the New World and the Old, often to the detriment of the former.

Walter Scott (1771—1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, poet, and playwright. Although he was an advocate and legal administrator by profession, Scott is most famous for his great literary works and activities in the Royal Highland Society. Inspired by the legend of the Good Devil of Woodstock, this historical novel takes place near the end of English Civil War. The events revolve around the king of England, Scotland and Ireland Charles II and his escape from the country right after the battle of Worcester. The book describes the fate of many people during the period of riots all the way up to the restoration of the monarchy and triumphant return of the king.

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 — 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. «Sir Nigel» is a historical novel set during the early days of the Hundred Years’ War. As a background story to his book «The White Company», it describes the early life of Sir Nigel Loring in the service of King Edward III at the start of the war.

Henry James (1843—1916) was an American author regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism. «The Portrait of a Lady» is the awesome story of a spirited young American woman, Isabel Archer. She inherits a large amount of money and subsequently becomes the victim of Machiavellian scheming by two American expatriates. This novel reflects James’s continuing interest in the differences between the New World and the Old, often to the detriment of the former.

Henry James (1843—1916) was an American author regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism. «The Outcry» is an effervescent comedy of money and manners. Breckenridge Bender, a very rich American with a distinct resemblance to J.P. Morgan, arrives in England with the purpose of acquiring some very great art; he is directed to Dedborough, the estate of the debt-ridden Lord Theign. But plutocrat and aristocrat come into unexpected conflict when a young connoisseur, out to establish his own reputation, declares a prize painting from the lord’s collection to be in fact an even rarer, and pricier, work than had been thought.

Jonathan Swift (1667—1745) was an Irish satirist, essayist, prose writer and poet, who has found his calling as a cleric of St Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin. This book is the second volume of the extensive collection of Swift’s best poems.

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 — 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. This book is the first part of a «Mysteries and Adventures» series, containing author’s earliest fiction stories. The narratives revolve around different themes, such as romance, crime, colonial life, politics, and even supernatural.

John Sheppard was a notorious English robber and thief of early 18th-century London. Born into a poor family, he was apprenticed as a carpenter but took to theft and burglary in 1723. He was arrested and imprisoned five times in 1724 but escaped from prison, making him a notorious public figure, and wildly popular with the poorer classes.

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850—1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, travel writer, and essayist, He was a celebrity during his lifetime for works like «Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde» and «Treasure Island.» Now he is one of the most translated authors in the world. This volume consists of two magnificent short stories: intriguing «The Pavilion on the Links» and dramatic «A Lodging for the Night.»

David Herbert Lawrence (1885-1930) was an English novelist, poet, playwright and literary critic, one of the key writers of the early twentieth century, most famous for his criticism of rationalism and industrialization. «The Trespasser» is the second Lawrence’s novel, and it tells the story of Siegmund, a violinist, who is married to Beatrice and has kids. He falls in love with a younger musician Helena, spends a week with her, and after returning home realizes, that he cannot choose between her or Beatrice and the children.

John Galsworthy (1867—1933) was an English novelist and playwright. «The Burning Spear» is a work that reveals to the reader a completely different Galsworthy — a sarcastic and witty cynic, a true master of British ironic prose.

Walter Scott (1771—1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, poet, and playwright. Although he was an advocate and legal administrator by profession, Scott is most famous for his great literary works and activities in the Royal Highland Society. «The Lady of the Lake» is one of the most famous narrative poems of the nineteenth century. It consists of six cantos, describing three exciting plotlines: the contest among Roderick Dhu, James Fitz-James, and Malcolm Graeme for the love of Ellen Douglas; uneasy relations between King James V and James Douglas; and the war between the Lowland and the Highland clans of Scotland.

Jack London (1876—1916) was an American novelist, journalist and social activist. Pioneering the genre of magazine fiction and prototyping science fiction, he became one of the first writers, who gained worldwide fame and a large fortune. «The Kempton-Wace Letters» is an epistolary novel written by Jack London and Anna Strunsky. It consists of philosophical thoughts on love and relationships, written as a series of letters between two men, young scientist Herbert Wace, and a poet Dane Kempton. Jack London plays the role of Wace, and while Anna is responsible for Kempton’s letters.

Walter Scott (1771—1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, poet, and playwright. Although he was an advocate and legal administrator by profession, Scott is most famous for his great literary works and activities in the Royal Highland Society. Loosely based on the life of the notorious pirate John Gow, the novel tells the tale of Captain Cleveland, his feud with young Mordaunt Mertoun, and their relationships with Mina and Brenda Troll. Of course, as the genre dictates, it is full of romance, danger, and wonderful adventures.

This richly varied collection of observation, fancy and fiction shows the London he knew so intimately at its best and worst — its streets, theatres, inns, pawnshops, law courts, prisons, omnibuses and the river Thames — in honest and visionary descriptions of eveiyday life and people. We see the condemned man in his prison cell, garrulous matrons, vulgar young clerks and Scrooge-like bachelors. A startling mixture of humour and pathos, these Sketches reveal London as wonderful terrain for an extraordinary young Dickens.

Jonathan Swift (1667—1745) was an Irish satirist, essayist, prose writer and poet, who has found his calling as a cleric of St Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin. «The Journal to Stella» is a collection of sixty-five letters from Jonathan Swift to his friend Esther Johnson, whom he called «Stella» and, according to some reports, was his secret wife, although there is no documentary evidence of it. Swift wrote the letters between 1710 and 1713 in England and many critics consider them as deeply personal.

Walter Scott (1771—1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, poet, and playwright. Although he was an advocate and legal administrator by profession, Scott is most famous for his great literary works and activities in the Royal Highland Society. «The Fortunes of Nigel» tells the story of a young Scottish nobleman, Nigel Olifaunt. He travels to London to ask the King to repay his father’s loan. Nigel wishes to buy out his estate, but the Duke of Buckingham and Prince Charles already have plans for it. Therefore, when our hero dives deep into the life of the court, he finds himself in great danger.

A fallen woman would seem a less-than-ideal choice for a Victorian heroine. Elizabeth Gaskell courageously created just such a portrait in her Ruth. Overturning the conventional assumption that a woman once seduced is condemned to exclusion from respectable society, Gaskell draws a heroine whose emotional honesty, innate morality, and the love she shares with her illegitimate son are sufficient for redemption.

Washington Irving (1783 — 1859) was an American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. «Bracebridge Hall» is a location-based series of character sketches with a number of individual plots. The tales center on an English manor, its inhabitants, and the tales they tell.

Walter Scott (1771-1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, poet, and playwright. Although he was an advocate and legal administrator by profession, Scott is most famous for his great literary works and activities in the Royal Highland Society. «The Fortunes of Nigel» tells the story of a young Scottish nobleman, Nigel Olifaunt. He travels to London to ask the King to repay his father’s loan. Nigel wishes to buy out his estate, but the Duke of Buckingham and Prince Charles already have plans for it. Therefore, when our hero dives deep into the life of the court, he finds himself in great danger.

Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) was an English novelist and poet. Jude Fawley’s hopes of a university education are lost when he is trapped into marrying the earthy Arabella, who later abandons him. Moving to the town of Christminster where he finds work as a stonemason, Jude meets and falls in love with his cousin Sue Bridehead, a sensitive, freethinking ‘New Woman’. Refusing to marry merely for the sake of religious convention, Jude and Sue decide instead to live together, but they are shunned by society and poverty soon threatens to ruin them.

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850—1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, travel writer, and essayist. He was a celebrity during his lifetime for works like «Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde» and «Treasure Island.» Now he is one of the most translated authors in the world. The story of the novel «The Black Arrow» takes place in England during the Wars of the Roses and revolves around young Richard «Dick» Shelton, the son of the Englishman and the pupil of Baron Daniel Brackley. A fascinating series of events will tell how he becomes a knight, rescues his beloved Joanna Sedley, and obtains justice for the murder of his father, Sir Harry Shelton.

William Sydney Porter known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American short story writer. His stories are known for their surprise endings. «Heart of the West» is a collection of humorous and sentimental stories of sheepherders, cowpunchers, trail cooks, prospectors, outlaws, and Texas Rangers offer the modern reader a window into the often mythologized American West. Perhaps reflecting O. Henry’s own experience as a young man in the middle of nowhere, where women were few and far between, many of the stories are comic tales of romantic rivalry.

Jonathan Swift (1667—1745) was an Irish satirist, essayist, prose writer and poet, who has found his calling as a cleric of St Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin. «The Battle of the Books» is the name of a short satire story published as introduction to his «A Tale of a Tub.» It depicts a battle between books in the King’s Library as ideas and authors struggle for supremacy.

John Galsworthy (1867—1933) was an English novelist and playwright. In this final volume of «The Forsyte Chronicles» Galsworthy writes about the lives and loves of the Cherrell family, cousins of the Forsytes. For centuries, the Cherrell sons have left their home of Condaford Grange to serve the state as soldiers, clergymen and administrators, but the 1930s bring uncertainty in a world of rapidly altering morals and unemployment. Galsworthy’s portrayal of the effect of political change on individuals show him as a great social novelist as well as the author of one of the most gripping family sagas ever written.

Walter Scott (1771—1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, poet, and playwright. Although he was an advocate and legal administrator by profession, Scott is most famous for his great literary works and activities in the Royal Highland Society. «Peveril of the Peak» is a wonderful historical novel set near the end of the seventeenth century in the years following the English Civil War. Most of the story takes place in locations of Derbyshire, London, and on the Isle of Man and revolves around a Cavalier Julian Peveril who is in love with Alice Bridgenorth. Nevertheless, both he and his father are accused of accused of involvement with the Popish Plot of 1678, which breaks all the plans for a happy future.

John Galsworthy (1867—1933) was an English novelist and playwright. In this final volume of «The Forsyte Chronicles» Galsworthy writes about the lives and loves of the Cherrell family, cousins of the Forsytes. For centuries, the Cherrell sons have left their home of Condaford Grange to serve the state as soldiers, clergymen and administrators, but the 1930s bring uncertainty in a world of rapidly altering morals and unemployment. Galsworthy’s portrayal of the effect of political change on individuals show him as a great social novelist as well as the author of one of the most gripping family sagas ever written.

Jack London (1876—1916) was an American novelist, journalist and social activist. Pioneering the genre of magazine fiction and prototyping science fiction, he became one of the first writers, who gained worldwide fame and a large fortune. Being a sequel to «Jerry of the Islands» this novel tells the story of Jerry’s sibling, Irish terrier Michael, born in the Solomon Islands. The dog works as a slave hunter on a schooner recruiting native islanders for work. One day the captain accidentally leaves Michael on a beach and sails away, thereby forcing Michael to go on a journey in which he must find a new owner.