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Cory Doctorow is a journalist, science fiction writer and political activist. One of the founders of boing-boing.net, a popular portal on science, culture and politics, coordinator of the human rights organization Electronic Frontier Foundation, a regular author of many magazines and newspapers....

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The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
American writer and illustrator Howard Pyle (1853-1911) collected and crafted many legends and ballads about Robin Hood. None of these stories was invented by Pail, he only connected them together - a fascinating story full of medieval color and folk English humor turned out about a noble robber and his cheerful friends-yomen living under the...

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Pierre; or The Ambiguities
In America, in the rich family estate of Saddle Meadows, the Glendinning family leads a luxurious and carefree existence - Mrs. Glendinning rotates in the upper circles of local society; her son, Pierre, an athlete and a talented young writer who gained his first fame, is going to marry the lovely Lucy, whom he seems to have a crush on. But an...

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At the earth's core
  • Fiction, 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs
The amazing adventures of two Americans in the underworld, in which they accidentally fell on a mechanical underground scout....

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Nicholas Nickleby
Finding himself on the brink of poverty after the death of his father, the young and largely naive Nicholas Nickleby, under the pressure of his cynical and pragmatic uncle, becomes a teacher in one of the notorious closed English schools... Even now, even the most trained reader is shocked by pictures of ruthless corporal punishment and...

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The Sound of Silence
Most people, when asked to determine utter loneliness, say that they are alone in the crowd. And you need only one small difference in order to stay in the crowd forever ......

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Anthem
The story “Anthem” by Ayn Rand is a socio-political anti-utopia. This is a criticism of a totalitarian society that suppresses creativity and human feelings. In this barbaric society, no one has personal names: there is "we", but there is no "I", no one has the right to think, create and choose their life path. The main character discovers...

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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
The favorite story of the Dutch settlement Sleepy Hollow, New York, is the sinister story of a ghost. A headless horseman watches overdue travelers. Icabod Crane, faithful to everything otherworldly, is caring for Katharina Van Tassel, a blond beauty and a daughter landowner, Baltus van Tassel. Congratulations on the autumn night, when the...

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The Gambler
  • Fiction, 1866, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The novel about an all-consuming passion for the game. Wounded by their addictive position, the young teacher Alexei Ivanovich comes to the conclusion that money is everything, and the only way to gain it is by playing roulette. It gives a feeling of power, victory, good luck, and before this pleasure, even love recedes into the background....

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Poirot Investigates
If there is at least one dubious detail in the case, the famous detective will check it until he gets to the bottom of the truth. So, in the novel `One, two - a buckle fastener ', he doubts the guilt of a man whom the police suspect of several murders. In the novel `Elephants Can Remember, 'there is an endless debate with the writer...

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