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Running Water is an adventure novel by the British writer A.E.W.Mason in 1907. The story could be noticeable as mountaineering crime fiction with a romantic turn. A story of danger, romance, and adventure as mountain-climbers fight to save a climber who has slipped on a huge glacier. The novel combines a love story with a story of adventures under the banner of philosophical views. The heroine of this romance is Sylvia Thesiger, a beautiful young woman with an envious mother and love of the Alps. The novel begins with her first climb, up the icy black rocks of Col. Silent to the top of Aiguille d'Argentiere, in the company of Captain Hilary Chayne. After their first meeting on the Mont Blanc mountain, Sylvia goes back to England to live with her father (whom she has never link up). Skinner shows to be a dangerous man with a puzzling past and Sylvia tries, with Chayne's help, to protect the appointed victim. The final encounter takes place on the lethal Brenva route, one of the most adventurous ways to reach the top of Mont Blanc.

H.G Wells, The war in the Air, describe the disasters of Bert Smallways, a cycle engineer from Bun Hill, England who luckily becomes the eye-witness to the German air attack against the United States, which created world war. Smallways incidentally trades places with Mr. Alfred Butteridge, who has different plans for a secret flying machine, by falling into Butteridge's balloon. The balloon floats to Germany, and during the journey, Smallways finds the complete drawings for Butteridge's flying machine. Smallways figures out how to land on the ground for the German air fleet, driven by Prince Karl Albert. The author's essential focus is an analysis of the immorality of man and the delicacy of modern society. He encourages a one-world government and sponsors education vs War, simultaneously he has an unbelievable insight into the future and air warfare.

Captain Mayne Reid's this novel is one that has roots in a different countries and cultures. This novel is an overlooked gem and a classic piece of literature. It was first published in 1866 and is full of mystery and suspense.This novel is Set in nineteenth-century Texas, The Headless Horseman recounts the narrative of Louise Poindexter, who is a newbie to town. Sought by Cassius Calhoun and Maurice Gerald, Louise finds that her life takes a turn when her sibling, Henry Poindexter, is seen dead. Set in nineteenth-century Texas, The Headless Horseman recounts the narrative of Louise Poindexter, who is a newbie to town. Sought by Cassius Calhoun and Maurice Gerald, Louise finds that her life takes a turn when her sibling, Henry Poindexter, is seen dead. Let's read more to find out how this mystery will be solved and who the killer is.

Wylder's Hand is one of the most popular novel written by Irish author J. Sheridan Le Fanu, published in three volumes in 1864. It's full of mystery and suspense, depicting Victorian era. Story is all about two ancient family groups the Brandons and the Wylders engaged in their family conflicts, over titles, incomes and ownership of the Brandon hall. Charles De Cresseron a lawyer friend of Mark Welder narrates the story, Mark has invited him to seek his advice on the legal prospects of the marriage. As old matron Lady Chelford plans to end this rivalry by settling a marriage between beautiful young lady Dorcas Brandon and young handsome Mark Wylder. There is no love bonds, it's a negotiation only. As the marriage approaches near suddenly Mark disappears mysteriously. Dorcas feels decieted, tension and agitation prevails. Evidences suspect Mark's run off, meanwhile the tension Mark sends letters from Europe to Brandon Hall. Evil Stanley Lake, member of the third branch of the family, gets opportunity and seeks Dorcas hand.

Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888, a book by Frances Marie Antoinette Mack Roe was originally printed in 1909. This is a collection of letters written by a woman in the 1870s who proceeded to 'The Far West' (Colorado Territory). The stories included in the letters gave a good knowledge of how people lived in the west at the time as well and what military life was like. Frances Roe notes the problems of camp and garrison life with servants, sand, and shortages, and the enjoyments of parties and new friends, of hunting, fishing, and camping trips, and of long play with her dog Hal. She is courageous and brilliant, but she's also just a woman in the middle of out there try to stay alive and make a nice home for herself, her husband, and her new dog. Some interesting illustrations of army life in the west and her experiences with various Indian tribes and her pleasure of army post living when she correlated it to living in the eastern cities also.

Lord Jim, a book by Joseph Conrad, published in 1900. Jim, a young British sailor, becomes first fellow on the Patna, a ship full of devotees travelling to Mecca for the hazz. When the ship starts speedily taking on water and disaster seems approaching, Jim follows his captain and other crew members in leaving the ship and its passengers. A few days later, they are lifted by a British ship. However, the Patna and its passengers are later also rescued, and the disgraceful actions of the crew are revealed. The other contributors avoid the judicial court of enquiry, leaving Jim to the court alone. He is publicly criticised for this action and the novel follows his later efforts at coming to terms with his past. At trial, Jim meets Marlow and Marlow fixes Jim a position as a post manager at a remote colonial territory known as Patusan. Jim establishes a new identity at Patusan, and soon becomes a leader of great fame. The residents respect him as a spiritual and political force, a kind of father/protector of the people.

The Return of the Native became one of Hardy's most famous and recognised novels. It was published in 1878. The story is set on Egdon Heath, a fictitious sterile couple in Wessex in southwestern England. The local of the title is Clym Yeobright, who has come back to the area to become a schoolmaster after a successful career as a jeweller in Paris. He and his cousin Thomasin illustrate the conventional way of life, while Thomasin's husband, Damon Wildeve, and Clym's wife, Eustacia Vye, long for the adventure of city life. After a chain of co-occurances, Eustacia approaches to admit that she is liable for the death of Clym's mother. Assured that destiny has fated her to cause others pain, Eustacia runs and is sunk. Damon engulfs trying to save her. It describes the tragic prospects of romantic delusion and how its supporters fall to accept their opportunities to control their own fates. It is a novel that conveys a modern picture of a passing way of life although expressing a tale of the weaknesses of human struggle, but also finds space for the short happiness to be taken along the way. 'The Return of the Native' focuses on two young lovers confined in an unhappy marriage because they wed for the wrong reasons. The book features the difficulty with romantic dignity, and how we often end up in jails of our own making.

The Tavern Knight by Rafael Sabatini is a well-paced historical adventure novel. The dialogue writing and the beauty of well-weaved English phrases make it even more unforgettable for readers. The Tavern Knight is a story filled with revenge, love, and unlimited action and sword fighting. This work of Rafael Sabatini is an adventure-y yet dramatic story paired with war scenes and historical romance. Even though the clues given by Sabatini are easily caught, they still leave the person in shock. In 1920, this book was turned into a movie named "The Tavern Knight," directed by Maurice Elvey. The plot of the novel is set in England at the time of Cromwell. The main protagonist of the novel is on a mission of vengeance against his life's destroyers. Let's go on this enjoyable journey with a manly soldier to witness his life struggles and his mission.

The Story Of Mankind is a story written by Dutch-American historian, journalist, and book author Hendrik Van Loon. This book has received Newbery Medal for children's contribution.It is the story of mankind's development from nothingness to the creation of planets to modern science and technology. In this book, Loon explained to kids how mankind came into existence. The book starts with the creation of the world and takes you to the late 1920s. This book has been re-edited and the new versions can take you even further (up to modern times).It is a light, easy-to-read and humorous book and readers find the journey joyful and enlightening. Loon then takes you to the creation of the planet and then to prehistoric times. He then briefly describes Egypt and Middle Ages and throws light on scientific knowledge. In this book, he has also discussed the major battles that have impacted the world. He has also discussed religion, the revolution of Europe, and about World War I. Later, John Merriman, a professor of history, re-edited the book to a later version.

Sadhana The Retaliation of Life is India's ancient heritage written by Nobel Prize winner Rabindranath Tagore. It is one of the profound books on spirituality and is highly recommended for spiritual wisdom. The book answers some profound questions like; why God created the world? Why devil exists? Does beauty has a purpose? Etc.He also describes mother nature and says if the earth does not pull us with the exact force we could have not been able to walk on earth. With this decision to understand the complexity of this effort and the effort required to solve the conditions that the world of work shows outside, there is a meditation session every day. This is not "Let me figure it out; Let me take it." Everything you do is running. There is a surge of energy through yourself as if you are being lifted up. You will be like if you raise the ground itself in a spiritual way, and flood it with power that is not on your side or on the side of the world, but in 'the whole part.Tagore gives beautiful answers to these questions with Sanskrit verses from the Upanishad and the teachings of Lord Buddha. It will keep you happy, joyful, and breathless. Sadhana is one of those books which needs to be read slowly because every sentence contains an immense amount of knowledge.

Half a Chance is written by an American author and playwright Frederic Stewart Isham and published in 1909. This novel is a fast and enjoyable story with not too much reality in it which well compiles the general theme of Isham's work. It relates with the age-old question of nature vs nature; that given 'half a chance' a person, of whatever line, can be a noble, ethical human being and, on the other side, a gentleman of high birth can be a complete rascal. In this story Frisco Pet, an ex-prize fighter, is plaintiff of the murder of a woman of the underworld because he is spotted in her room in a drunken condition, alone with her body. In actuality Lord Ronsdale, a nobleman, had come to break with this woman, who, in a effort to blackmail him, took out a revolver which by accident went off. Frisco Pet is sent to the territories in a convict ship on which Lord Ronsdale also starts with Lord and Lady Wray and their six year old niece Jocelyn. A storm comes up but all the characters are saved and after many years there is much drama in this story and after that Wrays consent to Jocelyn's engagement with John Steele.

Eldorado is a continuation book to The Scarlet Pimpernel, first published in 1913. The plot starts in 1794, Sir Percy consents to take Armand St Just, brother of his wife, Marguerite, to France as a part of an arrangement to save the young Dauphin.The plot starts in 1794, Sir Percy consents to take Armand St Only, sibling of his better half, Marguerite, to France as a feature of an arrangement to save the youthful Dauphin. He falls in love with an entertainer named Jeanne L'Ange and fails to remember his promise to his leader. She is captured and Armand fails to trust Sir Percy who has let him know that he will safeguard her and fails to remember his promise to his leader. Sir Percy is caught by Chauvelin and Heron in the cell that was home to Marie Antoinette in her last days. Armand, desperate to share Jeanne's destiny, runs to the entryway of the Temple jail and shouts, "Long Live the King".The Pimpernel has proactively gotten Jeanne's freedom. After 17 days in jail, Percy is certain that the dauphin has been shipped securely into Holland. He then, imagines, by professing to break and admit his whereabouts, to make his departure.

The Highwaymen by H.C. Bailey is a highly entertaining historical novel filled with drama, mystery, and humor. This is an engaging novel set not long before Georgia's time. Its protagonist is Harry Boyce, a sharp young man with a reasonable character plan who is hampered by financial crises and the fact that he is the illegitimate child of an adventurer who lives just barely on the right side of the law - and not always.This book shows some pretty valid information on the early part of the eighteenth century. The style and cadence of the composition are both beguiling and entertaining, helping me to remember the works of Georgette Heyer; however, the topic is hazier and fiercer. Integral to the book is this sort of adoration. This book shows some pretty valid information on the early part of the eighteenth century. The style and rhythm of the composition are both beguiling and entertaining. The main theme of the book is violence and darkness, but central to the book is a kind of love and affection.

Robinson Crusoe is a famous novel by Daniel Defoe, first printed in 1719. Defoe's first long work of fiction presented most eternal character in English literature is Robinson Crusoe, a real English seamen who is shipwrecked on an island for 28 years. Crusoe is the story's narrator. He expresses how, as a headstrong young man, he neglected his family's advice and left his cosy middle-class home in England to go to sea. His first experience on a ship almost kills him, he is sweeped ashore on a deserted island after the shipwreck but he persists, and a journey to Guinea made him both a sailor and a merchant. An ordinary man fighting to survive in exceptional circumstances, Robinson Crusoe struggles with fate and the nature of God. He is a confidant man who uses his practical intelligence and ability to survive on the deserted island. The book is presented as an autobiography of the title character. This story shows survival is the most important prize for the last majority of living being called people of the Earth.

Zane Grey's Western fiction, To the Last Man, is an adventurous love story in the wilds of Arizona. A crisis builds between two fighting clans of farmers and sheepherders that started years ago in Texas, where the two bad-tempered and opposing patriarchs grew up together. The beautiful natural atmosphere is described wonderfully. As the pretty girl, raised among rough cattle rustlers, the daughter of the clan's leader, and the handsome and bold fighter/half-Indian son of the other leader, the love story has many twists and turns.This romance is consistent with Grey's creation of the pleasurable Valley War, and he puts it all together with respect so that he gets to learn about how to love so well from the strange interests of ancient people.

The Wound-Dresser is one of Walt Whitman's most popular poem, published in 1865 in his collection Drum Taps. It is a personal, graphic, and absolutely moving poem that centres on the theme of nursing the sick and dying and gives a realistic view of war and the unexciting side of what happens to the men who go to the fight it. This poem is extraordinary for its lack of extreme portrayals of pain and suffering. The poem features Whitman's experiences during the Civil War as a volunteer in Washington's hospitals. The Wound Dresser is then, a poem of the Civil War, a poem of our country's history, a poem of the poet's 'specimen interior', a poem based in Washington D.C., and a poem that reviews 'the narrow of the tragedy' that is war. It is a poem of remembering, of memory, of memory reviewed through dream. This is a remarkable collection of articles and letters about Walt Whitman's skills volunteering as a nurse in the Civil War. In the book, there is three articles. The articles tell about his time in the Civil War and many of his experiences with injured soldiers he met.

Frederic Stewart Isham was an American novelist and playwright. He has written mainly historical romances and fantasy novels. Under the Rose is such a historical and fantasy novel, set in 16th century Europe, published in 1903. It's a beautiful amusing novel though depicted events are not relevant historically. The story is set around the court of Charles Vth ruler of the Holy Roman Empire and Francis I of France. Kings Francis niece marriage with the Duke of Friedwald is proposed as an alliance between France and Empire. But Duke's Jester impressed the Princess Louise, won her heart and they fell in love. Then situations became odd, problems emerged after some twists ended happily.

Moll Flanders was born in Newate Prison, she was self-sufficient, intelligent and practical female protagonist. Daniel Defoe's novel "Moll Flanders" was first published in the year 1722. This work shows us the life of a courageous Moll, starting from her birth until her old age. Female protagonist moll has some unusual and most striking features which keeps reader's hooked. Moll always craved for stability in her life, but fate was unkind with her, which makes it the story of a survivor. As a writer who has written hundreds of books Daniel used his expertise to add details about Moll's marriages and about her ill fate. Let's read this story of a Survivor by Daniel Defoe to find out how Moll survived with her ill fate.

'Edison's Conquest of Mars' was printed in 1898 as a subsequence to H.G.Wells's 'The War of the Worlds'. It concerns Edison's efforts to hold off a Martian attack on Earth, with his own occupation of Mars. It also, as is visible in the title reveres Thomas Edison as the main hero of the story. This is the first literary presence of a spacesuit and the magnetic force he uses to move his ships through interplanetary space is more credible and founded in Science than the giant canon that the Martians use to throw their cylinders towards the Earth. This book consist of the first space battle to ever show in print. It is the first alien kidnapping story. It has asteroid mining and the first truly useful spacesuits. Serviss acquire the collaboration of the famous innovator Thomas Edison and invented a totally different and amazing tale of humans conquering Mars. Together, this army of Science Heroes start the longest journey in human history, in an effort to save the world. It has a position in the history of science fiction for its early employment of themes and concepts that later became standards of the class.

'Under the Deodars' is a collection of short stories by Rudyard Kipling and printed in 1889. These stories illustrating British life in Shimla and similar regions around India during the British rule. This book has consist of eight short stories: The Education of Otis Yeere, At the Pit's Mouth, A Wayside Comedy, The Hill of Illusion, A Second-Rate Woman, Only a Subaltern, In the Matter of a Private, The Enlightenments of Pagett. M.P. In the first story, The Education of Otis Yeere, a brief look into how the smart, bored wives of government officials in India dealt with their boredom by fertilizing fortunes of hapless men from the rank and life. 'At the Pit's Mouth' is a tragic warning against conducting infidelities in a graveyard. 'A Wayside Comedy' is similar example against conducting adulteries in a hidden little circle, and 'The Hill of Illusion' rounds off a loose tripartition, with a deficient dialogue between nervous womanizer. The next two stories are based in the camps, both ending in death. 'Only a Subaltern' features a motivating young officer who goes beyond the call of duty for his men, then 'In the Matter of a Private' is a case of threatening where the worm turns. The final story 'The Enlightenments of Pagett, M.P.', is the one to look at the India question as a whole and is primarily an exercise in informing the good people back home that they don't understand a thing about the country.

The Selected Prose of Oscar Wilde contains entries from his short sonnets, essays, plays, and letters. There is an immense number of poems from de Profundis which was written while Wilde was in jail. Wilde composed many essays on different authors in which he would reprimand them or acclaim them. Contents:Preface by Robert Ross The Quality of George Meredith Life in the Fallacious Model Life the Disciple Life the Plagiarist The Indispensable East The Influence of the Impressionists on Climate An Exposure to Naturalism Thomas Griffiths Wainewright Wainewright at Hobart Town Cardinal Newman and the Autobiographers Robert Browning ...

The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare. Acted in 1611, it might have been the last play that Shakespeare at any point composed. It was surely among the last. Since it was among Shakespeare's later works, some read The Tempest as a sort of goodbye to a dramatic profession. However it is in no way, shape, or form sure that Shakespeare knew that he would before long quit composing plays at the time that he wrote The Tempest. Even though it is more obscure in tone than a portion of Shakespeare's different plays, The Tempest is by and large viewed as a satire, as it closes with characters drawn in to be hitched as opposed to others in which lovers faced an awful passing.

Since its rapid fame in 1813, Pride and Prejudice have stayed one of the most famous books in the English language. Jane Austen referred to this splendid work as "her own darling child" and its enthusiastic and courageous woman, Elizabeth Bennet, "as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print." The heartfelt conflict between the perceptive Elizabeth and her beloved lover, Mr. Darcy, is an amazing presentation of acculturated striking. What's more, Jane Austen's brilliant mind shines as her characters dance a sensitive quadrille of tease and interest, making this book the most wonderful satire of the habits of Regency England.

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is a misfortunate tale by William Shakespeare. Set in the Kingdom of Denmark, the play sensationalizes the retribution Prince Hamlet demands on his uncle Claudius for killing King Hamlet, Claudius' sibling and Prince Hamlet's dad, and afterward prevailing to the lofty position and taking as his better half Gertrude, the old ruler's widow, and Prince Hamlet's mom. The play distinctively depicts both valid and pretended franticness - from overpowering sorrow to fuming rage - and investigates topics of bad form, vengeance, interbreeding, and moral defilement.

The book 'War and Peace' by Leo Tolstoy depends on story of novel archives of French assault on Russia in 1812 and the impact of Napoleonic period on Tsarist society through the accounts of pedigreed families in Russia.Tremendous portions of this writing are philosophical discussions instead of account. This exploration paper splendidly follows the characters, from different foundations, as military assaults from grouped establishments laborers and aristocrats, customary people and heroes. As they fight with issues novel to their period and their lifestyle, it portrays speculations and characters transcend their identity. This investigates scholarly gadgets used in the book that are styles of novel that arose in mid-nineteenth century that look like panning, wide shots and close-ups and furthermore explores striking similitudes in 'War and Peace'. This study perceives the reason why novel is everything except an undeniable novel, yet a clever that analyzes events of the new past with the characters of certified people living in the public eye. The contemporary significance of this book in cognizance in feeling, mental strength, and enthusiastic greatness being developed of mankind .

The Taming of the Shrew is a satire by William Shakespeare, accepted to have been composed somewhere in the range of 1590 and 1592. The play starts with an outlining gadget, frequently alluded to as the enlistment, wherein a wicked aristocrat deceives a tanked tinker named Christopher Sly into accepting he is an aristocrat himself. The aristocrat then has the play performed for Sly's redirection. The fundamental plot portrays the romance of Petruchio and Katherina, the willful, resolved wench. At first, Katherina is a reluctant member of the relationship; nonetheless, Petruchio "restrains" her with different mental and actual tortures, like holding her back from eating and drinking, until she turns into an attractive, agreeable, and respectful lady for him to marry. The subplot highlights a rivalry between the admirers of Katherina's more youthful sister, Bianca, who is viewed as the "ideal" lady. Whether or not the play is sexist has turned into the subject of significant contention, especially among current researchers, crowds, and perusers. The Taming of the Shrew has been adjusted various times for stage, screen, drama, artful dance, and melodic theater. The most renowned transformations are Cole Porter's Kiss Me, Kate; McLintock, a 1963 American Western satire film, featuring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara; and the 1967 film of the play, featuring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. The 1999 secondary school satire film 10 Things I Hate About You, and the 2003 lighthearted comedy Deliver Us from Eva are likewise inexactly inspired by the play.

In 1908, H. R. Haggard wrote a mysterious adventurous novel 'The Ghost Kings'. The novel depicts a fantasy story of Zulu tribes and their belief in supernatural powers. The story of the novel is based on a strange myth of Zulu people. They believe that on 'reconciliation day', a white girl named Rachel Dove 'hold the spirit' of some pious and legendary goddesses. It is their belief, that the girl whom they called 'zoola' is very pretty, courageous and powerful before the battle of the Blood River.

The Faith of Men is a brief tale assortment initially distributed in 1904 and contains eight of Jack London's experience stories, every one of them set in London's favorite milieu - - the Yukon Territory. "A Relic of the Pliocene" concerns a "unattractive, blue-peered toward, spot confronted" tracker named Thomas Stevens and his following and inevitable killing of an ancient mammoth. "A Hyperborean Brew" additionally concerns Thomas Stevens and his plans. "In Batard," a shrewd expert makes a beast of an abhorrent canine. Different stories included are "The Faith of Men," "An excessive amount of Gold," "The One Thousand Dozen," "The Marriage of Lit," "Batard," and "The Story of Jees Uck."

It was among Shakespeare's most famous plays during his lifetime.Othello the moore of venice is a tragic play composed by William Shakespeare, most likely in 1603, set in the contemporary Ottoman-Venetian War period(1570-1573) battling to conquer the Island of Cyprus, beginning around 1489 an ownership of the Venetian Republic. The port city of Famagusta, at last, tumbled to the Ottomans in 1571 after an extended attack. The story revolves around two characters, Othello and Iago. Othello is a Moorish military commandant who was working as a general of the Venetian armed force in Cyprus against attack by Ottoman Turks. He got married to Desdemona, a lovely and well-off Venetian woman who is younger than himself, against the desires of her father. Iago is Othello's malignant ensign, who perniciously stirs up his lord's envy until the normally apathetic Moor kills his dearest spouse in an attack of mindless fury. Because of its persevering through subjects of enthusiasm, envy, and race, Othello is as yet effective and famous and is broadly performed, with various transformations.

'Red Eve' by H. Rider Haggard was printed in 1911. It is the story of the charming Eve Clavering, known as 'Red Eve' for her many colour dresses. Set in medieval Europe, Red Eve follows the pretty Eve Clavering and her lover and cousin, the merchant Hugh de Cressi. When wicked Sir Edmund Acour marries Eve against her wish by giving her a love philtre, Hugh and his fellow Grey Dick Embark on a search to seek a cancellation from Pope Clement.