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A frame narrative set in the Anglers' Rest introduces Mr. Mulliner, whose talkative storytelling leads into a tale about his nephew Archibald. Archibald, an unremarkable young man at the Drones Club, falls helplessly in love at first sight with Aurelia Cammarleigh after seeing her in Dover Street, and Mr. Mulliner explains the romance by sketching Archibald’s character and the unlikely force of his attraction.
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This memoir presents Eric Horne’s account of more than fifty years in domestic service with British nobility and gentry. He reflects on changing country-house life, the decline of old aristocratic households after the war, and the shrinking place of servants in a faster, more unsettled society. The book is framed as a personal, unconventional record of those experiences, with names and places altered.
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Set in Hollywood, this horror story follows an assistant director at Summit Pictures during a party where a mysterious European performer, Chevalier Futaine, is being promoted as a vampire-like figure. The narrator also becomes concerned with the collapse of star Hess Deming after his wife Sandra’s recent death, which he believes was tied to a strange illness and her fear of fire. As rumors, publicity, grief, and unease gather around the film world, the narrator senses something sinister behind the glamour.
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Henry Kuttner’s horror story is set in an ancient graveyard where villagers whisper of a creature that walks among the tombs, opens graves, and steals bodies. Johann, driven by fever and grief, goes there at night after learning that his wife Elsa has been buried in the cursed cemetery. There he meets his cousin Karl, and the two confront signs that Elsa’s grave has been violated and the coffin is empty.
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Set at a Long Island flying field, the story follows Ray Folsom and his backer, Mrs. Jarvis Benham, as they prepare the Silver Bird for a nonstop flight from New York to Warsaw. Ray, a veteran pilot with wartime and mail-flying experience, sees the attempt as a chance to achieve long-sought fame, while Mrs. Benham is determined to become the first woman to cross the Atlantic by air. Reporters, weather concerns, and the strain of takeoff frame the moment when the great machine finally gets airborne.
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In Monte Vista, Sheriff Joe Cook tells his deputy Shorty McKay to spend less time at the telephone exchange with Belle Haynes and more time on official duties. Shorty is torn between his work, his worry for Belle, and the sheriff’s concern over an anonymous warning that gunmen may be planning trouble in town. Meanwhile, Cook hosts two Denver cattle buyers at the Red Spruce Hotel to discuss a large herd of white-faced cattle, while other train passengers, including a jewelry salesman, arrive in town.
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Irving Babbitt’s book examines democracy in relation to leadership, civilization, and the moral limits of power. Drawing on political, philosophical, and religious questions, it argues that economic and political issues cannot be separated from deeper concerns about human nature, authority, and the control of appetite. Rousseau is treated as a central figure in the rise of radical democracy and in the challenge he posed to civilization.
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A Federation ship reaches a dangerous planet where several previous crews and three search ships have vanished without a visible enemy. As the crew studies a half-buried wreck on the desert surface, Commander Warrick briefs nearly fifty men on the losses and says their mission is to identify and destroy whatever is causing the disappearances. Computer specialist Harley Allison works amid the tension while the ship circles the site and the crew prepares to go down for a closer look.
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On a flight to Mars, James Gerris discovers a wounded young stowaway who has escaped from a correctional institution. Returning her to Earth is difficult, but the small research colony has almost no spare space or privacy. Her arrival forces Gerris to confront a problem that his expedition was never equipped to handle.
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This western short story follows Old Pappy Stewart, the longtime stage driver for the Q-B Stage Lines, as he is pushed to leave his six-mule team and learn to drive a new motor bus between Gunsight and Central City. He resents the change, worries about his mules, and endures teasing from coworkers while the road and his driving lessons are adjusted to the new vehicle. The story centers on his stubborn loyalty, his reputation for reliability, and the uneasy shift from mule stages to motor buses.
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In Monte Vista, Sheriff Joe Cook is beset by two worries: a falling potato market threatens his farm income, and the elusive thief Foxy Fromera has again avoided arrest. His deputy, Shorty McKay, tries to calm him with advice to store the potatoes and take time away from the office. As the sheriff weighs whether to go fishing to clear his head, Shorty is already thinking about how to help him.
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James B. Hendryx’s novel follows Connie Morgan and his partner Waseche Bill in the cattle country and the northern frontier around Ten Bow. The story centers on their cabin, their work on the trail, and tensions with outsiders over land and settlement, while Connie also encounters cow towns, bad roads, and armed confrontations. A chapter list suggests episodes involving neighbors, branding, fire, the bad lands, an outlaw, an agency, and the cowboys who help out.
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Set in Siena and the Palazzo Festini in 1899, the story centers on the aristocratic Festini family, whose name carries old feuds and a reputation for political violence. Salvani Festini, an imposing and menacing patriarch, sits with his two sons while one asks about government suspicion of the Red Hand and the family’s links to crime. The elder son is connected to an investigation led by a professor, and tensions within the household rise around loyalty, suspicion, and the family’s secretive standing.
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Der Band versammelt ausgewählte Erinnerungsbilder aus Roseggers Jugend, darunter Kindheitserlebnisse, Familienalltag und einzelne Begebenheiten aus dem ländlichen Leben. Im Mittelpunkt steht eine weihnachtliche Winterfahrt des zwölfjährigen Erzählers nach Langenwang, wo er im Auftrag des Vaters Einkäufe erledigen und anschließend die Christmette besuchen soll. Auf dem Weg werden Schnee, Dunkelheit, Tal und Dorf ebenso schildert wie die Atmosphäre des Heiligen Abends und die Aufgabe in der Kirche.
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A New York salesman steps into Ganymede House, a shop whose unusual merchandise appears to come from another world. He chooses a salt cellar as a present for his wife, only to find that it behaves in ways no household object should. When he tries to return to the shop, locating it becomes a puzzle of its own.
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