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An angel called Arcade leaves heaven for earth, where, using his invisibility, he steals books from a library with the purpose of studying. He ultimately joins several other fallen angels with a plan now to overthrow God, in their eyes an incapable and ill-informed and thus impossible creator...The great author's knowledge of history and religious texts is brilliantly conveyed, pairing extremely well with his cynical philosophy and the virtuosity in his descriptive prose.

A unique and comprehensive look at the Air Force's early attempts to investigate UFO's. An essential, not to be missed experience for fans of ufology! This is the first work of any substance written about this fascinating subject. The author was the first director of Project Blue Book, and the person who came up with the phrase UFO, Unidentified Flying Object.

A classic held as one of the greatest works of 19th Century fiction. The novel is thought of as a reply to the growing cultural divide and alienation between liberals of the 1830s/1840s and the rapidly growing nihilist movement. These two philosophies were contrasted with the conservative Slavophiles, who believed that Russia's greatness lay in its traditional spirituality... The main characters reflect a youthful rebellious and anarchistic thought, therefore confronted with their traditional fathers.

This work explores encounters between people, including fighter pilots, and UFOs. The author states that while Earth has been visited by aliens for centuries, the Air Force was investigating these cases and hiding them. He researched sightings and concluded the saucers were interplanetary. He had some access to original military files but didn't believe in space visitors before starting this book... One of the very first big books in ufology! Fascinating and spellbinding, filled with expertise and information.

Abby Mann's classic story about the Nuremberg trials, under which German leaders were found guilty of crimes against humanity in 1945 and 1946. Even today, the play remains a shattering indictment of the consequences of unchecked authority and the seductive power of group thought.

A heartbreakingly warm and moving story of a young orphaned boy, sold out of an orphanage to work on a farm, and of his relationship with an equally orphaned black fawn that he one day stumbles upon in the forest. Will their bond survive the many problems that adults pose in their way, such as hunting? A tale with a classic, timeless and universal feel and message to it.

A sweet romance in a bitter world...Pierre and Luce find each other in Paris in 1918, while WWI still rages. Will these two sensitive young people, Pierre, a pacifist, and Luce, an artist in training; stay together and find happiness; or will the weight of the world in flames end their future together...

This classic Western tale features many of the beloved elements of the genre: a lonesome, almost mythical hero (The Lone Ranger), his steadfast friend and sidekick and of course his horse; in a story that tells us how these three came together in the first place.

A captivating study of the period 1609-1780 of the Mohawk Valley (upper New York State). Get ready to absorb a multitude of interesting cultures such as the Mohawks, the Hurons, the Mohicans and the Iroquois and Dutch and French as well, as all parties were involved in conflict.

A suspenseful work filled with everything we want from an adventurous, mysterious romance and murder puzzle! A North Canadian police officer makes a deathbed confession to a murder that an innocent man is going to die for... A beautiful, secretive young woman knows something about the case, but has her motive to keep this hidden from everyone except the Chief of Police, who has reasons of his own for everything to just go away...

In this entertaining western detective story, the protagonist starts out as a usual rodeo cowboy needing to help out a special friend. Things intensify into murder and our cowboy/detective becomes entangled; having to sort out who murdered his uncle.

A remarkable collection, centering on tales situated in the White Mountains region. The hero in the first tale turns out to be the actual Great Stone Face, but it will take the villagers and himself a lifetime to realize this! The collection includes three other fascinating short stories: The Ambitious Guest, The Great Carbuncle and Sketches from Memory.

Temptress Desirée Le Mire and brothers Paul and Harry Lamar are searching for a missing treasure in a mysterious cave in the Andes. They encounter Inca deformed by living underground. What follows is a tornado of an adventure underground by Rex Stout; featuring heroic acts, lucky escapes, battles of will and physical power, feats of daring and strategy.

When our detective star Carlton Davies is called to the home of Ruth Darwin late at night, he once again can't help questioning what it was that forced her to marry Phillip Darwin, a powerful banker. Ruth and he and been engaged until suddenly she broke off the engagement. Hinting at some sort of extortion, Carlton once more takes up the search to find out what it was only to find Ruth with a (literally) smoking gun in her hand... An old fashioned mystery that will have the listener guessing from beginning to end! A classic whodunit filled with plot twists.

A fascinating piece of work containing stories from eye witnesses, written by someone who actually knew "Billy the Kid", the famous gunslinger outlaw. The listener gets an earful of intriguing and riveting historical information about the short and vicious life of Henry McCarty (Billy's real name) as well as a whiff of another legendary Western figure - the Sheriff that captured and killed the Kid, Pat Garrett.

A sergeant of the Canadian Northwest Mounted and his partner are hunting an elusive killer and his wife through a freezing and harsh world... This story possesses all of the great essentials that make up a good adventure tale! Old fashioned sense of nobility, falling in love, losing love, suspense, tragedies and ultimate happiness regained as the listener gets entangled in the story which is full of twists and turns!

This is a touching and charming tale of the special bond between man and canine, wonderfully warm and accurate. A young farmer loses his father and almost loses his inherited farm through his drinking. Then he stumbles upon an abandoned dog, a collie. The two form a strong bond and the dog becomes an invaluable asset on the farm. However, the real owners of the dog turn up.

Along with the fight for survival in the wild, comes a poignant melodrama with a side order of mystery! A beautiful young wife dies shortly after giving birth to a girl. She is appeased by the lovely violin playing of a starving boy who came to their cabin for food. The mystery of the violin player's past and how his life connects with those in the small trading village is what makes this tale stand out.

The Lucky Piece: A Story of the North Woods is a collection of adventurous and romantic stories by Albert Bigelow Paine. The tales in this prodigious work of escapist writing revolve around the lucky piece that a young man once used as payment for a hatful of berries sold to him by a girl one summer evening... Love stories, all kinds of relationships and beautiful mountain life make for a rich creative tapestry.

Celia and her husband Seth journey from Kentucky to the tornado filled vastness of Kansas, where Seth might be having a job waiting for him in the soon to be built "Magic City", but is that the whole story? This work by Zoe Anderson Norris is filled with wonderful atmosphere; the landscape of Kansas and the ever-present wind become complete and fascinating characters of their own, in many ways influencing the eventual outcome for our central characters.