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The Law of Success in 16 Lessons was initially published in 1928 as a multi-volume correspondence course.

Experience the ultimate struggle for survival in Stanley G. Weinbaum's thrilling sci-fi adventure, Flight on Titan. When Tim and Diane Vick crash-land on Saturn's largest moon, they find themselves battling extreme cold, deadly radiation, and a hostile environment unlike anything on Earth. As they fight to stay alive, their resilience and determination are tested to the limits. Filled with tension, vivid world-building, and Weinbaum's signature imagination, Flight on Titan is a gripping tale of human endurance against the unforgiving forces of space.

This is one of the few Bradbury short stories that has never been reprinted since its appearance in the Spring 1948 issue of PLANET STORIES. It's about an old man named Nibley who has a unique, almost supernatural ability to calculate the orbits of objects in motion. That's a valuable ability to have for navigating in space, of course, but science has passed Nibley by and all rockets now have radar computators to handle such navigation. But then an accident happens and the fate of the entire Earth colony on Jupiter relies on getting a supply ship through the Asteroid Belt without its instruments, with only a dying old man to guide the way.

"The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman" unfolds as a captivating short story within Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot series. In this intriguing narrative, the fastidious Belgian detective Hercule Poirot is confronted with a peculiar case involving an Italian nobleman who seeks Poirot's assistance to recover a valuable possession.

"The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly" unfolds as a captivating short story within Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot series. In this intriguing narrative, the fastidious Belgian detective Hercule Poirot is called upon to investigate the apparent kidnapping of Johnnie Waverly, the young son of a wealthy industrialist.

Elak of Atlantis must confront a plot by the followers of Dagon to sink the island. These followers, known as the "children of Dagon", are using black magic and earthquakes to destabilize Atlantis and ultimately submerge it. Elak, with the help of a mage named Zend, must stop them and protect Atlantis from being destroyed.

Ibid is a parody by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in 1927 or 1928, and first published in the January 1938, issue of O-Wash-Ta-Nong. Ibid is a mock biography of the Roman scholar Ibidus (486–587), whose masterpiece was Op. Cit., "wherein all the significant undercurrents of Graeco-Roman thought were crystallized once and for all." The piece traces the skull of Ibidus, once the possession of Charlemagne, William the Conqueror and other notables, to the United States, where it travels via Salem, Massachusetts and Providence, Rhode Island to a prairie dog hole in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The Doom that Came to Sarnath (1920) is a fantasy short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. It is written in a mythic/fantasy style and is associated with his Dream Cycle. It was first published in The Scot, a Scottish amateur fiction magazine, in June 1920. The Doom That Came to Sarnath and Other Stories is also the title for a collection of short stories by Lovecraft, first published in February 1971.

2 B R 0 2 B is a science fiction short story by Kurt Vonnegut, originally published in the digest magazine Worlds of If Science Fiction for January 1962, and collected in Vonnegut's Bagombo Snuff Box (1999). The title is pronounced "2 B R naught 2 B" and references the famous phrase "to be, or not to be" from William Shakespeare's Hamlet. In the story, the title refers to the telephone number that one dials to schedule an assisted suicide with the Federal Bureau of Termination.

The Governor of St. Kitt's is a short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in the Pearson's Magazine in january 1897. 1st story of the Captain Sharkey saga. Captain John Scarrow, of the ship Morning Star, rescues Hiram Evanson, the sole survivor of a schooner which had been scuttled by the dreadful pirate Sharkey. When they sail back to Basseterre, Sharkey is in jail. The Governor of St. Kitt's, Sir Charles, with a weak health accompanied by his doctor Dr. Larousse ask Captain Scarrow to sail them back to England.

"The Secret of Kralitz" by Henry Kuttner tells the story of Franz, the twenty-first Baron Kralitz, who is summoned one night by two figures cloaked in black. These figures, wardens of the Kralitz lineage's secret, reveal a horrifying truth: the Baron is part of a long line bound to a malevolent curse and dark rituals. The story culminates in Franz's realization that each Baron Kralitz is initiated into a brotherhood of blood, and that his own name is inscribed on a sarcophagus, sealing his fate.

The Adventure of the Devil's Foot is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. It is one of eight stories in the cycle collected as His Last Bow. Doyle ranked The Adventure of the Devil's Foot ninth in his list of his twelve favorite Holmes stories. Holmes and Dr. Watson find themselves at Poldhu in Cornwall one spring for the former's health, but the holiday ends with a bizarre event. Mr. Mortimer Tregennis, a local gentleman, and Mr. Roundhay, the local vicar, come to Holmes to report that Tregennis's two brothers have gone insane, and his sister has died.

The Adventure of the Priory School, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as The Return of Sherlock Holmes. Doyle ranked The Adventure of the Priory School tenth in his list of his twelve favorite Holmes stories.Holmes receives a visit from Dr. Thorneycroft Huxtable, the founder and principal of a preparatory school called Priory School in Northern England.

The Darling is a short story by Russian author Anton Chekhov, first published in the No.1, 1899, issue of Semya (Family) magazine, on January 3, in Moscow. Later, Chekhov included it into Volume 9 of his Collected Works, published by Adolf Marks. The story follows the life of a woman who is referred to by others as "darling" for her generosity and submissive nature.

"The Adventure of the Reigate Squire", also known as The Adventure of the Reigate Puzzle or "The Adventure of the Reigate Squires", was one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventure of the Reigate Squires was first published in 1893. It is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Doyle ranked "The Adventure of the Reigate Squire" twelfth in his list of his twelve favorite Holmes stories. The elder Cunningham's confidence is broken after his arrest and he tells all.

The Adventure of the Dying Detective, in some editions simply titled The Dying Detective (first published 1913), is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Together with seven other stories, it is collected as His Last Bow (published 1917). Dr. Watson is called to tend Holmes, who is apparently dying of a rare tropical disease, Tapanuli fever, contracted while he was on a case. Watson is shocked, not having heard about his friend's illness. Mrs. Hudson says that Holmes has neither eaten nor drunk anything in three days.

The Adventure of the Red Circle is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. It is included in the anthology His Last Bow. Mrs. Warren, a landlady, comes to 221B Baker Street with some questions about her lodger. A youngish, heavily bearded man, who spoke good but accented English who came to her and offered double her usual rent on the condition that he get the room on his own terms. He went out the first night that he was there, and came back after midnight when the rest of the household had gone to bed.

Psalm is a short touching story, written in 1923. Part of the "Travel Notes" series. I will buy a dog on Saturday ; I will sing a psalm at night ; I will order shoes for tailcoat... ; But it's okay. Somehow... we will live.

Moscow settings - is an exciting story by Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov (1891 - 1940), an outstanding writer, playwright and theatre worker. Bulgakov was a Soviet playwright, novelist, and short story writer best known for his humor and penetrating satire. Because of their realism and humor, Bulgakov's works enjoyed great popularity, but their trenchant criticism of Soviet mores was increasingly unacceptable to the authorities.

In "A Nervous Breakdown", Vasilyev feeling distressed after his visit to few brothels for the first time. Guilt, disgust and shame and of that little voices debating inside his mind that lead him to a symptom of a nervous breakdown. A quirky storytelling, quite distressing but entertaining.