“Few persons except astronomers fully realise that of all the planets of the Solar system the only one whose solid surface has been seen with certainty is Mars.”In 1907,...
When the Vice President of the USA is abducted and his bodyguards are killed, the operation is suspiciously flawless. But Jamie Strachan, ex-SAS and the VP's confidante, doubts...
What should Bhavya and Paati eat today? Bhavya's favorite dish, of course – rainbow sambar! Join Paati and Bhavya for some colourful and delicious lunchtime fun.'Rainbow Sambar'...
In “My Lady of the Chinese Courtyard,” Elizabeth Cooper offers the reader a translation of two series of letters by Kwei-li, the wife of a high-rank Chinese official.The first...
“The Road” is an autobiographical memoir recounting London’s time as a vagabond in America in the 1890’s during the worst economic depression the nation had ever seen. It...
“I could feel how the wine and the company were making me slightly aroused. Helena was incredibly attractive, though it might be difficult to tell at the first glance. Her...
Mr. Hall Pycroft got left without a job after the company he worked for closed down. When Pycroft finally found a new workplace at Mawson & William's firm, he got suddenly offered...
In the rose bush in the middle of the garden lived a tiny elf, she was so small that it was impossible to see her with the naked eye. Behind each rose petal hides a room and the...
The poet Homer, author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, is buried near Smyrna (Izmir in Turkey). In this forgotten corner of the world, a beautiful rose bush grows and one of its...
Some secrets demand to be heard...When a young man disappears after a night out in Aarhus with his old classmates, Detective Inspector Roland Benito is drawn into the...