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When the Spoilers CameSo they came to the Holy City of Sudal, primed for loot and murder! Larkin, the old Terran trader, warned them. But there was no convincing these space-scarred Pizarros that the simple, dream-bound Martians were not quite as defenseless as they...

Patents and How to Get One: A Practical HandbookThis Dover edition, first published in 2000, is an unabridged and unaltered republication of the work originally published by the Patent and Trademark Office, Washington, D.C., in 1997 under the title General Information Concerning Patents. The...

An exciting New Year's day in JungletownThe first of January dawned bright and clear, much to the gratification of the inhabitants of Jungletown, for King Leo had decreed that various sporting contests should take place on Monkey Hill. There were to be foot races...

Buffalo Bill's Ruse; Or, Won by Sheer NerveIt is now some generations since Josh Billings, Ned Buntline, and Colonel Prentiss Ingraham, intimate friends of Colonel William F. Cody, used to forgather in the office of Francis S. Smith, then proprietor of the New York...

La Bête Errante: Roman vécu du Grand Nord CanadienDawson, au confluent du Yukon et de la Klondyke, l'extrmit nord du Dominion Canadien. L'hiver qui, pour huit mois, treint la ville, semble vouloir craser les maisons. La rafale balaye Front-Street, faisant tourbillonner les flocons et...

The real Argentine: Notes and Impressions of a Year in the Argentine and UruguaySo many books have been written on South American countries within recent years that the addition of one more to the already formidable list calls for a word of explanation, if...

8 anime in una bomba: Romanzo esplosivo Sbrigo la mia corrispondenza erotica stemperando sulla carta un po' di quel crepuscolo rossastro verde-dorato. Brutalmente si spalanca la porta. Il tenente Carnevali entra con la neve, un brontolio di cannonate lontane e il ssss molle del...

The Serpent's ToothCOLONEL FENCHURCH stood on his own hearthstonethat is to say, the smoking-room rugwith his back to the fire, and a cup of tea in his hand. He was a good-looking dapper little man, with a neat white moustache, a cheery voice, and...

The Night Has a Thousand EyesIt was one thing to heave an unwanted girl out into the great black grave of space. But tough old pirate Captain Brace balked at making his own soul walk the plank with her! They stood, silently, side by...

When Kohonnes ScreamedThe spaceship was changing shape all around him. The curving walls sloped inward at crazy angles, and the glassine windows bulged like giant bubbles. The floor was an unending series of little waves, and the ceiling melted to drop liquid pellets. "This...

The Brass Check: A Study of American JournalismI am happy to see you always so burning with energy, but your next book prepares for you some rude combats. It requires a bold courage to dare, when one is alone, to attack the monster, the...

Historia de los siete murciélagos, leyenda árabeNota del Transcriptor: Se ha respetado la ortografa y la acentuacin del original. Errores obvios de imprenta han sido corregidos. Pginas en blanco han sido eliminadas. La portada fue diseada por el transcriptor y se considera dominio pblico....

Space-Trap at Banya Tor"Glad to be aboard, gentlemen," rasped the Inspector-General of the Planet Patrol, returning the salute. His broad chest, scaled from throat to belt with the medals of twenty worlds, tinkled musically as he rumbled the brusque greeting. "At ease. Resume your...

Harvesting Ants and Trap-Door Spiders - Notes and Observations on Their Habits and DwellingsPlate I., p. 21, fig. A.View of the entrance to a nest of Atta barbara, showing part of a train of ants bearing seeds, the conical mound of refuse thrown out,...

Biographical catalogue of the portraits at Longleat in the county of Wilts, the seat of the Marquis of BathA true delineation, even of the smallest man, and his scene of pilgrimage through life, is capable of interesting the greatest man; for all men are...

Katastrophen: Neue NovellenZur hundertjhrigen Jubelfeier der franzsischen Revolution rstete auch Karl Faber, ein junger sterreichischer Dichter, zur Reise nach Paris. Die unverstandene erste Jugendzeit war gottlob vorbei; als ein weiser Genumensch wollte er sich an das ppige Mahl des Lebens setzen. Er hatte einen...

Design for DoomsdayThe tone of the slurred, emotionless voice was cold and deadly, as were the tones of all Martians who had taken to their grotesque hearts the mystic, dictatorial disease of Zharkonism. It droned an implacable death song from the audio. It echoed...

Marsin prinsessaAlkulause Arizonan kunnailla Pelastuminen kuoleman kidasta Saapumiseni Marsiin Vankina Petn vahtikoiran valppauden Taistelu, joka tuotti ystvi Lasten kasvatus Marsissa Ilmasta saatu ihana vanki Opin kielt Sankarina ja pllikkn Dejah Thorisin seurassa Vanki, jolla on valtaa Rakkautta Marsissa Taistelu elmst ja kuolemasta Solan elmntarina...

The Herschels and Modern AstronomyThe chief authority for the Life of Sir William Herschel is Mrs. John Herschels Memoir of Caroline Herschel (London, 1876). It embodies Carolines Journals and Recollections, the accuracy of which is above suspicion. William himself, indeed, referred to her for...

The Green DreamJoha, who was part Venusian, twined her translucent fingers through the Earthman's matted hair. She smiled. Strangely, from her light green face, red eyes shone with a terrible hatred and a malignant purpose. But the man asleep on the couch of lizard-skin...