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Floor Games

• Author: Wells Herbert George
• Genre: Classics

The book is a delight and this is a major work in the history of wargaming and the evolution to role-play gaming. ‘Floor Games’ is a great continuation of ‘Little Wars’ and the two-book set would be a fantastic gift opportunity for any wargame fan. The author offers a lot of useful information on interesting and exciting sceneries of war games, although in ‘Floor Games’ Well focuses more on the collecting and building of settings than actual wargaming. This book is a real treasure for wargame fans. Readers will be definitely amused by Well’s perfect narrations, examples and descriptions!

The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar

• Author: Leblanc Maurice
• Genre: Literary

The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar is a wonderful collection of stories which are almost as popular as the detective stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie. Arsene Lupin is not a simple burglar, he is a real gentleman who is constantly chased by Inspector Ganimard but is never caught. His character is very popular in France and some cartoons devoted to Lupin even appeared. The book is very adventurous and funny in many places so it is definitely worth reading.

The War in the Air

• Author: Wells Herbert George
• Genre: Classics

The War in the Air is one of the most remarkable novels by H. G. Wells that was written in 1907 and published a year later. This book is devoted to the events of World War I. The author does a great job in describing the terror of the war and how it influenced the lives of ordinary people. The main character is a young man named Bert Smallways. The author proposes his own vision on the role of different countries in the war. China and Japan are allies in Asia, Germany is aggressive and is dreaming of conquering the world. The public opinion in the United States is divided between those who are for entering the war and those who are against it. The British Empire is in pacific mood, occupied more with its internal problems in Northern Ireland. Italy, Spain and Portugal have a good army but don't want to fight. Russia is divided within itself because of the conflict between revolutionaries and reactionaries. The book is very interesting for reading as its plot if carrying-away and easy for understanding.

The Wisdom of Father Brown

• Author: Chesterton Gilbert Keith
• Genre: Literature & Fiction

The book of the author, probably better known as a journalist and Catholic apologist, is a series of the mystery stories, written in the style of E. Poe. A Norfolk priest Father Brown, famous Chesterton’s hero, shadows thieves, betrayers and murderers, being a connoisseur of human nature. So, being just an amateur detective, sometimes he is the only one solve the mystery. Chesterton has been called the "prince of paradox", and his “Father Brown” story is a remarkable proof of this statement. After all, Brown solves not only crimes itself, but the paradox that lies in the heart of them.

Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow

• Author: Jerome Jerome Klapka
• Genre: General

A book by famous English writer and humorist, Jerome K. Jerome is a collection of essay, published in 1886. There’s hardly anyone who was left indifferent by reading his humorous stories. They return over and over again to some of Jerome’s books, as to an old good friend, who managed to keep the youth and cheerfulness in spite of the years. “The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow” are written in the same style as his famous “Three Men in a Boat”. At the heart of these sketches lies the anecdote genre, though the author skillfully generalizes particular situations to a typical picture of morals and manners.

Right Ho, Jeeves

• Author: Wodehouse Pelham Grenville
• Genre: Literature & Fiction

A novel about young English aristocrat Bertram Wooster and his manservant Jeeves. The action takes place mainly in London and the suburbs. Bertie is an idler, not radiant with wit, though a true noble gentleman. He gets into amusing scrapes; and it’s just smart and erudite Jeeves, who helps him to bail out of the situation. Not without reason the stories about Bertie and Jeeves are often called simply "the Jeeves books". Misadventures of Wooster and his indispensable faithful assistant will certainly make you one of numerous admirers of Wodehouse’s talent.

Dracula

• Author: Stoker Bram
• Genre: Action & Adventure

Jane Eyre

• Author: Brontë Charlotte
• Genre: Classics

“Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Bronte, English novelist, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters, has much of a gothic novel. The book recounts a life of a young woman, a strong independent personality, describing her childhood, growing up, searching of her way in life and obstacles she encounters. It is worth noticing that the early events of the novel, when little Jane is sent to a rigorous Lowood School, are based on the personal author’s experience. Jane struggles through her cheerless childhood and becomes governess at Thornfield Hall, where she falls in love with Edward Rochester, rich owner of the gloomy Gothic estate, but her moral convictions keep her from becoming his mistress. Let the rest of the book, having an intricate, exciting plot and touching questions of morality, religion and gender relations, speak for itself.

Queen Lucia

• Author: Benson Edward Frederic
• Genre: Classics

A peculiar chronicle of the rise and fall of Mrs. Emmeline Lucas of Riseholm, an utter pretentious snob. Her foolish embarrassing antics, in her desire to be the Social Queen of Riseholme, run out event the worst humiliation.
“Queen Lucia” became the first of Benson’s six ‘Mapp and Lucia’ novels. The book relates of rivalry and intrigues in a small town life, appearing a satire of shortcomings of provincial middle-class life in Britain in the 1920s and '30s.

Rainbow Valley

• Author: Montgomery Lucy Maud
• Genre: Literature & Fiction

“Rainbow Valley” is the seventh book of the story, which began in “Anne of Green Gables” by Lucy Montgomery, a Canadian author of 20th century.
Here, a family of a widowed priest settles down in the Blythe’s neighbourhood. The father lives taken up by the thoughts and meditations of God, while his inventive, restless little offsprings are left to their own devices. Nevertheless one can hardly imagine the more loving and attentive family. Together with Ann’s children, they get into a pretty mess.