To tone your thighs fast - three words ladies - squats and walking lunges. I took a fitness bootcamp for women last fall. We met three times a week and these two exercises were at the core of each meeting. My husband noticed a difference after week one.
Don Quijote de la Manca by the Spanish author Cervantes has such a role in the Western literary tradition, that it's hard to mention anything posterior to it as the first fiction novel. Jerry mentioned Moll Flanders. That's a nice pick: the very novel that combined literature of roguery and picaresque novel.
This book is considered one of the best soft sci-fi books, and shows the side of Bradbury's work that walks on the outside of science fiction. The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury. First published in 1950,  was Bradburyâs first major work. The book is actually a collection of short stories, some of which had been previously published.