The Player

Karol May

"The Player" autorstwa Karola Maya to opowieść pełna intrygi, zdrady i mrocznych tajemnic, gdzie losy bohaterów splatają się w sieci morderstw, zemsty i skrywanych namiętności. Główny wątek powieści skupia się na trudnych relacjach między członkami rodziny Meltonów. Kiedy Thomas Melton zabija swojego brata Harry'ego, wywołuje tym czynem lawinę wydarzeń, które przyczynią się do upadku całej rodziny. Narracja prowadzi nas przez pełen napięcia proces zemsty i sprawiedliwości, w którym pozostali dwaj Meltonowie stają w obliczu zasłużonej kary. W tej części cyklu powieściowego pojawia się także postać Judyty, żony wodza plemienia Yuma, Przebiegłego Węża. Jej obecność rzuca cień podejrzliwości na wydarzenia i decyzje głównych bohaterów. Judyta, córka imigranta z wcześniejszej części powieści, staje się kluczową postacią w tym splocie emocji i tajemnic. "The Player" to literacka podróż przez zawiłe intrygi, emocje i relacje między postaciami. Karol May nie tylko ukazuje Dziki Zachód w swojej charakterystyczny sposób, ale również zgłębia psychologiczne aspekty postaci, ich wybory i motywacje. Ta trzymająca w napięciu opowieść o zdradzie, miłości i zemście to nieodłączna część cyklu powieściowego Karola Maya. "The Player" to lektura dla tych, którzy poszukują głębokich emocji, skomplikowanych relacji i pełnych zwrotów akcji opowieści.

The Plunder Pit

T.C. Bridges

Short and stout as he was, Pip could handle a boat with any man, and the speed with which he got the sail up and tied down the reef points was worth watching. As he finished, the great arch of cloud swept over the sun, wiping, out its bright light. Then with a roar the wind was on them.

The Point of Honor. A Military Tale

Joseph Conrad

Conrad stresses that the narrative clearly shows that the duel really benefited two. Combat competitions made every job and strive a little harder, forced the will to survive and win in a personal fight as seriously as the desire to survive the bloody years of the Napoleonic war. Both are officers in Napoleons army, and both are to the core.

The Poison Belt

Arthur Conan Doyle

The Poison Belt - a novel by Arthur Conan Doyle, a British writer and medical doctor. He created the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are considered milestones in the field of crime fiction.   Challenger sends telegrams asking his three companions from The Lost World— Edward Malone, Lord John Roxton, and Professor Summerlee— to join him at his home outside London, and instructs each of them to 'bring oxygen'. During their journey there, they see people's behaviour become excitable and erratic. On arrival they are ushered into a sealed room, along with Challenger and his wife. In the course of his researches into various phenomena, Challenger has predicted that the Earth is moving into a belt of poisonous ether which, based on its effect on the people of Sumatra earlier in the day, he expects to stifle humanity. Challenger seals them in the room with cylinders of oxygen, which he (correctly) believes will counter the effect of the ether.  

The Poison Belt

The Poison Belt, a novella by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is remarkable in that we, with the central characters, are permitted to witness what seems to be a global apocalypse, while enduring only minimal emotional fall out. Professor Challenger urgently summons his fellow explorers (Professor Summerlee, Lord John Roxton, and reporter E.D. Malone) to a meeting. Oddly, he requires each to bring an oxygen cylinder with him. The mysterious substance suddenly becomes a deadly threat as the Earth passes through a belt in the ether, a belt of poisonous ether. To Professor Challenger it is clear that no animal or human life can possibly survive this encounter. Shutting themselves tightly up in Challengers house, they start to consider what may be done. But as their countrymen start to drop, will their oxygen last long enough to determine and implement a solution?

The Poisoned Pen

Arthur B. Reeve

The second collection of 12 of the early Craig Kennedy mysteries, written by Arthur Benjamin Reeve and published in 1912. His Craig Kennedy stories, of which these are early examples, earned their main character the nickname the American Sherlock Holmes, both for his highly rational and analytical detective work as well as for his ever-present Dr. Watson-like companion Walter Jameson. They solve crimes using cutting-edge technology of the early twentieth century with varying degrees of plausibility. This volume includes The Germ of Death, The White Slave, The Confidence King, The Invisible Ray, and eight more. Each story features a fascinating look at life in the early 20th century, and even includes some action along the way.

The Pool of the Black One

Robert E. Howard

The Pool of the Black One is one of the original short stories starring the sword and sorcery hero Conan the Cimmerian, written by American author Robert E. Howard. It is set in the pseudo-historical Hyborian Age and concerns Conan becoming the captain of a pirate vessel and encountering a remote island with a mysterious pool that has powers of transmutation.

The Port of Peril

When Vernia, empress of Reabon, mightiest land of all Venus, was kidnapped by the strange marauders of the sea and was taken to their hidden port, it presented the Earthman, Robert Grandon, with his greatest challenge. Grandon goes on a quest to save her, a quest that will put him on challenges, and against enemies beyond everything he had came across before. And out of this comes a tale of action in which event follows event at unparalleled speed, and always against a background of the most fantastic creatures and horrible men. The Port of Peril, Otis Adelbert Klines concluding novel of Venusian adventure, amply demonstrates his high skill with fast-action science-fiction. It continues the fantastic adventures of Robert Grandon as he encounters the Huitsenni, a weird, buccaneering race.

The Portrait of a Lady

Henry James

Isabel, the main character of the story, knows the charm of marriage with a worthless person. Her fate the confluence of fatal circumstances. Being a dowry and finding herself in Europe, she refuses to quite worthy applicants for a hand, and having received a fortune, she links life with the rogue Osmond, who married her only to provide a bastard daughter, Pansy, born of a courtesan, a decent existence. Illusions are crumbling, there is no hope for happiness, but Isabelle, with stoic courage, endures all the misfortunes that have fallen to her lot.

The Possessed. Or, The Devils

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky

The Possessed (also known in English as The Devils and The Demons) is the greatest novel ever written about the politics of revolution. It is a social and political satire, a psychological drama, and large scale tragedy. Published in 1871, Fyodor Dostoevskys novel foretold with uncanny prescience events that would occur almost fifty years later during the Bolshevik Revolution and the Communist tyranny that followed. Inspired by the true story of a political murder that horrified Russians in 1869, Dostoevsky conceived of Demons as a novel-pamphlet in which he would say everything about the plague of materialist ideology that he saw infecting his native land. The novels relevance, however, is not limited to Russia and its revolution. With its cast of idealistic murderers and suicides, seductive madmen and glamorous fanatics, The Possessed is a novel for our time as well.

The Postmaster of Market Deignton

E. Phillips Oppenheim

This early work from the prince of storytellers E. Phillips Oppenheim published as a novel in 1897. Mr. Norman Scott is a young, hardworking, distinguished physician with a busy practice in London. He is called to visit a patient, Mr. Humphrey Deignton, who suffers from gout and who is murdered later. Dr. Scott is suspected. Two years later, we meet Mr. John Martin, postmaster and chemist in Market Deignton. A lonely, bitter, impoverished man. He is living near the home of Lady Deignton, seeking revenge upon the person who killed Lord Deignton, and ruined his name and career. There are lots of unexpected turns and twists to the adventure of poor John and the local color of the setting is extremely charming.

The Pot of Gold and Other Stories

This novel is for those who are looking for a quick and easy read. The Flowers family lived in a small house in a wide grassy meadow that descended a few branches from the front door to a gentle silvery river. Directly across the river stood a lovely dark green mountain, and when a rainbow fell, as it often did, nothing could look more charming than it rose from the opposite bank of the stream against the backdrop of a wet, shady mountain.

The Power of Darkness. A Drama in Five Acts

Leo Tolstoy

The very concept of The Power of Darkness for Tolstoy corresponds to the Gospel, where darkness is identified with the concept of hell and death, and light with hope and paradise. The Power of Darkness expresses not only religious, but also philosophical ideas of the great Russian writer. Darkness is the moral blindness of people who commit a crime in order to satisfy the most base motives. The power of The Power of Darkness for Tolstoy is the tragedy of hopelessness, a heavy chain of sins that entangle a person. But The Power of Darkness is also the path to moral regeneration through repentance.

The Power of Prayer

Max Brand

One of Max Brands greatest gifts as a storyteller is his ability to create unforgettable, larger-than-life characters. Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 - May 12, 1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. This is one of his novels. "The Power of Prayer" (1922) is an unusual and vexing Christmas story in which Gerald Kern, gentleman, gunman and fortune-hunter, must make a fateful choice when his cold-blooded nature and his love of a woman collide. Neatly plotted and briskly told, it illustrates Brands remarkable gift for storytelling. Another great read by Max Brand.

The Power Platform Playbook for Digital Transformation. Implement strategy, automation, and AI for scalable digital transformation

Victor Dantas, Chris Huntingford

Written by Victor Dantas, a five-time Microsoft MVP, and Chris Huntingford, MVP, Microsoft Certified Trainer, and FastTrack Recognized Solution Architect, this book distills the collective wisdom of two global thought leaders at the forefront of technological innovation. The Power Platform Playbook for Digital Transformation is your guide to strategizing, implementing, and scaling digital transformation using Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, Power Pages, and Copilot Studio. It equips you with tools to streamline operations, enhance decision-making, and scale automation without deep coding expertise.Unlike technical manuals that focus only on implementation, this book takes a holistic approach, combining strategy and execution. You’ll learn how to build enterprise-grade applications, automate repetitive tasks, and integrate Power Platform with Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, and third-party services. Real-world case studies, best practices, and step-by-step guidance equip you to implement governance, security, and compliance while ensuring long-term success.Whether you’re a business leader driving transformation, an IT professional managing enterprise automation, or a business analyst optimizing processes, this book provides a clear roadmap to leveraging Power Platform for scalable, AI-enhanced digital innovation.

The Power-House

Edward Leithen is a young British lawyer who learns that one of his Oxford contemporaries, Charles Pitt-Heron, has just disappeared. Leithen learns from Pitt-Herons wife that he has been forced to flee. But a series of strange events that follow Pitt-Herons disappearance convinces Leithen that he is dealing with a sinister secret society. His suspicions begin to center on a wealthy, well-known, and intelligent businessman, who reveals himself to Leithen as an ardent anarchist. The barrister finds himself the target of many watchers, and then, as his understanding of the conspiracy involving the Power House grows, he is trapped and chased unrelentingly. The Author, despite being very busy in Public Service, wrote over fifty books during his life but his particular talent was for writing fast-moving adventure stories. The Power-House, a good example of this genre, was published in 1916.