A Prince of Sinners

E. Phillips Oppenheim

Elegantly written novel, which tells about a young man who can not forgive his newly found father, because he left him and his mother. But after many living trials in many ways teach them both, they realize that there are other more important priorities and forces. A pleasant, easy-to-read, and thought-out essay.

A Prince of the Captivity

John Buchan

A classic John Buchan story of espionage during World War I. It contains several familiar Buchan elements: a motley cast of characters, Great War intrigue, the use of disguises and linguistic talents, the concept of gaining inner strength from a beloved spot in nature, man against the forces of nature in less benign settings, a race against time and evil, and sacrifice for a greater good. This is the epic story of one mans courage. Adam Melfort released from jail just before the outbreak of World War I and becomes involved in intelligence work behind enemy lines. After the war he carries on seeking adventure and tries to prevent the assassination of the German Chancellor. A Prince of the Captivity is not a story about external events, but about what happens in Adams mind and soul as he tries to rebuild his life in a new pattern. However, the external events that forge Melforts soul are drawn from the toolbox of a skillful writer of thrillers.

A Princess of Mars

Edgar Rice Burroughs

“A Princess of Mars“ is a novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, an American fiction writer, who created such great characters as Tarzan and John Carter of Mars.   A Princess of Mars is a science fantasy novel, the first of the Barsoom series. It features the characters of John Carter and Carter's wife Dejah Thoris. Full of swordplay and daring feats, the novel is considered a classic example of 20th-century pulp fiction. The story is set on Mars, imagined as a dying planet with a harsh desert environment. This vision of Mars was based on the work of the astronomer Percival Lowell, whose ideas were widely popularized in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.  

A propos inferna. Tradycje wynalezione i dyskursy nieczyste w kulturach modernizmu skandynawskiego

Jan Balbierz

Od początku XX w. dominujący dyskurs interpretacyjny utożsamia kultury modernizmu skandynawskiego z postępem, optymizmem, emancypacją, równouprawnieniem i spełnioną utopią społeczną. Książka À propos Inferno ukazuje inne oblicze literatury i kultury północy Europy. Miejsce centralne zajmują w niej figury zejścia, ruch ku dołowi wiodący od współczesności do tradycji literackiej i kulturowej, od oficjalnej religii do heretyckich wędrówek po sferach piekielnych, od antropologii logocentrycznej do poetyki cielesności, od porządku symbolicznego do semiotycznego. Książka ukazuje procesy formowania się kanonu literackiego, konstruowania i dekonstruowania prekursorów, dialogu intertekstualnego, translacji między kulturowej a wreszcie przekraczania granic między literaturą a innymi obszarami kultury na przykładzie tekstów Augusta Strindberga, Knuta Hamsuna, Oli Hanssona i Gunnara Ekelöfa.

A propos niczego. Autobiografia

Woody Allen

Szczery, soczysty i błyskotliwy autoportret jednego z największych artystów naszych czasów! Z wyjątkową gawędziarską pasją Allen prowadzi nas od dzieciństwa i młodości na Brooklynie, przez pracę scenarzysty w programie Sida Ceasara i komika stand-upowego, aż po pierwsze próby aktorsko-reżyserskie i rozkwit trwającej sześćdziesiąt lat kariery w przemyśle filmowym. Na kartach tej niecodziennej autobiografii wielkie nazwiska mieszają się z błahostkami, naiwne zachwyty z bagażem życiowych doświadczeń, a kino ma godnego rywala w postaci muzyki jazzowej. Ta intymna i często humorystyczna historia znajduje się na listach bestsellerów takich czasopism, jak New York Times, USA Today, Los Angeles Times i Publishers Weekly. Żywa opowieść o dorastaniu na Brooklynie, w rodzinie z klasy średniej; plotkarska relacja o wdrapywaniu się po szczeblach drabiny komedii, od pisania gagów dla tabloidów po zdobycie Oscarów. () Większa część tych wspomnień jest przyjemną i zajmującą lekturą. () Trzeba być prawdziwym ponurakiem, żeby nie roześmiać się pod gradem żartów.- Peter Biskind, Loch Angeles Times Prawdziwie wyluzowany głos na papierze.- New York Times Absolutnie zachwycająca, zabawna, ujmująca i skrząca się gwiezdnym pyłem. - National Review Od młodości mistrz w humorystycznym umniejszaniu samego siebie, urodzony z nowojorskimi cojones, Allen mówi to, o czym inni tylko myślą, i do diabła z kontrowersjami. - New York Journal of Books - The Federalist Rzutka, żywa, nadzwyczaj zabawna relacja.- Commentary Magazine Jeśli kochacie Woodyego Allena, pokochacie tę książkę. - Sam Wasson, Air Mail

A Pulpit in the Grill Room

E. Phillips Oppenheim

In 1914, after seven years of service in the most famous room in the Grill Room in London, he dropped his very favorable position and went to France. In 1919, he came from a war with two crutches and many medals. He came to Paris and looked enviously at the funny scenes in the cafe, and thought that it was all over for him.

A Queen of Atlantis

Frank Aubrey

Frank Aubrey, the author of The Devil Tree of Eldorado, has ventured again to write a wild and romantic tale of adventure. A Queen of Atlantis is the second of his trilogy of novels. This story relates the discovery of a telepathic race living in the Sargasso Sea. A wonderful tale of the mythical continent, told with outstanding imaginative ingenuity, chronicling the adventures of the near-immortal Monella. The readers interest is sustained from the start and the experiences are thrilling!

A Queen of Atlantis. A Romance of the Caribbean

Frank Aubrey

There is a long tradition among the romances of the 19th and early 20th century of the lost race novel concerning explorers who stumble onto a culture exists hidden from the outside world. A Queen of Atlantis: A Romance of the Caribbean is a novel among the most famous lost race novels written by Frank Aubrey. This story relates the discovery of a telepathic race living in the Sargasso Sea. A wonderful tale of the mythical continent, told with outstanding imaginative ingenuity, chronicling the adventures of the near-immortal Monella. Most desirable, all the expected thrills of an Atlantean thriller plus some: flying damsels; immortals; a satisfying variety of monsters including the frightful shape, with its maddening leer and its blood-curdling scream that welcomes us to the book.

A Queen of the Stage

Fred M. White

The story of A Queen of the Stage about a lonely woman Elsie Wayne, who is alone in London. She gets a fake theater role. The stranger throws her a note. It reads: Be brave and patient. If your friend does not let you down, be today under the portico of the Regency Theater.

A Rogues Life

Wilkie Collins

This is a charming and highly readable novel written in the middle of the 19th century. This novel also combines the adventure and twists of a novel with a moderately upper-class protagonist. Frank sees work life as a problem, and by his 25th birthday, he has failed in medicine, portraiture, caricature, and even forgery. Disillusioned with life, he despaired of finding something to do until he met Alicia Dulcifer.

A Romance of Two Worlds

Marie Corelli

The main character, who is fond of music, being under the heavy pressure of a creative crisis, goes on a journey with her friends to improve her mental and physical health. There she meets an artist who once also became very discouraged, but who was lucky enough to be treated by a mysterious healer with fantastic abilities. In the midst of an ignorant society, a rumor has already been very successfully circulating about the doctor, as if he communicates with evil spirits, which is why his extraordinary skills. However, as it turns out later, the doctor is not at all a sorcerer and not a servant of Satan, but, on the contrary, a man of deep scientific interests and, even, achievements, to which he came purely thanks to sincere faith in God and the after life.

A Room of Ones Own

Virginia Woolf

The beauty of A Room of Ones Own is that it serves as an example of peace of mind, which, as Wooolf insists, is the defining quality of all great artists. Her transparent and elegant essay is devoted not only to the necessary material conditions of writing, but also to the self-overcoming of the creator. Virginia Woolf, in her essay, talks about a womans right to work. The writer considers a centuries-old story during which a woman was only a silent shadow of a man.

A Royal Wrong

Fred M. White

A story that quite often happens in the modern world. Dorchester Gardens were filled with guests gathered in honour of the engagement between Lady Letty and Stephen Du Cros, the South African millionaire. Of course, it was a marriage of convenience they all admitted. Earl, her father, was in need of money.

A Russian Proprietor and Other Stories

Leo Tolstoy

In this work, the main character is Vasily Andreevich Brekhunov, this is the owner. And the worker, a man of about fifty, named Nikita, is from a neighboring village. The relationship of the owner with the workers is one of the most difficult topics not only in literature, but also in life. Leo Tolstoy in his story describes the characters of these people, comparing them. One miser, because the author is not in vain, gave this name to Vasily Andreevich. The second hero is not afraid of any work, flexible, but in his life, too, not everything is so smooth...

A Scream in Soho

John G. Brandon

Detective Inspector McCarthy is a daredevil who investigates a murder at a site in Soho. Electricity is cut off throughout London and the mysterious murder of a woman takes place on the same day. Although the corpse was not there when the detective came to the cry. However, he found a clue that would lead to the killer.

A Second Home

Honoré de Balzac

In a dark, narrow street in Paris lives an old widow and her pretty young daughter, sit by the window most days. They share a poor but contented existence, supporting themselves through embroidery work. They see a gentleman in a brown coat pass by in the mornings and return in the evenings. The mother always remarks that he appears either over-worked or in delicate health. The daughter ignores most of her remarks as her mother sees every passer-by as a possible protector for the daughter. But soon the gentleman begins to exchange glances with the daughter. A Second Home is a classic French romance novel by the great French novelist, Honoré de Balzac. It is an interesting investigation of a relationship between a normal person and a religious nutter.