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Quo Vadis. A Narrative of the Time of Nero
Henryk Sienkiewicz
During the reign of Nero, Rome was famous for great holidays, tournaments for poets, as well as exciting games and circus performances that lasted day and night. Petronius of Rome, was generous and noble, a faithful man at the court of Nero. Intrigued by an interesting story about his nephew Mark Winnie, who met with a mysterious young woman, who was called Ligia and whom he loved, is now a foster child of noble Roman economy. She is a Christian. The author wrote a narrative with the utmost caution and his vision of Ancient Rome and early Christianity. He won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1905.
Zane Grey
Laramie Nelson and partners Lonesome Mulhall and Ted Tracks Williams work their way out to eastern Colorado to Spanish Peaks Ranch. There they meet a family from Ohio that has come west to start a new life and hopefully allow the husband and father to get well in the high and dryer climate. They purchase a ranch and then are in the process of loosing everything. As they soon find out, though, this deserted fort is equally suited for both protection and imprisonment. In fact, theyve been swindled into buying the longtime headquarters and hideout for a band of thieves and rustlers. Laramie, Lonesome and Tracks want to save this family. But in a place where there is no law but the law of the gun, can they? First published in 1938, the greatest writer of the American West, Zane Grey, brings a classic tale of drama on the frontier. Raiders of Spanish Peaks is a thrilling tale of a how a mans home is truly his castle.
Rex Beach
The author wrote an adventure western about a time in the West when most young men who were old enough to ride went to East Texas to join Teddy Roosevelts Rough Riders to help during the invasion of Cuba. They will rise to glory and return as heroes.
Harold Bindloss
George is a brave guy. The one for whom everyone experiences in this story. He does not think twice about doing the right thing. George takes and does. He did his best to cope with the difficulties in the open prairie. This is a story about a brave fight on a ranch and farm in the Canadian prairie.
Max Brand
Frederick Schiller Faust (1892-1944) was an American author best known for his thoughtful Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. Prolific in many genres, he wrote historical novels, detective mysteries, pulp fiction stories and many more. This is one of his work. Three men, each traveling alone, head for the town of Loomis, where they will meet in a violent confrontation that will leave one of them dead by morning. The plot is well constructed with well drawn subsidiary characters and provides a number of interesting twists. Highly recommended, especially for those who love the Old Western genre.
Jacek Gędłek
Realizując tajną misję, żandarm Wojska Polskiego Tomasz Borowski trafia do obozu bojówkarzy Państwa Islamskiego. Nie wie jeszcze, że przyjdzie mu stoczyć walkę nie tylko z dżihadystami, ale też z grupą najemników, działających na zlecenie pewnej szanowanej i bogatej francuskiej rodziny. Zarówno Państwo Islamskie, jak i Francuzi chcą zdobyć kontrolę nad całym Bliskim Wschodem. Środkiem do osiągnięcia celu jest starożytna broń, która od kilku tysięcy lat spoczywa w jaskini w Afganistanie. Wydarzenia poprowadzą Borowskiego od irańskiej pustyni, przez afgańskie wzgórza, po Morze Śródziemne, a na swej drodze spotka szalonego przywódcę IS, wprawionych i bezlitosnych morderców oraz znakomicie wyszkolonych najemników. Jego sojusznikami w tej nierównej walce będą: obdarzony ciętym językiem major GROM -u, roztargniony profesor z dostępem do tajnych informacji wywiadowczych oraz piękna pani archeolog.
Hugh Pendexter
The whole story revolves around the Northern Valley, which at the end of the 18th century had a great debt for the state, about 5 million. This noble kingdom, from which the state of Tennessee was to be created, was conquered by the confiscation and rifles of the settlers over the mountains and cost North Carolina neither blood nor money. The republic was too young to develop. This is a historic event for North Carolina. How could she get out of this situation?
Robert E. Howard
The singing of the swords was a deathly clamor in the brain of Godric de Villehard. Blood and sweat veiled his eyes and in the instant of blindness he felt a keen point pierce a joint of his hauberk and sting deep into his ribs. Smiting blindly, he felt the jarring impact that meant his sword had gone home, and snatching an instants grace, he flung back his vizor and wiped the redness from his eyes.
George Owen Baxter
Seattle-born author who worked as a cowhand in California, attended Berkeley, joined then deserted the Canadian Army, and finally settled down to writing full-time. He was incredibly prolific and wrote numerous books under his birth name (Frederick Faust) and a variety of pseudonyms. Today he is best known for his work published as Max Brand. Red Devil Of The Range is one of his Western fiction. When young Ever Winton loses the two most important things in his life, his Uncle Clay and Red Pacer the wildest, most untamable horse in the West he must ride with the notorious Timberline outside the law, doing whatever it takes to get his horse and his uncle back.
Henry Bedford-Jones
The Sphinx Emerald passed into other hands to reappear centuries later when conquering Cambyses came storming into Egypt with his Persian legions... Readers are treated to authentic historical dramas, all centering on the mysterious jewel that seems to contain a miniature image of the sphinx. A great pulp extravaganza!
Jan Grabowski
Zabawne i wzruszające przygody dwóch kundelków. Reks, zachwalany jako rasowy jamnik, zostaje przygarnięty przez Gospodarza, któremu nie przeszkadza fakt, że pies okazuje się urokliwym mieszańcem. Z jednej ze swoich wypraw Reksio przyprowadza do domu puchatą kulkę, która dostaje imię Pucek. Gospodarz otacza opieką oba psiaki. Kolejne opowiadania w zbiorze przedstawiają perypetie Reksia i Pucka w kontakcie ze zwierzętami gospodarskimi. Utwory, pełne ciepłego humoru, wywołują uśmiech na twarzy czytelników i budzą skojarzenia z "Kajtkowymi przygodami" Marii Kownackiej.
Ewa Siarkiewicz
Zagadkowy telefon kompletnie zbił z tropu młodego adepta sztuki magicznej. Znane mu życie, głównie duchowe, nie wymaga od niego interakcji z osobami trzecimi, szczególnie takimi, którym grozi śmierć... A jednak to się zdarzyło. Dylematu, czy pomóc praktycznie nie było.
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Jan Potocki
Monumentalna powieść Jana Potockiego o szkatułkowej kompozycji. Składa się na nią wiele wątków i historii jedne wynikają z drugich i wzajemnie się zazębiają, podzielone są przy tym na dni, które wyznaczają rytm opowiadania. Główny bohater, Alfons von Worden, przeżywa niezwykłe przygody, które układają się w fascynującą, spójną i zaskakującą opowieść.
Henry Bedford-Jones
Richelieu Raids a Tomb is the fourteenth installment about the Sphinx Emerald from a Canadian-American historical, adventure fantasy, science fiction, crime and Western writer H. Bedford-Jones. Here the malign magic of the Sphinx Emerald works its spell anew in one of the famous dramas of history. And again the strange Sphinx Emerald came to the scene to play its part in the unrolling drama.
Zane Grey
Riders of the Purple Sage is Zane Greys best-known novel. Originally published in 1912, it was one of the earliest works of Western fiction and played a significant role in popularizing that genre. The story uses a third person narrator to tell the story from the point of view of two main characters Bern Venter and Jane Withersteen and a few minor characters. Jane Withersteen, Mormon-born Utah native, goes against her church when she befriends a young Gentile rider, Venters. He is trailing the mysterious Masked Rider through the Old West. Both Venters and a notorious gunman named Lassiter bring adventure, intrigue, and romance to the Withersteen ranch. The story is also somewhat complex, with several plots unfolding that eventually come together at the end of the story, and conveniently leave open the certainty of a sequel.
Max Brand
Riders of the Silences was written under the pseudonym of John Frederick. The story is a Western saga based in part on Arthurian legends. Pierre le Rouge, the bastard child of Martin Ryder and his red-haired mistress, was sent off as an infant to be raised by Canadian friars. When his father sends for him after being wounded by the legendary gunman McGurk, Pierre races eight hundred miles to Martins side, determined to avenge his fathers attack. This Western from prolific author Max Brand is a classic revenge story that is sure to please readers who are hankering for a solid dose of action-packed adventure.