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Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Hueffer
This is a story about the adventures of the youth of the regency from the lower reaches of the British nobility in the harsh and capricious world of the Caribbean Sea, complete with pirates, romance and daring Spanish girls, as well as a few last minute escapes the clichés of romantic fantasies about adventures. There are several excerpts from Conrads beautiful memories. At that time, slavery was the basis of the Caribbean economy, and the hero for some time is the head of the slave-owning plantation.
Max Brand
His name was famous throughout the wild Old West. From Tombstone to Sonora hed won the respect of every law-abiding citizen-and the hatred of every bushwhacking bandit. While Bill Gregg stole Ronicky Doones best mare, Doone thanked him with a bullet in the leg. When he discovered that Bill was desperately searching for a girl whose name he didnt know, Ronicys interest was captured. Helping him track the girl down was no real challenge for Ronicky, but rescuing her from the evil New Yorker who held her prisoners might be another matter. But Ronicky Doone never backed down from a challenge! This is the first of a trilogy involving the adventure-seeking, straight-shooting cowboy. Another great read by Max Brand.
Max Brand
He was the toughest cowpuncher in the Wild West, the surest shot who ever lived. Where Ronicky Doone went, trouble was sure to follow. So Doone wasnt surprised when he rode into Twin Springs and found himself in the middle of a deadly war between two rival families. The stakes are high - honor, revenge, and rich ranch land. Though the townsmen favor the Jenkinses, Ronicky is drawn to the Bennetts - and especially the beautiful Elsie Bennett. As the struggle builds up in violence and shifting alliances, only Ronicky has the power to restore the peace. This is the third of a trilogy involving the adventure-seeking, straight-shooting cowboy.
Max Brand
Western Hero, Ronicky Doone, Provides His Own Brand of Justice. Ronicky Doone overhears Jack Moons gang plotting the murder of ex-member Hugh Dawn. While Ronicky doesnt know Hugh Dawn or Jack Moon, he is always ready for adventure. With the aid of his trusty, well-trained horse, Lou, he outraces Moons gang and races off to warn Hugh and they flee along with Hughs daughter, Jerry. Great read with Max Brands leading off to unexpected places with characters you come to know personally. Max leads the reader to characters bigger than life. They come to life as people we wish we knew personally.
William Harrison Ainsworth
A typical gothic fantasy, Rookwood is a good read if you can stomach the songs, poetry, and flowery language. It features underground vaults, mummified corpses falling out of tombs, paranormal summonses, girls in great distress, a sinister gypsy old woman, adultery, death by lightning, and macabre prophecies.
Roping Lions in the Grand Canyon
Zane Grey
Powells Plateau was the most distant, inaccessible corner of the Grand Canyon, when Zane Gray went there with a hunter to the buffalo, camp, a cowboy from Utah and a scout from Navajo State. With the help of ropes and rifles, five men traveled to Mustangs. They were not disappointed. Different paths penetrated through the brush of forest and rocks from all sides.
Edward Rutherfurd
Na kartach tej przebogatej powieści spotykają się chłop i jego pan, kozak i car, pop i Żyd, a ich losy splatają się w wielką rodzinną sagę, która płynie przez stulecia historii, odsłaniając przed nami kraj najbardziej niedostępny i tajemniczy: Rosję. Poprzez dzieje miasteczka leżącego na wschód od Moskwy Edward Rutherfurd buduje rozległą opowieść złożoną z zaskakujących sprzeczności rosyjskiego narodu i rosyjskiej kultury opowiada o kraju ponurym i egzotycznym zarazem, brutalnym i romantycznym, zanurzonym w rytuałach i jednocześnie przesiąkniętym zabobonnymi lękami. Początki państwa ruskiego, okrutne najazdy tatarskie, panowanie Iwana Groźnego, dzicy Kozacy, Piotr I, Katarzyna II Wielka, czasy Wojny i pokoju, wreszcie dramat rewolucji październikowej i niezwykła współczesność oto historia Rosji w tej fascynującej powieści, historia odtworzona z pasją i zachwycającym bogactwem szczegółów. Wspaniała lektura i wciągająca opowieść. Autorowi udało się uchwycić i oddać ogrom Matki Rosji, jej historię i jej możliwości. BOSTON SUNDAY HERALD Ta książka to zbiór wspaniale powiązanych ze sobą krótkich opowiadań z dużą porcją łatwej w odbiorze historii. Naprawdę znakomita lektura. THE TIMES
Mark Twain
The novel "Roughing It" is a book of memoirs by Mark Twain about the years of vagrancy in the Far West during the "silver rush". The book begins with Mark Twain embarking on a journey to the West with his brother, Orion Clemens, who received the post of Secretary of the Nevada Territory. Further, the author tells about the subsequent events of his own life.