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When God Laughs and Other Stories
Jack London
A very wise story from the cycle about love. An inexhaustible topic, do not talk about it. No one has yet managed to beat the gods. Although Karkines met people who almost succeeded: Marvin Fisk and Ethel Baird. But the punishment of the gods overtook them at the end.
H. Rider Haggard
When the World Shook is a classic story, written by H. Rider Haggard, telling about the horror of a ghost town. The plot revolves around three friends one absolutely unshakable skeptic, the other an absolutely believer, and the third and central character is a person who is looking for meaning in life. A hurricane shipwrecks them on an unknown island in the Pacific inhabited by a degenerating people who worship an ancient god called Oro. Three men experience all sorts of difficulties and find all kinds of miracles on the island.
Max Brand
Doctor Kildare approached just in time to hear Meg say to the officer, "I heard a shot outside my apartment, then a crash. When I ran out, this man was lying on the landing... "Whiskey Sour" (1938) is a Doctor Kildare story that continues the depiction of a "gangster" atmosphere surrounding the young doctor as he cared for East Side streets toughs and local political bosses while defying his hospital superiors. Max Brand (1892-1944) is the best-known pen name of widely acclaimed author Frederick Faust, creator of Destry, Dr. Kildare, and other beloved fictional characters. His action-filled stories of adventure and heroism and even poetry continue to entertain readers throughout the world.
Jack London
The main conflict of the story is dog-nature vs. wolf-nature, or nature vs. man. What happens to White fang, and how he goes through the many troubles that he has to. Growing up in the Yukon territory of Canada during the Klondike Gold Rush, he learned the law of the Wild at an early age: kill, or be killed, eat, or be eaten. Separated from his mother and traded from master to master, White Fang never grasped the concept of love, and violence was all that he knew. Having no teacher, he learned the rules of survival by experience. Then, a cruel man buys White Fang and turns him into a pit dog forced to fight for money. He save one day, a mixed dogwolf from the hands of a cruel man, and a brave friendship develops between the two. With beautifully realistic details of the harsh realities of life in the Yukon, White Fang is a grippingly original tale about morality and redemption that still stands as an American classic.
White-Jacket. Or, The World in a Man-of-War
Herman Melville
The novel The White Jacket by American writer Herman Melville is dedicated to swimming on the US military frigate. The novel, which is a chronicle only in part, describes in detail the life and life of naval sailors, their colorful figures, as well as the features of ships and naval service in that era. A number of philosophical, romantic and socio-political thoughts are presented.
Robert W. Chambers
This story is about the Crown Prince. Most of the world is against him and what he stands for. He expresses surprise at the position of the United States. This attitude is the natural result of various causes, among which are the following: Distrust of any aggressor on the part of a peace-minded nation.
Wicehrabia de Bragelonne. Trzej muszkieterowie cz. III
Aleksander Dumas (ojciec)
Wicehrabia de Bragelonne trzecia część trylogii Aleksandra Dumasa ojca opowiadająca o przygodach Atosa, Portosa, Aramisa i dArtagnana (poprzednie części to Trzej muszkieterowie i Dwadzieścia lat później). Tytułowy bohater Raul de Bragelonne to syn hrabiego de La Fre (Atosa) oraz znanej z wcześniejszych części pani de Chevreuse (zwanej Marią Michon). Powieść jest wielowątkowa; główne wątki to restauracja monarchii w Anglii dokonana rękami dArtagnana i Atosa, nieszczęśliwa miłość Raula de Bragelonne do Luisy de La Vallire, późniejszej metresy Ludwika XIV, upadek wszechwładnego ministra finansów Fouqueta oraz nieudany spisek biskupa Vannes (Aramisa) mający na celu osadzenie na tronie Francji królewskiego brata bliźniaka Filipa (Żelaznej Maski) więzionego w Bastylii. (Za Wikipedią).
Catherine Cookson
Co czeka osieroconego chłopca, którego wychowywała stara zielarka? Jak ułożą się jego relacje ze znanymi od dzieciństwa przyjaciółmi Halem Roystanem i Mary Ellen? Kiedy ojciec Roddyego Greenbanka zostaje zabity, jego bliska znajoma Kate Makepeace postanawia zaopiekować się chłopcem. Mały sierota w domu czarownicy odnajduje bezpieczeństwo, a relacje z dwojgiem jego przyjaciół z czasem rozkwitają i nabierają mocy niczym mikstura z magicznych ziół uwarzonych przez tajemniczą opiekunkę. Na podstawie książki w 2000 r. powstał 6-odcinkowy serial w reżyserii Alana Grinta. Oto jedna z najbardziej wzruszających powieści Catherine Cookson, idealna dla każdego, kto lubi opowieści o zawiłych relacjach poddanych próbie czasu.