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B.M. Bower
Pioneering Western writer Bertha Muzzy Bower was herself the wife of a Montana rancher for a time, so she brings a wealth of personal experience and psychological insight to this gripping narrative that follows protagonist Valeria as she enters into marriage and struggles with the often-harsh reality of rural life. Val is cast into circumstances that test her temper, strength, and sanity. One of her few contacts with the outside world is a friend of her husbands whom she despises. Their relationship gradually changes as her husbands true character is slowly revealed to her. Kent watches Val very closely as she struggles with poverty and a drunken husband. He knows Val is worthy of more than her husband can give. Is he the man to do it?
Joseph Conrad
Parostatek Patna, z ośmiuset pobożnymi pielgrzymami na pokładzie, wyrusza w rejs. Morze jest spokojne i wszystko przebiega bez najmniejszych zakłóceń. Niespodziewanie okręt uderza w niezidentyfikowany obiekt. Młodszy kapitan Jim zostaje wysłany pod pokład w celu sprawdzenia ewentualnych uszkodzeń. Na miejscu stwierdza, że okrętu przed zatonięciem broni jedyna gródź, która z powodu rdzy i starości wkrótce nie wytrzyma naporu wody. Taką też informację przedstawia kapitanowi. Ten wraz z mechanikami postanawia po cichu, nie budząc pasażerów, opuścić statek. Wie, że nie ma wystarczającej liczby szalup ratunkowych, by ocalić wszystkich pasażerów. Jim nie wie, jaką podjąć decyzję. Z jednej strony chciałby się wykazać heroizmem i uratować pielgrzymów, z drugiej strony zdaje sobie sprawę, iż pozostanie na statku to pewna śmierć. Strach paraliżuje go coraz bardziej. W ostatniej chwili wskakuje do szalupy, którą opuściła na wodę reszta załogi. Po kilku chwilach Patna znika im z oczu. Gdy dobijają do najbliższego portu, okazuje się, że parostatek nie zatonął. Tytułowy Lord Jim jako jedyny z członków załogi nie ucieka i stawia się na procesie o zaniedbanie podstawowych obowiązków marynarskich. Dręczony wyrzutami sumienia nie może zaznać spokoju.
Joseph Conrad
Lord Jim, Conrads most famous work, is also his most extensive examination of a persistent theme: the conflict between an individuals inner moral code and his or her outward actions. Jim, the well-loved son of an English parson, goes to sea to make a name for himself. With his youthful, romantic aspirations for the sea, he is physically powerful; he has Ability in the abstract. Throughout Conrads short stories and novels, his characters are often afraid, even obsessed, with the concern of how their personal standards will bear up under the stress of events. This situation is explicit in Lord Jim. He drifts from port to port, leaving when his identity is discovered. Finally, he abandons the world of Europeans altogether and heads upriver to a small Malay village. Even there, however, he finds he cannot escape the demands of his sensitive moral feelings and must prove to himself that he is not a coward.
Lord Lister. Tajemniczy nieznajomy. Tom 14. Agencja matrymonialna
anonimowy
Bohaterem serii jest intrygująca postać o dwóch twarzach: wiktoriański gentelman Lord Edward Lister oraz słynny złodziej Raffles w jednej osobie. Jak w ogóle do tego doszło i co może wyniknąć z takiego niezwykłego połączenia? Jak bohater wykorzystuje niezwykłe zdolności medyczne i chemiczne, aby występować pod obiema postaciami? Komu udało się go rozszyfrować i jak wykorzystano tę wiedzę?
Robert E. Howard
The Turks, cruelly lead by the scurrilous Bayazid, crushingly defeat a bunch of European Christians who were invading so as to steal land from the Turks, or something. But one of the Europeans, a Scott, Donald MacDeesa escapes with his life and hooks up with Ak Boga, who who had secretly been spying on the carnage. Ak Boga works for the Amir of Samarcand, one Timour the Lame.
Lords of the World. A Tale of the Fall of Carthage and Corinth
Alfred J. Church
The hero of this book is a Greek enemy of Rome, who vainly tries to resist the all-conquering Romans. During the course of his trials he befriends Hasdrubal, the Carthaginian general, Polybius, the great historian of the Punic Wars, and Scipio the Younger, the general who conquers Carthage. During the course of his struggle, he begins to understand the weaknesses of the Greek and Punic civilizations, and why they are unable to resist the domination of Rome. Originally published in 1897, this early work on Lords of the World is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. Extensively illustrated throughout and with chapters including; The fate of the Melcart, The last of a veteran, At thermopyle and The prisoners plus many more, this is a fascinating read for any historian.
Robert W. Chambers
Lorraine is a story about a young woman and her country. Lorraine comes of age during the dramatic war years in France. Its growth, conflicts and possible renewal are reflected in the countrys struggle for its independence against Germany.
Jack London
Jack London, as part of his Nordic Tales series, raises a problem that is difficult to articulate clearly. This is a situation when a person is faced with the inevitability of a terrible painful death. A choice arises before him, which is worse: to accept a painful end, clinging to life until the last breath, or to die voluntarily. The peculiarity of the story is that the main character is a citizen of the Russian Empire, a participant in the Polish uprising, exiled by the tsar to Siberia.
Zane Grey
Zane Grey is unrivalled in his mastery of the western scene... this is a charming and vintage story. Rich easterner Janey Endicott comes to Arizona with her father, where she is bored until she meets archeologist Phillip Randolph, who is investigating ancient Indian pueblos in the midst of the Wests wild culture. The distinct differences of personalities she free and easy and wild, and he, quiet, reserved, old fashioned is cause for quite interesting circumstances to erupt between them. Her father, rushing in where angels fear to tread, tries to match her with the son of an old friend. Complications arise. Moreover, her father and his money stage-manage all the excitement while the newly discovered pueblo ruins add prestige to the adventures which end in marriage.
Piotr Zmarzłowski
Samiec alfa w świecie sztucznej inteligencji i wirtualnych relacji. Rok 2075. Mike, as przestworzy, został uziemiony przez sztuczną inteligencję. Kto potrzebuje pilota, gdy istnieją automatyczne narzędzia do prowadzenia samolotów? Nawet jako kontroler lotów mężczyzna niespecjalnie może się wykazać. Do czasu, gdy odkrywa, że jedna z maszyn samowolnie zmieniła trasę lotu, a systemy alarmowe tego nie odnotowują. Zwykły błąd czy intencjonalne działanie sztucznej świadomości? I czy manualne przejecie kontroli nad sterami zdoła zapobiec katastrofie? Dla osób zainteresowanych wpływem AI na cywilizację i psychologię ludzką. W sam raz dla miłośników filmów Transcendencja czy Ex Machina. Piotr Zmarzłowski - z wykształcenia i zawodu architekt, z zamiłowania fotograf i stolarz. Jako pisarz porusza się w różnych gatunkach i formach literackich i nie boi się stawiania trudnych pytań. Autor powieści Cykl po raz pierwszy opublikowanej w 2024 r.
Alexandre Dumas
After The Three Musketeers and Twenty Years After the adventurous story of Athos, Porthos, Aramis and DArtagnan continues! Against a tender love story, Dumas continues the suspense which began with The Vicomte de Bragelonne and will end with The Man in the Iron Mask. Can it be true that the King is in love with the Duchess dOrleans? Or has his eye been caught by the sweet and gentle Louise de la Valliere? No one is more anxious to know the answer than Raoul, son of Athos, who loves Louise more than life itself. Behind the scenes, dark intrigues are afoot. Louis XIV is desperate to solidify his position as absolute ruler of France. Impending turmoil forces the Musketeers and dArtagnan to come out of retirement, but is it for the right reasons? A fantastic continuation of Dumass famous saga, Louise De La Valliere constitutes a must-read for fans of his work, and would make for a worthy addition to any collection.
H. Rider Haggard
According to the story of Love Eternal, written by Henry Rider Haggard, love never dies, it is eternal.It is the story of Godfrey Knight, son of a puritanical parson in Essex and Isobel Blake, daughter of a wealthy shipping magnate who grow up together. Father sends Godfrey to Sweden to separate lovers. For the next 23 years, young lovers did not see each other, having only brief meetings in important moments. Is it true that Romeo and Juliets story will repeat?
Love of Life and Other Stories
Jack London
Love of life is not only the name of the story, but also the main quality of one of the characters. Such an acute, almost tangible desire took possession of man that he, exhausted by hunger, cold, chills, illness, dislocation, hallucinations and other troubles that can await a lonely generational man in the forest. He survived the battle with a bear, with a wolf, with his mind and body, persuading him to rise again, persuading him to survive. The story is small in volume, wild and completely killing every touch of romanticism, which will revive again, barely reaching extreme significance.
Lucius. Adventures of a Roman Boy
Alfred J. Church
Alfred John Church (1829-1912) was an English classical scholar. He was born in London and was educated at Kings College London, and Lincoln College, Oxford, he took holy orders and was an assistant-master at Merchant Taylors School for many years. Church wrote a number of stories in English re-telling of classical tales and legends for young people. Lucius Adventures of a Roman Boy, follows Lucius as he talks with Cicero, meets Spartacus, falls in love, is kidnapped by pirates, joins the Roman army, is captured by king Mithridates, and finds pirate treasure! Sounds exciting? Follow the young Lucius Marius who leads an adventurous life in Ancient Rome from the time of his capture by Spartacus.
Max Brand
First published in 1932, Lucky Larribee is another great read by Max Brand. Alfred Larribee likes drinking, not working. He likes gambling, too. Maybe thats what drives him to risk his easy-going life for Sky Blue, the horse of a lifetime. When he first goes after this wild and magnificent animal, he knows about the back shooters. But no one tells him about the Indians... they play for keeps. How safe is this bet? Neatly plotted and briskly told, it illustrates Brands remarkable gift for storytelling. One of the greatest western authors of all time. Max Brand leads the reader on a very authentic tale of the old west the way it was.
Willa Cather
Lucy Gayheart is well known in her small Nebraska town for her great looks, energy and piano playing. Everyone assumes that she will marry the son of banker Harry Gordon, including Harry, but at 18 she goes to Chicago to study piano and ends up making money accompanying the famous international vocalist when he spends time in Chicago. Her life, other peoples lives and peoples expectations changed forever.