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Sherlock Holmes: najsłynniejsze śledztwa
Arthur Conan Doyle
Pokrętne historie zbrodni i śledztwa pełne gracji. Klasyka kryminału w najlepszym wydaniu! Losy Sherlocka Holmesa i doktora Watsona splatają się przypadkiem - obaj "z przeszłością", obaj szukają mieszkania na wynajem. Właśnie w lokum przy Baker Street rozpoczyna się historia jednego z najsłynniejszych duetów w historii literatury. Genialny detektyw i piekielnie zdolny lekarz rozwiązują arcytrudne zagadki kryminalne oraz... wspierają się w osobistych perypetiach. Pasjonująca czytelnicza podróż po zaułkach malowniczego i pełnego występków XIX-wiecznego Londynu, w asyście nieco ekscentrycznych dżentelmenów. Utwory, na bazie których powstał serial "Sherlock" z Benedictem Cumberbatchem w roli głównej. W skład kolekcji wchodzą następujące powieści: "Studium w szkarłacie", "Znak Czterech", "Pies Baskerville'ów", "Tajemnicze morderstwo nad jeziorem", "Dolina strachu", "Pożegnalny ukłon". Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) - brytyjski pisarz, twórca postaci Sherlocka Holmesa - najbardziej znanego detektywa w historii literatury. Doyle miał trudne dzieciństwo, jego ojciec alkoholik i narkoman znęcał się nad rodziną. Matka, by utrzymać rodzinę dorabiała jako praczka. Arthur skończył medycynę, lecz od 1890 roku poświęcił się wyłącznie pisaniu. Jest znany przede wszystkim z utworów kryminalnych, choć pisał także powieści historyczne, fantastyczno-naukowe i sensacyjne. Pasjonował się także spirytyzmem oraz badaniem historii antycznej Grecji. Jego najważniejsze dzieła to: "Pies Baskervilleów", "Studium w szkarłacie" oraz wielokrotnie ekranizowana powieść "Zaginiony świat". Co ciekawe, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle pojawia się jako bohater literacki w wielu utworach, . w powieściach "Lista siedmiorga" i "Spisek sześciu" Marka Frosta oraz "Arthur i George" Juliana Barnesa, a także w serii "Kroniki Imaginarium Geographica" Jamesa Owena.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The definite collection of Fitzgeralds short stories; edited and with a preface by the foremost Fitzgerald scholar Matthew J. Bruccoli. The forty-three masterpieces range from early stories that capture the fashion of the times to later ones written after the authors fabled crack-up, which are sober reflections on his own youthful excesses. This essential collection is ample testament to that statement, and a monument to the genius of one of the great voices in the history of American literature.
John Buchan
Sick Heart River is the fifth book in the Edward Leithen series. This is Buchans last novel, about a man who is dying, and it must reflect Buchans own efforts to come to terms with his looming demise."Sick Heart River finds Leithen now in his late fifties facing a terminal diagnosis of turberculosis. Leithen has enjoyed a dazzling career as eminent barrister, member of Parliament, Cabinet minister, and attorney-general but with only months left to live, he leaves it all behind and takes up a whole new mission into the bleak arctic wilds of Canada. The friend of a friend, Francis Galliard, has gone missing in the North, and Leithen volunteers to find him and send him back, and so to die well, far away from the irking sympathy of his friends or the coddled atmosphere of the sick-room. But the North has some surprises in store for Leithen.
Max Brand
Silvertip had meant to kill the cold-hearted Bandini, but it was a kid wearing Bandinis cape who came out the saloon door and met Silvertips bullet. Now, Silvertip has taken an oath to take care of the kids business first, then track down Bandini and put the sidewinder six feet under - for good. An urge for roaming and a chance meeting with the bandit Bandini put Silvertip on the trail that leads to Haverhill Valley, where he finds more action than he ever bargained for. Neatly plotted and briskly told, it illustrates Brands remarkable gift for storytelling. Experience the West as only Max Brand could write it!
Max Brand
Bill Gary was blinded by the agony of torn flesh. Red sparks of pain flared through him. He saw Frosty, his mouth dripping with blood, ready to spring again. Bill struck at the leaping form ... and missed. The wolfs teeth were at his throat! Bill Gary was dead. But this only encouraged the fortune seekers. For securely fastened around the killer wolfs neck was a collar containing the location of a vein of gold ... and it was still anybodys prize. This most vicious of timber wolves was now guardian and executor of his estate. And Silvertip, to carry out the dead mans wish, must find Frosty, the wolf.
Max Brand
No writer captured the excitement, humanity, or adventure of the American West better than Max Brand. ""Silvertips Roundup"" is and Old Western tale of adventure told by Max Brand, one of Americas favorite Western writers. Brand tells the story of the legendary Arizona Jim ""Silvertip"" Silver, who shoots fast, stays cook, and brings to justice killers and thieves who make a habit of taking the law into their own hands. No criminal was safe from Silvertips brilliant mind and reckless courage. But now Silvertip met his match in Barry Christian, a dangerous and cunning renegade who recognized no laws but the ones he imposed on helpless men and women ...
Max Brand
Arizona Jim Silver had to find Rap Bender, Judge Benders missing son - the same Rap Bender who had joined guns with Silvers oldest and deadliest enemy. But when the legendary Silvertip finally caught up with Bender, they shared a common enemy - ever since Benders partner double-crossed him by trying to kidnap his woman. Now it was up to the two men to catch the man Silver had pledged to kill - for Silvers honor and his life. "Silver Tip" is a series of Western novels written by the very prolific author (one of the most prolific author of all time) named Frederick Faust. The novels are published, like most of Fausts work, under the Max Brand pen name.
Max Brand
In his last evil plan, the dying Steve Wycombe wills his land, stock, and cash to his three worst enemies, Morris Delgas, Harry Rutherford, and Jim Silver, with the knowledge that sooner or later there would be violence over the inheritance. He actually dictates his will while dying from being shot in the stomach. He makes them, one honest man and two crooked, run his ranch. He knows that it is only a matter of time before they come to blows, but that is exactly what he wants them to do to each other. One of many recommended Westerns by this prolific author. Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 - May 12, 1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns under the pen name Max Brand.