Literatura
Max Brand
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. Max Brand was incredibly prolific and wrote numerous books under his birth name (Frederick Faust) and a variety of pseudonyms. He does it again in the eminently enjoyable novel A Lucky Dog. Hagger is a man on the run, a thief and would-be killer. Hes no good on a horse, and feels miserable and out of place in the snowbound high country. But, then, Hagger comes upon a white bull terrier, abandoned in a mountain cabin, and his whole life begins to change...
E. Phillips Oppenheim
In this romantic story tells about how in 1905 a young British tourist accidentally witnesses a strange meeting in Germany. Then, in Paris, he tells about it not in the company where it could be shared. His sister, who had to meet with him finds his brothers baggage at the hotel, but he himself disappeared. The French police are pretending to be looking for him persistently, but then the sister himself disappears. A childhood friend who is in love with her is asking her friend to help in the search. He agrees to look for this pair, finds hints, but gets a warning to stop the search.
Ford Madox Hueffer
1926. A Novel. The third in a series that includes Some Do Not and No More Parades. It chronicles the life of Christopher Tietjens, the last Tory, a brilliant government statistician from a wealthy landowning family who is serving in the British Army during World War I. The novel opens on Armistice Day and follows the fortunes of Tietjens and Valentine Wannop, until their paths finally cross again in post-war London.
Anna Katharine Green
The main plot of the story is a dying man and his will. Having no relatives, the man wants to give his money to someone worthy and resembling a woman whom he loved and lost too early. Most of the book is devoted to various actions of the characters, reactions and plans for this money millions in the title. The book also has a love story.
George Griffiths
George Griffiths is popular with science and science fiction novels. The desire of every person is to have the power to read minds. George Griffiths decided to make it into reality. A Mayfair Magician is a science fiction novel about a device that allows you to read minds.
A Midsummer Night's Dream Level 3 Oxford Bookworms Library
Shakespeare, William
A level 3 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Written for Learners of English by William Shakespeare. There are broken hearts and kisses and then weddings, so this is a story about love. There are actors who are funny because they cannot act, so it is also a story that makes people laugh. And there are fairies, spirits of the night, so it is a story about mischief and magic too. What happens when love and laughter come together with magic in an Athenian forest? A Midsummer Night's Dream was written in about 1596 and is one of Shakespeare's most popular plays. It has been retold for Bookworms, not as a play, but as a story.
E. Phillips Oppenheim
The novel tells about the struggle of a young man for wealth in colonial Africa and about his search for happiness in this country. Although he is trying to do everything right and honest, he is prevented by many opponents who bring only a great calamity. But despite all the difficulties, the story ends with a happy end.
Herbert George Wells
H.G Wells wrote many tales of adventure and exploration, which were fascinating to early twentieth century readers as transportation to faraway lands was so difficult back then. Wells Modern Utopia was first published in 1905. It set the scene for many modern, scientific utopias and dystopias. The story is set on a planet very like earth. The Utopian Planet differs from earth in that the inhabitants have created a perfect society. Two men, the narrator and his colleague (a botanist), visit this parallel planet and argue over its merits and defects. Utopia is a world in which the problems of humanity have been solved. People live healthy, happy lives in cities where all human needs are met. The novel is best known for its idea that the Samurai, a group of nobility, could effectively rule a world. This would redress the sociological issue of progress and political stability
E. Phillips Oppenheim
A very interesting and early novel is extremely popular in the 1920s and 1940s by the famous author E. Phillips Oppenheim. It differs from its later works, here are considered more gloomy themes and a tragic plot. This story tells of a wealthy Englishman who fell in love with the daughter of an Italian nobleman who lives on the island of Krutha in the Mediterranean Sea. The very dark influence of the Catholic Church in this period will not prevent the victory of love and happiness.
Michał Wachnicki
"A morze wcale nie wzbiera" to opowieść o spotkaniu trójki przyjaciół, które przeradza się w pełną napięcia podróż przez relacje, emocje i wspomnienia. To, co oczywiste, stopniowo przestaje się takie wydawać, a poczucie, że coś ważnego czai się tuż pod powierzchnią, nie opuszcza czytelnika aż do ostatnich stron.
Sara Jeannette Duncan
The regiment, as usual, lacked officers, and John had to hold daytime parades three times a week. This story is about a poor guy who tried to do everything to get out of poverty. This story keeps everyone to the end.
Fred M. White
Fritz, a wandering man. He came to the west with the generally accepted goal of finding a wife. This adventure in search of a wife, it promises to be interesting. It would not be the story of Fred M. White, if he had not added mysticism here.
Małgorzata Maj
Gizela Feredyńska to niebieskooka blondynka z głosem zapłakanej pogodynki i duszą jak burzowe niebo. Ma osobistego kota, kolekcję królików i słabość do brązowych oczu. Pracuje w laboratorium, ale jej życie dalekie jest od wszelkiej sterylności i porządku. Tuż po czterdziestce, po rozwodzie, od dawna nie szuka szczęścia u boku mężczyzny. Jak to jednak z mężczyznami bywa, pojawiają się w najmniej spodziewanym momencie, niczym króliki z kapelusza. I do tego w wersjach bardzo zaskakujących. Tak jak Wojciech - bardzo przystojny, bezczelny, czarujący okulista. Młody lekarz zrobi wszystko, aby zdobyć Gizelę, mimo Drugiej... A nawet mężczyzna to pełna tajemnic, niebanalnych smaków i smaczków historia, gdzie zło jest tak złe, że aż śmieszne, miłość tak oczywista, że aż nudna, i przypadłość tak nieoczekiwana, że aż spełniona. Książkę mogą, ale na własną odpowiedzialność, przeczytać również mężczyźni, jednakże wówczas nic już nie będzie dla nich takie samo.
William Harrison Ainsworth
For a person unaccustomed to the imposing religious ceremonies of the Catholic Church, it was a delightful sight to observe all the pomp and splendor displayed at this high celebration. The papal choir now and then sang the melodic masses characteristic of worship, and hundreds of centers spread all-consuming spirits around.
Thomas Hardy
The heroine of the novel is a young Elfrid. She can easily charm anyone with the look of her blue eyes. In her life, two appear, a young architect and an experienced writer. Former friends become rivals, and Elfrida is faced with a painful choice.
Kateryna Babkina
Młoda bohaterka trafia wprost z bombardowanego Kijowa do wiedeńskiego domu swojego ojca, towarzyszy jej dziecko, którego nie urodziła. Szuka swojego miejsca pomiędzy nieodczytanymi wiadomościami, nowymi ulicami i wspomnieniami z innego życia. To opowieść o błędach, które popełnia rzeczywistość, roślinach, które jednak nie wyrosły, pierwszej miłości i dorastaniu. "A pamiętasz, mamo?" jest też przejmującym portretem ukraińskich uchodźców wojennych, niewypowiedzianych traum, które wracają w najbardziej nieoczekiwanych momentach. Bohaterka jest matką i dzieckiem jednocześnie, jest w Wiedniu, ale też w Kijowie, jest blisko i daleko w tej samej chwili. Powieść ta to obraz świata, którego mieszkańcy próbują otaczać innych troską, choć sami jej potrzebują. To zdjęcie rodzinne ze śmiercią, która stale przebywa w pobliżu, o której nie sposób przestać myśleć, ale nie sposób też wiecznie ją rozpamiętywać. Bohaterka Babkiny jest dorosłym dzieckiem zdanym na łaskę rzeczywistości, która sama nie wie, co robi. "A pamiętasz, mamo" to najnowsza powieść Kateryny Babkiny, napisana w formie listów kilkunastoletniej bohaterki do nieobecnej matki. Autorem przekładu na język polski jest Bohdan Zadura.