Devils Dice

William Le Queux

Let me gaze down the vista of the tristful past. Ah! there are things that cannot be uttered; there are scenes that still entrance me, and incidents so unexpected and terrible that they cause me even now to hold my breath in horror. The prologue of this extraordinary drama of London life was enacted three years ago; its astounding dénouement occurred quite recently.

Number Six

Edgar Wallace

An international criminal arrives in London. Basically theres the typical foreign bad guy, Caesar Valentine, who is suspected of many shady things but Scotland Yard, or any other police department for that matter, cant pin any crimes on him so they send in an undercover operative only known as Number Six to find out enough to put Valentine away for good. The thing is nobody at Scotland Yard knows who Number Six is and neither does Charles Valentine! Along the way we meet Tray Bong Smith, a criminal low life who attracts the attention of Caesar Valentine, Stephanie, the beautiful daughter of Caesar, and Mr. Ross, a mysterious American millionaire.

A Group of Noble Dames

Thomas Hardy

A group of "local historians" of men comes together and tells each other stories about women from the past. All stories are connected with love, marriage to the wrong person and illegitimate children. This says a lot about how women looked at that time. Even those in abundance had very little influence and were often convicted of using it when they had a chance.

The Mystery of Khufus Tomb

Talbot Mundy

The mystery of the tomb of Khufu is a story about Jeff Ramsden written by Talbot Mundy. In this fascinating story, Ramsden travels a lot and encounters his old friend, the beautiful Joan Angela Leich. Soon they go to the desert, try to unravel the mystery of the place of the tomb of Khufu and help the old Chinese mathematician, which is blocked by the usual shoemaker from the villains, trying to steal the treasure for himself. Much more modern and anti-imperial in the world than his predecessors Mandy wrote to a soul an interesting novel with a lot of adventures and acute sensations.

The Woman Who Did

Grant Allen

In 1895, this scandalous book titled The Woman Who Did by Grant Allen promulgating certain startling views on marriage and kindred questions, became a bestseller. The book told the story of an independent, young, self-assured middle-class woman who has a child out of wedlock. Herminia Barton, Cambridge-educated daughter of the Dean of Dunwich, is more determined than most to arrange her own life. She accordingly enters into a relationship outside marriage with one of her own free and advanced kind, the lawyer Alan Merrick. The consequences of that decision test her resolve to the very limit. The author was sympathetic to the feminist cause and saw his novel as a means to propagate womens rights. However, the novel was controversial right from the start, with conservative readers as well as feminists criticizing Allen for the heroine he had invented.

Mnich z Cruty

Edward Phillips Oppenheim

Romans z elementami powieści gotyckiej oraz powieści tajemnic. Bogaty Anglik zakochuje się w córce włoskiego arystokraty, który mieszka na wyspie Cruta w rejonie Morza Śródziemnego. Absolutna klasyka mistrza wśród twórców powieści sensacyjnych...

History of William the Conqueror

Jacob Abbott

This is a classic historical book about medieval life, in the time of William the Conqueror. This book will appeal to those who are delighted with the legends, knights and kings. As in all the stories of Jacob Abbott, he helps to know really interesting details. Jacob Abbott explain? how the geography and weather patterns of the English Channel influencedt he reign of William the Conqueror.

Lonesome Land

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?

Leśna Różyczka (Tom 5). Leśna Różyczka. Piramida śmierci

Karol May

Piramida śmierci to piąty tom przygód z cyklu Leśna Różyczka, czyli prześladowania dookoła świata. Podczas licznych i szalonych podróży po wielu krajach i kontynentach odważni bohaterowie spotykają na swojej drodze różne postaci niektóre sprzyjają realizacji ich planów i wyciągają pomocną dłoń, inne wręcz przeciwnie narażają drużynę na niebezpieczeństwa i same proszą się o pogruchotanie kości w potyczce.

Matornis Vineyard

E. Phillips Oppenheim

In an interesting precursor to the later I Spy television series, the novel follows the activities of a young British tennis professional, Mervyn Amory, who is spending the season in Monte Carlo. While traveling from Paris on Le Train Bleu, he meets an Italian secret agent who is carrying documents which show the treachery of the dictator Matorni. Matorni is a thinly disguised Mussolini. (The title of the novel bears no relation to the book). Interestingly, this novel was written in 1928, which was only 2 years after Mussolini assumed dictatorial powers over the country. The partisan resistance to the fascists are given the name red shirts.

The Sky Pirate

Garrett P. Serviss

For some time, sky pirates took public attention, because everyone was shocked by their brave actions. The handsome and sophisticated captain Alfonso Payton was one of the most daring. They decided to steal the billionaires daughter, Helen Grayman, and her servant. Their goal is to squeeze money out of the most wealthy person in the USA. Do these pirates again get what they want?

Aziyadé

Pierre Loti

Aziyade semi-autobiographique, basé sur le journal de Loti, persiste pendant trois mois. En automne et en hiver 1876, un officier de la marine française en Grece et Istanbul parle de lamour illégal de Loti, 27 ans, légard du harem circassien nommé. Dans ce roman, Loti décrit également son amour pour la culture turque, devenue un élément central de son personnage exotique.

The Road to Oz

L. Frank Baum

Meet Dorothys new friends, the Shaggy Man, Button Bright and Polychrome, as you travel with them to the Emerald City. Share their adventures with the Musicker and the Scoodlers. See how they escape from the Soup-Kettle and what they found at the Truth Pond. Their adventures include: the secret behind the love magnet, entering the town of Foxville, the queen of the Scoodlers, the Truth Pond, Ozmas birthday party, why the way to Butterfield got split 7 ways, etc.... Find out how they are able to cross the Deadly Desert and finally get to the Emerald City of Oz. The Road to Oz invite you to make an amazing trip to the magical land of Oz, which was born as a result of the irrepressible imagination of the great American writer Lyman Frank Baum, whose books were beloved by more than one generation of children around the world. The fifth story of Oz and the fourth detailing the magical travels of Dorothy.

Germinal

Emil Zola

Akcja powieści Germinal Zoli rozgrywa się w latach 60. XIX wieku i opowiada o losach francuskich górników. Początkujący górnik Stefan Lantier próbuje się odnaleźć w górniczej społeczności i podołać trudnym warunkom pracy. Wsparcia szuka w rozwijających się ideach socjalistycznych, pod wpływem których próbuje wzniecić w kopalni strajk. Sytuacja wymyka się spod kontroli.

Winnetou. Tom IIII. MultiBook

Karol May

Winnetou to kultowa postać stworzona przez Karola Maya. Młody i szlachetny wódz Apaczów stanowił wzór dla wielu pokoleń młodych czytelników, których zachwycał dzielnością, godnością i umiejętnościami strzeleckimi. Historie o Winnetou to poruszające opowieści o przyjaźni, odwadze i honorze, a także znakomite przygody rozgrywające się na Dzikim Zachodzie.

Die geheimnisvollen Zimmer

Sven Elvestad

An einem Winterabend vor etwa drei Jahren saß der norwegische Ex-Polizist und nun erfolgreicher Detektiv Asbjörn Krag in seinem Arbeitszimmer am Kamin und blätterte in einem dicken Dokumentenstoß, den er soeben von einem seiner Klienten erhalten hatte. Als Asbjörn Krag eines Abends Besuch von einem befreundeten Arzt bekommt wird er schnell hellhörig. Was stimmt nicht auf Gut Kvamberg? Dort gab es mysteriöse Todesfälle und der Eigentümer verhält sich mehr als merkwürdig...