The Hills of the Dead

Robert E. Howard

In a world ruled by piracy, stalked by vampires, peopled by cities of the inhuman, he stood tall amid the terrors of the Dark Continent. Kane, a man of savage and unconquerable courage, strode deep into the jungles, forever slashing his diamond-edged rapier as evil guided the creatures of the night toward him. Wicked whispers of death touched him. Haunted horrors of the world beyond life reached for him. But Kane never halted his march, for he would never rest until the final, epic duel between light and dark was waged...and won.

Dark Horse

B.M. Bower

Around 1900 Bower started to write about the wild west and she was one of a few women writers that wrote like a man and fooled most of her readers at the time. Not afraid to write about the violent times she is one of the best western writers ever, that this book is one of her finest of her character creations. Medicine was a hero among the cowhands of the Flying U after he saved the stranger on horseback who had been struck by lightning. However, their mysterious guest seemed to have amnesia and couldnt remember who he was, so they called him Nameless. A fantastic sequel to Chip of the Flying U, Dark Horse is not to be missed by fans of Bowers wonderful work.

The Devils Guard

Talbot Mundy

Talbot Mundi The Devils Guard is a little intertwined and is definitely the source of another novel about Jimgrim Nine Unknown. The character of Jimgrim is a transposed image of Munzi from the Algan Quatermaine Haggar. In this mysterious story, he is looking for a hidden mysterious country of Shamballa, encountering good and evil characters in his occult incidents.

Die zwölf Apostel

Eugenie Marlitt

Marlitts Erzählung Die zwölf Apostel wurde 1865 veröffentlicht. Der Schauplatz der Erzählung Die zwölf Apostel befindet sich in einem Kloster und in geheimnisvollen unterirdischen Gängen, wie es sie in Arnstadt tatsächlich gibt, wo Eugenie Marlitt geboren wurde. Dieses Städtchen, welches im Herzen von Thüringen liegt, hat der Autorin zahlreiche Anregungen für ihre bis heute viel gelesenen Romane geboten. Eugenie Marlitt gilt als erste Bestsellerautorin der Welt.

The Moonstone

Wilkie Collins

A diamond is stolen from the English country estate of Lady Verinder and the renowned Sergeant Cuff is brought in from London to help solve the case. The diamond, said to bring bad luck to its owner because it was stolen from a temple in India, was given to Lady Verinders daughter, Rachel, on her 18th birthday. It was bequeathed to Rachel from her uncle (who stole it when he was a young soldier) on his death. The story unfolds through several narrators, all of whom know a piece of what happened. As each of them writes his or her side of the story, the reader gets just a little more information that helps to solve the mystery. You can see things invented here that were directly borrowed by future writers: Holmes overconfidence (and his use of London urchins as agents); Agatha Christies exploration of narrative reliability.

Frank Merriwells New Comedian

Burt L. Standish

Readers continue to witness the rise of a new star. So Frank Merriwells magical story tells how a simple boy can achieve success with his work. In this part, Frank manages to successfully deliver the play For Old Eli, which impressed everyone around him.

John Flack. Roman

Edgar Wallace

Acht bis an die Zähne bewaffnete Männer von Scotland Yard bewachen einen Transport von 73000 Pfund Sterling. Aber der Geldtransporter mit Geld und seine Bewacher verschwindet auf der Straße von London nach Tilbury. Nach dem mysteriösen Verschwinden fehlt jede Spur. As wirklich geschehen?

Wiersze. Wybór

Jan Andrzej Morsztyn

Tom zawiera wybór utworów poetyckich Jana Andrzeja Morsztyna, polityka i poety, czołowego przedstawiciela polskiego baroku dworskiego. Utwory Morsztyna odznaczają się niezwykłym kunsztem. Znane motywy potrafił autor przetworzyć w niebanalny sposób. Jego zdolność do odświeżania utartych figur stylistycznych, zabawy słowem, tworzenia nieoczekiwanych point czy zaskakiwania kunsztownymi konceptami decydowały o oryginalności tej poezji. W erotykach, które dominują w jego twórczości, korzystał z kontrastów wynikających z przejścia od wzniosłości do potoczności, od rozbudowanych komplementów do żartów i złośliwości. Przy opisywaniu kobiecej urody wykorzystywał motywy włosów, oczu wypowiadających wojnę zalotnikowi, kwiatów wyrastających u stóp kobiety czy słońca blednącego w porównaniu ze spojrzeniem kochanki.

Tono-Bungay

Herbert George Wells

Considered one of Wells most successful attempts at a social novel in the vein of Charles Dickens and William Makepeace Thackeray, Wellss tale is a panoramic view of an unravelling society. A semi-autobiographical satire of Edwardian advertising and patent-medicines. The story follows the life of a young man, George, and his Uncle Edward. Edward invents an elixir called TONO-BUNGAY and hires his nephew George to help build the company. The medicine becomes a huge commercial success, causing George to reflect on the sickness at the heart of a society that lets itself be so easily duped. He begins to search for a new order to replace the old one, a quest that leads him to dangerous aeronautical experiments. At the end of the novel, George sails down the River Thames to the open sea, toward the hopeful new world that awaits him.

Miarka za miarkę

William Shakespeare

Miarka za miarkę Williama Szekspira to utwór odwołujący się do wątków biblijnych skąd autor wywiódł m.in. tytuł i w ich kontekście przedstawiający kontrast pomiędzy władzą polityczną a sprawiedliwością. Wybory bohaterów sytuują ich po określonych stronach odwiecznego sporu, a czytelnika skłaniają do refleksji nad kwestiami winy, kary i nagrody za czyny.

The Channay Syndicate

E. Phillips Oppenheim

Welcome to the adventuring, thrilling world of E. Phillips Oppenheims modern retelling of Monte Cristo. Gilbert Channay is released from prison after three years. He had been framed-up by business partners in the Channay Syndicate, and sets about executing his revenge. The retired policeman, Martin Fogg, mysteriously appears, knowing too much about Channays business. He helps Channay escape an attempt on his life, and keeps turning up at crucial times. The plot is the story of Channays revenge against each of the former members of the syndicate. In various intriguing and clever ways he manages to humble them all. Fans of fiction where wronged men turn tables on foes and out-maneuver them will enjoy The Channay Syndicate.

The Last Egyptian. A Romance of the Nile

L. Frank Baum

When Gerald Winston, an English Egyptologist travelling on the Nile, meets Kara, who claims to be the last descendant of a royal Egyptian family, the scientists curiosity is sparked by the story Kara tells. Is it true that Karas ancestor Ahtka-Ra, High Priest of Ămen, ruled Rameses II as his puppet? As Winston tries to learn more about the strange Egyptian and his mysterious tale, he is drawn into Karas insidious intrigues. A complex tale of embezzlement, forgery, arranged marriages, bigotry and cheating keep the reader guessing the outcome until the last chapter. The Last Egyptian: A Romance of the Nile was the only adventure novel and the last adult work of fiction of L. Frank Baum, creator of the Wizard of Oz, published eleven years after he wrote Mother Goose in Prose which first introduced a little girl by the name of Dorothy. Enjoy this masterpiece.

Der Doppelgänger. Roman

Edgar Wallace

Jenny Miller reist nach London, um sich von ihrem Vermögensverwalter und Onkel Harry Selsbury Auskunft über ihre Finanzen einzufordern, ist ihr doch zu Ohren gekommen, dass ihr gesamtes Erbe veruntreut worden sei. Onkel Harry kann den Verdacht zwar widerlegen, benimmt sich jedoch ansonsten äußerst merkwürdig. Harry hat ein Verhältnis mit der verheirateten Germaine de la Roche und wird auf Schritt und Tritt von einem Privatdetektiv überwacht. Um diesem zu entkommen, wollen die beiden nach Ostende reisen. Durch den Detektiv erfährt Jenny unterdessen, dass Germaine Lockvogel für einen Verbrecher sein soll. Ein berüchtigter Verbrecher nimmt das Aussehen seiner Opfer an, um so ihre Bankkonten zu plündern. Bald nennt die Presse ihn den Doppelgänger.

Le Village aérien

Jules Verne

Le roman se passe en Afrique. Le docteur Yohausen, médecin et biologiste, un grand humaniste, pourtant considéré comme fou dans certains cercles, entreprend une expédition scientifique en Afrique pour étudier les singes hominidés et disparaît sans laisser de trace dans la jungle. Ils essaient de le trouver, mais sans succes et, finalement, ils sont reconnus comme manquants.

The Grisly Horror

Robert E. Howard

The silence of the pine woods lay like a brooding cloak about the soul of Bristol McGrath. The black shadows seemed fixed, immovable as the weight of superstition that overhung this forgotten back-country. Vague ancestral dreads stirred at the back of McGraths mind; for he was born in the pine woods, and sixteen years of roaming about the world had not erased their shadows.

Upiór opery

Gaston Leroux

Powieść o charakterze gotyckim. Główny bohater Eryk jest genialnym kompozytorem. Z powodu swoich defektów fizycznych ukrywa się w piwnicach Opery Paryskiej. Miłość do pięknej solistki Christine ujawnia jego mroczną, jeszcze bardziej przerażającą stronę. Powieść doczekała się wielu ekranizacji i adaptacji teatralnych.