Der Brand der Cheopspyramide

Hans Dominik

Elias Montgomery. Kaum ein Bewohner der zivilisierten Welt, der ihn nicht kannte. Schon bei seinen Lebzeiten ein Sagenkreis um ihn. Elias Montgomery, der große Erfinder, dem es gelungen, das Problem der Atomenergie zu lösen. Die Atomenergie, jene riesenhafte, über alle Vorstellungen gewaltige Energiequelle, schon seit Jahrzehnten das höchste Ziel der Erfinder in allen Kulturstaaten der Welt. Aber der englische Erfinder Elias Montgomery stirbt. Drei islamische Reiche bedrohen Europa. Die einzige Hoffnung ist eine Erfindung des Magnaten und Erfinders Montgomery. Diese soll endlich die Atomenergie entfesseln können. Doch die Anleitung nahm der Erfinder mit ins Grab. Seine Erfindung, die durch Atomzertrümmerung ungeheure Energien gezielt freizusetzen vermag, wird auf Anlass des maurischen Kalifen Abdurrhaman, der bereits Spanien eingenommen hat, geraubt. Jetzt will er ganz Europa und droht, es ansonsten in eine brennende Hölle zu verwandeln. Bereits 1925, zwanzig Jahre vor Hiroshima, wagte der Autor einen visionären Ausblick auf die Gewalt, die politischen Auswirkungen und den Schrecken der Atomwaffen.

The Ship of Ishtar

A. Merritt

The goddess of love and beauty was adrift on an enchanted ocean in a magic world. The myriad forces of satanic evil plagued the vessel of the red-haired, passionate goddess. Only one man, John Kenton, the American adventurer, WWI vet and archaeologist, could save Ishtars priestess from the black magic which divides her world from ours. Written in 1924, The Ship of Ishtar is a universally hailed classic of the fantasy novel by A. Merritt and is, on surface at least, an obvious early product of Pulps Golden Age. Merritt was influential upon the science fiction and fantasy world primarily through the imaginative power he displayed in the creation of desirable alternative worlds and realities.

The Czars Spy. The Mystery of a Silent Love

William Le Queux

Strange is a good way to sum up the story. The refusal of our hero to get more help is, frankly, quite confusing, and hes darn lucky to survive. The ending is bad you just let the villain go? Really? Yeah, he gets his just desserts, but still, not a fan of that sort of conclusion by accident. Regardless, I do love the idea of falling love by photograph. If you like a strange, complicated mystery, give it a try.

Old Surehand (Tom I). Old Surehand. Tom I

Karol May

Książki Karola Maya przyciągają czytelników ekscytującymi przygodami rozgrywającymi się w dzikich i malowniczych sceneriach Dzikiego Zachodu. Old Surehand to seria opowieści, której głównym bohaterem jest ów tajemniczy myśliwy. W rozwiązaniu jego rodzinnej tajemnicy pomagają mu Old Shatterhand i Winnetou. Cała trójka przeżywa przy tym wiele emocjonujących i mrożących krew w żyłach przygód, wielokrotnie ocierając się o śmierć w starciach z Indianami i niedźwiedziami grizzly.

The Secret of the League. The Story of a Social War

Ernest Bramah

The secret of the league is a dystopian novel written by Ernest Bramah in 1907. It was first published as What might have been: the story of a social war, but later was republished in 1909 as The secret of the league. The Secret of the League is kind of an underground oddity of a novel. Its a prophetic-warning novel, science fiction before that term was coined, largely sociopolitical but also with some charming technical extrapolations. The story centers around one mans daring and ingenious plan, enacted through a mysterious alliance called the Unity League, to stop the workings of the nations elected government in order to restore some measure of lost freedom and greatness, even at the risk of civil war. Its plot is developed rather patchily, and like most warning novels, was overtaken by real events and didnt come true. The Secret of the League was written, when the growth of the labour movement was beginning to terrify the middle class, who wrongly imagined that they were menaced from below rather than from above.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

Possessing eternal youth and beauty produces exactly the same effect as sentencing a man to life without the possibility of parole. Both have nothing to lose and morals disappear before the desire for immediate self-gratification in all things. And so it is with Dorian Gray. Its a moral story so eventually his evil catches up with him and he dies, as does the criminal. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde is a fascinating novel in which a beautiful young man, under the poisonous influence of an older dandy, makes a bargain with the devil, according to which he stays young and charming while his portrait becomes a reflection of his conscience. Wildes novel is about youth and beauty versus experience; morality and the triumph of the senses over reason; sin and accountability; society, its hypocrisy and the depths of the human condition.

The Keeper of the Door

Ethel M. Dell

Sequel to The Way of an Eagle. Max Wyndham is a successful doctor who comes to practice at the English Country. Olga Ratcliffe is Dr. Ratcliffes daughter and Maxs employer. Max realizes his attraction to Olga and predicts his marriage to her within a year. Olga finds him repulsive and is constantly in fear of him. Maxs reputation is endangered with his constant clashes with Olga. A page turning psychological thriller with doctors, beautiful women, and murders. The plot takes an adventurous dive from rural England to the wild jungles and shahs of India. With tiger hunting and national unrest, this book surpasses expectations. The Keeper of the Door is the compelling tale of womans struggles with social dictates and the ever-confusing demands of the heart by the author of The Obstacle Race and The Bars of Iron.

Życie i przygody małpki. Pamiętnik szympansiczki Kaśki

Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski

Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski napisał: Jestem pisarzem. Dużo podróżuję. Będąc w Afryce, otrzymałem od pewnego przyjaciela rzadki upominek. Była to piękna małpeczka, szympansiczka, imieniem Kaśka. Miłe, małe stworzonko przywiązało się do nas. Polubiliśmy ją bardzo. Zabawiała nas swoją wesołością i sprytem, rozrzewniała miłością do nas. Rozumiała wszystko... Mała Kaśka miała w swym życiu niezwykłe przygody. Opowiedziała nam o nich...

Szwedzi w Warszawie

Walery Przyborowski

Pisana w czasie zaborów powieść przenosi czytelnika w historyczne czasy świetności Rzeczypospolitej. Wartka akcja skupiona wokół poszukiwania skarbu ukrytego w warszawskich lochach zaspokaja czytelniczy apetyt przygody. Sympatię budzą znakomicie wykreowani bohaterowie obdarzeni zarówno heroizmem, jak i zwykłymi ludzkimi przywarami i śmiesznostkami.

Michaels Evil Deeds

E. Phillips Oppenheim

Michaels Evil Deeds (and they are very evil at times) is a rather ingenious crime novel in more ways than one. Firstly the 11 chapters each represent a separate incident but overall they do link together, if on occasions somewhat loosely. And secondly the tale is told by various of the protagonists so there is often a different point of view within each chapter.

Poezja romantyzmu

Praca zbiorowa

Wybór poezji europejskiego romantyzmu pozwala rozsmakować się w czarowanych słowami krajobrazach uczuć, myśli, emocji, przeżyć i fantazji. W świat ludzkich cierpień i do krainy baśni zabiorą tacy mistrzowie pióra jak George Gordon Byron, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Adam Mickiewicz, Cyprian Kamil Norwid, Aleksander Puszkin, Friedrich Schiller, Juliusz Słowacki.

Caves of Terror

Talbot Mundy

A collection of crime fiction short stories featuring Mme. Rosika Storey and her resourceful assistant Bella Brickley. Mme. Storey unravels complex cases with thorough investigation and an understanding of human nature. These short stories are written through Bella Brickleys point-of-view. She is Madame Storey, like Sherlock has fantastic powers of deduction and understanding of psychology, and her secretary is like Watson though she doest have a degree in medicine. Also Ms. Brickley adds a realistic persons fear to very dangerous situations. The short stories in this collection are: "The Almost Perfect Murder", "Murder in Masquerade", "The Death Notice", "Taken for a Ride", "It Never Got Into The Papers".

Les Huit Coups de lhorloge

Maurice Leblanc

Les huit coups de lhorloge est une série de huit aventures, que nous offre une rangée des talents et de la finesse desprit dArsene Lupin. Cest lépoque avant la guerre, ce sont les événements les plus incompréhensibles et les énigmes les plus compliqués pour résoudre. Il y a beaucoup de questions et en mme temps il ny a pas de réponses... Mais le prince Serge Rénine pouvons-nous dire Arsene Lupin? nest pas dupe. Il est sr, que cest son jeu.

Lekarz mimo woli

Molier

Znakomita, prześmiewcza komedia w iście Molierowskim stylu. Pewien lekkoduch zostaje wplątany w medyczno-miłosną intrygę przez niefortunny splot okoliczności ma uzdrowić córkę możnego pana z niezwykłej przypadłości. I choć medykiem bynajmniej nie jest, nie sposób wymigać się od zadania. Molier jak zwykle trafia w sedno ludzkiej natury, wyśmiewając znane we wszystkich epokach postawy.

Queen of the Dawn. A Love Tale of Old Egypt

H. Rider Haggard

Queen of the Dawn is an ancient Egyptian fantasy. The beginning of the story is very rapidly developing, from the very beginning the pharaon dies. And the daughter of Pharaoh is forced to hide. She meets and falls in love with the usurpers disguised son. The end is full of adventures and bright battles.

La Curée

Émile Zola

Le personnage principal veut augmenter le bruissement de largent dans ses poches. Lhistoire de laventurier et joueur déchange Aristide Saqqara, qui gagne de largent avec tout. Les projets de restructuration de Paris ouvrent un large champ a la fraude financiere. Le désir dobtenir le plus dargent possible rend le protagoniste anormal.