The Gringos

B.M. Bower

The Gringos recounts the massive clash of cultures that arose when European-American prospectors streamed into California in pursuit of gold and other natural resources. Dade Hunter and Jack Allen are two cowboys who got caught up in the 1849 California Gold Rush, and had a good fortune in the gold fields. They decide to spend a winter in San Francisco, where Jack gets hooked on gambling, while Dade quickly gets tired of it and moves on. Dade meets Andres, a Spanish Don who owns a large ranch, and tries to persuade Jack to move there with him, but Jack is involved way over his head.

Heu-Heu. Or the Monster

H. Rider Haggard

In this story, the already familiar hero, Allan Quatermain, tries to explain the mysteries of Africa. Here Quatermain unearths and destroys the cult of the priest, exploiting the remnants of a dying civilization. Allan proves their fraud. The main character, as always, is rational in his actions.

Midwinter

John Buchan

Regarded as one of the finest historical novels ever written, Jacobites, spies and thrilling intrigue are brought together by the master of suspense. As Bonnie Prince Charlie marches his army into England, his confidant Alastair Maclean is despatched on a secret mission. He is befriended by two extraordinary men Dr. Samuel Johnson, an aspiring man of letters, and the shadowy figure known only as Midwinter. As he travels to rally the west of England to the Princes cause, it begins to look as if someone is leaking information to the Government forces putting the campaign in peril. Can Alastair find the spy and save his Prince, his cause and even just his own life? A good historical adventure with the main character coming into contact with 18th century underground Britain during his travels. The characterisation and the authors painting of the landscapes are particularly well done, which allows the reader to become unknowingly immersed in the story.

The Impostor

Harold Bindloss

Every person has a choice in this life. It depends on you whether it will be good or bad. So before our hero there was a choice: good or evil. The problem was that this choice will affect his future life. You will feel the hunger of despair when you read the story. This story has a good moral and will teach readers how to distribute fate correctly.

Captives of the Desert

Zane Grey

Trying to save the life of an Indian child when hes thrown from his horse, John Curry falls into the arms of a lonely married woman with a jealous, scheming husband. Unless Curry revives his mission of mercy, three people will die and the first one will be Curry. Here is all the thrilling action, color, and romance of the Old West, exciting tales that make your blood tingle! Ruthless bandits in a lawless land: fearless men and the brave women they fought for. The roar of blazing guns, the awesome silence of prairie and canyon. Captives of the Desert has its social commentary on the sacredness of marriage, and its religious undertones how the desert can take hold of a person and fashion them into its own image, or can exert a force, of an inexplicable kind, to bring peace and contentment over the soul a communing with God.

The Story of the Last Days of Jerusalem

Alfred J. Church

The Story of the Last Days of Jerusalem is a history that covers the fall of Jerusalem at the hands of the Roman Empire, the culmination of centuries of conflict in the region between the Romans and Jewish inhabitants. Recounts the events leading up to the opening of the war with the Romans, Josephuss brave defense of Jotapata, its final capture and his escape from death, and finally the siege of Jerusalem, the burning of the temple, and the razing of the city. Alfred J. Church, a well-respected historian, covers it concisely but comprehensively in this book.

Die Abenteuerin. Roman

Edgar Wallace

Caroline Smith wird von Joe Grandman beauftragt. Detektivin Caroline Smith, die den kostbaren Schmuck der Gäste vor einer berüchtigten Juwelendiebin schützen soll. Joe Grandman gibt auf seinem Landsitz bei London einen Galaempfang. Doch Miss Smith kann ihren Auftrag nicht ausführen denn sie wird vergiftet...

A Shadowed Love

Fred M. White

Molly and Dick are two adventurers who came to London to earn money. Molly was an artist and Dick was a writer. Things went well. However, after 2 years they were frustrated, they became poor. Molly and Dick were faced with big troubles, through which they needed to go.

The Pearls of Bonfadini

Max Brand

Max Brand (1892-1944) is the best-known pen name of widely acclaimed author Frederick Faust, creator of Destry, Dr. Kildare, and other beloved fictional characters. Prolific in many genres he wrote historical novels, detective mysteries, pulp fiction stories and many more. His love for mythology was a constant source of inspiration for his fiction, and it has been speculated that these classical influences accounted in some part for his success as a popular writer. "The Pearls Of Bonfadini" is an adventurous historical romance set in 16th-century Italy. The main character is Tizzo, a master swordsman, known as "Firebrand" because of his flaming red hair and flame-blue eyes.

Cock O the North

Talbot Mundy

Madame Rosika Storey was one of the most celebrated fictional female private investigators during the Golden Age of the mystery (1920-40). This collection of six stories featuring the woman private detective, glamorous Madame Storey psychologist and detective! From missing persons to ghastly murder (often in the same case) Madame Storey and her faithful secretary Bella take on the criminal underworld of 1930s New York in these thrilling mysteries. But many of Mme. Storeys attitudes are surprisingly modern, and shes always on the side of justice, as is narrator Bella, who, however, is nowhere near as intrepid as her beautiful, intelligent and intuitive boss.

A Gent from Bear Creek

Robert E. Howard

The stories are humorously written as if told by Breckinridge Elkins, a hillbilly with no schooling. He and his kin live in the Humboldts in Nevada. Elkins is six feet six inches tall, is as strong as a grizzly bear. He can be just as bad tempered if riled. And there is a lot to rile him, especially his relatives.

Fatalne jaja

Michaił Bułhakow

Bułhakow sięga do konwencji science fiction, aby w satyryczny sposób zaprezentować obraz Związku Radzieckiego po rewolucji. W parodystycznej powieści katastroficznej pewien uczony odkrywa tajemnicze promienie, które mają zadziwiający wpływ na organizmy żywe. Na kłopoty nie trzeba długo czekać wkrótce Związek Radziecki zalewa plaga potwornych gadów.

Słówka

Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński

Błyskotliwe i zabawne krótkie formy poetyckie Boya-Żeleńskiego celnie komentują ludzkie zwyczaje. Boy nie kryguje się w wyborze tematu sięga do różnych sfer, z każdej potrafi zakpić i zadrwić, wytykając obłudę. Czytelników zachwyca lekkość tonu i trafność spostrzeżeń. Tom Słówka stał się na dekady skarbnicą złotych myśli i skrzydlatych słów, które do dziś z lubością powtarzamy.

Netta

Fred M. White

Netta Sherlock was a great singer. It was always important for the singer to have a healthy and sonorous voice. And their fear was to lose it. So it happened to Netta. She lost her ringing voice. A difficult path she has to go.

Пиковая Дама (Dama pikowa)

Aleksander Puszkin

Повесть, которая отличается своей таинственностью и мистичностью. Молодой, амбициозный и достаточно беспринципный инженер Герман хочет разбогатеть. Игра в карты кажется ему подходящим, но слишком рискованным средством. Герман готов играть, но только зная беспроигрышный вариант. В обществе ходят слухи о том, что некая старая графиня знает особый секрет... Загадки судьбы и секрет трех мистических карт, которые приносят выигрыш. История о том, как неожиданно может обернуться жизнь 2013 о том что фарт непредсказуем, как в любви, так и в игре.

The Borough Treasurer

Joseph Smith Fletcher

The Borough Treasurer (1921) by J.S. Fletcher is a tale of blackmail, murder and a secret quarry. He has quite a large cast of interesting characters in this one, and manages to bring them all to life with great detail. This novel tales place in an obscure small town by the Yorkshire moors an ideal spot for two ex-cons to start life over. Messrs. Mallalieu and Cotherstone were outsiders who had built a prosperous business in Highmarket and even been elected as Mayor and Treasurer of the borough. But when an ex-detective moves to town, 30 years of respectability is suddenly threatened by revelations from the past. How far will two upstanding citizens go to keep their past a secret?