Owen Clancys Happy Trail

Burt L. Standish

Such a heartbreaking story will appeal to everyone.It was just a tow-headed, cross-eyed youth who tried to find his father in Los Angeles. On Saturday evening, there was a festival for the Chinese, where a dragon twisted and twisted, under which there were a hundred people. Perhaps his father is there...

Muza z zaścianka

Honoriusz Balzak

Powieść Muza z zaścianka Honoriusza Balzaka należy do Scen z życia prowincji cyklu Komedia Ludzka. Akcja powieści rozgrywa się w prowincjonalnym Sancerre. Dawny spekulant, Jean de la Baudraye, poślubia ambitną i utalentowaną Dinę Piédefer. Małżeństwo to służy mu do zdobycia prestiżu i wpływów. Piękna i uzdolniona literacko kobieta jest bowiem niekwestionowaną królową tamtejszych salonów. Źle się jednak czuje na konserwatywnej prowincji. Pewnego dnia nawiązuje romans z przebywającym w Sancerre przejazdem paryskim dziennikarzem Stefanem Lousteau. Ten jednak szybko nudzi się tym romansem. Porzucona Dina podejmuje ryzykowną decyzję o samotnej ucieczce do stolicy. Pragnie kontynuować romans ze Stefanem, a zarazem zyskać literacką sławę...

Nowele amerykańskie

Henryk Sienkiewicz

W lutym 1876 r. Henryk Sienkiewicz wraz z aktorką Heleną Modrzejewską i grupą znajomych wybrał się w podróż do USA. W owym czasie nie było to czymś powszednim. W Ameryce zatrzymał się dłużej w Kalifornii. Pod wpływem podróży do Stanów Zjednoczonych napisał Nowele amerykańskie kilka ważnych dla swej twórczości nowel i opowiadań: Komedia z pomyłek, Przez stepy, Orso, W krainie złota, Za chlebem, Latarnik, Wspomnienie z Maripozy i Sachem.

Na fali

Maria Rodziewiczówna

Józef Reni, młody student prawa i utalentowany skrzypek poszukuje niedrogiej stancji, w której mógłby zamieszkać. Kolega proponuje mu lokum u profesorowej, matki pięknej Józefiny, zwanej Pepi. Wrażliwy chłopak stopniowo ulega jej urokowi, wierząc, że uczucie jest odwzajemnione. Pewnego dnia Józef musi wyjechać w poszukiwaniu brata. Pozostawia Pepi na jakiś czas. Po powrocie już nic nie wygląda tak samo. Młody mężczyzna uświadamia sobie, że był tylko zabawką w uroczych rączkach. Decyduje się związać z inną dziewczyną, stanowiącą przeciwieństwo trzpiotowatej Pepi. Jednak serca nie da się oszukać... Na fali to niezwykła opowieść o zniszczonych ideałach.

The Milan Grill Room

E. Phillips Oppenheim

The Milan Grill Room is a series of ten connected short stories featuring the character of Louis, a crippled veteran of World War I and maître dhôtel, who solves crimes from his table in the Grill Room of the hotel and who is able to provide invaluable assistance to the British police and Secret Service. Tracking spies, catching traitors, uncovering plots, often in the company of Major Charles Lyson of the Secret Service, Louis is never ruffled, and always resourceful. These ten connected episodes, centering around the activities of the good Louis are replete with adventure, intrigue and romance. Also these short story collection by Mr. Oppenheim including: The Calais Gun, The Third Key, The Kidnapping of Mr. Peter Jardine and so on.

The Four Million

O. Henry

This anthology contains 25 tales of old New York city at the dawn of the 20th century. A collection of O. Henrys short stories bearing his trademark irony, comic misunderstandings, and surprise endings. They also capture his use of coincidence or chance to create humor in the story. O. Henry wrote about ordinary people in everyday circumstances. The true hero of The Four Million is the city of New York, with its energy, compassion and kaleidoscope of human emotions. O. Henry focuses his curious microscope on the diverse lives of various residents of this metropolis. A few protagonists claim idle-rich status, but most represent the middle class or poverty-stricken milieus. He is quoted as once saying, There are stories in everything. Ive got some of my best yarns from park benches, lampposts and newspaper stands.

The Ranchers Revenge

Max Brand

The story of young, hardworking rancher John Saxon who suffers abuse from the mean-spirited Bob Witherell. With a great show of self-discipline and character, Saxon gains skill as a gunsman, and takes down Witherell in a duel ... but Witherell is not ordinary bully, he is also the brother of the notorious outlaw, The Solitaire, of national repute and a "list of dead men ... long and crowded with important names. One of many recommended Westerns by this prolific author. Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 - May 12, 1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns under the pen name Max Brand.

Promethidion. Rzecz w dwóch dialogach z epilogiem

Cyprian Kamil Norwid

Promethidion. Rzecz w dwóch dialogach z epilogiem to traktat dydaktyczny Cypriana Kamila Norwida pisany wierszem. Tworzą go dwa dialogi zatytułowane: Bogumił. Dialog, w którym jest rzecz o sztuce i stanowisku sztuki oraz Wiesław. Dialog, w którym jest rzecz o prawdzie, jej promieniach i duchu. Dzieło poświęcone jest refleksji autora nad estetyką i pojmowaniem sztuki, wyraża także pogląd o konieczności tworzenia odrębnej sztuki narodowej.

Ród Rodrigandów (Tom 5). Ród Rodrigandów. Ku Mapimi

Karol May

Karol May znów zabiera nas do Meksyku, gdzie doktor Sternau i Unger z pomocą Bawolego Czoła unikają zasadzki przygotowanej przez podstępnego i żądnego bogactw Cortejo. Dalsze wydarzenia rozgrywają się błyskawicznie: banda opryszków zostaje rozgromiona, kolejne napaści udaremnione. Jednak to nie koniec przygód doktora Sternaua, które czekają go w drodze do kamiennej piramidy.

Names in the Black Book

Robert E. Howard

Three unsolved murders in a week are not so unusual--for River Street, grunted Steve Harrison, shifting his muscular bulk restlessly in his chair. His companion lighted a cigarette and Harrison observed that her slim hand was none too steady. She was exotically beautiful, a dark, supple figure, with the rich colors of purple Eastern nights and crimson dawns in her dusky hair and red lips. But in her dark eyes Harrison glimpsed the shadow of fear. Only once before had he seen fear in those marvelous eyes, and the memory made him vaguely uneasy.

Anima vilis

Maria Rodziewiczówna

Akcja powieści Anima vilis rozgrywa się na Syberii. Antoni Mrozowiecki to człowiek uczciwy i pracowity. Jest przez to nielubiany przez cwaniaka o nazwisku Szumski, który uważa go za konkurenta w rywalizacji o Marię, córkę doktora. Piękne opisy srogiej krainy, charakterystyka losów zesłańców, ich przeżycia oraz wielka miłość to główne zalety powieści.

Kate Plus Ten

Edgar Wallace

This is the story of a young female criminal mastermind who leads a gang in a series of exceptionally daring and very profitable robberies but works as secretary to keep her cover story intact. When she picks up information from her boss, an aristocrat, the police soon suspect her of wrongdoing. But she meets a handsome police officer who very much against her will softens her hearts. She and the gang become alienated from one another. Naturally she just has something in her system, which eventually is found to be eradicable, as you will discover when you reach the end of this exciting book.

A Second Home

Honoré de Balzac

In a dark, narrow street in Paris lives an old widow and her pretty young daughter, sit by the window most days. They share a poor but contented existence, supporting themselves through embroidery work. They see a gentleman in a brown coat pass by in the mornings and return in the evenings. The mother always remarks that he appears either over-worked or in delicate health. The daughter ignores most of her remarks as her mother sees every passer-by as a possible protector for the daughter. But soon the gentleman begins to exchange glances with the daughter. A Second Home is a classic French romance novel by the great French novelist, Honoré de Balzac. It is an interesting investigation of a relationship between a normal person and a religious nutter.

The Blood of Belshazzar

Robert E. Howard

Once it was called Eski-Hissar, the Old Castle, for it was very ancient even when the first Seljuks swept out of the east, and not even the Arabs, who rebuilt that crumbling pile in the days of Abu Bekr, knew what hands reared those massive bastions among the frowning foothills of the Taurus. Now, since the old keep had become a bandits hold, men called it Bab-el-Shaitan, the Gate of the Devil, and with good reason.

Mufti

H.C. McNeile

Sapper was the pseudonym of Herman Cyril McNeile, who wrote many novels, mostly on military subjects. In the story, the author fulfilled a fascinating look at the consequences of the war not only at the front, but also at the problems of the social class and opinions about the role of women in the family. The hero finds himself in a difficult situation: life after the war. He experiences many moments, but the most difficult thing is to cope psychologically.

Tales of the Weird Southwest

Robert E. Howard

If you like your horror with a western twist then these tales are for you. Awesome occult western adventure, from the master of strange fiction, Robert E. Howard! This collection includes the following stories: THE HORROR FROM THE MOUND, THE MAN ON THE GROUND, OLD GARFIELDS HEART, BLACK CANAAN, THE DEAD REMEMBER, PIGEONS FROM HELL and others. Kind of like Dreams at the Witch House by Lovecraft but mixed with Howards own legends. Tales of the Weird Southwest is a combination of western with horror, occult, and fantasy stories. Truly one of the greatest contributions to the development of the Weird Fiction genre, Robert E. Howards Tales of the Weird Southwest is a treasure for any collection!