Graveyard Rats

Robert E. Howard

Despite an aversion to the detective formula, he wrote the tales in Graveyard Rats during the same years he chronicled the adventures of Conan. This collection features a new introduction by scholar Don Herron, editor of The Dark Barbarian, the definitive look at the life and work of Robert E. Howard.

Wrzos

Maria Rodziewiczówna

Andrzej Sanicki to znany warszawski bon vivant. Jest przystojny i zamożny. Pełnymi garściami korzysta z uroków życia. Chcąc spełnić ostatnią wolę matki, musi jednak ograniczyć hulaszczy tryb życia ma się ożenić! Małżeństwo jest bowiem warunkiem otrzymania przez Sanickiego spadku po matce. Wkrótce poślubia Kazimierę Szpanowską. Małżeństwo z rozsądku przynosi korzyści obu stronom. On zyskuje konieczne fundusze do prowadzenia swego hulaszczego trybu życia. Ona z kolei z radością odchodzi z rodzinnego domu, w którym po śmierci matki rządzi złośliwa macocha. Sanicki od dawna kocha się w ponętnej baronowej Celinie. Kazia również przyznaje się do innej miłości. Oboje postanawiają utrzymywać pozory przed swymi rodzinami i światem. Jednak Sanicki z biegiem czasu coraz bardziej zaczyna cenić zalety swej małżonki. Ze zdumieniem odkrywa, że jego uczucie do Celiny wygasło, a zamiast tego zakochał się... we własnej żonie. Czy Kazia będzie chciała i potrafiła odwzajemnić tę miłość? Wrzos to niezwykle interesująca i pełna zwrotów akcji książka.

A Passionate Pilgrim

Henry James

The narrator meets the American Clement Searle in a London hotel. Searle had long wanted to move to England, to run away from the routine of his life. However, he is physically ill and depressed because his lawyer cannot support his claim for a share in the out-of-town property currently owned by Richard Searle. The narrator and the main character are trying to solve this problem.

The Life of King Henry the Fifth

William Shakespeare

In Henry V, a small episode of Anglo-Frankish history is described, the Hundred Years War The Battle of Azincourt. The crushing defeat of the French will forever remain in the memory of the losers and in the dreams of the descendants of future kings. Despite the fact that the battle was described, the war was described, it seemed to me that there were a lot of comedic moments here.

Heart of the West

O. Henry

Heart of the West is a collection of O. Henry nineteen short stories, all of which are set in or feature the American West at the turn of the 20th century, back before paved interstates, when cowboy culture was at its peak. This collection of short fiction from master of the form centers on tales of romantic entanglement, adventure, and lost love among the dusty trails and plains of the Wild West. Saddle up for a heaping dose of the clever plot twists that this brilliant writer made his trademark. There are tales of cowpunchers, desperados and ranchers in love. Most explore happy times, though death and sorrow do pay an infrequent visit. Heart of the West is a page-turner that will please Western fans and literature lovers alike.

The Golden Road

Lucy Maud Montgomery

The Golden Road, written by legendary author Lucy Maud Montgomery is widely considered to be one of the greatest books of all time. This great classic will surely attract a whole new generation of readers. Introduced in The Story Girl, Sara Stanley is L.M. Montgomerys most enchanting heroine since Anne of Green Gables. When she returns to Carlisle to spend the winter with the King family, she comes up with a great idea. To help them through the dreary months ahead, she, Felicity, Cecily and Dan will publish a magazine. Published in 1913, the novel explores themes of childhood innocence and its transience, while highlighting the value of intangible things which prove to be the very essence of life.

Labîme

Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins

Labîme est une piece de théâtre écrite des deux géants de la littérature: Charles Dickens et Wilkie Collins. Lhistoire combine le secret de Collin avec la satire de Dickens, ce qui la rend tres intéressante. Lhistoire commence avec le personnage principal, Walter Wilding, pleurant la mort de sa mere et réorganisant son foyer. Cependant, lors de ces tristes événements, il apprend des nouvelles surprenantes de son passé, ce qui entraîne une chaîne dévénements assez complexe.

Ask Miss Mott

E. Phillips Oppenheim

Miss Mott quickly rose from the sound of knocking at her office door. She was engaged in the typical task of writing her advice to a young woman whose relationship with the acquisition had been pulled in, and she forgot the flight time. Her typist left, her ambassador was a boy and a shy but very nice young clerk who helped her in various activities. In other words, Miss Mott was alone on the top floor of the building, not far from Adelphi, and she did not wait for the subscriber during an hour that had passed during the working hours.

Stranger From Smallness

Otis Adelbert Kline

Meet the another sci-fi story from the master of adventure and science-fiction novelist of the pulp era Otis Adelbert Kline, best known for his interplanetary adventure novels set on Venus and Mars, which instantly became science-fiction classics. Smaller than a microbe, the Stranger was but how he grew! Ralph Blakes surprise kidnapping flung him into fierce adventure in the torrid Sahara. Then a strange creature from Mercury stepped in and even Ralphs death couldnt prevent him from unraveling the network of intrigue! With an exciting narrative full of thrilling action sequences, memorable characters, and a fascinating civilization of bizarre wonders, it is a great adventure novel that will thrill fans of classic science fiction.

The Red One

Jack London

The plots of the stories of the collection The Red One (1918) unfold in various parts of the globe from the Solomon Islands and Ecuador to Nebraska and Klondike. When Bassett conducted scientific research in the jungle, he was attacked by the natives and became their captive. It was then that the scientist first heard the strange voice of the Red deity, which drove into his soul an irresistible desire to see the idol with his own eyes, even at the cost of his own life.

Pan Wołodyjowski

Henryk Sienkiewicz

Pan Wołodyjowski to trzecia z trzech powieści historycznych będących częścią Trylogii Henryka Sienkiewicza. Akcja utworu rozgrywa się w latach 16681673 w okresie wojen z Turcją. Po śmierci narzeczonej pułkownik Michał Wołodyjowski z rozpaczy wstępuje do zakonu. Pan Zagłoba znajduje jednak sposób, by mały żołnierz znów wrócił do służby. Przypadkowo na leśnej drodze rycerze spotykają siostrę pana Michała i jej dwie podopieczne Krzysię i Basię. Wołodyjowski zabiera panie do domu, który Ketling przed wyjazdem powierzył jego opiece. Powrót gospodarza burzy nadzieję Michała na szczęście u boku Krzysi. Jednak druga z panien nie będzie miała wątpliwości co do wyboru swego serca...

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Karol May

Książki Karola Maya przyciągają czytelników egzotycznymi sceneriami i ekscytującymi przygodami rozgrywającymi się na tym tle. W kraju Mahdiego to seria opowieści o Karze ben Nemzim oraz jego służącym i przyjacielu Halefie. Bohaterowie podróżują po krajach Bliskiego Wschodu, poznają przy tym różnych ludzi, odkrywają tajemnice i umykają licznym czyhającym na nich niebezpieczeństwom.

lombre des jeunes filles en fleurs

Marcel Proust

lombre des jeunes filles en fleurs est consacré la période de maturation du héros le premier amour, le désir dattirer lattention des filles, ils laiment bien; La premiere attente damitié et le premier ami du personnage principal, la premiere attente du voyage et le premier voyage. Les attentes et la réalité sont le theme principal du livre: comment un héros imagine son premier amour, son amitié, son voyage et comment les choses se passent dans la réalité et non dans limagination. Quest-ce quil éprouve vraiment des sentiments?

The Uttermost Farthing

R. Austin Freeman

In this tightly plotted novel, we follow the bizarre career of a man who loathes criminals. After Humphrey Challoner finds his wife killed by the bullet of a robber in his home, he vows to catch the man. Mr. Challoner is a wealthy savant, and he saved the fingerprints of the robber as well as some of the robbers strange hair which Challoners wife had in her hand. For twenty years Humphrey hunts for the killer, in the process revenging himself on Londons criminals class in a surprising and gruesome fashion. This Freeman work is not a Dr. Thorndyke mystery. Instead, it is the disturbing account of how a man wreaks vengeance on the miscreant who murdered his wife in a bungled robbery attempt. It also poses the question of how a moral society should deal with criminals.

Am Stillen Ocean

Karl Friedrich May wurde vor allem durch seine sogenannten Reiseerzählungen bekannt, die vorwiegend im Orient, in den Vereinigten Staaten und im Mexiko des 19. Jahrhunderts angesiedelt sind. Am stillen Ocean ist eine Sammlung von Reiseerzählungen des berühmten Autors, publiziert 1894. Enthalten sind: Der Ehri, Der Kiang-Lu, Der Brodnik, Der Girl-Robber, An der Tigerbrücke.

Colonel Quaritch, V.C. A Tale of Country Life

H. Rider Haggard

Colonel Quaritch left the English army and moved to live at Honham Cottage. This is a quiet, calm and old place, which is located near the castle of the de la Molle family. He falls in love with Ida de la Molle, the only child of the squire, who has mortgaged his possessions to their full value. The young girl without wealth, but she promised her hand and help to the young banker.