Murder in Four Degrees

J.S. Fletcher

Elderly John Marbury, who came from faraway Australia the day before, was killed in central London. But who could wish death to a man who had not been in England for a long time? Investigation investigator Detective Rasbery turns for help to his friend, crime reporter Frank Spargo. Soon they learn that shortly before the death of Marbury, he met with MP Aylmore.

The Sea-Wolf

Jack London

The Sea-Wolf is Jack Londons journey deep into the heart of darkness and madness that each person carries within themselves. It is the story of a Danish youth named Humphrey Hump van Weyden and his struggles against the sea, as well as his own inner demons. Humphrey Van Weyden is a gentleman, and academic, who has lived a soft life among civilized, like-minded people. He is on a steemer to visit a friend. On this trip, a fog settles and the ship gets struck and sinks. Mr Van Weyden lives, despite the frigid waters, and finds himself picked up by a seal hunting schooner headed to Japan. Mr Van Weyden is saved, but his nightmare just begins. Set in the Pacific Ocean, the book reveals how raw nature can cause a human being to lose their grip on reality. The novel explores the big questions through the philosophical conversations between the Captain Wolf Larsen (a Nietzschean superman, materialist, and man of terrific strength) and Humphrey van Weyden (an effete, bookish, man of morals).

Cinq semaines en ballon

Jules Verne

Cinq semaines en ballon lune des uvres les plus fascinantes du grand Jules Verne, a déj connu une grande popularité. Lhistoire des aventures dangereuses de la Trinité, qui a décidé de voyager par aérostat, est racontée dans ce roman fabuleux sur fond de peintures exotiques de lAfrique un monde animal étonnant, des rites et des croyances étranges des tribus qui lhabitent. Un livre brillant, riche et impressionnant sans défauts

Chick

Edgar Wallace

Among the most prolific of all authors of adventure fiction was the redoubtable Edgar Wallace. During the peak of his success during the 1920s, it was said that a quarter of all books read in England were written by him. In this classic comedy, an office boy unexpectedly inherits the title of Marquis. As well as dealing with this unexpected elevation in his status, and learning how to behave as a member of the aristocracy he also has to protect his newly inherited estate from clever con-men who try to convince him that there is oil on his land and after a series of adventures win the girl he loves. Mildly comic with a likeable title character, an enjoyable piece of fluff.

Anne of Avonlea

Lucy Maud Montgomery

Annes back! She older and wiser and more beautiful with the additional charm of growing womanhood than that gangly red-headed girl that first came to Avonlea. This book follows Anne Shirley from the age of 16-18 during the two years she teaches at the Avonlea school. Anne discovers all of the joys and struggles of being a teacher and continuing her studies and friendship with Gilbert. To top this off, she must aid Marilla in the caring of two children whom Marilla has chosen to adopt: the naughty but adorable Davy, and the prim and slightly-dull Dora. Anne of Avonlea is the second book by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery in the Anne of Green Gables series. Written as fiction for readers of all ages, since the mid twentieth century, the literary classic has been considered a childrens novel.

In Pawn

Ellis Parker Butler

Excerpt from In Pawn: Lem Redding had a dimple in his cheek that appeared when he smiled. For a boy with a faceful of freckles he was pretty. He had dear, bright gray eyes, and his smile, aided by the dimple, made most folks love him at sight. His hair was brown, as his dead mothers had been; in fact he was much like that mother in more ways than one-far more like her than he was like Harvey Redding, his father. Lem was quick, agile, lively, and Harvey was plumb lazy. This book presents In Pawn (1921), from Ellis Parker Butler. Butler, the author of more than 30 books and more than 2,000 stories and essays, is most famous for his short story Pigs is Pigs.

The House of the Seven Gables

Nathaniel Hawthorne

In the novel The House of the Seven Gables, Nathaniel Hawthorne, one of the founders of American literature, once again, after a series of short stories and the famous Scarlet Letter, addresses the Puritan past and present of his homeland, New England. Legends and legends from national and family history, animated by the authors fantasy on Gothic themes, add up to the chronicle of the age-old confrontation of two families, which is implicated in greed, perjury and a tribal curse and which can only stop the love of young heroes...

In White Raiment

William Le Queux

So strange, indeed, were all the circumstances, and so startling the adventures that befell me in my search after truth, that until to-day I have hesitated to relate the narrative, which is as extraordinary as it is unique in the history of any living man. If it were not for the fact that a certain person actively associated with this curious drama of our latter day civilisation, has recently passed to the land that lies beyond the human ken, my lips would have perforce still remained sealed.

Fizjologia małżeństwa

Honoriusz Balzak

Utwór stanowi wgląd w życie małżeńskie, aż po najbardziej intymne szczegóły. Całość utworu dzieli się na trzy części. Pierwsza zawiera Uwagi ogólne, druga Środki obrony wewnątrz i zewnątrz, trzecia mówi O wojnie domowej między małżonkami. Sześć początkowych rozdziałów tego brewiarza makiawelizmu małżeńskiego przedstawia stan małżeństwa francuskich warstw ludzi bogatych i proponuje serię reform mających poprawić pozycję małżeńską kobiet, a jednocześnie przeszkodzić im zdradzać mężów. Poczynając od rozdziału siódmego mąż zostaje zepchnięty do defensywy, na pozycję osoby, której szczęście małżeńskie zostaje zagrożone. W rozdziale ósmym autor wskazuje symptomy, po których mąż może rozpoznać zapowiedź kryzysu małżeńskiego oraz moment, w którym kobieta zaczyna myśleć o zdradzie. Kończący część pierwszą rozdział dziewiąty książki Fizjologia małżeństwa przedstawia historię małżeństwa we Francji i powtarza propozycje autora mające służyć naprawie małżeństwa. Część druga stanowi kodyfikację środków ostrożności, które powinien podjąć roztropny mąż, aby swą małżonkę zachować dla siebie. W części trzeciej autor maluje klęskę męża, który jest niezdolny do przewidzenia nadchodzącej zdrady i przyprawienia mu rogów.

The Wind in the Willows

Kenneth Grahame

The Wind in the Willows is book that made Kenneth Grahame popular. Wind in the willows is an elegant parable about class struggle, about the dangers of decadent country life in the face of powerful revolutionary forces. This story explores the life of four generations. Kenneth Grahame wrote this story in a difficult period:women were propagandising for the vote,the Irish were demanding Home Rule.

Divers Vanities

Arthur Morrison

Arthur Morrison, who was English novelist, short story writer and journalist, wrote pioneering realistic narratives about working-class life in Londons East End. He is also celebrated for his exciting mystery stories, featuring the detective Martin Hewitt, who served as a natural successor to Sherlock Holmes. This comprehensive book presents Morrisons collection of short stories. The collection includes: Chance of the Game, Spottos Reclamation, A Dead Un, The Disorder of the Bath, His Talk of Bricks, Teacher and Taught, A Blot on St. Basil, The Torn Heart and others. Each story features a fascinating look at life in the 20th century, and even includes some action along the way.

La Vie infernale

Émile Gaboriau

Emile Gaboriau commence ce livre avec les beaux mots: En écrivant votre nom la premiere page de ce volume permettez-moi dattester une amitié dont je suis fier. Cétait un jeudi soir du 15 octobre 1869, depuis longtemps déj la nuit était venue. Il faisait froid, le ciel était noir comme de lencre, la vent soufflait en tempte, il pleuvait. Les sombres nouvelles étonnent Marguerite, jeune fille que le comte a retirée dun orphelinat...

The League of Five

Aidan de Brune

Aidan de Brune was a big name in Australian literature but is forgotten today. He was a prolific author who wrote in a variety of genres. Lots of novels by De Brune were reputedly published in the USA under various pseudonyms, but these have not been traced. A new story by this popular author entitled The League of Five. The plot is laid mostly in Sydney, and centers round a mysterious band which goes under the name from which the tale takes its name. A love interest threads through the most sensational happenings, and it is one of the best stories we are offering readers. Highly recommended.

Les Tribulations dun Chinois en Chine

Jules Verne

Jeune riche et ennuyé, Arthur a reçu de la vie tout ce quil pouvait et sest désintéressé delle. Par conséquent, il joue courageusement avec la mort, provoquant des situations mettant sa vie en danger, mais toutes ses tentatives pour se séparer de la vie saverent infructueuses. Tout cela est obligé dobserver sa mariée Susie, sa mere Alice et lami dArthur, M. Go. Enfin, M. Guo propose son ami l opération: Arthur doit assurer sa vie pendant un mois sur deux millions, somme qui, en cas de déces, sera partagée entre Suzy et M. Guo.

The Iron Heel

Jack London

The Iron Heel is a distopian utopian socialist novel, told in first person by someone that have read the manuscript finded in a oak, hidden 600 years ago that tolds the life and adventures of a socialist activist Avis Everhard and her husband Ernst Everhard executed in 1932. The Iron Heel is a story with stories within stories...its about a past, a present, and a future...all told from the perspective of a man (Jack London) in 1906...read by current readers almost 100 years later. The Iron Heel foreshadows the current events of today by painting a picture of an oligarchy of the rich disenfranchising the poor and middle class. Its about a future time with its own history...a substantially fictional history about the very time spanning its writing and our current reading. This fictional writer is the narrator within the story, but theres another narrator (presenting the whole story) far in the future...looking back and remembering. In short, London has written a multi-level novel, which is, itself, a speculative prophecy of things to come in our own time.

Poskromienie złośnicy

William Shakespeare

Baptista Minola, bogaty mieszczanin z Padwy, chciałby wydać za mąż swoje córki: starszą humorzastą i nieznośną Katarzynę oraz łagodną i piękną Biankę. O ile do Bianki ustawia się kolejka adoratorów, którzy podstępem usiłują przekonać jej ojca, o tyle Katarzyna nie cieszy się niczyimi względami. Ojciec stawia jednak warunek: najpierw starsza. Czy Petruchiowi z Werony uda się poskromić złośnicę?