LArgent des autres

Émile Gaboriau

Cest une histoire dune famille typique de la bourgeoisie du Second Empire qui vive la vie tranquille. Un fois, pendant un dîner avec plusieurs de leurs amis, le banquier Thaller fait irruption chez eux et laccuse publiquement le pere (qui est un caissier principal du Comptoir de Crédit mutuel dont il est le directeur) davoir détourné une grande somme dargent. Quelle obscure machination se cache derriere cette stupéfaction? Pourquoi Thaller ne livre-t-il pas le coupable la police?

Death of a Celebrity

Hulbert Footner

Many guys wanted the playwright, Gavin Dordress, to die. Especially on the night of his party. Gail Garrett and Bea Townley openly quarreled for the main role in the play. The next morning Gavin Dordress was found shot to death, a chessman imprinted on his forehead, and nearby a letter of farewell that sounded suspiciously like one of his stage characters speaking. Then a new and amazing hint hastened the seemingly hopeless hunt.

Peter Ruff

E. Phillips Oppenheim

With the police hot on his tail, Peter Ruff decides to turn from a life of crime to the more lucrative life of a private investigator. With his ties to the underworld and his skill at disguise, Peter is the perfect sleuth. Along with his trusted and beautiful assistant, Violet Brown, Mr. Ruff is brilliantly successful in his new career. As his reputation for solving crime grows, he is noticed and adopted as a leader by a large conglomerate of criminals who have chosen to turn their skills to good. Unfortunately, his success also gains the enmity of many people, including his former fiancées new husband and a notorious German spy. How he outwits these two men-and others-while satisfying his taste for adventure. Highly recommended for people who like to treat a mystery story as a solvable riddle!

Harrigan!

Max Brand

In Harrigan, prolific writer Max Brand takes a detour from the dusty trails of the West where his novels were typically set and spins a gripping nautical tale set in Hawaii and upon the open sea. What starts out as a chance meeting between two men turns into a heated race for priceless treasure and the love of a remarkable woman. Thrown into each others path where one has absolute power and the other only his strength and his unconquerable spirit, who will survive and who will win the hand of the fair lady is a tale well told and guaranteed to hold your interest until the very last sentence.

Rilla of Ingleside

Lucy Maud Montgomery

Rilla of Ingleside is a coming-of-age novel written in 1921 by L.M. Montgomery that focuses on the youngest daughter of the beloved Anne Shirley, now Mrs. Blythe from the Anne of Green Gables series. In this final book in the Anne of Green Gables series, young Rilla Blythe dreams only of her first dance and getting her first kiss from the dashing Kenneth Ford. But undreamed-of challenges await the irrepressible Rilla when the world of Ingleside becomes endangered by a far-off war. Subsequently, Rillas brother Jem and his friend Jerry enlist and go to a training camp before leaving to join the front in France, and Rilla finds herself caring for an orphaned newborn. A story caught up in the shadow of war, the novel is an emotional journey of growth, loss, and sacrifice, but nevertheless a timeless piece of literature.

The War Terror

Arthur B. Reeve

The War Terror is a detective novel by Arthur B. Reeve (October 15, 1880 August 9, 1936), one of his Craig Kennedy series, often regarded as American Sherlock Holmes. Each story features a fascinating look at life in the early 20th century, and even includes some action along the way. A major spy operation is deployed in the heart of Europe in time of World War II. Detective Kennedy lands right in the middle of it and begins his face off with Nazi secret service. But threads of this operation lead across the Atlantics, back in the United States. Where from do the Hydras heads actually grow? Read this enthralling war thriller and find out!

Dream Days

Kenneth Grahame

An excellent book to read to children, but also good to read as an adult. This story brings many adults back to childhood. In such a simple story. Delightful childhood reminiscences beautifully written in Grahames charming prose. Poetic, tender, insightful, very lovely, a portal into the life of a children.

A Start in Life

Honoré de Balzac

By the French author, who, along with Flaubert, is generally regarded as a founding-father of nineteenth-century realism in European fiction. His large output of works, collectively entitled The Human Comedy (La Comedie Humaine), consists of 95 finished works and 48 unfinished works. The novel A Start in Life is part of the Scenes of Private Life section of Balzacs masterpiece. In much of Balzacs work, the aristocracy is portrayed as vain, duplicitous, and greedy. But in this novel, it is members of the working class who are mercilessly skewered when what starts out as a harmless prank rapidly snowballs into a comedy of errors with profound consequences. A comic novel in which an intrigue about property serves as the excuse for a trip in a public diligence, where a group of people try to mystify each other with strange tales of their lives.

Der Bau

Franz Kafka

Ein nicht näher bezeichnetes Wesen hat unter der Erde ein weitverzweigtes labyrinthisches Netz von Gängen, Nebenplätzen und einem großen Hauptplatz geschaffen. Hier fühlt es sich im Gegensatz zu einem Leben in sinnloser Freiheit voller Gefahren sicher. Das Tier wird beherrscht von der Vorstellung, sich gegen einen wie auch immer gearteten Feind durch eine Optimierung des Baues schützen zu können. Allerdings gibt es zwei Bereiche des Baues, die ihm Sorgen machen: Der Burgplatz und der Eingang. Auf dem Burgplatz ist die Hauptmenge der Vorräte gelagert. Deren Verteilung scheint ihm aber ungünstig. Es sollten mehrere Burgplätze zur Verteilung der Vorräte vorhanden sein, aber das Tier sieht sich von der erforderlichen Bauarbeit überfordert. Der mit Moos bedeckte Eingang erlaubt kein unbemerktes Ein- und Aussteigen. Das Tier vollführt verschiedenste Prozeduren, wie Anlegen von Forschungsgräben und Zusatzgängen, beobachtet tagelang von aussen den Eingang. Es findet aber keine Lösung, die sein Sicherheitsbedürfnis befriedigen würde. Die Erzahlung handelt von der Verstrickung in die zwanghafte Beobachtung einer selbstgeschaffenen labyrinthartigen Anlage, die zunehmende Paranoia erzeugt.

Капитанская дочка (Córka kapitana)

Александр Сергеевич Пушкин, Aleksandr Siergiejewicz Puszkin

Исторический роман Александра Пушкина «Капитанская дочка» о временах стихийного крестьянского восстания под предводительством Емельяна Пугачева.Главный герой романа 2013 Петр Андреевич Гринев, был отправлен отцом на военную службу в Оренбург, скучный провинциальный город. Не ожидая ничего интересного от жизни в этом городе, Петр еще не знал, что там ему предстоит встретить свою любовь, Машу, капитанскую дочку, и благодаря стечению обстоятельств, Емельяна Пугачева, того самого предводителя Крестьянской войны, случившейся в 1770х годах.

The Man with the Clubfoot

Valentine Williams

If you like English adventure and spy stories, during the Great War, Valentine Williams is for you. The brothers Okewood, Desmond and Francis, will steal your heart and inspire you to mix it up with any passing Hun. Desmond Okewood is a young British officer in the First World War who goes to Germany on an important secret mission. The Kaiser has written a letter which both the British and the Germans are eager to get their hands on. Desmond has a series of misadventures and soon attracts the unwelcome attention of Dr. Adolf Grundt, known as Clubfoot. Clubfoot that sinister figure, who limps menacingly, is one of the most cunning and dangerous secret agents in Europe and he wants not only the Kaisers letter, but the capture and death of Desmond Okewood. In The Man with the Clubfoot, Valentine Williams has written a thrilling romance of mystery, love, and intrigue that in every sense of the word may be described as breathless.

The Holy Flower

H. Rider Haggard

This story is filled with adventure and humor. Allan Quatermain receives a sample of the huge orchid, the largest ever found. In England, he meets Mr. Somers, an avid orchid collector who is willing to fund an expedition to find the plant. This is the story of this expedition.

Hand and Ring

Anna Katharine Green

A classic detective story of murder and punishment by one of Americas finest mystery writers. Widow Clemmens is struck down in her parlor while the towns legal professionals chat outside the courthouse down the street and there is no sign of the killer. An investigation is made and two equally plausible suspects are quickly unearthed. But who actually committed the crime? And what role does the mysterious Miss Imogene Dare play in this drama? A powerful detective story, constructed with marvelous ingenuity and minuteness of detail, with a captivating jury trial youll be forced to admit that fiction is stranger than truth.

Rod of the Lone Patrol

H.A. Cody

The lone patrol is a boy scout squad, and the boys willingly participate in many adventures. Rodney had to leave his mother unattended. And it had its consequences. However, we are used to Codys works that end well. Is this an exception?

Boska komedia

Dante Alighieri

Poemat Dantego Alighieri Boska komedia powstawał w latach 13081321. Jako arcydzieło literatury włoskiej należy do klasyki światowej i wywarł ogromny wpływ na całą kulturę europejską. Boska komedia jest tryptykiem. Składa się z trzech ksiąg zatytułowanych: Piekło, Czyściec i Raj. Każdą z części poematu tworzą 33 pieśni, co wraz z pieśnią wstępną daje 100 utworów. Każdy z nich pisany jest strofą trzywersową tercyną. Liczba 3, kluczowa dla budowy utworu, jest symbolem Trójcy Świętej, a liczba 100 symbolizuje doskonałość. Tematem utworu jest wędrówka alter ego autora po zaświatach. Podróż trwa trzy dni i trzy noce, począwszy od Wielkiego Piątku do Wielkanocy 1300 r. Po zaświatach oprowadzają poetę inne osoby: Wergiliusz (symbol rozumu), święty Bernard z Clairvaux i ukochana Dantego, zmarła Beatrycze (alegoria miłości). Wizja świata pozagrobowego jest tu jednocześnie krytyką świata doczesnego.

An Act in a Backwater

E.F. Benson

The brother and sister of the poor nobleman settle in a simple town and bring a new element to the quiet life of this place, which gives many opportunities for comedy. Ginny Avesham is an attractive heroine, but the author tries so hard to show her kindness to the reader that she overdoes her and makes her a little theatrical. A simple story, with many good characters, but also with life features. Benson gave us a small but pleasant exploration of life in a small town.