Aspira. Der Roman einer Wolke

Kurd Lasswitz

Die Wolke Aspira betrachtet die Menschen und wundert sich. Aspira, die Tochter des Königs Migro, will nicht bei den Träumen und Spielen der Wolken bleiben. Die Sehnsucht hat sie gepackt, nach Erkenntnis. Die vermeintlichen Wirkungsmächte der Menschen haben es ihr angetan, denn sie könnten ja auch in ihr Leben greifen. Aspira philosophiert und entscheidet sich, in den Körper eines Menschen zu schlüpfen. Fast schon erkenntnisphilosophisch ist der Roman die Betrachtung des Menschen aus der Sicht einer Wolke.

The Power of Prayer

Max Brand

One of Max Brands greatest gifts as a storyteller is his ability to create unforgettable, larger-than-life characters. 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. This is one of his novels. "The Power of Prayer" (1922) is an unusual and vexing Christmas story in which Gerald Kern, gentleman, gunman and fortune-hunter, must make a fateful choice when his cold-blooded nature and his love of a woman collide. Neatly plotted and briskly told, it illustrates Brands remarkable gift for storytelling. Another great read by Max Brand.

Sam Steeles Adventures on Land and Sea

L. Frank Baum

L. Frank Baum, the author of the famous Oz books, wrote a number of series for children (and occasionally, books for older readers) under a variety of pseudonyms. Among those you can find many examples of adventure fiction, including this, the inaugural title of the Sam Steele series. Sam Steele is the son of a sea captain; his father is reported killed in a shipwreck, and Sam is quickly cheated of his inheritance. Now an orphan, he meets his maternal uncle, Naboth Perkins, another sea captain and ship-owner; together the two set sail in the Pacific trade. At home again, Sam and Naboth discover that Sams father Captain Steele has survived shipwreck, with the loss of a leg. Re-united with his father, Sam regains his lost patrimony. Unusually for Baum, the tale of Sam Steeles Adventures on Land and Sea is told in the first person, by the title character.

The Fortunate Wayfarer

E. Phillips Oppenheim

A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue. He was the earliest writer of spy fiction as understood today, and invented the Rogue Male school of adventure thrillers that was later exploited by John Buchan and Geoffrey Household. This 1927 old detective story by Oppenheim revisits the plot device of a young man who comes into a large fortune suddenly and explores the class differences between the lower middle, and the upper class.

Jericos Garrison Finish

Max Brand

Max Brand (1892-1944) is the best-known pen name of widely acclaimed author Frederick Faust, creator of Destry, Dr. Kildare, an extremely popular fictional character, 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. Jericos Garrison Finish is one of his great novels.

Moon of Israel

H. Rider Haggard

The adventure novel Moon of Israelincludes everything the reader may desire. Here there is historical information, action, internal struggle with the Egyptians and Jews, as well as between Jews and Egyptians. The main story revolves around the prince of Seti, who is devoid of inheritance, because he doesnt follow the idea of?? his father to kill Jews. It is also a love story that goes beyond the clash of two cultures between Seti and Merapi.

The Strange Boarders of Palace Crescent

E. Phillips Oppenheim

Mr. Roger Ferrison has just returned to London after several years of living rough in Canada. He takes a small room in the boarding house run by Mrs. Dewar. There he meets the bewitching invalid Fiona Quayne who rapidly develops a consuming passion for Ferrison. Meanwhile, back at the Boarding House, Colonel Dennett is murdered. One suspects from the very beginning that not all of the boarders at Mrs. Dewars establishment in Palace Crescent are what they appear to be, and Mr. Oppenheim does not attempt to hide for long the existence of some secret and probably criminal bond between Mrs. Dewar and some of her boarders. The sensational theft of a Jewelry collection, missing Indian rubies, and the lackadaisical intervention of Scotland Yard all contribute to the plot.

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.

Kiwony

Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz

ózef Domaszko właśnie zdał maturę. Ma romans z córką swej ciotki Natalką. Dewizą życiową tego zdolnego i ambitnego młodzieńca jest ulubione motto jego stryja Cezarego: Trzeba zawsze w życiu stosować się do tego, co jest przyjęte i uznawane przez szanowanych, poważnych i spokojnych ludzi. Stryj, który łożył na naukę Józefa, chce, żeby ten został literatem, ma w sobie wszak krew wieszcza Słowackiego. Powikłane losy naszego bohatera przedstawione są w książce Kiwony na niezwykle interesującym tle wydarzeń rozgrywających się w stołecznych redakcjach prasowych, salonach warszawskiej inteligencji i domach zamożnej burżuazji. Kiwonowatość, czyli lizusostwo przedstawicieli ówczesnych elit, ludzi pozbawionych inicjatywy i bezwolnie poddających się biegowi wydarzeń, to typowe zjawisko tamtych czasów.

Bull Hunter

Max Brand

Another great Max Brand western, first written in 1921. The story follows a cousin who was taken in by his uncle and his two sons. They make fun of him, and use his size and strength to do the hard chores they cant do. The huge, lumbering outlaw Bull Hunter intends to hunt down and kill the men responsible for his uncles death. When he finds out that the ringleader is already behind bars, he devises a clever plot to spring his nemesis in order to dispense his comeuppance, street justice-style. Enjoyable story that would appeal to those who like to see someone whos been bullied get a chance to rise above self doubt and circumstances.

Hard Times

Charles Dickens

This is one of the most uplifting of Dickenss novels. This book is certainly different from all the other books by Charles Dickens as it has no particular central character. Well all the other novels by Dickens have a strong connection with London but this story depicts Coketown and Coketown only, a typical red-brick industrial city of the north. Hard Times is a very tragic and wonderfully described story of human oppression. Dickenss brilliant use of characterization can be seen in high form here and as always, his naming of his storys populace is entertaining by itself.

The First Distiller. A Comedy in Six Acts

Leo Tolstoy

Such was the breadth of Tolstoys talents that he was unsurpassed in stories, essays and plays. A play about a demon who was stuck on the theft of the souls of peasants. The story itself is a story about juvenile morality, which seems so heavy that Tolstoys footprints should be on every page.

Gegen das Weltgesetz

Kurd Lasswitz

Ein utopisches Märchen aus dem 39. Jahrhundert. Der Science-Fiction Roman spielt sich im Jahr 3877 ab. Der Science-Fiction Roman beginnt in Erziehunganstalt wo man den zukünftigen Weg seiner Kinder festlegen kann indem man das Gehirn der Kinder entsprechend erzieht. Im Jahre 3877 gehört den Eltern ein Drittel der Rindenschicht des Gehirns der Kinder, ein Drittel wird für das Kind aufbewahrt, wenn sich der Intellekt ausgebildet hat und das letzte Drittel wird von einer öffentlichen Anstalt für allgemeine Bildung präpariert.

The Second Jungle Book

Rudyard Kipling

If you read the stories of The First Jungle Book, you remember how, attaching the skin of Sher Khan to the Council Rock, Mowgli told the surviving wolves of the Zion pack that he would hunt one from now on, and how his brothers - four wolves - announced that they would hunt with him. But its hard to change life in one minute, especially in the jungle. The flock dispersed in disarray; Mowgli went to the cave of his wolves, lay down and slept all day and all night. Then he told Mother and Father Wolves everything that they could understand from his adventures among people, and when the boy made the morning sun play on the blade of his knife, the very one with which he skinned from Sher Khan, they agreed that their son learned something.

Greenmantle

John Buchan

A classic espionage and adventure novel set during The Great War, featuring the reckless Richard Hannay. Sequel to The Thirty-Nine Steps and precursor to Mr. Standfast. Tasked with unraveling a mysterious message, Hannay travels through Germany and the Middle East, searching for the elusive religious leader Greenmantle. He is joined by three more of Buchans heroes: Peter Pienaar, the old Boer Scout; John S. Blenkiron, the American determined to fight the Kaiser; and Sandy Arbuthnot, Greenmantle himself, modelled on Lawrence of Arabia. However, they must begin the task with no clues except three words scribbled on a piece of paper Kasredin, cancer, and v.I. In different disguises the men take separate roads to Constantinople where they will meet and begin their search, if they all arrive safely and its a big if.

Przygody Sindbada żeglarza

Bolesław Leśmian

Poetycka opowieść dla dzieci autorstwa Bolesława Leśmiana nawiązuje do postaci Sindbada Żeglarza z arabskiej Księgi tysiąca i jednej nocy. Jednak na kanwie wątków wschodnich poeta napisał całkiem nową historię mieszkający w Bagdadzie Sindbad za namową Diabła Morskiego udaje się w obfitującą w przygody podróż, która odmieni jego życie. Wydarzenia na granicy jawy i snu wzbudzają zachwyt w czytelnikach w każdym wieku.