Der Mann von Marokko. Roman

Edgar Wallace

Der Schwarze treibt in London sein Unwesen, keine Bank ist vor ihm sicher. Die Wohnung James Morlakes in der Bond Street ist die luxuriöseste dieser vornehmen Londoner Strasse. Mr. Morlake zählt zu den bedeutenden Persönlichkeiten der Gesellschaft. Man sagt, er lebe von seinen Zinsen. Viele wissen um das Doppelleben des Gentleman, aber alle schweigen aus Angst vor einem gewaltigen Skandal! Gibt es wirklich eine Verbindung zu dem bekannten und reichen James Lexington Morlake, der eine luxuriöse Wohnung in der vornehmen Bond Street bewohnt?

The Wistaria Scarf

J.U. Giesy, Junius B Smith

Sheldon, who was sentenced many times to imprisonment, has long been free. There were no rumors about him. However, his daughter is married and is going to the honeymoon, which paid for her father. The detective gets a phone call saying Sheldon has taken up the old business. And the detective goes to Sheldons daughter, whom he was in love with. The pursuit of Sheldon will never stop. However, maybe this time he is still not guilty?

Twin Sombreros

Zane Grey

A novel of honor lost, redemption found, and rip-roaring wild adventure from the original master of the American Western. Falsely accused of murdering Allen Neece, cowboy Brazos Keene had narrowly escaped a lynch mob. With his name at last cleared, Keene discovered that Neeces twin sisters had being forced off their ranch after the death of their brother, something that honorable cowboy Brazos Keene couldnt allow to happen. Brazos made a pledge to track down their brothers killers and get the ranch back. He became an instrument of vengeance, furiously shooting his way through the web of lies and greed that now hangs over Twin Sombreros Ranch. But Brazos also found himself hopelessly in love with both twins!

In Polar Seas

Fenton Ash

The works of Fenton Ash are highly prized among bibliophile collectors of classic sci-fi and fantasy. Fenton Ash was a pseudonym of Francis Henry Atkins (1847-1927), who contributed widely to the pre-science fiction pulp magazines, writing at least three Lost-World novels along with much else. In Polar Seas is a romance of adventure in the frozen North, targeted mainly at juvenile readers but billed as being for readers of all ages, it describes the adventures of a team of British explorers who discover a lost Viking civilization in a hitherto unknown temperate zone near the North Pole. If you havent discovered the joys of Fenton Ashs adventures there is a good place to start. Highly recommended!

Heart of the World

H. Rider Haggard

A love story taking place in Mexico at the end of the 18th century. The beautiful Indian princess and the Englishman fall in love, but suffer because of their feelings and her Indian origin. Also, the novel touches on the theme of the division of the Indians into two groups, after the conquest of Cortes. One group runs north and the other south and remains separate until the events of this novel unite them.

W cieniu wiązów

Anatole France

Pierwsza część cyklu Historia współczesna Anatolea Francea noblisty, wielkiego erudyty i bibliofila. France w mistrzowski sposób łączył wątki obyczajowe z pogłębioną refleksją dotyczącą otaczającego go świata, w której dawał wyraz sprecyzowanym poglądom socjalistyczno-pacyfistycznym. Budował światy na wskroś intelektualne i głęboko przeniknięte humanizmem.

Apache Gold. A Story of the Strange Southwest

Joseph A. Altsheler

Apache Gold, A Story of the Strange Southwest is a rip-roaring tale of adventure set on the Arizona frontiers of the American Old West written by Joseph Alexander Altsheler (April 29, 1862 June 5, 1919). He was an American newspaper reporter, editor and author of popular juvenile historical fiction. An abiding classic of western literature, our hero in this tale is Charles Wayne, a young but strong and sharp lad who seeks adventure in the southwesterly desert frontier of Arizona. Charles has terrifying encounters with wild beasts and Indians when he searches for the lost treasure of the Spaniards. Joseph A. Altsheler describes the vast open frontier evocatively, placing the reader in a time when equal measures of freedom and danger were abundant. Throughout Mr. Waynes traversals, were reminded of how difficult it was to survive let alone thrive in the Old West. The beauty of the unforgiving land forms a vibrant backdrop to the scrapes and challenges our heroes must face.

LAiguille creuse

Maurice Leblanc

Une aventure que se déroule en partie dans les lieux magnifiques: Ambrumésy et dans dautres villes françaises. Lhistoire de la battre contre Arsene Lupin un filou génial, et Isidore Beautrelet, jeune lycéen et détective amateur, lhistoire du jeu du chat et de la souris entre Lupin et linspecteur Ganimard et aussi lhistoire de lopposition entre un gentleman-cambrioleur et Herlock Sholmes. Mystérieuse chasse a lun des plus grands énigmes dArsene Lupin un secret de laiguille creuse. Mais personne ne sait quest ce que Lupin a lintention de faire...

Squadron of the Damned

David Wright OBrien

Looking for a satisfying, meticulously exciting adventure with which to while away an afternoon? Look no further than Squadron of the Damned, a short story from one of the most early writers in the genre of fantasy and science fiction, David Wright OBrien. OBriens work was space opera or other routine adventure, but many of his stories betray a strain of humor, not unlike Henry Kuttners at that time. Some of the stories were co-written with his close friend William P. McGivern, with whom OBrien shared an office in Chicago. He continued writing even after he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II, adding corporal before all his pseudonyms.

Sanatorium Pod Klepsydrą

Bruno Schulz

Sanatorium Pod Klepsydrą to zbiór opowiadań Brunona Schulza, prozaika, grafika, malarza, rysownika i krytyka literackiego. Głównym bohaterem opowiadań, a jednocześnie narratorem wszystkich opowieści podobnie jak w Sklepach cynamonowych jest dojrzewający, nastoletni chłopiec o imieniu Józef. W postaci tej widać wyraźne podobieństwo do samego autora. Centrum świata Józefa stanowi małe prowincjonalne miasteczko, w którym można dostrzec współczesny Schulzowi, galicyjski Drohobycz. Rzeczywistość opowiadań swobodnie miesza się z fantastyką. Przedmioty i zwierzęta uzyskują cechy ludzkie. Banalne czynności podnoszone są do rangi mitu. Nastoletniego Józefa szczególnie fascynuje Ojciec, postać wieloznaczna, która funkcjonuje na pograniczu świata żywych i umarłych. Zbiory opowiadań Sanatorium Pod Klepsydrą i Sklepy cynamonowe stanowią trudną do oddzielenia całość fabularną. W opowiadaniach utrwalony zostaje chylący się ku upadkowi świat, który dawał bohaterowi oparcie i bezpieczeństwo.

Scepter und Hammer

Karl May

Den Inhalt nachzuerzählen ist fast unmöglich, da sich eine verwirrende Fülle von Neben- und Randhandlungen sowie nach und nach entdeckten Vorgeschichten und Rückblenden auftut. Jedoch der Roman erzählt auf mehreren Handlungsebenenn die spannend-abenteuerliche Geschichte um Max Brandauer, den Sohn des königlichen Hofschmieds von Norland, und seinen Freund Arthur von Sternburg, den Gegenspieler des tollen Prinzen von Süderland, sowie auf einer anderen Zeitebene die Geschichte von Katombo, dem ehemaligen Geliebten der geheimnisvollen Zigeunerin Zarba, dessen Flucht vor dem intriganten und mächtigen Herzog von Raumburg ihn bis an die Ufer des Nils führt, wo er als Schwarzer Kapitän ein phantastisches Schicksal als Seeräuber erlebt. Scepter und Hammer ist ein Abenteueroman, der alle typischen Mittel der Kolportage wie familiäre Verstrickungen, Verschwörungen, Geheimbünde und das Motiv der Verfolgung rund um die Erde in einem spannungsreichen Bilderbogen zur Anwendung bringt.

Downland Echoes

Victor L. Whitechurch

Victor Whitechurch, a clergyman who became a mysterious writer, well known for his detective story Railroad Stories, was admired by Ellery Queen and Dorothy L. Sayers for impeccable conspiracy and factual accuracy: he was one of the first authors to submit his manuscripts to Scotland Yard to check for a police procedure. Downlands echoes analyze the life of a small village and the interaction of all the characters who live in it in everyday situations, from the funeral to the visit of the bishop.

Les Dents du tigre

Maurice Leblanc

Cest une autre histoire saturé des énigmes et des aventures. Un riche américain, qui sappele Cosmo Mornington, est décédé dans détranges circonstances. Il reste un grand héritage, que provoque une séquence des crimes en France. Si les descendants de la famille Roussel ne se retrouvent pas, largent sera remis Don Luis Perenna, qui est...bien sr! Arsene Lupin! Ce nest pas difficile pour lui dtre un distingué espagnol et chef de la Sreté Paris, dtre vivant et en mme temps dtre considérer comme un homme mort. Un personnage atypique et tres intrigant, qui risque sa vie pour lamour, il fait ce jeu passionnant.

The Lady of Blossholme

H. Rider Haggard

This is a story about the adventures of the time of King Henry VIII and the pilgrimage of grace. This is one of the most historical adventures of Haggard, in which there are almost no elements of fantasy. King Henry and Cromwell put in appearances and evil men plot against the good guys. There is also a love story involved between Foterells daughter, Cicely and the man shes loved since childhood, Sir Christopher Harflete

This Side of Paradise

Francis Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgeralds first novel, This Side of Paradise, focuses on several themes and illustrates some social and moral changes in America during the early 20th century. This semiautobiographical story of the handsome, indulged, and idealistic Princeton student Amory Blaine received critical raves and catapulted Fitzgerald to instant fame. Amory Blaine is utterly an idealist. He indulges in every sense of his dreams, to the point that it becomes detrimental to the state of his status in life. Now, readers can enjoy the newly edited, authorized version of this early classic of the Jazz Age, based on Fitzgeralds original manuscript. In this definitive text, This Side of Paradise captures the rhythms and romance of Fitzgeralds youth and offers a poignant portrait of the Lost Generation. The novel explores the theme of love warped by greed and status-seeking.

Nowele i opowiadania

Joseph Conrad

Na tom opowiadań Josepha Conrada składają się m.in. takie utwory jak Laguna, Placówka postępu, Falk. Wspomnienie czy Amy Foster. Tematyka Placówki postępu, podobnie jak późniejszego Jądra ciemności, przenosi czytelnika do afrykańskiej dżungli ery kolonializmu. Biali handlarze pozyskują od miejscowej ludności cenną kość słoniową. Jednak zapędy kolonizatorów sięgają dużo dalej, co wkrótce prowadzi do tragedii.