One Little Thread of Life

E. Phillips Oppenheim

Edward Phillips Oppenheim (1866 1946), an English novelist, was a major and successful writer of genre fiction, particularly thrillers. Among his books are The Betrayal, The Avenger, The Double Life of Mr. Alfred Burton, The Devils Paw, and The Evil Shepherd. Many of Oppenheims works appeared as newspaper or magazine serials before they were published in book form. The serial versions of his novels were often syndicated for publication in periodicals in the USA and other English-speaking countries. One Little Thread of Life made its first appearance in 1899 in The Weekly Telegraph, Sheffield, England. Mr. Oppenheim can be depended upon to give his plots that turn which is as admirable as it is unexpected, and this is one of the best of his many good and exciting books.

The Strangers Gate

E. Phillips Oppenheim

This is a mystery novel surrounding German intrigue and bauxite mining in typical Oppenheim style. E. Phillips Oppenheim was the self-styled prince of storytellers and composed some one hundred and fifty novels, mainly of the suspense and international intrigue nature, but including romances, comedies, and parables of everyday life. In this one, Beverley, a handsome tycoon, operates an unknown bauxite mine in mythical kingdom of Orlac, and wages a battle of wits against German secret agents and the extravagant king when another mine is discovered. Beverley sides with a pauper Prince, on whose property the metal is found, and with his sister.

The Autocracy of Mr Parham

Herbert George Wells

Mr. Parham is a university academic of the traditional, classical sort, very much a snob and unhappy with many of the social trends of the time. Sir Bussy Woodcock is a self-made millionaire of sharp intelligence and great energy but lowly beginnings and no cultural education. This unlikely pair meet by chance and form an intermittent relationship. In an attempt to foster this acquaintance that goes on for six years, Mr. Parham finds himself involved in séances that summon a Master Spirit from the beyond. This entity occupies Mr. Parhams body, and commences to inspire a political movement (the League of Duty Paramount) that overthrows the British government in a coup détat. This is an intriguing tale which Wells uses to explore opposing social and political views of the period, with the fantasy element a vehicle for so doing. On the way, he creates a couple of memorable characters.

Antygona

Sofokles

Tragedia Antygona była głosem w dyskusji, jaka toczyła się w Atenach w kręgu sofistów, a dotyczyła prawa boskiego i władzy. Próbowano rozstrzygnąć ponadczasowy problem, które prawo jest ważniejsze: zwyczajowe, boskie czy ustawowe. Akcja tragedii rozgrywa się w Tebach. Mieszkańcy miasta właśnie wygrali wojnę z wrogimi wojskami. W walkach zginęło dwóch braci z królewskiego rodu Eteokles i Polinejkes. Pierwszy poniósł śmierć jako bohater, drugi jako tchórz. Antygona, siostra Polinejkesa i Eteoklesa, łamie zakaz aktualnego władcy Teb, Kreona, i dokonuje symbolicznego pogrzebu brata zdrajcy państwa Polinejkesa. Zostaje za to skazana na śmierć... Zgodnie z zasadą tragedii antycznej bohaterowie utworu Sofoklesa Antygona i Kreon stają przed tragicznymi wyborami. Jakiejkolwiek decyzji nie podejmą, ich losy zakończą się tragicznie.

Stalky & Co

Rudyard Kipling

The reader finally got the opportunity to read a quality translation of one of the best works of Rudyard Kipling. This almost autobiographical novel tells about the fun and arduous life of students in an English private school. Arkady Strugatsky was a real fan of Stalki and Company. It was the protagonist of this book - ""the great man of the century"", the bully and the cunning Stalki - who inspired the Strugatsky brothers to create the image of Stalker.

Kwiat śmierci. Powieść kryminalna ze stosunków krakowskich

Gabriela Zapolska

Młody krakowski urwis dostrzega wyłaniające się z Wisły, zjawiskowo wyglądające zwłoki kobiety. Sprawę przejmuje nieporadny policjant i całkowicie daje się pochłonąć nietypowym wydarzeniom. Książka trzyma w napięciu od samego początku do ostatniego akapitu.

The Governor of Chi-Foo

Edgar Wallace

Edgar Wallace was an English novelist, journalist and playwright, who was an enormously popular writer of detective, suspense stories, and practically invented the modern thriller. His popularity at the time was comparable to that of Charles Dickens one of Wallaces publishers claimed that a quarter of all books read in England were written by him. The Governor of Chi-Foo is a rare short story collection, long out of print which contains 16 thrilling stories: The Witney Road, Mother o Mine, The Kings Brahm, The Greek Poropolous, The Treasure of the Kalahari and others. An exiting book full of intrigue and mystery, this book is a must-read for all fans of thrilling crime fiction. Edgar Wallace provides a thrill of another sort!

Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours

Jules Verne

Le gentleman londonien Phileas Fogg a fait le pari avec les membres du club aristocratique quil serait capable de faire le tour du monde en 80 jours. Apres Fogg et son serviteur, le détective Fix est envoyé Paspartu, confiant que Fogg est le criminel qui a cambriolé la Bank of Great Britain. Le roman décrit en détail les moyens et les conditions de mouvement de cette époque.

Contes Ninon

Émile Zola

Ceci est une collection de nouvelles, contes de fées, cherts. Ils sont adressés a Ninon, la femme bien-aimée du narrateur. Les ouvres sont consacrées a lamour entre un homme et une femme, cette derniere parle de lamour pour son prochain, de sa capacité a sympathiser. Les héros de tous les romans sont romantiques: un prince tombé amoureux dun nénuphar, une fille qui pense confusément a sa bien-aimée.

The UP Trail

Zane Grey

The U. P. Trail takes place in the late 1860s during the building of the Union Pacific Railroad, the first to connect the east coast to the west. Our protagonist is Warren Neale, a civil engineer on the railroad. His girlfriend, Allie Lee, seems to be always in need of recusing. One of the most interesting characters is Neales best friend Larry "Red" King, a rough gun toting Texan cowboy. The heroes must battle the human challenges of greed, ruthlessness, and ambition, as well as the tremendous challenges of nature, to make the rail connection between East and West. The U. P. Trail is one of Zane Greys most detailed and panoramic Western novels; indeed, it is first-rate historical fiction in addition to being one of his most gripping romance-adventures.

Sherlock Holmes. Z Tajnych Akt Światowej Sławy Detektywa (Tom 35). Sherlock Holmes. Z Tajnych Akt Światowej Sławy Detektywa. Tom 35: Inżynier szacha

anonimowy

Sherlock Holmes to jeden z tych bohaterów popkultury, którego nikomu przedstawiać nie trzeba. Inżynier szacha to jedno z wielu nieautoryzowanych przez Arthura Conan Doylea opowiadań o przygodach legendarnego londyńskiego detektywa i jego ucznia Harryego Taxona. Holmes rozwiązuje kryminalną zagadkę, nie tylko wykorzystując swoje niezwykłe talenty w dziedzinie dedukcji i szeroką wiedzę z zakresu chemii i psychologii, lecz także bezpośrednio stawiając czoła przemocy przy użyciu... pięści. Zagadkowe morderstwa, tajemnicze zaginięcia, zuchwałe kradzieże sprawiają, że czytelnik poczuje, że jest otoczony przez wszechogarniające zło.

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 Mutiny of the Elsinore

Jack London

The main character tells about his stay on the ship Elsinore, in which from the very beginning there are not the most rainbow events. With each chapter of the event more and more go beyond the framework of the rational and the main character is aware of this. Traveling by ship is a long coexistence of many people in a limited space, where they have nowhere to go from each other, and they are forced to constantly contact. Latent antipathy there develops into a demonstrative hostility, and discontent and bitterness into fierce hatred. All these feelings vividly expose the wild essence of man, hidden under the tinge of civilization.

The Tragedie of Macbeth

William Shakespeare

The focus of the great tragedy of William Shakespeare Macbeth is unreasonable ambition that turns a brave warrior and a recognized hero into an ominous killer who seized power in his hands at the cost of bloody atrocity. The play Macbeth is worth reading if only to enjoy the beautiful poetic language of the great playwright here evil, intrigue, deceit and the most base vices of humanity are served under the sauce of beautiful poetry.

The Boy Fortune Hunters in China

L. Frank Baum

The fourth in a series, The Boy Fortune Hunters in China appeared in 1909, published by Reilly & Britton under Baums pseudonym, Floyd Akers. Unlike most of L. Frank Baums work, the series is told in first person narrative by the protagonist, 16 year-old Sam Steele. Sams father is a sea captain who was reported killed in a shipwreck. After being cheated of his inheritance, he finds his uncle and they set sail in the Pacific. Here, Sam Steele and his two pals, Joe and Archie, have fished a wounded Chinese Prince out of the ocean. Prince Kai Lun Po rewards the boys with detailed directions on how to plunder his family tomb of its treasure and he gives them his blessing to do so. All the boys have to do is get to China, hoodwink the palace staff, and get past Fo-Chu, the Sacred Ape that guards the treasure! Come adventuring with young Sam on one of his most exciting and dangerous adventures in China!

Kobieta porzucona

Honoriusz Balzak

Powieść Kobieta porzucona Honoriusza Balzaka należy do Scen z życia prywatnego cyklu Komedia Ludzka. Akcja powieści rozpoczyna się bezpośrednio po zakończeniu wydarzeń opisanych w utworze Ojciec Goriot. Główna bohaterka, wicehrabina Klara de Beauséant, została właśnie porzucona przez portugalskiego markiza dAjuda-Pinto. Wyjeżdża do swojego zamku w Normandii, by całkowicie wyłączyć się z życia towarzyskiego. Jej izolacja staje się przyczyną licznych plotek. Szczególnie młody hrabia Gaston de Nueil jest zafascynowany tajemniczą arystokratką...