Piłsudczycy

Juliusz Kaden-Bandrowski

Piłsudczycy przybliżają powstanie i pierwsze lata działalności Legionów sformowanych przez Piłsudskiego. Juliusz Kaden-Bandrowski (18851944) to polski pisarz, kapitan piechoty Wojska Polskiego oraz członek masonerii. Jego powieści charakteryzują się przede wszystkich dużą wnikliwością i wiernością faktom historycznym, a także wyrafinowanym językiem oraz połączeniem stylów i środków literackich. Do czasu odwilży po śmierci Stalina większość jego powieści objęta była cenzurą i wycofana z bibliotek.

Lady in Chain Mail

Henry Bedford-Jones

Written in the cycle of tales by H. Bedford-Jones, Lady in Chain Mail continues amazing series about the Sphinx Emerald. From the hand of a dead Mameluke after the battle of the Pyramids, a civilian scientist with Napoleons army took the Sphinx Emerald... and though the Mamelukes militant daughter offered to buy back the gem at a price high indeed, swift tragedy followed.

Afloat and Ashore, or, the Adventures of Miles Wallingford. A Sea Tale

James Fenimore Cooper

In the center of the book is the life of a young man, Miles, who lives in America. He wants to become a sailor like his father. This is an exciting adventure story of the life of a ship captain. Sea brotherhood, battles with pirates, friendship and betrayal, and finally, love that overcomes all obstacles.

Lucian the Dreamer

Joseph Smith Fletcher

Joseph Smith Fletcher was an English journalist, writer and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He studied law before turning to journalism. This book opens with the first page of his experiences at the train station. If you love a story that sticks to the end, then this book is for you.

Prisoners

Mary Cholmondeley

In this magnificent novel, love and death intertwine and dissolve into each other. But the characters are the perfect product of the best Victorian literature.

The Firing Line

Robert W. Chambers

Charming, beautifully written. Fascinating in detail pre-war Florida (and also the East Coast) high society with its fashions and mores.

Kilo. Being the Love Story of Eliph Hewlitt, Book Agent

Ellis Parker Butler

Beloved humor writer Ellis Parker Butler hits it out of the ballpark with his first full-length novel, Kilo: Being the Love Story of Eliph Hewlitt, Book Agent. The plot centers around Eliph Hewlitt, a travelling book salesman of the horse-and-buggy era who finds the love of his life in Kilo, Iowa and he decides on the spot to marry her and settles down there, peddling books to the locals, but Sally Briggs, the woman whom hes fixated on, doesnt feel the same way. The comic adventure involves a lot of fire-extinguishers, local graft, the newspaper printer, and various other people of importance in the tiny town. Along the way, we meet several amusing individuals to whom Eliph is trying to sell his one-volume encyclopedia.

W czwartym wymiarze. Opowiadania

Antoni Lange

Dwanaście historii poruszających różnoraką tematykę. Wspólną cechą wszystkich opowieści są wątki temporalne i nawiązania patriotyczne. Autor zgłębia tajniki ludzkich charakterów, stosując techniki psychoanalityczne. Książka zaliczana jest do pierwszych publikacji fantastycznonaukowych.

Dobry Dowcip Nie Jest Zły. Najlepsze żarty o lekarzach

Praca zbiorowa

Najlepsze żarty o lekarzach to zbiór 100 najlepszych dowcipów o lekarzach, lekarkach, doktorach i służbie zdrowia. Pełne sarkazmu, celnych morałów odnoszące się do życia codziennego. Dowcip lekarstwem na wszystko.

Krzysztof Kolumb

James Fenimore Cooper

Krzysztof Kolumb to barwna opowieść o pierwszej wyprawie Kolumba w 1492 roku pod banderą korony hiszpańskiej. Izabela Kastylijska, namówiona przez dworzanina Lisa de Santangela, zezwoliła podróżnikowi zorganizować wyprawę. Na początku sierpnia 1492 roku trzy statki Santa Maria, Pinta oraz Nina podniosły kotwice w andaluzyjskim porcie Palos de la Frontera. W październiku Kolumb odkrył Kubę, a w grudniu Haiti.

A Desert Bride. A Story of Adventure in India and Persia

Hume Nisbet

Ronald Makivor and Jack Bangles decided to find the peacock throne of Shah Jehan, who, as they say, Nadir Shah took away from Delhi. Their adventures begin with fleeing wide legs from the rebellious sepoys. Over time, they enter the service of the Afghan prince a model of knightly honor who must have been very unlike his compatriots, unless they are greatly offended by the general message. In his company, they go through amazing experience and see that they are fighting enough to satisfy the most warlike taste.

Knights of the Range

Zane Grey

A true legend, Zane Grey has thrilled a generation of readers with his great stories of the American West. Holly Ripple, a young, headstrong woman, brought up in the upscale boarding schools of the east, has inherited her familys cattle ranch in 1870s New Mexico, after the sudden death of her father. With the help of the ranch foreman and Renn Frayne, a newly hired hand; a outlaw seeking redemption, they organize a assorted group of cowboys to protect the herd, and the safety of their ranch, from rustlers, competing cattle barons, and other assorted villains. In the spirit and glory of a classic Western, and published exactly as the author originally intended, Knights of the Range, is one of Zane Greys swiftest and most exciting novels.

Cantique de Noël

Charles Dickens

Pour lavare Ebenezer Scrooge, Noël est un jour de plus. Mais tout cela change lorsque le fantôme de son partenaire daffaires décédé apparaît. Il avertit Scrooge de changer davis avant quil ne soit trop tard. Lénorme popularité du livre a contribué au fait que Noël était la principale fete de lAngleterre victorienne, une période de divertissement et de charité.

Szewcy. Naukowa sztuka ze śpiewkami w trzech aktach

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz

Dramat Szewcy określany jako groteskowy i modernistyczny powstawał w latach 19311934. Po raz pierwszy został wystawiony w Sopocie w 1957 r. na scenie kameralnej gdańskiego Teatru Wybrzeże. Fabuła utworu opowiada o losach szewców, którzy cierpią z powodu ciężkiej, bezsensowej i bezmyślnej pracy. Są w niej wykorzystywani i upokarzani. Ich ciemiężycielem jest Robert Scurvy. Obawia się on buntu swoich pracowników, postanawia więc wraz z Dziarskimi Chłopcami przeprowadzić zamach stanu i zdobyć pełnię władzy. Szewcy zostają zamknięci w leniwni i skazani na bezczynność. Dramat przedstawia katastroficzny obraz przyszłego społeczeństwa. Przedstawia wyobrażenia pisarza o mechanizacji społeczeństwa, w wyniku której dochodzi do upadku cywilizacji. Sztuka stanowi krytykę rewolucji, kapitalizmu, komunizmu i faszyzmu.

The Turn of the Screw

Henry James

The book opens with an unnamed narrators description of a party held one Christmas Eve in England at which some friends have gathered to share ghost stories. One of the partygoers, Douglas, says that he knows a particularly sinister ghost story about a governesss time spent taking care of a wealthy Londoners niece and nephew at a country estate haunted by two ghosts.The story is that a governess goes to an English country house to take charge of two orphaned children, Miles and Flora. The governess is told she must manage everything herself and not disturb the childrens uncle, who is their guardian. Soon the governess is alarmed when she sees an unknown man and woman around the estate, and the housekeeper informs her that the couple used to work there, but both died. The governess suspects that the children know more about these ghosts than they will admit to her, and fears for their safety.

Louise de la Valliere

Alexandre Dumas

After The Three Musketeers and Twenty Years After the adventurous story of Athos, Porthos, Aramis and DArtagnan continues! Against a tender love story, Dumas continues the suspense which began with The Vicomte de Bragelonne and will end with The Man in the Iron Mask. Can it be true that the King is in love with the Duchess dOrleans? Or has his eye been caught by the sweet and gentle Louise de la Valliere? No one is more anxious to know the answer than Raoul, son of Athos, who loves Louise more than life itself. Behind the scenes, dark intrigues are afoot. Louis XIV is desperate to solidify his position as absolute ruler of France. Impending turmoil forces the Musketeers and dArtagnan to come out of retirement, but is it for the right reasons? A fantastic continuation of Dumass famous saga, Louise De La Valliere constitutes a must-read for fans of his work, and would make for a worthy addition to any collection.