Tess of the dUrbervilles. A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented

Thomas Hardy

This story of temptation, love and betrayal formed the basis of the scripts of several film adaptations. The young beauty, the daughter of an impoverished descendant of an ancient aristocratic family, seemed to be created for happiness. But suffering persecutes Tess, she becomes a victim of the words of the voluptuous bourgeois, loses her child, experiences the betrayal of her husband... Once a victim is a victim for life! Such is the law! She says, but a riot ripens for her soul...

The Flaming Jewel

Robert W. Chambers

Its an action-packed story set deep in an American forest shortly after World War I. There are international jewel thieves, rum dealers, gruesome deaths, a couple of sweet romances, betrayal, hidden identities, and multiple plot twists.

Najpiękniejsze opowieści dla dzieci. MultiBook

Janusz Korczak

Janusz Korczak, właśc. Henryk Goldszmit (18781942) był polsko-żydowskim lekarzem i pedagogiem, a także pisarzem i działaczem społecznym. Wypracował oryginalny system pracy z dziećmi, oparty na partnerstwie i szacunku. Przyświecające mu idee formułował w postaci opowieści dla dzieci. Na tom składają się następujące utwory: Król Maciuś Pierwszy, Król Maciuś na wyspie bezludnej, Kajtuś czarodziej, Mośki, Joski i Srule, Józki, Jaśki i Franki oraz Bankructwo małego Dżeka.

The Man from Manchester

Dick Donovan

The book, written in the 19 c. by British journalist and author of mystery and horror fiction J. E. Preston Muddock. For a time his detective stories were as popular as those of Arthur Conan Doyle. It is about a married gentleman, first accused of murder of his lover and later acquitted due to brilliant investigation by police in spite of alleged heavy evidence against the gentleman. The real murder, ex-husband of the victim, is pretty evident to the reader.

Lady Audleys Secret

Mary Elizabeth Braddon

The heroes of this novel became victims of intrigue with the tuned arms of a golden-haired beauty who knew how good she wanted only luxury and honors. The reader after the first chapter understands what the heroine is hiding for the secret, although the villain will be more accurate, because throughout the novel she brings the rest only evil, the meaning of which they understand much later. The ball of intrigue that she had been spinning all this time would eventually be unraveled by the most inappropriate person who would not even think that such a shrewd mind was hidden in his head. No matter how complicated the riddle is, it will still be solved...

Драма на охоте (Dramat na polowaniu). Истинное происшествие

Антон Павлович Чехов, Anton Pawłowicz Czechow

Иван Камышев, состоятельный и красивый мужчина, предлагает в издательство свою рукопись с несколько патетическим названием «Драма на охоте». Редактор поначалу настроен скептически, но, начав читать, уже не может оторваться. Закрученная детективная интрига и чудовищный образ главного героя безраздельно завладевают воображением читателя еще и потому, что, по словам самого Камышева, его повесть автобиографична. 201eДрама на охоте201d 2013 одно из ранних произведений А. П. Чехова, в котором переплелись динамизм повествования и детективный сюжет что вовлекает читателя в водоворот драматических событий, приводящих к трагической развязке. Повесть написана в редком для Чехова жанре детективной истории. Известно, что сам автор, отрицательно относившийся к детективной литературе, никогда не возвращался к работе над этой повестью, не включал ее в собрание сочинений и практически не упоминал в переписке. 201eДрама на охоте201d написана и впервые опубликована в 1884 году под псевдонимом А. Чехонте.

The Cat and the Perfume

Max Brand

One of the greatest western authors of all time, superstar pulpsmith Max Brand, the pen name of Frederick Faust, was an incredibly proficient author who wrote many books, stories, and even poetry. Also, he wrote somewhere around 12 or 13 historical swashbucklers not including the seven Tizzo stories. Faust spent time in Italy every year and soaked up the atmosphere and history. The Tizzo stories came out of his Italian sojourn. The complete tales of Tizzo contains the following stories: The Firebrand, The Great Betrayal, The Storm, The Cat and the Perfume, Claws of the Tigress, The Bait and the Trap, The Pearls of Bonfadini. These seven stories of 16th Century Italian Renaissance swashbuckling swordsman Tizzo are tightly-plotted, action-packed adventures which were rarely equaled in quality by Brands contemporaries.

The Mystery of the Clasped Hands

Guy Boothby

Australia-born writer Guy Newell Boothby burst onto the literary scene with a series of best-selling adventure action movies, but The Mystery of Clasped Hands discovers that Boothby is trying to try his hand at classic detective fiction. Fans of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle will love this exciting mystery.

Jerome, a Poor Man

Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

In this sprawling novel, American writer Mary E. Wilkins Freeman moves from the light subject of much of her early work to a larger issue: the impact of poverty. With the help of the character Jerome Freeman skillfully shows how impoverishment can affect several generations of families.

Sons of the Air

T.C. Bridges

This spring was the most treasured possession of Kurt, since without him there could not have been a trout farm that gave him life. There was never a day when he did not inspect it, and it was very fashionable to keep a thermometer in it to see that the temperature does not change. He never knew a change of more than four degrees from thirty-eight degrees to forty-two. When he picked up the thermometer, he noticed a flicker of white in the dark jaws of spring. Something rose, spinning in a rush of water.

Moth and Rust

Mary Cholmondeley

The author gives a satirical view of village life, which is so present in the work of her famous predecessors. The moral here may well be that swearing to keep someone elses secret safe is the best way to destroy your own future.

Young Lucretia and Other Stories

Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

Young Lucretia Raymond lives with her strict aunts Lucretia and Maria. During Christmas time, Lucretia is invited by other schoolchildren to cut the Christmas tree in the school building in preparation for the Christmas celebration.

The City of No Escape

T.C. Bridges

The bottom of the gorge was filled with old lava, black and fragile, like bottle glass, but the rocks that endlessly rose on both sides on an African night were made of limestone. Everything was still like death. Even the jackal did not cry under the stars. For a while no sound was heard except for the gentle shuffling of Nicks legs as he slowly descended the steep slope. The darkness was terribly frightening for others, but Nick knew the way, and they unconditionally trusted him.

Podania i legendy polskie, ruskie i litewskie

Lucjan Siemieński

Lucjan Siemieński (18071877) był polskim poetą, pisarzem, publicystą, krytykiem literackim i tłumaczem. Wykładał na Uniwersytecie Jagiellońskim, był współzałożycielem i członkiem Akademii Umiejętności, uczestniczył w powstaniu listopadowym. Zasłynął jako tłumacz Odysei. Pasjonował się folklorem polskim i ukraińskim, co znalazło odbicie w jego twórczości tłumaczeniu ukraińskich dumek, zbiorach legend i podań.

Sleeper Turns Horse-Thief

Max Brand

Another Sleeper story, featuring Sleeper, a gunslinger turned horse-thief, from the collection More Tales of the Wild West. Six action-packed stories of the Old West, filled with unforgettable characters, includes A Lucky Dog, in which mans best friend helps a would-be killer and thief find salvation, along with A First Blooding, Inverness, (aka Sleeper Turns Horse-Thief) and Death in Alkali Flat. In this story Sleeper is hired to break a horse and turns horse-thief. No pulp writer was more prolific than Frederick Faust, who wrote nearly 15 million words under the pen name of Max Brand and seventeen others. Brand has been labeled one of the top three Western novelists of all time so western fans will be in for a treat.

Żaby

Arystofanes

Eurypides umiera, a wraz z nim nadzieja na kolejnego wielkiego tragika. A ponieważ nikt nie jest w stanie mu dorównać, Dionizos, bóg winorośli i sztuki teatralnej, postanawia wyruszyć wraz ze swoim sługą Ksantiasem do krainy umarłych, aby sprowadzić go na ziemię. Tam staje jednak przed trudnym wyborem wrócić z Eurypidesem, przedstawiającym bogów i bohaterów jako postacie dnia codziennego, czy Ajschylosem, autorem sztuk monumentalnych.