The Spook Hills Mystery

B.M. Bower

No writer of cowboy stories can equal B. M. Bower. Ever since Chip of immortal memory Bower has been easily first among the writers who stage their dramas in the wide spaces of the cattle country. There is something new about this novel. The old legend about the Spook Hills comes to life when the Sunbeams newest hand, a young tenderfoot named Shelton C. Sherman, takes a ride in the hills and discovers tracks made by something that seems neither human nor animal. The subsequent sighting of a bear-like creature might explain the brutal murder of a sheep rancher. Or does it? The mystery deepens and already-high stakes become higher! A very fine story.

The Fighting Four

Max Brand

His name was Jim Silver, but they called him Silvertip. Jim Silver, the man with tufts of silver hair over each temple, the man who sometimes looked like a horned devil in the moonlight, hungered for action as most men hunger for food. And he found plenty when bank robber Jim Lovell sought his protection because, unknown to Silvertip, Lovell was packing a half-million dollars in stolen cash along with his Winchester. And the men hed double-crossed had shot their way out of jail and were riding hard on the trail of their desperate partner, ready for the bloodiest shootout the West had ever seen! Experience the West as only Max Brand could write it!

Nineteen Eighty-Four

George Orwell

George Orwells novel 1984 is one of the best dystopian novels. Winston Smith, male, 39, works for the Ministry of Truth. Smiths job is to change the facts. If a person objectionable to the party appears, then you need to erase information about him, and rewrite some facts properly. Society must follow the laws of the Party and support its policy. The main character only pretends that his ideals coincide with the ideas in the party, but in fact he fiercely hates her politics.

Who Goes There!

Robert W. Chambers

This story is about the Crown Prince. Most of the world is against him and what he stands for. He expresses surprise at the position of the United States. This attitude is the natural result of various causes, among which are the following: Distrust of any aggressor on the part of a peace-minded nation.

Peace

Aristophanes

An elderly wine grower Trigay, tired of the war and strife between the Greek cities, on a giant dung beetle goes to heaven to talk with Zeus. Arriving there, Trigay learns from Hermes that Zeus and the other gods are away, and instead of them, Polemos settled in the house of the gods. Polemos threw the goddess of peace Eiren into the cave and stoned him; together with the Horror that is serving him, he is going to powder the Greek cities in a huge mortar depicting a war.

Niesamowita opowieść

Stefan Grabiński

Niesamowita opowieść to tom nowel autorstwa Stefana Grabińskiego, zawierający takie tytuły jak Kochanka Szamoty, Na tropie, Spojrzenie, W domu Sary, Przed drogą daleką, Nietykalny oraz Świadek Materna. Łączy je atmosfera niedopowiedzianej niezwykłości, niewyjaśnionych zdarzeń i przenikającej rzeczywistość, elektryzującej niesamowitości. Stefan Grabiński (18871936) uznawany jest za jednego z najwybitniejszych przedstawicieli nurtu grozy w polskiej literaturze międzywojennej, o czym świadczy miano polskiego Poe lub polskiego Lovecrafta. Jest też wysoko ceniony w zagranicznych kręgach literatury grozy.

Mistress Spitfire

Joseph Smith Fletcher

Fletchers understanding of human nature is evident in his writing, where his characters embody every facet of human existence in very well-written prose and dialogue. Mistress Spitfire is a simple account of some of the episodes in the history of Richard Coop, Ghent, and his cousin Mistress Alison French during the Revolution of 1642-1644.

Run to Earth

Mary Elizabeth Braddon

Two different riddles, three villains, one of which was really the darkest paint, three murders, one suicide, the abduction of a child, three strong Victorian women one of them is unusually tragic, the other is quite a deceiver, like Becky Sharp, and divine retribution. Suffice it to say that one of the main characters is a young woman who lives with a man who claims to be a father, but exploits and intimidates her, and when this villain, Black Milsom, actually kills the young navigator captain for money.

Фальшивый купон (Fałszywy kupon)

Лев Николаевич Толстой, Lew Nikołajewicz Tołstoj

Это знаменитая повесть великого русского писателя Льва Николаевича Толстого (1828-1910), в которой гениально показано, как одно преступление 2013 подделка денежной купюры (купона), ведет к целой череде нечестных поступков, кровавых преступлений и смертей, совершаемых людьми разных сословий, которые забили о морали и совести и не способны устоять, кто бессознательно, а кто и сознательно, перед соблазнами зла. 201eФальшивый купон201d написана в период с конца 1880-х годов до 1904 года и относится к редким, зрелым произведениям Льва Толстого. Повесть исключительно актуальна и в наше время. Произведения Толстого отличаются глубокой философичностью, поднимая ряд вечных вопросов: жизни и смерти, чувства и долга, любви и чести.

The Tracer of Lost Persons

Robert W. Chambers

This story is about love, about love for many people. The main character was thirty-three years old, it was pleasant to look at him, he was very developed. Mr. Keynes is a detective with an uncanny knack for solving strange disappearances.

Master of the World

Henry Bedford-Jones

The fourth part in the series, Master of the World continues adventures of strange and mysterious gem named the Sphinx Emerald that leaves its trail through history. Alexander of Macedon had conquered most of the world, and his legions were rolling toward Carthage when a wily little priest strangely presented to him the Sphinx Emerald...

Дядюшкин сон (Sen wujaszka). Из мордасовских летописей

Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский, Fiodor Michajłowicz Dostojewski

В центре внимания хитрая особа Марья Александровна Москалева, мечтающая удачно выдать замуж дочь Зину, первую красавицу небольшого городка Мордасово. А тут и жених подворачивается, очень выгодный жених, того и гляди помрёт на днях, и богатство баснословное пропадёт. И в голове Марьи Николаевны зреет гениальный и коварный план. Повесть Федора Михайловича Достоевского (182120131881), написанная в Семипалатинске в 1859, оказалась первым произведением, с которым он 201eявился публике201d после десятилетнего перерыва, вызванного арестом и пребыванием в тюрьме и на каторге. Впервые опубликована в журнале 201eРусское слово201d.

Nutbrown Roger and I. A Romance of the Highway

J.H. Yoxall

The story of a boy who was deceived in his property. He is assisted in his trouble by a nobleman who, for various romantic reasons, accepted clothes without accepting the practice of a robber. After a series of exciting adventures, both of them succeeded not only in saving the betrothed nobleman from evil hands, but also in restoring the guys property.

Auriol

William Harrison Ainsworth

The action is completely framed as a fantasy. In this story, the atmosphere of the imprisonment of a madman (and possible recovery) and a villain, the story of his keeper, is completed.

Little Novels

Wilkie Collins

These are Victorian melodramas set in England with a strong focus on the class system, but in the end thats what makes the stories so special. There are several common themes of Wilkie Collins, including the general theme of the return of a character presumed dead. Great for readers of Victorian fiction.

Powrót posła. Komedia w trzech aktach

Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz

Akcja utworu rozgrywa się we dworku, w trakcie obrad Sejmu Wielkiego, podczas których omawiane są reformy. Autor obrazuje konflikt między dwoma obozami politycznymi konserwatystami oraz reformatorami. Sam Niemcewicz był zwolennikiem reform, dlatego Powrót posła ma na celu ukazać ich słuszność. Porusza takie ówczesne problemy, jak prawa różnych grup społecznych, liberum veto czy polityka zagraniczna Polski.