Spinster of This Parish

W.B. Maxwell

The romance story of a hearty well-known explorer, who finally, at the age of 62 crosses the Antarctic and the spinster who accompanies him on his journey to the Andes in 1895. Here we have a young Victorian womans unconventional romance with a man, who was already married, had various adventures, was disowned by her family, etc. So, what happened in between? Did their romance end when he left for his next expedition? Will his crazy wife ever die so that they can get married? Find all answers in Spinster of This Parish (1922) novel from a British novelist William Babington Maxwel. Born on June 4, 1866, he was the third surviving child and second eldest son of novelist Mary Elizabeth Braddon.

Pot-Bouille

Émile Zola

Pot-Bouille raconte lhistoire du jeune Octave Moore, venu conquérir Paris. Il est beau, charmant et reve de conquérir le monde entier. Octave a un plan: il lui semble quil lui serait plus facile de se lancer dans une carriere avec laide de femmes. Les lecteurs regardent comment la vie sociale se transforme en une comédie monstrueuse dhypocrisie.

O tron (kanwa serialu: Czarne chmury). Powieść historyczna z XVII wieku

Adam Krechowiecki

Powieść historyczna Adama Krechowieckiego O tron stała się kanwą dla pierwszego polskiego serialu spod znaku płaszcza i szpady, czyli Czarnych chmur w reżyserii Andrzeja Konica. Bohater powieści Krystian Ludwik Kalkstein pierwowzór serialowego pułkownika Krzysztofa Dowgirda podobnie jak większość ówczesnej szlachty pruskiej był zapalonym zwolennikiem zwierzchnictwa Rzeczypospolitej polskiej nad Prusami Książęcymi. Elektor brandenburski Fryderyk Wilhelm, zwany Wielkim Elektorem, dążył natomiast do obalenia stosunku lenniczego, w jakim pozostawał względem Polski, do osiągnięcia władzy królewskiej, do... tronu. Osią fabuły są dramatyczne epizody z walk o utrzymanie przy Polsce Prus Książęcych. W powieści nie zabraknie też scen ucieczek, pogoni, pojedynków oraz oczywiście miłość...

The Mystery of Crocksands

Fred M. White

Already by the name it becomes clear that this story contains many secrets and mystics. All events revolve around Miss Ellen Marchant, confidential clerk and typist to James Melrose. Mr. James Melrose, the eminent head and only partner in the firm of Melrose and Clapstone. Her father was rich, everyone knew that he led the "dark" affairs. He had a large Crocksands estate that Ellen could get. She gave up everything that connected with her surname and decided to start a new life with a new job. However, she finds a letter from a dead father sent to her boss.

The Last of the Plainsmen

Zane Grey

Unlike many of Greys fictional novels of the old west, this is an account of a trip made to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon about 1908, for the purpose of tracking and capturing mountain lions. Buffalo Jones was the last of the famous plainsmen who rode the trails of the old West. In a continuing quest to establish dominion over wild animals, Jones leads his men on a journey to capture untamed cougars and bring them back alive. After several run-ins with Navajo, Commanche, Yellow Knife and Great Slave Indians, Jones finally captures his first wild cougar. The story is riveting with many details of the Arizona high desert and Grand Canyon areas of that era and gives a wonderful account of the Ponderosa Pine forest now known as the Kaibab National Forest.

Nowele i opowiadania

Maria Konopnicka

Maria Konopnicka tworzyła Nowele i opowiadania od od 1882 roku, czyli w czasie, gdy na rynku wydawniczym swą pozycję ugruntowała już wielka trójka prozaików: Orzeszkowa, Sienkiewicz i Prus. W swej twórczości nowelistycznej koncentrowała swą uwagę głównie na tematyce współczesnej. Uprawiała szkice reportażowe, narracje wspomnieniowe, portretowe studia psychologiczne, opowiadania o rozwiniętej fabule i rozbudowanych opisach środowisk. O niezwykłej popularności nowelistyki pisarki świadczą liczne tłumaczenia na przeszło 20 języków. W zbiorze znalazły się następujące utwory: Wojciech Zapała, Martwa natura, Urbanowa, Ksawery, W starym młynie, W winiarskim forcie, Józik Srokacz, Krysta, Panna Florentyna, Maryśka, Lalki moich dzieci, Banasiowa, Anusia, Z cmentarzy, Dziady, Dym, Mendel Gdański, Jakton, Nasza szkapa, Ze szkoły, Z włamaniem, Obrazki więzienne, Miłosierdzie gminy. Kartka z Höttingen, Za kratą, Stacho Szafarczyk, Marianna w Brazylii, Morze oraz Moja cioteczka.

Stranger From Smallness

Otis Adelbert Kline

Meet the another sci-fi story from the master of adventure and science-fiction novelist of the pulp era Otis Adelbert Kline, best known for his interplanetary adventure novels set on Venus and Mars, which instantly became science-fiction classics. Smaller than a microbe, the Stranger was but how he grew! Ralph Blakes surprise kidnapping flung him into fierce adventure in the torrid Sahara. Then a strange creature from Mercury stepped in and even Ralphs death couldnt prevent him from unraveling the network of intrigue! With an exciting narrative full of thrilling action sequences, memorable characters, and a fascinating civilization of bizarre wonders, it is a great adventure novel that will thrill fans of classic science fiction.

Überfallkommando. Roman

Edgar Wallace

Bis vor kurzem hat ein Schmuggler Mark McGill mit seinem Partner Ronnie Perryman erfolgreich zusammengearbeitet. Doch dieser ist nun tot. Deshalb ist seine Schwester aus Frankreich gekommen. Sie will wissen wie ihr Bruder gestorben ist. Deshalb hat Mark sie an diesem Abend nach Ladys Stairs gebracht. Dort soll sein Untergebener Li Yoseph ihr erzählen, dass die Polizei ihn umgebracht hat. Mich kannst du nicht umbringen, Mark sagte der alte Li Yoseph leise. Ich werde wiederkommen. Zwei Schüsse folgten kurz aufeinander dann hörte Mark McGill, wie der Körper des Alten auf das Wasser klatschte. Ein Jahr später berichtet man Mark: Li Yoseph ist wieder in London aufgetaucht.

Dziadek do orzechów

E.T.A. Hoffmann

Baśniowa opowieść o małej Klarze, która w wigilijny wieczór jest świadkiem niezwykłych wydarzeń: otrzymany w prezencie Dziadek do Orzechów staje na czele armii ołowianych żołnierzyków, aby stoczyć nierówną walkę z Królem Myszy. Choć nikt nie wierzy dziewczynce, wydarzenia mają dalszy ciąg. Wkrótce okaże się, kim tak naprawdę jest Dziadek do Orzechów...

The Face in the Night

Edgar Wallace

The Face in the Night was written in the year 1924 by Edgar Wallace. Leaving her chicken farm and moving to London to seek her sister, Audrey Bedford is caught passing the Queen of Finlands stolen necklace, and allows herself to be sent to prison for a year rather than implicate her guilty sibling. Once released, she takes a position as scribe to the mysterious Mr. Malpas, who lurks in his electrically-automated apartment and only allows himself to be seen from across a darkened room. When Malpas neighbor, the Australian Mr. Marshalt is murdered in the lair, Audrey is enmeshed in a tangle of lost diamonds, a long-burning feud, the fate of her father, and the affections of Captain Dick Shannon, Chief Inspector of Scotland Yard.

Lady Molly of Scotland Yard

Emmuska Orczy

By the author of the Scarlet Pimpernel, Lady Molly of Scotland Yard is a collection of short stories featuring Lady Molly Robertson-Kirk, head of the Female Department at Scotland Yard in and around 1910. The book contains all twelve Lady Molly adventures and is narrated by Lady Mollys assistant Mary Granard. Lady Molly has a keen and brilliant mind, never failing to unravel a case that baffles the entire Scotland Yard force. Feisty, brilliant, and beautiful; precursor of the lay sleuth who relies on brains rather than brawn, Lady Molly, and her faithful sidekick and admiring chronicler Mary, began appearing in Orczys entertaining stories years before the first Englishwoman did in fact become an officer of the law. Mystery readers and fans of detective fiction and the police procedural are in for a real treat with these interlaced stories.

The Dust of Conflict

Harold Bindloss

Appleby has a steady look and the ability to quickly make the right decisions as well as composure in action. These qualities are useful in more serious cases than shooting from the game, and for Appleby, who was poor, lucky that he possessed them. Appleby had something uncertain in his head. He had fearlessness in his eyes. And no one knew what was on his mind. Whether to be afraid, or to admire.

Le Chevalier dHarmental

Alexandre Dumas pere

Un exellent roman o se mlent laventure et lamour. Il nous plonge dans lépoque de la guerre entre les princes héritiers de la couronne de France apres la mort de Louis XIV. Raoul dHarmental est un jeune homme qui va faire partie dune conspiration dans laquelle il devra enlever le régent Philippe dOrléans. Utilisant un capitaine un peu particulier Roquefinette, dHarmental se rendra vite compte que comploter contre le pouvoir nest pas sans difficulté... surtout lorsquon tombe amoureux.

The Cure of Silver Caon

Max Brand

Do you love stories about the untamed days of the Old West? In "Seor Coyote", Frank Pollard, a small-time rancher down on his luck and owing the bank $500, looks to his legendary friend, Slip Liddell, to give him the money before the banker, Foster, forecloses on his ranch. Liddell refuses to pay Foster, even for his friend. Pollard threatens to do something about it, and then the bank is robbed and Foster shot. Will Liddell help when his friend is accused of the crime? "The Cure of Silver Canyon" is a wonderful Max Brand Western short that blends plenty of drama, action, and emotion into an exciting read. Experience the West as only Max Brand could write it!

The White Glove

Fred M. White

A simple story to read, but as always fascinating and make you plunge into a new story written by Fred M. White. A simple man with financial problems is recruited by a rich old man to spy on a scam who robbed his diamonds. Such an adventure has never ended in anything good. But this story may end differently.

Her Prairie Knight

B.M. Bower

Eastern society girl Beatrice Lansell, on a visit to her brothers Montana ranch, is being pressured by her social-climbing mother to accept her English nobleman suitor, Sir Redmond Hayes. She fills her days with coquetry, leisure and meaningless flirtations, but she has never found true love. The staunchly independent Beatrice finds herself equally annoyed and attracted by mysterious cowboy Keith Cameron. Will this improbable romance last? Theres plenty of conflict as corporations start buying up the free range, plenty of excitement and danger from the elements and criminals, and of course, plenty of romance as a New York socialite and a ruggedly noble cowpuncher fall in love.