At the Mountains of Madness

H.P. Lovecraft

Lovecraft has proven that he is a master of descriptive writing that creates a sense of mystery, atmosphere, and dismay. On an expedition to Antarctica, Professor William Dyer and his colleagues discover the remains of ancient half-vegetable, half-animal life-forms. The extremely early date in the geological strata is surprising because of the highly-evolved features found in these previously unknown life-forms. Through a series of dark revelations, violent episodes, and misunderstandings, the group learns of Earths secret history and legacy. The authors vivid depictions of the landscape of these Polar Regions pull the reader into a nightmare realm and leave the reader with a disturbing sense of loneliness and anticipation of what the explorers will encounter next.

Charles Rex

Ethel M. Dell

A romance originally published in 1922 that holds up very well into the 21st century. Charles Rex is a sequel of The Hundredth Chance written by Ethel May Dell (1881-1939) who was a British writer of popular romance novels. Her stories are often full of passion and love and are set in India and other British colonial possessions. Not being a family man, Charles Rex travels widely and to some point aimlessly. On his last night in Italy, he rescues a small boy from a beating by his employer. What leads thereafter is an entanglement of duty, loyalty, love and honor bound marriages. This is a really fast moving, enjoyable romance with an interesting look at English society after the devastation of World War One.

The Lovers Baedeker and Guide to Arcady

Carolyn Wells

The Lovers Baedeker and Guide to Arcady book is the authors description of a fantasy land inhabited by lovers. It is a travel guide to the mythic land of Arcardy which, according to the map on page 35, is just over the Delectable Mountains from the Land of Hearts Desire and is bordered by the State of Matrimony and the Sea of Dreams. Arcady is transversed by the Road To Wealth and the River Lethe, is just over the Great Divide from the State of Blessed Singleness. The city of Arcady in the kingdom of Arcadia, which is inhabited entirely by a strange but interesting race known as Lovers. After describing how it is to be reached by the Joy Line across the Sea of Dreams in transports of rapture, she tells of its topography, its climate, time, custom-house regulations, flowers...

Sabinki. Tragedia w pięciu aktach

Paul Heyse

Dramat na podstawie jednej z najstarszych legend rzymskich. Podczas igrzysk na rozkaz rzymskiego władcy Romulusa mężczyźni porywają tytułowe Sabinki, czyli dziewczyny z plemienia Sabinów. Te, wbrew własnej woli, zostają wydane za swoich porywaczy. Nie godzą się jednak na to, solidaryzują się i postanawiają wszcząć bunt. To pokazuje mężczyznom, że nie wzięli sobie za mąż posłusznych dziewczynek, tylko silne i niezależne kobiety.

Freya of the Seven Isles

Joseph Conrad

This is an exciting saga located in the Indian Ocean basin, against the stormy backdrop of barely suppressed military operations between the Dutch and British merchant fleets, told by one of Conrads classic passages. After all, Freyas unique perspective on the sharply etched nature is one of Conrads most piercing studies of how power hunger can lead people to greatness or its opposite.

Bambi. Opowieść leśna

Felix Salten

Bambi. Opowieść leśna to historia młodej sarny dorastającej w lesie pod opieką matki. Ukazuje trudy leśnego życia, naukę samodzielności i przetrwania w pełnej niebezpieczeństw naturze. Powieść, wydana w 1923, przyniosła autorowi dużą sławę. W 1942 została po raz pierwszy zekranizowana. Felix Salten był austriackim pisarzem żydowskiego pochodzenia. Należał do ruchu Młody Wiedeń, był także prezesem austriackiego PEN Clubu.

The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit

Beatrix Potter

Do you know what happens to bad rabbits who dont say please? This, along with The Story of Miss Moppet was designed as a simple tale, intended for very young children with an important lesson in good manners, of what befalls a rude little rabbit who doesnt say please when he wants something, but instead just takes it from someone else. The fierce bad rabbit learns the consequences of his unkind actions in an unusual way! The Story of A Fierce Bad Rabbit is number 20 in Beatrix Potters series of 23 little books. One of the worlds greatest childrens writers and illustrators, Beatrix Potter created some of the most recognizable characters in English literature, including Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddle-Duck and Benjamin Bunny.

Karawana niewolników

Karol May

Bohaterami powieści są europejscy przyrodnicy, badający faunę Afryki. Zostają jednak wciągnięci w niebezpieczną przygodę na afrykańskiej pustyni. Stają się mimowolnymi uczestnikami walk wioski murzyńskiej z arabskimi łowcami niewolników. Karl May (18421912) niezwykle płodny powieściopisarz niemiecki, popularność przyniosły mu powieści przygodowe o wartkiej akcji, okraszone humorem i dobrodusznością. Najsłynniejsze rozgrywały się na Dzikim Zachodzie, który autor na własne oczy zobaczył dopiero po ich napisaniu.

Flowing Gold

Rex Beach

Calvin Gray is a swindler who won immediate sympathy from readers. Its sleek, stylish, smart and full of life. However, the best thing about him is that he is sincere, noble and always on the right side of the law.

Omoo. A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas

Herman Melville

At the beginning of the book about the wanderings on the ship. The way Melville describes everything is indescribably delightful. With amazingly alluring tongue, he knows all readers life on board the ship, the relationship between the crew. Later, when the main character and his friend appeared in Tahiti, he describes the life of the islanders, how they spend their daily lives, and how modern civilization comes to them, trying to adjust them to themselves, to remove them from their centuries-old everyday life.

The Spoilers

Rex Beach

The protagonist is Roy Glenister, a young and ambitious man who has been exploring for three years with his partner, an elderly man named Dextri. Their Midas mine is one of the richest in the area. Returning by boat from Seattle, where they spent the winter, they learn that their lawsuit is being contested in court, and until the lawsuit is settled, Midas is under the control of lawyer Alec McNamara.

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...

The Tragedy of Puddnhead Wilson

Mark Twain

This is a novel by American writer Mark Twain. His central intrigue revolves around two boys one born into slavery, with 1/32 black pedigree; on the other, white, born to be the master of the house. Two boys who look the same turn on in infancy. Each grows into a different social role.

London Pride. Or, When the World Was Younger

Mary Elizabeth Braddon

This is a story about a knight who lost his wife during childbirth and his two daughters. The eldest daughter Hyacinth with a family monastery in Paris and Angela in a Flemish monastery with an aunt. The cloisters and surroundings were like night and day. The story of the reunion of the sisters after several years apart. The sisters have different moral values, but their sisterly cares prevail until forbidden love paves the way for despair. The author does not disappoint the Gothic romantic reader and the end, be he sad, but not all together are hopeless in the readers mind.

Strażnik Krakatoa

Jim Poker

Jim Poker to jeden z pseudonimów literackich Juliana Mieczysława Ginsberta (18921948), używany obok Inż. J.G. i Kpt. Nemo. Ginsbert był polskim inżynierem mechanikiem, porucznikiem Wojska Polskiego i komandorem porucznik Marynarki Wojennej. Pracował jako dziennikarz, pisarz, publicysta oraz reżyser w dziedzinie marynistyki. Brał udział w obu wojnach światowych. Strażnik Krakatoa to powieść awanturniczo-historyczna. Opowiada o największej naturalnej katastrofie w dziejach ludzkości wybuchu wulkanu Krakatau w Indonezji w 1883 roku, z wojną rosyjsko-turecką w tle.

Richelieu Raids a Tomb

Henry Bedford-Jones

Richelieu Raids a Tomb is the fourteenth installment about the Sphinx Emerald from a Canadian-American historical, adventure fantasy, science fiction, crime and Western writer H. Bedford-Jones. Here the malign magic of the Sphinx Emerald works its spell anew in one of the famous dramas of history. And again the strange Sphinx Emerald came to the scene to play its part in the unrolling drama.