Pojata, córka Lizdejki. Powieść historyczna z XIV wieku

Feliks Bernatowicz

Feliks Bernatowicz (17861836) był polskim powieściopisarzem romantycznym i komediopisarzem. Zaliczał się do współtwórców rozwijającego się w okresie Królestwa Kongresowego nurtu polskiej powieści historycznej. Do tego też gatunku należy Pojata, córka Lizdejki, opowiadająca o początkach Litwy i przyjęciu przez nią chrztu. W powieści spotykają się postaci historyczne lub półlegendarne, jak Pojata i jej ojciec kapłan Lizdejko, oraz fikcyjne. Romansowa akcja prowadzi czytelnika przez pogańsko-mistyczny świat XIV-wiecznej Litwy, baśniowy, romantyczny...

Mata Hari, tancerka-szpieg

Irena Briares

Mata Hari, tancerka-szpieg Ireny Briares to jedna z powieści z cyklu Szpiegostwo wielkiej wojny. Holenderka Mata Hari, a dokładnie Margaretha Geertruida McLeod, jako tancerka zdobyła w XX wieku wielką sławę w Europie Zachodniej. Aczkolwiek sławę przyniosła jej też druga profesja luksusowej prostytutki. W 1917 roku została oskarżona o szpiegostwo i działanie jako podwójny agent. Choć nigdy się nie przyznała, sąd nie dał wiary jej wyjaśnieniom i uznał świadczenie usług największym szychom tamtego czasu za przykrywkę dla działalności szpiegowskiej.

King of the Dead

Frank Aubrey

Don Lorenzo and Arnold Neville lead separate expeditions to the South American interior whereupon they encounter the exiled king of the underground world. But can Neville help him reclaim his throne when the arch-priestess, Alloyah, raises an army of the dead? The sequel to The Devil-Tree of El Dorado and A Queen of Atlantis, King of the Dead is a novel among the most famous lost race novels written by the British author Frank Aubrey.

Beyond The City. The Idyll of a Suburb

Arthur Conan Doyle

Beyond the City explores the relationships between the residents of three adjoining homes. The cast of characters includes a widowed doctor with two daughters, a retired admiral with a wife and son, and a feminist living with her nephew. Destiny brings these three peculiar households together in the placid English countryside. The desire for money and romance drive these Victorians beyond the natural boundaries of their middle-class lives. As the web of lust and deceit draws these accidental neighbors ever closer, a financial scandal befalls one of them. An outside rank pirate is linked somehow to one of the neighbors. Who could it be? In this work, Conan Doyle exhibits the practiced subtlety and complexity for which he has become so well known.

Atlantis

Hans Dominik

Atlantis ist ein Science-Fiction-Roman (oder auch utopisch-technischer Roman) des Autors Hans Dominik. Atlantis wurde erstmals 1925 veröffentlicht. Man schreibt das Jahr 2000. die politische Lage ist gespannt: Das vereinigte Europa steht amerikanischen und afrikanischen Machtblöcken gegenüber, ein kühnes Projekt soll durchgeführt werden, um einen breiten Seeweg zwischen dem Atlantischen und dem Pazifischen Ozean zu schaffen. Die amerikanische Gesellschaft New Canal Cy. beabsichtigt, die Landenge von Panama zu sprengen. Ein Gutachten eines geheimnisvollen, anonymen J. H. beweist, dass als schreckliche Folge davon der Golfstrom umgeleitet würde und ganz Nordeuropa vereisen würde, Millionen Europäer sterben würden ein bewusster Plan der Amerikaner, die europäische Konkurrenz auf dem Weltmarkt zu schwächen. Doch die Sprengung wird durchgeführt. Die Azoren beginnen sich zu heben, und aus dem Atlantik taucht der vor 13000 Jahren versunkene Kontinent Atlantis.

The Count of the Saxon Shore

Alfred J. Church

So little is known from history about the last years of the Roman occupation that the writer of fiction has almost a free hand. In this story a novel, but, it is hoped, not an improbable, view is taken in an important event the withdrawal of the legions. This is commonly assigned to the year 410, when the Emperor Honorius formally withdrew the Imperial protection from Britain. But the usurper Constantine had actually removed the British army two years before; and, as he was busied with the conquest of Gaul and Spain for a considerable time after, it is not likely that they were ever sent back. Mr. Church is a most excellent writer, keeps the novel moving, the excitement on edge and the heroes and heroin coming alive on page after page after page consequently.

The Conan Saga

Robert E. Howard

This collection contains all of Robert E. Howards Conan the Cimmerian stories published during his lifetime, contextualized with biographical details of their author. His Conan stories feature a young barbarian warrior who carves himself a kingdom and rules with a degree of wisdom and justice. Neither supernatural fiends nor demonic sorcery could oppose the warrior as he wielded his mighty sword and dispatched his enemies to a bloody doom on the battlefields of the legendary Hyborian age. Collected together in one volume are besides the poem Cimmeria A Poem and the essay The Hyborian Age Conans World Robert E. Howards tales of the legendary hero, as fresh and atmospheric today as when they were first published in the pulp magazines of more than eighty years ago: The Tower Of The Elephant, Rogues In The House , Shadows In The Moonlight and so many others.

Rozdzióbią nas kruki, wrony

Stefan Żeromski

Szymon Winrych glówny bohater Rozdzióbią nas kruki, wrony to powstaniec styczniowy, który choć zdaje sobie sprawę z tego, że powstanie dogorywa, nie poddaje się i walczy do upadłego. Uparcie dąży do celu. Nie straszny mu głód ani ziąb. Nie boi się też samotności. Jego zaciekłość i konsekwencja w działaniu to rezultat świadomości, że po klęsce powstania pałeczkę przejmą przeciwnicy walki narodowowyzwoleńczej. Nie chce dopuścić do tego, aby zwolennicy lojalizmu dowodzili, że powstanie nie miało sensu, a jedyne, co przyniosło, to niepotrzebny rozlew krwi.

The Bird of Paradise

E. Phillips Oppenheim

Mr. Hamer Wildburn, a young American, graduate of Harvard is wintering on the Mediterranean coast of France in his newly purchased yacht The Bird of Paradise, and is puzzled by the desire he finds in visitors coming aboard at different times to buy the vessel from him. One night he is awoken at 3 am by the cries of a beautiful, and wearing priceless emeralds, woman swimming alongside. She comes aboard and offers to buy the yacht for twice what he paid. The next day, the foreign minister of France also makes an offer to buy the yacht at an outrageous price. Soon a known terrorist develops a bomb to utterly destroy the boat and all its inhabitants. And so on, and with the material of conspiracies, French politics, love and adventure the story is woven around the yacht.

Nada the Lily

H. Rider Haggard

Nada the Lily is a historical novel. It tells about the origins of Umslopogaas, the illegitimate son of the Zulu king in the 19th century. Parts of the story are inspired by the real historical events and fairy tales that Haggard heard during his time in South Africa. Haggard portrays the Zulus as real peoplepeople with hopes and dreams, as well as flaws.

Gunmans Gold

Max Brand

An exciting Western tale of a honorable thief who steals from crooks and ends up saving a family from the ruthless and conniving hands of a cousin who is trying to insert himself into their fortunes. Theres lots of action with good characterizations and even some political and philosophical insights that gives the story a depth of being more than just an action yarn. Theres a hired investigator, who saves him repeatedly, at risk to himself, and there is a lovely girl who eventually sees through an ugly face to a heart of gold. Highly recommended, especially for those who love the Old Western genre.

Brother of the Cheyennes

Max Brand

Rusty Sabin was born to white parents but brought up by the Cheyenne Indians. Raised by Spotted Antelope and Bitter Root, Rusty, now known as Red Hawk, refuses the compulsory and brutal initiation into the tribe when he is fifteen. But in his twenties, Red Hawk sets out to take his place among white people. Rusty doesnt know much about the white mans ways especially a white man like Bill Tenney. A thief Tenney is only interested in one thing Rustys white stallion, considered sacred among the Cheyennes. Meanwhile Major Marston is determined to come between Rusty and his sweetheart, Maisry, and the Cheyennes do all they can to compel Rusty to return to his tribe. Brothers of the Cheyennes is the second installment of the Rusty Sabin trilogy by an American fiction author Max Brand.

Daniel Deronda

George Eliot

Crushed by a loveless marriage to the cruel and arrogant Grandcourt, Gwendolen Harleth seeks salvation in the deeply spiritual and altruistic Daniel Deronda. But Deronda, profoundly affected by the discovery of his Jewish ancestry, is ultimately too committed to his own cultural awakening to save Gwendolen from despair. George Eliots radical dual narrative constantly challenges all solutions and ensures that the novel is as controversial now, as when it first appeared.

The Barrier

Rex Beach

Many men were indebted to the trader in Flambeau, and many considered him a friend. The latter never explained why, other than that he did them a favor, and in the North that matters a lot.

In the Days of Drake

Joseph Smith Fletcher

This is a short story about a young English boy whose cousin is kidnapped by a Spanish nobleman. He ends up in Mexico and finds himself on a galley bound for Spain. Francis Drake raids a galley and rescues British slaves, bringing them back to England.

Bajki i powiastki

Praca zbiorowa

Wydany w 1916 roku obszerny zbiór zawiera utwory uwielbiane przez kolejne pokolenia dzieci oraz ich rodziców. Znajdują się w nim wiersze Stanisława Jachowicza, takie jak Chory kotek, Przestroga, Słowik i kukułka, utwór prozatorski Bajeczka wstępna Władysława Bełzy oraz opowieści Józefa Ignacego Kraszewskiego Boże dary, Garbucha, Głupi Maciuś, Mitręga, Z chłopa król i Kwiat paproci. To ponadczasowa rozrywka dla najmłodszych czytelników, zawierająca także przystępny walor edukacyjny.