Die gelbe Schlange

Edgar Wallace

Stephen Narth ist hochverschuldet. Seine Lage scheint aussichtslos. Doch dann eröffnen sich ihm Möglichkeiten, den drohenden Konkurs noch abzuwenden einzige Bedingung: Er muss eine seiner weiblichen Verwandten an den mysteriösen Goldminenverwalter Clifford Lynne verheiraten, um an das Erbe des Millionärs Joseph Brays zu kommen. Zwei Stunden nach Sonnenuntergang wird Clifford Lynne durch das Tor des Wohltätigen Reises nach Siangtan kommen. Tötet ihn und bringt mir alle Papiere, die er bei sich trägt! Clifford war pünktlich doch er kam durch das Mandarin-Tor. Die Mörder verfehlten ihn. Ihr Herr meinte lakonisch: Es gibt viele Möglichkeiten, einen Plan durchzuführen. Ein blutiger Kampf entbrennt...

Smithy, Nobby & Co

Edgar Wallace

Between 1904 and 1918 Edgar Wallace wrote a large number of mostly humorous sketches about life in the British Army relating the escapades and adventures of privates Smith (Smithy), Nobby Clark, Spud Murphy and their comrades-in-arms. Set at a later-and, when first published, contemporary time, and on a different stage, this substantial collection of the Smithy stories finds our incorrigible hero and his scurrilous band of confederates malingering, scheming and conniving their way through life in the British Army during the First World War. Edgar Wallace published three more collections about Smithy and Nobby and many, many more uncollected stories about them in magazines and newspapers.

General Besserleys Second Puzzle Box

E. Phillips Oppenheim

General Besserley sat before his writing-table, drawn close up to the wide-flung windows of his summer-house, his pen clasped in his idle fingers, his eyes wandering though a tangle of drooping roses and clematis beyond the gardens below to where a car was crawling up the mountain road. He leaned a little sideways and touched a bell. In a few moments a white-coated butler opened the door and approached the table.

Marsz weselny

Bjrnstjerne Bjrnson

W tytułowym marszu weselnym z opowieści Bjrnstjerne Bjrnsona skupia się historia i tradycja pewnego norweskiego rodu. Utwór skomponowany przez jednego z przodków towarzyszy rodzinie od kilku pokoleń, łączy się zawsze z radością i symbolizuje rodzinne szczęście. Historia zmienia swój bieg, gdy podczas jednego ze ślubów marsz nie wybrzmi. Jak to zaburzenie tradycji wpłynie na losy rodziny?

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. Illustrated Edition

Arthur Conan Doyle

Illustrated edition with original illustrations by Alfred Gilbert. The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes is the final set of twelve Sherlock Holmes short stories (56 in total) by Arthur Conan Doyle. Holmes and Dr. Watson solve the mysteries of the disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax, Thor Bridge, Shoscombe Old Place, the Boscombe Valley, an illustrious client and a creeping man.

Way of the Lawless

George Owen Baxter

If you love thrilling adventure stories with twist and turns then this Western adventure will offer you just what you need. It tells the story of a decent young man, Andrew Lanning , who through a couple of unlucky breaks, is forced into the life of a desperado. He made one mistake in the beginning, and now the most feared lawman in the mountain desert, Hal Dozier, is on his trail and will stop at nothing to bring the outlaw Lanning to justice. But is Andrew guilty of all the things he is being accused of? There is one, a pretty young girl, who doesnt believe all she hears about him. Highly recommended, especially for those who love the Old Western genre.

The Wisdom of Father Brown

G.K. Chesterton

In Chestertons second Father Brown book, The Wisdom of Father Brown, we get a series of bizarre, sometimes dangerous mysteries that Father Brown must puzzle out. Some of the crimes are simple once Brown explains them, but others are devious, chilling things that are wrapped in Chestertons poetic prose. In the stories that follow, the priest investigates many other mysteries: a sinister voodoo cult, a nobleman with a deformed ear, a gang of Italian thieves, a lie-detector with one major problem (the operator), a girl who is blackmailed for a crime nobody knows she committed, a burning tower, a murder that may be suicide, and a man who is under a horrible death curse. Father Brown solves things by observation and thought, in some ways like Poirot, but in an unassuming and modest manner. The stories are each very different, but are very good reading.

The Postmaster of Market Deignton

E. Phillips Oppenheim

This early work from the prince of storytellers E. Phillips Oppenheim published as a novel in 1897. Mr. Norman Scott is a young, hardworking, distinguished physician with a busy practice in London. He is called to visit a patient, Mr. Humphrey Deignton, who suffers from gout and who is murdered later. Dr. Scott is suspected. Two years later, we meet Mr. John Martin, postmaster and chemist in Market Deignton. A lonely, bitter, impoverished man. He is living near the home of Lady Deignton, seeking revenge upon the person who killed Lord Deignton, and ruined his name and career. There are lots of unexpected turns and twists to the adventure of poor John and the local color of the setting is extremely charming.

Romeo i Julia

William Shakespeare

Romeo i Julia to dramat angielskiego pisarza Williama Szekspira, napisany we wczesnym stadium jego kariery, a wydany w 1597 r. Historia dzieje się w Weronie i Mantui. Członkowie dwóch zwaśnionych rodzin, zakochują się w sobie. Pewnego dnia Romeo Montecchi dowiaduje się o balu w domu rodziny Capuletich, gdzie ma pojawić się jego wybranka. Udaje się tam wraz z grupą przyjaciół i poznaje Julię. Wkrótce dochodzi do pierwszych pocałunków tych dwojga. Pod osłoną nocy Romeo udaje się pod balkon Julii i wyznaje jej miłość. Ta jednak ze względu na mrok nie wie, kto czeka pod balkonem. Odpowiada więc, że jedyną osobą, którą kocha, jest członek zwaśnionego rodu, Romeo Montecchi. Słysząc to młodzieniec postanawia ujawnić swoją tożsamość. Następnego dnia nastolatkowie biorą ślub w celi ojca Laurentego... Romeo i Julia przedstawia historię tragicznej miłości dwojga młodych ludzi, którzy stali się wzorcami romantycznych kochanków.

Silvertips Roundup

Max Brand

No writer captured the excitement, humanity, or adventure of the American West better than Max Brand. ""Silvertips Roundup"" is and Old Western tale of adventure told by Max Brand, one of Americas favorite Western writers. Brand tells the story of the legendary Arizona Jim ""Silvertip"" Silver, who shoots fast, stays cook, and brings to justice killers and thieves who make a habit of taking the law into their own hands. No criminal was safe from Silvertips brilliant mind and reckless courage. But now Silvertip met his match in Barry Christian, a dangerous and cunning renegade who recognized no laws but the ones he imposed on helpless men and women ...

The Books of Bart

Edgar Wallace

Best remembered for penning the screenplay for the classic film King Kong, author Edgar Wallace was an astoundingly popular luminary in the action-adventure genre in the early twentieth century. Born into poverty as an illegitimate London child, joining the army at 21, he was a war correspondent during the Second Boer War for Reuters and The Daily Mail. This early work by Edgar Wallace was originally published in 1923. The Books of Bart is a novel of relationships and double-crossing. As the novel is rather short and quite fast-paced with a lot of scenery-changes and adventures, this nice. Highly recommended!

Młodzi i starzy

Michał Bałucki

Młodzi i starzy to jedna z pierwszych powieści Bałuckiego, inspirowana wypadkami powstańczymi 1863 r. Pisana jest z pozycji radykalnych działaczy demokratycznych, którzy zmierzali do szybkiego wywołania powstania i przeprowadzenia radykalnych reform społecznych. Opowiadali się za wciągnięciem do walki z zaborcą chłopów.

The Viper

Hulbert Footner

A collection of crime fiction short stories featuring Mme. Rosika Storey and her resourceful assistant Bella Brickley. Mme. Storey unravels complex cases with thorough investigation and an understanding of human nature. Her way to resolve the mystery is original and bring you in a new world. She is Madame Storey, like Sherlock has fantastic powers of deduction and understanding of psychology, and her secretary is like Watson though she doest have a degree in medicine. These short stories are written through Bella Brickleys point-of-view. It is definitely recommended for a wide circle of readers who want to have a couple of hours of fascinating reading.

MacHassan Ah

Talbot Mundy

This was not until they left their right front and went to a narrow, single-track road that lay under the wall and was securely guarded. Suddenly there appeared an awkward Asian gentleman, who once was the image of a Biblical shepherd.

Winnetou. Tom III

Karol May

Jednak Winnetou to przede wszystkim opowieść o niezwykłej przyjaźni, pokonującej granice ras i kultur. Relacja łącząca młodego indiańskiego wodza i przybysza z Europy zachwyca bezinteresownością, tolerancją, zrozumieniem dla różnic. We wspólnych przygodach ujawniają się także niezwykłe oddanie i godna podziwu wierność, które składają się na obraz przyjaźni doskonałej.

The Death-Doctor. Being the Remarkable Confessions of Archibald More DEscombe, M.D. of Kensington, London, Selected by Laurence Lanner-Brown, M.D

William Le Queux

Some year and a half ago, my friend and erstwhile neighbour. Dr. Archibald More dEscombe, died suddenly, and shortly after his decease I received from his solicitors a sealed packet addressed to me in his handwriting, with instructions that it was not to be opened until after his death.