Felicitas. A.D. 476

Felix Dahn

Felix Dahn (1834-1912) war ein deutscher Professor für Rechtswissenschaften, Schriftsteller und Historiker. Zwischen 1882 und 1901 ließ Dahn in 13 Bänden Kleine Romane aus der Völkerwanderung, zwischen 1890 und 1895 ebenfalls in mehreren Bänden eine etwa dreitausendseitige Autobiografie folgen. Felicitas ist eine Geschichte über deutsche Migranten.

The Shadow-Line. A Confession

Joseph Conrad

This book is about a young captain who is hastily given his first command of a ghost ship. Its about a first mate who will lose his mind to madness as the malaria sickness spreads without medicine. This book is about a calm sea with not a sigh of a wind to move the ship. The Shadow Line by Joseph Conrad describes that demarcation line in the journey of life that divides the happy, bright, fantastic and irresponsible youth with the darker ages of manhood. Conrad goes on to delineate this vision as being beyond the charm and innocence of illusions. It isnt an elaborate story, but one that explores that moment, that shadow-line between youth and adulthood. It is a story about maturity, wisdom, experience. And, even though Conrad himself tells us this story is not about the supernatural, a curse and the first captain who died before Conrad took command, tells us otherwise.

The Beast in the Jungle

Henry James

At the reception in the rich manor there are not the first youth mister and also not a young lady anymore. Both belong to the same circle of birth, but the financial affairs of a man are in somewhat better condition. It all seems to him that he is meant for something great and terrible that will destroy his own life and the lives of loved ones like a sudden fit of madness or, yes, how many anything can be options. It is like seeing yourself as a thicket in which the beast is hiding for the time being.

Ranching for Sylvia

Harold Bindloss

George is a brave guy. The one for whom everyone experiences in this story. He does not think twice about doing the right thing. George takes and does. He did his best to cope with the difficulties in the open prairie. This is a story about a brave fight on a ranch and farm in the Canadian prairie.

The Relentless City

E.F. Benson

The Relentless City is a manners novel built around Lord Bertie Keynes, intending to inherit the title and pledged property of a young English widow. These two people decide they want to marry wealth, and that means marrying Americans. Bertie must marry money, and Sybil admires the American spirit. A novel about the American way of life, embodied by the millionaire and workaholic himself, a former railway porter, Lewis Palmer a man whose whole life is directed, with great concern, to making money.

The Tragedy of the Korosko

Arthur Conan Doyle

Ten tourists from England, Ireland, America and France, six men and four women are on a vacation trip down the Nile in 1895. Without warning they are captured by Islamic terrorists, and the possibility of rescue becomes more remote with each passing day. Their choice is a stark one: either convert to Islam and become slaves for the rest of their lives or die. In this story, the reader is swept out of the placid stream of existence and dashed against the horrible jagged facts of life. Written toward the end of the Victorian era and permeated with a sense of fear and uncertainty, this story calls into question the moral authority of Europes presence in the Arab peninsula and the cultural supremacy of British colonialism, all the while demonstrating Conan Doyles unparalleled ability as a storyteller.

Frank Merriwell at Yale

Burt L. Standish

Frank Merriwell is the perfect protagonist. He leads a healthy lifestyle, courageous and cheerful. Frank just radiates vital energy. Merriwell excelled at football, baseball, crew, and track at Yale while solving mysteries and righting wrongs. The book is written in a simple form, it is easy to read, thanks to all understandable slang.

The Blockade Runners

Jules Verne

The Civil War is tearing apart the North American United States. The Union Fleet blocked the Confederate seacoast, interrupting all sea trade, and European merchants suffer big losses from this. One of Glasgows trading houses is building a high-speed ship capable of breaking through the blockade and bringing unheard of profits. But on board the ship, not only those seeking benefits will set sail.

Voyage au centre de la Terre

Jules Verne

Le professeur de minéralogie trouve dans lancien manuscrit, acquis accidentellement par lui, contenant la composition du skald islandais du XIIIe siecle Snorri Sturluson Le cercle de la Terre, un manuscrit crypté. Son jeune neveu et assistant, Axel, laide lire un message crypté du passé, écrit par un alchimiste islandais du XVIe siecle, Arne Sacnussem. Il indique quil existe une opportunité pour Voyage au centre de la Terre travers le cratere du volcan islandais Snayfeedls.

Smith and the Pharaohs, and Other Tales

H. Rider Haggard

Rider Haggard, just like his main character in this story, is not indifferent to Ancient Egypt. The events of the four stories take place in Africa. Here several acts overlap: extraordinary courage and an epic clash of different cultures. The main theme remains unchanged: the theme of love, which lasts until death.

The Young Lion Hunter

Zane Grey

The Young Lion Hunter is a story of a young adventurer Ken Ward. Kenneth Ward and his younger brother, Hal, spend their holidays in the Utah Forest Preserve, where they accompany the second Ken and help him capture the mountain lions and the pum in the Grand Canyon. An engaging adventure novel dating from the Old Zachary of America.

The Hero of the People. A Historical Romance of Love, Liberty and Loyalty

Alexandre Dumas

An adventure is something that happens outside the course of ordinary life. We cant go on an adventure all the time, but an adventure story will take you right to that adventure. With no time to scout for a library, now these books are at our fingertips. The Hero of the People is the fifth book in the fictional series on the French Revolution by the famous French author Alexandre Dumas. Alexandre Dumas is known for penning many masterpieces of historical fiction, including The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers. The story takes place following the book Taking the Basile and is followed by The Royal Life Guard. The tale, set in the waning days of the French Revolution, tweaks Dumas classic formula by adding a little more romance to the equation. With action, adventure, intrigue, and blossoming love, this story truly has something for every reader.

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Monteskiusz

Wydana anonimowo powieść wybitnego myśliciela Monteskiusza. Składa się na nią 161 listów pisanych przez dwóch perskich podróżników przemierzających Europę, którzy w listach dzielą się swoimi wrażeniami i doświadczeniami z pobytu na Starym Kontynencie. Ich opisy trafnie podsumowują kondycję europejskiego społeczeństwa XVIII wieku, zadziwiająco podobną do współczesnej...

LÉtoile du sud

Jules Verne

Dans le roman LÉtoile du sud, le lecteur se familiarisera avec lhistoire fascinante des recherches et le destin de lun des plus gros diamants découverts dans les mines dAfrique du Sud et a suscité beaucoup denthousiasme pour son propriétaire, un ingénieur et inventeur français. Lhistoire dun petit garçon, ramassé dans la glace par un pcheur, chaque page devient de plus en plus intrigante et se transforme peu peu en un premier voyage autour du monde dans lArctique. Le livre est magnifique, il est impossible de ne pas tomber amoureux de ceux qui sont captivés par les livres de Vern et quel que soit leur âge, vous le lirez...

The Patchwork Girl of Oz

L. Frank Baum

Ojo the Unlucky, a Munchkin boy raised in isolation in the Blue Forest by his taciturn Unc Nunkie, finds himself setting out on a quest through the wider world of Oz in this seventh entry in L. Frank Baums series about that magical country. The reader accompanies Ojo, the Glass Cat and the Patchwork Girl on a journey to find five magic items in the wonderful Land of Oz to restore to life Ojos Uncle Nunkie and the Crooked Magicians wife, Margolotte, who turn to marble when the Magicians Elixir of Petrification accidentally falls upon them. On his journey, Ojo meets many strange creatures and interesting characters, some new, like the lovable block-headed Woozy, whose tail hairs are just one of the things Ojo needs to rescue Une Nunkie; the Hoppers and Horners and some familiar, like the Jack Pumpkinhead. As they travel to the Emerald City, home of the wise and powerful Ozma, they meet Dorothy, the kind and sensible girl from Kansas; the gallant Scarecrow; and, of course, Toto. But no one proves more loyal than the spirited Patchwork Girl, who, although she was brought to life as a servant, is determined to see the wide world for herself.

Shadows in Zamboula

Robert E. Howard

Shadows in Zamboula is one of the original stories by Robert E. Howard about Conan the Cimmerian, first published in Weird Tales in November, 1935. Its original title was The Man-Eaters of Zamboula. The story takes place over the course of a night in the desert city of Zamboula, with political intrigue amidst streets filled with roaming cannibals. It features the character Baal-pteor, one of the few humans in the Conan stories to be a physical challenge for the main Cimmerian character himself.