Red Belts

Hugh Pendexter

The whole story revolves around the Northern Valley, which at the end of the 18th century had a great debt for the state, about 5 million. This noble kingdom, from which the state of Tennessee was to be created, was conquered by the confiscation and rifles of the settlers over the mountains and cost North Carolina neither blood nor money. The republic was too young to develop. This is a historic event for North Carolina. How could she get out of this situation?

The Refugees

Arthur Conan Doyle

A brilliant adventure tale of life in the Court of Louis XIV and of Canada under French rule... and Huguenot persecution The Refugees is set in both 17th Century France and in the wilds of North America. Although Doyle wasnt a Christian, he writes with a great deal of sympathy as he describes the plight of French Protestants in the late 17th century. The year is 1690 and the De Catinat family is facing disaster. Because they are Huguenots, French Protestants, Louis XIV has stripped the family of their wealth, titles and soon, in all likelihood, their lives. They are rescued, however, by an American who is visiting Paris. He arranges for them to escape to the New World, but their troubles are just beginning. Along the way we visit the inner sanctum of King Louis palace, travel through the ice-berg infested waters of the north Atlantic sea, and journey in the wilderness of New France.

The Golden Face. A Great Crook Romance

William Le Queux

Imagine an organized gang of thieves, ruthless, working together like a modern machine, run by one man referred to only as Golden Face."This tale inexorably takes you step-by-step into the organization, as we follow the main characters fall into the underworld of crime.Takes place around the 1900s, but action packed and loaded with intrigue; even room for a budding romance in with all the twists and turns of the story.Really enjoyed this story, looking for more like it.

Robur the Conqueror

Jules Verne

The stolen trinity of American heroes flies around the globe on a screw machine heavier than air: from Philadelphia through Canada and the Far West to Japan, China, India; through Russia, Europe, Africa and the South Pole to the Pacific Ocean. Due to the fact that the ship Albatross moves at breakneck speed, terrestrial landscapes are flashed before the reader in passing. The work has an intrigue that unfolds in a rather interesting way, as well as a very unpredictable ending.

Bull Hunter

Max Brand

Another great Max Brand western, first written in 1921. The story follows a cousin who was taken in by his uncle and his two sons. They make fun of him, and use his size and strength to do the hard chores they cant do. The huge, lumbering outlaw Bull Hunter intends to hunt down and kill the men responsible for his uncles death. When he finds out that the ringleader is already behind bars, he devises a clever plot to spring his nemesis in order to dispense his comeuppance, street justice-style. Enjoyable story that would appeal to those who like to see someone whos been bullied get a chance to rise above self doubt and circumstances.

Out O Luck. Biltmore Oswald Very Much at Sea

Thorne Smith

James Thorne Smith, Jr. was an American writer of humorous supernatural fantasy fiction under the byline Thorne Smith. He is best known today for the two Topper novels, comic fantasy fiction involving sex, much drinking and supernatural transformations. Smiths literary debut was Biltmore Oswald (1918), the comic fictional diary of a hapless naval recruit, drawing heavily on wartime experience with the Navy. Episodes had featured in Broadside. The book sold well enough to allow the appearance of a sequel, Out o Luck (1919). The book continues hapless sailor Oswalds exploits in diary form throughout 1918 and the armistice and up to his eventual demobilization. Many of the entries have little or nothing to do with navy life and some of the best could easily stand alone as short stories, the best of which has Oswald looking for a bath and ending up in a duel.

The Happy Average

Brand Whitlock

The Happy Average is a novel of far more genuine merit than Mr. Whitlocks former works. It is a realistic story of commonplace life in a small Ohio town, the realism being of that wholesome sort which portrays the every-day existence, the small joys and sorrows, of the average men and women of the average Western village. The story deals with the struggles of the hero, Glenn Marley, a young man of very ordinary ability, to win a place in the legal profession and at the same time earn enough money to enable him to marry the girl (Lavinia Blair) of his choice, who is the daughter of Judge Blair, one of the leading citizens of the town. The story, however is a faithful picture of life in a conservative Western town and will appeal to those who enjoy the simple recital of unexciting events.

King Richard the Second

William Shakespeare

We begin our acquaintance with history with a quarrel between Henry and Norfolk. And where would be a fight for life and death but no, not destiny! Richard, having his own reasoning, stops the beginning of the battle and expels both! After the death of his father, Heinrich decides to return to his name and that which belongs to him by right. However, something went wrong.

The Stumbling Shepherd

H.A. Cody

Thanks to the main character, readers will be able to understand the value of books. It all starts with the fact that he finds an amazing book. The writings of the early fathers of the Church in their gloomy bindings occupied the lowest shelf. Above them, rank by rank, were collected church stories, ancient, modern and medieval. All the articles on his desk were organized according to his preferences.

Der Wettflug der Nationen

Hans Dominik

Der Wettflug der Nationen ist ein weltumspannendes Ereignis. 50 Millionen Dollar beträgt das Preisgeld für den schnellsten Flug um die Erde. Die verschiedenen Nationen treten an, um auf unterschiedlichen Routen die Welt zu umrunden und jeder will mit einem Sieg die Prämie für sich gewinnen. Sieger des Fluges ist derjenige, der seinen Startpunkt zuerst wieder erreicht. Es gibt nur einen Sieger und nur einen Preis. Neben vielen Ländern beteiligen sich auch die deutschen Eggerth-Werke mit ihrer Seeschwalbe am Wettflug. Leider versuchen Japan und Russland statt mit schnellen, verlässlichen Flugzeugen lieber durch heimtückische Sabotageakte ans Ziel zu gelangen. Doch sie haben nicht mit der weisen Voraussicht von Professor Eggerth gerechnet.

Betrachtung

Franz Kafka

Franz Kafka wurde am 3. Juli 1883 in Prag geboren und starb am 3. Juni 1924. Er zählt zu den bedeutendsten Autoren deutschsprachiger Literatur und veröffentlichte neben seinen Romanen eine Vielzahl von Erzählungen. Betrachtung ist ein Sammelband mit 18 meist kurzen Prosatexten von Franz Kafka, der Ende 1912 erschienen ist. Bereits 1908 waren acht der Prosastücke mit dem Obertitel Betrachtung in der Zeitschrift Hyperion veröffentlicht worden. In Betrachtung werden Themen dargestellt, die Kafka auch im Weiteren immer wieder aufgriff, nämlich jugendliche Geselligkeit, zwischenmenschliche Abgrenzung, Junggeselleneinsamkeit und die Mühen des Kaufmannsdaseins.

Fightin Fool

Max Brand

Two gunslingers known as Jingo and the Parson form a two-man army in Tower Creek to deal with the dangerous Rankin brothers in a conflict over a dishonest poker game. Wally Rankin, a gambler, is one of the players and because he is losing to Jingo, resorts to marking the cards. Jingo spots the action and accuses Wally Rankin of cheating. In the ensuing gun fight, Wally is shot in both shoulders. Subsequently, the sheriff advices Jingo that Wallys older brother will probably be hunting for him. A game of cat and mouse begins. One of many recommended westerns by Frederick Schiller Faust.

The Millionaire Baby

Anna Katharine Green

Was the little girl, who appears to have been everybodys darling, kidnapped for money? Nobody comes forward asking for a ransom. Did she sneak down to the river and drown? In The Millionaire Baby, a young detective Mr. Trevitt has more than one reason for desperately wanting to solve the mysterious case of little Gwendolen, a millionaires daughter who missed since the afternoon of August the 16th from right under the nose of her nurse. Our detective soon meets the widow living next door, a close friend of the bereft mother. Something does not quite add up with neither mother nor neighbor but then there are several other characters offering clues. Or are they red herrings?

The Invaders and Other Stories

Leo Tolstoy

A fantastic collection of stories written by the master Leo Tolstoy himself. The war of Russia with foreign invaders is depicted in the novel as a peoples war, fair. The people defended their national independence, their historical right to decide their own destinies.

Poezja Młodej Polski. Wybór

Praca zbiorowa

Wybór wierszy wybitnych twórców młodopolskich, m.in. Jana Kasprowicza, Kazimierza Przerwy-Tetmajera, Bolesława Leśmiana, Tadeusza Boya-Żeleńskiego czy Tadeusza Micińskiego. Młoda Polska to po długim okresie pozytywistycznej niechęci do poezji epoka wielkiego do niej powrotu. Moderniści opowiadali się za poezją niezaangażowaną społecznie za sztuką dla sztuki, kultem piękna i duchowości. Poeci przełomu XIX i XX w. dawali także wyraz znużeniu i rozczarowaniu, które przytłaczały nie tylko ich samych, lecz także większą część społeczeństwa fin de siecleu. Ich przejmująca, pełna niepokoju poezja stała się dokumentem choroby wieku, kryzysu wartości i ideałów. Wyrażała zniechęcenie brzydotą świata i brak wiary w kulturę europejską.

Sinfully Rich

Hulbert Footner

We learn from the very beginning that the main character dies. But, of course, readers need to find out who is the killer. There were many people in her entourage: friends, journalists, lawyers, lieutenants, and maids. What do these guys have in common? And how did the main character die?