Dick Merriwells Trap

Burt L. Standish

In this story, all the main events take place on the football field. Dick on this day managed everything. He walked around one, then the other, and left another one in his path. He would have managed to score, but a collision with another player prevented him. He got injured. This book shows how you need to pass through obstacles.

The Mirror of Kong Ho

Ernest Bramah

Ernest Bramah was an English author who wrote popular books in many different genres including humor, detective fiction and science fiction. A lively and amusing collection of letters sent from a highly bemused Chinaman sojourning amongst the English barbarians in the first decade of the 19th century to his revered father back home, with a view to coming to grips with their inferior culture, which he singularly fails to do, resulting in much loss of gravity. These are things such as the motor car and the piano; unknown in China at this time. Satirical novel about present-day England, following the time-tested strategy of showing a familiar world through the eyes of a foreigner, thus affording rich opportunity for lampooning both cultures. In a few words, it is a comic novel about a stereotyped Chinaman in London.

The Victors. A Romance of Yesterday Morning and This Afternoon

Robert Barr

This greatest political novel of Robert Barrs most beloved books has been written in years. Barr was a Scottish-Canadian author who relocated to London in 1881 where he founded the magazine The Idler in 1892 in collaboration with Jerome K Jerome. In 1895 he retired from its co-editorship and became a prolific novelist. The Victors: A Romance Of Yesterday Morning & This Afternoon... is a stirring story of a boss and others. Patrick Maguire, big, brawny, and smooth of tongue, early decides that there is a good thing for him in the big city, and he starts after it. How he succeeds becoming the big boss by methods that are known to be practical and practiced by the initiated is Mr. Barrs theme. Another live issue treated by Mr. Barr is that of Christian Science. The work has a climax whose strength has rarely been equaled in modern fiction.

The Clue of the New Pin

Edgar Wallace

In this 1923 mystery by Edgar Wallace, Jesse Trasmere is thrifty and does not trust banks, so he keeps all of his money in his prison-like house. Although his nephew, Rex Lander, receives a generous allowance from his uncle, it is not enough for his extravagant lifestyle. Trasmere breaks with routine and informs his valet, Walters, that he is going out of town for a while to avoid an acquaintance from his past. One day he turns up dead, in a completely locked vault, the only clue is a pin found at the scene of the crime... A newspaper reporter helps clear the prime suspect and reveal the identity of the true killer.

The House in Lordship Lane

A.E.W. Mason

The plump, middle-aged and ever-optimistic Inspector Gabriel Hanaud features in A.E.W. Masons detective fiction. This was the last outing for inspector Hanaud who was said to be one of the inspirations for Agatha Christies creation of Hercule Poirot. Julius Ricardo hitches a lift home across the English Channel to see his friend Inspector Hanaud and en route picks up an escapee from a prison ship, who holds a grudge against Daniel Horbury, M.P. When Horbury is found dead at his home in Lordship Lane, Inspector Hanaud and Ricardo assist Scotland Yard in the investigation, which also involves the owner of a shipping line. This is a classic Hanaud thriller that will not fail to delight crime fans everywhere.

Gleanings

E. Phillips Oppenheim

The clamour of crushing boughs and howling wind sank every now and then into insignificance before the roaring of deep-throated guns, whose red fire flashed out across what seemed to be a bottomless abyss. Below, the army of the Turks decimated in numbers, yet still a host, within the walls of Crersa, the defenders of an oppressed and brave country making their last stand in their ancient stronghold.

The Whispering Outlaw

George Owen Baxter

Renowned Western writer Max Brand does it again in the eminently enjoyable Western "The Whispering Outlaw". The Whisperer, a mysterious frontier bandit who never shows his face or speaks in his own voice, recruits a ragtag band of outlaws to assist him in a series of daring robberies designed to make them all rich. Who was this whispering outlaw who could so easily slip through the hand of the lawmen Kenworthy and even baffle the seasoned and brutal gunman Lew Borgen, whom he drew to his ranks? What dark vengeance choreographed the far-flung criminal schemes of such a mysterious and evil genius? Find out in Max Brands masterful classic Western "The Whispering Outlaw".

Under the Deodars

Rudyard Kipling

Under Deodars is a collection of stories, against the backdrop of which the bizarre and calm environment of the Shimla mountains. The towering mountains, covered with ice, are dumb evidence of deception, debauchery and dedication of the main characters and opponents. The book begins with a story called Otis Yirs Education. The rude and enterprising Mrs. Hawksby proposes to create a salon in Simla, but to dissuade Mrs. Mallow from putting her plan into practice.

Spłacony dług. Powieść

Edgar Wallace

Powieść sensacyjno-kryminalna. Jedna ze 170 publikacji Wallacea. Fabuła powieści ukazuje światek fałszerzy. Czy można uciec przed konsekwencjami swoich czynów? W ślad za przestępcami rusza pościg...

The Murders at Madlands

Aidan de Brune

Meet the famous Australian author Aidan de Brune and his latest mystery The Murders at Madlands. Eight persons are assembled in the dining room of the palatial home of Sir Rupert Haffervale, Sydneys business magnate. Five of them are his associates, prominent men in the life of the city. The sixth is the star reporter of a big daily. The occasion is the formal handing over of control of a huge trust to Sir Ruperts niece and heiress on her coming of age. At noon, as the knight is about to conduct his niece to the head of the table he falls forward with a bullet through his heart. The fatal shot was undoubtedly fired by someone in the room, yet no report was heard. Who was the murderer?

Where Highways Cross

J.S. Fletcher

Outside the city of Sycaster, they found small villages. In the villages themselves, the observant traveler often finds traces of old houses, which, no doubt, were picturesque and calculated in those times when agriculture was preferred to coal mining. In these villages, there is something secretive that will have to razgodat.

The Door with Seven Locks

Edgar Wallace

A short but interesting detective story. Dick Martin plans for an early retirement from the police force seeking a quite life. His final job is to bring in Lew Pheeney, wanted in connection with a bank robbery. When Lew confesses to trying to open a dead mans tomb, however, Martin has a mystery he must unravel. He races to find the connection between an attractive young librarian, a mad scientist and the vanished heir to a vast fortune, as everyone becomes entangled in a web of fraud, deceit, torture and murder. What dangers did he face in understanding the mystery behind the door with seven locks? Combines a mystery thriller plot with considerable dashes of gothic horror, and just the faintest hint of science fiction.

A Monk of Cruta

E. Phillips Oppenheim

A very interesting and early novel is extremely popular in the 1920s and 1940s by the famous author E. Phillips Oppenheim. It differs from its later works, here are considered more gloomy themes and a tragic plot. This story tells of a wealthy Englishman who fell in love with the daughter of an Italian nobleman who lives on the island of Krutha in the Mediterranean Sea. The very dark influence of the Catholic Church in this period will not prevent the victory of love and happiness.

Poezja polskiego średniowiecza

Praca zbiorowa

Choć z wieków średnich nie zachowało się do naszych czasów zbyt wiele dzieł literackich, te, które przetrwały, zasługują na szczególną uwagę. Bez wątpienia dominowała wtedy literatura religijna, a wśród niej takie perły jak Bogurodzica czy Lament świętokrzyski. Świeckie utwory także miały swoją reprezentację w postaci np. Pieśni o zabiciu Andrzeja Tęczyńskiego czy znakomitego poradnika dobrych manier O zachowaniu się przy stole.

Création et rédemption

Alexandre Dumas pere

Cétait une nature de Dieu, incapable daimer un tre quil naurait point créé lui-mme. Aussi, seul et triste au milieu de la foule pour laquelle il navait pas de regards, ou navait que des regards distraits, il payait cher lambition de ses désirs. Comme le Seigneur avant la création du monde, il sennuyait. Ce jour-l, Jacques Mérey était assez content de la maniere dont se comportait dans la cornue la dissolution dun certain sel dont il étudiait les plus heureuses vertus curatives, quand trois coups précipités retentirent la porte de la rue. Ces trois coups éveillerent les miaulements furieux dun chat noir, que les mauvaises langues de la ville, les dévotes surtout, prétendaient tre le génie familier du docteur...

The Great Secret

E. Phillips Oppenheim

Mr. Hardross Courage is a wealthy young Englishman whose life has been carefree and uneventful. He plays cricket for his county, he attends to the management of his estates, he serves as a local magistrate. He has never taken any interest in a career of any sort. On a trip to London to participate in a cricket match, Hardross is confronted by a man who forces his way into his hotel room imploring him to hide him. His reason They want to kill me. So begins a tale that is likely to change Hardross idyllic life forever to one of mystery and espionage. The Great Secret is an entertaining tale of adventure. If you have a fondness for early 20th century spy fiction you should find this to be an entertaining read.