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Exit a Dictator

E. Phillips Oppenheim

In this novel tells about Alexander, the head of a huge movement aimed at returning to Russia a more conservative government. And also about his beautiful spy love, Anna, who works against the gang of butchers for the Soviet chief.

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From Missouri

Zane Grey

In its first edition of the text based on the authors holographic manuscript, three sticks working on the Springer-Ranch attempted, through falsification of letters, to prevent East from learning from the arrival of the West to school. Their strategy failed due to the mysterious Frank Owens, whose love letters convinced her that she should come. Nobody knows who he is.

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The Shadow Kingdom

Robert E. Howard

The blare of the trumpets grew louder, like a deep golden tide surge, like the soft booming of the evening tides against the silver beaches of Valusia. The throng shouted, women flung roses from the roofs as the rhythmic chiming of silver hosts came clearer and the first of the mighty array swung into view in the broad, white street that curved round the golden-spired Tower of Splendor.

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The Wilderness Mine

Harold Bindloss

This is a novel that contains a mixture of romance and adventure. Events taking place in Canada. Readers can watch the life of a simple girl who, without money, went for a better life. A novel about a strong girl who, despite the obstacles, is ready to go to the end.

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Mon frere Yves

Pierre Loti

Cest un roman semi-autobiographique de lauteur français Pierre Loti. Il raconte lamitié de lofficier de marine français Pierre Loti et du marin breton Yves Kermadeka, un travailleur acharné, dans les années 1870 et 80. Cétait probablement le livre le plus célebre de Loti et ses descriptions de la vie des Bretons la mer, bord dun navire et terre.

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Maria Stuart. Drama historyczne w 5 aktach

Juliusz Słowacki

Dramat Juliusza Słowackiego omawiający losy Marii I Stuart, szkockiej królowej. Skupia się na krótkim wycinku życia Marii, która po śmierci prywatnego sekretarza Rizzia pomaga swojemu kochankowi zgładzić swego męża Darnleya. Na skutek tych wydarzeń oboje uciekli ze Szkocji. Dramat prezentuje Marię jako postać tragiczną, nieradzącą sobie z emocjami i władzą, która stała się jej udziałem.

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La Petite Fadette

George Sand

Roman George Sand, chef-duvre de la littérature française du XIXe siecle. Les événements tournent autour de deux freres jumeaux inséparables et de la jeune fille Fadett, qui a transformé leur vie. Petite Fadetta est un roman dans lequel une mélodie de chambre poétique et nave est devenue un hymne lyrique au peuple.

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La Terre

Émile Zola

Zola décrit la vie et les habitudes de la famille Fuan vivant dans le district de Shatoden, dans un village proche de la ville de Klua. Le pere est le vieux Fuan, propriétaire dun grand terrain. Le livre traite de limportance de la Terre pour les hommes et de ce quils sont prets a posséder. Comme une personne est terrible, qua cause dun morceau de terre, elle trébuche et peut lever la main a ses propres parents.

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The Research Magnificent

Herbert George Wells

Mr. Wells builds novels out of ideas as other men build them of imagery and emotions. H. G. Wells takes us on a very entertaining and profound journey via a character named William who insists on living life nobly and thoroughly. Starting in his boyhood, and throughout his life, it produced profound adventures, yet also make him ridiculous, and even inspiring. It is a passion for courage, for personal nobility, for service to others, for self-sacrificing, all for the social betterment of the whole world. William gets into all sorts of hilarious trouble for living up to his ideals with a lot of it being ironic. The very people he seeks to defend or sacrifice himself for are the ones who take advantage of him, and often he finds himself subject to the logical consequences of adhering to his particular ideal. No matter what happens, he keeps pushing forward and sticking with his principles.

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The Vanishing of Betty Varian

Carolyn Wells

Carolyn Wells inspires and entertains with her classical mystery masterpiece, The Vanishing of Betty Varian, guaranteed to feed the mystery monster that craves suspense! The book was first published in 1922. In this classic locked room mystery, the Varian family have rented a house for the summer a house built on the edge of a cliff, three sides faced by water and the entrance the only way in. They are about to go on a picnic with family and friends when the daughter returns to the house to pick up a camera. When she doesnt return, father goes after her and neither returns... Carolyn Wells mysteries give you just enough information to get you drawn into the story and enough twists and turns to keep you guessing.

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The Magic of Oz

L. Frank Baum

In this witty and imaginative tale, the Royal Historian of Oz, L. Frank Baum, takes young readers back across The Great Sandy Desert for more exciting adventures in the wondrous Land of Oz. Old friends such as Dorothy, the Wizard, and the Cowardly Lion reappear, along with endearing new characters the Glass Cat, the Hungry Tiger, Little Trot, Capn Bill, the Lonesome Duck, and others. In this story, Ozmas kingdom is threatened once again by Nome Ruggedo, the dastardly former Nome King. This time hes teamed up with a young munchkin lad named Kiki Aru whos discovered a secret word which allows him to transform anyone into whatever shape he pleases. When Dorothy, the Wizard, Cowardly Lion, and Hungry Tiger are caught by the wily pair and changed into other shapes, can anyone stop them in time to save all of Oz? Or will Ruggedo finally get his revenge on Ozma and Dorothy? Youll find out in the pages of this exciting story.

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Jan of the Jungle

Otis Adelbert Kline

Led to believe that his natural mother is a chimpanzee Chicma, a young boy knows only the savage ways of the great apes. Kept in a cage, he is systematically trained to become a savage killer by the fiendish Dr. Bracken. But the young boy, Jan, is clever enough to escape from the lab and make it out into the surrounding swamp with his chimp mentor at his side and emerge near the Lost Empire of Mu. The swamplands offer Jan has his first taste of freedom. He grows up fast, and has several run-ins with the wildlife of the swamps-crocodiles, snakes, bears, etc.... With all his fighting skill, there remained only one challenge to Jan: trace his origins and locate his man-parents. Full of intrigue and adventure, this classic from Otis Adelbert Kline is a must for adventure-pulp literature fans!

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A Double Barrelled Detective Story

Mark Twain

A wealthy young woman is abused, humiliated, and abandoned by her new husband, Jacob Fuller, whom she married against her fathers will. Young Fuller takes offense at the fact that her father rejects and rejects him as deliberate, and decides to take revenge on him by mistreating his new bride. After leaving her, she gives birth to a son whom she calls Archie Stillman. When the child gets older, the mother discovers that he has an incredible sense of smell, like bloodhound.

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The Great Portrait Mystery and Other Stories

R. Austin Freeman

A daring daylight art theft from a crowded museum, a secret document centuries old, and a hidden treasure, these are the elements of the title story in this collection of tales by R. Austin Freeman. Though best known for his famous forensic sleuth, Dr. John Thorndyke, Freeman also on occasion wrote stories featuring other characters. In addition to The Great Portrait Mystery, this collection features four more of these tales which show a more whimsical and humorous side of the author, dealing in turn with a bewitched curate, thieves whose clever plans go adrift, a haunted lawyer, and a poor bricklayer on whom fortune smiles in a strange fashion. This collection of seven short stories includes two featuring Dr. John Evelyn Thorndyke, a fictional detective in a long series of novels and short stories by British author R. Austin Freeman (1862-1943).

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La Comtesse de Cagliostro

Maurice Leblanc

La séduisante belle femme, qui est la fille du majestueux comte Cagliostro et qui posséde des nombreaux secrets de son pere, adore les toutes sortes des aventures. Pendant cette chasse aux aventures elle est jointe par Arsene Lupin un filou génial, un gentleman-cambrioleur. Tout sera allé bien, sil nétait tombé amoureaux...

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The Carson Loan Mystery

Aidan de Brune

The Carson Loan Mystery novel is one of mystery by Aidan de Brune, and deals with complications arising out of a loan of a large sum of money, concerned with the unscrupulous activities of several more or less shady characters. The locale of the story is Sydney, and introduces many places familiar to those who have visited that capital. The author knows Sydney, and also knows passing well the procedure in police and detective departments, besides having a passing acquaintance with newspaper staff feuds. The result is a smart novel, brightly written. Highly recommended!