Bosambo of the River

Edgar Wallace

Many years ago the Monrovian Government sent one Bosambo, a native of the Kroo coast and consequently a thief, to penal servitude for the term of his natural life. Bosambo, who had other views on the matter, was given an axe and a saw in the penal settlement and told to cut down and trim certain mahogany trees in company with other unfortunate men similarly circumstanced. Those who love classic adventure especially set against an African backdrop will discover a rich vein of reading pleasure in Bosambo of the River. Another exciting title in the Sanders of the River adventure series, featuring Commissioner Sanders.

Burn, Witch, Burn!

A. Merritt

Originally published in 1932, Burn, Witch, Burn! is a classic fantasy/horror and mystery novel by A. Merritt. In it, we meet Dr. Lowell, an eminent neurologist who becomes curious when a series of mysterious deaths comes to his attention. Men and women in the NYC area have been dying of no apparent cause, but with horrible grimaces on their faces and with very rapid onsets of rigor mortis. The trail of bizarre deaths leads to one Madame Mandilip and her doll shop, and before long the reader is immersed in a world of supernaturalism and escalating tension. Combining folklore with modern science, Merritt weaves a wonderfully haunting tale about what happens when the world around us, grounded in science, ends up failing us. Recommended for lovers of the offbeat.

Jeanne of the Marshes

E. Phillips Oppenheim

The Princess opened her eyes at the sound of her maids approach. She turned her head impatiently toward the door. Annette, she said coldly, did you misunderstand me? Did I not say that I was on no account to be disturbed this afternoon? Annette was the picture of despair. Eyebrows and hands betrayed alike both her agitation of mind and her nationality.

Pojednani

Bolesław Prus

Pojednani to humoreska napisana przez Bolesława Prusa podczas jego współpracy z satyrycznymi pismami Mucha oraz Kolce. Bolesław Prus - polski powieściopisarz, nowelista i publicysta okresu pozytywizmu. Jest autorem siedmiu powieści oraz kilkunastu nowel i opowiadań. Jego twórczość prozatorska należy do największych osiągnięć literatury polskiej. Popularność przyniosły mu powieści realistyczne Placówka, Lalka i Emancypantki oraz powieść historyczna rozgrywająca się w starożytnym Egipcie Faraon.

The Master of Ballantrae. A Winters Tale

Robert Louis Stevenson

A tale of fierce internecine feud that destroyed Lord Henry Darrissdire and his older brother James, also called the ruler of Ballantre. The story of their deaths is described by a devoted servant of the clan old Ephraim McKellar. The novel tells how easy it is to lose honor and how difficult it is to preserve what is dear to you when money and power are at stake...

Smithy and The Hun

Edgar Wallace

This collection of stories from every-day life in the British military, centered around the characters of Smithy and Nobby. Edgar Wallace, who is also famous for his own stories of colonial life the Sanders stories was principally a writer of crime and detective fiction. He was one of the most popular and prolific authors of his era. However, he was well aware that the irrepressible spirit of Kiplings famous rankers would live on, and he wrote his own tales of ordinary British soldiers. Edgar Wallaces Smithy stories enter the First World War, not much mud and bullets or the horror of the trenches, instead its Nobbys schemes and delightfully silly comic description of life with the Kaiser.

Dead Man Manor

Valentine Williams

There is a secret surrounding the abandoned local manuar and the death of the local miller. When a lawyer on vacation is found slaughtered, the law enters into force. One area of interest for the British reader is the different legal system and methodology used by Sergeant Biguri, who is conducting an official investigation. His personality perfectly complements and contrasts with the personality of Tredgold. The love interest between Dr. Wood and Adrienne de Saint-Remy is well maintained, and the villagers, including the mayor, priest and notary, come alive.

General Besserleys Puzzle Box

E. Phillips Oppenheim

General, his companion pronounced, you are getting fat. Too many cocktails. General Besserley, late of the Secret Service at Washington and now a very popular member of Monaco society, glanced downwards at his slightly increasing outline. He was rather a fine figure of a man and his carriage was beyond reproach, but it was certainly true that there was sometimes a little difficulty about the two bottom buttons of his waistcoat.

Dominie Dean. A Novel

Ellis Parker Butler

Humorous novel set in Riverbank, a fictionalized Muscatine, in a Mississippi River town. Pastor David Dean and his wife take up residence in this town, Iowa in the 1850s and learn how unaccepting a small town can be of new residents, even after a stay of decades. An interesting social history of mid nineteenth century life, emphasizing the dominance of crass commercial interests in the vicissitudes of small town life, written by an American author Ellis Parker Butler. He was the author of more than 30 books and more than 2,000 stories and essays and is most famous for his short story Pigs Is Pigs, in which a bureaucratic stationmaster insists on levying the livestock rate for a shipment of two pet guinea pigs, which soon start proliferating geometrically.

The Penrose Mystery

R. Austin Freeman

The Penrose Mystery, fist published in 1936, is definitely up to the high standard of the wonderful Dr. Thorndyke series. Penrose is an eccentric old man in possession of some dazzling gems, which he wont insure. When Dr. Thorndyke is alerted to a burglary at his house, a scrap of paper is found with the word lobster on it along with two Latin words. Meanwhile, Penrose has fled in panic after a car accident. The police believe hes gone into hiding to avoid a manslaughter charge after a hit-and-run accident. Finding him is a forlorn hope, theres so little to go on. But Thorndyke has a way of seeing significance in the merest bits of dirt inside a tire or oddments in a pocket... Polton, Dr. Thorndykes lovable lab assistant, has an important presence in the plot, less this time for his remarkable technical skills than for his fondness for fixing antique clocks.

Han dIslande

Victor Hugo

Han dislande est un roman fantastique de Victor Hugo ou mlent gothique et romantisme, le roman se ménage une place confortable. Caveaux funéraires, apprentis savants disséquant les morts, géant sanguinaire se jouant de la justice des hommes, ours polaire domestiqué... et Han, qui vit avec un ours et qui boit du sang humain. Un monstre, une révolte populaire, une ligne damours. Ce roman se semble dtre plein dinattendus!

Róża. Dramat niesceniczny

Stefan Żeromski

Róża to najoryginalniejszy dramat Stefana Żeromskiego. Autor starał się zająć w utworze stanowisko wobec sprzecznych poglądów na sens i celowość rewolucji 1905 r. Kreślił też własną wizję rozwiązania problemów społecznych i politycznych w Polsce na początku XX wieku. Miejsca akcji dramatu przypominają warszawską Cytadelę oraz Nałęczów. W tekście utworu jest wiele bezpośrednich historycznych nawiązań. Pojawiają się odniesienia do straconych bojowników PPS (m.in. do Stefana Okrzei i Józefa Mireckiego-Montwiłła) do porewolucyjnych represji w Łodzi i zamachów PPS w Warszawie, które wydarzyły się w 1906 r. Róża to jeden z najdziwniejszych dramatów w dziejach polskiego teatru. Z jednej strony jest to tekst realistyczny, niemal reporterski, z drugiej metafizyczny (odwołania do Słowackiego, Wyspiańskiego czy Brzozowskiego).

Złote sidła

James Oliver Curwood

Powieść przygodowa z wartką akcją oraz wspaniałymi i realistycznymi opisami przyrody. Inspirację do stworzenia tej powieści Curwood czerpał ze swoich licznych podróży. Z jego twórczości przebija fascynacja surowym klimatem północy i umiłowanie traperskiego, pełnego niebezpieczeństw życia.

Hüter des Friedens

Edgar Wallace

Spannendes Abenteuer des englischen Distriktbeamten Sanders. Im belgischen Kongo, dort wo Sanders einen nur wackligen Frieden verwaltet, passieren unglaubliche Dinge. Der Juju-Kult greift um sich und eine Phiole mit einer hoch ansteckenden Krankheit verschwindet. Hüter des Friedens gehört zu den Afrikaromanen des großen Schriftstellers

The Mystery of the Yellow Room

Gaston Leroux

Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux, known as the author of fantastic detectives. The Mystery of the Yellow Room this intriguing and confusing story is a classic of detective literature. The main mystery of the novel: how could a crime be committed in a locked room, in which there are no signs of penetration? This is a hard brainteaser for readers.

Dr. Heidenhoffs Process

Edward Bellamy

Edward Bellamy is an American writer who wrote the novel Dr. Heidenhoffs Process. This story is about a doctor who seemingly did good deeds. He wanted to eliminate painful memories from the human brain and replace them with good ones. But what consequences does this entail?

A Duet. With an Occasional Chorus

Arthur Conan Doyle

A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus is a novel by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, published in 1899. The novel features the story of a happily married couple which is threatened by a previous lover of the husband. Also, the novel tells the adventures of a young couple, starting from their wedding preparation and ending with the birth of their first child. They are funny and cute, love each other, passionate and want always to be together. They make rules for family life, travel, keep the house and just live. The novel, set in Conan Doyles own time, written partly in the epistolary form he sought to revive after a century of disuse and which was also related to the self-conscious textuality of the late-Victorian urban Gothic.

Le Livre de la jungle

Rudyard Kipling

Le livre de la jungle une collection comprenant huit histoires. La loi de la jungle nous apprend a tenir parole, a négocier avec toutes les betes, a coexister pacifiquement sur le meme territoire, a respecter et honorer les personnes âgées et les enseignants, mais il enseigne également a tuer ceux qui les empechent de respecter cette loi. Lauteur décrit tres bien le gouffre qui sépare lhomme et lanimal, ce sont deux mondes différents. Le personnage principal est un garçon qui a grandi dans des conditions bestiales. Qua-t-il choisi, quel mode de vie?

Une page damour

Émile Zola

Helen, une jeune femme de vingt-huit ans, qui vit avec sa fille Zhanna, âgée de 12 ans apres le déces de sa mari/ La pauvre et faible existence de cette famille est remplie des choses et préoccupations simples les plus ordinaires. Cependant, un cas change radicalement tout. Le theme de lamour est dans ce roman.

Atma

Maria Rodziewiczówna

Adam Jaworski to wybitny przemysłowiec. Kieruje dużą cukrownią. Jest zmęczony życiem. Nie odnajdując w nim celu, postanawia popełnić samobójstwo. Nie udaje mu się to i wraca do zdrowia. Nim jednak obudzi się z gorączkowego snu, przeżywa widzenie. Jego dusza wędruje po zaświatach. Tam po raz pierwszy spotyka się z Atmą kobietą, którą wkrótce potem spotka w realnym życiu. Atma to najbardziej mistyczna ze wszystkich powieści Rodziewiczówny. Autorka pisała ją zafascynowana filozofią Wschodu i teorią reinkarnacji, którą zaskakująco zgrabnie połączyła z wiarą chrześcijańską.

A Secret Society

Talbot Mundy

William Hulbert Footner was a Canadian writer of non-fiction and detective fiction. He was once described as one of the most charming men who was ever on earth. His love for his family, travelling and writing is reflected in his stories, many of which are in the crime fiction genre. At the same time Footner began to write detective fiction; his first series detective character being Madame Rosika Storey. This novel featuring Madame Rosika Storey psychologist and criminal investigator. Dangerous Cargo (1934) sees her take to the high seas in a millionaires yacht in order to prevent a suspected murder.

W pustyni i w puszczy

Henryk Sienkiewicz

Akcja powieści W pustyni i w puszczy zaczyna się w roku 1884 w Port Said. Stanisław Tarkowskiego i Angielka Nelly Rawlison rozmawiają oni o aresztowaniu żony sudańskiego dozorcy Smaina Fatmy i jej dzieci przez Anglików. Tymczasem zbliża się Wigilia. Staś dostaje na święta wymarzony sztucer, a Nel olbrzymiego psa mastifa, któremu nadaje imię Saba, co po arabsku znaczy lew. Fatma namawia jednego ze służących panów Tarkowskiego i Rawlisona Chamisa by razem ze swoimi kuzynami Gebhrem i Idrysem uprowadził Stasia i Nel, którzy mają posłużyć za okup dla Anglików za nią samą i jej dzieci.

LAffaire Lerouge

Émile Gaboriau

Célestine Lerouge, veuve, est retrouvée égorgée avec une sauvagerie effroyable. Tous les indices conduisent un jeune homme de bonne famille. Mais quelle est la vérité? Laffaire Lerouge est le premier roman judiciaire français. Son auteur, Émile Gaboriau, crée une intrigue policiere o se mlent la construction astucieuse et lhistoire amoureuse.

Mammon and Co

E.F. Benson

This is a story about redemption, when money is used as a thematic resonance. He combines the wits of the Dodo books with a rather strong ethical message about materialism. This is a high society satire, and then it becomes something much deeper and richer. This book is read in one breath.