Marbleface

Max Brand

Marbleface is a an ex-prize fighter who becomes a fugitive after a failed robbery attempt lands him on the wrong side of the law. Hed almost been middleweight champion of the world, but then his heart went bad. So he trains himself to complete nerve control he takes up poker as a living he gets trapped into an escapade from which his victims daughter rescues him. With a bum ticker, Marbleface believes his days are numbered and sets out to reform, landing himself in the town of Piegun where he becomes the towns hero. He stays honest and eventually finds himself well again and able to settle down with the girl he loves.

Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo

E. Phillips Oppenheim

At half-past eleven oclockMr. Billingham was a man of regular habitshe quitted the promenade, crossed the Place in front of the Casino, and selected a table outside the Café de Paris. He selected it simply because it happened to be the nearest empty one and without even a glance at his neighbours. It was nevertheless, without a doubt, by the direction of that mysterious influence called fate that he should have chosen that particular chair and ordered his champagne cocktail with that clear and pleasant directness of speech which caused the two people at the adjacent table to turn and focus their attention upon him.

Sans dessus dessous

Jules Verne

Dans le roman Sans dessus dessous, les membres du Gun Club veulent changer le climat de la planete pour pouvoir accéder aux minéraux stockés sous la glace polaire. Pour cela, il leur a semblé suffisant de redresser la pente de laxe de la terre, en tirant avec un canon géant. Les conséquences dune erreur dans les calculs sont accablantes: les mers inondent les continents et les montagnes tombent sous la terre...

Puck of Pooks Hill

Rudyard Kipling

Brother and sister meet Elf Pak. He introduces them to people and events of bygone years that took place in the vicinity of the estate during the time of old England. This is the south of the island of Britain, on the English Channel. Many important events in British history took place here: the Romans marched here, here the Gauls aka winged hats tried to conquer Britain. Through the fates of ordinary people, valiant, noble, decent, who participated in significant events for Britain, Kipling tells the story of the island and the formation of the people.

Treny

Jan Kochanowski

Cykl dziewiętnastu utworów Jana Kochanowskiego o charakterze lamentacyjnym, które wyrażają żal i rozpacz po śmierci córki Urszuli. Treny są najbardziej osobistym dziełem poety. Stanowią przede wszystkim pomnik wystawiony zmarłemu dziecku, które Kochanowski ukazuje jako erudytę. Są także wyrazem bolesnego doświadczenia autora przez los, zrujnowania ideałów człowieka renesansowego, kryzysu światopoglądowego i prób jego przezwyciężenia. Poeta poprzedził cykl dedykacją: Urszuli Kochanowskiej, wdzięcznej, uciesznej, niepospolitej dziecinie..., zakończył zaś utworem Epitafium Hannie Kochanowskiej.

Die Abenteuer Tom Sawyers

Mark Twain

Mark Twain veröffentlichte seinen berühmten Roman 1876 zu Beginn seiner literarischen Karriere. Twains Blick auf seine Helden ist getragen von der Erinnerung an seine eigenen Kindertage, und er weiß, was sie bewegt. Es geht um Lust auf Abenteuer und eine Freundschaft, auf die man sich verlassen kann. Die beiden unzertrennlichen Freunde Tom Sawyer und Huckleberry Finn verbringen ihre Tage und Nächte lieber in Freiheit, voller Spaß und Spannung. und davon gibt es in dieser Geschichte jede Menge. Mit seinen Freunden heckt Tom immer neue Streiche aus: Die Kinder verfolgen geheimnisvolle Gestalten, kreuzen im Wald die Schwerter wie edle Ritter, schlagen als Piraten ihr Lager auf einer Insel auf und heben einen Schatz in einem Höhlenlabyrinth.

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.

Down under Donovan

Edgar Wallace

British novelist Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1875-1932), was a Reuters war correspondent who wrote thrillers to earn additional money. He also wrote Hollywood screenplays and died while drafting King Kong. Wallace was a very prolific writer despite his sudden death at age 56. In total Wallace is credited with over 170 novels, almost 1,000 short stories, and 18 stage plays. Wallaces works have been turned into well over 100 films. This early work by Edgar Wallace was originally published in 1918. Down Under Donovan is a crime novel by this prolific author of detective fiction. An ex-con man wins in gambling but murder is in the air.

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.

Leśna Różyczka (Tom 9). Leśna Różyczka. Juarez

Karol May

Juarez to dziewiąty tom przygód z cyklu Leśna Różyczka, czyli prześladowania dookoła świata. Podczas licznych i szalonych podróży po wielu krajach i kontynentach odważni bohaterowie spotykają na swojej drodze różne postaci niektóre sprzyjają realizacji ich planów i wyciągają pomocną dłoń, inne wręcz przeciwnie narażają drużynę na niebezpieczeństwa i same proszą się o pogruchotanie kości w potyczce.

Arsene Lupin gentleman-cambrioleur

Maurice Leblanc

Arsene Lupin un Robin des Bois de la Belle Epoque, lénigmatique personnage, le fantaisiste gentleman, qui nopere que dans les châteaux et les salons, linsaisissable cambrioleur dont on racontait les prouesses dans tous les journaux depuis des mois, lhomme aux mille déguisements. Ce nest pas un aristocrate qui vit comme un anarchiste mais un anarchiste qui vit comme un aristocrate. Ajoutons cela la fascination de se mettre du mauvais côté de la loi, ainsi quune allusion non dissimulée Sherlock Holmes, et ce recueil sans prétention au départ ravira tout amateur de littérature policiere.

Crossroads

Max Brand

It is the continuing saga of Max Brands finest heroine, Jack Jacqueline Boone. Jack is blessed and cursed by the cross of Meilan when she meets Dix Van Dyck. Dix Van Dyck, is being persecuted by an evil sheriff, named Onate. Dix, perhaps too fond of action and excitement, had stayed out of trouble on the strength of his boyish charm and the verdict of suicide passed on those who drew their guns on him. Strangely enough, it is Jackie Boone and a beautiful Yaqui Indian girl named Dolores, who has an evil side that come to Van Dykes aid repeatedly in a novel bursting with larger-than-life action.

The Red Thumb Mark

Originally written in 1907, The Red Thumb Mark opens the series by R. Austin Freeman featuring Dr. Thorndyke, who is a sort of Sherlock-Holmes type character. A single fingerprint is found at the scene of a crime. When the police are able to identify that fingerprint, the case seems closed. But Dr. Thorndyke, the detective/barrister/medical doctor who takes on defense of this suspect, thinks he can disprove the prosecutions case, based on that same fingerprint. It does not take Dr. Thorndyke to figure out who the criminal is. It is up to Dr. John Thorndyke, and his new assistant Dr. Jervis to prove the young mans innocence before hes found guilty and hanged. The mystery in this wonderful detective tale is who the lovely heroine is in love with. The answer may surprise you.

Die Unbezähmbaren

Max Brand

Max Brand (18921944), war ein US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller und gilt als einer der wichtigsten und bekanntesten Western-Autoren des 20. Jahrhunderts. Zu Max Brands Klassikern gehört auch der hier vorliegende Roman Die Unbezähmbaren (1918, englischer Titel: The Untamed), der zu den besten Western aller Zeiten zählt. Der mysteriöse Dan Barry, genannt Whistling Dan ist ein wilder Draufgänger. Der junge Dan Barry ist mit allen Wassern gewaschen, doch dann tauchen plötzlich der brutale Jim Silent und dessen mörderische Bande auf. Jim Silent und seine Zugräuber-Bande greifen Dan Barry an und entführen seine geliebte Kate. Dan Barry macht sich auf die Suche nach Kate und schwört auf ewige Rache! Ein unglaubliches Abenteuer beginnt...

The Man Who Knew Too Much

G.K. Chesterton

This is a detective story collection of Gilbert Keith Chesterton. Most of the stories in the collection are about the hermit of society, Horn Fischer, who has the talent to solve crimes. Journalist Harold March was walking around the outskirts of Turnbull and met the bizarre Horn Fisher, whom he immediately made friends with. No sooner did they get to know each other when they became witnesses of the disaster: the car flew off the road and fell into the abyss. Fisher and March approached the crash site and identified Sir Humphrey Turnbull, the local rich man. It turned out that he was shot, so that he fell into the abyss. New acquaintances take up the investigation.

The Lute Player

Harold Bindloss

Kings sometimes get bored too, and they want diversity. After all, they have everything they want. Similarly, our main character, the king, wanted to leave the comfort zone and went on a journey, leaving his wife. However, it can be said that the pudding quickly came to an end and he goes to prison. The king sends a message to his wife, where he asks him to disguise himself as a boy and save him.

Ród Rodrigandów (Tom 5). Ród Rodrigandów. Ku Mapimi

Karol May

Karol May znów zabiera nas do Meksyku, gdzie doktor Sternau i Unger z pomocą Bawolego Czoła unikają zasadzki przygotowanej przez podstępnego i żądnego bogactw Cortejo. Dalsze wydarzenia rozgrywają się błyskawicznie: banda opryszków zostaje rozgromiona, kolejne napaści udaremnione. Jednak to nie koniec przygód doktora Sternaua, które czekają go w drodze do kamiennej piramidy.

The Moving Finger

E. Phillips Oppenheim

Uncommon Oppenheim novel tells a strong story of the complicated love affairs, thrilling and mystifying revelations in the life of a young occult. Mr. Henry Rochester is an honest and honorable landowner in rural England. One evening he is walking his estate when he happens across the boy who is meditating on a hillside, and after a conversation, takes it into his head to give the boy money and see what hell make of himself. Unfortunately, he also tells the boy that if he fails, hed be better off killing himself. Seven years later the boys has become Mr. Bertrand Saton, a mystical adventurer, adopted son of the Comtesse Rachael, and ravisher of female London. The two become enemies, with several women at stake in the contest. Henrys wife, Lady Mary; his ward Lois, and his great love Pauline.

The Desert of Wheat

Zane Grey

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a German in America and Canada during World War 1? Young farmer Kurt Dorn is torn between going to France to fight the Germans or staying in America to be with the woman he loves and to protect his wheat crop against saboteurs who question his loyalties. He struggles to come to terms with his deepest beliefs and his place in the world. A passionate novel of patriotic and anti-union propaganda, it portrays the anxieties of the young country threatened by a foreign war after the closing of the frontier. Grey captures the heart of a nation at the brink of a century of change. An exciting tale of romance and patriotism, The Desert of Wheat constitutes a must-read for those with an interest in American history.

Mała księżniczka

Frances Hodgson Burnett

Mała księżniczka to niezwykle wzruszająca opowieść o rezolutnej i obdarzonej wielkim sercem Sarze. Dziewczynka wychowuje się na pensji. Z uwagi na majątek ojca początkowo traktowana jest iście po królewsku. Na skutek tragicznych wydarzeń traci wyjątkową pozycję, stając się pospolitą, źle traktowaną służącą. Mimo to zachowuje radość ducha i przyjazne nastawienie. Wkrótce los wynagrodzi jej trudy, które tak dzielnie znosiła.

The Tomb of Tsin

Edgar Wallace

Inspector Tillizinni is back, this time involved in the quest to locate an ancient tomb of the Great Emperor the first Emperor of the Chinese, who died two centuries before the birth of Christ and its world-changing secret. The Society of Joyful Intention the most bloodthirsty organization the world has known. It concerns Tillizinni also, for Scotland Yard placed him on his mettle, set him a challenging task, which threatened at one time to bring ruin to the greatest detective in Europe. The story just moves from one scene to another with a very tenuous narrative thread keeping the reader turning the pages. Highly recommended for people who like to treat a mystery story as a solvable riddle!

The Cherry Orchard

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

The peculiarity of the authors works were his remarks, which embodied Chekhovs plan to convey to the reader the atmosphere of his book. The Book of the Cherry Orchard also begins with a remark, which contains a very important phrase: The room, which is still called the childrens room. It is simply impossible to depict this replica of the writer on stage, only the reader can imagine and understand that although much time has passed, but nothing has changed, and the room remains what it was, because time in this house seemed to stop or stop.

Old Firehand

Karl May

Old Firehand ist ein Frühwerk Karl Mays. 1875 veröffentlicht der junge Schriftsteller Karl May seine ersten Abenteuer, die er im Wilden Westen ansiedelt. Die Erzählung Old Firehand ein klassisches Racheabenteuer a la May bietet schon alle klassischen Helden auf: den edlen Apachen Winnetou, die kauzigen Trapper Sam Hawkens, Dick Stone und Will Parker sowie einen Ich-Erzähler, der starke Züge des Shatterhand trägt. Interessant zu sehen, wie diese unsere alten Bekannten in der Frühzeit waren...

La Fort des aventures

Maurice Leblanc, André de Maricourt

On connaît Maurice Leblanc comme le pere dArsene Lupin. Ici il samuse beaucoup mler le réel et lirréel. Ainsi le petite Pierre fait la connaissance de Violette et ils font face laventure dans la fort voisine, une fort mystérieuse... Cendrillon, Grand-mere et le loup, Ali Baba, Barbe-Bleue, et mme le Prince charmant vont rencontrer les enfants. La Fort des Aventures raconte comment on passe de lenfance ladolescence et comment les fantaisies de lenfance laissent peu peu la place la réalité de la vie. Maurice Leblanc ne sadresse pas tant aux enfants quaux adultes... qui ont été des enfants.