An Antarctic Mystery

Jules Verne

There are no unusual birds, mysterious figures and other things in the same spirit. But there are Antarctic seas, such as they were known at the end of the 19th century. There are several people who have decided to challenge the cold and the elements and penetrate the unknown. Someone has a kindred feeling, someone friendship, someone curiosity, and someone and a thirst for profit. But they were all aboard the schooner Halbrain, which, under the command of Captain Len Gai, moves south through ice and storm.

Men, Women, and Guns

H.C. McNeile

Men, Women, and Guns collection of short stories. Events occur at the time of the First World War. The story of the soldiers who boldly defended their homeland and about women who helped their men. Although the topic of the story is more adult, for teenagers it will also be interesting and instructive.

Magnat

Maria Rodziewiczówna

Magnat to wspaniała opowieść o marzeniach, uczuciach i dążeniu do wyznaczonego celu. Interesujący wątek miłosny nadaje powieści niezwykłego uroku. Aleksander Kalinowski, niegdyś dziedzic wielkich dóbr, jest obecnie rządcą magnatki Wojewódzkiej, swojej bogatej krewnej. Gdy sprzeciwia się jej ostatniej woli, traci względy i spadek. Dumny, nie chcąc być na niczyjej łasce, wyrusza na jedynym, pięknym koniu w daleką podróż do swojego szkolnego kolegi. Na miejscu okazuje się, iż obecny właściciel majątku to jego krewny. Aleksander kupuje dwór. Chce gospodarować i odzyskać dawną wielką fortunę. Zaczyna także bywać w towarzystwie i poznawać nowych ludzi. Pewnego dnia wpada mu w oko piękna hrabianka Gizela. Dziewczyna droczy się z nim, walczy na słowa. Kalinowski, chcąc uciec od uczucia, zajmuje się rolą. Unika pięknej magnatki. Jednak czy można oszukać serce? W Magnacie występują charakterystyczne rysy artyzmu Rodziewiczówny, takie jak: potężna siła w tworzeniu postaci porywających czytelnika energią swego witalizmu, niezwykła dynamika akcji wyrażona środkami najprostszymi, ale również najsilniej wzruszającymi, niezwykła pomysłowość wyobraźni w fabule i doskonała zwięzłość i przejrzystość budowy powieściowej.

Sanditon. The Watsons. Unfinished fiction

Jane Austen

These two short works show Austen experimenting with a variety of different literary styles and exploring a range of social classes and settings. Written in the last months of Austens life, the uncompleted novel Sanditon is set in a newly established seaside resort, with a glorious cast of hypochondriacs and speculators,and shows the author contemplating a changing society with a mixture of scepticism and amusement. The Watsons is a delightful fragment, whose spirited heroine Emma Watson finds her marriage opportunities restricted by poverty and pride.

We Shall See!

Edgar Wallace

Alva Collins, the mentally unbalanced wife of airline pilot Evan Collins, wants her husband to leave his job. She is neurotic, vicious and unstable but only her brother knows that she is a hopeless psychopath whose condition can only deteriorate. However, she is tragically killed when someone throws a hive of bees into her bedroom. Police deduce that whoever was responsible knew that Alva was allergic to the insects, and suspicion immediately falls on her husband. This early work by Edgar Wallace was originally published in 1926. We Shall See is a classic mystery novel by this pioneer of the detective genre.

The Last Trail

Zane Grey

The Last Trail is the 3rd and final instalment to the Frontier Trilogy by Zane Grey. The American Revolution is over, but the violence continues in the Ohio Valley. A woman is kidnapped from Fort Henry by a band of renegades and hostile Ohio Valley Indians. Shes fortunate to have protectors who will go to any length to rescue her. Now, Lewis Wetzel and Jonathan Zane take pursuit. With no hope of survival, they follow the trail into the unknown wilderness, vowing it to be their last venture. The story depicts the rescue attempts and the cunning and savagery of these encounters. This story takes you to the places the border men hunt for those whove stolen the horses and women.

Red Blades of Black Cathay

Robert E. Howard

The singing of the swords was a deathly clamor in the brain of Godric de Villehard. Blood and sweat veiled his eyes and in the instant of blindness he felt a keen point pierce a joint of his hauberk and sting deep into his ribs. Smiting blindly, he felt the jarring impact that meant his sword had gone home, and snatching an instants grace, he flung back his vizor and wiped the redness from his eyes.

LArchipel en feu

Jules Verne

Le livre nous emmene dans le premier quart du XIXe siecle, peu avant la libération de la Grece du pouvoir des Turcs. Les Grecs se battent avec les esclaves turcs pour leur liberté. En cela, ils sont aidés par ceux qui chérissent la liberté et lindépendance du pays. Mme les pirates de la mer leur viennent en aide.

Elle et Lui

George Sand

Le roman autobiographique dun écrivain français remarquable. Cette histoire est la fois simple et complexe la fois: deux amoureux vont en Italie, mais ils ny trouvent pas le bonheur, mais vivent la tragédie dun malentendu mutuel et la breche pour les deux. Mais la signification du roman ne se limite pas au conflit de caracteres, car les deux personnages sont des artistes talentueux, ce qui introduit le probleme de la personne créatrice et les lois de la créativité dans le roman.

The Hand of Power

Edgar Wallace

The name, Edgar Wallace, threads through early twentieth century crime fiction like a stream that turns out to be a lot deeper and wider than you thought. During the 1920s and 30s, it was said that one of every four books read in England was written by Wallace, who ultimately produced 173 books and 17 plays. The Hand of Power is a tale about the sale of a desk designed by a butler who murdered his wife. This book has all the aspects of good mysteries from around 1930 a beautiful woman, a young man infatuated with her, a secret society, an evil man, lots of twists of plot, and a surprise ending. It takes place in London and elsewhere in England and on an ocean liner. Highly recommended for people who like to treat a mystery story as a solvable riddle.

Two on the Trail. A Story of the Far Northwest

Hulbert Footner

William Hulbert Footner (1879-1944) was a Canadian writer of non-fiction and detective fiction. His first published works were travelogues of canoe trips on the Hudson River and in the Northwest Territory along the Peace River, Hay River and Fraser River. He also wrote a series of northwest adventures during the period 1911 through 1920. Two on the Trail (A Story of the Far Northwest) is a popular book by Hulbert Footner. Old time tail of adventure. A different account in an different era that is interesting how the picture would be painted compared with accounts from today. Different time, different equipment, even different landscape.

The Great Impersonation

E. Phillips Oppenheim

Originally published in 1913, The Great Impersonation is probably the most famous spy novel of all time. This tale is full of murder, crime, confused identity, blackmail, war, romance, politics, and theres even a ghost... In 1913, a German spy assumes a dead Englishmans identity and infiltrates British society as a sleeper agent, but when he falls in love with the Englishmans wife and his Hungarian ex-lover recognizes him, he must decide how to deal with the two women who may wreck his plans. This is excellent reading with its fast moving plot and its imagery of the rich life of English aristocrats before the First World War, as well as all characters. All the elements of an exciting adventure!

The Yellow Snake

Edgar Wallace

The Yellow Snake is an entertaining and breathtaking 1926 thriller by the master of mystery Edgar Wallace. Fing-Su is a graduate of Oxford and head of the dread Society of the Joyful Hands, which he leads in his quest to dominate the world. The name Yellow Snake was bestowed on him by his opponent, Clifford Lynne. A bit more practical than Fu Manchu, Fing-Su employs terrestrial strategies like blackmail, bribery, and kidnapping to further his own nefarious aims. Under his satanic leadership they planned to take over China and dominate the world! A Chinamans dreams of world domination, secret societies, Scotland yard, kidnapping, ect. In other words typical Edgar Wallace.

In the Misty Seas. A Story of the Sealers of Behring Strait

Harold Bindloss

When your country is small and poor, people have two choices. Some decide to stay and raise it from poverty, while others go to seafaring. So most New Zealanders did. So said one of the inhabitants of this country: Our country is a kind of difficult country, and most of our people go to sea from time to time when they cannot achieve more. In the same way, our main characters went to seafaring, where there were many prizes on their way.

Pollyooly. A Romance of Long Felt Wants and the Red Haired Girl Who Filled Them

Edgar Jepson

Edgar Alfred Jepson was an English writer, principally of mainstream adventure and detective fiction, but also of some supernatural and fantasy stories that are better remembered. The story Pollyooly. A Romance of Long Felt Wants and the Red Haired Girl Who Filled Them (1912) takes place prior to World War I. Pollyooly, whose given name is Mary Bride, is the 12-year-old housekeeper of John Ruffin, a London barrister. Pollyooly and her younger brother, Roger are orphans. Raised by their aunt in a village, they come to London when her aunt is swindled out of her lifes savings and forced to find work as Ruffins cook and housekeeper. When their aunt is killed by a motorist, Pollyooly tries to fill in for her aunt in order to keep both her and her brother out of the workhouse.

The Range Dwellers

B.M. Bower

Rich west coast spoiled brat meets rich east coast girl. Both are spending the summer in cattle country and neither expected the outcome of their adventures. Of course there is a feud involved here, a pretty young woman, some cowboy hijinks, and some amazing coincidences to bring all the characters together. This short but engaging novel contains all of the elements that made B. M. Bowers books a mainstay of the genre of classic Westerns. B. M. Bower was one of the most prolific and popular writers in the early days of the Western genre, and stories like The Range Dwellers explain the authors abiding popularity.

Hill O the Winds

Lucy Maud Montgomery

Clorinda is for everyone except her husband and a few old people. She was so sweet and dignified. However, she was born Cooper. She was a plump woman who, at sixty, still retained the girls questioning look. She was fond of wearing light dresses, which she calmly recognized were too young for her. Now she wore one, a muslin with pink flowers and a lampshade of hats. Despite her age, she was very energetic. This instructive story is a must-read.

W stronę Swanna

Marcel Proust

Pierwszy tom quasi-autobiograficznego cyklu W Poszukiwaniu Straconego Czasu. Główny bohater, Marcel, przywołuje wspomnienia ze swego dzieciństwa. Chorowity, nadwrażliwy i rozpieszczony chłopiec relacjonuje życie rodzinnego miasteczka Combray. Książka pozwala czytelnikowi przenieść się w świat dzieciństwa autora i obserwować jego otoczenie z perspektywy dziecka.

Jim Maitland

H.C. McNeile

Jim Maitland is a crazy, wandering wanderer. He crosses the globe wherever he pleases. At the beginning of the book, he is in the southern seas and meets storyteller Dick Leyton, who becomes his traveling companion. Wherever they go, they will need to prove their decency and face criminals.

Miasto pływające

Jules Verne

Powieść z cyklu literackiego Niezwykłe Podróże. Opisuje wrażenia autora z podróży do Stanów Zjednoczonych. Juliusz Verne płynął na tę wyprawę największym parowcem świata SS Great Eastern. Wycieczka była krótka, ale podróż zrobiła na pisarzu ogromne wrażenie.

Children of the Frost

Jack London

The protagonist of the story the old Imber from the White Fish tribe can cause conflicting feelings among readers he killed many white people without much reason, at first glance. He does not hide from justice, but he himself comes to the city of Yukon and admits everything he has done. What prompted him to such an act? And does the reason that prompted Imber to kill, deserve understanding?

The Safety Curtain

Ethel M. Dell

A set of five melodramatic love short stories, first published in 1917 and written by a popular 20th century writer Ethel M. Dell. The Safety Curtain is an unusual love story that takes place in India mainly and has much excitement. A dragonfly-like dancing girl is rescued by a subaltern when he offers her a marriage of convenience and takes her to his station in India. But she hides a mysterious past and eventually it catches up. Will love be able to conquer all? This collection contains also: The Experiment, Those Who Wait, The Eleventh Hour, The Place of Honour. All the other stories are love stories and have many twists and turns. Highly recommended!

The Mahatma and the Hare. A Dream Story

H. Rider Haggard

Henry Rider Haggard describes the plight of the protagonist. He loses his wife and daughter in a car accident, as he thinks through his fault. The main character goes into great depression and begins to drink. When the man was thinking about suicide, a stranger named Joren appeared and told him not to worry. He tells him about reincarnated souls and life after death. Joren teaches him to transcend his body.

The UP Trail

Zane Grey

The U. P. Trail takes place in the late 1860s during the building of the Union Pacific Railroad, the first to connect the east coast to the west. Our protagonist is Warren Neale, a civil engineer on the railroad. His girlfriend, Allie Lee, seems to be always in need of recusing. One of the most interesting characters is Neales best friend Larry "Red" King, a rough gun toting Texan cowboy. The heroes must battle the human challenges of greed, ruthlessness, and ambition, as well as the tremendous challenges of nature, to make the rail connection between East and West. The U. P. Trail is one of Zane Greys most detailed and panoramic Western novels; indeed, it is first-rate historical fiction in addition to being one of his most gripping romance-adventures.