The Dinner Club

H.C. McNeile

Readers will be the interlocutors of our heroes. They gather in the Dinner club and tell stories related to their professions. Members of the club are different people: actor, lawyer, doctor, soldier, writer and ordinary person. Every member of this club is obliged from time to time to treat their fellows with dinner. The stories of these people will surprise you in a pleasant way.

The Doom of London

Fred M. White

A terrible story that can cause goose bumps after reading. The story of The Doom of London describes the disasters that befell Victorian London. One of the largest cities is shocked by life threatening circumstances. Here there are underground explosions, poisoning, aplague of diphtheria. London is on the verge of death.

The Dark Road

Harold Bindloss

Once Welland wanted to be rich, but it so happened that life linked him to an officers position. Now he has become an avid adventurer. Welland realized that his main occupation was hunting Canadian elk and sailing on a yacht in the Great Lakes. This life seemed boring to him and he wanted to change something on his way.

Donnegan

Max Brand

Frederick Schiller Faust penned his finest when he wrote his literary famous Westerns utilizing the pen name Max Brand. Donnegan Gunmans Reckoning has a thoughtful storyline which is enough to hold your interest throughout the book. Solitary, mysterious figure Donnegan is on the run from his past. The last thing he has time for is love. But like all matters of the heart, sometimes emotions bloom when they are least convenient as they do the first time Donnegan encounters the kind, free-spirited Lou Macon. Do they have a shot at a happy life somewhere or are Donnegans misdeeds bound to catch up with them?

Le Château des Carpathes

Jules Verne

Le comte Franz de Telek, apres la mort de sa femme, la chanteuse dopéra Stilla, entreprend un voyage en Transylvanie (qui faisait alors partie de lAutriche-Hongrie) avec son serviteur Rojko. Arrivés au village de Miles, ils apprennent que des sons effrayants se font entendre depuis un château situé proximité. Ayant pénétré dans le mystérieux château, de Telek entend la voix merveilleuse de son épouse décédée. Voulant comprendre cette histoire, il apprend quen réalité son adversaire et son baron rival vivent dans le château des Carpates.

Декабристы (Dekabryści)

Лев Николаевич Толстой, Lew Nikołajewicz Tołstoj

Главной темой произведений великого русского писателя Льва Николаевича Толстого стало исследование внутреннего мира человека, моральных основ личности. Мучительные поиски смысла жизни, нравственного идеала, скрытых закономерностей бытия проходят через все его творчество.

The Yellow Crayon

E. Phillips Oppenheim

E. Phillips Oppenheim (1866-1946) was an internationally renowned author of mystery and espionage thrillers. His novels and short stories have all the elements of blood-racing adventure and intrigue and are precursors of modern-day spy fictions. 1924s The Wrath to Come is one of his novels that are fascinating extrapolations of the political dangers that faced Europe and America in the first half of the twentieth century. This novel is very occasionally mentioned as being the weird book that seems to predict WWII. Written in the lull between the two great wars it postulates a German/Japanese alliance and the main plot revolves around Britain trying to shanghai America into foreign intrigue. The novel is extremely exciting reading and Oppenheim keeps the action moving along swiftly, as he always did.

Mr Britling Sees It Through

Herbert George Wells

This story is essentially the history of the opening and of the realisation of the Great War as it happened to one small group of people in Essex, and more particularly as it happened to one human brain. Mr. Britling Sees It Through begins with a lighthearted account of an American visiting England for the first time, but the outbreak of war changes everything. Day by day and month by month, Wells chronicles the unfolding events and public reaction as witnessed by the inhabitants of one house in rural Essex. Each of the characters tries in a different way to keep their bearings in a world suddenly changed beyond recognition. The novel was written and published before the war ended, so there is no victory, no Versailles Treaty and no notion of what is to come.

Sheriff Larrabees Prisoner

Max Brand

Old Mr. Benton had been murdered on his lonely ranch and there was only one suspect: the stranger who rode up in the downpour and sped off again before dawn. But looks can be deceiving and there were plenty of others acting suspiciously including Mrs. Zellar and Jack Montagne. Who had killed old Mr. Benton? The stranger, or Gus, or Mrs. Zellar? And why was Jack Montagnes behavior so gentlemanly? This is an old-fashioned Western mystery. Max Brand was one of many pseudonyms used by Frederick Schiller Faust (1892 1944), an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns.

The Black Gang

H.C. McNeile

World War I ended, but the fighting continues. Captain Hugh Bulldog Drummond forms the Black Gang, aimed at finding those responsible for conspiracies. They set a trap to lure the criminal leader of the gang. However, the criminals began to manipulate the main character. How does it all end?

Trylogia Saska (tom 3). Z siedmioletniej wojny

Józef Ignacy Kraszewski

Do pruskiego Berlina przybywa osierocony młody Szwajcar Maks Henryk de Simonis. Pragnie za wszelką cenę zrobić karierę. Przypadek styka go z samym monarchą, Fryderykiem Wielkim... Wobec dojrzewającego konfliktu z Saksonią zostaje wyprawiony do Drezna. Ma pełnić rolę informatora Prusaków. Tam przeżywa liczne, związane ze swą misją, przygody. Zawiera ciekawe i pożyteczne znajomości, m.in. z sekretarzem ministra Brühla młodym polskim szlachcicem Masłowskim. Nim jednak w pełni rozwinie działalność, zagrożony zdemaskowaniem zmuszony jest uciekać i ukrywać się. Uczucie do pięknej baronówny Pepity von Nostitz oraz dalszy gwałtowny rozwój wypadków wkroczenie Prusaków do Drezna wplątują go w ryzykowną grę, z której nie potrafi się wywikłać... Przygodowy wątek postaci fikcyjnych rozwija się równolegle z wątkiem historycznym ukazującym autentyczne stosunki na obu dworach (pruskim i saskim) oraz skryte dworskie gry polityczno-dyplomatyczne w trakcie przygotowań do nagłego najazdu Fryderyka II na Saksonię i toczonych później działań wojennych. Powieść Z siedmioletniej wojny wraz z Brühlem i Hrabiną Cosel tworzy tzw. Trylogię Saską Kraszewskiego.

The Purple Light

J.U. Giesy, Junius B Smith

Semi Dual was an embodied mind rather than a human in the usual sense. He was a man of outstanding mental abilities, who applied his knowledge to straighten out the excesses and confusions of mortal life on earth. Many people would call him a mystic; in fact, he was a representative of the highest universal laws that few recognize. Another impressive story about Semi Dual, which reveals the new features of the main character.

Ród Rodrigandów (Tom 4). Ród Rodrigandów. La Pendola

Karol May

La Pendola opowiada o dalszych losach doktora Sternaua, znanego z tomu Cyganie i przemytnicy. Bohaterowie ruszają w morską podróż tropem pirata Landoli, na którego napotykają w okolicach Kapsztadu. Dochodzi tam do zaciętej bitwy, której wynik wcale nie jest z góry przesądzony. Bohaterom przyświeca też tajemniczy cel: chcą odwiedzić meksykański grobowiec Rodrigandów.

Blue Hand

Edgar Wallace

This is a typical Walla? e sensational story, and no one needs a better recommendation that. Lady Mary Danton and her infant daughter disappeared when Jim Steele, Mr. Salters legal assistant, was five. Almost 20 years later, the Danton fortune is about to be distributed to Digby Groat and his mother. But Jim is uneasy. Can he solve the mystery? The mystery surrounding the mark of the blue hand and Eunices birth, the schemes and plots of the evil Digby Groat, murder, and the courage and courtship of Jim Steele make up this exciting novel. A fairly routine book for Wallace, though fans will want to add it to their collection.

Na jasnym brzegu

Henryk Sienkiewicz

Akcja utworu toczy się we Włoszech. Przedstawia perypetie blisko pięćdziesięcioletniego Polaka, artysty malarza Świrskiego. Mężczyzna zakochuje się w trzydziestopięcioletniej wdowie Helenie Elzen. Kobieta przyjmuje jego oświadczyny malarza, mimo że ma wielu wielbicieli. Wkrótce Świrski przekonuje się, jaką egoistką jest jego wybranka. Porzuca ją i wiąże się ze swoją modelką, Marynią, Włoszką polskiego pochodzenia.

W kraju Mahdiego (Tom 3). W kraju Mahdiego. W Sudanie

Karol May

Książki Karola Maya przyciągają czytelników egzotycznymi sceneriami i ekscytującymi przygodami rozgrywającymi się na tym tle. W kraju Mahdiego to seria opowieści o Karze ben Nemzim oraz jego służącym i przyjacielu Halefie. Bohaterowie podróżują po krajach Bliskiego Wschodu, poznają przy tym różnych ludzi, odkrywają tajemnice i umykają licznym czyhającym na nich niebezpieczeństwom.

Tahiti. Band IIV

Friedrich Gerstäcker

Friedrich Gerstäcker (1816-1872) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller. Er war ein Autor von spannenden Abenteuerromanen und -erzählungen, aber auch Dorfgeschichten, der Landschaften und kulturelle Verhältnisse so gut wiederzugeben verstand, dass noch heute ein überwiegend jugendliches Publikum seine bekannten Romane liest. Auf seinen Streifzügen vor allem in die Neue Welt, Nord- und Südamerika, Australien und nach Tahiti enstand eine große Anzahl persönlicher Geschichten, die er literarisch verarbeitete und reflektierte. Seine Erzählungen und Romane regten zahlreiche Nachahmer an. Tahiti ist ein Roman aus der Mitte des 19.Jahrhunderts in dem alle typischen Elemente eines Abenteuerromans aus der Südsee vereint sind: der gewissenlose Halunke, der edle Jüngling, das schöne, züchtige junge Mädchen. René, ein junger Franzose, hat die Nase voll vom üblen Leben auf dem Walfischfänger Delaware und desertiert. Ein geflohener, katholischer Matrose verliebt sich in eine protestantische Südsee-Insulanerin. Seine Liebe zu einer Insulanerin wird allerdings zum Problem...

More Spook Stories

E.F. Benson

This is one of the latest collections of Bensons ghost stories. All the villains are gathered here: a lame man, an imperious woman and other petty criminals. One of the stories tells about the elderly, and the ideal of their life is the clergy, for this they may die. Benson is one of those authors who writes masterpiece ghost stories.

Lilla Weneda. Tragedia w 5 aktach

Juliusz Słowacki

Dramat historiozoficzny wykorzystujący stylistykę mitologiczną. Pokazuje tragedię podbitego narodu Wenedów, metaforycznie odnosząc się do dziejów Polski. Autor wykorzystuje maskę czasów przedhistorycznych i najazd plemienia Lechitów na Wenedów, aby wyjaśnić naturę narodu polskiego i ukazać sens dziejów narodowych. Tłumaczy też poniekąd przyczyny klęski powstania listopadowego.

A Lost Lady of Old Years

John Buchan

John Buchan was a Scottish author and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada. He wrote a series of books that follow the adventures of Richard Hannay, an expatriate Scot who was first introduced in the classic novel The Thirty-Nine Steps. Set in Scotland in 1745, during the Jacobite Rebellion, this dark story of loyalty and betrayal on the road to Culloden Moor recounts the adventures of Francis Birkenshaw. The Jacobite cause means nothing to him until a chance meeting with the beautiful Margaret Murray presents an opportunity for profit and adventure. The fateful encounter marks the beginning of Franciss involvement with John Murray of Broughton, an infamous traitor and turncoat. Once described as a tale of adventure and betrayal on the long bloody road to Culloden Moor, A Lost Lady of Old Years is set in Scotland during the Rebellion of 45. Young Edinburgh-born Francis Birkenshaw cares nothing for the Jacobite cause until an encounter with the beautiful wife of Bonnie Prince Charlies secretary, Mrs Margaret Murray, leads to a dangerous involvement with her husband, John Murray of Broughton, an infamous turncoat. A dark and compelling portrayal of the Jacobite Rebellion.

The Lamp in the Desert

Ethel M. Dell

Ethel May Dell was a British writer of popular romance novels who produced about thirty novels and several volumes of short stories. The public loved her stories and the books were hugely popular. The scene of this splendid story is laid in India and tells of the lamp of love that continues to shine through all sorts of tribulations to final happiness. When Stella comes to India unaccompanied to join her brother Tommy with his regiment, the tongues wag. In order to become respected she foolishly marries a bounder, who, incidentally, has a wife back in England. There is passion, honor, pride, angst, suffering, and all sorts of happenings keeping the lovers mentally, emotionally and physically part. They grow, trust in God and find peace and long-lasting love in the end.

The India-Rubber Men

Edgar Wallace

The India-Rubber Men is a gripping thriller of Londons River Police, whose swift launches patrol the Thames and guard the ships that lie in port. Inspector John Wade is given the toughest job of his life when he is assigned the task of running to earth a gang of gunmen in rubber gas-masks, rubber gloves and crepe rubber shoes, who rob banks and jewelers, and even commit murder under the very eyes of the police, and get away with it. Through it all runs the Thames, and there is even time for a little excursion out of London to its upper reaches in Oxfordshire. A classic Wallace, stitching together his favorite themes with enough humor and vigor to keep the reader intrigued till the very end.

Rikos ja rangaistus. Kuusiosainen romaani ynnä epilogi

Fjodor Mihailovitš Dostojevski

Rikos ja rangaistus on Fjodor Dostojevskin tunnetuin teos. Vuonna 1866 julkaistu romaani on maailmankirjallisuuden klassikko. Teos käsittelee moraalisia ongelmia, ja siinä on myös salapoliisiromaanin ja rakkaustarinan piirteitä. Keskeisiä teemoja ovat syyllisyydentunto ja anteeksi saaminen katumisen kautta. Kirja kuvaa teon henkisiä ja fyysisiä vaikutuksia Raskolnikoviin. Raskolnikovia vaivaavat syyllisyydentunteet ja vainoharhat siitä, että kaikki epäilevät häntä. Hän tapaa hurskaan prostituoidun, Sonjan, jonka vaikutuksesta lopulta tunnustaa teon ja joutuu kahdeksaksi vuodeksi Siperian pakkotyöleirille, jonne Sonja seuraa häntä.

The Winds of the World

Talbot Mundy

It has always been a mystery to her how she knows everything that is happening in Delhi, India and in the great outer world, although they themselves give her information that no government could have landed on the quiet hills. They know where she keeps her cobra where a lot of jewelry knows some of her old stories. There were many maids in Yasmin, but no one, even her favorite, most proud ones, knew that in the small room there was a black stroll with stairs and steel doors at the top.