The Abysmal Brute

Jack London

This is a love story. For what, if not the love of the Friend-Master, was looking for a half-wolf, half-dog White Fang? This is a story about understanding. For only having understood the beast, in whose blood the famous call of the ancestors still beats, can you tame it... Many people know that we are all responsible for the one we tamed. But how many are able to understand how much we are tamed in the responsibility for us?

The Reverberator

Henry James

The Reverberator is a short novel from Henry James. Comedy traces the complications. which leads when unpleasant, but true stories about Paris family fall into the American scandal sheet of the name of the novel. George Flack is a Paris correspondent for the American sheet scandal called reverberator.

Majestys Rancho

Zane Grey

Majestys Rancho is the sequel to The Light of Western Stars, both by Zane Grey. Here we meet the next generation at the ranch. It is wild with college age fun and a mix of gangsters meeting the old west. After Lance Sidway comes to the defense of beautiful Madge Stewart and ends up on the wrong side of the law, he escapes to Arizona and finds work on her fathers ranch. Fate certainly seems to want these two together! However, gangsters are rustling cattle from Stewarts ranch and the leader, Honey Bee Uhl, has a thing for Madge as well. This crazy tangle comes to a head when Uhl kidnaps Madge for a ransom and wants to keep her for himself. Lance wont allow it, even if it means a fight to the death.

The Day of Temptation. A Story of Two Cities

William Le Queux

The style ofThe Day of Temptationis very melodramatic and overwritten adjectives and adverbs abound to the confusion of the reader. The book is very much set in high society and sometimes reminds me of the immortal Daisy Ashford Im sure books like this were among her inspiration.

The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman Burglar

Maurice Leblanc

A contemporary of Arthur Conan Doyle, Maurice Leblanc was the creator of the character of gentleman thief Arsene Lupin who, in France, has enjoyed a popularity as long-lasting and considerable as Sherlock Holmes in the English-speaking world. This is the delightful first of twenty volumes in the Arsene Lupin series written by Leblanc himself. The collection includes nine stories dealing with various complicated plots in which Lupin proves himself to be the consummate escape artist. In the first story titled The Arrest of Arsene Lupin, told by a man who comes to admire the gentleman burglar, Lupin is apprehended on board a cruise ship. The later stories deal with his prison term, escape from jail and further adventures. One of the most famous Arsene Lupin stories, The Queens Necklace is also included here. The two immortals meet in the ninth story, Sherlock Holmes Arrives Too Late and naturally, Lupin manages to outwit the English bloodhound!

Killer Kay

Edgar Wallace

Killer Kay is one of the mystery story from collection which includes the following short stories by Edgar Wallace, a famous British author of mystery genre: The Business-Woman, Blue Suit, Battle Level, The Air Taxi, The Convenient Sea, The Vamp and the Librarian, Thieves Make Thieves. Fast-paced, with good twists and turns, an unusual mystery scheme and a little romance. Edgar Wallace was an immensely popular British writer of mystery thrillers. Today, Wallace is still popular in Great Britain. His impact has been greatly felt in the German motion-picture industry, where many of his books were made into excellent screen thrillers.

Накануне (W przededniu)

Иван Сергеевич Тургенев, Iwan Siergiejewicz Turgieniew

Роман Ивана Сергеевича Тургенева «Накануне» принадлежит к шедеврам не только русской, но и мировой классики. Он был создан великим писателем в 1861 году, в год отмены крепостного права в России, накануне новой исторической эпохи... В центре романа 2013 образы молодежи поколения 1850-х годов. Молодая и перспективная Елена Стахова, девушка из богатой дворянской семьи, и Дмитрий Инсаров 2013 малообеспеченный болгарин, пламенно жаждущий освободить свою родину от турецких оккупантов. Влюбившись в Инсарова, Елена бесстрашно оставляет дом и свою родину, и идет за своим избранником... Тургенев, со свойственным ему необыкновенным лиризмом, написал удивительную книгу о счастье и долге, об эгоизме и самопожертвовании и о всепобеждающей любви, вступающей в противоречие с самой действительностью.

Wysokie Progi

Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz

Dalsza część historii Magdaleny Nieczajówny z książki Złota Maska. Podczas podróży statkiem do Londynu Magda aktorka robiąca zawrotną karierę w stolicy poznaje znanego członka warszawskiej socjety, hrabiego Ksawerego Runickiego. Dziewczyna zaprzyjaźnia się z młodym arystokratą. Nie wie, że Ksawery jest lekkoduchem, a jego majątek ziemski w okolicy Grójca Wysokie Progi zostanie wkrótce zlicytowany. Po powrocie z podróży mężczyzna prosi Magdę o rękę. Dziewczyna zgadza się za niego wyjść. Rezygnuje z dalszej kariery aktorskiej, zamieszkuje w Wysokich Progach i zaczyna wyprowadzać rodowe włości męża z długów. Czy środowisko ziemiańskie, do którego wkracza Magda, zaakceptuje jej zmysł praktyczny i talent organizacyjny, dzięki którym ratuje majątek Runickich przed licytacją? Czy słynący z licznych podbojów erotycznych mąż potrafi być Magdzie wierny? Pełna perypetii historia trudnej miłości przedstawiona na tle realiów międzywojnia.

Pustelnia parmeńska

Stendhal

Pełna intryg, napięcia i niedomówień opowieść o miłości. Główny bohater, Fabryc del Dongo, zostaje odrzucony i wydziedziczony przez własnego ojca z powodu odmiennych poglądów politycznych. Chłopak przyzwyczajony do wystawnego życia i kontaktu z ojcem czuje się zagubiony i nieszczęśliwy. Szuka pocieszenia wśród znanych sobie kobiet. Powieść idealnie oddaje klimat dworski przełomu XVIII i XIX wieku.

The Hollow Needle. Further Adventures of Arsene Lupin

Maurice Leblanc

A story of Arsene Lupin, the greatest, most ingenious and most daring criminal in modern fiction. Translated by Teixeira de Mattos Alexander, The Hollow Needle by Maurice Leblanc, is one of the many novels featuring the celebrated thief Arsene Lupin. Once again, Lupin crosses paths with the famous Holmlock Shears. The novels complex plot is made up of a number of interconnected threads, including a spate of thefts at a castle, the disappearance and apparent death of a young aristocratic woman, and a quest to uncover the hidden treasure of the kings of France. But the greatest danger may be the woman with whom Lupin has fallen in love, for she has made him promise to give up his life of crime forever! Find out everything you need to know about The Hollow Needle in a fraction of the time!

Turfschwindel

Edgar Wallace

Die junge Edna Gray kommt nach dem Tod ihres Vaters aus Argentinien zurück nach England. Edna möchte ihr Leben auf dem Landsitz Ihrer Familie verbringen, doch es gibt Personen, die etwas dagegen haben. Das gefällt dem bisherigen Pächter Elijah Goodie überhaupt nicht. Der skrupellose Rennstallbesitzer versucht Ednas Pläne zu durchkreuzen. Dafür ist jedes Mittel recht.

The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

There is a trial of the bare and thin peasant Denis Grigoriev. He is accused of unscrewing the nut, which rails are attached to the cross ties. The little man does not deny this, but does not see his guilt. The investigator finds out that Denis, like other men, unscrews the nuts in order to make them sinkers. The defendant sincerely does not understand that such unscrewing can lead to train accidents and death. The investigator sends the attacker to prison, but he still does not understand what he did.

The Metal Monster

A. Merritt

Abraham Merritt tells a tale of awe and wonder as well as horror and dread to the speculative fiction and fantasy. The Metal Monster features the return of Dr. Walter T. Goodwin who first appeared in The Moon Pool. In the wilds of the Trans-Himalayan region, a quartet of adventurers led by Dr. Goodwin stumbles upon a tribe of human primitives forgotten since the age of Alexander the Great, and an awesome being of living metal commanded by the exiled Norhala. As Norhalas guests, Goodwin and his team witness the mind-boggling marvels that are the Metal Monsters way of life, and the unspeakable horrors it commits when Norhala takes it to war against her persecutors. An awesome battle between man and the metal beings ensues.

The Jack-knife Man

Ellis Parker Butler

Another lighthearted tale from American author Ellis Parker Butler (December 5, 1869 September 13, 1937) which revolves around old Peter Lane, who lives on a decrepit houseboat on the Mississippi River and mostly whiles away his time whittling with his jack-knife and not really doing much else. That is, until one night, a sickly woman knocks at his boat door holding her son in her arms. This encounter would change Peters life, as the old man befriends little Buddy and is determined to keep him and raise him as his own, provided he is able to keep a host of others from laying claim to the orphan. The two outcasts share many adventures over the storybook, enjoying a happy ending despite several difficulties.

Czerwony Krąg

Edgar Wallace

Detektywi ze Scotland Yardu próbują wyśledzić członków tajnego stowarzyszenia szantażystów o nazwie Czerwony Krąg. Dynamiczny rozwój akcji, żywe dialogi, umiejętność utrzymania czytelnika w napięciu oraz oddany z wielką precyzją klimat Londynu lat dwudziestych minionego wieku to wszystko znajdziemy w tym klasycznym kryminale Edgara Wallacea, autora wielu bardzo poczytnych powieści awanturniczo-przygodowych, sztuk teatralnych oraz scenariuszy hollywoodzkich przebojów kinowych, m.in. słynnego King Konga.

The Swindler and Other Stories

Ethel M. Dell

The Swindler and Other Stories is a collection of stories first published in 1923 by the hugely successful English writer of popular romances Ethel May Dell. The Swindler: As a young girl Cynthia holds a professional swindler in admiration, since he cleverly swindled her out of five hundred pounds. On a voyage she meets a private detective called West who is bent on capturing this swindler called Nat Verney. Little did Cynthia know what the favor she asked of West would lead to. What follows is a mans lies to save the woman he loves from herself and another mans love for Cynthia, and how far he will go to make her happy, at his own expense. The rest of the stories are love stories and have many surprises.

La Tentation de saint Antoine

Gustave Flaubert

Flaubert a travaillé toute sa vie sur ce travail. Un poeme dramatique en prose sur la déception des possibilités de la connaissance. Le drame philosophique La tentation de saint Antoine est basé sur la légende dAnthony of Thebes, un saint chrétien sujet la tentation. Derriere les tentations dans lâme dun ermite, le désespoir sinstalle, suscitant des doutes dans la foi.

Krwawa hrabina. Sensacyjna powieść historyczna

Stanisław Antoni Wotowski

Powieść historyczna z elementami biograficznymi. Elżbieta Batorówna, tytułowa krwawa hrabina, oddawała się rytualnym sesjom upiększającym. Zażywała kąpieli we krwi młodych kobiet. Miało to zagwarantować jej wieczną młodość... Studium psychologiczne głównej bohaterki.

The First Distiller. A Comedy in Six Acts

Leo Tolstoy

Such was the breadth of Tolstoys talents that he was unsurpassed in stories, essays and plays. A play about a demon who was stuck on the theft of the souls of peasants. The story itself is a story about juvenile morality, which seems so heavy that Tolstoys footprints should be on every page.

Judgment at Chelmsford

Charles Williams

Judgement at Chelmsford is a pageant play, written for a church setting. The author Charles Williams (1886-1945), who was a British theologian, playwright, novelist and poet, was commissioned to produce this play to mark the 25th anniversary of The Diocese of Chelmsford in 1939. In it, he created a huge, sprawling drama about the history of Chelmsford. Eight episodes, a prologue and epilogue, make this a formidable work. It was intended to be a large-scale pageant play and explores both historical and spiritual themes. Thus the complete pageant offers a representation not only of the history of the diocese, but of the movement of the soul of man in its journey from the things of this world to the heavenly city of Almighty God.

The Freaks of Mayfair

E.F. Benson

From the Mayfair society, everyone is a prominent representative of high society. Sir Louis and Lady Mary the Tagetes transform snobbery into an art form. Mr. Sandow, the secular vicar, who seems to be interested in everything but real spirituality. Everyone eagerly fights for social status in high society, unnoticing many dangerous details.

The Corsican Brothers

Alexandre Dumas

The bonds that tie family together are among the strongest on earth. But what of those between two brothers born as Siamese twins? The Corsican Brothers is a richly drawn tale of fraternal love and revenge. Alexandre Dumas weaves the compelling story of Siamese twins who are separated physically but never in spirit. They have a truly remarkable psychic link, and can feel each others pains and triumphs. When one of the brothers is murdered, the other leaves Corsica for Paris to avenge the killing. Dumas, a master storyteller, brings this thrilling tale to life with his fascinating descriptions of Italy and France and his powerful portrayal of the undying love of brother for brother. One of Dumas earliest novels, and set in the present (1841), the book falls outside of Dumas historical canon.

Dick and Dolly

Carolyn Wells

Dick and Dolly was published in 1909 and told in a manner which makes the story really true to young readers. It is the story of nine-year old orphan twins (brother and sister) who have to move from one aunts home to live with some other aunt in Connecticut. This transfer of their dwelling-place didnt bother Dick and Dolly much, for they were philosophical little people and took things just as they happened, and, moreover, they were so fond of each other, that so long as they were together, it didnt matter to them where they were. But to the two people who lived in the old Dana place, and who were about to receive the twin charges, it mattered a great deal. Although written over 100 years ago, the issues facing orphaned children and those who care for them are as timely today as they were then.

Prince Otto

Robert Louis Stevenson

In the historical novel "Prince Otto", the romance of adventure is combined with the exact recreation of local color and historical setting. This novel is about Prince Otto, who is not very concerned about government affairs and problems, and he devotes all the time to hunting and other entertainments. Once during a hunt, he stumbles upon ordinary peasants who did not recognize him and agreed to shelter him for the night. During the evening dinner, the unrecognized prince tries to find out from the peasants what they think about their ruler, and those, as ordinary people, told him everything they think about Prince Otto.