The Night Life of the Gods

Thorne Smith

In Night Life of the Gods, we meet Hunter Hawk, wealthy eccentric scientist in 1920s America, who, after numerous explosions, manages to invent an atomic ray that turns living beings into statues, and a second ray that restores them to their original state. With the help of Megaera, a fetching nine-hundred-year-old lady leprechaun he meets one night in the woods, he masters the art of transforming statues into people. Together, the two are invincible, especially when they get to New York City, where there are museums full of statues of Greek and Roman gods and goddesses, waiting to come back to life... Author Thorne Smith puts his seemingly boundless imagination to good work in The Night Life of the Gods, a rip-roaring novel that postulates about what would happen if ancient deities were revived and allowed to run wild in the streets of Depression-era New York City.

Głodne kamienie

Rabindranath Tagore

Głodne kamienie to zbiór opowiadań indyjskiego pisarza z Bengalu, noblisty Rabindranatha Tagore. Opowiadania przedstawiają historie różnych postaci na tle ciekawych aspektów indyjskiej obyczajowości. W tomie znalazły się takie utwory jak: Noc ziszczenia, Zwycięstwo, Maszi, Szkielet, Stróż dziedzictwa, Był sobie król, Jego królewska mość dziecko, Kapłanka Wisznu..

Skull-Face

Robert E. Howard

The horror first took concrete form amid that most unconcrete of all thingsa hashish dream. I was off on a timeless, spaceless journey through the strange lands that belong to this state of being, a million miles away from earth and all things earthly; yet I became cognizant that something was reaching across the unknown voidssomething that tore ruthlessly at the separating curtains of my illusions and intruded itself into my visions.

The Power of Darkness. A Drama in Five Acts

Leo Tolstoy

The very concept of The Power of Darkness for Tolstoy corresponds to the Gospel, where darkness is identified with the concept of hell and death, and light with hope and paradise. The Power of Darkness expresses not only religious, but also philosophical ideas of the great Russian writer. Darkness is the moral blindness of people who commit a crime in order to satisfy the most base motives. The power of The Power of Darkness for Tolstoy is the tragedy of hopelessness, a heavy chain of sins that entangle a person. But The Power of Darkness is also the path to moral regeneration through repentance.

Put Out the Light

Ethel Lina White

Ethel Lina White is a lover of intriguing stories. One of these is Put Out the Light. This is a terrible, exciting story of love, disappointment and jealousy, bred in a gloomy house on a hill. Florence Pye read in the cards, Death to an old woman. Her prophesy came true, silently and violently in the depths of the night. What Miss Pie didnt foresee was that she would find the body first.

The House of the Four Winds

John Buchan

Third and final part of the Dickson McCunn trilogy, where he and the usual sidekicks fall into a plot involving an exiled princes attempt to regain the throne despite the efforts of bad guys to keep him from it. The novel is set in the fictional Central European country of Evallonia in the early 1930s. It concerns the involvement of some Scottish visitors in the overthrow of a corrupt republic and the restoration of the monarchy. It is a sequel to Castle Gay, in which some Evallonians visited Scotland on a secret mission two years before the start of this novel. The three McCunn books are best read in order as there are a number of references to events that happened in previous books. This book chronicles the methodology of a bloodless patriotic coup that might be helpful today around the world!

Dawn of Flame. The Stanley G. Weinbaum Memorial Volume

Stanley G. Weinbaum

After a worldwide plague breaks civilization, Joaquin Smith and his sister build an empire up the Mississippi Valley. Who would be brave or foolish enough to stand in their way? Who but a young backwoodsman named Hull Tarvish? Dawn of Flame was written in the year 1939 by Stanley Grauman Weinbaum. This book is one of the most popular novels of Stanley Grauman Weinbaum, and has been translated into several other languages around the world. After his death, Weinbaum became science fictions first cult author; Dawn of Flame appeared as the title piece of a 1936 memorial story collection, while The Black Flame was the lead feature in the January 1939 debut issue of Startling Stories.

The Sinister Man

Edgar Wallace

A mystery novel classic by Edgar Wallace with so many twists and turns it becomes utterly baffling by the end. Superintendent Wills investigates the murder of a man found floating in the River Thames, it appears the victim was a archeology Oxford professor, murdered over three small fragments of an ancient text, working on the deciphering of some very rare tablets which if they fall into the wrong hands could cause major problems for one Asian country. He had previously been studying an archeological artefact known as the Kytang Wafers, and this is now missing. Highly recommended for people who like to treat a mystery story as a solvable riddle!

White Fang

Jack London

The main conflict of the story is dog-nature vs. wolf-nature, or nature vs. man. What happens to White fang, and how he goes through the many troubles that he has to. Growing up in the Yukon territory of Canada during the Klondike Gold Rush, he learned the law of the Wild at an early age: kill, or be killed, eat, or be eaten. Separated from his mother and traded from master to master, White Fang never grasped the concept of love, and violence was all that he knew. Having no teacher, he learned the rules of survival by experience. Then, a cruel man buys White Fang and turns him into a pit dog forced to fight for money. He save one day, a mixed dogwolf from the hands of a cruel man, and a brave friendship develops between the two. With beautifully realistic details of the harsh realities of life in the Yukon, White Fang is a grippingly original tale about morality and redemption that still stands as an American classic.

The Greater Inclination

Edith Wharton

This is Edith Whartons earliest published collection of 8 short stories (1899). A selection consists: Muses Tragedy: Unrequited love between a poet and his muse. The Journey: A woman journeys with her ailing husband. The Pelican: A woman supports her son. Souls Belated: The pressure put on couples to marry. A Coward: A man recounts his cowardice past. The Twilight of the God: Past lovers meet under a husbands eye. A Cup of Cold Water: Redemption song. The Portrait: One of Whartons earliest short stories, when a painter paints your flaws. Like much of Whartons later work, they touch on themes of marriage, male/female relationships, New York society, and the nature and purpose of art. Give yourselves a treat, and read this short but unforgettable diverse collection!

Lato leśnych ludzi

Maria Rodziewiczówna

Trójka przyjaciół Rosomak, Pantera i Żuraw spędza lato w leśnej głuszy. Swój czas poświęcają pomocy zwierzętom i podziwianiu piękna krajobrazu. Doświadczonym leśnym ludziom towarzyszy młody praktykant. Jest to chłopak z miasta, który u ich boku nabiera doświadczenia i zdobywa zaszczytne miano Orlika. Lato leśnych ludzi to opis życia w głuchej puszczy jest pretekstem do ukazania piękna i siły natury. Bohaterowie doskonalą się poprzez życie w naturze i wspólną pracę.

Queen of the Black Coast

Robert E. Howard

Hoofs drummed down the street that sloped to the wharfs. The folk that yelled and scattered had only a fleeting glimpse of a mailed figure on a black stallion, a wide scarlet cloak flowing out on the wind. Far up the street came the shout and clatter of pursuit, but the horseman did not look back. He swept out onto the wharfs and jerked the plunging stallion back on its haunches at the very lip of the pier.

Marjorie in Command

Carolyn Wells

Carolyn Wells (1862-1942) was an American poet and writer of detective and mystery novels, as well as childrens books, best known for her Fleming Stone Detective Stories. Marjorie series is Carolyn Wellss also known series was publicized as happy books for happy girls. The series includes Marjories Vacation, Marjories Busy Days, Marjories New Friend, Marjorie in Command, Marjories Maytime, and Marjorie at Seacote. Marjorie is a happy American little girl of twelve, up to mischief, but full of goodness and sincerity. The incidents of her summer vacation are such as will delight any little girl. In her and her friends every girl reader will see much of her own love of fun, play, and adventure. Highly recommended!

Twin Sombreros

Zane Grey

A novel of honor lost, redemption found, and rip-roaring wild adventure from the original master of the American Western. Falsely accused of murdering Allen Neece, cowboy Brazos Keene had narrowly escaped a lynch mob. With his name at last cleared, Keene discovered that Neeces twin sisters had being forced off their ranch after the death of their brother, something that honorable cowboy Brazos Keene couldnt allow to happen. Brazos made a pledge to track down their brothers killers and get the ranch back. He became an instrument of vengeance, furiously shooting his way through the web of lies and greed that now hangs over Twin Sombreros Ranch. But Brazos also found himself hopelessly in love with both twins!

The Voice of the City. Further Stories of the Four Million

O. Henry

O. Henry is most widely recognized for his stories dry wit, plot twists and surprise ending. But another major element in his fiction is his love of the American urban environment, as well as a keen appreciation of the rapid diversification that occurred in many cities in the early twentieth century. In The Voice of the City, O. Henry uses excellently written short stories and high vocabulary to convey a sense on New York. This collection brings together an array of tales about humble people trying to survive in a major metropolis. The author has created a myriad of heroes and heroines to serve as guides to this large city. It is full of some funny, some far reaching, and some heartwarming stories of life that make you smile.

Daisys Aunt

E.F. Benson

Daisy Ginny, a young aunt, returns from a year abroad and discovers that Daisy is hoping that Lord Lindfield will make an offer. This is a story about intricate love with an intriguing plot. We know that such a novel from such an author cannot have happy end. The novel is at least a little witty, but with genuine bets for those involved in the reading.

Frank Merriwell Down South

Burt L. Standish

The book begins with the search for the protagonist of the lost Silver Palace in Mexico. After that, he goes to Mardi Gras in New Orleans and must unravel the mystery of the queen of flowers. Many obstacles appear on his way. But they make him stronger.

The Purple Cloud

M.P. Shiel

The Purple Cloud, The Lord of the Sea (both 1901), and The Last Miracle (1906) is a trilogy of science fiction; and at least the first two are considered early masterpieces in the genre. The Purple Cloud is widely hailed as a masterpiece of science fiction and one of the best last man novels ever written. A deadly purple vapor passes over the world and annihilates all living creatures except one man, Adam Jeffson. Adam adventures to the North Pole; on returning he realizes the entire population of the world has been destroyed by a cloud of cyanogen; he tours with world as master of all he sees, reveling and destroying as he will.

History of Julius Caesar

Jacob Abbott

This is a story about a historical figure written by Abbott. The author describes in detail the youth of Caesar nd his role in the Sylla and Marius conflict. Readers learn a lot of interesting facts. One of which is revealed at the end of the book, namely the murder of Caesar on the day when he was going to be crowned King of the Roman Empire.

Doktor Murek zredukowany

Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz

Doktor praw Franciszek Murek pracuje jako urzędnik w prowincjonalnym magistracie. Pewnego dnia w wyniku bezpodstawnych oskarżeń dotyczących jego rzekomej przeszłości politycznej traci posadę. Mimo usilnych starań nie jest w stanie odzyskać utraconej pozycji społecznej. Popada w skrajną nędzę. Postanawia przyjechać do Warszawy, by tu w stolicy odmienić swój los. Kontakty z różnymi środowiskami od przedstawicieli władzy po miejscowy półświatek przynoszą mu jedynie gorzkie rozczarowania. Najbardziej bolesne z owych rozczarowań dotyczą życia osobistego. Murek lokuje swoje uczucia w osobie Niry Horzeńskiej, kobiety egocentrycznej i bezmyślnie okrutnej. Zdesperowany i pozbawiony wszelkich złudzeń bohater rzuca wyzwanie społeczeństwu... Doktor Murek zredukowany to niezwykle barwna opowieść o człowieku krystalicznie uczciwym i miłującym praworządność, któremu przyszło robić karierę w zmaterializowanym i totalnie skorumpowanym społeczeństwie. O dalszych losach bohatera opowiada książka Drugie życie doktora Murka.

Trędowata

Helena Mniszkówna

Najsłynniejszy polski melodramat, którego akcja rozgrywająca się na przełomie XIX i XX wieku. Tragiczne dzieje miłości, której spełnieniu stają na przeszkodzie przesądy społeczne i fanatyzm członków arystokratycznych rodów. Stefania Rudecka tytułowa trędowata jest niezamożną szlachcianką. Pracuje jako guwernantka w domu hrabiny Elzonowskiej, ciotki ordynata Waldemara Michorowskiego. Młody magnat zakochuje się w pięknej Stefci. Wkrótce mimo licznych przeszkód zaręcza się z dziewczyną. Wyznaczona zostaje data ślubu. Miłość tych dwojga napotyka kolosalny opór środowiska arystokratycznego. Uznają ich związek za niemożliwy do zaakceptowania mezalians. Stefcia poddawana jest niezasłużonym szykanom... Dalsze losy Waldemara opisała Helena Mniszkówna w powieści Ordynat Michorowski.

Abandoned

Jules Verne

The whaling schooner with an incomplete crew returns to America, after not very successful trades. On board is the owners wife with the child, their cousin Benedict, an analogue of Paganel and Jung Dick Send, fifteen turbulent years. Next comes the rescue of blacks from an abandoned flooded ship and a bloody scene of a whale hunt. This episode, although it did not greatly excite me as a child, having been forgotten, now seemed completely disgusting, especially the realization that the whalers had attacked a nursing mother with a kitten, who now also became doomed to die, but was already starving to death.

The Man Who Was Two

Fred M. White

Walter Pennington and Raymond Mallison were best friends. And it would seem that can prevent such a strong friendship. However, after a while a lawyer, Walter Pennington is found dead. His friend is under arrest. This news surprises their friends, because they were good friends, but before their death, they quarreled. Is Raymond Mallison to blame for the death of his friend?

Carmens Messenger

Harold Bindloss

Jake Foster wanted to change something in his own country with small steps. To do this, he had to marry Alice, who is ready to invest in his business, in his idea. After the signing of the contract, he feels relieved because now he can increase income of his country. But is it worth the sacrifices for which he went?