A Silent Witness

R. Austin Freeman

All the Dr. Thorndyke books are outstanding. This one is no exception. In this installment, the action centers on one Dr. Humphrey Jardine, who is the narrator of the story, and who himself is the focus of several strange events. Jardines troubles begin with a casual walk, where he comes across the body of a man and runs to fetch the police, only to come back and find that the dead man has disappeared. The police can find no trace that the man was ever there, so Jardine takes it upon himself to examine the scene for clues. His findings lead him into a very strange adventure which can only be solved with the technical expertise of Dr. Thorndyke, but not before Jardine finds his life in danger, and not just once.

The Vicomte de Bragelonne

Alexandre Dumas

The dArtagnan Romances are a set of three novels by Alexandre Dumas telling the story of the musketeer dArtagnan from his humble beginnings in Gascony to his death as a marshal of France in the Siege of Maastricht in 1673. It is May 1660 and the fate of nations is at stake. Mazarin plots, Louis XIV is in love, and Raoul de Bragelonne, son of Athos, is intent on serving France and winning the heart of Louise de la Valliere. DArtagnan, meanwhile, is perplexed by a mysterious stranger, and soon he learns that his old comrades already have great projects in hand. Athos seeks the restoration of Charles II, while Aramis, with Porthos in tow, has a secret plan involving a masked prisoner and the fortification of the island of Belle-Ile. DArtagnan finds a thread leading him to the French court, the banks of the Tyne, the beaches of Holland, and the dunes of Brittany. The Vicomte de Bragelonne: Ten Years Later is the 3rd and largest continuation of the Musketeer saga, following The Three Musketeers and Twenty Years After.

Beniowski

Juliusz Słowacki

Beniowski, poemat dygresyjny Juliusza Słowackiego, przybliża wydarzenia konfederacji barskiej zbrojnego wystąpienia szlachty polskiej w obronie wiary katolickiej i niepodległości Rzeczpospolitej. Fabuła skupia się na podróżach awanturnika Maurycego Beniowskiego, przerywana jest jednak często uwagami narratora komentującymi różne sprawy publiczne.

Wehikuł czasu

Herbert George Wells

Wehikuł czasu, powieść science fiction Herberta Georgea Wellsa, opowiada o naukowcu, któremu udało się skonstruować maszynę do przenoszenia się w czasie. Dzięki niej odbywa podróż do odległej przyszłości. Na Ziemi żyją wtedy dwie rasy Ejolowie, mieszkający na powierzchni, oraz Morlokowie, zamieszkujący podziemia. Odkrycie skłania naukowca do refleksji nad kolejami ludzkiej ewolucji.

ClarencePrivate

Edgar Wallace

Edgar Wallace was an English writer. Born into poverty as an illegitimate London child, joining the army at 21, he was a war correspondent during the Second Boer War for Reuters and The Daily Mail. During the First World War Edgar Wallace wrote a number of morale-boosting tales about the skill and derring-do of the British military and intelligence services, mostly in the form of series published under such titles as Clarence-Private. Several series were published in the form of dramatic pseudo-documentary accounts of what he claimed to be true stories. Clarence-Private is a fine series of Wallace stories about wartime espionage.

You Cant Be Too Careful

Herbert George Wells

You Cant be Too Careful is a sketch of one way of life the life path, cowardly man, in fear, made a lot of dirty tricks. He never forgot that necessary caution, and helped unleash the Second world war. He believed everything he was told, he did what he was told. Not it is done by world Affairs, he was only a humble and law-abiding. But he relied all those who would, in the words of wells, to increase the amount of the worlds evil. He was one of the men who developed mass support for fascism and reaction. You Cant Be Too Careful is a novel written by H. G. Wells and first published in 1941. It is a satirical novel of one Englishman, a Mr. Edward Albert Tewler, from cradle to grave.

Good Evans

Edgar Wallace

One of the most prolific writers of the twentieth century, Edgar Wallace was an immensely popular author. The Educated Evans stories combine Wallaces talent for humor with his hallmark detective story themes. His story of Evans is full of amusing incidents of love and adventure set amidst the bustle and excitement of the racecourse. This continues the life of Evans, Edgar Wallaces? cockney tipster and "the wizard of Camden Town". Follow the loves, predictions and calamities of this likeable hero of the Turf in the seventeen tales of this book. It is not only race-lovers who will love Evans, but lovers of life itself.

The Vanished Messenger

E. Phillips Oppenheim

Mystery novel by E. Phillips Oppenheim involving a handicapped art collector. The book concerns recently demobbed and down on his luck Major Owston, who becomes the bodyguard of the deformed amoral art collector Martin Hews. Enabled by his enormous wealth to buy the worlds most beautiful works of art. Hews is plunged into a bitter rivalry with a gang leader simply known as Joseph. This is a thrilling and tense story of a struggle between master brains, of gang wars, of deceit, of murder, while the sinister Martin Hews sits in his fortified treasure house, and the love story of Beatrice lends romance and beauty. It presents a fascinating picture of unexpected turns and twists.

Leśna Różyczka (Tom 3). Leśna Różyczka. Skarby i krokodyle

Karol May

Skarby i krokodyle to trzeci tom przygód z cyklu Leśna Różyczka, czyli prześladowania dookoła świata. Kto tym razem stanie na drodze mężnych bohaterów? Niegodziwi ludzie czy dzikie siły natury? Drużynie przyjdzie zmierzyć się i z jednym, i z drugim niebezpieczeństwem, aby podjąć wyzwanie odnalezienia zapierającego dech w piersiach, tajemniczego skarbu.

Around the World in Eighty Days

Jules Verne

The hero of the novel, Phileas Fogg, made a bet that he would be able to circumnavigate the globe from west to east in no more than 80 days, given the technical capabilities of 19th century transport. Foggs journey begins in England, and then he goes to France, Italy, Egypt, India, China, Japan and America. In India, Fogg and his servant, Jean Passepartout, save the beautiful Audu, who is about to be burned alive with the body of her late husband. Subsequently, she becomes Foggs wife. Detective Fix fixes the journey: the police are convinced that it was Fogg who stole a large sum from the Bank of England, and betting is an opportunity to evade punishment.

Le Docteur Pascal

Émile Zola

Le Docteur Pascal est louvre finale de Zola du cycle Rugon-McCara. Le docteur Pascal est un personnage tres gentil, pensant bien et brillant, qui prend la vie telle quelle, sans fioritures ni idéalisation. Zola a mis ses idées, ses conceptions philosophiques du monde, sa compréhension du sens de la vie dans la bouche du héros. Il résume toute la vie agitée de la famille Rugon-Makkarov, qui, malgré tout, a laissé une marque notable sur lhistoire du Second Empire.

Jak wam się podoba

William Shakespeare

Znakomita komedia mistrza teatru elżbietańskiego choć różnie oceniana przez krytyków, czasem mało pochlebnie, jest jednak jedną z najczęściej wystawianych stuk Szekspira i uwielbianą przez czytelników po dziś dzień. Zapewnia znakomitą rozrywkę, urzekając celnymi i błyskotliwymi dialogami, wyraziście zarysowanymi, pełnymi humoru postaciami i niezwykłym stosunkiem do natury.

Nicholas Goade, Detective

E. Phillips Oppenheim

E. Phillips Oppenheim was a popular 20th century writer best known for penning suspenseful thriller novels like The Mystery of Mr. Bernard Brown. Many of his more than 100 novels are still read today. His novels and short stories have all the elements of blood-racing adventure and intrigue and are precursors of modern-day spy fictions. Nicholas Goade, Detective is a collection of short mysteries about a Scotland Yard detective on holiday. As he travels across England with his dog in his old car, he keeps stumbling across little mysteries. Its a cross between a classic police procedural and a 1930s update of Sherlock Holmes, with Goade solving odd cases through a combination of careful detective work, leaps of intuition, and his ability to understand and communicate with people.

Ród Rodrigandów (Tom 3). Ród Rodrigandów. Cyganie i przemytnicy

Karol May

Ktoś znów czyha na majątek hrabiego Rodriganda. W dodatku odnaleziony w niezwykłych okolicznościach Mariano, syn hrabiego, zostaje zakładnikiem okrutnego pirata Landoli. Mistrz młodzieżowej literatury przygodowej Karol May nie traci werwy w opisywaniu szalonych przygód, rozgrywających się tym razem w XIX-wiecznej Hiszpanii, przeplatanych mrożącymi krew w żyłach intrygami.

The Eternal Feminine

Carolyn Wells

A collection of short sketches by the prolific American author which was first published in 1913. Carolyn Wells was an early 20th century poet and author best known for mysteries like The Gold Bag and Fleming Stone Detective Stories. During the first ten years of her career, she concentrated on poetry, humor, and childrens books. After 1910, she devoted herself to the mystery genre. The book contains: At the lost-and-found desk, Tootie at the bank, The dressmaker in the house, The night before Christmas, A new recruit, Shopping for postage stamps, At the bridge table, She goes shopping, A quiet afternoon, Taking care of uncle, In the department store and others.

One Little Thread of Life

E. Phillips Oppenheim

Edward Phillips Oppenheim (1866 1946), an English novelist, was a major and successful writer of genre fiction, particularly thrillers. Among his books are The Betrayal, The Avenger, The Double Life of Mr. Alfred Burton, The Devils Paw, and The Evil Shepherd. Many of Oppenheims works appeared as newspaper or magazine serials before they were published in book form. The serial versions of his novels were often syndicated for publication in periodicals in the USA and other English-speaking countries. One Little Thread of Life made its first appearance in 1899 in The Weekly Telegraph, Sheffield, England. Mr. Oppenheim can be depended upon to give his plots that turn which is as admirable as it is unexpected, and this is one of the best of his many good and exciting books.

Queen Shebas Ring

H. Rider Haggard

All events take place in Africa, in the imaginary kingdom, or perhaps one should say queendom of Mur, ruled by Maqueda, a descendant King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. This time Rider tells about two more lost tribes of Africa. Due to the contradictions between them, one of them faces death. The ring of Queen Sheba given to Dr. Richard Adams is a sign of well-deserved reward for the salvation of the people and the destruction of the main enemy.

The Revenge of the Robot and Other Tales

Otis Adelbert Kline

Rebels on the red planet! An Earthman Harry Thorn exchanges personalities with an ancient Martian and pursues a vicious criminal (another Earthman who had been sent earlier) who seeks to destroy Martian civilization. Theres also a race of yellow aliens apart from the hot-looking humanoids, and these guys have a death-ray which becomes important to the conflict. Follow Thornes amazing adventures on this distant world as he attempts to fulfill his obligations. The Swordsman of Mars novel is one of the five planetary romances written by Kline in the 1930s. Considered by many to be the only true equal of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Otis Adelbert Kline was a master of the sword and planet genre. His adventure novels became science-fiction classics.

Herr und Knecht

Lew N. Tolstoi

Mit seiner bildgewaltigen Meistererzählung Herr und Knecht (1895) schuf der große russische Dichter und Humanist Leo Tolstoi eine zeitlose Parabel auf die Macht der Mitmenschlichkeit. Der Kaufmann Brechunow, dessen Leben bis dahin dem Zusammenraffen von Reichtümern gewidmet war, gerät mit seinem Knecht Nikita auf dem Pferdeschlitten in einen furchtbaren Schneesturm. Wassilij ist ungeduldig und möchte die Stadt schnell erreichen, um dort vor anderen Interessenten ein Stück Wald zu kaufen. Doch im Tosen des Unwetters verirren sie sich heillos und angesichts des nahen Todes beginnen die Standesunterschiede zwischen den beiden ungleichen Gefährten auf wundersame Weise zu verschwinden. Tolstoi erzählt hier in meisterlichem Realismus von der Wandlung eines Menschen.

Bones of the River

Edgar Wallace

Edgar Wallace was one of the most popular and prolific authors of his era. For his series set in the highly evocative world of West Africa he created two of his most beloved and enduring characters, Colonial Administrator Sanders and his eccentric companion Lieutenant Tibbetts, known to all as Bones. It is a time when the worlds most powerful nations are vying for colonial honor, a time of trading steamers and tribal chiefs. In the mysterious African territories administered by Commissioner Sanders, Bones persistently manages to create his own unique style of innocent and endearing mischief.

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.

Captain Paul

Alexandre Dumas

Alexandre Dumass 1846 novel, Captain Paul is based on life of John Paul Jones, a captain in the American Navy during the revolutionary war. This epic adventure is written in best traditions of Dumas work featuring numerous desperate battles, true love, brave heroes, devious villains, and intrigue. This tale of high adventure and daring-do is highly recommended for fans of Dumass work, and would make for a fantastic addition to any bookshelf! One of the most widely read French authors in history, Alexandre Dumas is best-known for his iconic classic The Three Musketeers, as well as for The Count of Monte Cristo, and the two Musketeer sequels Twenty Years After and The Vicomte de Bragelome: Ten Years Later. Dumas began his writing career as a successful playwright, and later evolved to writing magazine articles and travel books, before extending his talents to fiction.

Znachor

Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz

Profesor Rafał Wilczur jest znanym i cenionym chirurgiem. Pewnego dnia dowiaduje się, że jego ukochana żona odeszła z kochankiem. Zabrała też ze sobą córeczkę. Lekarz szuka ukojenia w alkoholu. Podczas bójki w podrzędnej knajpie zostaje uderzony dotkliwie w głowę. Traci pamięć. Wiedzie życie włóczęgi. Zatrzymany przez policję trafia na posterunek. Kradnie tam dokumenty na nazwisko Antoniego Kosiby. Z nową tożsamością tuła się po kraju. Po wielu latach znajduje schronienie u wiejskiego młynarza. Dokonuje udanej operacji jego kalekiego syna, przez co zyskuje w okolicy sławę doskonałego znachora. Miejscowy lekarz, zazdrosny o sukcesy znachora, grozi mu sądem za nielegalne wykonywanie praktyki lekarskiej. Doprowadza do aresztowania Kosiby... Znachor to pasjonująca historia o zdradzie, zawiści i triumfie miłości. Dalsze losy bohatera poznamy w powieści Profesor Wilczur.

The Marriage Contract

Honoré de Balzac

Just a plain old story told by a superb story teller. A Marriage Contract (French: Le Contrat de marriage) is an 1835 novel by French author Honoré de Balzac and included in the Scenes de la vie privée section of his novel sequence La Comédie humaine. Set in Bordeaux, the marriage between an elegant but weak young Parisian gentleman, Paul de Manerville, and the beautiful but spoiled daughter of a Spanish heiress, Natalie Evangélista, is undermined from the beginning by a fight over the contract of marriage and the financial arrangements, which causes the mother-in-law to seek revenge against Paul. The story is told in a typical Balzac prose style, a forthright narrative sprinkled with witty adages and life lessons, a swift change in emotions running in his characters such that its difficult to decipher the true nature of each character but only to gratify ones curiosity by admitting that inherent fallacy of human character its multi-faced nature.