Sergeant Silk. The Prairie Scout

Robert Leighton

As long as the lone red-coated equestrian policemen of the Northwest, tracking cattle thieves across uninhabited prairies and fighting hordes of warriors, have something to do with the boy approaching his teens, Mr. Leightons frank tales will be in demand. Wolves, carbines, bags of gold and logging run through its pages, and Sergeant Silk meets them all a combination of Sir Robert Baden-Powell and Sherlock Holmes in a red military jacket.

For The Defence. Dr. Thorndyke

R. Austin Freeman

Dr. Thorndyke is the CSI of his day. Most of the book is taken up with the account of how an innocent man gets himself thoroughly entangled in what looks like the certainty that he will be hanged, either for the death of a man he saw only once, or amazingly, for his own death! But, of course, Dr. Thorndyke is able to extricate him from this awful situation and triumph yet again. This is the amazing story of a polite, artistic gentleman who, by a series of mistakes, accidents, bad decisions and bad luck finds himself accused of two murders and a fraud. One of the murder victims is himself! No one but Dr. Thorndyke could possible clear up the confusion.

Ozimina

Wacław Berent

Powieść eksperymentalna Wacława Berenta, której akcja rozgrywa się w ciągu jednego lutowego wieczoru roku 1904. Podczas przyjęcia karnawałowego spotykają się osoby z różnych grup społecznych: zarówno wykształconej elity, jak i prostego ludu. Utwór zbudowany z wielu mikroscenek na wzór dramatu, co pozwala czytelnikowi zanurzyć się głęboko w opisywane wydarzenia i niemal stać się ich uczestnikiem.

LÉclat dobus

Maurice Leblanc

quelques kilometres de la frontiere allemande, non loin de la petite cité lorraine de Corvingy il y a un château d Ornequin. En juillet 1914 les jeunes mariés Paul et Elisabeth Delroze arrivent l. Depuis la mort de la comtesse Hermine, la femme du comte dAndeville et la mere dElisabeth, ce château est abandonné. Pendant le séjour dans le château Paul fait une découverte, qui va bouleverser sa vie. Et cest le défi. Cest une histoire pasionnante et extraordinaire de la persécution et de la guerre.

Kobiety w życiu wielkich ludzi

Stanisław Antoni Wotowski

Książka Kobiety w życiu wielkich ludzi Stanisława Wotowskiego opisuje życie kilku kobiet żyjących w otoczeniu ważnych postaci historycznych z różnych epok. Gdy do takiego tematu zabiera się przedwojenny prywatny detektyw, specjalizujący się w skandalach towarzysko-obyczajowych, możemy być pewni, że spotkamy pełnokrwistych bohaterów, których losy przedstawiono w sposób ekscytujący i szczególnie wciągający.

Room 13

Edgar Wallace

With Room 13 in 1924 Edgar Wallace introduced readers to Mr. J. G. Reeder, one of the least glamorous of all fictional detectives. Mr. J. G. Reeder is neither a police detective nor an amateur crime-fighter, nor is he a private detective. In fact he is employed by the Bank of England, and acts as a kind of consultant to Scotland Yard. This time Edgar Wallaces unassuming investigator shares the limelight with a young and vigorous ex-con called John Gray. John Gray, a moderately wealthy gentleman who was set up for having supposedly cheated riding in a horse race and sent to Dartmoor, comes out seeking vengeance on the man who sent him there and finds himself aided in his quest by the seemingly innocuous J.G. Reeder.

When God Laughs and Other Stories

Jack London

A very wise story from the cycle about love. An inexhaustible topic, do not talk about it. No one has yet managed to beat the gods. Although Karkines met people who almost succeeded: Marvin Fisk and Ethel Baird. But the punishment of the gods overtook them at the end.

Work. A Story of Experience

Louisa May Alcott

A story about a nineteenth-century womans search for a meaningful life through work outside the family sphere, Work: A Story of Experience is at once Alcotts exploration of her personal challenges and a social critique of America, examining womens independence, the moral significance of labor, and the goals to which a woman can aspire. The story depicts the struggles of a young woman trying to support herself. The main character, Christie Devon, a New England orphan, works outside the home in a variety of different jobs, but the end of her story marks the beginning of a new career as a voice and activist for other working women. Influenced by Transcendentalism and by the womens rights movement, it affirms the possibility of a feminized utopian society.

The Jewel of Seven Stars

Bram Stoker

Bram Stoker made his imprint on vampire lore with Dracula, and five years later, he made yet another imprint on another iconic type of undead: the mummy. The Jewel of Seven Stars follows the attempts to revive a five-thousand-year-old Egyptian queen. The story opens with London barrister Malcolm Ross receiving a late-night summons to the home of Margaret Trelawney. Margarets father, an Egyptologist, is comatose, and an attempt has been made on his life, or so it seems. His house, and especially his vast bedroom, is a veritable museum, with Egyptian artifacts, from mummies to sarcophagi, making for a strange, sinister setting. Weird things happen in the house which explores the possibility of the magic of mummies.

The Gringos

B.M. Bower

The Gringos recounts the massive clash of cultures that arose when European-American prospectors streamed into California in pursuit of gold and other natural resources. Dade Hunter and Jack Allen are two cowboys who got caught up in the 1849 California Gold Rush, and had a good fortune in the gold fields. They decide to spend a winter in San Francisco, where Jack gets hooked on gambling, while Dade quickly gets tired of it and moves on. Dade meets Andres, a Spanish Don who owns a large ranch, and tries to persuade Jack to move there with him, but Jack is involved way over his head.

Szatan i Judasz (Tom 6). Szatan i Judasz. Dżebel Magraham

Karol May

Szatan i Judasz. Dżebel Magraham to szósta część z 11-tomowego cyklu przygodowego autorstwa Karola Maya. Grupa dzielnych bohaterów odbywa wspólnie szalone podróże, aby mierzyć się z wszelkiej maści niegodziwcami, walczyć o sprawiedliwość i odnajdywać zaginione skarby. Dzięki pracy zespołowej, zaufaniu i wzajemnej pomocy udaje im się wyjść obronną ręką z najgorszych opresji.

Apache Gold. A Story of the Strange Southwest

Joseph A. Altsheler

Apache Gold, A Story of the Strange Southwest is a rip-roaring tale of adventure set on the Arizona frontiers of the American Old West written by Joseph Alexander Altsheler (April 29, 1862 June 5, 1919). He was an American newspaper reporter, editor and author of popular juvenile historical fiction. An abiding classic of western literature, our hero in this tale is Charles Wayne, a young but strong and sharp lad who seeks adventure in the southwesterly desert frontier of Arizona. Charles has terrifying encounters with wild beasts and Indians when he searches for the lost treasure of the Spaniards. Joseph A. Altsheler describes the vast open frontier evocatively, placing the reader in a time when equal measures of freedom and danger were abundant. Throughout Mr. Waynes traversals, were reminded of how difficult it was to survive let alone thrive in the Old West. The beauty of the unforgiving land forms a vibrant backdrop to the scrapes and challenges our heroes must face.

Selim Mirza

Henryk Sienkiewicz

Selim Mirza jest synem bogatego ziemianina pochodzenia tatarskiego. Jeszcze niedawno konkurował o względy pięknej Hani ze swoim rówieśnikiem, młodym paniczem Henrykiem. Obaj młodzieńcy zostali ranni w pojedynku. Podczas ich rekonwalescencji Hania przeszła ospę i została oszpecona. Dziewczyna odrzuca oświadczyny Selima i wstępuje do klasztoru. Młodzieniec wyrusza do Francji, by wziąć udział w wojnie francusko-pruskiej. Utwór Selim Mirza , napisany w stylu Alexandrea Dumasa, zawiera pewne wątki autobiograficzne.

Boot-Hill Payoff

Robert E. Howard

San Leon lay as if slumbering in the desert heat as the five brothers rode up to the doors of the Cattlemens Bank. None noted their coming; the Red Lode saloon, favorite rendezvous for the masculine element of San Leon, stood at the other end of the town, and out of sight around a slight bend in the street.

Those Other Days

E. Phillips Oppenheim

A collection of nineteen stories, by Edward Phillips Oppenheim, mostly from the 1890s and early 1900s, published in magazines, and collected in 1913. Ghost stories, bizarre adventures, strange appearances and disappearances, and improbable love are the themes of these very enjoyable stories by the master storyteller. Young men courting women, psychic phenomena, and humorous characters abound. Those Other Days stories are almost Victorian in their diction and flavor, with some of the fascination of the period for supernatural events. If you havent discovered the joys of Oppenheims stories, which are clearly written and literary there is a good place to start. Highly recommended!

The Old Stone House and Other Stories

Anna Katharine Green

A young girl named Juliet, draws the boys in a small village after her, and along the way a rich Colonel, whose love for her reaches farther than anyone would have expected. She also hooks a fiery, unstable man named Orrin. The Colonel gets her to swear she will marry him as soon as he finishes a stone house for her, while Orrin tries something secretive to win his love. The narrator is a former lover of Juliet, and what he tells of is a twisted tale of a selfish woman and an evil man, decide for yourself which man is the villain... Short stories written by Anna Katharine Green. This well-written collection also includes: A Memorable Night, The Black Cross, A Mysterious Case, Shall He Wed Her? . Each one contains a mystery and a romantic involvement in the plot, and some have a twist ending.

The Master Mind

J.U. Giesy, Junius B Smith

The story of an undercover detective who works to capture the thief of the Bank. It would seem that he had already caught him. After all, he pressed a button that signaled a patrol garage, and another one that called the inspector and several other officers from the next room. Before the side door of the bank there was a big car in a limousine, which had two entrances, facing two streets. It was clearly a personal car of a rich man, because he was the latest model and luxurious in all respects. These were intelligent criminals who are not so easy to catch.

The Maracot Deep

Arthur Conan Doyle

This is one of the works of fiction published during Doyles life. Published in 1929, only a year before the authors death, this short novel amply demonstrates that Doyle still retained all his great abilities as a spinner of riveting yarns, even in his twilight years. The book concerns Maracots exploration of the world beneath the sea. Maracot and his companions find themselves stranded on the ocean floor, and discover a very unexpected world, in fact a civilisation, deep beneath the waves. They are introduced to a remarkable and ancient society that expands their knowledge of human civilizations history and then even more so, their understanding of planes of existence.Their visions of the future of humanity possess an optimism and a romance that simply isnt possible to writers today.

Biały murzyn

Michał Bałucki

Antoni, student medycyny, przyjeżdża na wakacje do rodzinnej miejscowości. Ojciec przyjmuje go jednak dość chłodno, stale też strofuje syna. Pewnego dnia Antoni przypadkiem ratuje w lesie hrabiankę Jadwigę. Ta nie okazuje żadnej wdzięczności, traktuje go arogancko i z wyższością. Mimo to Antoni zakochuje się w dziedziczce. Kiedy dowiaduje się, że jest już zaręczona, wpada w apatię. Tymczasem narzeczony Jadzi ginie w wypadku samochodowym. Jadwiga natomiast spodziewa się dziecka. Aby bronić honoru rodziny, hrabia postanawia wydać ją za Antoniego, a po przyjściu na świat dziecka opłacić rozwód. Początkowo Antoni odmawia. Zmienia zdanie, gdy Jadwiga próbuje popełnić samobójstwo. W końcu godzi się na małżeństwo z dziedziczką. Ta jednak przyjmuje jego szlachetność jako upokorzenie i stara się go poniżyć. Antoni zapowiada jej, że nie zgodzi się na rozwód, dopóki nie zrozumie, jak bardzo go skrzywdziła i nie zmieni się. Wkrótce wyjeżdża do Warszawy, gdzie kończy studia z wyróżnieniem. Zostaje wybitnym pediatrą. Pewnego dnia w szpitalu, w którym pracuje, zjawia się Jadwiga z synkiem dotkniętym paraliżem... Biały murzyn to lektura godna polecenia.

In The Mayors Parlour

Joseph Smith Fletcher

This is a story of graft and corruption set in one of Fletchers favoured Northern towns. The mayor who is on a clean-up campaign is found dead in his parlour and our hero, his younger cousin, is determined to find out who killed him. Was he eliminated for this reason? There are entanglements involving city officials and his proposed reforms plus jealousy related to relationships. Lots of twists with a surprise murderer. The plot is cleverly centered around the inquest, which keeps being adjourned in hope of new evidence.

Winston of the Prairie

Harold Bindloss

This is a story about good and evil. Before each person in life is a difficult choice. And he decides which way to choose. So our main character made a choice that changed his whole life. Farmer Witham worked like a dog for about six years. Corthorne offers Witham a $ 1000 deal. As a result of which a small number of people suffered. The deal ends badly. At the end of the main character regretted it.

The Pike Bearfield Stories

Robert E. Howard

Robert E. Howard turned to writing comic and dialect Western tales only late in his career, but he found an immediate and continuously successful market for them, and they are in many respects his most accomplished and polished works. The Pike Bearfield Stories is a collection of stories in the western genre, featuring Pike Bearfield the character who lead well-intentioned lives of perpetual confusion, mischance, and outright catastrophe. It includes: While the Smoke Rolled, A Gent from the Pecos Shave That Hawg! , Gents on the Lynch, The riot at Bucksnort. They are reminiscent of traditional southwestern tall tales, told in dialect, featuring larger-than-life characters, swift action, broad satire, and wry humor. All stories are fast-paced with simple yet effective plots that have a few surprises thrown in for good measure.

Das Erbe der Uraniden

Hans Dominik

Im Entscheidungskampf auf der Insel Coiba wird ein Atombrand verursacht. Trotz aller Versuche kann er nicht gelöscht werden. Vom Planeten Venus werden verschlüsselte Signale von deren ehemaligen Siedlern den Uraniden empfangen. Diese enthalten wertvolle Informationen über Techniken und Innovationen, die weit über das menschliche Wissen hinausgehen. Der letzte Uranide, der mit seinem Wissen die Erde noch retten könnte, ist jedoch tot. Die Suche nach dem Erbe beginnt.

Le Chevalier dHarmental

Alexandre Dumas pere

Un exellent roman o se mlent laventure et lamour. Il nous plonge dans lépoque de la guerre entre les princes héritiers de la couronne de France apres la mort de Louis XIV. Raoul dHarmental est un jeune homme qui va faire partie dune conspiration dans laquelle il devra enlever le régent Philippe dOrléans. Utilisant un capitaine un peu particulier Roquefinette, dHarmental se rendra vite compte que comploter contre le pouvoir nest pas sans difficulté... surtout lorsquon tombe amoureux.