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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Ambitions Slave

Fred M. White

The life of Beatrice Darryll seemed perfect. It was calm without any trouble. The woman was young and energetic, many friends said she was charming. After her words: The woman suffers most. Life is full of problems.

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Wisdoms Daughter. The Life and Love Story of She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed

H. Rider Haggard

The beauty of Ayesha was the only reason for the conflict in many countries. Her father was very jealous of his daughter for the pretenders for her heart. Ayesha helps the goddess Isis, and as a reward Isis leads her to the hidden kingdom of Kôr in Africa to usher in the new Golden Age. The kingdom of Kôr hides many secrets, including the Flame of Eternal Life, where in the end Ayeshas obsession, obsession and desire lead to her fall.

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Szelmostwa Skapena. Komedia w 3 aktach

Molier

Szelmostwa Skapena, komedia pióra mistrza tego gatunku Moliera, rozgrywa się w Neapolu. Pod nieobecność ojców dwaj młodzieńcy ruszają za głosem serca jeden żeni się potajemnie z wybranką serca, drugi zakochuje się bez pamięci. Po powrocie ojców szukają ratunku u Skapena, sługi jednego z ojców. Ten, dzięki brawurowym intrygom oraz niezwykłemu zrządzeniu losu, pomaga wykaraskać się młodzieńcom z opresji.

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History of Pyrrhus

Jacob Abbott

This book requires you to have a more detailed history.Pyrrhus is a defender of the city of Tarentum, protecting him from the Romans. Only by knowing the origins of the story can you feel this story. And if not, you will be interested in finding out.

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A Broken Memory

Fred M. White

Fred M. White gives us the opportunity to plunge into the past of Gladys Brooke. The book begins with the perfect life of Gladys in a small town. Then we come back three years ago, where we find out that she has a brother. And they, too, then lived well, but in another place. The main character begins to notice the strange behavior of her brother. At one point, a calm and perfect life ends.

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Tytus Andronikus

William Shakespeare

Tytułowy Tytus Andronikus to zwycięski wódz, który dopiero co powrócił do Rzymu z zakończonej sukcesem wyprawy przeciw barbarzyńcom. W senacie trwa właśnie dyskusja na temat sukcesji po zmarłym cesarzu. Tytus staje się jednym z pretendentów do tronu, jednak odmawia przyjęcia stanowiska. Nowy cesarz bierze za żonę córkę Tytusa Lawinię. Jednak później sytuacja mocno się komplikuje...

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The Secret Agent. A Simple Tale

Joseph Conrad

Mr Verloc, the secret agent, keeps a shop in Londons Soho where he lives with his wife Winnie, her infirm mother, and her idiot brother, Stevie. Verloc is part of a group of anarchists who believe in overthrowing the government and who also function as somewhat ineffective terrorists. The group mainly produces anarchist pamphlets called F.P. (The Future of the Proletariat) and hold private meetings among themselves. The agent is secretly employed by a foreign embassy, probably Russia, to blow up the Greenwich Observatory. The Secret Agent is a a story set earlier (1886) telling an allegory of terrorists and anarchists based in Edwardian England. The complicated plot is masterful, the prose sophisticated, and the characterizations full and engrossing. The death of an innocent is heartrending. Joseph Conrad is often considered the best writer of the 19th century.

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Pierścień i róża. Czyli historia Lulejki i Bulby

William Makepeace Thackeray

Powieść fantastyczna dla najmłodszych. Losy władców dwóch państw Pawlagonii i Krymtatarii. Książę Lulejko mimo iż powinien zasiadać na tronie wiedzie beztroski żywot. Jest narzeczonym pięknej Angeliki, córki uzurpatora. O względy dziewczyny walczy też przystojny książę Bulbo. Miłość, magia i przygoda.

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The Man Who Knew

Fred M. White

Philip Lashbrook a conscientious sergeant, the best in the business. As always, he returned home, but decided not to remove the officers badge. He is called by some stranger who discovered the corpse. The officers suspicions immediately fall on a stranger who sharply denies that he is the murderer. But will the officers suspicions be correct?

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Hawks and Eagles

Max Brand

Hawks and Eagles is the authors classic. The brand is a great storyteller who shows his enthusiasm for humans and animals, such characters as a professor, a small dog, and Mole. Joe Good, the protagonist, hes twenty years old. His father was killed by the richest man in the city, because he wants a good ranch not to be. A good, lazy, prickly guy who lacks a sense of respect and respect for everyone in the city. The only thing he can do is to handle a whip with such skill that he becomes almost alive. This story is also a story of the growth of kindness to become the most respected person in his community.

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The Holy Terror

Herbert George Wells

A fictional biography of Rudolf Rud Whitlow, who builds a political party that slowly becomes a world dominant dictatorship. Wells wrote the work just before World War II as Hitler was consolidating his power in Germany. Rud, is a baby boy, and later, grew to be a young man who had a remarkable talent of oratory: the gift of gab. He is eventually encouraged to perform public speaking, lecturing and finally, revolutionary speeches. Through this character, Wells creates a platform for long discourses of his usual themes of social engineering. Rud eventually gets involved in socialist activism, and a group strategizing for world revolution. The revolution fails, revealing the cowardice underlying Ruds aggressiveness. The ability of new weapons to decapitate the command structure of any regional power becomes the plot device that allows Rud to make himself world leader, destroying parts of the world which do not submit to the most destructive superpower.

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Casey Ryan

B.M. Bower

American author Bertha Muzzy Sinclair (18711940) was known by her pen name B. M. Bower. She wrote novels and screenplays, mainly about the American Wild West. This is one of her novels. Casey Ryan loves speed but his passion led to his unemployment. He, known as the most reckless stage driver ever to carry the mail, was bitten by the speed bug and deserted his stage coach for a Ford; but not even a Ford could stand Caseys handling and he eventually found himself bereft of machine, job, and bankroll. To rebuild his fallen fortunes Casey must search out a legendary gold mine, the secret of Injun Jim. Thats when Casey discovered his other passion: hunting for a missing treasure.

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The Orange-Yellow Diamond

Joseph Smith Fletcher

This novel takes place in the London parish of Paddington. The story opens with the murder of an old Jewish pawnbroker. Our Scottish hero, Andrew Lauriston, a penniless aspiring writer, has the misfortune of finding the body, and is accused of killing and robbing the old man. But then its found the pawnbroker had had in his possession an extraordinary South African diamond worth over eighty-thousand pounds a diamond thats now missing. It falls to Melky Rubenstein to unravel the mystery and prove the young mans innocence. This is a great tale which you can immerse yourself in and will appeal to anyone who likes the old style crime/ mystery novels.

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The Four Just Men

Edgar Wallace

Written in 1905, it is one of Wallaces many popular thriller novels. Four Just Men was the start of a series about a determined band of European vigilantes who decide to kill off people in the world whom the law cannot punish. Their ingenuity and ability to keep several steps ahead of those who would thwart them, including police, are the essence of the plot. When the British Foreign Secretary Sir Philip Ramon decides to push through a law which will allow the enforced return of political refugees to their countries of origin, he becomes a target of the Four Just Men. These are iconic stories of adventure, intrigue and retribution set in the time immediately following the First World War. Highly recommended for people who like to treat a mystery story as a solvable riddle.

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The Malefactor

E. Phillips Oppenheim

This 1907 novel was one of the early popular novels of society by E. Phillips Oppenheim. The story revolves around the conflict between a gentlemans obligation to defend the honor of a lady, and his responsibility to his own feelings, family, and freedom. Sir Wingrave, imprisoned wrongfully for killing a man, finishes his sentence and plans his vengeance against those who would not tell the truth to help him during his trial. He becomes misanthropic, seeking only revenge. He wishes to be a malefactor, doing only evil. His class, upbringing, and social ties all mitigate his evil. A young journalist, enamored with the thought of spending time with a man with such a history, offers himself as a secretary. Does Sir Wingrave succeed in taking his vengeance? Does his secretary betray him or help him?

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The Country of the Knife

Robert E. Howard

This early work by Robert E. Howard was originally published in 1936. Knife Country is a novel from the El Borak series of Texans in the early 20th century in Afghanistan. Very interesting book.

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The Nursery Alice

Lewis Carroll

This is a simplified version of Alice in Wonderland for the little ones. Added a few new digressions that still add color to this childrens fiction. Easy to read and easy to understand, which is the most important. As always, amazing creatures will meet on the path of the protagonist.

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Rosa Mundi and Other Stories

Ethel M. Dell

Another great book of six hot romantic stories by Edith M. Dell, one of her best romantic collections including an adventure and suspense story titled. Rosa Mundi is a story of redemption, forgiveness and making peace with oneself. A needy young woman becomes a dancing girl to feed and succor her dying mother. After many years, she learns how to have self respect once again, through the words of reclusive author. The book includes also: A Debt of Honor, The Deliverer, The Prey of the Dragon, The Secret Service Man, The Penalt. Entertaining short stories and novellas mostly set in various British colonial locales, full of passion and a little intrigue and hot enough to get the juices flowing.

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W szponach szantażu. Współczesna powieść sensacyjna

Antoni Hram

Bohaterką powieści jest Anita Childs, pochodząca z zamożnej rodziny, prowadząca szczęśliwe życie u boku swego narzeczonego. Sielskie życie kończy się jednak, kiedy dziewczyna zostaje uprowadzona przez tajemniczego Kameleona.