The Double Life of Mr. Alfred Burton

E. Phillips Oppenheim

Alfred Burton, a smooth-talking salesman, is having a perfectly ordinary day on the job when he stumbles across a strange plant with green leaves and a cluster of queer little brown beans hanging down from them in an old house. The virtue of the beans is that he who eats one shall see nothing, think nothing, say nothing but the truth. Alfred Burton has a well-meaning, rather ordinary wife who becomes unendurable to him, and he falls in love with a charming girl who would have no appeal for the man he formerly was. What Alfred really doesnt realize is that the fruit of the plant, when eaten, will change not merely the entire course of his life, but in fact his very self.

Tętniące serce

Selma Lagerlöf

Powieść szwedzkiej laureatki literackiej Nagrody Nobla porusza rzadko spotykany w literaturze temat miłości ojcowskiej silnej, niezłomnej, nieco szalonej, na pewno wzruszającej. Relacja ojca i córki naznaczona jest bliskością, zaufaniem, a także tęsknotą, którą trudno ugasić. W tle życie i obyczaje prowincjonalnej szwedzkiej wspólnoty z drugiej połowy XIX wieku.

W małym dworku. Sztuka w 3 aktach

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz

Akcja dramatu W małym dworku rozgrywa się w fikcyjnym majątku w Kozłowicach. Po śmierci pani domu do dworu przybywa kuzynka, która ma zająć się opieką nad dwoma nastoletnimi córkami gospodarza. Podczas urządzonego przez dziewczęta seansu spirytystycznego ukazuje się ich widmo ich matki. Rozpoczynają się dociekania nad ustaleniem przyczyny śmierci pani domu i jej lojalności wobec męża.

The Point of Honor. A Military Tale

Joseph Conrad

Conrad stresses that the narrative clearly shows that the duel really benefited two. Combat competitions made every job and strive a little harder, forced the will to survive and win in a personal fight as seriously as the desire to survive the bloody years of the Napoleonic war. Both are officers in Napoleons army, and both are to the core.

For The Salt He Had Eaten

Talbot Mundy

Almost unknown today, Footner was a Candadian journalist and author of many adventure and mystery novels. His first works were primarily travelogues of various river trips in Canada and the U.S., although he did produce some adventure novels. He is also credited with introducing the first American female investigator in Madame Storey and her plain assistant who explains the evolving solutions to her boss cases. So we are introduced to the fascinating Madame Rosika Storey, fearless and intelligent, who plays cat-and-mouse with killers, goes undercover to break up criminal gangs, and unravels deadly mysteries. This is the third book of the succesful mystery series Madame Storey, by canadian-american author Hulbert Footner.

Bis zum Nullpunkt des Seins

Kurd Lasswitz

Der Autor beschreibt Zukunft und Raum, technische Möglichkeiten und deren Auswirkungen, Katastrophen der spezifischen Wissenschaftsglauben und innere Kraft des Menschen, die bei der Überlebung eine bedeutende Rolle spielt. In seinen Zukunftserzählungen wird jedoch trotz allen technischen Fortschritts immer wieder deutlich, dass die Menschen ihrem Naturell treu bleiben und dass die Liebe nie an Bedeutung verliert. Es ist das Jahr 2371. Die Menschheit nutzt Luftdroschken um sich fort zu bewegen. Jedes Stück Land für die Nahrungsversorgung gebraucht.

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.

To London Town

Arthur Morrison

A widow and her two children struggle to make ends meet in East London after their grandfather and provider is killed. First they are threatened by a sponging uncle and his friend Mr. Butson, a cadger of suppers, then by their new landlord Mr. Dunkin, a man who exudes a wealth of sympathy, a wealth that Mr. Dunkin squandered with no restraint but this, that it carried no other sort of wealth with it. To London Town novel was intended to provide a picture of working-class life in the East End of London at the end of the nineteenth century. Arthur Morrison, (1863-1945), English writer noted for realist novels and short stories describing slum life in Londons East End at the end of the Victorian era. A Child of the Jago and To London Town completed this East End trilogy.

Gucio zaczarowany

Zofia Urbanowska

Gucio zaczarowany, fantastyczno-przyrodnicza powieść dla dzieci autorstwa Zofii Urbanowskiej, opowiada o chłopcu, którego za karę za lenistwo przemieniono w muchę. Wyposażony w czerwoną chroniącą go przed niebezpieczeństwami czapeczkę poznaje świat przyrody oraz reguły nim rządzące. Odkrywa, że zwierzęta pełnią w naturze określoną rolę, a ich praca przynosi wszystkim wiele pożytku.

A Soldier and a Gentleman

Talbot Mundy

William Hulbert Footner was a Canadian writer of non-fiction and detective fiction. His most successful creation was the beautiful and brilliant Madame Rosika Storey and her plain assistant who explains the evolving solutions to her boss cases. His Madame Storey mysteries fit the flapping 1920s like the long lizard gloves that graced her arms and did well supporting his traveling familys lifestyle. Easy To Kill is another mystery for the famous Mme. Storey to solve. Do you like the lifestyle in Newport? Mme. Storey prefers New York, for sure. Follow her in this investigation that is both dangerous and difficult. There are many twists and turns that keep it interesting.

Spiridion

George Sand

Le moine Spiridion, désillusionné la fois par le catholicisme et le protestantisme, créa une nouvelle religion, mais le manuscrit dans lequel il le présentait allait littéralement la tombe avec lui: il était caché dans sa tombe. Lesprit de Spiridion est son éleve, le pere Alexey, mais il manque du courage ou de la vraie foi pour obtenir le manuscrit. Cette mission est destinée au jeune moine Angel, qui le pere Alexei raconte lhistoire de Spyridion. Dans le roman, il y a une intrigue fascinante, des passions orageuses, des secrets et des éléments de mysticisme tout cela pour lequel le lecteur aime le travail de George Sand.

The Garden of Vision

Elizabeth Louisa Moresby

The Garden of Vision (1929) is a story of Japanese Zen Buddhism and martial arts situated in Britain and Japan in the 1920s. The chief character is an English woman who joins the school. L. Adams Beck was one of the pen-names of Elizabeth Louisa Moresby, a Canadian writer who wrote most of her 30 books in the last 10 years of her life. She was also known as Eliza Louisa Moresby Beck and Lily Moresby Adams. She was a staunch Buddhist and strict vegetarian, highly critical of the materialism of the West. Her works include The Ninth Vibration (1922), Dreams and Delights (1922), The Perfume of the Rainbow (1923) and others.

Записки из подполья (Notatki z podziemia)

Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский, Fiodor Michajłowicz Dostojewski

«Записки из подполья» 2013 повесть точно поставленных вопросов и точно найденных интонаций. Уйдя в психологическое подполье и презрев мир живых людей, главный герой задается вечными вопросами: что есть человек и каково его предназначение? Он протестует против отождествления добра и знания, против безоговорочной веры в прогресс науки и цивилизации и получает удовольствие от того, что мучает себя и других. Ярко и выразительно описывая состояние героя, оттенки и движения его мысли, доводя до крайности сумбурность идей подпольного человека, Достоевский раскрывает глубокие противоречия в его душе.

Najpiękniejsze utwory. MultiBook

Juliusz Słowacki

Juliusz Słowacki (18091849) to wybitny polski poeta, dramaturg, filozof-wizjoner. Obok Mickiewicza i Krasińskiego uznawany powszechnie za największego przedstawiciela polskiego romantyzmu. Mimo iż żył zaledwie 39 lat, jego twórczość literacka jest obfita i różnorodna. Poeta pozostawił po sobie kilkanaście dramatów, wiele poematów i powieści poetyckich, setki wierszy oraz listów. W multibooku znalazło się 18 największych dzieł autora, takich jak powieść poetycka Jan Bielecki, poematy: Lambro, Żmija, Anhelli, Beniowski. Poema i Król-Duch oraz dramaty: Balladyna, Fantazy, Horsztyński, Kordian, Ksiądz Marek, Książę niezłomny, Lilla Weneda, Maria Stuart, Mazepa, Mindowe, Samuel Zborowski i Sen srebrny Salomei.

Mr. Mirakel

E. Phillips Oppenheim

Mr. Mirakel is the last novel written by E. Phillips Oppenheim in 1943. Marquis Roderigo de Cordovina is leaving his Portuguese estates in Lisbon because he is being pressured to join the German military and command a mechanical battalion. He meets Miss Anne Strangeways in the seaplane terminal. The two board an airboat for London. Shortly thereafter, they meet again at the home of Princess Rosina Di Gomez who is the niece of the Portuguese Ambassador. At this point the plot changes to encompass the arrival of Mr. Mirakel, a mysterious, wealthy, well-connected personage who insinuates himself in the company. Thereafter, the book becomes a strange fantasy about a remote land of tropical perfection where war, and rumors of war, are unknown!

The Blue Castle

Lucy Maud Montgomery

One of the only L.M. Montgomery books featuring an older heroine, The Blue Castle is widely hailed as a reader favorite and is filled with humor and romance. Valancy Stirling is 29, unmarried, and has never been in love. She lives a drab life with her overbearing mother and prying aunt. One day, an unexpected medical diagnosis changes everything for Valancy and, for the first time in her dull grey life, she rebels. From then on things begin to change. Rebelling against her family she soon discovers a surprising new world, full of love and adventures far beyond her most secret dreams.

Alexander the Great

Jacob Abbott

Jacob Abbott gave us the opportunity to plunge past. To step back in time a read about a man who had such an impact of the world. The author takes you into the tent of Alexander and you can see with his eyes that very way to the top. The author in detail show chronological events of Alexander, right from his birth to his death.

Ona

Maria Rodziewiczówna

Ona to historia wielkiej miłości i ogromnego cierpienia. Tytułowa ona to panienka Konstancja Skowrońska, nazywana Kostusią. Jest sierotą wychowywaną przez wujostwo. W majątku swoich opiekunów mieszka od małego. Od najwcześniejszych lat pracą odwdzięcza się, jak może, za dobroć, jaką otrzymuje od zamożnych krewnych. Z biegiem czasu przejmuje coraz więcej obowiązków. Gdy ją poznajemy, ma osiemnaście lat, a na głowie cały dom. Stara się puszczać mimo uszu uszczypliwości, jakie padają ze strony członków przybranej rodziny. Nie przyjdzie jej też do głowy myśl, że rodzina ją wykorzystuje. Pewnego dnia w życie Kostusi wkracza Sewer Stamierowski. Jest to człowiek tak samo samotny jak ona, mężczyzna ograbiony ze swego dziedzictwa przez zachłannego ojczyma. Młodzi zakochują się w sobie. Los nie jest jednak dla nich łaskawy. Do uszu wuja Kostusi dochodzą plotki kompromitujące młodych. W tym samym czasie ojczym Sewera wykorzystuje wybuch porywczego pasierba i zamyka go w lamusie. Kostusia dopiero po miesiącu dowiaduje się, jaka tragedia spotkała jej ukochanego. Prośby o ratunek dla Sewera nie przynoszą rezultatu. Samotna dziewczyna, która nie może liczyć na nikogo, decyduje się na dramatyczny krok. Razem z wierną mamką odchodzi z dworu, wydostaje wyniszczonego Stamierowskiego z jego więzienia i rusza na poniewierkę po świecie... Ona to wzruszający romans, historia, jakich obecnie się nie spotyka opowieść o bezinteresownym poświęceniu, wierności i stałości uczuć.

Les Forceurs de blocus

Jules Verne

Le navire sappelait Comet. Il établit une communication réguliere entre Glasgow et Greenock et se déplaçait une vitesse de six milles lheure. Depuis lors, plus dun million de bateaux vapeur et de robots se sont levés et sont descendus le long du fleuve écossais et les habitants de la grande ville commerçante située sur ses rives ont d vivre avec toutes les merveilles de la construction de navires vapeur....

The Sea Fairies

L. Frank Baum

Enchanting fantasy novel from creator of beloved Oz stories L. Frank Baum whisks young readers away on an exciting underwater adventure! The Sea Fairies (1911) was designed as the first volume in a new series for children, to replace the Oz books. It was followed by Sky Island in 1912. Trot, the hero of the tales is a girl, like Dorothy in the Oz stories. An old captain, peg-legged Capn Bill taught her to love the sea. The sailor told her that mermaids is fairies, and aint meant to be seen by us mortal folk. One day while out sailing around, the pair is greeted by a beautiful mermaid who extends an invitation for them to come and visit their underwater kingdom and even become mermaids themselves for the adventure. The mermaids are hospitable and introduce them to the ways and other fantastic creatures of the sea. But as they make their way from place to place they must be cautious of the evil, magic sea serpent Zog...

Рассказы. Рассказы (Opowiadania)

Antoni Czechow

Антон Чехов 2013 выдающийся русский писатель, классик мировой литературы, тонкий психолог, великолепно соединяющий в своих произведениях юмор и лиризм. Смысл творчества Чехова важен и поучителен для читателей всего мира. Главный герой чеховских произведений 2013 это всегда простой человек с самыми обычными каждодневными заботами и делами. Главным массивом почти всех произведений Чехова является подробное описание быта, посредством которого до читателей доносятся особенности настроений, характеров и чувств, а также взаимоотношений героев. В данное издание вошли наиболее известные повести и рассказы Чехова, написанные в разные годы.

The Gaunt Stranger

Edgar Wallace

Inspector Wemburys day turns from bad to worse when a legendary assassin who was supposed dead in Australia returns to England seeking vengeance for the murder of his sister. The detective teams up with Lomond, a police doctor, to try to find The Ringer who is a mysterious, revenge-driven serial killer and master of disguise. When a lawyer receives a bouquet with a note informing him that hell be dead in forty-eight hours, Wembury and his men embark on a frantic quest to uncover the killers identity... An exiting book full of intrigue and mystery, The Gaunt Stranger is a must-read for all fans of thrilling crime fiction. Edgar Wallace provides a thrill of another sort!

Uncle Bernac. A Memory of the Empire

Arthur Conan Doyle

This was one of several fictional historical works that Doyle wrote during the last five years of the 19th century, as he tried to find something to replace Sherlock Holmes. First published in 1897, this murder mystery relates the story of a young Frenchman, Louis, who, having grown up in England, returns to France at the false invitation of his Uncle Bernac. Louis quickly finds himself in personal danger as well as involved in a conspiracy against Napoleon. Were soon the realm of high adventure with mysterious meetings in desolate places, but once our hero finally met the Emperor, a vast chunk of the novel was given over to a most vivid portrait of the Napoleonic court with walk on appearances by Talleyrand, Josephine and many others.

Behind That Curtain

Earl Derr Biggers

Biggers third book in the Charlie Chan series involves the detective in a case that spans decades and continents, culminating in the city of San Francisco. This time Charlie pulls aside the curtain that conceals a mystery far in the past. The plot links a present day murder with another murder some year previously, combined with a series of disappearances of young women. Charlie Chan is still trying to leave San Francisco after a vacation that turned into a job of detection. Once again hes kept from leaving by a case: the murder of Sir Frederick Bruce, ex-head of the Criminal Investigation Unit at Scotland Yard. Despite his retirement, Sir Frederick cant resist pursuing certain unsolved cases to their end. His end comes before his success, and its Charlie Chans fate to carry on. How Charlie gets involved is a part of the deliciously complex plot that the reader can look forward to.