Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager

Burt L. Standish

Burt L. Standish wrote another excellent sports history. Lefty is a pitcher in the baseball team. The dream of every coach. His dedication in the game hit every fan in the stands. However, things are not so simple, baseball is not just a sports game. Each opponent wants to knock out the best player from game.

The Shy Plutocrat

E. Phillips Oppenheim

Young Maurice Teyl, just turned 21, shy, non-drinker, non-smoker and the richest man in America, has been raised by his rigid Grandmother on a remote ranch in California but he shuns the limelight. So when a world tour is arranged by his guardian he is none too keen. He misses his train to begin the jaunt and meets up with a young English actress, Lucy Compston, and so begins a friendship and the slight deception, as he does not want her to know exactly who he is. He then goes undercover and forgoes his millionaire status in order to try and win her favor. Love, transatlantic voyages, Paris, and London ensue. A 1941 novel by Edward Phillips Oppenheim, with touches of humor, and consistent characters.

Vendetta

Honoré de Balzac

Fans of Romeo and Juliet will delight in the novella Vendetta, Honoré de Balzacs unique take on the timeless theme of star-crossed lovers. This short novel is a story of love and revenge, dealing with the vendetta between two families of Corsican origin, set in early 19th century Paris just after the fall of Napoleon. It relates the tragic fate of Ginevra Piombo, the daughter of proud Corsican immigrants, who has the misfortune of falling in love with another Corsican Luigi Porta. When it becomes known that Luigi is the sole survivor of a massacre in which the rest of his family were the victims of a bloody vendetta with Ginevras family, Ginevras father Bartolomeo is determined to complete the act of vengeance by having him killed. But Ginevra refuses to yield to her fathers demands and she and Luigi are married...

The Tower of the Elephant

Robert E. Howard

Torches flared murkily on the revels in the Maul, where the thieves of the east held carnival by night. In the Maul they could carouse and roar as they liked, for honest people shunned the quarters, and watchmen, well paid with stained coins, did not interfere with their sport. Along the crooked, unpaved streets with their heaps of refuse and sloppy puddles, drunken roisterers staggered, roaring. Steel glinted in the shadows where wolf preyed on wolf, and from the darkness rose the shrill laughter of women, and the sounds of scufflings and strugglings.

King Alfred of England

Jacob Abbott

Its a brief review of the life of King Alfred, but with very detailed events. A truly moving account of one of Englands greatest heroes. The author, in turn, was again able to passionately convey those events, that atmosphere of that time. Explains why he has been named and considered so "great." Alfred really deserved the title.

Names in the Black Book

Robert E. Howard

Three unsolved murders in a week are not so unusual--for River Street, grunted Steve Harrison, shifting his muscular bulk restlessly in his chair. His companion lighted a cigarette and Harrison observed that her slim hand was none too steady. She was exotically beautiful, a dark, supple figure, with the rich colors of purple Eastern nights and crimson dawns in her dusky hair and red lips. But in her dark eyes Harrison glimpsed the shadow of fear. Only once before had he seen fear in those marvelous eyes, and the memory made him vaguely uneasy.

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.

The Treasure-Train

Arthur B. Reeve

A railroad Vice President and his chauffeur have sudden and mysterious seizures on the way to work; a family in New York city undergoes an epidemic of beri-beri; the American consul in the Virgin Islands collapses and dies for no apparent reason; a Wall Street speculator is apparently stabbed to death with a rubber dagger. Who other than Craig Kennedy, armed with his knowledge of chemistry, technology and Freudian psychology could solve these mysteries? This mystery/detective novel features Professor Craig Kennedy who is sometimes compared to as The American Sherlock Holmes. Armed with his knowledge of different spheres of science he begins another adventure to solve the mysteries.

Masks Off at Midnight

Valentine Williams

Trevor Dene and his wife are looking forward to attending a masked ball in Lavra, a Long Island mansion owned by the wealthy Tallifer family. But the problem is brewing in the form of a prolonged feud with local businessman Brent Hordern. Resenting the way Tallifers use their new money, and decided to marry their daughter Jenny, Horder swore to attend the ball at all costs.

Szatan i Judasz (Tom 1-11). Szatan i Judasz. Tom 1-11. MultiBook

Karol May

Szatan i Judasz to 11-tomowy cykl przygodowy autorstwa Karola Maya, twórcy słynnego Winnetou. Szlachetny indiański wódz i tym razem pojawia się na kartach powieści, aby wraz z innymi znanymi i lubianymi bohaterami wspólnie odbywać szalone podróże, przeżywać ekscytujące przygody, podejmować ryzyko i odnosić zwycięstwo w walce z wrogimi siłami, pazernymi na skarby i czyhającymi na bezpieczeństwo bohaterów.

Lucrezia Floriani

George Sand

Cest lhistoire de lactrice italienne Lucretia Floriani et du mépris spirituel du peuple, laristocrate slave, le prince Carol von Roswald. Les contemporains ont appris les méandres de la relation difficile entre lécrivain et le brillant compositeur polonais Frederic Chopin. Le roman se déroule la fin du XVIIe siecle Venise et dans les îles de larchipel ionien. Des scenes damour romantique dans le palais des Doges de la République de Venise, Morosini, alternent avec des images dorgies et datrocités de pirates et sont remplacées par des descriptions historiques précises des guerres de la mer.

Rowdy of the Cross L

B.M. Bower

Rowdy Vaughn is a goodhearted but somewhat uncouth range rider whose attempts at wooing the local schoolteacher are hampered by a longstanding blood feud. The problems start when Jessies brother turns out to be a good-for-nothing kind of guy who had done some nasty things to Rowdy in the past. The subplot, concerning Rowdys employers attempts to find pasture for his cattle during a drought, provides one of the highlights of the book: several interesting chapters describing a tedious cattle drive with a lack of water. Its a little slice of life in the untamed West that is sure to please Western fans.

Ronicky Doone

Max Brand

His name was famous throughout the wild Old West. From Tombstone to Sonora hed won the respect of every law-abiding citizen-and the hatred of every bushwhacking bandit. While Bill Gregg stole Ronicky Doones best mare, Doone thanked him with a bullet in the leg. When he discovered that Bill was desperately searching for a girl whose name he didnt know, Ronicys interest was captured. Helping him track the girl down was no real challenge for Ronicky, but rescuing her from the evil New Yorker who held her prisoners might be another matter. But Ronicky Doone never backed down from a challenge! This is the first of a trilogy involving the adventure-seeking, straight-shooting cowboy. Another great read by Max Brand.

A Double Barrelled Detective Story

Mark Twain

A wealthy young woman is abused, humiliated, and abandoned by her new husband, Jacob Fuller, whom she married against her fathers will. Young Fuller takes offense at the fact that her father rejects and rejects him as deliberate, and decides to take revenge on him by mistreating his new bride. After leaving her, she gives birth to a son whom she calls Archie Stillman. When the child gets older, the mother discovers that he has an incredible sense of smell, like bloodhound.

The Adventures of Kirby ODonnell

Robert E. Howard

One of Robert E. Howards lesser known fictional characters, Kirby ODonnell is an American treasure hunter in early-twentieth century Afghanistan disguised as a Kurdish merchant, Ali el Ghazi. Ali el Ghazi is a master of edged weapons, fiercely intelligent, tigerishly quick, and a merciless killer when threatened. Kirby ODonnell is similar to another of Howards characters, El Borak, in many ways. However, ODonnell seeks hidden treasures in all of his stories (Swords of Shahrazar, The Treasures of Tartary, The Curse of the Crimson God) while El Borak is more concerned with his own form of justice and stability in Afghanistan. There are betrayals, vicious swordfights, hot pursuits through brutally harsh Himalayan terrain, a hidden treasure and enough spilled entrails to satisfy the most discerning Howard fan.

Młodość i inne opowiadania

Joseph Conrad

Tytułowa Młodość to opowieść znanego z Lorda Jima Charlesa Marlowa, opisująca dramatyczny rejs statku Judea, na którym Malow zdobywał pierwsze morskie szlify jako kapitan okrętu. Ponadto w skład tomu wchodzą dwie inne morskie opowieści Josepha Conrada Jądro ciemności oraz U kresu sił.

The Valley of Ghosts

Edgar Wallace

A murder is committed among the rich of a small town, and with more than one ghost and all the evidence seems to point to a beautiful young woman... The Valley of Ghosts, written as one of four detective novels in 1922, is set in the seemingly peaceful community Beverly Green, a place where upper-middle-class families live a secluded life. Why was Stella Nelson with the victim in the middle of the night, shortly before the murder? Who was the mysterious blackmailer who held all England in their grasp? Why didnt the famous detective, Andy MacLeod, do his duty? A chill-packed mystery from the master of suspense. This is what Edgar Wallace is all about, a complex, old fashioned mystery, with a highly unlikely solution.

Niewola tatarska

Henryk Sienkiewicz

Akcja utworu Niewola tatarska toczy się w pierwszej połowie XVII wieku na południowo-wschodnich kresach Rzeczypospolitej Obojga Narodów. Utwór pisany w formie pamiętnika Aleksego Zdanborskiego. Zdanborski ubogi szlachcic nieszczęśliwie kocha się w córce bogatego magnata, pannie Marysi. By stać się godnym ukochanej, zaciąga się do wojska. Wierzy, iż w służbie wojskowej okryje się sławą i zdobędzie majątek. Wkrótce bierze udział w pierwszej bitwie z Tatarami. Bitwa kończy się zwycięstwem wojsk polskich, jednak Aleksy w pogoni za rozbitym wrogiem oddala się od reszty wojska i sam dostaje się do niewoli. Wódz tatarski Sulejman Aga początkowo traktuje go dobrze, licząc na bogaty okup za jeńca. Okazuje się jednak że Aleksy nie ma pieniędzy...

The Great War in England in 1897

William Le Queux

Though it was a gay comic opera that was being performed for the first time, entertainers and entertained lost all interest in each other. They were amazed, dismayed, awestricken. Amusement was nauseating; War, with all its attendant horrors, was actually upon them! The popular tenor, one of the idols of the hour, blundered over his lines and sang terribly out of tune, but the hypercritical first-night audience passed the defect unnoticed. They only thought of what might happen; of the dark cavernous future that lay before.

Her Majestys Minister

William Le Queux

The Ambassadors office was indeed a very thankless one, while my own position as second secretary of the Paris Embassy was a post not to be envied, even though it is popularly supposed to be one of the plums of the diplomatic service. With Paris full of spies endeavouring to discover our secrets and divine our instructions from Downing Street, and the cabinet noir ever at work upon our correspondence, it behoved us to be always on the alert, and to have resort to all manner of ingenious subterfuges in order to combat our persistent enemies.

Pattys Motor Car

Carolyn Wells

Patty enters a contest and wins an electric car, which she names The Swift Camilla. Then she and her family decide to buy a summer home on the beach. All of Pattys friends come up for a visit. Patty turns 19 in this book. Shes still not socially considered an adult, but her relationships are starting to get slightly more complicated. First appearance of Mona Galbraith. Pattys Motor Car is the ninth novel in the series of Patty Fairfield for young readers by the famous author 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. After 1910, she devoted herself to the mystery genre.

W kraju Mahdiego (Tom 1). W kraju Mahdiego. Łowca niewolników

Karol May

Książki Karola Maya przyciągają czytelników egzotycznymi sceneriami i ekscytującymi przygodami rozgrywającymi się na tym tle. W kraju Mahdiego to seria opowieści o Karze ben Nemzim oraz jego służącym i przyjacielu Halefie. Bohaterowie podróżują po krajach Bliskiego Wschodu, poznają przy tym różnych ludzi, odkrywają tajemnice i umykają licznym czyhającym na nich niebezpieczeństwom.

Sklepy cynamonowe

Bruno Schulz

Sklepy cynamonowe to opowieść o rodzinie kupieckiej z małego miasteczka w Galicji, w którym można dostrzec pewne podobieństwa do Drohobycza, z którego pochodził pisarz. Jedną z najważniejszych postaci w utworze jest Ojciec, głowa rodu, kupiec prowadzący sklep z tekstyliami w rynku. Ojciec jest też szalonym eksperymentatorem, żyjącym na pograniczu życia i śmierci, świata realnego i nierzeczywistego. Bohaterem opowiadań, a zarazem narratorem, jest Józef młody chłopiec, z dziecięcą fascynacją odkrywający otaczający go świat. W opowieściach chłopca można dostrzec cechy samego Schulza. Opowieść jest klasycznym obrazem Schulzowskiego sposobu widzenia rzeczywistości, nierzadko wizyjnego, onirycznego. Jest to więc rzeczywistość mityczna, przetworzone przez wyobraźnię, artystycznie zdeformowana i wzbogacona odniesieniami do mitów, aluzjami do innych dzieł literatury.

Trylogia nadmorska

Stefan Żeromski

Na cykl nazywany Trylogia nadmorska składają się następujące utwory: Wisła, Wiatr od morza i Międzymorze. Utwory te powstałych w wyniku zainteresowania pisarza historią i krajobrazem Pomorza. Najobszerniejszy z utworów Wiatr od morza ukazuje w wybranych epizodach dzieje Pomorza polskiego od czasów zamierzchłych po współczesność. Elementem wiążącym jest mitologiczna postać Smętka. Kompozycję całości oparł autor na dramatycznej opozycji dwóch ścierających się przez wieki porządków moralnych nienawiści i agresji, które przynoszą na te ziemie najeźdźcy (wikingowie, Krzyżacy, Niemcy), oraz spokojnej pracy, prawa i sprawiedliwości, które stara się tu utrwalić ludność słowiańska.