Puk z Pukowej Górki

Rudyard Kipling

Una i Dan mieszkają w angielskiej wsi, w starym dworku. Dzieci spędzają letnie wakacje, bawiąc się w lesie. Podczas jednej z zabaw udaje im się przywołać Robina Goodfellowa leśnego, psotnego skrzata znanego jako Puk. Zawierają z nim niezwykłą przyjaźń, która zaowocuje kolejnymi ciekawymi spotkaniami Puk przyprowadza duchy postaci z różnych epok, które opowiadają dzieciom historie dotyczące ich kraju.

The Winters Tale

William Shakespeare

This play is not just a fairy tale by its name, everything in it is amazing and unbelievable, and it would be ridiculous to look for likelihood here! But, as you know, a fairy tale is a lie, but there is a hint in it, because among the wonderful fairy-tale accidents of the play we learn about what actually happens. That there are jealous husbands, rejected wives, abandoned children, as well as good nurses, loyal servants, honest counselors. That evil can take possession of the human soul, as it possessed Leont, who broke his own happiness and the happiness of those he loved. And that only time can put everything in its place.

Her Royal Highness. A Romance of the Chancelleries of Europe

William Le Queux

A large, square wooden veranda covered by a red and white awning, above a wide silent sweep of flowing river, whose huge rocks, worn smooth through a thousand ages, raised their backs about the stream, a glimpse of green feathery palms and flaming scarlet poinsettias on the island opposite, and beyond the great drab desert, the illimitable waste of stony, undulating sands stretching away to the infinite, and bathed in the blood-red light of the dying day.

Perkins of Portland. Perkins the Great

Ellis Parker Butler

Ellis Parker Butler (1869-1937) was a contemporary of many big names in American fiction straddling the 19th and 20th centuries, but today hes almost completely forgotten. Butler, the author of more than 30 books and more than 2,000 stories and essays. His writing spanned more than forty years and his stories, poems and articles were published in more than 225 magazines. Perkins of Portland are amusing tales showing the effectiveness of advertising some rather questionable products. Perkins and the narrator partner in promotions directed at a gullible and willing public. Unlike most tales of the kind, with moralistic endings where the sharps come to grief, Perkins and Co. become wealthy and quite pleased with themselves.

The Chestermarke Instinct

Joseph Smith Fletcher

Fans of golden-era mysteries will relish the twists and turns of J. S. Fletchers The Chestermarke Instinct. This cleverly crafted mystery begins with what seems like a common enough occurrence: a bank manager is late for work one morning. But what first appears to be simply a matter of a missed train soon is revealed to be a much more vexing problem. Has the manager, formerly a pillar of honesty, absconded with the missing banks items, or has something more sinister occurred? When a body is found at the bottom of an abandoned lead mine, the latter seems more likely. Wallington Neale, the banks assistant manager, must discover whether it is a case of embezzlement or if the events the result of... The Chestermarke Instinct.

Fur Brigade. A Story of the Trappers of the Early West

Hal G. Evarts

From the first pages we see what light feelings the main character feels for the river and the beautiful girl. It would appear that they can bind? However, near the river he met a beautiful woman. And the beauty of the girl helped the river make it even more amazing. This story will impress with its epithets and romantic story.

Baśka. Bezimienni bohaterowie

Maria Reutt

Akcja powieści Marii Reutt Baśka. Bezimienni bohaterowie rozpoczyna się w roku 1904, o którym autorka pisze, że był rokiem wznowionych nadziei i pragnień niepodległościowych. Warszawa, wciąż pod zaborem rosyjskim, nieprzerwanie stanowi arenę nasilonych działań konspiracyjnych, prowadzonych przez bezimiennych bohaterów, dążących do wyzwolenia ojczyzny spod jarzma zaborcy.

Rodney Stone

Arthur Conan Doyle

As well as penning some of the most popular detective fiction, Conan Doyle also wrote thrilling adventure stories. Rodney Stone is a combination of both. Nelson, Beau Brummell, Fox and King George III himself appear in a tale at the heart of which is, as one character says, a pretty conspiracy a criminal, an actress and a prize-fighter, all playing their parts. The book is narrated by Rodney, in 1851 thinking back over the events 1803, when Rodney was 17 and his best friend, Boy Jim, was 19. This is the year Rodneys uncle comes to introduce the boy to London society. Sir Charles is a dandy, and a friend of Beau Brummell and the Prince of Wales. But Rodneys father has hopes for his son going into the Royal Navy. Boy Jim also has a life decision to make. He has been raised by Champion Harrison as a blacksmith, but after befriending an alcoholic ex-actress, he yearns to see more of the world, at least London.

Oceania. Historia zaginionego kontynentu

Mór Jókai

Wielki filozof klasycznej Grecji, Platon, wspomina w swoich pismach o osobnej części świata, której historycy i geografowie szukali gdzieś na morzu między Wyspą Świętej Heleny a brzegami Afryki. Poeci i filozofowie nazywali ją w starożytności Atlantydą, Oceanią, Szczęśliwymi Wyspami, Ziemią Hiperborejską. Do dziś owa mityczna kraina, która miała być miejscem istnienia rozwiniętej cywilizacji zniszczonej przez serię trzęsień ziemi i zatopionej przez wody morskie, rozpala emocje wielu. O zagładzie tego mitycznego lądu opowiada właśnie znakomita powieść popularnego węgierskiego pisarza Móra Jókaiego.

La Vie extravagante de Balthazar

Maurice Leblanc

Extravagante cest le moins quon peut dire! Cest lhistoire des contrastes! Un jeune homme, sans pere et sans argent, qui professe la philosophie dacceptation inconditionnelle du quotidien, tombe amoureaux avec une jeune bourgeoise, Yolande, mais il obtient un refus. Et puis il devient completement un autre personne avec une autre vie. La ligne est plein de nombreuses aventures rocambolesques, des voyages, des découvertes folles, abracadabrantes parfois, mais toujours drôles et attendrissantes.

Wrzos

Maria Rodziewiczówna

Andrzej Sanicki to znany warszawski bon vivant. Jest przystojny i zamożny. Pełnymi garściami korzysta z uroków życia. Chcąc spełnić ostatnią wolę matki, musi jednak ograniczyć hulaszczy tryb życia ma się ożenić! Małżeństwo jest bowiem warunkiem otrzymania przez Sanickiego spadku po matce. Wkrótce poślubia Kazimierę Szpanowską. Małżeństwo z rozsądku przynosi korzyści obu stronom. On zyskuje konieczne fundusze do prowadzenia swego hulaszczego trybu życia. Ona z kolei z radością odchodzi z rodzinnego domu, w którym po śmierci matki rządzi złośliwa macocha. Sanicki od dawna kocha się w ponętnej baronowej Celinie. Kazia również przyznaje się do innej miłości. Oboje postanawiają utrzymywać pozory przed swymi rodzinami i światem. Jednak Sanicki z biegiem czasu coraz bardziej zaczyna cenić zalety swej małżonki. Ze zdumieniem odkrywa, że jego uczucie do Celiny wygasło, a zamiast tego zakochał się... we własnej żonie. Czy Kazia będzie chciała i potrafiła odwzajemnić tę miłość? Wrzos to niezwykle interesująca i pełna zwrotów akcji książka.

The Blind Mans House

Hugh Walpole

The House of the Blind is Walpoles last book before his death. This is a psychological study of the village and people who come in contact with a blind person and his young bride. The letter is impeccable. If you enjoy in-depth character study and enjoy reading old novels, then you will really enjoy it.

LAlouette du casque, Victoria, la mere des camps

Eugene Sue

Le roman, dont lintért est également lié ce que Sue appelle, afin de fonder sa démonstration, est basé sur un systeme didées approuvé par la Révolution française. Au cur du roman se trouve un conflit historique. Les événements ont lieu au 20eme siecle pendant la Révolution française. Ce livre est pour les amateurs dhistoire.

Mufti

H.C. McNeile

Sapper was the pseudonym of Herman Cyril McNeile, who wrote many novels, mostly on military subjects. In the story, the author fulfilled a fascinating look at the consequences of the war not only at the front, but also at the problems of the social class and opinions about the role of women in the family. The hero finds himself in a difficult situation: life after the war. He experiences many moments, but the most difficult thing is to cope psychologically.

Faust. Eine Tragödie

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Goethes (Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von 1749 1832) Faust ist das Menschheitsdrama par excellence: Die ungeheuerliche Suche nach dem, was die Welt im Innersten zusammenhält, führt auch den Gelehrtesten an die Grenzen des Verstandes. Goethes Faust, hat zum Helden den Menschen an der Grenzscheide von Mittelalter und Humanismus, den Gottesmenschen, der sich aus vermessenem Erkenntnistriebe der Magie, dem Teufel ergibt. Das Schicksal Fausts, der aus unersättlichem Wissensdrang einen Pakt mit dem Teufel schließt, wird zum Gegenstand eines metaphysischen Welthandels zwischen dem an die irrende, aber gute Menschheit glaubenden Gott-Vater und Mephistopheles, der Verkörperung des Bösen. In diesem Werk spiegeln sich alle Stufen von Goethes Entwicklung vom Sturm und Drang der Jugend über die Klassik der Reifezeit bis zum großartigen späten Stil Goethes wider. Bis heute besticht der Faust durch seine fulminante Kraft und Tiefe. Zu Recht gilt die Tragödie als das bedeutendste Werk der deutschen Literatur.

Piczomira, królowa Branlomanii. Tragedia w trzech aktach

Aleksander Fredro

W królestwie Branlomanii królowa Piczomira wprowadza przyzwolenie na rozwiązłość kobiet, a mężczyznom nakazuje utrzymywać cnotliwość aż do ślubu. Armia mężczyzn nie może się pogodzić z nowym prawem i rozpoczyna oblężenie miasta.

Seven Faces. A Mystery

Max Brand

Rival police detectives Angus Campbell and Patrick ORourke find themselves working together to locate the millionaire who disappeared while under their protection on a train bound for Chicago. Manhattan millionaire John Cobb has been receiving threatening letters, and so leaves for Chicago, hoping that by hopping the night-train hell escape from his anonymous ill-wisher. Assigned as guards, Campbell and ORourke go along. When, after signing his $15 million will over to his cousin, Cobb disappears from his Pullman, Campbell and ORourke must check the train for their missing charge. Hes not on the train, though, and not in Buffalo, so they scour Chicago - and, as it happens, mean old Cobb has enemies galore from some slick deals hes pulled.

The Yellow House

E. Phillips Oppenheim

A detective and very mysterious story. Mr. Sabin is called out of blissful retirement to search for his missing wife. He believes Lucille to be kidnapped by members of a secret society of aristocrats. It is interesting to watch Mr. Sabin control himself and walk with such dignity and aristocratic bearing and tact, even as he plots to save his own life and reunite with his beloved Lucille. The Yellow Crayon presents a fascinating picture of the political mindset of the day to go along with the twists and turns of the story. Readers of Mr. Oppenheims novels may always count on a story of absorbing interest, turning on a complicated plot, worked out with dexterous craftsmanship.

The Inheritors. An Extravagant Story

Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Hueffer

The Inheritors is a little-known book of two main British writers. The plot is based on a political scheme to undermine the British Empire, based on a Congo-like colonial enterprise and manipulated by journalists. The main character claims that she is from the Fourth Dimension and works to replace the human race.

On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. Or, The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life

Charles Darwin

Everyone has opinions about evolution, but how many people have actually read Charles Darwin? If you havent done so yet, youre missing out on what is surely one of the greatest books ever written. Written for the general public of the 1850s, it is a rigorously documented but highly readable account of the scientific theory that now lies at the root of our present attitude to the universe. Darwins book contains a wealth of evidence that the diversity of life arose through a branching pattern of evolution and common descent. Challenging notions such as the fixity of species with the idea of natural selection, and setting forth the results of pioneering work on the ecology of animals and plants, it made a lasting contribution to philosophical and scientific thought. Such an important foundational book that changed the course of the world and laid foundation to many new branches of science.

The Enchanted Island of Yew

L. Frank Baum

The Island of Yew is set at some undisclosed place in the Earths global ocean in the middle of the sea. A fairy has become bored with her life, and convinces some young girls to transform her into a human boy so she can go on fast and furious adventures. Transformed, he is Prince Marvel, but he keeps his fairy powers, as they might prove handy in a world where you will quite likely encounter giants, dwarves, wizards, rowdy robber gangs, talking dragons, damsels in distress, and overgrown hedges. He takes as a sidekick a dedicated masochist, which is just one of the ways the author keeps things interesting. Full of magic, and fairies and evil hearted villains, this a good read for young adults with a love of gentle adventure stories. The Enchanted Island of Yew is a 1903 childrens book, a fantasy written by L. Frank Baum. It is not an Oz book, though materials in it show a clear relationship and resemblance with Baums most famous fantasy country.

The Golden Web

E. Phillips Oppenheim

Stirling Deane has sold the Little Anna Gold Mine which he discovered in South Africa early in his career. The sale has made him a rich man and the head of the company to which he sold the mine. His is engaged to Lady Olive Nunnelly, and is the envy of all of society. Deane is threatened with ruin when a old enemy Richard Sinclair- shows up in London with what appears to be a legitimate prior deed to the mine. After a meeting with Deane, the man is found murdered and the deed he claims to have had is missing. Another man which Deane hired to negotiate the return of the deed to Deane is accused of the murder, tried, and sentenced to death. What has become of the lost deed?

Dzieci kapitana Granta

Jules Verne

Powieść przygodowa, będąca pierwszą częścią tzw. dużej trylogii Juliusza Vernea. W trakcie rejsu jachtu Dunscan, który należy do lorda Glenarvanea, zostaje złowiony rekin. Podczas patroszenia drapieżnika załoga statku odnajduje list w butelce. Jego treścią jest apel o pomoc. Autorem listu jest kapitan Grant, którego statek zaginął dwa lata wcześniej. Rozpoczynają się poszukiwania...

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.