Die blaue Hand

Edgar Wallace

Die junge Eunice Weldon nimmt eine Stellung als Sekretärin der reichen Mrs. Groat an und zieht in deren Haus ein. Zurück bleibt eine Karte mit einem blauen Handabdruck und einer geheimnisvollen Warnung: Jemand, der Dich liebt, bittet Dich dringend, dieses Haus so schnell als möglich zu verlassen! . Zwanzig Jahre lang hat Digby Groat auf sein Erbe gewartet. Jetzt wartet Digby Groat auf ein Millionenerbe und weiß, dass er es nur erhält, wenn die Voraussetzungen stimmen. Doch dann kommt Dorothy Danton in sein Haus und die gilt seit zwanzig Jahren als tot. Leider gibt es da noch den Sekretär eines Rechtsanwalts, Jim Steele, der es sich in den Kopf gesetzt hat, den richtigen Erben ausfindig zu machen. Kurz vor Ende der zwanzig Jahre macht sich Jim Steel, ein ehemaliger Offizier und Weltkriegsveteran, der im Büro des Treuhänders des Dantonschen Vermögens arbeitet, auf die Suche nach der verschwunden Erbin Dorothy.

Война и мир (Wojna i pokój)

Lew Tołstoj

Самый известный во всем мире роман русского писателя Льва Толстого. Этот, поистине шедевр мировой литературы, из разряда вечных 2013 в нем раскрыты основные составляющие человеческого бытия: жизнь и смерть, любовь и измена, подвиг и малодушие, война и мир. В романе на примере хроники жизни нескольких семейств 2013 Болконских, Ростовых, Курагиных показана жизнь тех времен, где мир тесно соседствует с войной, где есть место как любви, так и предательству. Сцены мирной, семейной жизни сменяются картинами военных будней, имеющими значение для хода всей мировой истории. Но для Толстого они одинаково ценны, связаны в едином потоке времени. Каждый эпизод важен не только для развития сюжета, но и как одно из бесчисленных проявлений жизни, которую нас учит любить автор. Роман о великой русской душе, о русском укладе жизни, о вечных вопросах, которые приходится решать каждому человеку наедине с собой. Все жизненные перипетии героев, происходящие на фоне исторических событий, произошедших в начале 19 века с Россией, на фоне кровавых событий войны 1812 года, обретают емкий философский смысл.

The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow

Anna Katharine Green

Anna Katharine Green was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America, received praise for her accurate, well plotted stories. Her novels have always been one of the groundworks of mystery and detective fiction and The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow is a great example of the ingenious and thrilling story. In this novel, a young woman is killed by an arrow in the middle of the museum, so all of the other visitors are closed inside while the crime is investigated! A good classic mystery that we recommend very highly!

Horace

George Sand

Dans le roman Horace de George Sand, le personnage principal est confronté de nombreuses épreuves. Malheureusement, il ne tire pas une leçon juste de son expérience. Le protagoniste, passant dune romance douteuse, affichant ses idées avant-gardistes, un simple carriere, qui spécule sur ces idées.

Leśna Różyczka (Tom 9). Leśna Różyczka. Juarez

Karol May

Juarez to dziewiąty tom przygód z cyklu Leśna Różyczka, czyli prześladowania dookoła świata. Podczas licznych i szalonych podróży po wielu krajach i kontynentach odważni bohaterowie spotykają na swojej drodze różne postaci niektóre sprzyjają realizacji ich planów i wyciągają pomocną dłoń, inne wręcz przeciwnie narażają drużynę na niebezpieczeństwa i same proszą się o pogruchotanie kości w potyczce.

Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo. The Mystery of the Suicide Tables

William Le Queux

Yes! Im not mistaken at all! Its the same woman! whispered the tall, good-looking young Englishman in a well-cut navy suit as he stood with his friend, a man some ten years older than himself, at one of the roulette tables at Monte Carlo, the first on the right on entering the roomthat one known to habitual gamblers as The Suicides Table. Are you quite certain? asked his friend. Positive. I should know her again anywhere. Shes very handsome. And look, too, by Jove! how she is winning!

Jacobs Ladder

E. Phillips Oppenheim

Jacobs Ladder begins: Seated at breakfast on that memorable July morning, Jacob Pratt presented all the appearance of a disconsolate man. His little country sitting-room was as neat and tidy as the capable hands of the inimitable Mrs. Harris could make it. His coffee was hot and his eggs were perfectly boiled. Through the open windows stretched a little vista of the many rows of standard roses which had been the joy of his life. Yet blank misery dwelt in the soul of this erstwhile cheerful little man, and the spirit of degradation hung like a gloomy pall over his thoughts and being. Only the day before he had filed his petition in bankruptcy.

A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas

Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, commonly known as A Christmas Carol, is one of the most legendary stories by Charles Dickens. This edition contains the original 1843 illustrations by celebrated caricaturist John Leech. The story has long since become one of the most beloved stories in the English language. As much a part of the holiday season as holly, mistletoe, and evergreen wreaths, this perennial favourite continues to delight new readers and rekindle thoughts of charity and goodwill. The tale begins on a cold and bleak Christmas Eve in London, exactly seven years after the death of Ebenezer Scrooges business partner, Jacob Marley. Scrooge, an old miser, hates Christmas. He refuses his nephew Freds Christmas dinner invitation. At home that night, Scrooge is visited by Marleys ghost, who is forever cursed to wander the earth dragging a network of heavy chains, forged during a lifetime of greed and selfishness. Marley tells Scrooge that he has one chance to avoid the same fatehe will be visited by three spirits, one on each successive evening, and he must listen to them or be cursed to carry chains of his own, much longer than Marleys chains.

Fighting Snub Reilly

Edgar Wallace

Fighting Snub Reilly is one of the mystery story from collection which includes eight short mysteries by Edgar Wallace, a famous British author of mystery genre. There are others: Jimmys Brother, The Christmas Cup, The Man In The Golf Hut, A Romance In Brown, The Perfect Gentleman, Kid-Glove Harry, Nig-Nog. Edgar Wallace was a British author who is best known for creating King Kong. Wallace was a very prolific writer despite his sudden death at age 56. In total Wallace is credited with over 170 novels, almost 1,000 short stories, and 18 stage plays. Wallaces works have been turned into well over 100 films.

The Real Thing and Other Tales

Henry James

The main character, an aspiring artist, hires a faded noble couple, Monarchs, as models after they have lost most of their money and need to find some kind of work. They are real in the sense that they are beautifully of the aristocratic type, but they turn out to be inappropriate for the artists work. The artist must finally get rid of the monarchs, especially after his friend and colleague, artist Jack Hawley, criticized the work in which monarchs are represented.

The Iron Grip

Edgar Wallace

1929 short story collection by Edgar Wallace revolving around the demobbed soldier (WWI) Jack Wireless Bryce and his engagement by the law firm Hemmer & Hemmer. Operating on the fringes of lawlessness, Bryce uses his brains and brawn to protect a range of the firms more vulnerable and downright gullible clients. His new career as a detective creates a compelling tale of adventure. Most of his adventures involve rescuing various damsels in distress from the clutches of men who are far from gentle. The tales are told with real zip, with a dash of grit and humor. Eventually, however, he is overpowered caught in the tender grip of love from which he has no desire to escape.

Hrabia Monte Christo

Aleksander Dumas ojciec

Sztandarowa powieść Aleksandra Dumasa ojca. Bohaterem książki jest 19-letni Edmund Dantes marynarz idealista. Niebawem ma zostać awansowany na kapitana statku i ożenić się z wybranką swego serca, piękną Mercedes. Niestety pada ofiarą spisku. Oskarżony o bonapartyzm trafia do więzienia. Po 14 latach udaje mu się zbiec. Odnajduje ogromny skarb i jako hrabia Monte Christo wraca w rodzinne strony, by odnaleźć ukochaną i dokonać zemsty na swych oprawcach.

Advice Limited

E. Phillips Oppenheim

The long boat train which had only a few minutes before started from Dover Pier Station on its way to Victoria came to an unexpected halt alongside the almost deserted platform of the Town Station. Habitual travellers, who knew the irregularity of such a proceeding, let down the windows and leaned out from their places. There was little to be seen, however, and nothing to be learnt from the various attendants. About a dozen station officials and a few other men who looked like officials in mufti were forming a sort of a ring around one of the vans in the rear of the train from which a number of heavy, iron clamped cases were being unloaded. The proceedings were entirely unusual. Curious questions and comments flashed backwards and forwards amongst the passengers. The train attendants, however, knew nothing of what was transpiring.

The Way of an Eagle

Ethel M. Dell

The Way of an Eagle novel (1919) opens in India, as scapegrace Nick Ratcliffe rescues Muriel, the generals daughter, from dire peril. Between starvation and attack, death is almost certain. Nick is small, odd-looking, and unpredictable. But he has somehow won the generals unconditional confidence. Not so with Muriel. Repelled yet fascinated by his mockery and ferocity his way of an eagle she agrees to a betrothal, then breaks it off for clean-cut Blake Grange. Back in England, Muriel gradually learns the truth of her feelings and of Blakes. But when she returns to India Nick, now maimed in his countrys service, is nowhere to be seen until new peril strikes. True love prevails. This is an old-fashioned adventure/romance and its impossible to put down.

The Village Rector

Honoré de Balzac

Forget the erroneous title, the central figure of this particular slice of Balzacs lifelong gift to literature is a woman of character, Madame Veronique Graslin. Honoré de Balzac (20 May 1799 18 August 1850) is considered to be one of the fathers of realism in fiction and has crafted a vivid picture of Europe during the end of the Bourbon Monarchy. The first characters presented are the shopkeeper Sauviat and his family. The daughter, Veronique, is beautiful and charming, a favorite in the entire quarter. When she is eleven she falls desperately ill with smallpox. Her beauty has been ruined by the disease and her parents love her even more and try to give her everything money can buy in compensation. A marriage to a rich banker is arranged. What causes Veronique to later live a life of penance?

The Brothers. A Story

Herbert George Wells

The Brothers A Story. Herbert George Wells was a prolific English writer who wrote in a variety of genres, including the novel, politics, history, and social commentary. Wells returned to a literary genre in which he had always excelled: the satire written in the form of an allegory. In a land torn apart by civil war, Bolaris was fiercely loyal to the Strong Men. So when Number Four informed him that Ratzel, leader of the enemy, had been captured, it was naturally a cause for celebration that was until Bolaris actually met his great opponent? The likeness between Bolaris and Ratzel was so remarkable that Bolaris was left in no doubt that they were related brothers, or perhaps even twins. As sworn enemies, and now as his captor, Bolaris had to work out a way to discover the truth of his identity and do so without sacrificing his loyalty.

If Sinners Entice Thee

William Le Queux

Then its an entire mystery? Yes, Phrida. But its astounding! It really seems so utterly impossible, declared my well-beloved, amazed at what I had just related. Ive simply stated hard facts. But theres been nothing about this affair in the papers. For certain reasons the authorities are not exactly anxious for any publicity. It is a very puzzling problem, and they do not care to own themselves baffled, I replied.

They See in Darkness

Ethel Lina White

The Elephant Never Forgets is a more psychological story. The main character, Anna, a young Englishwoman, wants to visit Russia because of her interest in a proletarian experiment and a faithless newspaper editor. The trip is delayed. Anna fell into a trap, stunned by the terrifying atmosphere of suspicion and the crazy tactic of postponing the Soviet Union...

The Twister

Edgar Wallace

Edgar Wallaces The Twister, published in 1928, is a tale of murder, high finance, and intrigue. Lord Frensham knows exactly whos swindling him in the stock market Anthony Tony Braid, who many call The Twister. And hes not about to believe Braids crazy notion that his own nephew, his flesh and blood, is behind the embezzlement... Then Frensham is found dead in his office, but Inspector Elk of the Scotland Yard knows its not suicide, no matter the elaborate scheme the murderer invented. But who is the murderer? It is a highly entertaining little thriller. The characters are broadly drawn but vivid, the plot movers along at a breakneck pace, and its rather luridly sensationalistic for its era.

The Stretelli Case and Other Mystery Stories

Edgar Wallace

This early work by Edgar Wallace was originally published in 1930. The Stretelli Case and Other Mystery Stories is a collection of short stories, some also published in other collections of Wallaces works. This volume includes: Code No. 2, Red Beard, The Man Who Killed Himself, The Mediaeval Mind, and many more. This is a nice collection of eleven short stories loosely classified as mysteries; while thriller elements are certainly present in most of them, the stories, with one exception, are indeed mysteries of one sort or another. Several stories feature detectives per se; most of them have people under pressure who must decipher baffling situations in order to correct deformations in the social structure.

An Amiable Charlatan

E. Phillips Oppenheim

The Englishman is enjoying his dinner at Stephanos, it was an ordinary evening. Suddenly a man comes quickly to his desk, begins to eat his food and quietly transfers him a package under the table. This is how Paul Welmsleys acquaintance with American adventurer Joseph Parker and his beautiful daughter Eve begin. Very interesting adventure story for easy reading.

Pieśni. Wybór

Horacy

Pieśni ( carmina), znane także jako Ody ( odes), zostały wydane w czterech księgach. Trzy pierwsze ukazały się w 23 r. jako oddzielny zbiór, zawierający 88 utworów lirycznych. Około 13 r. Horacy opublikował ostatnią, czwartą księgę liczącą 15 pieśni. Tematyka ód związana jest z życiem poety, jego wspomnieniami. Wiele ód to utwory okazyjne, skierowane do przyjaciół i znajomych autora. Wielokrotnie Horacy zabiera też głos w sprawach publicznych. Charakterystyczną cechą pieśni jest rozpoczynanie wiersza od jakiegoś konkretnego wydarzenia, niekiedy opowiedzianego szczegółowo, częściej ledwie wspomnianego. Wychodząc od tego wydarzenia, poeta przechodzi do refleksji natury ogólnej praktycznej lub filozoficznej.

Pleśń. Ryngraf. Farsa panny Heni

Maria Rodziewiczówna

Tom zawiera trzy krótkie powieści: Pleśń, Ryngraf i Farsa panny Heni. Pleśń to opowieść o pracy, niedoli, ale i radosnym trudzie. Historia opowiedziana w Ryngrafie osnuta jest na tle walk napoleońskich w Hiszpanii. Farsa panny Heni to z kolei przezabawna opowieść o uroczej siedemnastolatce Heni Dobrzyńskiej. Dziewczyna marzy o karierze operowej. Nim jednak wystąpi na scenach operowych Europy, musi wyrwać się spod kurateli stryja. Wolność tę może zapewnić młodej śpiewaczce tylko mąż. Ale taki, który małżeństwo potraktuje równie fikcyjnie jak i ona...

The Female of the Species

H.C. McNeile

The story revolves around revenge. First, the main character, Bulldog Drummond, kills his stormy enemy, Carl Peterson. And his mistress wants revenge for Peterson. Suddenly, Drummonds wife is kidnapped, but the criminal leaves traces. By which the main character is trying to find his wife. This chase takes place all over England, leading to an ominous house and a torture chamber.