Żywe kamienie

Wacław Berent

Akcja wydanej w 1918 roku powieści Wacława Berenta Żywe kamienie rozgrywa się na przełomie XIII i XIV wieku. Opowiada o średniowiecznych wędrownych artystach, których przybycie zmieniło oblicze miasta całkowicie pogrążonego w marazmie. Historia przedstawia zmierzch średniowiecznej kultury teokracji. Utrzymana w duchu Młodej Polski rozprawia na temat znaczenia sztuki i artysty oraz ich posłannictwie.

Sea Warfare

Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling, acting as a kind of proto-rooted journalist, spoke about aspects of the Royal Navy in World War I that usually do not receive so much attention. In sections on minesweepers, a merchant marine, submariners, and destroyers, he gave a brief account of the important backstage work they did. Through an interview and a summary of the combat reports, he presented an idea of the culture in which they operate.

The Witch and Other Stories

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

A short story about an unhappy involuntary marriage. Family quarrels, like bad weather in the Russian wilderness: there is nothing worse than becoming an involuntary captive of a blizzard of someone elses spousal abuse. The main character of the story is an ordinary woman with an unfortunate fate. All its features consist only in youth and attractive appearance, and in the still alive soul, which writhes under the weight of the cargo that has landed on it and stubbornly does not want to die, does not want to give up, and everything continues to wait for someone or something. Her husband, a miserable man, considers his wife a witch.

A Bid for Fortune. Or, Dr Nikolas Vendetta

Guy Boothby

Guy Boothby, an Australian writer, became famous thanks to his famous character the mysterious Dr. Nicolas, who has truly terrible power over people, and a clever con man hiding under the guise of gentlemen. The author deliberately introduces us into the story through a generally outsider who accidentally gets involved in the ups and downs of this story. And the riddle here is not who the criminal is, but what he needs from his victim.

5 Best Historical Novels. MultiBook

Alexandre Dumas

He is a French writer whose adventure novels made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. He was also a playwright and journalist. Having hired several assistants, he writes novels for newspapers with a sequel adventure, pseudo-historical in nature, which both readers and publishers are happy to buy. Among these works are 5 famous historical multibooks such as: The Count Of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, The Black Tulip, La Reine Margot.

The Inspector General

Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol

The play is about a petty official Khlestakov, who does not stand out for anything special. He is traveling from St. Petersburg on business with his servant, they stop in one county town, where there was a rumor that the inspector will visit the city soon. Khlestakov, by chance and human imprudence, is mistaken for an auditor who decided to remain incognito. From that moment, all city officials are looking for an opportunity to stay in good standing, give him a bribe so that nothing bad happens.

Co czytałem umarłym

Władysław Szlengel

Władysław Szlengel to jeden z najważniejszych żydowskich poetów okupowanej Warszawy. Jako mieszkaniec getta zapisywał na bieżąco obserwacje z życia w odizolowanej przez Niemców dzielnicy żydowskiej, stanowiące niezwykłe świadectwo o czasie, miejscu i ludziach. Tomik Co czytałem umarłym powstał w styczniu 1943 roku, tuż po akcji wywózki społeczności żydowskiej do obozu koncentracyjnego w Treblince. Po wojnie tomik stał się jednym z manifestów literackich sztuki warszawskiego getta.

The Case of Oscar Brodski

R. Austin Freeman

A suburban train runs over a man lying on the rails. Passengers at the nearest station recognize the famous gem dealer Oscar Brodsky as the deceased. Was it an accident, suicide or murder? In less than half a day, Dr. Thorndike, known for his scientific method of solving crimes, solves the mystery.

Letters of Anton Chekhov to His Family and Friends with a Biographical Sketch

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Correspondence with Knipper is interesting not only as a chronicle of the last years of Chekhovs life, not only as a valuable source of information about the first years of the Art Theater. Knipper took an exceptional place in Chekhovs spiritual life in recent years, and letters to her most fully reflect his inner world in those years, to the extent that Chekhov generally considered it necessary to open this inner world to other, even closest people. In letters to his wife, Chekhovs ability to say something important, significant in a playful form, as if by chance, without lengthy explanations, was especially pronounced.

Six Golden Angels

Max Brand

Renowned Western writer Max Brand does it again in the eminently enjoyable novel Six Golden Angels. Max Brands action-filled stories of adventure and heroism in the American West continue to entertain readers throughout the world. Brand penned over 200 full-length Westerns in his career, including Destry Rides Again and Montana Rides Again. But in this work, we see Brand in a new role. A familiar situation in the story of the murder of a millionaire which is dismissed by the police but investigated by his nephew. A varied cast of suspects gamblers, actresses, fake socialites lead to a tie-up with a politician and an underworld gang. A few new turns and a fast action story not to mention dialogue with a hard punch.

Eros i Psyche. Powieść sceniczna w siedmiu rozdziałach

Jerzy Żuławski

Składający się z siedmiu części dramat autorstwa Jerzego Żuławskiego opowiada o walce duszy (Psyche) z materią. Akcja rozgrywa się na przestrzeni kilku wieków, poczynając od starożytności. Autor przedstawia wielkie znaczenie idei w życiu człowieka. Utwór spotkał się z mocną krytyką, uznany za zbyt płytki, podbił jednak serca publiczności. Doczekał się również interpretacji w postaci libretta operowego, skomponowanego przez Ludomira Różyckiego.

The Scarab Murder Case

S.S. Van Dine

All the action takes place within 36 hours, and during this time, Van Dyne collected many action games, red herring, suspects, humor and lessons from Egyptian history. He is joined by his friend John F. Markham, the New York County District Attorney, and his able assistant Sergeant Ernest Heath. Kyle was found dead in the private museum of the Egyptologist Dr. Mindrum V.K. Bliss at the foot of a large statue of Anubis with a smaller statue of Sakhmet, which seemed to have fallen on his skull from the top of a neighboring shelf.

The Justice of Amru

Henry Bedford-Jones

Written in the cycle of tales by H. Bedford-Jones, The Justice of Amru tells how fanatic followers of Mohammed stormed out of Arabia in the seventh century to slaughter the Greek troops of the Great Eastern Empire and conquer Egypt... and again the strange Sphinx Emerald came to the scene to play its part in the unrolling historic drama.

DArtagnan

Henry Bedford-Jones

H. Bedford-Jones DArtagnan is a sequel to the first Musketeer book of Alexandre Dumas. It continues the rollicking romantic romp through pre-revolutionary France by following the further pursuits of the famous musketeer DArtagnan. Bedford-Jones reunites the young Gascon with his old comrades-in-arms Athos, Porthos and Aramis to defend again the honor of the queen in an intrigue of Cardinal Richelieu. Highly recommended for everyone who fell in love with these unforgettable characters and needs an encore!

The Divine Comedy. The Vision of Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise

Dante Alighieri

A unique poetic work, about which historians and critics, philosophers and even adherents of various mystical and esoteric teachings are desperately arguing about. Hell is a colossal funnel of concentric circles, the tapering end of which is adjacent to the center of the earth. Having passed the threshold of hell, in which the souls of indecisive, insignificant people dwell, they enter the first circle of hell the limb. In the earthly paradise, Dante meets Beatrice, seated on a chariot drawn by a vulture.

10 Best Western Stories. MultiBook

Zane Grey

American writer Zane Gray is a popular author of Western adventure novels, one of the founding fathers of this genre. From his pen came out over 60 books, many of which became subjects of Hollywood action movies. The collection includes action-packed adventure novels, which take place in the middle of the last century, in the midst of the gold rush. The multibook includes the most read novels of the author, such as: Riders of the Purple Sage, The Lone Star Ranger, The Rainbow Trail, The Border Legion, To the Last Man, The Call of the Canyon, Under the Tonto Rim, Forlorn River, Nevada, Fighting Caravans.

Marguerite de Valois

Alexandre Dumas

Alexander Dumas invites us to be guests at this wedding, which will soon be called bloody. Just a few days later, a tragedy will occur. Bartholomews night will happen, in which many Huguenots, including Admiral de Coligny, are destined to die. What will happen to the young Heinrich of Navarre, will he be able to avoid the fate of his co-religionists? And Margarita, what will be her behavior in the current difficult circumstances?

Precious Bane

Mary Webb

Precious Bane is also the story of Gideon, the doomed brother of Prue, no less decisive, but with different motives. Determined to defeat the poverty of their farm, he devotes all his strength to making money. The only thing that distracts him from these ambitions is that he abandons her for a stronger attraction to his money.

Mapp and Lucia

E.F. Benson

The fourth installment of the popular series-a hilarious study of 1930s manner and pecking order-begins when Lucia Lucas rents a summer place-the home of Elizabeth Mapp-in the English village of Tilling. So begins a battle of one-upmanship, peppered with queenly airs, ghastly tea parties, and unnerving bridge evenings as the two combatants attempt to out-do each other to win social supremacy. The pompous Lucia and malignant Mapp are characters you will love to hate, wonderfully penned by E.F. Benson.

Alexanders Bridge

Willa Cather

Bartley Alexander is a civil engineer and world famous bridge builder. He is going through a midlife crisis. While married to Winifred, Bartley rekindles a relationship with Hilda Burgoyne from London. This connection torments the moral principles of Bartley.

Fileb

Platon

Fileb zaliczany jest do późnych dialogów Platońskich. Tak jak w pozostałych główną postacią jest Sokrates, który tutaj dyskutuje z Filebem o tym, czy najwyższe dobro polega na przyjemności, czy na mądrości. Z dialogu wynika, że ani przyjemność, ani wiedza same w sobie nie mogą być dobre, a dobro stanowi połączenie obu. Rozmówcy spierają się o to, która składowa powinna dominować w tym połączeniu i je określać. Sokrates wyraża pogląd zbieżny z przekonaniem samego Platona że to wiedza powinna być ograniczeniem dla przyjemności.

Promenades autour dun village

George Sand

Le lecteur tombe dans une ville colorée appelée Berry. Lauteur parle des habitants de cette ville, des paysages. Laccent est également mis sur les traditions rurales. Cette histoire va impressionner tout le monde.

Rozpruwacze. Powieść sensacyjna

Urke Nachalnik

Urke Nachalnik to pseudonim literacki Icka Borucha Farbarowicza (18971939), żydowsko-polskiego autora kryminałów. Człon Nachalnik pochodził od złodziejskiego pseudonimu Farbarowicza, który przez większość swojego życia był przestępcą. Twórczość literacką rozpoczął w więzieniu. Sławę przyniosły mu powieści kryminalno-sensacyjne, które świetnie oddawały realia przestępczego półświatka. Historia Rozpruwaczy zaczyna się od napadu na sejf pewnej hrabiny, podczas którego ginie policjant. Szaleńcze tempo akcji trzyma czytelnika w napięciu do samego końca.

Dr. Thorndykes Crime File. A Selection of His Most Celebrated Cases

R. Austin Freeman

Dr. John Thorndike is a fictional detective in a series of novels. He is a medical lawyer a doctor by origin, he turned to the bar and became one of the first, in modern terms, forensic experts. His decisions were based on his method of collecting all possible data.