Devil Ritter

Max Brand

A power more than human, a will to absolute evil such was he. All who had tried to save her from him perished... Must her true love also die? Max Brand, the pen name of Frederick Faust, was an incredibly proficient author who wrote many books, stories, and even poetry. Brand is generally regarded as the author of superior Westerns like his Destry Rides Again, but Brand also wrote the Dr. Kildare series, numerous detective stories and fantastic novels as well. His Westerns were always different, with complex plots and characters, and uncertain endings but his fantastic novels rank among the best stories he ever wrote. Devil Ritter is a tale of horror that demands your attention!

The King in Yellow

Robert W. Chambers

The heroes learn about the fictional city of Karkos, where the King in yellow rules, and two suns shine in the sky, and this circumstance becomes the beginning of mystical changes in their destinies. Strange and terrible events in which reality and dreams are intertwined are illustrated by the outstanding Argentine artist Santiago Caruso.

All for Adventure

Fenton Ash

Fenton Ash is the first and main pseudonym of UK civil engineer and author Francis Henry Atkins (1847-1927) who was a writer of pulp fiction, in particular science fiction aimed at younger readers. He wrote under the pseudonyms Frank Aubrey and Fenton Ash. All for Adventure fantasy adventure would suit anyone interested in old fantasy novels for children and young people.

Wesele hrabiego Orgaza. Powieść z pogranicza dwóch rzeczywistości

Roman Jaworski

Wesele hrabiego Orgaza. Powieść z pogranicza dwóch rzeczywistości to historiozoficzno-fantastyczny utwór Romana Jaworskiego z 1925 roku. Opowiada o rozgrywce dwóch amerykańskich miliarderów, Havemeyera i Yetmeyera, pragnących odgrywać rolę zbawicieli ludzkości i zbawić kulturę europejską po kryzysie cywilizacji, który nastąpił w wyniku wielkiej wojny. Powieść przesycona jest klimatem katastroficznym związanym z doświadczeniami I wojny światowej. Nawiązuje do nurtu młodopolskiego modernizmu, traktując go czasem w sposób prześmiewczy, oraz wątków literatury popularnej i kultury europejskiej, np. obraz El Greca Pogrzeb hrabiego Orgaza. Charakteryzuje się bogatym, nowatorskim, ekspresjonistycznym językiem, zbliżonym poetyką do twórczości literackiej Witkacego.

Crazy Rhythm

Max Brand

After 8 years in prison for murder, Jimmy Geary returns to his town Yellow Creek, and his past, and an ambush. Jimmy was very happy to see town again. But there are three men who arent happy to see Jimmy Geary return, and they conspire to make his stay this time very short... Neatly plotted and briskly told, it illustrates Max Brands remarkable gift for storytelling. One of the greatest western authors of all time, Frederick Faust wrote under sixteen different pseudonyms, including the best known being Max Brand. Although he wrote under many genres, westerns were his forte. Max Brand leads the reader on a very authentic tale of the old west the way it was.

Requiem aeternam. Confiteor

Stanisław Przybyszewski

Na początku była chuć słynne zdanie rozpoczynające Requiem aeternam zapowiada manifest panseksualistycznych poglądów Przybyszewskiego. Głęboko osadzony w młodopolskich nastrojach utwór stanowi wyraz koncepcji filozoficznych autora. W czasach autora bulwersował i szokował, wpisywał się w aurę skandalu otaczającą Przybyszewskiego. Sam autor zaliczał Requiem aeternam do cyklu poematów prozą albo rapsodii.

The Moon of Much Gladness

Ernest Bramah

This early work by Ernest Bramah Smith was originally published in 1911. The Moon of Much Gladness Related by Kai Lung is the fourth book in the Kai Lung series. The China which Kai Lung inhabits has numerous features of the fantasy Land of Fable, and many of the embedded tales are fantasy; all are told in an ornate manner which ironically, often hilariously, exaggerates the old Chinese tradition of understatement and politesse. Ernest Bramah was born was near Manchester in 1868. He was a poor student, and dropped out of the Manchester Grammar School when sixteen years old to go into the farming business. Bramah found commercial and critical success with his first novel, The Wallet of Kai Lung, but it was his later stories of detective Max Carrados that assured him lasting fame.

Tryb warunkowy

Hanna Cygler

Pierwsza część trylogii opowiadającej o burzliwym życiu uczuciowym Zosi Knyszewskiej. Stanowi opowieść o miłosnych perypetiach młodej dziewczyny, rozdartej uczuciowo między dwoma mężczyznami jej wielką miłością, Marcinem, a fascynującym ją przyjacielem, Witkiem. Świat trudnej miłości, przyjaźni, kłamstwa i zdrady.

Found and Fettered. A Series of Thrilling Detective Stories

Dick Donovan

Found and Fettered A Series of Thrilling Detective Stories is a collection of short stories dates from 1894 written by British journalist and author of mystery and horror fiction J. E. Preston Muddock. For a time his detective stories were as popular as those of Arthur Conan Doyle. Between 1889 and 1922 he published nearly 300 detective and mystery stories. This varied collection includes material that gives readers a 19th century view of the world.

Fedra. Tragedia w pięciu aktach wierszem

Jean Baptiste Racine

Francuski dramaturg Jean-Baptiste Racine jest uznawany za jednego z najwybitniejszych tragików wszech czasów oraz mistrza w przedstawianiu kobiecej psychiki. Tragedia Fedra, napisana w roku 1677, jest inspirowana grecką mitologią. Opowiada o nieodwzajemnionej miłości tytułowej bohaterki do jej pasierba Hipolita. Ten jednak kocha się w innej kobiecie, potomkini zwaśnionego z nimi rodu. Fedra przedstawiona jest jako kobieta rozdarta i na wpół oszalała z nieszczęśliwej miłości.

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Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков

В цикл рассказов М.А.Булгакова вошли истории, описывающие случаи из врачебной практики молодого сельского врача. Они имеют реальную основу: сам автор около года проработал в деревенской больнице. С этих рассказов и началась писательская деятельность Булгакова. Другие популярные романы и рассказы, которые вошли в сборник: 201eБелая гвардия, Театральный роман (Записки покойника), 201eМастер и Маргарита201d, 201eЗаписки на манжетах201d, 201eЗаписки юного врача201d, 201eДьяволиада201d, 201eПовесть о том, как близнецы погубили делопроизводителя201d, 201eРоковые яйца201d, 201eСобачье сердце201d.

Stones from the Sky. A Tale for Boys

T.C. Bridges

The roar of the pampero rattling above the chimneys of the solidly built Estancia drowned the rumble, but the sound was loud enough for Jock and Ned Burnie to jump from their chairs by the fire and run out of the room. At the foot of the stairs on the floor of broken clay lay an old man in a magnificent frame. Jock first got to him and leaned over him.

Homeward Bound, or, the Chase. A Tale of the Sea

James Fenimore Cooper

The storyline is centered around a sea voyage. The storys subtitle is The Chase and it picks up right away as the authorities try to get back a passenger who apparently owes money to the father of his new fiancée.

A Gilded Serpent

Dick Donovan

Before Sherlock Holmes there was Dick Donovan. The name struck terror into the hearts of thieves, murderers, fences, swindlers and criminals of every class, and his exploits gave delight to millions worldwide from 1888 onwards. This second volume of the Dick Donovan adventures collects three novels and a short story, written by British journalist and author of mystery and horror fiction J. E. Preston Muddock. For a time his detective stories were as popular as those of Arthur Conan Doyle.

The Marriage of Esther. A Torres Straits Sketch

Guy Boothby

The Marriage of Esther, surrounded by a messy community of settlers on a remote island off the coast of Australia, combines the best qualities of a classic action-adventure film with an ingeniously crafted riddle and right in the middle of all this is a heartbreaking novel.

Sun and Sand

Max Brand

A collection of three short exciting stories by Max Brand aka Federick Faust. Brand has been labeled one of the top three Western novelists of all time so western fans will be in for a treat. It includes The Flaming Rider, Outlaw Buster and Sun and Sand. Three western stories about men who appear to be lacking the intelligence and skills to survive on the frontier but are able to achieve success where others had failed. Sun and Sand is the story of a youth known only as Jigger. It is his misfortune to buy a key chain from a pawnbroker that has on it a key to a post office box. In that box, Jigger finds a map to a notorious outlaws cache, buried in a fierce desert region; however, Jigger is not the only one seeking this treasure...

The Titan

Theodore Dreiser

Titan is the second part of Theodore Dreisers famous Trilogy of Desire, which is based on the life story of the American millionaire C. Yerkes, who played a significant role in the development of the public transport system in Chicago and the London Underground.

O miłości

Stendhal

Stendhal to pseudonim Marie-Henri Beylea, francuskiego pisarza romantycznego, prekursora realizmu w literaturze. Wyprzedzał on swoją epokę choć żył i pisał w romantyzmie, jego styl odznaczał się klarownością i jasnością oraz pogłębionymi portretami psychologicznymi bohaterów. Inspirację dla książki O miłości stanowiła dla Stendhala niespełniona miłość do Mathilde Dembowski, którą pisarz przeżył podczas pobytu we Włoszech.

The Headsman. The Abbaye des Vignerons

James Fenimore Cooper

The events of the novel take place not on the American continent, but in the very heart of Europe. Almost all the characters in the novel are forced in extreme circumstances to reveal themselves in a new light: some, with all their desire, cannot disguise their meanness, greed, inner readiness for betrayal, others show the highest nobility and purity of human qualities.

Poezje. Wybór

Teofil Lenartowicz

Teofil Lenartowicz (18221893) był polskim poetą romantycznym, etnografem, rzeźbiarzem i konspiratorem. Z uwagi na fascynację folklorem z rejonu Mazowsza sam siebie nazywał biednym Mazurzyną lub lirnikiem mazowieckim. To właśnie ludowość stała się głównym motywem jego twórczości poetyckiej. Tworzył także wiersze patriotyczne i religijne oraz poematy historyczne. Prosty styl, pełen czułości i czarowności, przysporzył mu wielkiej sympatii czytelników.

The Ecclesiazusae

Aristophanes

The game begins with Praxagora leaving the house on the Athenian street before dawn. She wears a fake beard and mens clothes, and she carries a cane and a lit lamp. A chorus of Athenian women enter one on one, all dressed in a similar costume. In order to be more convincingly courageous, some women developed tans and stopped shaving armpits. One woman brings a full basket of yarn in order to get the job done, as the assembly replenishes, to which Praxagora reports to her for this decision, as this will ruin their cover.

Новь (Nowizna)

Иван Сергеевич Тургенев, Iwan Siergiejewicz Turgieniew

Последний роман великого русского писателя Тургенева посвящен народническому движению конца 60-x 2013 начала 70-х годов XIX столетия, которое вошло в историю под названием «хождение в народ». В романе 201eНовь201d раскрывается тема трагедии русского интеллигента, честного, умного, одаренного, но вечно мятущегося, не способного ни жить в мире с собой, ни отдаться любви, ни быть полезным обществу. Иван Сергеевич Тургенев принадлежит к числу писателей, внесших наиболее значительный вклад в развитие русской литературы второй половины XIX в. Реальная картина современной жизни в его произведениях овеяна глубоким гуманизмом, верой в творческие и нравственные силы родного народа, в прогрессивное развитие русского общества.

The Wasps

Aristophanes

Old Philokleon was so addicted to attending court hearings that his son Bdelikleon locked him in the house and stretched a net around the house. He wants to ensure a quiet life for his father, but Philokleon does not at all want peace. Hes a cocky, like a choir made up of his old friends, judges, and he likes to convict. The choir appears on the stage in wasp costumes and tries to help Philokleon slip away, but Bdelikleon prevents this.

The Adventures of Jimmie Dale

Frank L. Packard

Wealthy millionaire by day, at night Jimmie Dale put on a costume and becomes The Grey Seal, daredevil safe cracker and footpad he never takes a thing, but leaves behind his mark, a grey seal of paper to mark his conquest. He was just doing it for the sheer deviltry of it at first, but when a woman catches him she blackmails him to war on certain crime organizations. Frank Packards Gray Seal character first appeared in print in 1914. In some ways he was inspired by earlier Edwardian adventurers like A.J Raffles, the Scarlet Pimpernel, and Arsene Lupin, but Packard blended those borrowed elements into an entirely new concept. Dales adventures first appeared in Peoples Magazine and then were collected into several novels.