The Kennel Murder Case

S.S. Van Dine

Vance, an independently wealthy college educator, amateur detective, uses his deductive skills and psychological knowledge to help his friend New York County Attorney solve the murder of Archer Coe. At first he thought of suicide when Coes body was found in a room locked from the inside with all the windows closed. As usual, the action takes place in New York. Vances methods are unconventional and run counter to the more stringent police investigation methods and legal requirements of a lawyer.

The Beautiful and Damned

F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgeralds second novel, first published in 1922, which brilliantly satirizes a doomed and glamorous marriage of would-be Jazz Age aristocrats Anthony and Gloria Patch: they are beautiful, shallow, pleasure-seeking, and vain. As they await the inheritance of his grandfathers fortune, their reckless marriage sways under the influence of alcohol and avarice and disintegrates under the weight of their expectations, dissipation, jealousy and aimlessness...

Женитьба (Ożenek)

Николай Васильевич Гоголь, Nikołaj Wasiljewicz Gogol

К чему может привести нерешительность? На какие поступки готов пойти надворный советник, чтобы избежать 201eсемейного счастья201d? Надворный советник Подколесин решает, что пора женится. В подобных ситуациях прибегают к помощи профессиональной свахи. Он решает воспользоваться услугами свахи Феклы Ивановны, у которой на примете есть купеческая дочь с богатым приданным, которое осталось ей после смерти маменьки и папеньки. В истории, которую написал известный русский и украинский писатель Николай Васильевич Гоголь в 183320131835 гг., сваха Фекла 2013 не ординарная личность. Она и 201eпсихолог201d, и 201eторговка201d, и 201eподружка201d, и 201eмать родная201d 2013 смотря как ситуация сложится. Когда же Феклу Ивановну решают обойти, она решается на коварную месть. Тут то вся история и начинается...

9 najpiękniejszych komedii. MultiBook

Aleksander Fredro

Tom zawiera dziewięć najpopularniejszych utworów scenicznych Aleksandra Fredry, jednego z najwybitniejszych komediopisarzy w historii literatury polskiej. Są to przede wszystkim komedie obyczajowe z życia szlachty, głównie prowincjonalnej. W utworach tych Fredro wprowadzał akcenty humorystyczne i elementy komiki ludowego teatru, ówcześnie właściwe tylko farsie. Ujawniał mistrzostwo w tworzeniu charakterystyki bohaterów, kształtowaniu akcji i giętkości języka. Jego komedie weszły na stałe do kanonu polskiej literatury i teatru. W multibooku znalazło się 9 najzabawniejszych i ponadczasowych komedii autora, takich jak: "Mąż i żona. Komedia w trzech aktach wierszem" "Pan Geldhab. Komedia w trzech aktach wierszem" "Damy i huzary. Komedia w trzech aktach prozą" "Pan Jowialski. Komedia w czterech aktach prozą" "Śluby panieńskie, czyli Magnetyzm serca. Komedia w 5 aktach wierszem" "Zemsta. Komedia w czterech aktach wierszem" "Wielki człowiek do małych interesów. Komedia w pięciu aktach" "Odludki i poeta. Komedia w jednym akcie wierszem" "Pierwsza lepsza, czyli Nauka zbawienna. Komedia w jednym akcie wierszem"

Ramshackle House

Hulbert Footner

Traveling through southern Florida, a New Yorker Don Counsel is being framed by Ernest Riever for a murder he did not commit. Riever is holding the real killer captive on his yacht while detectives are searching for Counsel. Meanwhile a young Pen Broome tries to help Counsel out. Rievers men find Counsel and trap him in a ballast bulkhead, but Pen rescues him. Will Counsel be able to prove his innocence?

Beyond The City. The Idyll of a Suburb

Arthur Conan Doyle

Beyond the City explores the relationships between the residents of three adjoining homes. The cast of characters includes a widowed doctor with two daughters, a retired admiral with a wife and son, and a feminist living with her nephew. Destiny brings these three peculiar households together in the placid English countryside. The desire for money and romance drive these Victorians beyond the natural boundaries of their middle-class lives. As the web of lust and deceit draws these accidental neighbors ever closer, a financial scandal befalls one of them. An outside rank pirate is linked somehow to one of the neighbors. Who could it be? In this work, Conan Doyle exhibits the practiced subtlety and complexity for which he has become so well known.

Atlantis

Hans Dominik

Atlantis ist ein Science-Fiction-Roman (oder auch utopisch-technischer Roman) des Autors Hans Dominik. Atlantis wurde erstmals 1925 veröffentlicht. Man schreibt das Jahr 2000. die politische Lage ist gespannt: Das vereinigte Europa steht amerikanischen und afrikanischen Machtblöcken gegenüber, ein kühnes Projekt soll durchgeführt werden, um einen breiten Seeweg zwischen dem Atlantischen und dem Pazifischen Ozean zu schaffen. Die amerikanische Gesellschaft New Canal Cy. beabsichtigt, die Landenge von Panama zu sprengen. Ein Gutachten eines geheimnisvollen, anonymen J. H. beweist, dass als schreckliche Folge davon der Golfstrom umgeleitet würde und ganz Nordeuropa vereisen würde, Millionen Europäer sterben würden ein bewusster Plan der Amerikaner, die europäische Konkurrenz auf dem Weltmarkt zu schwächen. Doch die Sprengung wird durchgeführt. Die Azoren beginnen sich zu heben, und aus dem Atlantik taucht der vor 13000 Jahren versunkene Kontinent Atlantis.

Oliver Twist

Charles Dickens

Oliver Twist est un excellent exemple de fiction persuasive. Cest lune des histoires les plus célebres de Charles Dickens. Des personnages comme le maléfique Fagin avec son groupe de voleurs et de méchants. Lhistoire dOliver Twist, orphelin et bombardé par le mal et le malheur. Le roman est sans aucun doute fascinant, avec beaucoup de mysteres et de tournures insidieuses.

The Count of the Saxon Shore

Alfred J. Church

So little is known from history about the last years of the Roman occupation that the writer of fiction has almost a free hand. In this story a novel, but, it is hoped, not an improbable, view is taken in an important event the withdrawal of the legions. This is commonly assigned to the year 410, when the Emperor Honorius formally withdrew the Imperial protection from Britain. But the usurper Constantine had actually removed the British army two years before; and, as he was busied with the conquest of Gaul and Spain for a considerable time after, it is not likely that they were ever sent back. Mr. Church is a most excellent writer, keeps the novel moving, the excitement on edge and the heroes and heroin coming alive on page after page after page consequently.

Казаки (Kozacy). Кавказская повесть 1852 года

Лев Николаевич Толстой, Lew Nikołajewicz Tołstoj

Повесть величайшего русского писателя Льва Николаевича Толстого (181820131910) рассказывает о переломном этапе в жизни инфантильного молодого человека из московского общества, живущего мечтами и грезами. Главный герой повести, Дмитрий Оленин, близок автору и по духовному опыту, и по нравственным устремлениям. Как и Толстой, он оказывается на Кавказе в попытке начать новую жизнь, 201eв которой уже не будет больше ошибок, не будет раскаяния, а наверное будет одно счастье201d. Среди казаков, в окружении природы, в условиях, далеких от комфорта и роскоши, Оленин переосмысливает свое отношение к жизни, ощущает внутреннюю трансформацию. Герою повести предстоит увидеть настоящую жизнь и ощутить себя чужим в нетронутом цивилизацией мире.

The Conan Saga

Robert E. Howard

This collection contains all of Robert E. Howards Conan the Cimmerian stories published during his lifetime, contextualized with biographical details of their author. His Conan stories feature a young barbarian warrior who carves himself a kingdom and rules with a degree of wisdom and justice. Neither supernatural fiends nor demonic sorcery could oppose the warrior as he wielded his mighty sword and dispatched his enemies to a bloody doom on the battlefields of the legendary Hyborian age. Collected together in one volume are besides the poem Cimmeria A Poem and the essay The Hyborian Age Conans World Robert E. Howards tales of the legendary hero, as fresh and atmospheric today as when they were first published in the pulp magazines of more than eighty years ago: The Tower Of The Elephant, Rogues In The House , Shadows In The Moonlight and so many others.

Rozdzióbią nas kruki, wrony

Stefan Żeromski

Szymon Winrych glówny bohater Rozdzióbią nas kruki, wrony to powstaniec styczniowy, który choć zdaje sobie sprawę z tego, że powstanie dogorywa, nie poddaje się i walczy do upadłego. Uparcie dąży do celu. Nie straszny mu głód ani ziąb. Nie boi się też samotności. Jego zaciekłość i konsekwencja w działaniu to rezultat świadomości, że po klęsce powstania pałeczkę przejmą przeciwnicy walki narodowowyzwoleńczej. Nie chce dopuścić do tego, aby zwolennicy lojalizmu dowodzili, że powstanie nie miało sensu, a jedyne, co przyniosło, to niepotrzebny rozlew krwi.

The Bird of Paradise

E. Phillips Oppenheim

Mr. Hamer Wildburn, a young American, graduate of Harvard is wintering on the Mediterranean coast of France in his newly purchased yacht The Bird of Paradise, and is puzzled by the desire he finds in visitors coming aboard at different times to buy the vessel from him. One night he is awoken at 3 am by the cries of a beautiful, and wearing priceless emeralds, woman swimming alongside. She comes aboard and offers to buy the yacht for twice what he paid. The next day, the foreign minister of France also makes an offer to buy the yacht at an outrageous price. Soon a known terrorist develops a bomb to utterly destroy the boat and all its inhabitants. And so on, and with the material of conspiracies, French politics, love and adventure the story is woven around the yacht.

Nada the Lily

H. Rider Haggard

Nada the Lily is a historical novel. It tells about the origins of Umslopogaas, the illegitimate son of the Zulu king in the 19th century. Parts of the story are inspired by the real historical events and fairy tales that Haggard heard during his time in South Africa. Haggard portrays the Zulus as real peoplepeople with hopes and dreams, as well as flaws.

Gunmans Gold

Max Brand

An exciting Western tale of a honorable thief who steals from crooks and ends up saving a family from the ruthless and conniving hands of a cousin who is trying to insert himself into their fortunes. Theres lots of action with good characterizations and even some political and philosophical insights that gives the story a depth of being more than just an action yarn. Theres a hired investigator, who saves him repeatedly, at risk to himself, and there is a lovely girl who eventually sees through an ugly face to a heart of gold. Highly recommended, especially for those who love the Old Western genre.

Czas zamknięty

Hanna Cygler

Kwiecień 1939 roku. Napięta sytuacja w Wolnym Mieście Gdańsku zmusza Helen Hallmann do wyjazdu do Anglii z całą rodziną. Włodek, jej pasierb, marzy o przygodach i podróżach, nie chce jednak opuszczać rodzinnego domu ani rozstawać się ze swoją pierwszą miłością. Los, który stanie się jego udziałem, pełen będzie wielu niespodzianek. Marzenia bowiem czasem się spełniają, ale w zupełnie nieprzewidywalny dla nas, zdumiewający sposób... Akcja tego romansu przygodowego rozgrywa się w przedwojennym Gdańsku, Kłajpedzie, Wilnie i okolicach, na Lubelszczyźnie i kończy się w maju 1945 roku w Łodzi. Książka stanowi początek pasjonującej sagi. Dalszy ciąg losów bohaterów został opisany w powieści Pokonani.

Murder Me

Max Brand

Max Brand is generally regarded as the author of superior westerns like his Destry Rides Again, but Brand also wrote the Dr. Kildare series and numerous detective stories as well. Never before published in book form, this 1937 police procedural by veteran Brand introduces New York police detectives Campbell and ORourke. The pair investigate the apparent suicide of a philanthropist David Barry who was about to be accused of bribery and corruption prior to his death. Angus Campbell and Patrick ORourke can get the cuffs on the killer, therell be endless face-offs in which the five suspects hurl accusations at each other and reveal how many of them were popping in and out of the crowded murder scene on the fatal night.

The Double. A Petersburg Poem

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky

In the book The Double Dostoevsky appears before the reader as a writer with an inimitable sense of humor. The author shows an extraordinary skill in describing comic episodes from life and makes the reader cheerfully laugh at the shortcomings of his characters and the comic nature of the situations. Before the reader St. Petersburg streets of the XIX century come to life, he will get acquainted with the mores of the inhabitants of St. Petersburg.

Lysistrata

Aristophanes

A woman named Lysistrata, determined to stop the senseless war, gathers women from all over Greece in the square in front of the Acropolis of Athens. She offers them until the men make peace do not sleep with them, do not give them, do not touch them! . With difficulty and after much debate and bickering, women agree. They take refuge in the Acropolis and do not admit anyone to themselves. The entire civilian population is divided into two camps: women and the elderly

The Knights

Aristophanes

Knighs are not just equestrians: the whole estate was called in Athens those who had enough money to keep a war horse. These were wealthy people, had small estates outside the city, lived on their income, and wanted Athens to be a peaceful, closed agricultural state. The poet Aristophanes wanted peace; therefore, he made the riders the chorus of his comedy.

Dr. Kildares Crisis

Max Brand

When young doctor James Kildare and his fiancée, nurse Mary Lamont, make plans for their wedding day, brother Mary Douglas arrives at her. Douglas asks Kildare to arrange an appointment with a wealthy Mr. Chandler, whose daughter Kildare rescued at Young Doctor Kildare to ask for a fund to create three subsidized trading schools to train unskilled workers. Kildare does not want to impose Chandler for ethical reasons, but is concerned that Doug, who hears nonexistent sounds, may be an undiagnosed epileptic.

The Jackson Trail

Max Brand

One of the most prolific writers of all time, he wrote more than 500 novels and nearly 15 million words under the pen name of Max Brand and seventeen others. Alongside Zane Grey, the western section of any bookstore is usually packed with Max Brand titles. The Jackson Trail is another outstanding western that demands your attention. In it, Jesse Jackson is riding where the law feared to go... Packed with enough action and interesting twists to please even the most die-hard fans of the genre, the novel also addresses a wide range of important themes with insight and sensitivity. Max Brand leads the reader on a very authentic tale of the old west the way it was. Written in the thirties, but still fresh and enjoyable today.

The Plunder Pit

T.C. Bridges

Short and stout as he was, Pip could handle a boat with any man, and the speed with which he got the sail up and tied down the reef points was worth watching. As he finished, the great arch of cloud swept over the sun, wiping, out its bright light. Then with a roar the wind was on them.

Głowa anioła

Hanna Cygler

Julia, znana architekt, przyjeżdżając po dziewięciu latach z Chicago do miasta swego urodzenia. Czy rzeczywiście chodzi jej tylko o rekonstrukcję starego pałacyku Hemmerlingów? A może chce odszukać swego ukochanego z lat młodzieńczych, który jest teraz prokuratorem i nie wydaje się szczęśliwy w obecnym związku. Julia ma szanse na złożenie w całość swych dramatycznych wspomnień, ale w rozmyślaniach przeszkadzają jej coraz to częstsze dziwne przypadki. Nie przypuszcza nawet, że sama może znaleźć się w śmiertelnym niebezpieczeństwie. Wątek kryminalno-sensacyjny, no i oczywiście romans, a wszystko na tle pomorskiego miasteczka K***.