Farewell, Nikola!

Guy Boothby

This is the last of Dr. Nicholas Boothbys novels staged in Venice, Italy. Nicola tells the story of her sad life, demonstrates her mystical ability to help people test themselves in another place and time, turns a man into a beast and leaves his palace in Venice, which has a bloody history, but it remains in the minds of those who met him.

A Tramp Abroad, Complete

Mark Twain

The noisy success of this perky book, which was based on Mark Twains impressions of his trip to Europe and Palestine, opened the way for the journalist to great literature. A guy from the shores of the Mississippi, convinced that the Old World is the day of mankind, and the future belongs to America, funny describes the sights, customs and customs of the countries where he visited.

Valvedre

George Sand

Cest une histoire de souffrance humaine. Le personnage principal parle de sa souffrance dans lenfance, quil a souffert. Il y avait mme des jours, voire des semaines, quand il vivait, sans savoir o il se trouvait vraiment. Il est parfois utile de tirer les leçons des erreurs des autres et dapprendre par eux-mmes lexpérience et les enseignements précieux.

Richelieu Raids a Tomb

Henry Bedford-Jones

Richelieu Raids a Tomb is the fourteenth installment about the Sphinx Emerald from a Canadian-American historical, adventure fantasy, science fiction, crime and Western writer H. Bedford-Jones. Here the malign magic of the Sphinx Emerald works its spell anew in one of the famous dramas of history. And again the strange Sphinx Emerald came to the scene to play its part in the unrolling drama.

The Romance of His Life

Mary Cholmondeley

There are eight unrelated shorts in this book. The author tells us about the cottage she lives in and the memorable experience she had during the war.

Guy Fawkes

William Harrison Ainsworth

Guy Fawkes, a prominent figure in the history of England, was one of the leaders in the Gunpowder Plot, whose goal was to overthrow King James I, the Protestant king of England. The plan failed, and Fox and his accomplices were executed in front of the public.

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.

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.

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.

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 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***.

The Insulted and the Injured

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky

The book contains several topics: the relationship between a man and a woman before marriage, the betrayal of loved ones and their forgiveness, fathers and children. As the life stories of two women are almost the same, as Ivan tried to prevent the same end for Natasha. The breaking lives of good people because of unclean ones on hand.

Unter Palmen und Buchen. Band IIII

Friedrich Gerstäcker

Friedrich Gerstäcker (1816-1872) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller. Er war ein Autor von spannenden Abenteuerromanen und -erzählungen, aber auch Dorfgeschichten, der Landschaften und kulturelle Verhältnisse so gut wiederzugeben verstand, dass noch heute ein überwiegend jugendliches Publikum seine bekannten Romane liest. Auf seinen Streifzügen vor allem in die Neue Welt, Nord- und Südamerika, Australien und nach Tahiti enstand eine große Anzahl persönlicher Geschichten, die er literarisch verarbeitete und reflektierte. Unter Palmen und Buchen ist eine Sammlung von Erzählungen aus 3 Bänden. Erschienen in den Jahren 1865, 1866 und 1867. Erster Band Unter Buchen enthält: 1. Eine alltägliche Geschichte. 2. Die Vision. 3. Folgen einer telegraphischen Depesche. 4. Der Polizeiagent. 5. Eine Heimkehr aus der weiten Welt. 6. Wenn wir einmal sterben. Zweiter Band Unter Palmen enthält: 1. Das Klima der Tropen. 2. El Comisario. 3. Am Cachavi. 4. Der Tiger. 5. Negerleben. Dritter Band Unter Palmen und Buchen enthält: 1. Eine Mesalliance. 2. Der Gevatterbrief. 3. Ein Ausflug in Java. 4. Der Heimathschein. 5. Auf der Eisenbahn.

The Devil-Tree of El Dorado

Frank Aubrey

The Devil-Tree of El Dorado concerns the discovery of the legendary city of Manoa in British Guiana, high atop Mt. Roraima, at that date an incredibly remote part of the world. Most desirable, all the expected thrills of an Atlantean thriller plus some: flying damsels; immortals; a satisfying variety of monsters including the frightful shape, with its maddening leer and its blood-curdling scream that welcomes us to the book.

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 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...

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?

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...