Flighty Phyllis

R. Austin Freeman

This little novel is a total departure from the Dr. Thorndyke mysteries, the classic British detective novels that made Freemans reputation. The heroine is a perfectly proper but adventurous young woman named Phyllis, who takes over her cousin Charlies chambers in Clifford Inn. The presence of some of Charlies clothes in the closet gives her the idea of dressing as a man for a fancy dress ball. Unfortunately, Phyllis looks just like the charming Charlie when wearing his clothes, and this gets her into some difficulties, because Charlie is a bit of a scalawag. Phyllis as Phil gets into fights, performs heroic acts and falls in love with a man who thinks shes just his pal. Her adventures are tremendous fun. From impersonating a man to discovering mysterious trap doors, Flighty Phyllis is an entertaining glimpse at the times and trials of a wayward woman.

The Napoleon of Notting Hill

G.K. Chesterton

Meet Auberon Quin. He is a man to whom the world is a punchline; a dangerous man, for he cares for nothing but a joke. And meet Adam Wayne to whom the joke is quite serious. When Quin is appointed King of England, he decides to turn London into a medieval carnival for his own amusement. When Adam Wayne is appointed Provost of Notting Hill, he proposes to be patriotic about it and takes the new order of things seriously, organizing a Notting Hill army to fight invaders from other neighborhoods. Amidst the chaos of confusion, the stirring speeches, the epic battles, and the all-pervading Chesterton wit, The Napoleon of Notting Hill is a cry for renewed life in a deadened world a call that compels mankind to fight for the small things, if only for the sake of fighting for something.

The Fruit of the Tree

Edith Wharton

Published in 1907, this little novel by the author of The Age of Innocence was considered controversial for its frank treatment of labor and industrial conditions, drug addiction, mercy killing, divorce, and second marriages. Clever, idealistic and poor John Amherst, the assistant manager of the cotton mill, is fed up with the deplorable working and living conditions of the workers in his charge. While visiting a worker in hospital he encounters a young nurse, Justine, compassionate and principled, a woman who shares his dreams and aims. But Amherst is fatally distracted when he meets a wealthy and charming widow Bessy who is a new owner of the mill. The lives of all three become strangely interwoven as Amherst is forced to choose between sense and sentiment, between his care for the working classes and his infatuation with Bessy a woman made for passion, but not for its aftermath.

Mistress Branican

Jules Verne

Lhistoire de lépouse du capitaine, qui a pris la mer et nest pas revenue. Le mari de Mme Branichen, le capitaine John Branichen, est porté disparu. Personne ne croit quil peut encore tre sauvé. Malgré tout, Mme Braniken organise une expédition de recherche.

The Island of Doctor Moreau

Herbert George Wells

On a deceivingly beautiful island in the South Seas exists the sinister kingdom of Doctor Moreau. Edward Prendick is shipwrecked in the Pacific. Rescued by Doctor Moreaus assistant he is taken to the doctors island home where he discovers the doctor has been experimenting on the animal inhabitants of the island, creating bizarre proto-humans...The main plot, a shunned biologist, Dr. Moreau, attempting to create a new species of animals by combining biological elements of the original animal with human and other animal bloods and cells, is handled in both a dramatic, yet accessible sicentific manner. The Island of Doctor Moreau portrays the consequences of Science without ethics. In this case it is early twentieth century vivesection.

Max Carrados

Ernest Bramah

Delightful collection of mysteries of the first blind detective. In 1914, Ernest Bramah published his first collection of Carrados stories, Max Carrados. Max Carrados is a detective who has developed his own remaining senses to a superior level and who has enlisted the superior observations skills of his butler to fill in for any deficiency of his own. He is a cerebral detective, solving the crimes with facts, information and his advanced senses, which over-compensate for his blindness. Working with his old friend, Louis Carlyle, a private investigator, the wealthy Carrados pursues his talent for detection whenever he pleases without accepting a fee. The stories deal with the theft of an ancient coin, the odd disappearance of a little girl, a ghost fond of running the bath, a scientific approach to murdering a wife, poison mushrooms, devious disguises, an automated card-playing machine and other curious matters. As with some better known sleuths, Mr. Carrados feats amaze, entertain and satisfy.

Deux ans de vacances

Jules Verne

Les éleves de la maison dhôtes Cherens ont décidé de passer leurs vacances dans un voyage en mer. Les garçons impatients passent la nuit seuls sur un yacht avant de prendre la mer. La nuit, une tempte sest produite et le bateau avec les garçons a été emporté la mer. Ainsi commencerent les vacances de deux ans...

Hay Wire

B.M. Bower

The plot of "Hay-Wire" is centering around a family ranch and settled town. Lynn Hayward is bitter and frustrated over the way his familys ranch has fallen into disrepair through his vicious-tempered invalid fathers stinginess and willful neglect. Lynn reaches the pitch of resentment when he discovers that an apparently penniless old prospector, whos been taking gifts and favors from the Haywards for years, is actually concealing a fortune in his cabin. Bowers portrayal of Lynns struggles and gradual maturation, and of the tension and discord in his family, is convincing and compelling. One of many recommended Westerns by this prolific author.

The Doom of London

Fred M. White

A terrible story that can cause goose bumps after reading. The story of The Doom of London describes the disasters that befell Victorian London. One of the largest cities is shocked by life threatening circumstances. Here there are underground explosions, poisoning, aplague of diphtheria. London is on the verge of death.

The House of the Dead. Or, Prison Life in Siberia

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky

Aleksandr Petrovich lives through a spiritual re-awakening that culminates with his release from the prison camp. The narrator has been sentenced to penalty deportation to Siberia and ten years of hard labor for murdering his wife. Published in 1861, House of the Dead is a semi-autobiographical work based upon Dostoevskys exile to Siberia where he was punished with hard labor after he was initially convicted to be punished by death by firing-squad for his involvement in the Petrashevsky Circle. This experience allowed him to describe with great authenticity the conditions of prison life and the characters of the convicts. Dostoyevsky skillfully portrays the inmates of the prison with sympathy for their plight, and admiration for their energy, ingenuity and talent. The book is a loosely-knit collection of facts, events and philosophical discussion organized by theme rather than as a continuous story.

The Battle of Life. A Love Story

Charles Dickens

While The Battle of Life is one of Charles Dickens Christmas Books his annual release of a story just before Christmas this one breaks the tradition by not being concerned with Christmas. Rather, its subtitle, A Love Story, reveals more of the plot. The setting is an English village that stands on the site of a historic battle. Some characters refer to the battle as a metaphor for the struggles of life, hence the title. This novel basically depicts the battles one faces in life and winning them. Grace and Marion are sisters, saying goodbye to their childhood friend, Alfred, who has just come of age after growing up as a ward to the girls father, Dr. Jeddler. Alfred promises to come back someday to marry Marion when he has finished medical school and made his fortune. The years pass, but their happy plans take a sorrowful turn, and it will take all their courage to survive the battle of life...

Flat 2

Edgar Wallace

Emil Louba traded profitably in human souls. When he added Jane Martin to his stock-in-trade, he won the hatred of Hurley Brown-who was soon to be a Power at Scotland Yard. And for Louba, then, the sands were running out... This ones a fairly standard murder mystery by Edgar Wallace mold. The murder is that of the nasty Louba, whos made and lost a fortune. Hes also made lots of enemies over the years so, when hes bumped off with the candlestick in his swanky London apartment, theres no shortage of suspects in fact, even people who arent suspects are offering to help the folk they think might have done it, on the basis that no one deserves to swing for ridding the world of a swine like Louba.

César Cascabel

Jules Verne

Dans le roman César Cascabel, il est décrit les dangers complets liés au voyage de la famille dun artiste itinérant travers les États occidentaux dAmérique, le Canada, lAlaska, la Sibérie, la Russie européenne dans leur pays dorigine, la Normandie française. Le roman parle de la famille Cascabel et de son chef, César, qui ont décidé de se rendre dAmérique en France en passant par lAlaska et la Russie. Le lecteur se familiarisera avec la morale des peuples habitant ces pays et sera ravi de la débrouillardise des héros qui se débrouillent dans des situations difficiles.

Szatan i Judasz (Tom 5). Szatan i Judasz. Winnetou w Afryce

Karol May

Szatan i Judasz. Winnetou w Afryce to piąta część z 11-tomowego cyklu przygodowego autorstwa Karola Maya. Szlachetny indiański wódz i tym razem pojawia się na kartach powieści, aby wraz z innymi znanymi i lubianymi bohaterami wspólnie odbywać szalone podróże, przeżywać ekscytujące przygody, podejmować ryzyko i odnosić zwycięstwo w walce z wrogimi siłami, pazernymi na skarby i czyhającymi na bezpieczeństwo bohaterów.

Red Nails

Robert E. Howard

Red Nails is the last of the stories about Conan the Cimmerian written by American author Robert E. Howard. A novella, it was originally serialized in Weird Tales magazine from July to October 1936. It is set in the pseudohistorical Hyborian Age and concerns Conan encountering a lost city in which the degenerate inhabitants are proactively resigned to their own destruction. Due to its grim themes of decay and death, the story is considered a classic of Conan lore and is often cited by Howard scholars as one of his best tales.

Pamiątki JPana Seweryna Soplicy cześnika parnawskiego

Henryk Rzewuski

Pamiątki JPana Seweryna Soplicy cześnika parnawskiego to zbiór 25 gawęd szlacheckich, których narratorem jest fikcyjny bohater Seweryn Soplica, cześnik parnawski. Opowiada on o osobach lub zdarzeniach z czasów konfederacji barskiej i panowania króla Stanisława Augusta Poniatowskiego. Soplica jest typowym przedstawicielem swojego środowiska. Kieruje się typowym dla szlachty etosem, światopoglądem i poczuciem honoru. Opowieści prawdziwego szlachcica oddają doskonale sposób myślenia, styl życia i obyczaje prowincjonalnej szlachty Rzeczypospolitej. Zachwycają plastyką opisu, rysują barwne obrazki z życia awanturników szablą robiących.

Der Waldläufer

Karl May

Der Waldläufer von Karl May ist eine Bearbeitung des 1850 erschienenen Romans Le Coureur de Bois des französischen Reiseschriftstellers Gabriel Ferry. Der Graf von Mediana ermordet die Witwe seines Bruders und entführt deren Sohn Fabian, um sich in den Besitz der Grafschaft zu setzen. Das Kind wird gerettet, kommt nach Mexiko und wird dort der berühmte Pferdebändiger Tiburcio Arellano. Auch seine beiden Retter, nunmehr bekannte Waldläufer, und den Mörder seiner Mutter trifft er dort wieder. Von feindlichen Apachen, mexikanischen Banditen und El Mestizo mit seinem Vater gejagt, entkommen sie, unterstützt vom Komanchen Falkenauge, allen Anschlägen. Tiburcio Arellano, der wahre Graf von Mediana, kann seine Mutter rächen und tritt sein Erbe an.

A Shower of Silver

Max Brand

A train passenger is framed for murder, and a young man tries to help a young, newlywed couple but not everything is what is at first seems in this thriller. Whichever side of the law theyre on, the unforgettable characters in this tale will fight for what they believe... and to survive. Frederick Schiller Faust (1892-1944) was an American author best known for his thoughtful Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. Prolific in many genres, he wrote historical novels, detective mysteries, pulp fiction stories and many more.

The Purple Light

J.U. Giesy, Junius B Smith

Semi Dual was an embodied mind rather than a human in the usual sense. He was a man of outstanding mental abilities, who applied his knowledge to straighten out the excesses and confusions of mortal life on earth. Many people would call him a mystic; in fact, he was a representative of the highest universal laws that few recognize. Another impressive story about Semi Dual, which reveals the new features of the main character.

The Nether Millstone

Fred M. White

What is it like to know that you will die soon? Our main character knew that. 22-year-old Mary Dashwood knew that she had only a few minutes left to live. Her horse was galloping wildly when she heard the mans smooth, firm voice. But the man had not come for Mary. Instead, hed come with a deathbed message and a long-standing grudge.

Rodzina Bernheimów

Joseph Roth

Asymilacja i proces utożsamiania się człowieka z obcą ojczyzną ukazane z dwóch perspektyw: przez Nikolaja Brandeisa, który usilnie stara się nie być zaszufladkowany, oraz Pawła Bernheima, żyda, który utracił własną tożsamość.

Nig-Nog and Other Humorous Stories

Edgar Wallace

Nig Nog and Other Humorous Stories is a collection of short humorous stories that include Jimmys Brother, Sentimental Simpson, Chubb of the Slipper, and many more. There are reasons worth exploring why Edgar Wallace was so successful in his writings and amongst them were his imagination, cleverness, and humor as demonstrated in these initial short stories, especially Nig- Nog (making an in-your-face patent medicine pedlar and a burglar endearing characters, and flipping the story endings upside down with nifty consequences is the work of a genius with a sense of humor). Edgar Wallace provides a humor of another sort!

Sheriff Larrabees Prisoner

Max Brand

Old Mr. Benton had been murdered on his lonely ranch and there was only one suspect: the stranger who rode up in the downpour and sped off again before dawn. But looks can be deceiving and there were plenty of others acting suspiciously including Mrs. Zellar and Jack Montagne. Who had killed old Mr. Benton? The stranger, or Gus, or Mrs. Zellar? And why was Jack Montagnes behavior so gentlemanly? This is an old-fashioned Western mystery. Max Brand was one of many pseudonyms used by Frederick Schiller Faust (1892 1944), an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns.

Amerika

Franz Kafka

Er wäre in einer Welt zu Hause, in der es gerecht zuginge. Das scheint nicht viel verlangt, und Karl kann auch nicht viel verlangen, denn er ist ein einfacher Bursche, der nicht einmal höhere Schulkenntnisse besitzt und gewiß keine besonderen Ansprüche stellt. Hauptperson ist der junge, sechzehnjährige Karl Rossmann, der von seinen armen Eltern nach Amerika geschickt worden war, weil ihn ein Dienstmädchen verführt und ein Kind von ihm bekommen hatte, in dem schon langsam gewordenen Schiff in den Hafen von New York einfuhr, erblickte er die schon längst beobachtete Statue der Freiheitsgöttin wie in einem plötzlich stärker gewordenen Sonnenlicht. Ihr Arm mit dem Schwert ragte wie neuerdings empor, und um ihre Gestalt wehten die freien Lüfte. Karl Rossmann bricht in die Neue Welt auf, um die Freiheit zu suchen...