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Michaił Bułhakow

Bułhakow odmalowuje biurokratyczną sowiecką rzeczywistość, wychodząc od humoru prowadzącego aż do absurdu, kończąc na pesymistycznym, tragicznym obrazie radzieckich realiów. Nasilenie dziwaczności, w którą uwikłany jest sowiecki człowiek, budzi skrajne emocje od chęci walki, która szybko przytłacza beznadzieją, aż do całkowitej uległości i bezradności wobec mechanizmów radzieckiej administracji.

Finished

H. Rider Haggard

In this novel there is everything that the reader can only dream of. Here is a magnificent and fast-paced story, scenes of hunting a dangerous creature, interesting and funny characters, bloody battles, all with a mixture of mysticism and some supernatural elements. The book tells about the presence of Quatermain in the Zulus tribe, their military councils and the great battles that the Zulus fought against the British. This is an exciting book dedicated to the falling flames of the Zulus.

Die Frau mit den Karfunkelsteinen

Eugenie Marlitt

Eine Geschichte im Stil der Zeit des ausgehenden 19. Jahrhunderts von der ersten Bestseller-Autorin der Welt Eugenie Marlitt. Balduin Lamprecht, attraktiver und stolzer Chef der Firma Lamprecht und Sohn, hat früh seine Frau verloren. Er lebt mit seinen zwei Kindern und den konservativen Schwiegereltern zusammen in der imposanten Fabrikantenvilla. Die Dienerschaft des Hauses tuschelt schon länger über Geisterscheinungen, erst recht seitdem diese verwunschene junge Frau von wundervoller Schönheit in dem Hause auftauchte. Doch noch ganz andere Geheimnisse verbergen sich hinter der großbürgerlichen Fassade...

Champion of Lost Causes

Max Brand

Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 May 12, 1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. This is one of his novels. Our adventuring hero has just partaken of a poker game where he has seen a man lose heavily. Intrigued, and possessing an adventurous nature, our hero, Loring, is compelled to follow the man. This leads him to a rich family and, of course, a beautiful daughter. Loring barely has time to get his bearings when the man he followed is murdered in the house! And all evidence points to the father of Lorings new object of affection as the killer. Midnight searches, police arrests, the looming trial and Loring is in possession of the key piece of evidence.

The Lone House Mystery and Other Stories

Edgar Wallace

Edgar Wallace, author of The Lone House Mystery, was a celebrated British author in the early twentieth century. Over 160 of his novels have been made into films, and he is known especially for his part in writing the story for the movie King Kong. The dead man was rich. In life he lived in a lonely house by a river. In the earth outside it is the imprint of a bare foot. His secretary, with whom he was having an affair, is locked in a room. The key is in the dead mans pocket. Superintendent Minter considers it a most queer and unsatisfactory case. A thrilling, thoroughly intriguing tale of double murder and love. This collection also includes the following short stories: Clues, The Sooper Speaking, and Romance In It.

Chłopi

Władysław Stanisław Reymont

Akcja powieści Chłopi rozgrywa się pod koniec XIX wieku. We wsi Lipce trwają jesienne prace polowe. Najbogatszy gospodarz we wsi, Maciej Boryna, zamierza się ożenić, mimo iż jego dzieci domagają się rozdzielenia między nich ziemi. Decyduje się starać o rękę najpiękniejszej panny w Lipcach Jagny Paczesiówny, córki Dominikowej. Jagna bezwolnie godzi się na ślub z Boryną, ponieważ we wszystkim słucha matki. Antek Boryna, syn Macieja, buntuje się jednak przeciw temu małżeństwu Jagna jest jego kochanką. Nie wyobraża sobie, że będą mieszkali pod jednym dachem. Ostatecznie, po jednej z awantur, Antek i jego żona Hanka z dzieckiem opuszczają zagrodę Borynów. Nikt nie spodziewa się mających wkrótce nadejść wypadków, które zaciążą na całej wiejskiej społeczności.

In Polar Seas

Fenton Ash

The works of Fenton Ash are highly prized among bibliophile collectors of classic sci-fi and fantasy. Fenton Ash was a pseudonym of Francis Henry Atkins (1847-1927), who contributed widely to the pre-science fiction pulp magazines, writing at least three Lost-World novels along with much else. In Polar Seas is a romance of adventure in the frozen North, targeted mainly at juvenile readers but billed as being for readers of all ages, it describes the adventures of a team of British explorers who discover a lost Viking civilization in a hitherto unknown temperate zone near the North Pole. If you havent discovered the joys of Fenton Ashs adventures there is a good place to start. Highly recommended!

Above the Dark Circus

Hugh Walpole

This novel is served with a psychological detective dressing. In reality, this is a mixture of experiences, feelings and thoughts of the protagonist, describing events that in any case should end in tragedy. This is not hidden from the very beginning. Everything that happens is written very atmospheric, gradually thickening events to an inevitable outcome.

Życie jest sztuką. Rozważania z psychologią w tle

Iwona Majewska-Opiełka

Życie jest sztuką. Rozważania z psychologią w tle to 100 krótkich tekstów traktujących o ważnych dla udanego życia sprawach. Autorka zwraca uwagę na wiele aspektów codzienności, ale też pisze o sprawach niecodziennych, świątecznych i wyjątkowych. Podpowiada jak najlepiej podchodzić do rzeczywistości i jak rozwijać sztukę życia, aby wkładać w działanie tyle energii, ile potrzeba, osiągać dobre efekty i mieć dużo radości. Znajdują się tutaj teksty o budowaniu poczucia własnej wartości, pozytywnego myślenia czy poczucia obfitości, o skutecznym działaniu w różnych obszarach i o wykorzystywaniu intuicji, ale także o podejściu do pracy, do miłości, świąt czy kryzysów. Pozytywny język i pogodna narracja sprawiają, że książka nie tylko dostarcza wiedzy i inspiracji ale także daje nadzieję i... koi.

Meir Ezofowicz

Eliza Orzeszkowa

Powieść opisująca dzieje rodziny Ezofowiczów. Główny bohater tytułowy Meir Ezofowicz jest prawym i uczciwym chłopcem o dobrym sercu. Sprzeciwia się zacofaniu i niesprawiedliwości, jakie na co dzień spotyka w rodzinnym Szybowie. Podważa opinie uznanych autorytetów i broni słusznych poglądów mieszkańców, co doprowadza do tragedii. Opowieść o moralnym zwycięstwie okupionym utratą miłości.

Vampir. Ein verwilderter Roman in Fetzen und Farben

Hanns Heinz Ewers

Hanns Heinz Ewers war gebürtiger Düsseldorfer, Weltenbummler, ein Vorläufer der Beat-Generation, drogenerfahren, experimentierfreudig, skandalumwittert, ein Bestsellerautor. Vampir ist der Abschluss seiner autobiographisch geprägten Frank-Braun-Romane (Alraune/Der Zauberlehrling) und spielt zur Zeit des ersten Weltkriegs in den USA. Vampir: ein Roman zwischen Mescalrausch, Lust und Vampirismus, ein Roman über Demagogie und die Macht der Rede. Aus dem Buch: In dem Jahre, in dem die ganze Welt wahnsinnig wurde, war er hinausgezogen zum andern Mal. Er sagte immer: zum andern Mal; er zählte nicht, ob es das siebente Mal war, oder das zehnte, das zwölfte. Drei Jahre war er nun schon zu Hause geblieben, über drei Jahre schon in seiner alten Heimat: Europa. Er wußte wohl, daß er krank war; Europa machte ihn krank, die Heimat, die er liebte. Nach einem Jahre wußte er es selbst; nach zwei Jahren sahen es seine Freunde; nach drei Jahren merkten es alle, die mit ihm sprachen. Die Nerven vielleicht Aber er wußte auch, was ihn heilen mochte. Oder eigentlich: nicht heilen. Wohl aber: ihm neue Kraft geben für neue Jahre in der Heimat. Wenn er die Gluten der Tropen trank, wenn er die Einsamkeiten der Wüsten atmete, wenn seine Sehnsucht sich badete in den Unendlichkeiten aller Meere.

Rome

Émile Zola

Le roman Rome est inclus dans la série Trois villes. A Rome, les lecteurs peuvent voir la beauté de cette ville: rues étonnantes, monuments antiques. Tout rappelle la grandeur passée de Rome, sa gloire. Mais cette grandeur a un autre aspect: le désir de pouvoir et la domination dinnombrables papes, la cruauté des puissants et les souffrances des opprimés.

The Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Amazingly conveyed the characters of the era and characters, suffering and atonement, sin and clogging of society. The plot of the story is simple a married woman, whose husband has been absent for two years, gives birth to a child. In Puritan society, where the concept of "personal life" does not exist, the people are in deep shock from what happened, but mercifully decides not to kill the woman, but to punish with shame. The letter "A" now shines on her chest.

The Distributors

E. Phillips Oppenheim

Lord Evelyn and a group of seven like-minded esthetes make up The Ghosts a cabal of social arbiters, of whom the mere mention is regarded as a faux pas. They are imbued with almost mystical power in setting tastes and trends and behavior for the members of Society in London in 1908. Desperate for stimulation The Ghosts embark on a risky program of wealth redistribution... other peoples wealth. Meanwhile, a spurned aspirant to their club, the American debutante Sophy Van Heldt, seeks revenge against them. Originally published in 1908 as The Ghosts of Society this intriguing novel carries the theme of social boredom, ennui, and sensation craving which entranced late Victorian Europe in the pre-war period.

The Desert of Wheat

Zane Grey

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a German in America and Canada during World War 1? Young farmer Kurt Dorn is torn between going to France to fight the Germans or staying in America to be with the woman he loves and to protect his wheat crop against saboteurs who question his loyalties. He struggles to come to terms with his deepest beliefs and his place in the world. A passionate novel of patriotic and anti-union propaganda, it portrays the anxieties of the young country threatened by a foreign war after the closing of the frontier. Grey captures the heart of a nation at the brink of a century of change. An exciting tale of romance and patriotism, The Desert of Wheat constitutes a must-read for those with an interest in American history.

Auf fremden Pfaden

Karl May

Karl May Auf fremden Pfaden Auf fremden Pfaden ist eine Sammlung von kürzeren Abenteuerromanen bestehend aus 9 Erzählungen des berühmten Autors. Diese Sammlung enthalten sind: Saiwa Tjalem, Der Boer van het Roer, Er Raml el Helahk, Blutrache, Der Kutb, Der Kys-Kaptschiji, Maria oder Fatima, Gott läßt sich nicht spotten, Ein Blizzard. Auf fremden Pfaden reist der Erzähler durch die ganze Welt: vom Rentierzelt in Lappland bis zu den Lagern der Kurden, von den Beduinendörfern der Sahara bis ins Gebiet der Amerikanischen Indianer.

Sherlock Holmes. Z Tajnych Akt Światowej Sławy Detektywa (Tom 17). Sherlock Holmes. Z Tajnych Akt Światowej Sławy Detektywa. Tom 17: Niebezpieczny zakład

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Sherlock Holmes to jeden z tych bohaterów popkultury, którego nikomu przedstawiać nie trzeba. Niebezpieczny zakład to jedno z wielu nieautoryzowanych przez Arthura Conan Doylea opowiadań o przygodach legendarnego londyńskiego detektywa i jego ucznia Harryego Taxona. Holmes rozwiązuje kryminalną zagadkę, nie tylko wykorzystując swoje niezwykłe talenty w dziedzinie dedukcji i szeroką wiedzę z zakresu chemii i psychologii, lecz także bezpośrednio stawiając czoła przemocy przy użyciu... pięści. Zagadkowe morderstwa, tajemnicze zaginięcia, zuchwałe kradzieże sprawiają, że czytelnik poczuje, że jest otoczony przez wszechogarniające zło.

Dodos Daughter. A Sequel to Dodo

E.F. Benson

Dodo is the main and favorite character of Benson. In this part of the novel, the main character experiences emotional experiences. She is trying to calm down and build her family. Readers will always be part of the novel. You can look at the whole story from the inside and empathize the main character.

PattyBride

Carolyn Wells

War comes to Patty Fairfield. Also shes engaged. Pattys fiancé, Big Bill Farnsworth, is a captain in the engineering service and is doing a lot of secret work for his government, in Washington. Patty is kept busy with Red Cross work for the War is on and even so important a thing as Pattys engagement must take second place. Patty Bride is the 16th novel in the famous author Carolyn Wells series of Patty Fairfield for young readers, first published in 1918. It is one of 17 novels covering the life of this happy and cheerful American teenager of a century ago, as she matures and comes of age, and, in the meantime, living all kind of amazing adventures. Wells wrote a total of more than 170 books. At the beginning of her writing career she focused on poetry on childrens books. Later in her career she devoted herself to the mystery genre.

The Time Machine

Herbert George Wells

Decades ahead of his time, H.G. Wells leaps beyond the bounds of conventional imagination to tell the story of the Time Traveler. A seminal and hugely imaginative work of early science fiction, H.G. Wellss The Time Machine is the first and greatest modern portrayal of time-travel and definitely a spiritual ancestor of every time travel story since. The book introduces a scientist who uses a Time Machine to be transferred into the age of a slowly dying earth. Humans have been separated by time, genetics, wars and change of their habitats into two different races, the Eloi and the subterranean Morlocks. After narrowly escaping from the Morlocks, the Time Traveller undertakes another journey even further into the future where he finds the earth growing bitterly cold as the heat and energy of the sun wane. Horrified, he returns to the present, but soon departs again on his final journey. The Time Machine examines the age-old questions of humankinds ultimate destiny and the role we play in shaping it.

Resurrection

Leo Tolstoy

The book tells about the young prince, in whose soul changes suddenly occurred and he realized that his life was empty, that he was swallowed by empty acquaintances and his life needed to be changed. He began to change it radically. The kick was a meeting with a girl whom he seduced many years ago. He saw how his rash act changed the life of another person.

Typhoon

Joseph Conrad

First published in 1902, Typhoon can be easily passed as pre-twentieth century literature. Its a short story depicting a ship experiencing a terribly destructive typhoon and coming out of it, but not without coming inch-close to death. Typhoon is a classic sea yarn, possibly based upon Conrads actual experience of seamans life, and probably on a real incident aboard of the real steamer John P. Best. One of the major themes of the novella is the contrast between Conrads characters who are imaginative men aware of the larger issues of life and conscious of the potential for disaster and the literal minded and relatively unaware Captain MacWhirr. MacWhirr is a hard working captain devoted to routine and loyal to the needs of the Nan-Shan and the interests of her owners. The novella classically evokes the seafaring life at the turn of the century. While Macwhirr, who, according to Conrad, never walked on this Earth is emotionally estranged from his family and crew, and though he refuses to consider an alternate course to skirt the typhoon, his indomitable will in the face of a superior natural force elicits grudging admiration.

The Golden Web

E. Phillips Oppenheim

Stirling Deane has sold the Little Anna Gold Mine which he discovered in South Africa early in his career. The sale has made him a rich man and the head of the company to which he sold the mine. His is engaged to Lady Olive Nunnelly, and is the envy of all of society. Deane is threatened with ruin when a old enemy Richard Sinclair- shows up in London with what appears to be a legitimate prior deed to the mine. After a meeting with Deane, the man is found murdered and the deed he claims to have had is missing. Another man which Deane hired to negotiate the return of the deed to Deane is accused of the murder, tried, and sentenced to death. What has become of the lost deed?

Double Dan

Edgar Wallace

Various people had tried, and failed, to break the strong will of Diana Ford. Her lawyers, for instance, thought they could dissuade her from coming to England. Her cousin, Gordon Salisbury, found she had moved in as a permanent houseguest, uninvited and defiant of convention. So, it was not surprising that when she suspected Gordon of being the victim of a clever impersonation, Diana should take charge. Recommended for Edgar Wallace fans and fans of old-time, classic crime thrillers. Edgar Wallace was one of the most popular and prolific authors of his era.