Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge

Alexandre Dumas pere

Le roman Le chevalier de maison rouge fait partie dune série des romans dAleksandre Dumas de la Révolution française. Lhistoire, aventures, beaux ou mauvais sentiments, nobles hommes ou immondes humains nous entraînent dans la France de la terreur. La description dune terrible époque, quand Louis XVI a été guillotiné, Le Tribunal révolutionnaire institué et Marie-Antoinette, enfermée au temple, attend son proces. Et enfin le mystérieux Chevalier de Maison-Rouge, qui a décidé de tenter de sauver la prisonniere, car il est secretement amoureux de la reine.

The Terror

Edgar Wallace

A dangerous gang of criminals is imprisoned after a daring robbery, although the ringleader who masterminded the crime disappears with the loot. Finally released after ten years behind bars, they are out for vengeance on the man who betrayed them, and the trail leads to a lonely house haunted by organ music and the specter of a hooded figure who prowls its dark corridors. But the police are on their tail also wanting to find out who was behind the robbery. Another breathtaking novel by the master of mystery Edgar Wallace. Novelist, playwright and journalist, Edgar Wallace, is best known for his popular detective and suspense stories which, in his lifetime, earned him the title, King of the Modern Thriller.

Rim O the World

B.M. Bower

B. M. Bowers novel Rim o the World introduces readers to a rough-and-tumble group of range riders who scrape out a living in the foreboding and unwelcoming region known as Black Rim Country. Packed with suspense, action, and romance, this is a must-read for Western fans of all ages. B. M. (Bertha Muzzy) Bower was the first woman to make a career of writing popular westerns. And what a career it was more than sixty novels published from 1904 to 1940, the year of her death, and still more posthumously. In the western orbit, Bower was and still is a star.

The Great War in England in 1897

William Le Queux

Though it was a gay comic opera that was being performed for the first time, entertainers and entertained lost all interest in each other. They were amazed, dismayed, awestricken. Amusement was nauseating; War, with all its attendant horrors, was actually upon them! The popular tenor, one of the idols of the hour, blundered over his lines and sang terribly out of tune, but the hypercritical first-night audience passed the defect unnoticed. They only thought of what might happen; of the dark cavernous future that lay before.

The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare

A love story that everyone knows from infancy. We encounter two children at the beginning of the play, who do not yet represent what love, passion, desire are, but as soon as they get to know each other and understand that they cannot live without each other, they both change, become adults, independent. They are ready to act for their love, boldly step over obstacles and strive for each other. But so much divides them throughout the play that only death can reunite.

All Aboard for Ararat

Herbert George Wells

Short story told as an allegory set in the future, in form of narrative, with some trenchant remarks on the current situation, and a brilliant introduction to which the balance fails to measure up. Dialogs between God and Mr. Noah Lammock planning a new Ark in which the best of mankind may be rescued from the new flood of war and horror. Wells-Lammock querying of Biblical history is irreverent but amusing, but the plans which follow, for the rk and its voyaging, bog down considerably. All Aboard for Ararat is a 1940 allegorical novella by H. G. Wells that tells a modernized version of the story of Noah and the Flood. Wells was 74 when it was published, and it is the last of his utopian writings.

The Missioner

E. Phillips Oppenheim

Lady Wilhemina Thorpe-Hatton lives a life of extraordinary wealth and privilege. She is visiting her extensive estate in England, which includes the town of Thorpe, and all its inhabitants. When Victor Macheson, a young man chock full of ideals and theories about how to make the world a better place, petitions her for the use of a barn where he can speak on these subjects, she refuses. He is dismissed and harried out of town by the son of the estate manager Stephan Hurd. But he proves to be a stubborn sort. The estate manager is murdered by a mysterious stranger, and Lady Thorpe finds herself in the throws of a disturbing emotion... love. But why is Wilhelmina so incomprehensible, so affectionate and then so distant? And will Machesons ideals and high thinking stand the test of such treatment by her?

The Master Criminal

Fred M. White

Rarely do writers make the main character intelligent villains. However, Fred M. White decided to do just that. His main character, Felix Graida, is a brilliant criminal. This is a book about incredible adventures and exciting stories by Felix Grade.

Sharing Her Crime. A Novel

May Agnes Fleming

It began as a dark crime story. It was Christmas Eve, and most people celebrated except Madge Oranmore. She and the good doctor Wiseman were planning to kill a daughter-in-law and her young child. That night before Christmas, two children remained on the beach.

Wheres Emily

Carolyn Wells

Fleming Stone 23. On the eve of her marriage to Rodney Sayre, Emily Duane disappears. She had left her Hillside Park home to visit the hospital but never arrived there. Foul play is feared when Jim Pennington reports his wife Pauline, Emilys best friend, also missing. Pennington says he left his wife at the ravine a short distance from Emilys home. When he returned she had vanished. Pollys body is found in the ravine, but wheres Emily? A wonderful mystery abound with twists and turns on every corner. Carolyn Wells inspires and entertains with her classical mystery masterpiece, Wheres Emily, guaranteed to feed the mystery monster that craves suspense!

Narkotyki. Nikotyna, alkohol, kokaina, peyotl, morfina, eter + appendix

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz

Narkotyki, czyli Nikotyna, alkohol, kokaina, peyotl, morfina, eter + appendix to publicystyczny utwór Stanisława Ignacego Witkiewicza, w których wyraża on swoje poglądy na temat zażywania narkotyków oraz stanów, które za ich sprawą można osiągnąć. Choć autor zastrzega się, że pisze całkiem poważnie, trudno nie odnieść wrażenia, że utwór głęboko przesiąknięty jest ironią.

The Hound of the Baskervilles. Illustrated Edition

Arthur Conan Doyle

Holmes and Watson are faced with their most terrifying case yet. The legend of the devil-beast that haunts the moors around the Baskerville families home warns the descendants of that ancient clan never to venture out in those dark hours when the power of evil is exalted. Now, the most recent Baskerville, Sir Charles, is dead and the footprints of a giant hound have been found near his body. Will the new heir meet the same fate in The Hound of the Baskervilles ?

The Man at the Carlton

Edgar Wallace

Lew Daney, chief suspect in a jewel robbery and an ensuing murder, vanishes leaving no trace. Once he saved Mary Grier from a knife attack by a madman. Mary Grier now works at Clench House in Scotland as secretary to the miserly Mr. Arkwright, and Mr. Arkwrights nephew and heir is "Tiger" Tim Jordan, an ex-Colonial police officer now holidaying in England and seeking work with Scotland Yard. Jordan doesnt get much of a holiday but he does get the job, after proving his mettle in pursuit of a murderous criminal Lew Daney. "The Man at the Carlton" is a fast-paced, with good twists and turns, an unusual criminal story with a lot of scenery-changes and adventures.

Die Rose von Kairwan

Karl May

Der Band Die Rose von Karwan. Erzählung aus drei Erdtheilen. Enthält die lose verbundenen Texte: Ein Kaper, Der Pfahlmann, Eine Befreiung. Spannungsgeladenes und ereignisreiches Abenteuer von Karl May.

The Pawns Count

E. Phillips Oppenheim

E. Phillips Oppenheim was a British writer known for his thriller novels. He is credited with writing over 100 novels including suspense, international intrigue, romance, parables, and comedies. His protagonists are known for their love of luxury, gourmet meals, and their enjoyment of criminal activities. The Pawns Count is a novel during World War I and intrigue. German, Japanese, British and Americans play roles in this novel. A chemist, Sandy Graham, has discovered a new powerful explosive, but he lets it slip in a London restaurant that he has made the discovery. So it should come as no surprise, really, when he goes to the lavatory to clean up and never comes back out. Several highly cultured spies from different governments set out to find him and the formula. Read this rather short book to find the answers.

Dawn

H. Rider Haggard

Henry Rider Haggard knows how to interest the reader from the very first pages. The story Dawn is a good confirmation of this. It all starts with the fact that the young man has deceived his inheritance with his lying cousin and secret marriage. The author shows on his characters that readers should not imitate others and follow their example.

The Girl with the Golden Eyes

Honoré de Balzac

The Girl with the Golden Eyes is the third part of a trilogy. Part one is entitled Ferragus and part two is The Duchesse de Langeais. The three stories are frequently combined under the title The Thirteen. It tells the story of a rich and ruthless young man in nineteenth century Paris caught up in an amorous entanglement with a mysterious beauty. Henri de Marsay, a young dandy who is obsessed with appearances, a physically beautiful but spiritually empty young man who devotes all his time to the pursuit of sensation and sensual pleasure. He develops a burning lust for the inaccessible golden-eyed girl of the title, Paquita Valdes. He becomes determined to win her love, regardless of whatever, or whoever, stands in his path. If you enjoy the works of Honoré de Balzac then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.

The Tragedy of a Week

E. Phillips Oppenheim

British author E. Phillips Oppenheim achieved worldwide fame with his thrilling novels and short stories concerning international espionage and intrigue, but including romances, comedies, and parables of everyday life. His novels and short stories have all the elements of blood-racing adventure and intrigue and are precursors of modern-day spy fictions. Readers of Mr. Oppenheims novels may always count on a story of absorbing interest, turning on a complicated plot, worked out with dexterous craftsmanship. The Tragedy of a Week is an entertaining tale with lots of unexpected turns and twists, published in 1984. If you havent discovered the joys of Oppenheims mysteries there is a good place to start.

Szkoła żon. Komedia w 5 aktach

Molier

Głównym tematem komediowej Szkoły żon uczynił Molier zazdrość. Zatwardziały stary kawaler Arnolf postanawia zmienić stan cywilny, ale na własnych warunkach planuje pojąć za żonę swoją wychowanicę Anusię, nad której dorastaniem czuwał i co jak przypuszcza zaowocuje udanym małżeństwem. Miłość to jednak materia delikatna i nie wszystko udaje się zaplanować.

The Mill House Murder

J.S. Fletcher

It tells about the murder of James Martenroyd, the owner of the Yorkshire mill, who was going to marry a second time. Suddenly, his body is found near his own house. Under suspicion is his nephew. Why was his door so carefully shut? There are many questions that need to be solved.

Stolen Idols

E. Phillips Oppenheim

A young adventurer steals two complimentary idols of Buddha from a Chinese temple, one of which is supposed to have a debasing and malevolent effect upon its owners. One of the idols represents the Body, and all of the corruption and evil of Mankind, the other represents the Soul, and all that is good. The Ballastons are a spendthrift aristocratic family threatened with the loss of their ancestral home due to large debts. The son steals these idols, ends up with just the naughty one, and in the process crosses swords with Wu Ling, a wily Chinese merchant who later manages to become English. Mr. Oppenheim can be depended upon to give his plots that turn which is as admirable as it is unexpected, and this is one of the best of his many good and exciting books.

Leśna Różyczka (Tom 10). Leśna Różyczka. Tajemnice klasztoru

Karol May

Tajemnice klasztoru to ósmy tom przygód z cyklu Leśna Różyczka, czyli prześladowania dookoła świata. Podczas licznych i szalonych podróży po wielu krajach i kontynentach odważni bohaterowie spotykają na swojej drodze różne postaci niektóre sprzyjają realizacji ich planów i wyciągają pomocną dłoń, inne wręcz przeciwnie narażają drużynę na niebezpieczeństwa i same proszą się o pogruchotanie kości w potyczce.

Im Schillingshof

Eugenie Marlitt

Im Schillingshof leben zwei Familien eine adlig, die andere bürgerlich. Eine bürgerliche und eine altadlige Familie geraten aneinander. Die Konflikte resultieren aus einem kriminellen Fall von Wirtschaftsspionage. Doch es geht auch um Gefühle wie Hass, Hochmut, Stolz, Liebe und Eifersucht... Der Bestseller Im Schillingshof zählt zu den wichtigten Büchern im umfangreichen Werk von Eugenie Marlitt. Eugenie Marlitts Bestseller Im Schillingshof bringt Spannung und historische Bildung auf unterhaltsame Art. Als Meisterin des Spannungsaufbaus versteht es Marlitt, die Leserin mit vielen vagen Andeutungen und plötzlichen abgebrochenen Gesprächen lange im Ungewißen zu lassen.

Der verlorene Sohn. Band IV

Karl May

Die vorliegende Erzählung spielt zu Beginn der 80er-Jahre des 19. Jahrhunderts. Gustav Brandt wird des Doppelmordes an Baron Otto von Helfenstein und dem Verlobten von dessen Tochter beschuldigt. Wird es Gustav gelingen seine Unschuld zu beweisen? Brandt wird zum Tode verurteilt, später begnadigt, kann aber fliehen. Gustav Brandt kann ins Ausland fliehen. Reich geworden kehrt er zwanzig Jahre später als geheimnisvoller Fürst des Elends in seine Heimat zurück. Dort nimmt er den Kampf gegen den wahren Mörder von damals auf, den ominösen Hauptmann, der in der Umgebung von Dresden noch immer sein verbrecherisches Unwesen treibt.