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.

The Richest Widow

Hulbert Footner

After a minimal education in Canada, Footner emigrated to New York in 1898 and worked at a variety of jobs, including an unsuccessful stint as an actor. He turned to journalism and worked for a time as a freelancer, contributing articles to periodicals such as Field and Stream. His first works were primarily travelogues of various river trips in Canada and the U.S., although he did produce some adventure novels. He is also credited with introducing the first American female investigator in Madame Storey. So we are introduced to the fascinating Madame Rosika Storey, fearless and intelligent, who plays cat-and-mouse with killers, goes undercover to break up criminal gangs, and unravels deadly mysteries.

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.

Das Gesetz der Vier

Edgar Wallace

Das Gesetz der Vier ist die Fortsetzung von Die vier Gerechten, in der die gleichnamige Vereinigung von Rächern für Gerechtigkeit kämpfen, wo Polizei und Justiz nicht können oder wollen, sind zwar nur noch zu zweit nichtsdestotrotz kämpfen sie mit vollem Einsatz für ihre Fälle. Wenn das Gesetz des Staates Verbrecher nicht mehr belangen kann dann schlägt die Stunde der Vier Gerechten. Mit genialen und umsichtigen Plänen bestrafen die Vier Gerechten, kaltblütige Mörder, gemeine Erpresser und skrupellose Menschenhändler. Lose Weiterführung der Ereignisse aus Die vier Gerechten. Das Gesetz der Vier erschien erstmals 1921 unter dem Titel The Law of the Four Just Men. Jedes Kapitel ist eine in sich abgeschlossene Kurzgeschichte.

Hawk of the Hills

Robert E. Howard

This early work by Robert E. Howard was originally published. Hawk of the Hills is a story in the El Borak series where El Borak leads a tribe to war in Afganistan. I recommend this book

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 Traitors

E. Phillips Oppenheim

A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue. The tiny kingdom of Theos is surrounded by Eastern European powers in this 1902 novel of politics, war, and romance. Russia and Turkey are plotting to take over the peaceful and rural country. A short lived Republic has been treacherously betrayed by communist elements. The country turns to its exiled King, Ughtred of Tyrnaus, a prince who has been a soldier in Britain for 20 years. The prince is convinced by Baron Nicholas of Reist to return to Theos and be crowned. Continuous action, changing alliances, loyalty and betrayal are all in play.

Rupiecie

Maria Rodziewiczówna

Rupiecie to zbiór nowel Marii Rodziewiczówny, których akcja toczy się na Kresach Wschodnich na przełomie XIX i XX wieku. Dzięki epickiemu talentowi autorki odkrywamy świat już nieistniejący, będący częścią naszej bogatej i złożonej historii. Bohaterowie opowieści są jak zawsze u Rodziewiczówny osobami z krwi i kości. Bywają dobrzy albo źli, kochają albo nienawidzą, często nie potrafiąc znaleźć swego miejsca w świecie. Zbiór zawiera utwory: Rupiecie, Triumfator, Kamienie, Tutejszy, Tak zwani Głupi, Ciotka, Lamus, Jan Borucki, Bajka o głupim Marcinie, Hryc, Bagno, Wołowy czerep i Dobra służba.

Moderne Piraten

Hans Dominik

Moderne Piraten ist ein 1929 veröffentlichter Thriller des Autors Hans Dominik. Dominik ist einer der bedeutendsten Pioniere der Zukunftsliteratur in Deutschland. Seine Science-Fiction-Erzählungen erfreuen sich seit Anfang des vorigen Jahrhunderts bis in die Gegenwart großer Beliebtheit. Mit dem Roman Moderne Piraten verfasste Hans Dominik, ansonsten eher bekannt für seine Science-Fiction-Romane, in den 30er-Jahren des 20. Jahrhunderts eine tempogeladenen Geschichte, die sich mit dem internationalen Drogenhandel beschäftigt. Durch Zufall kommt ein junger Deutscher einer Bande Rauschgifthändler auf die Spur. Ein spannender Roman, in dem eine Kriminalangelegenheit im Mittelpunkt steht, der aber auch technische Probleme behandelt. Der Roman spielt an stets wechselnden Orten und erinnert an die rasanten Verfolgungsjagden, die zum Beispiel bei James Bond-Filmen beliebt sind.

Рассказы. Рассказы (Opowiadania)

Antoni Czechow

Антон Чехов 2013 выдающийся русский писатель, классик мировой литературы, тонкий психолог, великолепно соединяющий в своих произведениях юмор и лиризм. Смысл творчества Чехова важен и поучителен для читателей всего мира. Главный герой чеховских произведений 2013 это всегда простой человек с самыми обычными каждодневными заботами и делами. Главным массивом почти всех произведений Чехова является подробное описание быта, посредством которого до читателей доносятся особенности настроений, характеров и чувств, а также взаимоотношений героев. В данное издание вошли наиболее известные повести и рассказы Чехова, написанные в разные годы.

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?

George Sand. Kobieta nieposkromionych namiętności. Ostatnia miłość w życiu Chopina

Stanisław Antoni Wotowski

Historia życia George Sand ekscentrycznej kochanki Fryderyka Chopina. Autor opisuje jej relacje z kompozytorem. Obrazuje też dziwactwa, z których zasłynęła tytułowa postać. Barwnie opisane losy niezwykłej kobiety.

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.

Son of the White Wolf

Robert E. Howard

Francis Xavier Gordon was a living legend in the Middle and Far East. The boars called him El Borac, Swift, the title earned by his awkward abilities with a gun, a knife and a sword. Now, the mighty El Borak must stretch its forces to prevent the Turkish uprising, protect the hermits from murders and stop the dangerous amir without allowing him to seize control over India.

The Rustlers of Pecos County

Zane Grey

The Rustlers of Pecos County is another fantastic example of Western fiction by the master of the genre, American Author Zane Grey. The town of Linrock, located in Pecos Couty is south Texas has fallen under the control of a gang of rustlers. Two Texas Rangers, one undercover as a reckless cowboy, the other right out in the open, drawing the fire and wrath of outlaws, have been sent to bring law to a rustler gangs town. In order to do it they risk losing the love of the women theyve fallen for. These ladies are, unknowingly, daughter and niece to the rustler chief. There seems to be no good choice for these two dedicated lawmen.

The House in the Mist

Anna Katharine Green

In The House in the Mist, weary traveler Hugh Austin happens upon a house in a village whilst seeking shelter on a misty night. The house is open, and initially the reception he gets is quite strange to him, he then realizes that he was taken for the relative of a dead man and that the gathering he encounters is a meeting of relatives regarding an inheritance that was left. By the time they find out the deceased had long-held vengeance on his mind, it is too late. The House in the Mist is a short story by Anna Katharine Green which is included in her collection Room Number 3 and Other Detective Stories. She is credited with shaping detective fiction into its classic form, and developing the series detective.

The Heritage of the Sioux

B.M. Bower

Pioneering Western writer Bertha Muzzy Bower gained critical acclaim by bringing a unique female perspective to her tales of ranch life. In The Heritage of the Sioux, Bower brings a similarly empathic perspective to her fictionalized account of one of the most storied Native American tribes. It is widely considered to be one of the top 100 greatest books of all time. This great novel will surely attract a whole new generation of readers. The Heritage Of The Sioux by B.M. Bower was a much loved American author who wrote novels, fictional short stories, and screenplays about the American Old West. A great addition to any collection.

Fiddle oDreams and More

Arthur Morrison

Morrisons literary reputation is mostly based on his realistic novels and short stories about slum life in London. In addition, he wrote detective fiction that is openly derivative of Arthur Conan Doyles Sherlock Holmes stories. Possessed with a wide and free-ranging curiosity, Morrison wrote both fiction and nonfiction works on diverse subjects, from Japanese art to occultism, and participated in English literary life well into World War II. In 1930 Arthur Morrison moved to Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire. In 1933 he published the short story collection Fiddle o Dreams and More. This collection of mystery and detective fiction contains: Billy Blenkins Radium, Frenzied Finance, Infantry at the Double, Sports of Mugby, The Thing in the Upper Room and others. Highly recommended!

Collected Short Stories (Vol. 2). Collected Short Stories. Volume 2

Arthur Conan Doyle

In this second volume of all the collected works that feature Sherlock Holmes and his friend Dr. John Watson, the reader gets reacquainted with the great detective and his friend through 33 short stories and 2 novels with the added bonus of two Doyle written parodies as well as two essays by the author. Volume 2 begins with The Hound of the Baskervilles, a haunting novel of murder on eerie Grimpen Moor, which has rightly earned its reputation as the finest murder mystery ever written. Also in the collection is The Return of Sherlock Holmes which is a collection of 13 Sherlock Holmes short stories and includes The Adventure of the Norwood Builder and a dozen other enthralling tales. His Last Bow is a collection of eight stories. The Valley of Fear matches Holmes against his archenemy, the master of imaginative crime, Professor Moriarty. In addition, in Volume II, we have another collection of superb short stories (12 in all) The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes. The book is based on various crimes occurring in England, big and small. Each of them have an unusual aspect to them that catches Holmes fantasy.

The Mystery of the Sea

Bram Stoker

Archibald Hunter was spending his annual vacation in Cruden Bay, Scotland when he sees two women and a man walking abreast. Suddenly, he has a vision of the man carrying a coffin and the two women walking behind. Just as suddenly, he sees the three walking normal again. As this was happening, Archie was being watched by an old woman, Gormala. She had seen Archies shocked look at what he had just seen and tells him that he has the gift of Second Sight. According to Gormala, both he and she are Seers, and she proposes an alliance to solve the centuries-old Mystery of the Sea. Archie discovers a chest full of old documents he believes contain a coded message revealing the location of a lost treasure of the Spanish Armada. And then there is Marjory, the beautiful American girl Archie saves from drowning. Who is she, and why is she being pursued by a vicious gang of criminals and the American Secret Service?

Those Extraordinary Twins

Mark Twain

Siamese twins twins Chang and Eng Bunker, who were born with fused bodies. They lived 63 years, had good health, were married, had normal children. In 1829 they were brought to America, then they were taken and shown in Europe. Knowing the twins personally, the author took the liberty of telling about the curious details of their private life, which never penetrated the press.