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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.
R. Austin Freeman
All the Dr. Thorndyke books are outstanding. This one is no exception. In this installment, the action centers on one Dr. Humphrey Jardine, who is the narrator of the story, and who himself is the focus of several strange events. Jardines troubles begin with a casual walk, where he comes across the body of a man and runs to fetch the police, only to come back and find that the dead man has disappeared. The police can find no trace that the man was ever there, so Jardine takes it upon himself to examine the scene for clues. His findings lead him into a very strange adventure which can only be solved with the technical expertise of Dr. Thorndyke, but not before Jardine finds his life in danger, and not just once.
E. Phillips Oppenheim
Why not destroy someones memory in the hope that they will remember past lives. It turned out that this is a reverse scenario of Pygmalion. He fell in love with the girl and then destroyed her. I like the idea that a person is a common set of his experiences and experiences, but if they are erased, the person who is left will be completely different. Probably one of the best opengame stories.
Joseph Conrad
A Smile of Fortune is located on a beautiful island in the Pacific Ocean, on which the narrator, captain docked; ship suppliers are supposedly brothers who have not talked to each other for 18 years. One of the brothers, Ernest, is an assimilated citizen. He owes a lot of money, has parties, has taste and manners, and is trusted. He treats the half-blood servants as cruelly as the rest of the colonists. Another, Arthur, is an outcast, not because of his race or profession, although he was forced to make aggressive deals by beating his brother for incoming captains in order to get food and equipment contracts earlier than his brother
Talbot Mundy
William Hulbert Footner was a Canadian writer of non-fiction and detective fiction. His most successful creation was the beautiful and brilliant Madame Rosika Storey and her plain assistant who explains the evolving solutions to her boss cases. His Madame Storey mysteries fit the flapping 1920s like the long lizard gloves that graced her arms and did well supporting his traveling familys lifestyle. Easy To Kill is another mystery for the famous Mme. Storey to solve. Do you like the lifestyle in Newport? Mme. Storey prefers New York, for sure. Follow her in this investigation that is both dangerous and difficult. There are many twists and turns that keep it interesting.
Harold Bell Wright
When in 1925 his first novel The Son of His Father was published at the Chicago publishing house, then its circulation took twenty-seven freight cars. The Son of His Father was made near the Oracle, and his first show was in Tucson. A great adventure in the desert and mountain world of Arizona and the Mexican border. Adventure lovers will amuse by this novel.
Fenton Ash
As may be imagined from the title, Mr. Fenton Ashs book does not lack for marvelous adventure. A Son of the Stars novel is a complete rewrite of Fenton Ashs earlier novel A Trip to Mars. An exciting science fiction adventure, in which two heroes journey on a trip to Mars, where they have various adventures. In A Son of the Stars the heroes, who bear the names Gerald Wilton and Jack Lawford in A Trip to Mars, are called Bruce Mortimer and Maurice Somers. The names of other characters have also been changed, and there are major plot differences between the two works. All in all, they differ sufficiently to merit their classification as two separate novels. Highly recommended!
Jack London
Son of the sun a cycle of stories. The heroes of which are honest, persistent and courageous people, romantics, adventurers who have passed through difficult physical and moral tests in their lives. Griffiths and Jacobsen decided to trick Vulture into fleeing without paying the bills. But it would be better if they did not try to deceive the Son of the Sun.
Jack London
“A Son of the Sun” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction. A Son of the Sun is a novel by Jack London. It is set in the South Pacific at the beginning of the 20th century and consists of eight separate stories. David Grief is a forty-year-old English adventurer who came to the South seas years ago and became rich. As a businessman he owns offices in Sydney, but he is rarely there. Since his wealth spreads over a lot of islands, Grief has some adventures while going among these islands. London depicts the striking panorama of the South seas with adventurers, scoundrels, swindlers, pirates, and cannibals.
Adam Asnyk
A Sonnet (One Heart) One heart, one heart is all I’m dreaming of One heart upon this sullen earth I seek. A heart to tremble with my heart in love, So that I be a meek one mid the meek. One pair of lips, wherefrom my lips for aye Would drink the drink of joy with no constraints. Two eyes that I could marvel at each day, And see myself a saint among the saints. One heart I need, two hands both soft and white To veil my eyes and gently bar the light, So I may fall asleep and by a touch Of an angel’s cheek be carried to the sky. One heart, one heart, so little though need I, I see and know that I demand too much. [...]Adam AsnykUr. 11 listopada 1838 r. w Kaliszu Zm. 2 sierpnia 1897 r. w Krakowie Najważniejsze dzieła: Pijąc Falerno, Piosnka pijacka, Między nami nic nie było, Gdybym był młodszy, Jednego serca..., Nad głębiami (cykl sonetów), Daremne żale, Do młodych Poeta, epigon romantyzmu tworzący w epoce pozytywizmu i Młodej Polski, autor dramatów i opowiadań. Syn powstańca 1831 r., zesłańca. Podejmował różne kierunki studiów (rolnicze, medyczne, nauki społeczne), prowadząc działalność spiskową. Był więziony w Cytadeli (1860). W powstaniu styczniowym zaangażowany po stronie ?czerwonych?, był członkiem rządu wrześniowego. Po upadku zrywu uzyskał stopień dra filozofii w Heidelbergu (1866), zaczął wydawać pierwsze utwory w prasie lwowskiej (1864-65). W 1870 r. osiadł w Krakowie, brał czynny udział w życiu samorządowym, był posłem na Sejm Krajowy z ramienia demokratów (1889). Amator Tatr, wiele podróżował (Włochy, Tunezja, Algieria, Cejlon, Indie). Pochowany na Skałce. Kupując książkę wspierasz fundację Nowoczesna Polska, która propaguje ideę wolnej kultury. Wolne Lektury to biblioteka internetowa, rozwijana pod patronatem Ministerstwa Edukacji Narodowej. W jej zbiorach znajduje się kilka tysięcy utworów, w tym wiele lektur szkolnych zalecanych do użytku przez MEN, które trafiły już do domeny publicznej. Wszystkie dzieła są odpowiednio opracowane - opatrzone przypisami oraz motywami.
A.P. MIst
Sorin ma już wszystko. Karierę, sławę, kontrakty i miliony fanów. Jako wschodząca gwiazda futbolu dokładnie wie, czego chce od życia i jak to osiągnąć. Emocje i serce trzyma poza boiskiem, nie pozwalając, by cokolwiek go rozproszyło. Aż do dnia, gdy kontuzja przyjaciela sprowadza go do kliniki i stawia naprzeciw niego zamkniętą w sobie lekarkę, która nie ulega ani jego urokowi, ani pozycji. Rozmowa z Aurorą to starcie pełne napięcia, przez które mężczyzna po raz pierwszy czuje, że świat, który tak starannie zbudował, może się zachwiać. To nie miało prawa się wydarzyć. Nie między kimś, kto żyje w blasku, a kimś, kto nauczył się żyć w cieniu. A jednak... czasem właśnie zderzenie dwóch odmiennych światów przynosi najczystszą harmonię. Gra, która miała być tylko rozgrzewką, może się okazać najważniejszym meczem życia.
Honoré de Balzac
By the French author, who, along with Flaubert, is generally regarded as a founding-father of nineteenth-century realism in European fiction. His large output of works, collectively entitled The Human Comedy (La Comedie Humaine), consists of 95 finished works and 48 unfinished works. The novel A Start in Life is part of the Scenes of Private Life section of Balzacs masterpiece. In much of Balzacs work, the aristocracy is portrayed as vain, duplicitous, and greedy. But in this novel, it is members of the working class who are mercilessly skewered when what starts out as a harmless prank rapidly snowballs into a comedy of errors with profound consequences. A comic novel in which an intrigue about property serves as the excuse for a trip in a public diligence, where a group of people try to mystify each other with strange tales of their lives.
Anna Katharine Green
The book that will keep your attention until the very last page! A Strange Disappearance by Anna Katherine Green is one of the first detective stories to ever be published in USA. Her novels are known for their well thought out plots and their legal accuracy and A Strange Disappearance is one of her finest works. In this story, a young woman working as a home help disappears from a rich household in New York City, and the police begin their search to find her.
A Strange Pair / Osobliwy duet. Angielski kryminał językowy
Kevin Hadley, Katarzyna Zimnoch
To wyjątkowa kryminalna historia, dzięki której nauczysz się nowych słówek na poziomie podstawowym (A2). 104 minuty nagrań w wykonaniu native speakerów sprawią, że osłuchasz się ze słownictwem, wciągniesz się w tajemniczą historię i nie będziesz mógł doczekać się rozwiązania zagadki. Wysoka jakość materiału pozwala osłuchać się z językiem, poznać poprawną wymowę oraz przećwiczyć rozumienie ze słuchu. Regularne powtarzanie pomoże ci opanować nowy materiał oraz poprawny akcent i wymowę. Fabuła: Duet złodziei dokonuje serii nietypowych napadów w Warszawie. Na trop szajki wpadają detektywi Nowak i Pawluk, próbujący przewidzieć kolejne kradzieże i zrozumieć motywy postępowania rabusiów. Historia, którą odkrywają, wstrząśnie prasą i podzieli społeczeństwo...
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
A lot of Edward Bulwer-Lyttons works contributed to the early growth of the science fiction genre. A Strange Story is a mystery novel, which is told from the perspective of Dr. Allan Fenwicke, a rational materialist. He publically debunks the spiritualist beliefs of his fellow physician Dr. Lloyd, and thereby hastens his colleagues demise. It is an interesting novel with beautiful story full of suspense, thrill, love, drama and unexpected twists.
Frank Aubrey
Weird mystery with rationalized supernaturalism featuring private detective Matthew Grimlock. A Studio Mystery is a secret, and there is not much of a secret about the murder of the artist Arnold. The suspicions of the reader fall at once on Gustave. There is a certain ingenuity, however, in the working out of the motive of the crime. Altogether, A Studio Mystery is a fairly good specimen of its class written by Frank Aubrey. Francis Henry Frank Atkins (18471927) was a British writer of pulp fiction, in particular science fiction aimed at younger readers, writing at least three Lost-World novels along with much else. He wrote under the pseudonyms Frank Aubrey and Fenton Ash.