The Devil Man

Edgar Wallace

Edgar Wallaces 1931 novel The Devil Man is the mysterious and thrilling story of Charles Pearce, an small, unnerving, musician, gifted but terribly boastful. Pearce is physically repulsive, tiny in stature, but a Samson in strength. Woman cant resist him, but they dont know the real Pearce. He is also a burglar. And a murderer. There is a baffling mystery that someone urgently needs to solve... Full of dispense, action and amusing characters, The Devil Man constitutes a veritable page-turner that fans of crime fiction wont want to miss. Interesting novelized biography of Charles Pearce, an infamous 19th century British burglar.

Krumir

Karol May

Krumir to cykl opowiadań przygodowych, które rozgrywają się w Afryce Północnej na pograniczu algiersko-tunezyjskim. Czytelnicy mogą obserwować współistnienie kultury chrześcijańskiej oraz islamu, a także podziwiać pięknie wykreowane, bajeczne afrykańskie krajobrazy: pustyni, puszczy, rozrzuconych wśród pustkowi ludzkich osad...

Szatan i Judasz (Tom 4). Szatan i Judasz. Klęska Szatana

Karol May

Szatan i Judasz. Klęska Szatana to czwarta część z 11-tomowego cyklu przygodowego autorstwa Karola Maya. Grupa dzielnych bohaterów odbywa wspólnie szalone podróże, aby mierzyć się z wszelkiej maści niegodziwcami, walczyć o sprawiedliwość i odnajdywać zaginione skarby. Dzięki pracy zespołowej, zaufaniu i wzajemnej pomocy udaje im się wyjść obronną ręką z najgorszych opresji.

Die Liebe des Ulanen

Karl May

Die Liebe des Ulanen: Original-Roman aus der Zeit des deutsch-französischen Krieges ist ein Werk von Karl May. Kurz vor der Schlacht von Waterloo verliebt sich der preußische Offizier Hugo von Königsau in die Französin Margot Richemonte. Deren Stiefbruder Albin versucht die Verbindung zu verhindern und Königsau zu töten. Dies gelingt ihm nicht, doch Jahre später kann er die Familie ruinieren und Königsaus Sohn Gebhardt verschleppen. Der Ulanenrittmeister Richard von Königsau reist im Jahre 1870 inkognito und als buckliger Erzieher verkleidet nach Ortry in Lothringen, um im Schlosse des Gardekapitäns Albin Richemonte tragische Familiengeheimnisse aufzuklären und französischen Kriegsvorbereitungen gegen Deutschland auf die Spur zu kommen. Auf dem Weg nach Ortry rettet er Marion, Richemontes schöner Enkelin, das Leben und entdeckt seine Liebe zu ihr.

The Admirable Tinker. Child of the World

Edgar Jepson

Edgar Jepson was a prolific English writer whose career spanned from the eighteen-nineties to the nineteen-thirties. He achieved fame principally for his entertaining mainstream detective and adventure stories, although he also wrote two fantasies, The Horned Shepherd and The Garden at 19. If you enjoy the works of Edgar Jepson then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection. The title character of The Admirable Tinker is repeatedly described as an angel child and has a knack for attracting improbably large sums of money. Tinker plays tricks on people, and most of the time they serve some kind of practical purpose, but the favorite thing about him is how perfectly at home he is in all situations.

The False Rider

Max Brand

The False Rider is one of "Silver Tip" series of pulp Western novels by Max Brand featuring Silvertip, a heroic lone rider who metes out justice to various wrong-doers he runs across in his travels. Arizona Jim Silver finds his reputation endangered when a clever thief of similar appearance appropriates his identity, leaving Jim no choice but to hunt him down. Max Brands action-filled stories of adventure and heroism in the American West continue to entertain readers throughout the world. Brand penned over 200 full-length Westerns in his career, including "Destry Rides Again" and "Montana Rides".

Rodney Stone

Arthur Conan Doyle

As well as penning some of the most popular detective fiction, Conan Doyle also wrote thrilling adventure stories. Rodney Stone is a combination of both. Nelson, Beau Brummell, Fox and King George III himself appear in a tale at the heart of which is, as one character says, a pretty conspiracy a criminal, an actress and a prize-fighter, all playing their parts. The book is narrated by Rodney, in 1851 thinking back over the events 1803, when Rodney was 17 and his best friend, Boy Jim, was 19. This is the year Rodneys uncle comes to introduce the boy to London society. Sir Charles is a dandy, and a friend of Beau Brummell and the Prince of Wales. But Rodneys father has hopes for his son going into the Royal Navy. Boy Jim also has a life decision to make. He has been raised by Champion Harrison as a blacksmith, but after befriending an alcoholic ex-actress, he yearns to see more of the world, at least London.

The Daughter of Erlik Khan

Robert E. Howard

The tall Englishman, Pembroke, was scratching lines on the earth with his hunting knife, talking in a jerky tone that indicated suppressed excitement: I tell you, Ormond, that peak to the west is the one we were to look for. Here, Ive marked a map in the dirt. This mark here represents our camp, and this one is the peak. Weve marched north far enough.