La Demeure mystérieuse

Maurice Leblanc

Lapparition sur la scene de lOpéra de la séduisante Régine Aubry, dont la robe est recouverte dune précieuse tunique avec les diamants les plus purs, est la chose la plus intéressante du évenement. Des diamants sont volés un mannequin lors dune présentation de mode et ce mannequin est emmené dans une grande maison de maitre Paris. Quelque temps apres, se passe une étrange répétition des évenements. Le baron Jean dEnneris (Arsene Lupin bien sr!) décide denquter sur laffaire passionnante. Il dénoue, comme toujours, les mailles inextricables du filet dans lequel se trouvent les jolies femmes et les autres personnages de cette histoire.

Emma

Jane Austen

Beautiful, clever and... single. Emma Woodhouse is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage. Nothing, however, delights her more than interfering in the romantic lives of others. But when she ignores the warnings of her good friend Mr. Knightley and attempts to arrange a suitable match for her protegee Harriet Smith, her carefully laid plans soon unravel and have consequences that she never expected. Emma is often seen as Jane Austens most flawless work.

The Jacob Street Mystery

R. Austin Freeman

R. Austin Freemans mysteries are often divided into two parts, the first dealing with events leading up to a murder, followed by Dr. Thorndykes investigation. In this case, the first part, about a beautiful woman who poses as a serious artist, then disappears, is delightful. It details the friendship between Thomas Pedley and Loretta Schiller. The second part is written in the first person with Jervis, Thorndykes assistant, being the narrator as usual. A peaceful, pleasant afternoon in the woodland scene of Linton Green is disturbed when a brutal murder takes place. But thanks to an unseen witness, the killer may be caught, and the witness turns out to be a blessing in disguise. This is the story of Thomas Pedley, a gifted artist who paints what he sees from memory.

Prodigals of Monte Carlo

E. Phillips Oppenheim

He might be almost forgotten now, but Mr. Oppenheim wrote an amazing 116 novels, including many bestsellers. Several are set amid the glamour of Monte Carlo, including this 1920s romantic thriller. The novel has an intriguing start, as handsome and charming Sir Hargrave Wendever gets a nasty shock from the doctor. Wealthy, handsome, intelligent, single, with the world at his feet suddenly he finds his world crumbling. What will he do? He decides to do some good with his money in the time he has left, and offers a penniless young woman a free holiday at his villa, with no strings attached. The reader is transported from the grey fogs of London to the sunshine of Monte Carlo, where, along with the hero and some new friends, the real adventures begin.

Childhood

Leo Tolstoy

This work is about how black stripes always alternate with white. Oh grief. Oh happiness. On the formation of the child as a person. About the first feelings, sensations and emotions. About first love, about childrens love and just about love. About how a child learns his mind, for the first time experiences one of the most terrible events of his life the death of his mother, about how he first feels one of the most beautiful and bright feelings his first love, about how he feels affection, grief.

Poezje. Wybór

Józef Czechowicz

Tom zawiera wybór poezji Józefa Czechowicza, polskiego poety awangardowego dwudziestolecia międzywojennego. Po latach odkrywany jest jako jeden z najbardziej oryginalnych i indywidualnych poetów swego okresu. Poeta stosował fonostylistykę dopiero później odkrytą w wierszach Mirona Białoszewskiego. W swoich wczesnych utworach tworzy atmosferę oniryczną i spokojną, niepozwalającą jednak zatopić się do szczętu w sensualistycznym świecie. W wierszach, które powstawały przed drugą wojną światową, ujawnia się atmosfera katastrofy i upadku. Poeta zginął pod gruzami kamienicy podczas bombardowania Lublina, zaledwie kilkaset metrów od domu rodzinnego, w okolicznościach łudząco przypominających śmierć podmiotu lirycznego w wierszu Żal (ja bombą trafiony w stallach).

The Inevitable Millionaires

E. Phillips Oppenheim

In this funny satire, Oppenheim offers us an argument that has been used in several movies: Two brothers come into a large inheritance with a pre-condition that they need to spend a big amount of money within a month. In the letter from their deceased father, they are enjoined to learn how to spend as well as that have learned how to save. The story deals with their noble efforts to spend their money without waste or ostentation. They back a musical comedy, finance a gold club, back an inventor who wants to extract rubber from sea weed will they be able to get rid of their fortune? Join the likeable Mr. Steven and Mr. George Henry Underwood in this goodhearted comedy of The Inevitable Millionaires.

Brentwood

Grace Livingston Hill

Brentwood is a romance novel of a young woman adopted by a well to do couple. Marjorie Wetherill had always known she was an adopted child; her adoptive parents, the Wetherills, whom Marjorie loved deeply, had made no secret of it. But when she faces her first Christmas alone after her parents deaths, she starts to wonder about finding her first family. A letter among Mrs. Wetherills things gives her the key to start a search that will change her life. Is Marjorie strong enough to learn of the past and face the reality of meeting her birth relations? Grace Livingston Hill is the beloved author of more than 100 books. Read and enjoyed by millions, her wholesome stories contain adventure, romance, and the heartwarming triumphs of people faced with the problems of life and love.