The American

Henry James

The story of a glorious American who, through hard work, made a fortune and went to learn how to relax and laze in the open spaces of the Old World. In particular, he came to Paris, and this city, as is known, is a rather romantic place, according to the public. And, ironically, the practical Newman in this city was smitten by a certain widowed Madame de Center.

La Barre-y-va

Maurice Leblanc, Maurice Leblanc

Le manoir délabré de La Barre-y-va est lespace dévénements mystérieux et horribles. Rentant tard du théâtre un soir du mois daot, le vicomte Raoul dAvenac découvre son appartement éclairé. Il y est visité par une jolie fille qui lattend en détresse. Catherine Montessieux, la jeune femme qui en est lhéritiere, ne peut plus dormir tranquillement. Une vieille demi folle lavertit dun péril quelle ne peut préciser. Et maintenant laventurier devenu détective va entreprendre de résoudre la plus inextricable des énigmes...

Miranda

Antoni Lange

Ostatnia powieść Antoniego Langego. Książka ma charakter antyutopijny, nawiązuje do tradycji, religii i kultury Dalekiego Wschodu. Główny bohater, Jan Podobłoczny, ucieka z Polski i trafia na nieznaną wyspę na Oceanie Indyjskim. Zamieszkuje ją społeczeństwo oddające się braminizmowi. Rozwijają kulturę ducha i wykorzystują zdolności ludzkiego mózgu nieznane w Europie. Jan zakochuje się w zjawie. Metafizyka, mistycyzm, liczne alegorie to niewątpliwe atuty tej powieści.

The Man Who Was Nobody

Edgar Wallace

A slick young man buys a jewel with a cheque that bounces. Then two men are searching for James Tynewood, a young tearaway: one is a police inspector, while the other is his solicitor. But Tynewood has mysteriously disappeared... The Man Who Was Nobody is an enjoyable lightweight murder mystery thriller that manages to preserve at least some of the characteristic Edgar Wallace atmosphere. During the 1920s and 30s, it was said that one of every four books read in England was written by Wallace, who ultimately produced 173 books and 17 plays. Highly recommended for people who like to treat a mystery story as a solvable riddle!

The Fate of a Crown

L. Frank Baum

Need an adventure story with plots and counterplots? Intrigue? A love interest? Politics? Murder? Follow our young American hero, Robert Harcliffe, as he goes on the adventure of his lifetime. A young man just out of college goes to Brazil as secretary of the prime mover in the revolution, and by so doing begins a series of adventures that run from tragic to comic, ending with the success of the conspiracy, a straightening out of many tangles, and the marriage of the hero to one of the most brilliant and beautiful conspirators. Written by the famous Oz author L. Frank Baum under the alias of Schuyler Staunton, The Fate of a Crown is a stirring novel of the events of a South American revolution against the monarchy at the turn of the 20th Century. It was Baums first novel for an adult readership.

Krysia bezimienna

Antonina Domańska

Powieść historyczna Antoniny Domańskiej rozgrywająca się w czasach panowania Anny Jagiellonki. Tytułowa bohaterka, Krysia, to przygarnięta z litości sierota. Dzięki swym opiekunom trafia na królewski dwór. Nikt tu nie zna jej pochodzenia. Na życie dziewczyny nastaje tymczasem tajemniczy mężczyzna w czarnym płaszczu... Losy Krysi splatają się z wydarzeniami historycznymi, w których udział bierze królowa Polski Anna Jagiellonka. Ta niemłoda już kobieta marzy o miłości i szczęściu, które jednak nie jest jej dane. Jest tylko kartą przetargową w rękach polskiej szlachty.

East and West

Talbot Mundy

This is the fourth book of the succesful mystery series Madame Storey, by canadian-american author Hulbert Footner. Almost unknown today, Footner was a Candadian journalist and author of many adventure and mystery novels. In The Doctor Who Held Hands Madame Storey is asked to help in stopping the pseudo-psychological activities of a doctor who has set himself up as a psycho-synthetist, seemingly to help his patients, but in fact blackmailing them... Storey is almost imprisoned in her movements from the very start giving the story a bit of claustrophobic feel until little by little she finds a way to break out of the surveillance. The story has a lot of action and a neat twist in the final paragraph.

The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

There is a trial of the bare and thin peasant Denis Grigoriev. He is accused of unscrewing the nut, which rails are attached to the cross ties. The little man does not deny this, but does not see his guilt. The investigator finds out that Denis, like other men, unscrews the nuts in order to make them sinkers. The defendant sincerely does not understand that such unscrewing can lead to train accidents and death. The investigator sends the attacker to prison, but he still does not understand what he did.