Podróż do Ziemi Świętej z Neapolu

Juliusz Słowacki

Poemat dygresyjny o zróżnicowanym charakterze i tematyce. Składa się z dziewięciu pieśni i opiera się na wzorze podróży poetyckiej. Klasyka godna polecenia dla czytelnika w kazdym wieku. Próbka poezji Wieszcza w najlepszym wydaniu.

Inselwelt. Band III

Friedrich Gerstäcker

Der Weltenbummler Gerstäcker, dessen ausgedehnte Reisen ihn durch Nord- und Südamerika führten, gehört zusammen mit Karl Mai zu den populärsten Autoren von Abenteuerromanen seiner Zeit. Friedrich Gerstäcker führte von der Wiege bis zur Bahre ein bewegtes Leben. Als Sohn eines gefeierten Tenors wurde ihm die Reiselust quasi in die Wiege gelegt. Er war ein Erzähler von außerordentlich spannenden und farbenprächtigen Abenteuerromanen, die jedoch stets belehrende Momente in der Landschafts- und Kulturschilderung beinhalten. Inselwelt bestehen aus zwei Bänden. Der erste Band Inselwelt. Indische Skizzen und der zweite Band Inselwelt. Australische Skizzen.

Dreams End

Thorne Smith

A New York advertising executive leaves his job in the city to write poetry in a hut by the sea. Once there he finds himself caught in the coils of his attraction to two women a situation that so unsettles his wits that he falls prey to a heavily symbolic dream obsession. The story centers on a love triangle that develops between Landor, the niece of the man hes staying with, Scarlet and the wife of the local land baron, Hilda. Dreams End is a radical departure from Thorne Smiths humorous novels, and was, in fact, Smiths first book rejected by publishers until his Topper novels became successful. Fans of Thorne Smith are likely to be intrigued by this book for its gothic nature and for an unexpected glimpse at a more serious side of the author.

The Trail of the White Mule

B.M. Bower

Equal parts daring and prone to disaster, B. M. Bowers beloved hero with a heart of gold, Casey Ryan, is at it again in The Trail of the White Mule. Whether hes veering through traffic at high speed in the boomtown of Los Angeles or pursuing bootleggers in the country, Ryan always seems to find himself in the middle of a maelstrom. He willingly got involved with moonshiners and transporting booze but lucked out in the end by helping the authorities. The Trail of the White Mule was written in the year 1922 by B.M. Bower. This book is one of the most popular novels of B.M. Bower, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.

Tales of Men and Ghosts

Edith Wharton

In 1921, Edith Wharton became the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize, earning the award for The Age of Innocence. But Wharton also wrote several other novels, as well as poems and short stories that made her not only famous but popular among her contemporaries. Tales of Men and Ghosts (1910) consists of ten masterful ghost stories that listed here in chronological order of their original publication dates: The Bolted Door, His Fathers Son, The Daunt Diana, The Debt, Full Circle, The Legend, The Eyes, The Blond Beast, Afterward and The Letters. Despite the title, the men outnumber the ghosts, since only The Eyes and Afterward actually call on the supernatural. In only two of the stories are women the central characters, though elsewhere they play important roles. If you have never read Edith Whartons fantasy work before, you will be captivated and delighted.

The Second Deluge

Garrett P. Serviss

The protagonist is a rich scientist who predicts the onset of a new flood due to the passage of the Earth through a nebula. Instead of panic, people had laughter, because no one believed in his words. They thought he was crazy. While everyone was laughing, the mad scientist built the ark. The rains did not stop. The world is sinking, but will the main character survive?

The Strange Countess

Edgar Wallace

This genuine mystery story takes the reader from one exciting adventure to another with all the adroitness and ingenuity of Mr. Wallaces previous successful books. One is left gasping with suspense as the many clues are unraveled only to be followed by others still more stubborn. A beautiful woman has spent twenty cruel years in prison, for a suspected murder. Her daughter learns of the relationship after a chance visit at the jail. The true facts are known only after the discovery of nefarious plots to kill the daughter, visits to the home of royalty, and enforced stays at a so-called home for mental cases. This early work by Edgar Wallace was originally published in 1925. The Strange Countess is a mystery novel by this prolific author of detective fiction.

LInvasion de la mer

Jules Verne

En Afrique du Nord, selon le plan des autorités françaises, un projet visant créer une mer artificielle au Sahara est en préparation. Ils sont déj en train de creuser un canal et denvoyer des expéditions dans le désert pour étudier le relief, mais une bande dindigenes sauvages mécontents de ce projet font tout pour que cela ne se matérialise pas. Le livre entier est un voyage en train de Tiflis Pékin en train et une breve description des villes.