The Jack-knife Man

Ellis Parker Butler

Another lighthearted tale from American author Ellis Parker Butler (December 5, 1869 September 13, 1937) which revolves around old Peter Lane, who lives on a decrepit houseboat on the Mississippi River and mostly whiles away his time whittling with his jack-knife and not really doing much else. That is, until one night, a sickly woman knocks at his boat door holding her son in her arms. This encounter would change Peters life, as the old man befriends little Buddy and is determined to keep him and raise him as his own, provided he is able to keep a host of others from laying claim to the orphan. The two outcasts share many adventures over the storybook, enjoying a happy ending despite several difficulties.

Louis Lambert

Honoré de Balzac

Prior to the twentieth century, philosophy was the driving force behind all literature. Authors used the novel as a means to communicate their ideas on mans purpose and his place in the universe. With Louis Lambert, however, Balzac takes the idea of the philosophical novel a little too far in giving us this odd, chimerical mashup of philosophical treatise and coming-of-age novel. The novel seems to focus on the life and particularly the thoughts of the genius boy protagonist Louis Lambert. Set mostly in a school at Vendôme, it examines the life and theories of Louis fascinated by the Swedish philosopher Emanuel Swedenborg (16881772) and his book Heaven and Hell. However, the main core of the novel is not about the life of Lambert as it is on his thoughts and ideas, as well as about emotions in humans lives. A beautiful novel by the great French novelist Balzacs novel sequence La Comedie Humane, which fall into the Etude Philosophic section of the sequence!

Szaleństwo Almayera

Joseph Conrad

Debiut powieściowy Josepha Conrada. Tytułowemu Almayerowi, Holendrowi mieszkającemu na wyspie Borneo, nie wiedzie się zbyt dobrze. Jest niezaradny, zacietrzewiony i podejmuje nie do końca przemyślane decyzje. Odstaje od ludności tubylczej, która naśmiewa się z jego nieprzystosowania. Aby odwrócić swój los, Almayer podejmuje szaleńczą wyprawę po legendarne złoto.

Дым (Dym)

Иван Сергеевич Тургенев, Iwan Siergiejewicz Turgieniew

«Все великое земное разлетается, как дым... Но добрые дела не разлетаются дымом, они долговечнее самой сияющей красоты...» В романе русского классика Ивана Тургенева «Дым» раскрывается тема трагедии русского интеллигента, честного, умного, одаренного, но вечно мятущегося, не способного ни жить в мире с собой, ни отдаться любви, ни быть полезным обществу.

The Man of the Forest

Zane Grey

Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 October 23, 1939) was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that presented an idealized image of the American frontier. This is one of his stories. Loner Milt Dale seeks solitude in the wild mountains of Arizona, and instead finds himself rescuing two young women from a kidnapping plot. He must lead the timid Helen and her wild hearted sister Bo away from danger, and try not to fall in love along the way. Leading them away from manmade danger, exposing them to unaccustomed rigor on mountain trails, Dale imparts his rugged philosophy. Beyond the forest, Beasley and Snake Anson are still waiting to carry out their evil plot.

Die schönsten Weihnachtslieder. Liedtexte, Noten und Akkorde

Adam Wolański

Diese Sammlung der 25 beliebtesten Weihnachtslieder soll vor allem dem Gesang in den Familien dienen. In diesem Buch sind die besinnlichsten deutschsprachigen Weihnachtslieder versammelt: von Alle Jahre wieder über Leise rieselt der Schnee und O Tannenbaum bis hin zu Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht! .

La Frontiere

Maurice Leblanc

Seul lauteur dArsene Lupin savait décrire lhistoire si saturée et mysterieuse. La frontiere entre lAllemand et la France est plein de suspens et de rebondissements et malheureusement cela est une source de nombreux conflits. Philippe rentre apres de vacances chez Morestal a la frontiere. Un pere et son fils ne sont pas prtes dun évenement tragique qui survient sur la frontiere. Alors, tes vous prtes?

Scarlet and Hyssop. A Novel

E.F. Benson

The heroes of this story belong to the upper class. About them, in fact, is the story. It begins by introducing us to a couple of girls whose conversations are filled with learned ingenuity, so this may impressed some readers. Men, obviously, mean little, except for the chips in the game. A classic tale in the world of the highest middle class in Edwardian Britain.