The Hundred Days

Talbot Mundy

Probably the spies deliberately provided false information about the raid in this quarter to ensure the passage of large squads elsewhere. Or the tribes learned to hide from aviation, which is not very difficult among those breeds and gorges, or even in open terrain, where the high grass at a distance resembled the waves of the sea with wind currents. Another probability lies in the rear. Raids from this Northwest border were so frequent for a thousand years that the invasion was no less probable than the desert rain.

The Woodlanders

Thomas Hardy

The novel takes the reader to the very depths of rural England. The small village of Hintok, the scene of the novel, is so small that its even hard to find in the thicket of the forest, but this is where the tragedies of truly Sophocles greatness are played out. The reason for these tragedies is the clash of natural human characters preserved in the reserved wilderness of rural England.

Anne of the Island

Lucy Maud Montgomery

Anne of the Island was published in 1915, seven years after the bestselling Anne of Green Gables. This book tells the story of Anne Shirleys and her friends college years. As the security of home and childhood comforts fade, each must face the trials of being on their own. The novel kicks off when Anne decides to pursue her dream of a higher education, and subsequently leaves her two year teaching position at the school in Avonlea and begins her studies at Redmond College in Kingsport, where she is studying for her BA. A novel depicting the inevitable process of growing up, Anne of the Island is a perfect illustration of the challenging and sometimes awkward moments we all go through to achieve our full potential in life.

Großfuß. Roman

Edgar Wallace

Kurz vor Hanna Shaw Tod konnte sie noch einen verzweifelten Hilferuf absenden. Die Haushälterin des Anwalts Gordon Cardew Hanna Shaw wird in einem von innen verschlossenen Raum gefunden wurde."Hanna Shaw hat mich gerufen! Miß Leigh zeigt Oberinspektor Minter von Scotland Yard ein Telegramm: Bitte helfen Sie mir. Kommen Sie sofort. Es geht um mein Leben. Was hat die mysteriöse Botschaft von Hanna Shaw an Miß Leigh kurz vor Ihrem Tod zu bedeuten? Eine spannende Jagd auf den Mörder beginnt.

Bones

Edgar Wallace

This collection of episodes in the Commissioner Sanders series continues Wallaces subtly humorous look at colonial Africa. In Bones, Wallace spins an engaging yarn about the adventures of an intrepid lieutenant as he travels through Africa on a series of life-or-death missions. When Commissioner Sanders goes on leave, the trusty Lieutenant Hamilton takes over administration of the African territories. However, yet again, the trouble-prone Francis Augustus Tibbetts, known as Bones, while meaning to assist, only manages to spread his own unique style of innocent and endearing mischief. A richly detailed document of the colonial period, Bones is sure to spark the imagination of action-adventure fans.

Kubuś fatalista i jego pan

Denis Diderot

W powiastce filozoficznej Denisa Diderota Kubuś Fatalista wędruje ze swoim panem, prowadząc po drodze niekończące się rozmowy czasem zabawne, czasem przewrotne, które budują obraz ich świata. Kubuś, choć fatalista, przekonany o nieuchronności losu, wykazuje się dużą zaradnością, a przy tym nie traci wiary w zbliżający się triumf dobra i sprawiedliwości.

The Peer and the Woman

E. Phillips Oppenheim

If you have a fondness for mystery you should find this novel to be an entertaining read. Lord Alceston, the Earl of Harrowdean, statesman, philanthropist, nobleman, is murdered in his own study on the night of a great ball given at his home. On the same night a mysterious woman is murdered in the slums of East London. The valet disappears. Thus begins a moody and dramatic tale of love, jealousy, and revenge. This is the second published novel by E. Phillips Oppenheim and deals with a rigid Victorian moral code which is hard to comprehend today. Oppenheim dictated many of his later novels, but the careful writing, lengthy descriptions, and close observation of characters are beautifully expressed in this early work.

Luvre

Émile Zola

LOuvre est un roman sur le destin dun artiste dans le monde bourgeois. Il souleve le probleme du rapport de lart a la réalité. Lintrigue est basée sur des événements réels, tels que des événements controversés. Ce roman dans de nombreuses directions a influencé le travail dautres auteurs et artistes.