The Shadow of the Vulture

Robert E. Howard

So thay brought the envoys, pallid from months of imprisonment, before the canopied throne of Suleyman the Magnificent, Sultan of Turkey, and the mightiest monarch in an age of mighty monarchs. Under the great purple dome of the royal chamber gleamed the throne before which the world trembled gold-paneled, pearl-inlaid. An emperors wealth in gems was sewn into the silken canopy from which depended a shimmering string of pearls ending a frieze of emeralds which hung like a halo of glory above Suleymans head.

The Descent of Man and Other Stories

Edith Wharton

The Descent of Man and Other Stories is the third collection of ten short fiction from Edith Wharton, first published in 1904. It includes the title piece Descent of Man, as well as The Other Two, Expiation, The Ladys Maids Bell, The Mission of Jane, The Reckoning, The Letter, The Dilettante, The Quicksand, and A Venetian Nights Entertainment. Wharton dissecting some of the customs, habits and vagaries of courtship and marriage, particularly as practiced in the upper reaches of New York society at the turn of the twentieth century. Fidelity is only one problem; others may arise from the machinations and emotions of the protagonists or outsiders. Wharton handles the questions with her usual gentle irony and curiosity about human behavior.

Ród Rodrigandów (Tom 1-17). Ród Rodrigandów. Tom 117. MultiBook

Karol May

Karol May stworzył wielotomową sagę o rodzie Rodrigandów, której wydarzenia rozgrywają się na przestrzeni kilkudziesięciu lat. Ogromny majątek, rodowe tajemnice, niebezpieczeństwa, spiski, walka z bandytami i światowa polityka stanowią kanwę barwnej, obfitującej w przygody opowieści. Losy wyraziście naszkicowanych bohaterów splatają się na lądach kilku kontynentów oraz na morzach.

Children Stories

Charles Dickens

Here are 10 stories to introduce readers of all ages to Charles Dickens and his Victorian England filled with orphans, expectations, and Christmas spirits, including adaptations of Dickens geared toward young readers, engaging looks into the authors life, and a few kid-friendly classics straight from the authors quill. The most famous and funny short stories include the Childs Story, The Cratchits Christmas Dinner, A Christmas Carol, Hunted Down and The Poor Relations Story, Little Dorrit. In lots of these children were important characters. In his day, no one understood children better than Dickens, and he was the first writer to describe what children thought and felt and to capture the way they spoke. And he was not afraid to write about the hard and sad lives that many children led.

Ich dziecko

Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz

Justyn Kielski i Marek Domaszewicz to młodzi ludzie o krańcowo odmiennych temperamentach, poglądach i zainteresowaniach. Obaj dzielnie walczą na froncie wojny polsko-bolszewickiej. Łączy ich silna więź sympatii i szacunku, a także wzajemne zaufanie. Dzieli ich natomiast miłość do tej samej dziewczyny. Obaj rywalizują o jej względy. Relacje między Justynem i Markiem dramatycznie się komplikują, kiedy Monika dokonuje wreszcie wyboru i poślubia jednego z przyjaciół. Najtrudniejszą próbą ich przyjaźni stają się jednak narodziny syna Moniki, którego biologicznym ojcem nie jest jej mąż, lecz jego rywal. Ich dziecko to poruszająca opowieść o trudnej męskiej przyjaźni zrodzonej na froncie wojny polsko-bolszewickiej 1920 roku.

The Openers of the Gate

Elizabeth Louisa Moresby

A collection of ten short stories of supernatural phenomena, psychic events and the occult. These stories are founded on the deepest and highest range of Asiatic thought though the scenes of some are in the West. That thought is as vital for the West as for the East. The background is fictional but the stories are all true. In this connection I draw attention especially to the two entitled respectively Hell and The Man Who Saw L. Adams Beck (E. Barrington). E. Barrington started writing her novels, which commonly had an oriental setting, at the age of sixty. She was also a distinguished writer of esoteric works such as The Story of Oriental Philosophy and The Splendor of Asia, and on Theosophy.

Godfrey Morgan. A Californian Mystery

Jules Verne

Godfrey Morgan, the young nephew of a strikingly rich man William Kolderup and his future heir, believes that his life is extremely boring. He would like to fill her with adventures and travels, and is not going to marry as his uncle wants without having made at least a trip around the world. Mr. Kolderup is a resourceful and wise man, and, thinking, he agrees to Godfreys venture. Uncle William is confident that Godfrey will return from a trip as a much more mature and calm person...

Satan und Ischariot. Band IIII

Karl May

Während Karl Mays dreibändiger Roman Satan und Ischariot bei den Lesern ähnlich beliebt ist wie seine Trilogien Winnetou und Old Surehand, gilt er in der Forschung als sehr umstritten und wurde bisher nur selten hinreichend gewürdigt. Auch diese Aufsatzsammlung spiegelt ein uneinheitliches Meinungsbild vor allem aber zeigt sie, dass Satan und Ischariot bei allen formalen Schwächen doch zugleich die vielleicht interessanteste Abenteuererzählung Mays ist. Im Wilden Westen geht die Jagd nach den Meltons weiter. Old Shatterhand und Winnetou verfolgen sie bis zum bitteren Ende. Die Satan-und-Ischariot-Triologie enthält folgende Bücher: Die Felsenburg, Krüger Bei, Satan und Ischariot.