The Square Emerald

Edgar Wallace

Edgar Wallace, The Square Emerald, originally published in 1926 and made in England. The plot involves a young gentleman, secretary to a notable politician, convicted wrongly of forging a check, now released after serving his term in prison, a group of rather sinister society ladies with their sinister butler Druze, who were involved in the check and other activities, and a beautiful young woman detective from Scotland Yard, also from a stylish society background. A female sleuth is one step ahead of everyone, including the reader, and generally has jolly good fun solving the case. A mysteriously complicated plot make this Edgar Wallace book great fun with the twists coming thick and fast.

Famille-Sans-Nom

Jules Verne

Le roman La famille sans nom emmene le lecteur européen létranger, dans les étendues du continent nord-américain, jusqu la partie du continent appelée le Canada, et raconte le soulevement des colons français au Québec. Les Canadiens cherchent se libérer du contrôle de la couronne britannique. Lavocat Morgaz a trahi les rebelles et a d errer avec sa famille sans rester longtemps au mme endroit. Installé la frontiere avec les Etats-Unis, Morgaz ne résiste plus au stress et se tire.

Wiersze. Wybór

Daniel Naborowski

Tom zawiera wybór utworów poetyckich Daniela Naborowskiego, polskiego poety barokowego, dyplomaty i tłumacza. Tworzył w nurcie poezji metafizycznej. W swoich utworach godził wartości sprzeczne. Renesansowej pochwale rozsądku i życia statecznego towarzyszy przekonanie o marności świata i nieuchronnym przemijaniu wszelkich zjawisk.

The Honourable Algernon Knox, Detective

E. Phillips Oppenheim

This is a very clever collection of linked stories by E. Phillips Oppenheim written in 1913. Algernon Knox, pretty young, dapper, seemingly silly, has failed at everything. Although wealthy, he fails when he stands for parliament. By chance he becomes involved in a blackmail against his uncle, who is a diplomat. Knox foils the plot, and a new career is born, the gentleman detective. In some ways, the young man carries out increasingly dangerous and cleaver missions against criminals and foreign spies. Haunted by the beautiful but foreign Adele de Hagon, Knox finds his career and fortunes on the rise. An enjoyable read!

Outlaws of Palouse

Zane Grey

Kidnapping Collie Younger: When Rod Brecken stole the most beautiful and outrageous flirting mistress who ever made the cowboy crazy, this is just the lesson she needs; but Rod may have tasted more than he can chew on. Palaces persecutors: Dale Brittenham follow the footsteps of the horse thieves to bring to justice before angry runners overtake them.

Le Chancellor

Jules Verne

Le roman parle du navire, dans les cales o commence brler la charge de coton. Au début, lincendie nest pas détecté explicitement, mais au fil du temps, la flamme se déclare. Un groupe de passagers est sauvé sur un radeau construit la hâte construit partir des restes dun navire, et le radeau commence dériver travers les immenses étendues de locéan. Dans la situation de manque de nourriture et deau douce, les qualités des personnes se manifestent, qui sont profondément cachées pendant leur existence paisible.

Soldiers Three

Rudyard Kipling

Soldiers Three is a series of fascinating stories by the great English writer and poet Joseph Rudyard Kipling. A collection of short stories written in 1888 provides a glimpse into the life of tommies, as the English soldiers called it, in Afghanistan. They fool around, complain and talk about their daily lives - against the backdrop of the war and sunset of colonial England.

Major Haynes of the Secret Service

Edgar Wallace

Major Haynes of the Secret Service is a fine series of Wallace stories about wartime espionage. During the First World War Edgar Wallace wrote a number of morale-boosting tales about the skill and derring-do of the British military and intelligence services, mostly in the form of series published under such titles as Tam o the Scoots, Companions of the Ace High, and Clarence-Private. Several series were published in the form of dramatic pseudo-documentary accounts of what he claimed to be true stories. Three espionage series in this category are known to have been published in British newspapers. Two of these featured an intelligence agent by the name of Major Haynes and made their first appearance in the Dundee paper Thomsons Weekly News.