Noc tysiączna druga. Komedia w jednym akcie

Cyprian Kamil Norwid

Komedia w jednym akcie autorstwa Cypriana Kamila Norwida, Powstała w 1850 roku, zalicza się ją do włoskich miniatur autora nieodkrytego za życia, darzonego natomiast wielką estymą w kolejnych pokoleniach. Tytuł utworu nawiązuje do fragmentu satyryczno-dygresyjnego poematu Don Juan poznański Ryszarda Berwińskiego. Noc tysiączna druga oznacza przełomową dla bohatera noc, która ma zakończyć dzieje jego miłości.

Piłsudczycy

Juliusz Kaden-Bandrowski

Piłsudczycy przybliżają powstanie i pierwsze lata działalności Legionów sformowanych przez Piłsudskiego. Juliusz Kaden-Bandrowski (18851944) to polski pisarz, kapitan piechoty Wojska Polskiego oraz członek masonerii. Jego powieści charakteryzują się przede wszystkich dużą wnikliwością i wiernością faktom historycznym, a także wyrafinowanym językiem oraz połączeniem stylów i środków literackich. Do czasu odwilży po śmierci Stalina większość jego powieści objęta była cenzurą i wycofana z bibliotek.

Lady in Chain Mail

Henry Bedford-Jones

Written in the cycle of tales by H. Bedford-Jones, Lady in Chain Mail continues amazing series about the Sphinx Emerald. From the hand of a dead Mameluke after the battle of the Pyramids, a civilian scientist with Napoleons army took the Sphinx Emerald... and though the Mamelukes militant daughter offered to buy back the gem at a price high indeed, swift tragedy followed.

Afloat and Ashore, or, the Adventures of Miles Wallingford. A Sea Tale

James Fenimore Cooper

In the center of the book is the life of a young man, Miles, who lives in America. He wants to become a sailor like his father. This is an exciting adventure story of the life of a ship captain. Sea brotherhood, battles with pirates, friendship and betrayal, and finally, love that overcomes all obstacles.

Lucian the Dreamer

Joseph Smith Fletcher

Joseph Smith Fletcher was an English journalist, writer and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He studied law before turning to journalism. This book opens with the first page of his experiences at the train station. If you love a story that sticks to the end, then this book is for you.

Prisoners

Mary Cholmondeley

In this magnificent novel, love and death intertwine and dissolve into each other. But the characters are the perfect product of the best Victorian literature.

The Firing Line

Robert W. Chambers

Charming, beautifully written. Fascinating in detail pre-war Florida (and also the East Coast) high society with its fashions and mores.

Kilo. Being the Love Story of Eliph Hewlitt, Book Agent

Ellis Parker Butler

Beloved humor writer Ellis Parker Butler hits it out of the ballpark with his first full-length novel, Kilo: Being the Love Story of Eliph Hewlitt, Book Agent. The plot centers around Eliph Hewlitt, a travelling book salesman of the horse-and-buggy era who finds the love of his life in Kilo, Iowa and he decides on the spot to marry her and settles down there, peddling books to the locals, but Sally Briggs, the woman whom hes fixated on, doesnt feel the same way. The comic adventure involves a lot of fire-extinguishers, local graft, the newspaper printer, and various other people of importance in the tiny town. Along the way, we meet several amusing individuals to whom Eliph is trying to sell his one-volume encyclopedia.