Rodeo Ranch

Max Brand

Rodeo Ranch has earned its name from the rodeo that the wealthy, aged Ramon Alvarez sponsors there. An attempt has been made on Alvarezs life, and Alvarez believes his would-be killer is a member of a secret league bent on his destruction. He approaches Duds Kobbe, winner of the rodeos shooting competition, and offers him a job as a personal bodyguard, promising a fabulous reward for doing the job. The only catch is that, while employed, Kobbe cannot leave the Alvarez estate. What Kobbe doesnt realize is that he will be just as much a target as Alvarez. It is a short novel of murder and redemption, presents some intriguing plotting as a wealthy and fearful landowner hires a gunslinger as a bodyguard, with unexpected results.

Przygoda Stasia

Bolesław Prus

Akcja powieści Przygoda Stasia rozgrywa się na polskiej wsi w drugiej połowie XIX wieku. Kilkumiesięczny Staś jest synem kowala Józefa i jego żony Małgorzaty. W wyniku bójki w karczmie Józef popadł w konflikt z miejscowym organistą. Konflikt ten ciągnie się już długi czas. Kiedy organista zwraca się do kowala z prośbą o pożyczkę na zakup gruntu, żona Józefa, Małgorzata stanowczo się temu sprzeciwia. Chce też namówić swego ojca, bogatego młynarza, żeby także nie udzielał pożyczki organiście. Udaje się w tym celu z dzieckiem do odległego młyna. W drodze, zmęczona ciągnięciem dziecięcego wózka, zaczyna opadać z sił. Widząc jadący wolniutko mały powozik, podczepia dyszel wózka do niego. Po chwili powozik gwałtownie przyspiesza i na oczach zrozpaczonej matki uwozi jej dziecko. Chwilę później, przypadkiem, pojawia się w swoim powozie organista. Chce pomóc kowalowej w poszukiwaniach synka...

The Sea-Wolf

Jack London

The Sea-Wolf is Jack Londons journey deep into the heart of darkness and madness that each person carries within themselves. It is the story of a Danish youth named Humphrey Hump van Weyden and his struggles against the sea, as well as his own inner demons. Humphrey Van Weyden is a gentleman, and academic, who has lived a soft life among civilized, like-minded people. He is on a steemer to visit a friend. On this trip, a fog settles and the ship gets struck and sinks. Mr Van Weyden lives, despite the frigid waters, and finds himself picked up by a seal hunting schooner headed to Japan. Mr Van Weyden is saved, but his nightmare just begins. Set in the Pacific Ocean, the book reveals how raw nature can cause a human being to lose their grip on reality. The novel explores the big questions through the philosophical conversations between the Captain Wolf Larsen (a Nietzschean superman, materialist, and man of terrific strength) and Humphrey van Weyden (an effete, bookish, man of morals).

The Little Green Man and Other Stories

Edgar Wallace

The Little Green Man and Other Stories is an excellent collection of mystery stories by Edgar Wallace. These are fast-paced, with good twists and turns, an unusual criminal scheme and a little romance. Edgar Wallace was a British novelist, playwright, and journalist who produced popular detective and suspense stories and was in his time "the king" of the modern thriller. Wallaces literary output 175 books, 24 plays, and countless articles and review sketches have undermined his reputation as a fresh and original writer. Moreover, the author was a wholehearted supporter of Victorian and early Edwardian values and mores, which are now considered in some respects politically incorrect. In England, in the 1920s, Wallace was said to be the second biggest seller after the Bible.

The Mischief Maker

E. Phillips Oppenheim

This story takes place before WWI and follows the adventures of a disgraced English politician who hasnt given up on his country in her hour of need. His nemesis is a suave but evil German prince who is plotting the downfall of he British empire. The only thing that stands in his way is our hero... and two beautiful women. The Mischief-Maker presents a fascinating picture of the political mindset of the day to go along with the twists and turns of the story. And so on, and with the material of conspiracies, politics, love and adventure the story is woven around the atmosphere of the early 20th century in London and Paris with that peculiar polish in dialogue and fascinating coloring characteristic of the popular author.

Baśń o Aladynie i o lampie cudownej

Bolesław Leśmian

Któż z nas nie zna baśni o Aladynie i jego magicznej lampie, która potarta wierzchem koszuli w niezwykły sposób uwalnia drzemiącego w niej od tysięcy lat potężnego dżina? Ta jedna z bardziej znanych opowieści pochodzących z Księgi tysiąca i jednej nocy tym razem w doskonałej literackiej adaptacji Bolesława Leśmiana. Do średniowiecznego Bagdadu przybywa zły czarownik. Chce odnaleźć młodzieńca o imieniu Aladyn. Wie, że przeznaczeniem chłopca jest przynieść magiczną lampę z zaczarowanego królestwa. Czarownik podaje się za brata ojca Aladyna i zdobywa jego zaufanie. Obiecuje młodzieńcowi spełnienie wszystkich jego marzeń. Stawia przy tym jeden warunek: Aladyn musi zdobyć lampę o cudownej mocy. Przypadek sprawia, że chłopiec uwalnia mieszkającego wewnątrz dżina...

Max Carrados Mysteries

Ernest Bramah

Max Carrados Mysteries is a collection of Bramahs classic detective tales containing The Secret of Headlam Height, The Mystery of The Vanished Petition Crown and many other stories. Carrados is a cerebral detective, solving the crimes with facts, information and his advanced senses, which over-compensate for his blindness. In The Coin of Dionysius we first meet the suave sleuth Max Carrados to help determine whether an old coin is real or a clever fake. In The Game Played in the Dark, Max Carrados is contacted by the British Museum about a horde of stolen ancient coins. On the lookout for the coins, he is intrigued by the approach of an Italian lady who takes him from the safety of his study to a meeting with some recognisable former adversaries... The stories deal with the theft of an ancient coin, the odd disappearance of a little girl, a ghost fond of running the bath, a scientific approach to murdering a wife, poison mushrooms, devious disguises, an automated card-playing machine and other curious matters.

Children of the Frost

Jack London

The protagonist of the story the old Imber from the White Fish tribe can cause conflicting feelings among readers he killed many white people without much reason, at first glance. He does not hide from justice, but he himself comes to the city of Yukon and admits everything he has done. What prompted him to such an act? And does the reason that prompted Imber to kill, deserve understanding?