Fedra. Tragedia w pięciu aktach wierszem

Jean Baptiste Racine

Francuski dramaturg Jean-Baptiste Racine jest uznawany za jednego z najwybitniejszych tragików wszech czasów oraz mistrza w przedstawianiu kobiecej psychiki. Tragedia Fedra, napisana w roku 1677, jest inspirowana grecką mitologią. Opowiada o nieodwzajemnionej miłości tytułowej bohaterki do jej pasierba Hipolita. Ten jednak kocha się w innej kobiecie, potomkini zwaśnionego z nimi rodu. Fedra przedstawiona jest jako kobieta rozdarta i na wpół oszalała z nieszczęśliwej miłości.

Godzina trwogi. Powieść kryminalna

Zenon Różański

Warszawa roku 1938. Szaleniec podpisujący się pseudonimem Ekscentryk rozpoczyna śmiertelną grę z gwiazdą stołecznej policji: komisarzem Grotem. Informuje go o zamiarze podłożenia bomby w pociągu relacji Warszawa Paryż. Podaje dokładną godzinę i lokalizację. Stawia jednak przy tym liczne warunki dotyczące sposobu odnalezienia ładunku. I wydaje się, że znakomicie się przy tym bawi... Słyszałem, że jest pan jednym z najzdolniejszych kryminologów naszej policji i doznaję pewnej emocji na myśl, że wkrótce się spotkamy pisze w liście do komisarza.

The Fifth Queen Crowned

Ford Madox Hueffer

This is three novels bound as one. The wonderful Fifth Queen trilogy by Ford Madox Ford (1873 1939) is about Katharine Howard, the 5th wife of Henry VII which present Katharine Howards arrival at the Court of Henry VIII, her eventual marriage to the king, and her death. Depicting some of the eras most notorious figures, including Thomas Cromwell, Throckmorton, Bloody Mary, and the King himself, Ford makes history both entertaining and undeniably human.

On Liberty

John Stuart Mill

Readers are invited to a book by an outstanding English philosopher, psychologist, sociologist and economist John Stuart Mill, which explores the problem of civil liberty of the individual. According to the author himself, the subject of the work is not the so-called free will, namely civil, or social, freedom, that is, the properties and limits of that power, by the power of which society fully manages individual individuals. In various chapters of the book, Mill discusses the freedom of thought and speech, about individuality as one of the conditions for human well-being, and also about the existing limits of the power of society over an individual.

The Hesitation of Miss Anderson

Sara Jeannette Duncan

Duncan Sara Jeannette has written 22 works of fiction, many with international themes. The main characters have certain freedoms living among the limits of the Empire. The resulting stories combine a sophistication of manner and movement that is reminiscent of Henry James.

The Provincial Lady in Russia

E.M. Delafield

Written in the style of a diary, it tells the story of woman living in 1930s Russia who finds herself toiling on a collective farm, battling with public transport, and generally struggling with life in Soviet Russia. Although the style and humor are slightly different than the others in the series, it manages to be on itself a thoroughly interesting book about one womans experiences in Communist Russia.

Dan Lyons Doom

Mary Fortune

This novel was published as a series in several Australian newspapers. The action takes place on a small Victorian gold mine. This is a story about murder, retribution, guilt and cruel justice.

The Silver Horde

Rex Beach

A former American football star, Boyd Emerson has failed in several businesses. He did all this in order to get the hand of his rich lover, but failure seems to haunt him at every turn. Now he is trying his hand at salmon fishing in Alaska.