By the Light of the Soul

Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

Marys mother was from New England and her conscience was abnormally active. Her father was from New Jersey, and his conscience, although no one would dare to say that she was flawed, did not prevent him from enjoying life in the least.

The Slayer of Souls

Robert W. Chambers

This is a story of political intrigue in which brave US government agents team up with a squad of young ladies with psychic powers to fight the Bolsheviks. This conspiracy was set up to overthrow the Western world.

Отрочество (Lata chłopięce)

Лев Николаевич Толстой, Lew Nikołajewicz Tołstoj

201eОтрочество201d 2013 вторая часть знаменитой псевдо автобиографической трилогии Льва Николаевича Толстого, которая была написана в 1852 2013 1853 годах. В ней читатель вновь встречается с хорошо знакомым семейством Иртеньевых и их окружением 2013 Николенькой, Володей, отцом, учителем Карлом Ивановичем, горничной Натальей и другими. Повесть начинается с переезда Николеньки в Москву после смерти любимой матери. Вместе с главным героем читатель преодолевает сложный путь становления и взросления личности. Главная цель, которую преследовал автор в произведении 2013 показать развитие человека как личности в разные периоды жизни. Отрочество есть переходный период между детством и юностью. Это время неопределенности, неуверенности, новых пугающих открытий, стремительных перемен.

Homage to Catalonia

George Orwell

These are notes on the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1937, in which Orwell took part. The notes consist, as it were, of two parts: the story of an eyewitness participant and an analytical analysis. The author shows the war in an unusual perspective. There is no heroism in it, no clear goal and ideological orientation. Orwell describes in detail the natural benevolence of the Spaniards, their tolerance for dissent, generosity and, at the same time, practicality, monstrous lack of punctuality.

Bratnie dusze

Hanna Cygler

Weronika, Aldona i Miśka dwie malarki i dziennikarka z działu kultury gdańskiej gazety są bliskimi przyjaciółkami i wspierają się w codziennych sprawach. Nagle jednak ich ustabilizowane relacje zaczynają się psuć. Skrywane tajemnice muszą kiedyś wyjść na jaw...

Lost Illusions

Honoré de Balzac

Lost Illusions is a serial novel, written by the French writer, Honoré de Balzac, between 1837 and 1843. It consists of: Two Poets, A Distinguished Provincial at Paris, Eve and David, starting in provincial France, thereafter moving to Paris, and finally returning to the provinces. The story of Lucien Chardon, a young poet from Angouleme who tries desperately to make a name for himself in Paris, is a brilliantly realistic and boldly satirical portrait of provincial manners and aristocratic life. Handsome and ambitious but naive, Lucien is patronized by the beau monde as represented by Madame de Bargeton and her cousin, the formidable Marquise dEspard, only to be duped by them. Denied the social rank he thought would be his, Lucien discards his poetic aspirations and turns to hack journalism; his descent into Parisian low life ultimately leads to his own death.

The Sea Lions. The Lost Sealers

James Fenimore Cooper

This is a gripping maritime story about two whaling ships on a long and cold journey to the shores of Antarctica in search of dangerous goods. Two Sea Lions two ships, two captains, two crews! Will they become enemies or friends in the prickly ice that threatens to crush them all. And only the scarlet blood of whales, majestic animals, mixes with the white waves of the ocean in the silence of snowy cliffs.

Poor Miss Finch

Wilkie Collins

A novel about the fate of a blind girl who dreams of finding happiness. How many difficulties she has to overcome on the path of life! Deception of a loved one, betrayal of loved ones, sudden blindness a series of tragic circumstances that haunt the heroine.