Gdyby nie kobiety

Urke Nachalnik

Urke Nachalnik to pseudonim literacki przedwojennego autora kryminałów pochodzenia żydowskiego, które właściwe nazwisko brzmiało Icek Boruch Farbarowicz. Za działalność przestępczą trafił na długie lata do więzienia, gdzie z powodzeniem przekuwał znajomość przestępczego półświatka na literaturę. Po wyjściu z więzienia postanowił bliżej związać się z literaturą. Do wybuchu wojny napisał kilka powieści sensacyjno-kryminalnych, m.in. Gdyby nie kobiety.

The Return of the Rancher

Max Brand

Accused, tried, and convicted of robbery and murder that he did not commit, Jim Seton rotted in jail for five long years. Although the townspeople said he was lucky not to hang, that wasnt how Jim saw it. He didnt take kindly to being railroaded. Now he was free and ready. He was an innocent man whod been sent to hell, and he was ready, willing, and able to return the favor. The Return of the Rancher is a classical western excitement at its very best by a master of the genre. Max Brand is one of the most exciting and talented writers working in the Western genre who has been labeled one of the top three Western novelists of all time so western fans will be in for a treat.

Clovelly

Max Brand

One of Max Brands worth reading as an alternative to his western stories. Michael Clovelly might not have been the greatest swordsman ever to come to London town during the reign of the Merry Monarch, Charles the Second, but if a better man ever wielded a blade, he had not yet stepped forth to claim the distinction. Seeking gold with which to elevate his beggarly fortunes, Clovelly chances to encounter a bully, and his fierce sword work brings him to the attention of Lord Teynham, who has need of a resourceful man with a rapier. The commission: to turn highwayman and rob a certain coach. The reasons? They are both murky and mysterious. But they have to do with a certain lady of impeccable character...

The Sea Fairies

L. Frank Baum

Enchanting fantasy novel from creator of beloved Oz stories L. Frank Baum whisks young readers away on an exciting underwater adventure! The Sea Fairies (1911) was designed as the first volume in a new series for children, to replace the Oz books. It was followed by Sky Island in 1912. Trot, the hero of the tales is a girl, like Dorothy in the Oz stories. An old captain, peg-legged Capn Bill taught her to love the sea. The sailor told her that mermaids is fairies, and aint meant to be seen by us mortal folk. One day while out sailing around, the pair is greeted by a beautiful mermaid who extends an invitation for them to come and visit their underwater kingdom and even become mermaids themselves for the adventure. The mermaids are hospitable and introduce them to the ways and other fantastic creatures of the sea. But as they make their way from place to place they must be cautious of the evil, magic sea serpent Zog...

Paul Campenhaye, Specialist in Criminology

J.S. Fletcher

These are great detective stories. Campenhaye solves secrets, at first he tries to understand who ukarl jewels, and then solves the mysterious murder. Every story has the least stress. The most interesting is the ending, it really will be unexpected.

Klechdy polskie

Bolesław Leśmian

Klechdy polskie to zbiór baśni napisanych przez wybitnego poetę Bolesława Leśmiana. Utwory zachwycają już na poziomie języka: stylizowanego na ludową opowieść, pełnego tajemniczości i magicznych opisów. Leśmian sięga głęboko do folkloru, aby wydobyć z niego archetypiczne motywy i symbole, a następnie twórczo je przekształca, osiągając efekt, którym zachwycają się czytelnicy niemal w każdym wieku.

Tiger Eye

B.M. Bower

B.M Bower had a gift for writing Westerns, weaving tales of adventure, intrigue, mystery, and romance often with surprise endings. Her gift for creating engaging, human characters is just as evident in Tiger Eye, a book with a much tougher, more serious plot than some of her early works. The main character, nicknamed Tiger Eye because of his one yellow eye, is a young Texan who has left home to escape being drawn into an old feud. Arriving in Montana, he literally wanders into the middle of a vicious range war between a big cattle outfit and a community of small ranchers and farmers, or nesters. He soon finds himself working for the cattle outfit, but without a very clear idea of whats expected from him.

Eugenie Grandet

Honoré de Balzac

Depicting the fatal clash between material desires and the liberating power of human passions, Honoré de Balzacs Eugénie Grandet (1833) is one of the earliest and most famous novels in his Comedie humaine cycle, which portrays a society consumed by the struggle to amass wealth and achieve power. The Grandet household, oppressed by the exacting miserliness of Grandet himself, is jerked violently out of routine by the sudden arrival of Eugenies cousin Charles, recently orphaned and penniless. Eugenies emotional awakening, stimulated by her love for her cousin, brings her into direct conflict with her father, whose cunning and financial success are matched against her determination to rebel that results in tragedy for all. This classic work of social satire, carnal desire, greed, and obsession is both an exquisitely drawn portrayal of private life and an extraordinary document of post-revolutionary France.