Almuric

Robert E. Howard

The creator of Conan looks to the stars in one of fantasys most enduring science fantasy classics! Robert E. Howards Almuric is a savage planet of crumbling stone ruins and debased, near-human inhabitants. Into this world comes Esau Cairn, Earthman, swordsman, murderer. Only he can overthrow the terrible devils that enslave Almuric, but to do so he must first defeat the inner demons that forced him to abandon Earth.

The Murders at Madlands

Aidan de Brune

Meet the famous Australian author Aidan de Brune and his latest mystery The Murders at Madlands. Eight persons are assembled in the dining room of the palatial home of Sir Rupert Haffervale, Sydneys business magnate. Five of them are his associates, prominent men in the life of the city. The sixth is the star reporter of a big daily. The occasion is the formal handing over of control of a huge trust to Sir Ruperts niece and heiress on her coming of age. At noon, as the knight is about to conduct his niece to the head of the table he falls forward with a bullet through his heart. The fatal shot was undoubtedly fired by someone in the room, yet no report was heard. Who was the murderer?

The Moon Pool

A. Merritt

One of the most gripping fantasies ever written, The Moon Pool embodies all the romanticism and poetic nostalgia characteristic of A. Merritts writings. The plot concerns an advanced race which has developed within the Earths core. Eventually their most intelligent members create an offspring. This created entity encompasses both great good and great evil, but it slowly turns away from its creators and towards evil. The entity is called either the Dweller or the Shining One. A party of archeologists stumble upon this lost subterranean land and must fight to save their own world on the earths surface. With an exciting narrative full of thrilling action sequences, memorable characters, and a fascinating civilization of bizarre wonders, it is a great adventure novel that will thrill fans of classic science fiction.

O żołnierzu tułaczu

Stefan Żeromski

Okres walk republikańskiej armii francuskiej z austriacką. Polski chłop Matus Pulut cieszy się wśród Francuzów prawami wolnego obywatela. Jest ceniony za osobiste męstwo. Po powrocie do ojczyzny, gdzie panuje jeszcze feudalne bezprawie, zostaje potraktowany jako zbieg pańszczyźniany... Utwór O żołnierzu tułaczu związany jest z podróżą Żeromskiego do Szwajcarii. Autor zamieszcza w nim refleksję na temat wojen napoleońskich i czasów rewolucji francuskiej.

Masters of the Wheat-Lands

Harold Bindloss

In the Spartan simplicity on the prairie there were many young Englishmen. They are looking for some elegance of culture or sophistication in the woman they marry. And few of these women are willing to do hard work to help a man. At the heart of the plot is a love story, where the main characters have to prove that they can do anything for their second half.

Happy Pollyooly. The Rich Little Poor Girl

Edgar Jepson

Happy Pollyooly: The Rich Little Poor Girl is a bride story. Jepson continues the story of his twelve year-old heroine, Mary Bride, known as Pollyooly. She is still acting as housekeeper to the Honorable John Ruffin, keeping his rooms spotlessly clean and grilling his bacon to the right turn. John Ruffin gets a windfall that enables him to take a seaside holiday. He takes Pollyooly and her brother along with him. Twice in the course of the story she is called to act the part of Lady Marion Ricksborough, the little peeress whom she so remarkably resembles, and in the second instance is instrumental in effecting a reconciliation between the duke and duchess, Lady Marions father and mother.

Red Eve

H. Rider Haggard

Haggard wrote the story Red Eve in six months. In it, we meet Sir Hugh de Cressi, the son of a merchant who is in love with Eve. She, too, is in love with him, but a traitor knight Sir Edmund Acour is caring for her. He realizes that he cannot conquer her feelings and gives her a potion. The result is that she did marry him. But how long will this potion act? Unlike other stories, where events are developing in Africa, here readers will be able to travel around Europe.

Halsey & Co

H.K. Shackleford

Mr. Barron, a wealthy banker on Broad Street, was sitting in his office when a young newspaperman rushed into his office. It was an ordinary boy who delivered a newspaper every day. The boy came to the banker with urgent news. He claims that two employees behind his back steal money from him. Would he believe a simple guy?