7 to 12. A Detective Story

Anna Katharine Green

A tall, elegant middle-aged woman sat in front of a mirror, and the finishing touches of her rich toilet seat young woman were kneeling on the floor next to her. The noted picture, and this is not from belonging to the wealth and splendor observed everywhere, but from the character of two persons who, although of completely different composition, and possibly belong to the two extremes of society, were both remarkable for their strength and individuality of expression, but also the appearance of anxiety and suppressed anxiety that made them both look like the shadows of one deep dark thought

The Lovels of Arden

Mary Elizabeth Braddon

Antonia Thornton is raised to be a religious skeptic by her father, but has doubts after meeting with Oxford Methodists, such as Stobard. Lord Killrush is impressed by her beauty and intelligence and suggests making her his mistress. Dying from consumption, as people did in the old days, Killrush agrees to marry her. Provided that she marries no one.

Sheila McLeod. A Heroine of the Back Blocks

Guy Boothby

It was raining a little before noon, and now, standing on the veranda of my station, looking at the blue lagoon with the edge of a boiling surf, I was lucky not only to have one of the best paintings in the South Pacific, but to clearly smell the sweet aroma of flowers jasmine and wild lime in the jungle that covered the hillside behind me. I went to one end of the veranda and stopped watching a group of local girls who were preparing a tappa at the nearest hut then to the other, and looked into my crowded copra shed and from it to the bare shelves of the large trading room opposite.

Cross Currents

Ladbroke Black

On December 26, 2004, one of the largest earthquakes in human history occurred off the coast of Indonesia, causing a series of powerful tsunamis that hit countries bordering the Indian Ocean. Koh Phi Phi is a beautiful butterfly-shaped island off the coast of Thailand, an island that has long been a favorite destination for tourists. This is a fictional account of this disaster, of what happened, of the tragedies and triumphs of that day.

Kobieta o dwóch nazwiskach

Josef Smith Fletcher

Anglia, początek XX wieku. Marshall Allerdyke dostaje w nocy telegram od kuzyna Jamesa, w którym zostaje poproszony o niezwłoczne spotkanie. Jednak gdy zjawia się na miejscu, zastaje tam martwego kuzyna oraz klamerkę od damskiego pantofla. Właścicielką zguby okazuje się tajemnicza kobieta, która przedstawia się jako panna Lennard. Co łączy ją ze sceną zbrodni? I czy na pewno jest tym, za kogo się podaje? Odkrycie tej tajemnicy okazuje się dużo trudniejsze, niż się z początku wydawało.

The Frogs

Aristophanes

Aristophanes is revered as the father of comedy. He wrote over forty works, of which eleven reached us. Centuries have passed, but the comedies of Aristophanes continue to live. The political events that Aristophanes criticized in his works have long faded into the past, but the author enjoys the inexhaustible comic ingenuity of the author, his wit and ingenious courage with which he derives the funny from everything that he touches.

Najpiękniejsze opowieści dla dzieci. MultiBook

Janusz Korczak

Janusz Korczak, właśc. Henryk Goldszmit (18781942) był polsko-żydowskim lekarzem i pedagogiem, a także pisarzem i działaczem społecznym. Wypracował oryginalny system pracy z dziećmi, oparty na partnerstwie i szacunku. Przyświecające mu idee formułował w postaci opowieści dla dzieci. Na tom składają się następujące utwory: Król Maciuś Pierwszy, Król Maciuś na wyspie bezludnej, Kajtuś czarodziej, Mośki, Joski i Srule, Józki, Jaśki i Franki oraz Bankructwo małego Dżeka.

The Man from Manchester

Dick Donovan

The book, written in the 19 c. by British journalist and author of mystery and horror fiction J. E. Preston Muddock. For a time his detective stories were as popular as those of Arthur Conan Doyle. It is about a married gentleman, first accused of murder of his lover and later acquitted due to brilliant investigation by police in spite of alleged heavy evidence against the gentleman. The real murder, ex-husband of the victim, is pretty evident to the reader.