Lucky Larribee

Max Brand

First published in 1932, Lucky Larribee is another great read by Max Brand. Alfred Larribee likes drinking, not working. He likes gambling, too. Maybe thats what drives him to risk his easy-going life for Sky Blue, the horse of a lifetime. When he first goes after this wild and magnificent animal, he knows about the back shooters. But no one tells him about the Indians... they play for keeps. How safe is this bet? Neatly plotted and briskly told, it illustrates Brands remarkable gift for storytelling. One of the greatest western authors of all time. Max Brand leads the reader on a very authentic tale of the old west the way it was.

Les Misérables

Victor Hugo

One of the best classic novels in world literature. Jean Valjean, Cosette, Gavrosh the names of the heroes of the novel have long become common nouns, the number of its readers for a century and a half since the publication of the book has not been reduced, the novel does not lose popularity. A kaleidoscope of people from all walks of life in French society in the first half of the 19th century, vivid, catchy characters, grotesque and romance, sentimentality and realism, a tense, exciting plot are the main reasons for the success of the Hugo book and they are also the main reasons for the frequent appeal to it of world cinema.

The Great Betrayal

Max Brand

Superstar pulpsmith Max Brand was best known for his Westerns, but his historical adventures rank among the best stories he ever wrote. He wrote somewhere around 12 or 13 historical swashbucklers not including the seven Tizzo stories. The complete tales of Tizzo the Firebrand contains the 7 stories. The Great Betrayal is one of it. The series is set in early 16th Century Italy. Luigi Falcone had taken in red haired street urchin Tizzo outside of the city of Perugia. Raised as page, valet, educated in the classics, taught in the use of weapons, Tizzo leaves to serve Englishman Baron Henry of Montrose. A series of hair raising swashbuckling adventures ensue with dastardly villains, fair women to save, and encounters with Cesare Borgia.

The Son of Julius Caesar

Henry Bedford-Jones

These Sphinx Emerald stories are a veritable Outline of History. The Son of Julius Caesar is the fifth one from the master story tell H. Bedford-Jones! Many of his works were historical fiction/adventures, about knights, pirates, buccaneers, vikings, musketeers, revolutionaries, legionnaires, soldiers, sailors, and assorted adventurers. Here the tragic young Caesarion dominates the scene.

Doktor Jekyll i pan Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson

Nowela z roku 1886, opowiadająca o dziwnych zajściach między doktorem Henrym Jekyllem a tajemniczym Edwardem Hydeem. Bada je londyński prawnik, przyjaciel doktora. Na jaw wychodzi sekret pewnego eliksiru, pod którego wpływem ceniony lekarz staje się uosobieniem zła. Nowela szybko weszła do kultury jako opis podwójnej osobowości, a jej tytuł do języka jako synonim dwulicowości.

Bankructwo małego Dżeka

Janusz Korczak

Książka opublikowana po raz pierwszy w 1924 roku, uczy dzieci gospodarowania budżetem. Trzecioklasista Dżek Fulton marzy o zostaniu kupcem. Aby zbliżyć się do marzeń, podejmuje się prowadzenia szkolnej kooperatywy. Jego wzruszająco poważne podejście wzbudza zainteresowanie innych uczniów, nauczycieli, a nawet doświadczonych kupców. Chłopiec w praktyce poznaje świat ekonomii i zasady przedsiębiorczości.

Mrs. Dalloway

Virginia Woolf

An amazingly soft film adaptation of the novel, it subtly merges the past and present, here and there, because it is the world of feeling, and it is feeling, and not dry logic that determines what is important and what is not, turning the moment into eternity, and a trifle in event.. The author describes only one summer day in the life of the prosperous socialite lady Mrs. Dalloway. A meeting with an old acquaintance, Peter Welsh, her first love, opens the door to the world of memories, complex feelings, secret thoughts, mental anguish, dreams.

Jewels Have a Long Life

Henry Bedford-Jones

Again the strange Sphinx Emerald came to the scene to play its part in the unrolling historic drama. This series about the Sphinx Emerald constitutes, as has been said, a veritable Outline of History or perhaps Highlights of History would be more accurate. For this reason the greatest event in all history could not be left out.