Смерть Ивана Ильича (Śmierć Iwana Ilicza)

Лев Николаевич Толстой, Lew Nikołajewicz Tołstoj

Всвоем произведении «Смерть Ивана Ильича» Лев Толстой рассказывает историю обыкновенного человека, напороге смерти ощутившего бессмысленность своей жизни. Умирание тела Ивана Ильича обернулось пробуждением его души. О чем думает человек, находясь на полпути в небытие? А что подумают о нем его товарищи, когда его не станет? В чем смысл жизни и что есть смерть? Толстой ставит вопросы, ответы на которые каждый должен найти для себя сам. Это повесть о процессе умирания человека. Наверное, нет более страшной книги, но гений Толстого позволяет не только ощутить ужас неизбежной гибели, но и помогает понять главное 2013 то, что почувствовал главный герой за секунду до смерти.

The Devil-Tree of El Dorado. A Romance of British Guiana

Frank Aubrey

Frank Aubrey was a pseudonym of Francis Henry Atkins (1847-1927), who contributed widely to the pre-science fiction pulp magazines, writing at least three Lost-World novels along with much else. The first and most successful of the three was The Devil Tree of El Dorado: A Romance of British Guiana, which capitalized on the contemporary interest in the Roraima Plateau lying athwart the disputed border between Venezuela and the British colony; Monella, the mysterious giant who leads Europeans to their goal, turns out to be the 2000 year old ex-king of all they now survey, and a kind of Wandering Jew.

Frank Merriwells Son

Burt L. Standish

This is one of the final stories about Frank Merriwell. It would seem that we still may not know about our hero. We already live his life and know enough. However, Burt L. Standish left the most interesting thing at the end. The intriguing development of the plot. Read to the end.

The Road to London

Edgar Wallace

Best remembered for penning the screenplay for the classic film King Kong, author Edgar Wallace was an astoundingly popular luminary in the action-adventure genre in the early twentieth century. Wallace was a very prolific writer despite his sudden death at age 56. In total Wallace is credited with over 170 novels, almost 1,000 short stories, and 18 stage plays. Wallaces works have been turned into well over 100 films. This traditional mystery features a girl with an unusual name, some mysterious tramps, gangsters and villainous members of British upper class. The Road to London is a story packed with intrigue, treachery, assassinations, and machinations, and it highlights Wallaces unmatched skill in setting a pulse-pounding pace. Highly recommended!

The Strange Boarders of Palace Crescent

E. Phillips Oppenheim

Mr. Roger Ferrison has just returned to London after several years of living rough in Canada. He takes a small room in the boarding house run by Mrs. Dewar. There he meets the bewitching invalid Fiona Quayne who rapidly develops a consuming passion for Ferrison. Meanwhile, back at the Boarding House, Colonel Dennett is murdered. One suspects from the very beginning that not all of the boarders at Mrs. Dewars establishment in Palace Crescent are what they appear to be, and Mr. Oppenheim does not attempt to hide for long the existence of some secret and probably criminal bond between Mrs. Dewar and some of her boarders. The sensational theft of a Jewelry collection, missing Indian rubies, and the lackadaisical intervention of Scotland Yard all contribute to the plot.

Captains of Souls

Edgar Wallace

Ambrose Sault finds a quasi-scientific way to insert his soul into another mans body before he is hanged for murder. The murder of Moropulos by Sault is a mystery in motive and deed. Twice a murderer, Sault is nevertheless a commanding figure and an appealing character. He is the center of a tragedy... The novel is long and breezy and a bit confusing, a comedy of manners at some points, a melodrama at others. This story from the most prolific writers of the twentieth century, Edgar Wallace was an immensely popular author, who created exciting thrillers spiced with tales of treacherous crooks and hard-boiled detectives.

The Judgment Books. A Story

E.F. Benson

The poets career is always full of pitfalls and difficulties. On the one hand, there is a danger of gaining popularity too easily, and on the other, the discouraging effect of a lack of audience. Mrs Greenock is in danger. Some of her poems, which from time to time appeared in a local newspaper, attracted a lot of undeserved attention. The book is about high art.

Perfumy Czarnej Damy

Gaston Leroux

Powieść sensacyjna z cyklu przygód uroczego i błyskotliwego reportera-detektywa Józefa Rouletabilla. Jaką zagadkę musi rozwiązać on tym razem? Kim jest tajemnicza Czarna Dama? Zapraszamy do lektury...