Treasure Island

Robert Louis Stevenson

The most popular pirate story ever written in English, featuring one of literatures most beloved bad guys, Treasure Island has been happily devoured by several generations of boysand girlsand grownups. Its unforgettable characters include: young Jim Hawkins, who finds himself owner of a map to Treasure Island, where the fabled pirate booty is buried; honest Captain Smollett, heroic Dr. Livesey, and the good-hearted but obtuse Squire Trelawney, who help Jim on his quest for the treasure; the frightening Blind Pew, double-dealing Israel Hands, and seemingly mad Ben Gunn, buccaneers of varying shades of menace; and, of course, garrulous, affable, ambiguous Long John Silver, who is one moment a friendly, laughing, one-legged sea-cook...and the next a dangerous pirate leader!

Circumstantial Evidence

Edgar Wallace

Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) was an English crime writer, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and playwright, who wrote 175 novels, 24 plays, and numerous articles in newspapers and journals. One of 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. He was known for the The Four Just Men, the Ringer, and for creating the Green Archer character during his lifetime. Over 160 films have been made of his novels. This volume contains 11 short stories with surprises and twists. Courtroom drama from the master of crime and creator of King Kong!

Die Nilbraut

Georg Ebers

Zwei Mädchen ein Junge. Wer ist der Liebe wert? Ist es möglich, die Liebe des Verrats zu bekommen? Und welchen Preis für den Verrat und Reue bezahlt? Bis zum Ende von Georg Ebers Leser in Spannung hält bis zum Ende leben werden, die von den Mädchen unbekannt ist und glücklich sein und die in den Gewässern des Nils zugrunde gehen wird. Dieser Roman über Liebe und Verrat, Träume und Errungenschaften des Anstands und Gemeinheit.

Jack and Jill. A Village Story

Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott, more famously known for her Little Women series, takes a familiar nursery rhyme and creates a whole novel out of it in one of her last books Jack and Jill: A Village Story. The story follows the lives of two 13-year-old neighbors, Jack and Jill, in the fictional Harmony Village. They go sledding on the first day of the season whereupon their adventurous natures and competitiveness get the better of them. After sledding down a particularly treacherous slope, both are seriously injured. Patience and sweetness of temperament arent Jack and Jills strong suits, and both struggle at times to control their tempers. Luckily they have the influence of their sweet mothers and a group of steadfast friends to show them the virtues of patience and fill their days with the joys of Christmas preparations, a theatrical production and many other imaginative events. As an early forerunner of the tough love philosophy of child rearing, Jack and Jill is indeed an interesting and entertaining read.

Fruits of Culture. A Comedy in Four Acts

Leo Tolstoy

In the morning, men from the Kursk province arrive at the Zvezdintsevs house. Their appearance alarms the valet Fyodor Ivanovich, he tries to send uninvited guests to the courtyard, but the maid Tanya intervenes for the walkers: the peasants are her countrymen, in addition, one of them is the father of the barman Semyon, with whom the girl intends to associate fate. When Tanya finds out that the master refuses to sign an agreement on the sale of land, a cunning plan matures in her head.

Les Trois Yeux

Maurice Leblanc

Ce fut lui, le premier, qui vit la premiere lueur. Un cri lui échappa, tandis que ses deux mains sagitaient frénétiquement en lair. Et, presque aussitôt, comme des étincelles qui crépitent de tous les côtés, dautres cris séparpillerent dans le silence, qui se reforma instantanément, plus lourd et plus épais. Lextraordinaire énigme des trois yeux. Voulez-vous savoir les réponses?

One of my Sons

Anna Katharine Green

A detective story which solves in an exceedingly clever manner the inexplicable death of a prosperous stockbroker and the secret of his life. The readers attention is first caught by a mysterious letter, the key to the situation, and is held to the end by a series of ingenious devices. A dying stockbroker accuses one of his sons of his murder. Can Mr. Gryce and Caleb Sweetwater get to the bottom of the mystery. A young lawyer, who witnesses the murder decides to help. A nice thriller by the grandmother of all mystery writers. Anna Katharine Green was one of the earliest detective fiction writers, and some of her mysteries remain the most popular to be written by an American.

The Hash Knife Outfit

Zane Grey

The sequel to The Drift Fence, featuring the continuing story of Jim Traft and Molly Dunn and introducing Jims sister Glorianna, who finds more than she bargained for in the West. When Gloriana Traft came to Arizona to visit her tenderfoot brother Jim, trouble was rampant in Yellow Jacket. The notorious Hash Knife Outfit of rustlers and gunmen were stealing the ranchers cattle and terrorizing the beautiful valley. Guns would blaze and blood would run hot and red before Goloriana and her brother became true and valiant citizens of the frontier West. Zane Grey paints a pretty picture of the land, the men and women who settled it, and they danger of cowboy life.