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Carolyn Wells
The steamship Pinnacle leaves New York on its way to Liverpool. Suspicions are raised and cast when a first class passenger, a shrewd oil man, is murdered, his head battered in by blows of the sinister bronze hand, modeled from Rodins original, which the victim had prized as his mascot. The apparent motive is theft of jewelry for his new wife, whom no one can track down, not even knowing if the marriage has happened yet. But, who killed Oily Cox? What part did the bronze hand play in the murder? What was the real motive? Such are the questions which Fleming Stone, enlisted as a disguised passenger on shipboard, sets out to answer in his clever, inimitable manner. So a locked ship mystery and an enjoyable one!
Herbert George Wells
The Brothers A Story. Herbert George Wells was a prolific English writer who wrote in a variety of genres, including the novel, politics, history, and social commentary. Wells returned to a literary genre in which he had always excelled: the satire written in the form of an allegory. In a land torn apart by civil war, Bolaris was fiercely loyal to the Strong Men. So when Number Four informed him that Ratzel, leader of the enemy, had been captured, it was naturally a cause for celebration that was until Bolaris actually met his great opponent? The likeness between Bolaris and Ratzel was so remarkable that Bolaris was left in no doubt that they were related brothers, or perhaps even twins. As sworn enemies, and now as his captor, Bolaris had to work out a way to discover the truth of his identity and do so without sacrificing his loyalty.
The Brothers Hawthorne. Bracia Hawthorneowie. The Inheritance Games. Tom IV
Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Czterej bracia. Dwie trudne misje. Zapierająca dech w piersiach przygoda trwa. Genialna kontynuacja bestsellerowej serii The Inheritance Games. Grayson Hawthorne został wychowany na następcę swojego dziadka, miliardera Tobiasa Hawthornea. Lecz teraz wielki Tobias Hawthorne nie żyje, a jego rodzina została wydziedziczona, jednak lekcje, których udzielił wnukom, nadal procentują. Kiedy przyrodnie siostry Graysona popadają w kłopoty, ich brat zjawia się, żeby zrobić to, w czym jest najlepszy rozwiązać problem skutecznie, precyzyjnie i bezwzględnie. Nie zamierza się przy tym wplątywać w żadne pułapki emocjonalne. Jameson Hawthorne jest nałogowym ryzykantem, poszukiwaczem mocnych wrażeń i hazardzistą uwielbiającym każdą grę. Kiedy ni stąd, ni zowąd zgłasza się do niego ojciec z prośbą o przysługę, Jameson nie umie odmówić sobie podjęcia wyzwania. Będzie musiał zinfiltrować najbardziej ekskluzywny podziemny klub hazardowy w Londynie, do którego należą ludzie bogaci, wpływowi i szlachetnie urodzeni, a przy okazji dokonać rzeczy niemal niemożliwej zwyciężyć w grze o najwyższą stawkę. Na szczęście dla Jamesona Hawthornea niemożliwe nie istnieje. Wciągnięci w ryzykowne rozgrywki na przeciwnych krańcach świata Grayson i Jameson z pomocą pozostałych braci oraz dziewczyny, która odziedziczyła fortunę ich dziadka muszą zgłębić swoje najskrytsze myśli, emocje i pragnienia, by zdecydować, kim chcą być i ile każdy z nich gotów jest poświęcić dla zwycięstwa.
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky
The Brothers Karamazov is a passionate philosophical novel set in 19th century of Russia that enters deeply into the ethical debates of God, free will, and morality. It is a spiritual drama of moral struggles concerning faith, doubt, and reason, set against a modernizing Russia. The plot of the novel revolves around the murder of perhaps one of the most despicable characters ever created, Fyodor Karamazov, and the investigation and trial that follows, which swirl around the role played by his three sons: the impulsive and sensual Dmitri or Mitya, the coldly rational Ivan and the healthy, red-cheeked young novice Alyosha. Dostoyevsky uses a drama of parricide of Shakespearean proportions and family rivalry to examine his own contradictions and struggles between faith and reason, love and hate, duty and abandon. Frequently lurid, nightmarish, always brilliant, the novel plunges the reader into a sordid love triangle, a pathological obsession, and a gripping courtroom drama.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Brothers Karamazov - a novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, a Russian novelist, philosopher and short story writer. Many literary critics rate him as one of the greatest psychological novelists in world literature. Set in 19th-century Russia, The Brothers Karamazov is a passionate philosophical novel that enters deeply into questions of God, free will, and morality. It is a theological drama dealing with problems of faith, doubt and reason in the context of a modernizing Russia, with a plot that revolves around the subject of patricide. Since its publication, it has been acclaimed as one of the supreme achievements in world literature.
Ridgwell Cullum
The story of the difficulties faced by residents in northern Canada. Everybody had a mad desire to get more gold, so the gold rush came. Mysterious guy robbed gold miners. All people are in a panic, all their gold disappears sharply.
Herbert George Wells
The Bulpington of Blup, a 1932 novel by H. G. Wells, is a character study analyzing the psychological sources of resistance to Wellsian ideology, and was influenced by Wellss acquaintance with Carl Gustav Jung and his ideas. Theodore Bulpington is a very ordinary man with a very vivid imagination. Ill at ease with himself, he sees a way to recreate his identity by adding layer upon layer of deception. This he does with such panache that eventually he becomes an impostor, a liar and a cheat. But with so many different masks to hold in place, his carefully woven deception soon spirals out of control and heads towards the chaos of mental torment. The novel is also of interest for its extended analysis of psychological responses to World War I.
The Burning of Rome. A Story of the Days of Nero
Alfred J. Church
Alfred J. Church was a 19th century historian best known for his comprehensive histories on different periods of the Roman Empire, including this one. Vivid story of Rome in the days of Nero, beginning with the burning of the city, seemingly ordered by Nero himself. The narrative revolves around a set of characters who suffer acutely in the cruel persecutions of the Christians, set in motion by Nero after the fire to deflect blame for the conflagration from himself and fasten it on the Christians. Set in pagan Rome, this story outlines the authors conception of what happened immediately before, during, and after the burning of Rome occurred. This authors belief is that it happened exclusively due to Neros perpetuation. While possible, this is not something that is historically established.