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Edgar Wallace
Edgar Wallace was a prolific author of crime, adventure and humorous stories, whose best known creations include The Four Just Men, Sanders of the River, and J. G. Reeder. Although Wallace wrote many stand alone novels it is, perhaps, for his series based material always popular with readers that he remains best known. The Worst Man in the World is an entertaining tale of mystery and intrigue, this volume constitutes a must-read for lovers of crime fiction. Although these experiences are told in story form, they represent the personal narrative of one who served many terms of penal servitude, and were related to the author, who met with this remarkable convict a few days after his last release from prison.
E. Phillips Oppenheim
The mystery by E. Phillips Oppenheim (1866-1946) starts out in the Sierra Nevada mountains, 500 miles from San Francisco, at a gold mining camp. Bryan came to America from England, chasing a man who may have papers which explain Bryans mysterious origins. Enter heroine, the beautiful orphan Myra Mercier who is arriving to the camp where women are not allowed. Murder and mayhem ensue before the pair escapes to San Francisco. Bryan abandons Myra and travels back to England alone, where he takes up residence in the country, near the home of Lady Helen, the ward of Lord Wessemer. Bryan seeks to improve himself, and his status, in order to win the hand of the beautiful, but cold, Lady Helen. Finally, Myra makes her way to England as a actress, and Bryan decide who to wed.
Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne
Conspiracy, murder, smuggling, gold and a raging, merciless sea. All this is an exciting novel by the famous English writer R. L. Stevenson The Wrecker. Two friends, Dodd and Pinkerton, decide to buy a stranded ship at auction, but its price suddenly increases by 500 times. What is hidden behind this?
Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne
Adventure awaits the heroes of the story Absolute Baggage too, but of a completely different kind rather funny than dangerous. The book has a certain charm, which cannot but rejoice. After all, she was read thanks to this rather vividly and with great interest. In the preface and annotation, however, it is said that the novel is full of humor. In principle, this is so, but the humor is quite specific.
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
There are two vampires in this story: the traditional bloodsucker Carmilla and the information vampire Laura. Ever since reading Pride and prejudice, she has suspected that a delicate English rose is a threat to others. A married-up girl living in the wilderness will complicate the life of anyone, whether you are at least a rich bachelor, even an ancient vampire. Information hunger pushes to terrible crimes. Dying from boredom, the girl will turn inside out any guest for the sake of new gossip.
The Year of Sharing - With Audio Level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library
Gilbert, Harry
A level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. This version includes an audio book: listen to the story as you read. Written for Learners of English by Harry Gilbert. Richard is bored with the quiet life of his village. He would like to have a motor-car and drive it . . . very fast. But Richard lives in a future world where there are no cars, only bicycles and small villages and green forests. And now he is twelve years old, and like the other children, he must do his Year of Sharing. He must live alone in the forest with the wild animals. He must learn to share his world; he must learn how animals live and eat and fight . . . and die.
The Year of Sharing Level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library
Gilbert, Harry
A level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library graded readers. Written for Learners of English by Harry Gilbert Richard is bored with the quiet life of his village. He would like to have a motor-car and drive it . . . very fast. But Richard lives in a future world where there are no cars, only bicycles and small villages and green forests. And now he is twelve years old, and like the other children, he must do his Year of Sharing. He must live alone in the forest with the wild animals. He must learn to share his world; he must learn how animals live and eat and fight . . . and die.
Virginia Woolf
The action of the novel Years, one of the most significant works of W. Woolf, takes place over fifty years from the 1880s to the mid 30s of the twentieth century. Victorian traditions are breaking down, cars and planes are appearing, the First World War is covering Europe... All this serves as the backdrop for the family saga the history of the Pargiter family: Colonel Abel Pargiter, his wife, lover, seven children, their wives, husbands, numerous relatives...