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Aesops Fables have been around for two thousand five hundred years. Aesops Fables are loved pretty much everywhere and their morals apply to real life. As a genre fables are close to the artistic atmosphere of fairy tales about animals. Observing the life and characteristics of animals, the fabulist makes a comparison between them and the moral characteristics of men. Aesops Fables may be short, but offer a wise lesson in the end. It is up to us to discover ourselves what is hidden behind the images presented by the author. Aesops Fables needs to be known and read many, many times by everybody from childhood up. These are life values that, when learned early, will be in good stead for a life time
Talbot Mundy
Hulbert Footner (1879 1944) was a Canadian writer of non-fiction and detective fiction. His first published works were travelogues of canoe trips on the Hudson River and in the Northwest Territory along the Peace River, Hay River and Fraser River. He also wrote a series of northwest adventures during the period 1911 through 1920. That is why the novel Jack Chanty is based on his canoe adventures in the great northwest. Also, Footner wrote several other adventure books set in the Canadian northwest after he had relocated to Maryland in 1913.
Afloat and Ashore, or, the Adventures of Miles Wallingford. A Sea Tale
James Fenimore Cooper
In the center of the book is the life of a young man, Miles, who lives in America. He wants to become a sailor like his father. This is an exciting adventure story of the life of a ship captain. Sea brotherhood, battles with pirates, friendship and betrayal, and finally, love that overcomes all obstacles.
Wilkie Collins
When Night Falls is a complex novel. Six fascinating stories, full of mystery and tension, are collected by the author into a single picture, worthy of taking its place among the most exquisite works of classic English literature. The stories consist of formal introductions to each story, including character sketches of the alleged narrators, a fictional portrait painter taking a break from sore eyes, and diary entries of the artists wife.
Edgar Wallace
Again Sanders is a collection of twelve short stories written by Edgar Wallace. The situation appears calm in the colonial area of the Sanders. But dark clouds are gathering on the horizon and the Captain Hamilton and the inexperienced Lieutenant Bones need to pass some exciting adventure before you can enjoy life on the power again. The tales are all loosely connected and center on Lt. Augustus Bones Tibbetts. Part of his famous African novels (Sanders of the River series), this volume is highly recommended for those who have read and enjoyed others in the series, and it would make for a worthy addition to any collection.
Edgar Wallace
Seventeen short stories featuring that master of disguise, Henry Arthur Milton, known as The Ringer. An exiting page-tuner full of intrigue and mystery, Again the Ringer is a must-read for all fans of thrilling crime fiction. Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1875 1932) was a prolific English writer. During his lifetime, he wrote 18 stage plays, 957 short stories, numerous articles in newspapers and journals and over 160 films have been made of his novels. He was an immensely popular author, who created exciting thrillers spiced with tales of treacherous crooks and hard-boiled detectives.
Edgar Wallace
More adventures of Edgar Wallaces most popular characters, Manfred, Gonsalez, Poiccart, & Merrell better known to the underworld as the dreaded Three Just Men dedicated to punishing those whom the law cannot touch, in England, Europe, and America. Again the Three consists of 13 short stories: The Rebus, The Happy Travellers, The Abductor, The Third Coincidence, The Slane Mystery, The Marked Cheque, Mr. Levingrous Daughter, The Share Pusher, The Man Who Sang in Church, The Lady From Brazil, The Typist Who Saw Things, The Mystery of Mr. Drake and The Englishman Konnor.
Zygmunt Krasiński
Agaj-Han. Powieść historyczna wydana w 1833 roku powieść Zygmunta Krasińskiego, jednego z trójcy wieszczów, największych poetów polskiego romantyzmu. Utwór opowiada o losach Maryny Mniszchówny, wywodzącej się z polskiej magnaterii ambitnej arystokratki. Za sprawą małżeństwa z Dymitrem Samozwańcem na kilkanaście dni, jako pierwsza w dziejach Rosji kobieta, została carycą. Rządy małżonków, zapowiadające radykalne reformy, zostały gwałtownie przerwane zamachem stanu.
Anna Katharine Green
Celebrated as one of the most important early female writers of detective fiction, Anna Katherine Green was lauded for her meticulous plotting and attention to detail. In this classic mystery novel, a universally beloved woman Agatha Webb and a household servant are found dead. Would her husband do it for money matters? Or would it be the rich and well-connected Mr. Fredrick, who ran away into the woods? Detective Caleb Sweetwater works to untangle the plot that involves blackmail, family secrets, and murder. Written in the 1890s, Agatha Webb story is chock full of twists and turns, lies, love and honor, and compelling characters acting for good or ill.
Agent policyjny. Z papierów po Hektorze Blau
Kazimierz Laskowski
Agent policyjny Kazimierza Laskowskiego nie jest typowym kryminałem, mimo iż zaczyna się od znalezienia zwłok. Zamordowanym mężczyzną jest słynny warszawskie komisarz policji Hektor Blau. Zwłoki komisarza ubranego w stalową koszulę (kamizelkę kuloodporną) zostają wyłowione z Wisły... Ostatnie sprawy kryminalne prowadzone przez komisarza są rekonstruowane na podstawie znalezionych przypadkiem notatek zabitego policjanta. I tak dowiadujemy się, że komisarz rozpracowywał siatkę fałszerzy pieniędzy, rozwiązywał sprawę kradzieży czterdziestu tysięcy rubli, jak również brał udział w akcji wymierzonej przeciw rewolucjonistom.
Anne Brontë
This story is about a girl whose family has lost everything. Despite his young age, Agnes makes an important decision for himself and his family to go to work as a governess. Those close, at first discouraging a young girl, but understanding her resolve, do not resist her impulse. The work of a governess is not an easy job, Agnes Gray on her way gets acquainted with the life, traditions and way of life of different families. Her students are not always obedient and diligent, so the girl has to put up with various difficulties.
Robert W. Chambers
This book is one of the most popular novels by Robert William Chambers and has been translated into several other languages around the world. No history of the 3rd Zouave or 8th Lancers has ever been written except in this narrative; and historians and veterans alike would look in vain for any record of these two regimentsregiments that could have been, but never were.
Akropolis. Dramat w czterech aktach
Stanisław Wyspiański
Wydarzenia dramatu rozgrywają się w trakcie świąt Wielkiej Nocy w katedrze wawelskiej. Ożywione posągi, dekorujące dotychczas katedrę, wyrażają swoją pewność co do istnienia rezurekcji biologicznej oraz wyższości życia nad śmiercią. Dramat uznawany jest za ideową kontynuację Wesela oraz Wyzwolenia. Łączy polską tradycję z mitologią grecką, która od najmłodszych lat stanowiła fascynację autora.
Honoré de Balzac
Wonderful tale set in the provincial town of Besançon, and focusing on the de Watteville family the fiercely religious and independently wealthy wife, the ineffectual husband, who absents himself, spending his days working his lathe and 19-year-old daughter, Rosalie. She falls in love with the mysterious stranger who took up residence a few yards away from her familys home. Through her maid, herself in love with Savaruss butler, Rosalie intercepts Savaruss letters to Paris and learns why this brilliant man established himself in Besançon and what he proposes to achieve. She hopes to escape from the dull marriage her mother is planning for her and instead ride on Savaruss growing success. Will Rosalie help Savarus succeed or will he unwittingly fail unaware of her selfish machinations? Written in 1842, Albert Savarus is a work of a circumstance at the same time a personal testimony. In correspondence since 1832, lovers in 1834, Balzac and Madame Hanska were promised to be married. But the death of the old is Mr. Hanski was waiting.
Max Brand
This is a story of a wild horse who many said could not be caught or broken, and the man who set out to prove them wrong. Alcatraz is a wild horse and Brand alternates the narrative between the people struggling to hold onto a ranch and the horse as he breaks from a cruel master and learns to survive on the plains. This is one of the great Western novels. Max Brands style of writing is classic western, heroes and villains, good guys and bad guys, wide open country. Max Brand was the pen name of American author Frederick Schiller Faust. Brand was best known for writing Western novels, and many films have been adapted based on his stories.
Aleksander Żabczyński. Jak drogie są wspomnienia
Ryszard Wolański
Aleksander Żabczyński (19001958) był jednym z najpopularniejszych polskich aktorów dwudziestolecia międzywojennego. Rozgłos przyniosły mu role komediowych amantów w spektaklach teatralnych oraz występy w licznych warszawskich teatrzykach i rewiach. Zagrał salonowych uwodzicieli w tak znanych filmach jak Ada, to nie wypada, Jadzia czy Zapomniana melodia, jako piosenkarz wylansował wiele przebojów. W roku 1939 uczestniczył w kampanii wrześniowej, potem walczył jako oficer polskich sił zbrojnych na Zachodzie, m.in. został ranny pod Monte Cassino. W roku 1946 wrócił do Polski, znowu zaczął występować w teatrze. O aktorstwie Aleksandra Żabczyńskiego w czasie pokoju napisano sporo. O czasach wojny i socjalistycznego powojnia czasami mówił i pisał sam, niewiele i wyjątkowo powściągliwie co nie powinno dziwić. Korzystając z niepublikowanych dotąd dokumentów, Ryszard Wolański szczegółowo opisuje całe jego życie.