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Anna Katharine Green
A detective story first published in 1911, it is one of the book of Ebenezer Gryce series, Initials Only deals with the case of beautiful young heiress Edith Challoner. She is murdered in the writing room of a luxury hotel while nobody is near her, and no shot is heard and no bullet found in the deadly wound. She is seemingly stabbed to death, yet no one was seen near her. How then was she killed? Among Miss Challoners personal belongings are found letters signed with initials only, O.B. Who is O.B., and what if anything does he have to do with her death? Sweetwater, the investigator, finds out the identity of O.B. pretty soon, but instead of answering the questions the case poses, he only brings up more mysteries.
Innocent. Her Fancy and His Fact
Marie Corelli
This is the story of a young woman from England at the turn of the 20th century who learns the truth about her parents, and this knowledge sets her life on a path she is not ready for and those around her are powerless to stop.
Friedrich Gerstäcker
Der Weltenbummler Gerstäcker, dessen ausgedehnte Reisen ihn durch Nord- und Südamerika führten, gehört zusammen mit Karl Mai zu den populärsten Autoren von Abenteuerromanen seiner Zeit. Friedrich Gerstäcker führte von der Wiege bis zur Bahre ein bewegtes Leben. Als Sohn eines gefeierten Tenors wurde ihm die Reiselust quasi in die Wiege gelegt. Er war ein Erzähler von außerordentlich spannenden und farbenprächtigen Abenteuerromanen, die jedoch stets belehrende Momente in der Landschafts- und Kulturschilderung beinhalten. Inselwelt bestehen aus zwei Bänden. Der erste Band Inselwelt. Indische Skizzen und der zweite Band Inselwelt. Australische Skizzen.
Earl Derr Biggers, Robert Welles Ritchie
Inside the Lines is a drama that developed during the First World War. The story about a business woman who came to New York to visit her department store. She meets an officer in the British signal corps. He escorts her to Paris and advises to quickly complete his business and return to America before the start of the war. But our heroine does the opposite and is in difficult circumstances.
Oscar Wilde
Ceci est une collection des histoires dOscar Wilde. Dans la contribution principale Critique en tant quartiste, nous organisons un dialogue en plusieurs actes entre deux esthetes, dont lun prononce des jugements complets sur toutes les ouvres dart. Lintention principale de Wilde est ici de démontrer pourquoi la critique elle-meme est un processus de création aussi fructueux que, a son avis, un véritable art.
Max Brand
Jimmy Kildare met from the hospital every day and arrived at Tom McGuires lounge on the avenue. He always drank two mugs of beer. But one from the other, there should be a brain at the fingertips all day long, but two beers are not too far between man and themselves, if it has bumps on shoulders, and Jimmy Kildare had.
Max Brand
Jimmy Kildare used to get away from the hospital every afternoon and go over to Tom McGuires saloon on the avenue. He always drank two beers. An interne in the accident room has to have the brains in his fingertips in good order all day long, but two beers dont get very far between a man and himself if he has a bit of head on his shoulders, and Jimmy Kildare had.
Intryga i miłość. Tragedia w pięciu aktach
Fryderyk Schiller
Intryga i miłość to tragedia napisana w 1784 roku przez niemieckiego poetę Friedricha Schillera. Opowiada historię nieszczęśliwej miłości Ferdynanda von Waltera, przedstawiciela arystokracji, oraz jego ukochanej Luizy Miller, będącej biedną mieszczanką. Ponieważ Luiza jest z niższej klasy społecznej, ojciec Ferdynanda postanawia rozdzielić parę. Jednak za spiskowanie przeciwko ukochanej swojego syna spotyka go kara. Utwór przedstawia stosunki społeczne, jakie panowały w ówczesnych Niemczech.