It is amazing, beautiful, and the lines flow like a song. Very characteristic images, living, breathing. You empathize with all the heroes and fiercely despise Iago. This is certainly the highest s...więcej »
The main character, Hugo, hated the river and always kept away from it. After all, the river is a clear evil. From which many people died. Hugo will have to overcome many obstacles in its path. Ove...więcej »
Few people today would recognize the name „Edgar Wallace” but before his death in 1933 he was a literary force to be reckoned with. He was both prolific and popular and his books report...więcej »
In this volume the reader is taken into the depth of the jungle where he meets Bomba in a life replete with thrilling situations. You meet Cody Casson, the old naturalist, and the White Hunters, Ja...więcej »
„There is a man in London – I guess he is still in London, though I have not had news of him in months – he’ll be useful to you, Penn, if you ever need help.” And so b...więcej »
Francis Xavier Gordon was a living legend in the Middle and Far East. The boars called him El Borac, „Swift,” the title earned by his awkward abilities with a gun, a knife and a sword. ...więcej »
In „Black Wind Blowing”, Howard lays it on so thick I half suspected he was trying to do a spoof on the genre. But then, his normal storytelling was always full of bizarre images, hyper...więcej »
”The Councillors of Falconhoe”, the new serial story, written by Mr. Fred. M. White. The story begins in the London club „Mars and Jupiter”, where several diplomats enjoy a ...więcej »
A short but interesting detective story. Dick Martin plans for an early retirement from the police force seeking a quite life. His final job is to bring in Lew Pheeney, wanted in connection with a ...więcej »
Na "Całą Orsinię" składają się wszystkie teksty Ursuli K. Le Guin osadzone w Orsinii: powieść "Malafrena" (1979), trzy piosenki, zbiór opowiadań "Opowieści orsiniańs...więcej »
„The Country Doctor” („Le Médecin de Campagne”), by Honoré de Balzac, belongs to the series known as „Scenes from Country Life”; a part of his grea...więcej »
With „Room 13” in 1924 Edgar Wallace introduced readers to Mr. J. G. Reeder, one of the least glamorous of all fictional detectives. Mr. J. G. Reeder is neither a police detective nor a...więcej »
One of the men is Captain Hugh „Bulldog” Drummond – an officer with a strong desire for adventures. His friend, Peter, who tells this exciting story about a man who fears his life...więcej »
In this final (chronologically) Conan story, Howard demonstrates why he was one of the best adventure writers of all time. In the only novel he ever produced, Howard is able to maintain the blister...więcej »
Best remembered for penning the screenplay for the classic film „King Kong”, author Edgar Wallace was an astoundingly popular luminary in the action-adventure genre in the early twentie...więcej »
Today’s old castle is a mass of ivy-covered picturesque ruins, towering on the seashore and commanding the inner space of one of the most exquisite perspectives in the North. In this elegant ...więcej »
King of Navarra, Ferdinand, with three close associates, vows to spend three years in an unceasing study of scholarly works. In the name of science, the monarch vows to limit himself in sleep and f...więcej »
Second collection of detective fiction concerning Martin Hewitt, a famous private detective whose methods closely resemble those of Sherlock Holmes. The anthology is composed of six short stories, ...więcej »
In „The Three Eyes”, author Maurice Leblanc veers away from the Sherlock Holmes-style mysteries that were long his stock-in-trade and mixes things up by introducing some science fiction...więcej »
„Further Chronicles of Avonlea” is another wonderful collection of charming Avonlea short stories by Lucy Maud Montgomery, ranging from the humorous to melodramatic, and every bit as en...więcej »