The storyline is centered around a sea voyage. The story’s subtitle is ‟The Chase” and it picks up right away as the authorities try to get back a passenger who apparently owes money to...więcej »
Joseph Smith Fletcher was an English journalist, writer and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He studied law before turning to journalism. This book opens with the first page of his experienc...więcej »
Dr. Thorndike is a physician and lawyer who lectures on medical jurisprudence. He is also a Grade A detective with a first-rate brain and excellent powers of observation, as well as a talent for sc...więcej »
At the center of one of Cooper’s most striking „nautical” novels is the life of the captain of the Dawn ship, full of exciting adventures. Sea brotherhood, battles with pirates, f...więcej »
The idea behind this book is that before going to bed, Yorkshire farmer Mr. Poskitt liked to tell a little story or „nightcap”. Thus, J.S. Fletcher recorded and collected these stories ...więcej »
The events of the novel take place not on the American continent, but in the very heart of Europe. Almost all the characters in the novel are forced in extreme circumstances to reveal themselves in...więcej »
This is a short story about a young English boy whose cousin is kidnapped by a Spanish nobleman. He ends up in Mexico and finds himself on a galley bound for Spain. Francis Drake raids a galley and...więcej »
A suburban train runs over a man lying on the rails. Passengers at the nearest station recognize the famous gem dealer Oscar Brodsky as the deceased. Was it an accident, suicide or murder? In less ...więcej »
This is a historical saga about the fate of three generations of the Littlepage family living in the New World. The novel tells about the people who heroically and bravely mastered the lands of the...więcej »
The novel takes place during the Mexican-American War. All main events take place on the ship. For Rose and her sweet aunt, this journey is meant to be rest, rejuvenation, and an escape from a worl...więcej »
Jacob Herapat, wealthy real estate developer and Member of Parliament. found dead. With a gun at my side. But, it seems, an hour later the coachman brings him home. And what according to his will, ...więcej »
Joseph Smith Fletcher is an English journalist and writer. He wrote over 230 books on a wide variety of topics, both fiction and non-fiction, and was one of the most prolific English mystery writer...więcej »
This book is a collection of short stories about one of Sherlock Holmes’ most prominent rivals: Dr. Thorndyke and Jervis. Doyle’s characters may be better, but Freeman spins a lot of my...więcej »
Dr. John Thorndike is a fictional detective in a series of novels. He is a medical lawyer – a doctor by origin, he turned to the bar and became one of the first, in modern terms, forensic exp...więcej »
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. Se...więcej »
George Orwell’s novel 1984 is one of the best dystopian novels. Winston Smith, male, 39, works for the Ministry of Truth. Smith’s job is to change the facts. If a person objectionable t...więcej »
”Down and out in Paris and London” is a dramatic and at the same time full of Orwell caustic humor autobiographical story of a young English intellectual, who lives in the capitals with...więcej »
Keep the Aspidistra Flying is a bitter, ironic novel. The protagonist is Gordon Comstock, an unrecognized poet, failed writer, forced to work in an advertising agency to earn a living. He has a rea...więcej »
”Burmese Days” is an early novel by Orwell, in which the future great English writer enters into a kind of literary confrontation with his no less brilliant predecessor, Kipling. The li...więcej »
Insurance company agent George „Fatty” Bowling lives with his family in a featureless house among the same featureless houses in the London suburbs. When George wins some money at the r...więcej »