Kate Orme is a young woman whose illusions of marital bliss are shattered when she comes face to face with the dark secret harbored by her fiancé, the wealthy and deceptively ebullient Denis...więcej »
1936. „Sanctuary Island” is a crime novel by the pioneer of detective fiction Edgar Wallace (an adaption by Robert Curtis). Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was born in London, England in ...więcej »
Like most of the later ones even though this one is called „Sanders” it very much stars Lieutenant Augustus „Bones” Tibbetts. Employing his unique style of innocent and ende...więcej »
The book is actually a collection of short stories that are loosely tied together by Sanders himself, his steamship and an unlikely African chief called Bosambo. In the jungles of West Africa, Comm...więcej »
Colonial adventures in a 6 volume collection set on the „Dark Continent”. Sanders and Co. return to Africa (following the events in Bones in London) to bring the old Kings country under...więcej »
These two short works show Austen experimenting with a variety of different literary styles and exploring a range of social classes and settings. Written in the last months of Austen’s life, ...więcej »
Dans le roman «Sans dessus dessous», les membres du Gun Club veulent changer le climat de la planète pour pouvoir accéder aux minéraux stockés sous la glace ...więcej »
The action takes place in Virginia five years before the Civil War. The story shows the impact of slavery on Saphira Colbert, a woman of spirit and common sense who is frighteningly capricious in d...więcej »
This is the coming of age story of a young sculptor named Sarrasine and the choices he will face on his journey towards his destiny. We follow Sarrasine as he travels from France to Italy to search...więcej »
Während Karl Mays dreibändiger Roman „Satan und Ischariot” bei den Lesern ähnlich beliebt ist wie seine Trilogien „Winnetou” und „Old Surehand”, g...więcej »
This novel combines nostalgic autobiographical memories and social philosophy. The author gives a comprehensive view of colonial life and society in the state of New York in the mid-eighteenth cent...więcej »
„Satyry” i „Listy” stanowią odzwierciedlenie problemów, jaki trawiły ówczesną Polskę. Jest to wyrazisty obraz życia XVIII-wiecznej sarmackiej szlachty, z jej w...więcej »
A murder is committed in a seedy nightclub... weird vandalism in a leading fashion salon... are they connected? An exiting page tuner full of intrigue and mystery, „Saul and the Spinster&rdqu...więcej »
B. M. Bower (a woman who actually lived in early 20th century Montana when this story was written) has a good sense of humor and touches on some of the big issues of the West such as water rights a...więcej »
W skromny, zapuszczonym pokoju starej kamienicy przy ul.Chmielnej zostaje dokonany szokujący mord. Ofiara ściska w dłoni zaszyfrowany tekst i połowę 100 dolarowego banknotu. Na miejscu zbrodni ukry...więcej »
This novel, first published in 1922, is a good example of J. S. Fletcher’s complex plots. The story starts with a famous actor gone missing in suspicious circumstances in northern England. Bu...więcej »
The heroes of this story belong to the upper class. About them, in fact, is the story. It begins by introducing us to a couple of girls whose conversations are filled with learned ingenuity, so thi...więcej »
Den Inhalt nachzuerzählen ist fast unmöglich, da sich eine verwirrende Fülle von Neben- und Randhandlungen sowie nach und nach entdeckten Vorgeschichten und Rückblenden auftut. ...więcej »
This is a mysterious story that is full of turns. Young Tom goes from work to the grocery store to find something interesting. Soon he meets an elderly gentleman who is looking for a mill somewhere...więcej »
Rudyard Kipling, acting as a kind of proto-rooted journalist, spoke about aspects of the Royal Navy in World War I that usually do not receive so much attention. In sections on minesweepers, a merc...więcej »