One of the most prolific writers of the twentieth century, Edgar Wallace was an immensely popular author, who created exciting thrillers spiced with tales of treacherous crooks and hard-boiled dete...więcej »
Three short stories about the everyday life of besieged Sevastopol a century and a half ago. There are no main characters as such, or rather, each participant, whether an officer or a soldier, at o...więcej »
Rival police detectives Angus Campbell and Patrick O’Rourke find themselves working together to locate the millionaire who disappeared while under their protection on a train bound for Chicag...więcej »
A jungle explorer back home in New York gets kidnapped by a part-Chinese man claiming to be Satan. „Satan” has set up a complicated game of chance, which is played by some of the most w...więcej »
”Seven For A Secret” is the story of a young girl who turns into a compassionate, passionate, loving woman, who is visible through the eyes of a shepherd poet who loves her. Gillian is ...więcej »
One of the most thrilling novel ever, this is a medley of mystery, farce and intrigue an especially fine example of the American mystery play and one of the outstanding dramatic successes of modern...więcej »
If you enjoy a fast moving Western dealing with vengeance and well-deserved payback, you’ll like "The Seven Mile House" by Max Brand. Neatly plotted and briskly told, it illustrates...więcej »
Co się stanie, gdy znudzona życiem, nieco zblazowana żona urzędnika uda się dla kuracji do Zakopanego i spotka tam młodego, przystojnego aktora? Czy tak właśnie zaczyna się sezonowa miłość? Histori...więcej »
Józef Bohdan Dziekoński to polski prozaik okresu romantyzmu. Powieści Dziekońskiego w dużej mierze inspirowane były literaturą Hoffmanna, a skupiały się na sferze duchowych zmagań bohater&oa...więcej »
Karol May powraca na swój ulubiony Dziki Zachód, aby kontynuować opowieść o Old Shatterhandzie. Po raz kolejny spotykamy legendarnego wodza indiańskiego Winnetou i jego lojalnego przy...więcej »
„Sfinks” to powieść, która powstała w pierwszych latach po odzyskaniu przez Polskę niepodległości. Zawiera gorzką krytykę pierwszych lat wolności. Głównymi bohatera...więcej »
Shadows in Zamboula is one of the original stories by Robert E. Howard about Conan the Cimmerian, first published in Weird Tales in November, 1935. Its original title was „The Man-Eaters of Z...więcej »
The plot of Shadows of Ecstasy is based on the fact that the madman decided to destroy Western civilization. The author could easily punish such a madman. However, as in many of his stories, a pers...więcej »
This is a historical fiction book depicting the French colonization of Canada and life in Quebec in the late 1600s. Euclid Auclair is a father and a widower. The little daughter took over the runni...więcej »
M.P. Shiel, who wrote science fiction, mystery, and other genre fiction from the 1890s through 1930s, first established himself as a member of a Decadent movement in England. He was influenced by t...więcej »
It began as a dark crime story. It was Christmas Eve, and most people celebrated except Madge Oranmore. She and the good doctor Wiseman were planning to kill a daughter-in-law and her young child. ...więcej »
She and Allan is a unique story written by Henry Rider Haggard. After all, he unites characters from three different series. Allan is looking for Ayesha in the hope of finding answers about his dea...więcej »
Ayesha is an example of a strong and stately woman. It is a 2000-year-old woman who still looks amazing for her age, rules the tribes in Africa. Despite the unwelcome arrival of the British on her ...więcej »
Ethel Lina White tried to confuse us again. In the story „She Faded into Air” a lot of thinking is needed, there is some logical chain. The main character, Evelyn Cross, disappears in a...więcej »
„It was raining a little before noon, and now, standing on the veranda of my station, looking at the blue lagoon with the edge of a boiling surf, I was lucky not only to have one of the best ...więcej »