Charlie Chan, the first Chinese detective in literature, is modeled after Chang Apana, a real-life police detective in Honolulu. A family originally from Boston, the Winterslips, has some members l...więcej »
A collection of crime fiction short stories featuring Mme. Rosika Storey and her resourceful assistant Bella Brickley. Mme. Storey unravels complex cases with thorough investigation and an understa...więcej »
„The Gringos” recounts the massive clash of cultures that arose when European-American prospectors streamed into California in pursuit of gold and other natural resources. Dade Hunter a...więcej »
Cinq semaines en ballon – l’une des œuvres les plus fascinantes du grand Jules Verne, a déjà connu une grande popularité. L’histoire des aventures dange...więcej »
Le roman parle du navire, dans les cales où commence à brûler la charge de coton. Au début, l’incendie n’est pas détecté explicitement, mais au ...więcej »
In „The Phantom Herd” from 1916 we follow a film director Luck Lindsay who wants to make an authentic western, therefore using the Happy Family boys and some of their friends as actors ...więcej »
A quaint and idyllic English community is rocked to its very core when a dead body of a man is found and foul play is suspected. Did he fall or was he pushed? The inquest records a verdict of death...więcej »
Dans le roman, l’auteur effectue une analyse extremement complexe de la foi, de la volonté et de l’existence en général, et montre ce que la vacuité spiritue...więcej »
This is a solid, basic cowboy story from B. M. Bower, an early work of hers on the standard ranching setting she writes many more times. This is one of her stories. This follows the life of a boy f...więcej »
„Beyond the City” explores the relationships between the residents of three adjoining homes. The cast of characters includes a widowed doctor with two daughters, a retired admiral with ...więcej »
When an elderly man’s body is found on the steps of chambers in the Midde Temple, one of the Inns of Court, it falls to newspaperman Frank Spargo and Detective-Sergeant Rathbury to solve the ...więcej »
„The Feathered Serpent” is a mystery-thriller novel penned by the remarkably prolific Edgar Wallace. A number of people receive threatening cards emblazoned with the device of a feather...więcej »
As well as penning some of the most popular detective fiction, Conan Doyle also wrote thrilling adventure stories. „Rodney Stone” is a combination of both. Nelson, Beau Brummell, Fox an...więcej »
American author Bertha Muzzy Sinclair (1871–1940) was known by her pen name B. M. Bower. She wrote novels and screenplays, mainly about the American Wild West. This is one of her novels. Case...więcej »
En Afrique du Nord, selon le plan des autorités françaises, un projet visant à créer une mer artificielle au Sahara est en préparation. Ils sont déjà...więcej »
Le professeur de minéralogie trouve dans l’ancien manuscrit, acquis accidentellement par lui, contenant la composition du skald islandais du XIIIe siècle Snorri Sturluson «...więcej »
C’est l’un des romans les plus profonds et les plus tragiques. L’auteur a essayé de faire ce que peu de gens avaient auparavant. Le sujet principal était l’&ea...więcej »
After a minimal education in Canada, Footner emigrated to New York in 1898 and worked at a variety of jobs, including an unsuccessful stint as an actor. He turned to journalism and worked for a tim...więcej »
Pour le lecteur moderne, le nom de Pierre Loti est presque oublié, et au tournant des XIX – XX siècles. ses œuvres ont été lues et raffinés esth&egrav...więcej »