First, there are two seemingly unrelated events: the murder of a constable in pursuit of a diamond thief and the attempt to poison a potter by using arsenic. The connection lies in the presence of ...
St. Petersburg – małe miasteczko nad rzeką Missisipi. To właśnie tam toczy się akcja książki opisującej wymyślne przygody i pomysły Tomka Sawyera. Tomaszem opiekuje się ciotka, z którą...
„Krzysztof Kolumb” to barwna opowieść o pierwszej wyprawie Kolumba w 1492 roku pod banderą korony hiszpańskiej. Izabela Kastylijska, namówiona przez dworzanina Lisa de San...
Powieść o tematyce podróżniczo-przygodowej i fantastycznonaukowej. Rozwój żeglugi parowej i kolei żelaznych pozwolił bohaterom powieści Juliusza Verne’a objechać świat wo...
This was one of several fictional historical works that Doyle wrote during the last five years of the 19th century, as he tried to find something to replace Sherlock Holmes. First published in 1897...
Illustrated edition with original illustrations by Sidney Edward Paget, a famous British illustrator, best known for his illustrations that accompanied Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes st...
„The Dream” by H.G Wells follows the character, Sarnac, who lives a whole other life as Harry Mortimer Smith. Sarnac is at the height of his career as a scientist by discovering new res...
The people of the small town of Tamfield are not used to exciting things happening. When millionaire Raffles Haw moves to town, rumors spread like wildfire about him. When his home is overtaken by ...
Diese Geschichte von den erstaunlichen Abenteuern, die in das Leben eines pensionierten Diamantenhändler kommen, der aus den Minen von Südafrika nach London kommt, ist clever in Handlung ...
Wells’s treatise on education is set in the region of Camford (Cambridge/Oxford), and tells of a visitor who proves that education can save the world from destruction. The story centres aroun...
Sir Richard Hannay, retired mining engineer, lives a comfortable suburban life outside London, but feels old age and stodginess coming on and longs to have his mettle tested again. He gets his chan...
„ The Tenant of Wildfell Hall ” – Gilbert Markham is deeply intrigued by Helen Graham, a beautiful and secretive young widow who has moved into nearby Wildfell Hall with her young...
When the train pulls into Wagontongue, the reader becomes Trueman Rock, returning to town after killing a man six years earlier. Now he returns to find trouble again, but this time his trouble is c...
Sherlock Holmes to jeden z tych bohaterów popkultury, którego nikomu przedstawiać nie trzeba. „Ostatnia ofiara bożka” to jedno z wielu nieautoryzowanych przez Arthura Cona...
The Stolen Stallion by Max Brand is one of the books in the Silvertip series. Wild horses ... evil men! Parade - a magnificent stallion worth twice his weight in cold cash. And many men had set out...
„Krótka rozprawa między trzema osobami, Panem, Wójtem, a Plebanem...” to dialog napisany przez Mikołaja Reja, wydany w Krakowie w 1543 r. Utwór ma charakter publicy...
Vernon Milbourne, orphaned since childhood and haunted by a recurring dream, is friends with the protective lawyer and MP Sir Edward Leithen. An Aegean cruise takes them to the mysterious island of...
Powieść historyczna opowiadająca dzieje masona Józefa Balsamo i jego ucznia Honoriusza Gilberta oraz rodziny Taverney. Tłem historycznym powieści są romanse królów francuskich ...
A true adventure story involving the unlikely hero Dickson McCunn, retired successful businessman and former greengrocer who sets out on a walking holiday in the Scottish Borders. There he meets a ...
Powieść przygodowa Karola Maya rozgrywa się na Dzikim Zachodzie, wśród plemion indiańskich Komanczów i Apaczów. Tytułowy Czarny Mustang to podstępny wódz Komanczó...