The story tells of the discovery of a set of thirty-two golden plaques depicting the organizers and rituals of the occult group, whose member was the biblical Moses. Moses is actually depicted on o...
The story of Staunton and Barstow, who are witnesses of a strange spectacle at a bar in an Austrian village. The aristocrat begins a formidable target training session on some playing cards –...
Georg Ebers was one of the first who decided to popularize Egyptian knowledge through historical novels. So, for example, the Historical novel „Homo sum” is dedicated to the birth of th...
Written in the form of an autobiography, it describes the life of the eponymous narrator Robinson Crusoe. After surviving a terrible shipwreck, Crusoe discovers he is the only human on an island fa...
Mr. Roger Ferrison has just returned to London after several years of living rough in Canada. He takes a small room in the boarding house run by Mrs. Dewar. There he meets the bewitching invalid Fi...
A comic diary about entering life in the Navy. Published in 1918 and written for the Naval Reservist journal „The Broadside” while the author Thorne Smith was in the Navy, it is a serie...
This is another wonderful Christian love story by British writer of popular romance novels Ethel M. Dell. She was a popular 20th century writer who wrote dozens of romance novels and several short ...
With a page-length title promising thrilling adventures in exotic locations, „Captain Singleton” is often viewed as an attempt by Defoe to capitalize upon the success achieved by &bdquo...
Mr. Samuel T. Billingham of New York, recently landed from the great liner anchored a few miles out, walked along the Terrace at Monte Carlo, serene, light-hearted, beatifically content. His yellow...
The silence of the pine woods lay like a brooding cloak about the soul of Bristol McGrath. The black shadows seemed fixed, immovable as the weight of superstition that overhung this forgotten back-...
A good, old-fashioned story that would appeal to any fan of Jane Austen or Bronte. This takes place in St. John, NB. There are enough love interests, mysterious meetings, solemn balls and the neces...
A Tale of the Christ – one of the popular novels written by Lewis Wallace. It is considered „the most influential Christian book of the nineteenth century”. The novel reflects the...
Idealny mąż to taki, który zastając żonę w łóżku z kochankiem, powie: „Wy dokończcie, a ja idę zaparzyć kawę”. Idealny kochanek to taki, który w tej sytuacji potraf...
Poemat dygresyjny o zróżnicowanym charakterze i tematyce. Składa się z dziewięciu pieśni i opiera się na wzorze podróży poetyckiej. Klasyka godna polecenia dla czytelnika w kazdym wie...
Esencja humoru żydowskiego w najczystszej postaci. Zbiór dowcipów i humorystycznych opowiastek cieszących się ogromną popularnością. Dowcipy nie tylko bawią czytelnika, lecz także są ...
„Miarka za miarkę” Williama Szekspira to utwór odwołujący się do wątków biblijnych – skąd autor wywiódł m.in. tytuł – i w ich kontekście przedstawiający...
Opowieść o greckim bohaterze żyjącym w XVIII wieku, ukazanym jako osoba słaba, niezdolna do ponownej walki. Punkt wyjścia stanowił dla Słowackiego żal spowodowany jego niemożnością wzięcia udziału ...
Tristan i Izolda to bohaterowie celtyckiej legendy związanej z opowieściami z cyklu arturiańskiego. Tristan jest siostrzeńcem i wasalem króla Kornwalii, Marka. Władca chce poślubić wł...
Lupin is back after apparently dying in the assault on the hollow needle in the previous novel – but this time, he appears to be a murderer! The mystery, written before the Great War, involve...
Little Kim meets an amazing man, a Tibetan llama, who descended from the mountains to the plains of India in search of a wonderful river. The Lama is kind, modest, but full of knowledge and driven ...