First published in 1860, „Brother Jacob” is a short story about deception, imperial venture, and self-interest by George Eliot in which she explores the relationship between the selfish...
Rusty Sabin was born to white parents but brought up by the Cheyenne Indians. Raised by Spotted Antelope and Bitter Root, Rusty, now known as Red Hawk, refuses the compulsory and brutal initiation ...
Losy Henryka von Brühla, doradcy i faworyta króla Augusta III. Brühl jest początkowo skromnym paziem na dworze Augusta II Mocnego. Jednak dzięki swym zdolnościom, pomysłowoś...
W jednym z londyńskich lombardów Andrew Lauriston znajduje zwłoki właściciela przybytku, starego Daniela Multeniusa. Podejrzenia policji od razu kierują się w stronę Lauristona – począ...
By the author of the celebrated „Buffalo Bill” stories. Colonel Prentiss Ingraham was a Colonel in the Confederate Army, a professional military officer throughout the 1860s and a ficti...
Another great Max Brand western, first written in 1921. The story follows a cousin who was taken in by his uncle and his two sons. They make fun of him, and use his size and strength to do the hard...
In Bulldog Drummond, we meet with Captain Hugh Drummond, who lives boringly. Therefore, he places an ad in the newspaper, offering his services in any adventure, regardless of their legality or dan...
Bulldog Drummond At Bay is another story from the famous series of Herman Cyril McNeile. This story is full of mysteries for the reader. Drummond hears cries near his yard, then notices traces of b...
Originally published in 1916, but actually written in 1890, „Bunner Sisters” is a compelling, heartbreaking little novella about two sisters, who have never been apart, struggling to ee...
”Burmese Days” is an early novel by Orwell, in which the future great English writer enters into a kind of literary confrontation with his no less brilliant predecessor, Kipling. The li...
Originally published in 1932, „Burn, Witch, Burn! „ is a classic fantasy/horror and mystery novel by A. Merritt. In it, we meet Dr. Lowell, an eminent neurologist who becomes curious wh...
Elam Harnish is by nature a player to whom his whole life seems to be a game. Skillfully and cynically playing, Harnish makes millions. A successful businessman lives by the laws of the jungle unti...
Na skutek intryg i zawiści Prospero, prawowity książę Mediolanu, zostaje pozbawiony przez swojego brata tronu i wraz z córką Mirandą wyprawiony na morze w łodzi. Trafiają oni na niemal bezlu...
„But w butonierce. Poezje futurystyczne” to tom wierszy Brunona Jasieńskiego z 1921 roku. Stanowi sztandarowe dzieło futuryzmu – awangardowego nurtu zrywającego z tradycyjnym post...
Dated 1928. „By Airship to Ophir”, written by Fenton Ash, tells the story of an airship and two aircraft meander round central Africa picking up an assortment of natives in a search for...
Frederick Merrick White wrote a number of short stories, including By Order of the League. The story of the Order By the Order of the League begins with a cozy room, where there is a cozy atmospher...
Mary’s mother was from New England and her conscience was abnormally active. Her father was from New Jersey, and his conscience, although no one would dare to say that she was flawed, did not...
„Byli i będą” to panorama społeczeństwa polskiego po upadku powstania styczniowego. W tej wielowątkowej powieści poznajemy różne grupy społeczne i środowiska – arystokrację...
Author Hulbert Footner (1879-1944) brought the excitement of the 1920s and 1930s to Madame Storey’s cosmopolitan adventures, moving away from Edwardian and Victorian flavors of the mystery ge...
„Cabbages and Kings” is a 1904 novel made up of interlinked short stories, written by O. Henry and set in a fictitious country. A series of stories which each explore some individual as...