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Frank Aubrey, the author of „The Devil Tree of Eldorado,” has ventured again to write a wild and romantic tale of adventure. „A Queen of Atlantis” is the second of his trilogy of novels. This story relates the discovery of a telepathic race living in the Sargasso Sea. A wonderful tale of the mythical continent, told with outstanding imaginative ingenuity, chronicling the adventures of the near-immortal Monella. The reader’s interest is sustained from the start and the experie...

A lot of Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s works contributed to the early growth of the science fiction genre. «A Strange Story» is a mystery novel, which is told from the perspective of Dr. Allan Fenwicke, a rational materialist. He publically debunks the spiritualist beliefs of his fellow physician Dr. Lloyd, and thereby hastens his colleague’s demise. It is an interesting novel with beautiful story full of suspense, thrill, love, drama and unexpected twists.

The incomparable Leonardo da Vinci had great plans for the magic Sphinx Emerald – but though the King of France was his friend, he had also made a bitter enemy. Written by Henry James O’Brien Bedford-Jones (April 29, 1887 – May 6, 1949) who was a Canadian-American historical, adventure fantasy, science fiction, crime and Western writer and who became a naturalized United States citizen in 1908.

Fenton Ash is the first and main pseudonym of UK civil engineer and author Francis Henry Atkins (1847-1927) who was a writer of „pulp fiction”, in particular science fiction aimed at younger readers. He wrote under the pseudonyms Frank Aubrey and Fenton Ash. „All for Adventure” fantasy adventure would suit anyone interested in old fantasy novels for children and young people.

Steel clashed and bugles blared in the Antioch of December 362... and the strange Sphinx Emerald flashed again to potent life. Meet seventh installment of the amazing cycle of tales from a prolific author who is largely forgotten today outside of pulp fandom is Henry James O’Brien Bedford-Jones (1887–1949), better known as just H. Bedford-Jones.

Welcome to the important and meaningful boys’ adventure novel of Francis Henry Atkins which is „The Cadets of the Dolphin”. Aubrey, Frank (pseudonym of Francis Henry Atkins) was a British writer of „pulp fiction”, in particular science fiction aimed at younger readers. Despite his commercial success at the time, little is known about Atkins’ personal life.

Beach is at his best as an action adventure writer. You can feel the chill of the northwest glaciers and shudder at the threats of nature and unscrupulous people. Along with the „man vs. nature” plot, there’s a tender romance off the beaten path.

Father often asked Kirk Anthony to do a real job. But Anthony, despite almost idolizing his strong, successful father, just can’t stop having a good time with his father’s money. He goes to fancy dinners, drives the latest cars, and treats his friends to sumptuous meals. Then a man steps in trying to get away from the law. At dinner, he persuades one of Anthony’s drunken friends to „play a terrible joke on him.”

The royal yacht dropped anchor to the roar of the cannons, and the king went ashore. The city was hung with flags; a thousand whistles sounded. Up the garlanded streets, His Majesty was led between long lines of blue-coated officers, followed by an impatient crowd for miles after miles.

Lorelei Knight’s parents want to get rich on her beauty. They send her to New York to be on a „girl show”. Bob Wharton, the dissolute son of a millionaire, falls in love with a girl. When Lorelei finds out her father is ill and needs money, she marries Bob even though she doesn’t love him. Bob’s father cuts his allowance and Bob is forced to go to work.

Many men were indebted to the trader in Flambeau, and many considered him a friend. The latter never explained why, other than that he did them a favor, and in the North that matters a lot.

Rex Beach is an American writer, playwright, and Olympic water polo champion. Big George was drinking and the little Arctic mining camp was paralyzed. He was central to the North Club.

Almost all old quotes need to be corrected,” Joyce said in a tone that forbids arguing. „For example, the guy who mentioned marriages being made in heaven was definitely wrong. He meant partnerships. The same jobs don’t work for both, no more than you can build a stopwatch in a fraction of a second.

The author wrote an adventure western about a time in the West when most young men who were old enough to ride went to East Texas to join Teddy Roosevelt’s Rough Riders to help during the invasion of Cuba. They will rise to glory and return as heroes.

Mr. William Hyde was released from Deer Lodge Jail by a different person. Of course, these results were balanced by the benefits of three years of corrective discipline at the expense of the state; the ability to talk through stone walls.

Jaragu, a boy from the jungle, was surprised in his life when a giant bird, making a loud buzzing sound, descended on a beach in Central America and froze as if it had been killed, but something similar to a person crawled out of it..

Four cowboys leaned over the barbed-wire fence that marked the dividing line between the Centipede Ranch and their own, gazing mournfully into a summer night that only distant southwestern countries know. The great yellow stars hung thick and low, so low that it seemed as if an outstretched hand might rip them off, and the silent air swept over the thousands of open miles of land lying fresh and fragrant under the velvety darkness.

She was a brave young woman, born in the desert, alone, lost in the suffocating heat of the South Texas desert, with a sore throat from the drought. Elair Austin staggered to a watering hole she knew existed. And with him, she will find Texas Ranger David Lowe. She had no idea that this chance encounter at the only watering hole in fifty square miles of scorched desert would be the beginning of the greatest adventure of her life.

Calvin Gray is a swindler who won immediate sympathy from readers. It’s sleek, stylish, smart and full of life. However, the best thing about him is that he is sincere, noble and always on the right side of the law.

This is a simple and sweet book. A story about a little sister who doesn’t like being teased by her older brother. But one day she starts to notice that it’s just a tease and she doesn’t give him the power to upset her. He gets bored and joins in her fun.

Felix Landau lubił przesiadywać na balkonie okazałej willi i strzelać do przechodzących Żydów. W listach miłosnych do żony szczegółowo opisywał sadystyczne czyny, jakich się dopuścił. Brał też udział w masakrze profesorów lwowskich w nocy z 3 na 4 lipca 1941 we Lwowie.Landau to zbrodniarz nazistowski, który organizował pracę Żydów w Drohobyczu. Na jego łasce był Bruno Schulz, którego nazista zmusił do namalowania w swojej willi obrazów inspirowanych baśniami. Wkrótce to za je...

Feliks Bernatowicz (1786–1836) był polskim powieściopisarzem romantycznym i komediopisarzem. Zaliczał się do współtwórców rozwijającego się w okresie Królestwa Kongresowego nurtu polskiej powieści historycznej. Do tego też gatunku należy „Pojata, córka Lizdejki”, opowiadająca o początkach Litwy i przyjęciu przez nią chrztu. W powieści spotykają się postaci historyczne lub półlegendarne, jak Pojata i jej ojciec kapłan Lizdejko, oraz fikcyjne. Romansowa akcja prowadzi czytelnik...

Powieść Zygmunta Kaczkowskiego „Murdelio” z 1853 roku należy do cyklu „Ostatni z Nieczujów”. Jej akcja rozgrywa się na ziemiach polskich po pierwszym rozbiorze i koncentruje się wokół Ignacego Piotrowicza herbu Murdelio. Był on dziedzicem ogromnej fortuny, jednocześnie jego postać budziła grozę w zabobonnej szlachcie z uwagi na demoniczny i destrukcyjny charakter. Jego historię opowiada główny bohater, a zarazem narrator powieści Marcin Nieczuja. Przez zadziwiający splot okol...

Keep the Aspidistra Flying is a bitter, ironic novel. The protagonist is Gordon Comstock, an unrecognized poet, failed writer, forced to work in an advertising agency to earn a living. He has a real talent for composing slogans, but his work inspires him with disgust, it seems to be a caricature of literary creativity. He despises material values and the vulgarity of the everyday way of life, the symbol of which is the ficus on the window. He blames money for all his failures...