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Max Brand (1892-1944) is the best-known pen name of widely acclaimed author Frederick Faust, creator of Destry, Dr. Kildare, an extremely popular fictional character, and other beloved fictional characters. Prolific in many genres he wrote historical novels, detective mysteries, pulp fiction stories and many more. His love for mythology was a constant source of inspiration for his fiction, and it has been speculated that these classical influences accounted in some part for...

An exciting Western tale of a honorable thief who steals from crooks and ends up saving a family from the ruthless and conniving hands of a cousin who is trying to insert himself into their fortunes. There’s lots of action with good characterizations and even some political and philosophical insights that gives the story a depth of being more than just an action yarn. There’s a hired investigator, who saves him repeatedly, at risk to himself, and there is a lovely girl who ...

Frederick Schiller Faust (1892-1944) was an American author best known for his thoughtful Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. Prolific in many genres, he wrote historical novels, detective mysteries, pulp fiction stories and many more. This is one of his work. Three men, each traveling alone, head for the town of Loomis, where they will meet in a violent confrontation that will leave one of them dead by morning. The plot is well constructed with well drawn subsidiary cha...

Carrick Dunmore seemed to be nothing more than a happy-go-lucky cowboy whose main pastimes were drinking and sleeping. He wasn’t the kind of man who could challenge Jim Tankerton, the outlaw chief whose cruel violence terrorized the countryside. But Dunmore had a few tricks to outwit old Jim... One of many recommended westerns by this prolific author. Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 – May 12, 1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literar...

In „Harrigan”, prolific writer Max Brand takes a detour from the dusty trails of the West where his novels were typically set and spins a gripping nautical tale set in Hawaii and upon the open sea. What starts out as a chance meeting between two men turns into a heated race for priceless treasure – and the love of a remarkable woman. Thrown into each other’s path where one has absolute power and the other only his strength and his unconquerable spirit, who will survive and ...

„Fortune’s Christmas” is a short story by Max Brand originally published in December 20, 1924. Brand was an American author best known for his thoughtful Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. Prolific in many genres, he wrote historical novels, detective mysteries, pulp fiction stories and many more. „Fortune’s Christmas” is a Christmas story, told from the perspective of Anthony Hazzard, a miser to end all misers. Anthony Hazzard is money lender to the desparate, a man wi...

No writer captured the excitement, humanity, or adventure of the American West better than Max Brand. And nowhere was Brand’s talent more evident than in this classic short novel. In „The Gold King turns his back”, young Miriam Standard returns to her father’s ranch determined to learn the business, but she discovers she has a lot to learn when she makes the statement that she will marry any man who can bring in Gold King, the wild mustang. „The Gold King Turns His Back” pr...

„The Firebrand” is an adventurous historical romance set in 16th-century Italy. The main character is Tizzo, a master swordsman, known as „Firebrand” because of his flaming red hair and flame-blue eyes. Frederick Schiller Faust (1892-1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. Prolific in many genres he wrote historical novels, detective mysteries, pulp fiction stories and many more. His love for mythol...

Marbleface is a an ex-prize fighter who becomes a fugitive after a failed robbery attempt lands him on the wrong side of the law. He’d almost been middleweight champion of the world, but then his heart went bad. So he trains himself to complete nerve control – he takes up poker as a living – he gets trapped into an escapade from which his victim’s daughter rescues him. With a bum ticker, Marbleface believes his days are numbered and sets out to reform, landing himself in th...

Frederick Schiller Faust penned his finest when he wrote his literary famous Westerns utilizing the pen name Max Brand. „Donnegan Gunman’s Reckoning” has a thoughtful storyline which is enough to hold your interest throughout the book. Solitary, mysterious figure Donnegan is on the run from his past. The last thing he has time for is love. But like all matters of the heart, sometimes emotions bloom when they are least convenient – as they do the first time Donnegan encounte...

This fast-paced story is about a tough rebel named Destry who is sent to prison for years, serving time for a crime he did not commit. Once out, he aims to seek revenge on the 12 jury members who sent him to prison and voted for his incarceration. However, his mission isn’t to kill but to find other unique ways as punishment and to make their lives miserable. Neatly plotted and briskly told, it illustrates Brand’s remarkable gift for storytelling. One of the greatest wester...

He’s an outlaw on the run. Harry Gloster is an accused murderer who, though innocent, is forced to hide. Harry is a heartbeat ahead of the posse. But neither twisted justice nor a gallows rope can stretch across the Rio Grande. Hell-bent for Mexico, Gloster meets up with Joan Daniels and she’s a dream come true. Now he’s got a choice. Kiss the sweetest thing he’s ever seen goodbye... or stay and risk a lynching. One of many recommended westerns by this prolific author. Fred...

It is the continuing saga of Max Brand’s finest heroine, Jack – Jacqueline Boone. Jack is blessed and cursed by the cross of Meilan when she meets Dix Van Dyck. Dix Van Dyck, is being persecuted by an evil sheriff, named Onate. Dix, perhaps too fond of action and excitement, had stayed out of trouble on the strength of his boyish charm and the verdict of „suicide” passed on those who drew their guns on him. Strangely enough, it is Jackie Boone and a beautiful Yaqui Indian g...

Two gunslingers known as Jingo and the Parson form a two-man army in Tower Creek to deal with the dangerous Rankin brothers in a conflict over a dishonest poker game. Wally Rankin, a gambler, is one of the players and because he is losing to Jingo, resorts to marking the cards. Jingo spots the action and accuses Wally Rankin of cheating. In the ensuing gun fight, Wally is shot in both shoulders. Subsequently, the sheriff advices Jingo that Wally’s older brother will probabl...

Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 – May 12, 1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. This is one of his Western fiction. Raised on the tough streets of Old New York, Gregg could beat a man to death with his fists and use a pistol like an artist. Armed with these talents, he headed west to make his fortune, never realizing that herding mustangs was what he’d end up doing. He didn’t know a lot abo...

„Claws Of The Tigress” is an adventurous historical romance set in 16th-century Italy. The main character is Tizzo, a master swordsman, known as „Firebrand” because of his flaming red hair and flame-blue eyes. Max Brand (1892-1944) is the best-known pen name of widely acclaimed author Frederick Faust, creator of Destry, Dr. Kildare, and other beloved fictional characters. Prolific in many genres he wrote historical novels, detective mysteries, pulp fiction stories and many ...

Max Brand (1892-1944) is the best-known pen name of widely acclaimed author Frederick Faust, creator of Destry, Dr. Kildare, and other beloved fictional characters. Orphaned at an early age, Faust studied at the University of California, Berkeley. He became one of the most prolific writers of our time but abandoned writing at age fifty-one to become a war correspondent in World War II, where he was killed while serving in Italy. This is one of his work. The plot is well con...

No writer captured the excitement, humanity, or adventure of the American West better than Max Brand. And nowhere was Brand’s talent more evident than in this classic short novel. Prolific in many genres he wrote historical novels, detective mysteries, pulp fiction stories and many more. In „The three crosses”, a practical joke gets out of hand and turns an earnest cowboy into a hard-riding yahoo. „The Three Crosses,” an ominous prediction leads a cowpuncher to a showdown w...

„The Lightning Warrior” is the name given to the great white wolf that is so swift in attacking its prey. A bounty is offered but no one can catch or kill the animal, that is until Cobalt arrives in the area. When Sylvia Baird, a proud woman determined not to marry Cobalt, a fierce warrior, tells him that she will consent to be his wife only if he brings her the pelt of this elusive white wolf, he succeeds much to her horror, and she must escape with the wolf at her side. M...

Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 – May 12, 1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns. Faust wrote mostly under pen names, but today is primarily known by only one, Max Brand. Others include George Owen Baxter, George Evans, David Manning, John Frederick, Peter Morland, George Challis, and Frederick Frost. This is one of the great Western novels. The plot is well constructed with well drawn subsidiary characters and provides ...

Seattle-born author who worked as a cowhand in California, attended Berkeley, joined then deserted the Canadian Army, and finally settled down to writing full-time. He was incredibly prolific and wrote numerous books under his birth name (Frederick Faust) and a variety of pseudonyms. Today he is best known for his work published as Max Brand. „Red Devil Of The Range” is one of his Western fiction. When young Ever Winton loses the two most important things in his life, his U...

Frederick Schiller Faust was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. This is one of his novels. Enter the Kid who has an eye on Milman’s daughter but also on the life of Milman who he blames for the death of his parents. He saves the Milman cattle because he cannot stand to see innocent cattle killed to make money. In doing so he saves Milman from ruin, wins the girl and forgives Milman. His trek down a narro...

Max Brand, was the pen name of Frederick Schiller Faust. He was a prolific American author best known for his classic western novels. One sheriff and two deputies have already disappeared in the rough-and-tumble mining town of Slosson’s Gulch. The same fate awaits any other man who crosses the cutthroats and thieves who thrive there. Pedro Melendez is a gambler and a drifter, trying his best to put his gunslinging days behind him. But he’ll need all the sharp shooting he ca...

Mocna dawka adrenaliny i wartkiej akcji pod gorącym słońcem Afryki Przed Martą Canavan otwiera się wspaniała ścieżka kariery. Zostaje współwłaścicielką agencji detektywistycznej. Jest pełna energii i zapału, ale kiedy na spotkaniu z informatorem jej wspólniczka zostaje ranna, Marta nie jest w stanie wykonać żadnego ruchu i oskarża siebie, że nie potrafiła pomóc. W tym momencie z afrykańskiego buszu dzwoni jej ojciec i informuje ją, że został postrzelony przez kłusowników...

L’époque du gouvernement de Louis XIII et le cardinal Richelieu. Le machiavélique cardinal Richelieu, toujours au centre des intrigues, apprend que le comte de Moret, qui est aussi fils naturel d’Henri IV, a porté des lettres aux deux reines. Bien plus il est tombé amoureux d’Isabelle de Lautrec! Alors, évidemment le cardinal va agir pour amener toute cette eau à son moulin...

Odważny i inteligenty kurier carski musi przemierzyć całą Rosję, aby ostrzec brata cara przed zemstą buntownika. Po drodze napotyka Tatarów, którzy opanowali Syberię. Sprawa się komplikuje, ale kurierowi z pomocą przychodzą mieszkańcy surowej krainy i piękna Nadia.

Legenda o zbóju Madeju, od którego imienia powstało madejowe łoże tortur, w fabularyzowanej historii z XI wieku. Akcja powieści rozgrywa się w okresie bezkrólewia, panującego po śmierci Mieszka II.

Akcja powieści toczy się w XVII wieku, zaraz po klęsce pod Cecorą. Hanusz Bystry udaje się na poszukiwania ojca, który ginie bez wieści. Podczas wędrówki w jego ręce trafia Oko proroka, cenny diament, który przysparza mu wielu kłopotów.

Podróż na sam kraniec magii Jeśli magia ma gdzieś swój początek, to czy może się nagle skończyć? Amelia dobrze wie, że aby spełniły się wszelkie życzenia, wystarczy poprosić o to starego, dobrego Ojca Gwiazdkę. Ale od pewnego czasu magia, w którą tak gorąco wierzy, zaczyna blaknąć, a sam Święty Mikołaj martwi się już nie tylko realizacją nierealnych marzeń. Smutne elfy, renifery spadające z nieba, złośliwe trolle… Wszystkie te nieszczęścia zwiastują odwołanie świąt. ...

Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 – May 12, 1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. This is one of his novels. Our adventuring hero has just partaken of a poker game where he has seen a man lose heavily. Intrigued, and possessing an adventurous nature, our hero, Loring, is compelled to follow the man. This leads him to a rich family and, of course, a beautiful daughter. Loring barely has time t...

A train passenger is framed for murder, and a young man tries to help a young, newlywed couple but not everything is what is at first seems in this thriller. Whichever side of the law they’re on, the unforgettable characters in this tale will fight for what they believe... and to survive. Frederick Schiller Faust (1892-1944) was an American author best known for his thoughtful Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. Prolific in many genres, he wrote historical novels, detect...

Frederick Schiller Faust (1892-1944) was an American author best known for his thoughtful Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. Prolific in many genres, he wrote historical novels, detective mysteries, pulp fiction stories and many more. In his first western tale, „Above the Law”... Max Brand, villain, the bandit Black Jim, has the books of Scott, Shakespeare, Poe, Byron, Malory at his bunk. Poetic passages are found in practically every Max story. Black Jim loses his hear...

Renowned Western writer Max Brand does it again in the eminently enjoyable short novel „Chip And The Cactus Man „. Packed with enough action and romance to please even the most die-hard fans of the genre, the novel also addresses a wide range of important themes with insight and sensitivity. The plot is well constructed with well drawn subsidiary characters and provides a number of interesting twists. Faust wrote more than 500 novels and over 400 short stories & novella...

The Hale brothers, both successful ranchers, had a disagreement: Ross believed that with a fine education his son Peter would become even more successful than he was himself: Andy believed the opposite. Peter returns from college to his father’s ranch after an accident has left him physically crippled but not without ability or enterprise. Max Brand, was the pen name of Frederick Schiller Faust. He was a prolific American author best known for his classic western novels. Br...

This is a story of a wild horse who many said could not be caught or broken, and the man who set out to prove them wrong. Alcatraz is a wild horse and Brand alternates the narrative between the people struggling to hold onto a ranch and the horse as he breaks from a cruel master and learns to survive on the plains. This is one of the great Western novels. Max Brand’s style of writing is classic western, heroes and villains, good guys and bad guys, wide open country. Max Bra...

Max Brand’s action-filled stories of adventure and heroism in the American West continue to entertain readers throughout the world. „"Chip Traps A Sheriff"” is one of his work. Neatly plotted and briskly told, it illustrates Brand’s remarkable gift for storytelling. One of the greatest western authors of all time. Max Brand leads the reader on a very authentic tale of the old west the way it was. Brand penned over 200 full-length Westerns in his career, including „"Destry R...

"Black Jack" is a grand western adventure story told by a masterful storyteller Max Brand about the son of a murdered bad guy who is raised as a fine gentleman. But, in truth, Terry is the son of the outlaw Black Jack Hollis. The story is about a bet between sister and brother whether genetics is stronger and the child will turn bad like his father or environment shall prove stronger and the child will become an outstanding citizen. As usual, Brand’s West is peopled with ch...

Frederick Schiller Faust (1892-1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. Prolific in many genres he wrote historical novels, detective mysteries, pulp fiction stories and many more. This is one of his work. The plot is well constructed with well drawn subsidiary characters and provides a number of interesting twists. Highly recommended, especially for those who love the Old Western genre. Also Brand w...

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 chores they can’t do. The huge, lumbering outlaw Bull Hunter intends to hunt down and kill the men responsible for his uncle’s death. When he finds out that the ringleader is already behind bars, he devises a clever plot to spring his nemesis in order to dispense his comeuppance,...

Transfuzja ciemności czyli Joseph Conrad piszący w głowie Jacka Dukaja Heart of Darkness Najważniejszy i najodważniejszy projekt literacki roku! Kiedy czytamy w 2017 roku Serce ciemności, czytamy inną książkę niż Brytyjczycy w roku 1899. Te same zdania otwierają w nas inne przeżycia. Inne słowa klucze pasują bowiem do czytelników coraz odleglejszych od świata i kultury oryginału. Wszystko trzeba zmienić, aby najważniejsze – przeżycie zadane przez autora – pozost...

«Les Quarante-cinq» est le troisième tome de la trilogie des Guerres de Religion d’Alexandre Dumas. La période historique décrite est fascinante, style du romancier est comme toujours intrigant, Dumas veut tout décrire et tout montrer. Henri III est le roi treize ans après le bain de sang de la Saint-Barthélemy en une triste année de 1585. Il est le roi dans une France plus que jamais écartelée par les conflits religieux. Le destin de la France tient parfois à un fil capric...

«Han d’islande» est un roman fantastique de Victor Hugo ou mêlent gothique et romantisme, le roman se ménage une place confortable. Caveaux funéraires, apprentis savants disséquant les morts, géant sanguinaire se jouant de la justice des hommes, ours polaire domestiqué... et Han, qui vit avec un ours et qui boit du sang humain. Un monstre, une révolte populaire, une ligne d’amours. Ce roman se semble d’être plein d’inattendus!

Ah! Dumas, Alexandre Dumas, le père d’histoires exellentes! Cette fois-ci, il nous transporte en Hollande au XVIIème siècle, le siècle que l’on sait être là-bas, celui de la tulipomanie, sorte de frénésie spectaculaire autour d’un type floral du Proche-Orient récemment introduit dans le nord-ouest de l’Europe, la tulipe. C’est mielleux, mais ce côté suranné du romantisme qui allie le sang, l’honneur, la justice à grande échelle et l’amour le plus ras-des-pâquerettes....

Faites la connaissance: la grenouille mademoiselle Camargo, la tortue Gazelle, les singes Jacques I et Jacques II, l’ours Tom et la chatte Michette. L’histoire, qui se semble comme le conte pour les enfants, est le récit humoristique s’adresse plutôt aux. Ces bêtes sont le jouet de leurs passions bien humaines et les victimes de la cruauté et de la bêtise des hommes. Outre les péripéties rocambolesques, les drôles événements, ici il y a une ironie mordante, qui vise une cla...

La «Dame de Monsoreau» est la suite à «La Reine Margot». C’est la fin du XVI siècle. Nous avons la possibilité de déguster la vie des rois et reines des siècles précédents, la vie ces gentilshommes célébrés par leur bravoure. L’histoire d’amour, bien qu’agréable à suivre, est sans grande originalité, mais elle est soutenue par une intrigue historique particulièrement réussie et passionnante. En meme temps nous côtoyons le règne du roi Henri III, sa vie, sa cour, ses faibles...

Dans ce roman Dumas réussit là à développer franchement les relations humaines et le thème de la trahison pour aborder regrets, détermination et autres hantises de l’esprit humain. À grands coups de trésors, de secrets et de machinations, il nous conduit au gré des soubresauts du destin d’Edmond Dantès! La magie et la dissimulation, la tromperie, l’art du déguisement et les faux-semblants, et... la vengeance. Est-elle juste et facile à vivre une fois accomplie?...

«Le Vicomte de Bragelonne» est le dernier volume de la trilogie des trois mousquetaires. Véritablement c’est un des meilleurs, le plus vibrants et le plus émouvants romans de Dumas. L’ atmosphère est plus sombre que dans le premier volume de la série. Les amis ne sont pas dans le même camp, els mettent des bâtons dans les roues l’un l’autre. Mais, aucun des personnages n’est vraiment bon, aucun n’est totalement mauvais. Chacun lutte pour ses ambitions, et essaie de placer s...

Le roman «Le chevalier de maison rouge» fait partie d’une série des romans d’Aleksandre Dumas de la Révolution française. L’histoire, aventures, beaux ou mauvais sentiments, nobles hommes ou immondes humains nous entraînent dans la France de la terreur. La description d’une terrible époque, quand Louis XVI a été guillotiné, Le Tribunal révolutionnaire institué et Marie-Antoinette, enfermée au temple, attend son procès. Et enfin le mystérieux Chevalier de Maison-Rouge, qui a...

Un exellent roman où se mêlent l’aventure et l’amour. Il nous plonge dans l’époque de la guerre entre les princes héritiers de la couronne de France après la mort de Louis XIV. Raoul d’Harmental est un jeune homme qui va faire partie d’une conspiration dans laquelle il devra enlever le régent Philippe d’Orléans. Utilisant un capitaine un peu particulier Roquefinette, d’Harmental se rendra vite compte que comploter contre le pouvoir n’est pas sans difficulté... surtout lorsq...

«Le Capitaine Paul» est un des premiers livres d’Alexandre Dumas, qui nous montre, que l’auteur est un grand écrivain et même à ses débuts. On peut voir son talent avec ses intrigues et sa passion de l’aventure. Cette fois-ci, il raconte de l’abordage, du prisonnier Lusignan et du capitaine de bateau Paul, qui écoute sa histoire. Il découvre après plusieurs années la vérité de ses parents...

«Vingt ans après» c’est imposant volume et une suite du premier opus «Les trois mousquetaires» et le dernier chapitre de cette grande fresque littéraire est «Le vicomte de Bragelonne». Vingt ans ont passé et les temps ont bien changé. Paris est secoué par les soubresauts de la Fronde. Si D’Artagnan parvient à retrouver et à rallier ses quatre amis, nul doute que la Fronde entière sera forcée de plier le genou devant eux...

«Les trois mousquetaires» considéré comme chef-d’œuvre d’Alexandre Dumas et en même temps c’est un des livres les plus connu dans le monde entier. Pouvez-vous trouver quelqu’un, qui ne sait pas les noms des trois gentilshommes mousquetaires Athos, Porthos, Aramis et de jeune garçon d’Artagnan? Le nom du Cardinal de Richelieu? Cette histoire est le mélange de l’intrigue politique, de l’amour et du grand courage, que nous prend immédiatement.

«Les Compagnons de Jehu» est la suite des «Blancs et les Bleus» et précède «Le Chevalier de Saint-Hermine». Comme toujours, quand on ouvre un livre, que est écrit par Dumas, on ne peut pas s’arrêter. L’histoire nous prend immédiatement, le narrateur nous raconte les subtilités historiques. Ici on retrouve tous les thèmes, des gens d’honneur, que ce soit Roland de Montrevel, aide de camp de Bonaparte pas encore Napoléon 1er, ou Charles de Saint-Hermine, chef des compagnons d...

C’est un exellent petit roman, qui n‘est pas moins intéressant, que ses grands frères. Un recit intrigant des nombreuses histoires. Un personnage principal, Gabriel Lambert, par moyens malhonnêtes a tenté de s’élever au-dessus de sa condition. Qui est Gabriel Lambert? A-t-il réellement fait partie de la bonne société parisienne? Comment est-il passé de la Chaussée-d’Antin au bagne? On se laisse emporter par un conduit psychologique très instable de ce personnage, on le voit...

« Le soir même de notre arrivée à Naples, nous courûmes sur le port, Jadin et moi, pour nous informer si par hasard quelque bâtiment, soit à vapeur, soit à voiles, ne partait pas le lendemain pour la Sicile. Comme il n’est pas dans les habitudes ordinaires des voyageurs d’aller à Naples pour y rester quelques heures seulement, disons un mot des circonstances qui nous forçaient de hâter notre départ...»

Il semble que tout le monde connaît cette belle histoire d’amour, dans ce monde de brutes. Marguerite était séduisante, capricieuse et jeune, arborant ses camélias; Armand Duval, un homme avec un statut élevé, il ne devait s’éprendre d’une de demi-mondaines. L’amour entre Armand, le bourgeois, et Marguerite, la courtisane, s’exprime et tire son essence de toutes ces confrontations: le vice et la vertu, la luxure et l’amour, le plaisir et le devoir, la jeunesse et la vieille...

L’année 1810. Sur l’Ile île Maurice (France), il y a une bataille entre les Français qui la possèdent et les Anglais qui la convoitent. Commencé sur mer, le conflit se poursuit sur terre où, suite à un débarquement massif, les Anglais finiront par l’emporter. C’est la conquête aux colonies! Une île, des bateaux, des batailles, la vie des différentes castes dans les colonies; préjugés, esclavage, révolte... Georges est un passionant roman et en effet étonnamment!...

«L’histoire que nous avons lu, c’est Nodier qui me l’a racontée.” Charles Nodier, quand il sentait sa fin, a raconté cette histoire à Dumas et il la publie. Cette histoire est très travaillée et est truffée de références. Ce récit est plein de contes fantastiques et tableaux effrayantes de cette période historique où la folie et le réel parviennent à se confondre.

«C’était une nature de Dieu, incapable d’aimer un être qu’il n’aurait point créé lui-même. Aussi, seul et triste au milieu de la foule pour laquelle il n’avait pas de regards, ou n’avait que des regards distraits, il payait cher l’ambition de ses désirs. Comme le Seigneur avant la création du monde, il s’ennuyait. Ce jour-là, Jacques Mérey était assez content de la manière dont se comportait dans la cornue la dissolution d’un certain sel dont il étudiait les plus heureuses ...

Gloire à Dieu, gloire à la France! En cet heureux jour de la Saint-Barthélemy Marguerite de Valois, qui est la soeur de sa Majesté Charles IX, a épousé en justes noces Henri de Navarre, qui est prince des huguenots français. Alors, est-ce que les batailles entre catholiques et protestants viennent de prendre fin? C’est l’heure est aux réjouissances, à la fraternisation, au bon vin coulant à flots dans les auberges de la capitale! Mais quelques sombres événements dans les ru...

Jest lipiec. Świeżo po przeprowadzce do nowego domu, znudzony, dziesięcioletni Marcel rysuje na kartce bloku rysunkowego wymyślonego kumpla. Dopiero co przeglądał encyklopedię dla dzieci i nie miał się z kim podzielić wrażeniami po przeczytaniu informacji na temat egipskich piramid. Bardzo go zaintrygowały i przepełniły swoją tajemniczością. Poczuł ogromną chęć zobaczenia ich na własne oczy i rozwiązać największą zagadkę tysiącleci - Co tak na prawdę w sobie kryją?&nbs...

Georgianna Stockwell, a free-spirited young woman from the East, moves to the wilds of the Tonto Basin in Arizona and she creates a violent culture clash. She has been sent there by her parents and doctor for a change of scenery. It seems Georgianna had gotten herself lung problems due to all of her dancing and gadding about. Fortunately, her sister, Mary Stockwell is on the scene ready to take care of her younger sister and to show her how life should really be lived. But ...

Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that presented an idealized image of the American frontier, including the novel Riders of the Purple Sage, his best selling book. This is one of his stories. The story revolves around Lucy Bostil, a stable owner’s daughter who one day happens upon an unconscious Lin Slone. He never wants anything more than the wild stallion he calls Wildfire. When h...

A novel of honor lost, redemption found, and rip-roaring wild adventure from the original master of the American Western. Falsely accused of murdering Allen Neece, cowboy Brazos Keene had narrowly escaped a lynch mob. With his name at last cleared, Keene discovered that Neece’s twin sisters had being forced off their ranch after the death of their brother, something that honorable cowboy Brazos Keene couldn’t allow to happen. Brazos made a pledge to track down their brother...

Imagine if Romeo and Juliet were set among the sheep ranching families of Arizona. Add in a heavy dash of frontier action and adventure, and that neatly sums up the plot of Zane Grey’s „To the Last Man”, which follows a blossoming romance among members of feuding clans in the vast open plains of the Wild West. „To the Last Man” is the story of Arizona’s Pleasant Valley War, one of the most legendary conflicts of the Old West. Son of a cattleman, Jean Isbel tests family loya...

From one of the bestselling western novelists of all time, comes another classic story. It is the story of Terrill Lambert, a young girl who disguises herself as a boy, at first to please her father’s dream for a son and second to protect herself in wild west Texas when her father is murdered. Young Terrill Lambeth could ride and shoot with the best men of the south. When her widowed father parks a caravan and drives towards Texas, she gets the chance to test her skills and...

Over 30 million Zane Grey paperbacks sold since 1954. Lucy Watson has finally escaped from the town where she grew up. She takes a job as a state welfare worker and travels to distant Cedar Ridge to help „primitive” backwoods families improve their lives. She quickly overcomes their fears, and achieves popularity by the practical results of her work. From the grandeur of the old forests, loomed over by the immense Rim Rock, to the love of the children whose lives she can ma...

This is an early novel by the phenomenally successful author of frontier, western and sports stories, the novel is the second in a trilogy. It deals with historical characters and incidents in the Ohio Valley in the late 18th century, especially with the foundation of Gnaddenhutten, a missionary village intended to bring Christianity to the Indians of Ohio, despite the violent opposition of both Indians and white renegades. The story deals with the attempt by Moravian Churc...

Zane Grey’s big Australian novel. American cowboy, Stirling Haselton, taking the blame for a shooting committed by a friend, is exiled to Australia and with one loyal follower, joins a party of ranchers and drovers making the long wilderness journey to the Elaberleys. Through the eyes of two cowboys, Australia comes alive for the reader – the flora, the fauna, the heat, the dust, the water, or lack there of, the strange and the exotic are all displayed. There are rustlers, ...

„Wanderer of the Wasteland”, Zane Grey’s 1923 novel of two brothers, one an honest cowpoke, the other a gambler. Adam Larey was betrayed by his older brother, Guerd, a gambler and wastrel, so he ran away to a mining town. Guerd, in the company of a vicious and unscrupulous sheriff, tracked him down, and in a confrontation, Adam shot his brother and assaulted the sheriff. A distraught Adam, believing he has killed his own brother. Adam seeks refuge in the desert, where life ...

This is a classic story of the Wild West, a story of reinvention, of justice, of right makes might. Panhandle Smith develops a wild free life as a cowboy until homesickness and a longing for his childhood sweetheart, Lucy, leads him to find them moved to Marco, a town in New Mexico. His childhood enemy Dick Hardman is ensconced there with his grasping father and their power seems invincible. Smith has a plan. Fighting down his past as a gunman, he prepared to start a new li...

Here is the great romance of the American Indian, revealing in the swift march of its events the tragedy and the glory of a whole race, and the true essence of the West, as only Zane Grey can express it. It tells the story of the love between Nophaie, a young Native American (or American Indian) man and his love for and with a woman by the name of Marian Warner. Also Indian warrior Nophaie strives to maintain ancient and honorable customs among his people in the face of abu...