”The Tenants of Malory” is a sensational novel about two warring families, Verney and Fanshaw, and their mixed relationship. Arthur, the nephew of Lord Verney, cannot choose between his feelings for Margaret Fanshaw and in his favor. Through this novel, the author asks the question – How many moral principles are people willing to sacrifice for a brief sense of superiority? It took a few seconds to give Tom the opportunity to explain the scene, the actor and his own resting...

This short story is an excellent representative of the Victorian era Gothic prose. Bright, capacious, in the details and most importantly interesting. An elderly governess decided to share a scary story from her past by the fireplace. When the woman was still young, she went to help her aunt for an ancient old woman who had survived from her mind. It was a little uneasy when Madame Crowley got up from her bed in a crazy outfit, in high heels, with long nails and false eyebr...

This novel takes place in the London parish of Paddington. The story opens with the murder of an old Jewish pawnbroker. Our Scottish hero, Andrew Lauriston, a penniless aspiring writer, has the misfortune of finding the body, and is accused of killing and robbing the old man. But then it’s found the pawnbroker had had in his possession an extraordinary South African diamond worth over eighty-thousand pounds – a diamond that’s now missing. It falls to Melky Rubenstein to unr...

Viner stumbles upon the body of a murdered man whilst just following through his ordinary day routines. Little does he know that this find would make him a key figure in solving a big mystery. Well its soon discovered that the murdered man’s name was Ashton and some important documents were stolen from him, but the true purpose for killing him and his real identity and that of his charge, make for a rather excitingly interesting murder-mystery... Nevertheless, Mr. Fletcher ...

„The Talleyrand Maxim" belongs to the pen of an outstanding British journalist and writer Joseph Smith Fletcher. Linford Pratt is a suave and clever law clerk looking for a chance to better himself. Opportunity knocks when he gets possession of a rich man’s will that would mean the ruin of the present heirs. His thoughts turn to blackmail, since he assumes the wrongful heirs would pay a high price to hang onto their wealth. Pratt’s personal hero is the subtle, wily diplomat...

This novel, first published in 1922, is a good example of J. S. Fletcher’s complex plots. The story starts with a famous actor gone missing in suspicious circumstances in northern England. But other dark deeds soon take our attention. Copplestone, the young dramatist, helping to solve the mystery, found himself suddenly in love; and the solution and his happiness were discovered together. In the search for Oliver, we find ourselves on a wild and lonely coast off the North S...

This is a story of graft and corruption set in one of Fletchers favoured Northern towns. The mayor who is on a clean-up campaign is found dead in his parlour and our hero, his younger cousin, is determined to find out who killed him. Was he eliminated for this reason? There are entanglements involving city officials and his proposed reforms plus jealousy related to relationships. Lots of twists with a surprise murderer. The plot is cleverly centered around the inquest, whic...

Another fast-paced murder mystery by J.S. Fletcher told in the first person. He wrote about 200 books on a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction. He was one of the leading writers of detective fiction in the „Golden Age”. It was first published in 1920, and has just the right stock of truly good characters, balanced by a couple of nasties. A young apprentice solicitor in a rural English town bordering Scotland, is riding his bike through lonely stretches of...

 W ciemnym zwierciadle to wyjątkowa książka w dorobku Josepha Sheridana Le Fanu, jednego z twórców powieści gotyckiej. Motywem przewodnim są najrozmaitsze przykłady zjawisk nadprzyrodzonych, z których każdy stanowi studium przypadku z archiwum doktora Martina Hesseliusa, lekarza i naukowca zajmującego się studiowaniem stanów psychologicznych w kontekście choroby umysłowej. W umysłach pacjentów doktora Hesseliusa naruszona została granica pomiędzy światem realnym i nadprzyrod...

W tym przewodniku Wydawnictwa Vital, dr Mercola ujawnia korzyści zdrowotne, które wynikają z połączenia diety ketogenicznej i dobrze zaplanowanego postu przerywanego. Metoda ta pomoże Ci pozbyć się insulinooporności, uregulować wagę i odzyskać zdrowie.

Fletcher’s understanding of human nature is evident in his writing, where his characters embody every facet of human existence in very well-written prose and dialogue. Mistress Spitfire is a simple account of some of the episodes in the history of Richard Coop, Ghent, and his cousin Mistress Alison French during the Revolution of 1642-1644.

Jacob Herapat, wealthy real estate developer and Member of Parliament. found dead. With a gun at my side. But, it seems, an hour later the coachman brings him home. And what according to his will, what surprises she will open. Several people, including the police, are trying to solve the mystery.

Jak leczyć COVID-19? Jak zadbać o zdrowie i odporność w czasach pandemii? Ta książka, to dogłębna analiza ponad 500 badań naukowych, które pomogą odpowiedzieć na te pytania. Dowiesz się jakie produkty możesz jeść i jaką dietę wybrać, aby wzmocnić swoją odporność. Poznasz inne diety, które wspierają zdrowie i pomagają usunąć skutki chorób przewlekłych, np. cukrzycę. Odkryjesz terapię witaminą D, sposoby na stres i niepokój związany również z pandemią. Wreszcie znajdziesz odpow...

Zasada niedyskryminacji jest jednym z najbardziej aktualnych tematów w prawie pracy w skali globalnej. Celem książki jest ukazanie problematyki dyskryminacji w zatrudnieniu w sposób wielopłaszczyznowy, z uwzględnieniem standardów prawa polskiego, unijnego i międzynarodowego. Monografia oferuje dogłębną analizę dyskryminacji nie tylko z teoretycznego, lecz także praktycznego punktu widzenia, z uwzględnieniem orzecznictwa Sądu Najwyższego, Trybunału Sprawiedliwości Unii Eu...