Do you love stories about the untamed days of the Old West? In "Señor Coyote", Frank Pollard, a small-time rancher down on his luck and owing the bank $500, looks to his legendary friend, Slip Liddell, to give him the money before the banker, Foster, forecloses on his ranch. Liddell refuses to pay Foster, even for his friend. Pollard threatens to do something about it, and then the bank is robbed and Foster shot. Will Liddell help when his friend is accused of the crime? "T...

One of Max Brand’s greatest gifts as a storyteller is his ability to create unforgettable, larger-than-life characters. 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. "The Power of Prayer" (1922) is an unusual and vexing Christmas story in which Gerald Kern, gentleman, gunman and fortune-hunter, must make a fateful choice when his ...

The False Rider is one of "Silver Tip" series of pulp Western novels by Max Brand featuring Silvertip, a heroic lone rider who metes out justice to various wrong-doers he runs across in his travels. Arizona Jim Silver finds his reputation endangered when a clever thief of similar appearance appropriates his identity, leaving Jim no choice but to hunt him down. Max Brand’s action-filled stories of adventure and heroism in the American West continue to entertain readers throu...

Najpełniejszy obraz wojny w Wietnamie Brutalna, sugestywna i obiektywna opowieść o jednym z najgłośniejszych konfliktów XX wieku Mało która wojna do dziś budzi tyle kontrowersji i pytań. Mało która cieszyła się takim zainteresowaniem ze strony twórców kultury – artystów, fotografów, piosenkarzy. Dotychczasowe ujęcia wojny w Wietnamie koncentrowały się głównie na amerykańskiej stronie konfliktu. Max Hastings, najpoczytniejszy i wielokrotnie nagradzany ...

Max Brand is an American writer, considered one of the best authors who worked in the Western genre. In total, he wrote about 500 works, of which 300 were in this genre. Silvertip is a western novel about revenge and quest completion. Silvertip wanted to kill a cold-blooded Bandini, but it was a child in a Bandini cloak...The multibook includes the most read novels of the author, such as: «Silvertip», «The Man from Mustang», «Silvertip’s Strike», «Silvertip’s Roundup», «Sil...

In a sinister cabaret the dancing feet of Anthony Hamilton tap out a message of life or death for an uncrowned czar. Anthony Hamilton, head of the U.S. counter-espionage service, flew to Monte Carlo when it was rumored that the Number One secret service agent of Japan, Henri de Graulchier, was planning a coup that would bring on another World War. „"The Case of the Man in the Shroud"” is a novelette by Max Brand, one of the greatest western authors of all time. The plot is ...

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. Max Brand was incredibly prolific and wrote numerous books under his birth name (Frederick Faust) and a variety of pseudonyms. He does it again in the eminently enjoyable novel „A Lucky Dog”. Hagger is a man on the run, a thief and would-be killer. He’s no good on a horse, and feels miserable and out of place in...

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 into the tribe when he is fifteen. But in his twenties, Red Hawk sets out to take his place among white people. Rusty doesn’t know much about the white man’s ways especially a white man like Bill Tenney. A thief Tenney is only interested in one thing – Rusty’s white stallion, cons...

A. od dzieciństwa był dręczony przez koszmary, wizje i napady stanów lękowych. W dorosłym życiu próbuje zagłuszyć swoje lęki przygodnym seksem, narkotykami i antydepresantami. Ale wkrótce okaże się, że tym, co gnębi A. wcale nie jest choroba psychiczna: jego dusza stała się przedmiotem piekielnych rozgrywek. Nad rodziną mężczyzny najwyraźniej ciąży klątwa, która lata temu przyczyniła się do śmierci jego brata i wuja. A. staje przed wyborem – albo zaufa nauce i lekom, starając...

Pamiętajmy, że wszędzie tam, gdzie jest jakiś mur, ludzie próbują go zdobyć albo zza niego uciec. I to nie zmienia się od tysięcy lat. (Boguś Janiszewski „Mury”)_x000D_ _x000D_ Autorzy: Janiszewski i Skorwider specjalizujący się w popularyzowaniu ciekawych i złożonych zagadnień, znani z książek „ Ekonomia”, „Polityka” , „Mózg”, tym razem swój czas i energię poświęcili –murom. Zarówno tym fizycznym jak i metaforycznym._x000D_ _x000D_ Książka o murach? Trzeba wielkiego talent...

Światowej sławy ekspert w dziedzinie wiedzy o sukcesie, Maxim Mankevich, zainspirował już tysiące ludzi i towarzyszył im w drodze rozwoju osobistego. Zna uniwersalne prawa wszechświata i czyni je użytecznymi dla każdego. Ta książka to skarbnica praktycznych narzędzi i terapii dotyczących różnych dziedzin życia: duszy, związków, powołania, pieniędzy, szczęścia, duchowości, świadomości, podświadomości i tworzenia. Poznasz prawa wszechświata i dowiesz się, jak ego sabotuje twoje...

Masz wrażenie, że otaczają cię idioci, którzy sprzysięgli się, by zatruć ci życie? Nie możesz ich zignorować ani przed nimi uciec. Spotykasz ich wszędzie: w sklepie, w pracy, na rodzinnym obiedzie, na imprezie, w urzędzie… Próbujesz nie czytać komentarzy internetowych oszołomów, szerzących w sieci swoje spiskowe teorie i rozpowszechniających fake newsy niczym zarazę. Nieopatrznie włączasz jednak telewizor, a tam… debata sejmowa.Jeśli poraża cię wszechobecna głupota i wciąż za...

W jaki sposób hormony pomagają na stres psychiczny?Jak hormony głodu i sytości wpływają na zachowanie nastolatków?Dlaczego czasem reagujemy złością, choć tego nie chcemy? Hormony silnie wpływają na całe nasze życie, w tym na osobowość. Ich nierównowaga może wywrócić wszystko (dosłownie!) do góry nogami.Centrum dowodzenia hormonami mieści się w samym środku mózgu, zaraz za oczami. To tam znajdują się podwzgórze i przysadka – wielkości odpowie...

Jak każdego lata sześcioro cukierników przyjeżdża na zawody do otoczonej lasami rezydencji Grafton w stanie Vermont. Posiadłość jest planem telewizyjnego show Bake Week, ale też domem rodzinnym słynnej gospodyni programu Betsy Martin. Każdy z uczestników pragnie wygrać tegoroczną edycję konkursu i zrobi wszystko, aby zdobyć Złotą Łyżkę. W kolejnych dniach okazuje się, że Betsy autorka książek kucharskich zwana „babcią Ameryki” , nie jest poczciwą starszą panią, jak sugeruje j...

The Montana Kid, „El Keed” south of the border, slips a marriage noose to join Mateo Rubriz, prince of Mexican outlaws, in a wild cross-border raid. The target: a gold and emerald crown stolen by the governor of Duraya from the church under his protection. In Duraya, Montana and Rubriz have no problem getting into the governor’s fort, even finding the crown. It’s the getting out that nearly undoes them!

Kildare saves the life of a skater who had a car accident. But even though her leg is broken, she cannot walk, and she is trying to sue Kildare for negligence, and Kildare’s entire career and reputation are now based on the correct diagnosis in the courtroom.

Lucky Bill has the reputation of a natural battler, but he is not a cold-blooded killer. Then Bill finds himself on the wrong side of the law when he is accused of a crime he did not commit, and plenty of greenhorns and gringos set their sights on collecting the price on his head. He’s wanted by every tin star in the West and by every greedy gunslinger out for the price they can get for his no-good corpse. But Bill refuses to turn tail and run. Renowned Old West gunslinger Bi...

„Larramee’s Ranch” is another great and entertaining Max Brand novel! This is quite a change of pace for Max Brand. His hero Tom Holden is a bookish young man with a bad leg, no money, and no experience with firearms. When he sets out to make his fortune, he has no real prospects but through a series of bluffs he outwits a killer, faces down a town bully, makes a considerable bundle of money for himself. Then he announces he will marry Alexa Larrame, the beautiful blue-eyed d...

After ten years of wandering, during which he has lived the life of a gambler and learned the ways of devious men, Tom Keene returns home, only to find his father alone and dying. Old John Keene’s sole legacy to his son is a Bible, so with his father’s passing, Tom renounces his selfish, worthless past and sets out to preach to others that the greatest happiness is born of trust in one another. But Tom Keene’s good intentions are about to cost him more than he knows... Tom is...

Another great tale by Frederick Schiller Faust who was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary westerns under the pen name Max Brand! The Kid was a lawman’s worst nightmare. A fearsome gun-for-hire, he was a legend written in blood and carved in the tombstones of the men he killed. But this time he was facing an old enemy from his twisted past – a man who had survived his bullet and lived for vengeance. This story filled with excitement, suspense, g...

Max Brand (Frederick Schiller Faust) is one of the greatest early Western writers who has been labeled „one of the top three Western novelists of all time” and „Speedy’s Bargain” is one of 9 „Speedy” stories that have seen print in various collections. „Speedy’s Bargain” features „Speedy,” Brand’s atypical western man of action who carries no gun and relies on his wits and psychological insights to stop crooks in their tracks. In it, an outlaw holds a family at gunpoint, thre...

Superstar pulpsmith Max Brand was best known for his Westerns, but his historical adventures rank among the best stories he ever wrote. He wrote somewhere around 12 or 13 historical swashbucklers not including the seven Tizzo stories. The complete tales of Tizzo the Firebrand contains the 7 stories. „The Great Betrayal” is one of it. The series is set in early 16th Century Italy. Luigi Falcone had taken in red haired street urchin Tizzo outside of the city of Perugia. Raised ...

A good classic western by Max Brand (Frederick Faust) about the famous outlaw King Bird. The King Bird, a young, reckless and mystery bandit, whose definition of happiness is freedom, the best horse, a wonderful girl, faces difficult choices when he attempts to save an old friend’s runaway daughter from a dangerous gang of robbers. „The King Bird Rides” is a fast moving, exciting, plenty of gun play and adventure. Max Brand’s action-filled stories of adventure and heroism in ...

Accused, tried, and convicted of robbery and murder that he did not commit, Jim Seton rotted in jail for five long years. Although the townspeople said he was lucky not to hang, that wasn’t how Jim saw it. He didn’t take kindly to being railroaded. Now he was free and ready. He was an innocent man who’d been sent to hell, and he was ready, willing, and able to return the favor. „The Return of the Rancher „ is a classical western excitement at its very best by a master of the ...