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 ...

He was smiling continually, with such an air of removal above the concerns of ordinary mortals, with such an upward lifting of the head, that his fellows in the boat had called him, from the first day of labor and thirst, „The Saint.” This novelette filled with excitement, suspense, good guys and bad, and plot twists aplenty! Brand is a masterful story teller, slowly revealing his main characters’ unique idiosyncrasies, strengths and weaknesses that make them both human and a...

An exciting saga of danger, adventure, and romance on the Western frontier. Bill Lancaster was a dangerous man that no one dared mess with. He was fast with a gun, deadly with his fists, and a bully who never let you forget who was tougher. Young Dan Cadigan however refused to be pushed. Mistaken for a quiet weakling, no one expected him to stand up to Bill Lancaster. Fighting him with his fists he made Lancaster realize that someone was tougher than he was. Desperate he used...

The stories, united under the name „Through Russia”, were originally printed by M. Gorky in various periodicals and collections. In the series of short stories „In Russia”. M. Gorky refers to the image of the „past in order to illuminate the paths to the future.” The writer reflected the harsh truth of the life of „little great people”, life-giving and decorating the earth with their labor.

Biblijna opowieść o słabeuszu, który pokonał olbrzyma, bo zaufał Bogu, znana jest wszystkim. Lucado opowiada jednak o walce Dawida z Goliatem, która toczy się nie przed tysiącami lat, lecz w naszym życiu. Każdy z nas staje wobec przeciwności, które wydają się nie do pokonania. Bywa, że jesteśmy poddawani próbie, której inni, silniejsi i wspanialsi od nas, nie zdołali przejść. Lucado stawia za wzór Dawida i przekonuje, by się nie poddawać, by walczyć, nawet wtedy, gdy ja...

Przygoda dwójki bohaterów, których wyprawa przez krainę z bloków doprowadza w sam środek konfliktu. Tylko oni mogą uratować świat.Podróż w nieznane to dość przerażająca perspektywa, ale Guy i Summer razem mogą wszystko. Niczego się nie boją. Dwójka rozbitków rusza przez niesamowity świat zbudowany z bloków, szukając drogi do domu. Pokonują zamarznięte pustkowia i suche pustynie i wreszcie docierają do wioski. Jej mieszkańcy witają przybyszów przyjaźnieGuy i Summer osiedl...

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...

Co ewolucja naszego mózgu może nam powiedzieć o przyszłości sztucznej inteligencji? Od kilku lat jesteśmy świadkami niesamowitego rozwoju i ekspansji sztucznej inteligencji w kolejnych dziedzinach naszego życia. A jednak wciąż pozostają obszary, w których AI znacząco przegrywa z ludzkim mózgiem. Jak to możliwe, że AI może pokonać arcymistrza w szachach, ale nie potrafi skutecznie załadować zmywarki? Jak pokazuje Max Bennett, znalezienie odpowiedzi na to pytanie wymaga za...

Rozpoznawalny prezenter radiowy i telewizyjny wyrusza do Indii, by zanurzyć się w najgłębszych zakamarkach samego siebie. Jego związek z dziewczyną właśnie się rozpada, a on sam potrzebuje spojrzeć na wszystko z dystansu. Na miejscu przygląda się młodym turystom z Europy, którzy w dalekim kraju szukają duchowego oświecenia, ale i zwyczajnego zapomnienia w taniej rozrywce i narkotykach. Mężczyzna postanawia w końcu wnikliwie spojrzeć na własne życie i rozliczyć się z przeszłoś...

At 30, Bill Naylor had spent half his life behind bars. Free again, and while looking for a new job, he saves a man from drowning. For Bill Naylor, there are all the others in the world, when it comes to being an outlaw, and there is Barry Christian. For Bill, Christian is the best, and the two wind up together, so Bill is all too ready to do the toughest thing that Christian has to throw his way. It involves killing Silvertip. It is Naylor’s chance to prove himself, and he...

In his last evil plan, the dying Steve Wycombe wills his land, stock, and cash to his three worst enemies, Morris Delgas, Harry Rutherford, and Jim Silver, with the knowledge that sooner or later there would be violence over the inheritance. He actually dictates his will while dying from being shot in the stomach. He makes them, one honest man and two crooked, run his ranch. He knows that it is only a matter of time before they come to blows, but that is exactly what he wan...

If you enjoy a fast moving Western dealing with vengeance and well-deserved payback, you’ll like "The Rangeland Avenger" by Max Brand. When Riley Sinclair heads into the town of Sour Creek to seek vengeance for the death of his brother, he doesn’t expect any trouble given his reputation and his skills with a gun. He is not prepared for Cold Feet, however, a man locally known for his abject lack of courage and his non existent fighting skills. A soft spoken but ruthless gunm...

The story of young, hardworking rancher John Saxon who suffers abuse from the mean-spirited Bob Witherell. With a great show of self-discipline and character, Saxon gains skill as a gunsman, and takes down Witherell in a duel ... but Witherell is not ordinary bully, he is also the brother of the notorious outlaw, The Solitaire, of national repute and a "list of dead men ... long and crowded with important names. One of many recommended Westerns by this prolific author. Fred...

Rodeo Ranch has earned its name from the rodeo that the wealthy, aged Ramon Alvarez sponsors there. An attempt has been made on Alvarez’s life, and Alvarez believes his would-be killer is a member of a secret league bent on his destruction. He approaches Duds Kobbe, winner of the rodeo’s shooting competition, and offers him a job as a personal bodyguard, promising a fabulous reward for doing the job. The only catch is that, while employed, Kobbe cannot leave the Alvarez est...

Riders of the Silences was written under the pseudonym of John Frederick. The story is a Western saga based in part on Arthurian legends. Pierre le Rouge, the bastard child of Martin Ryder and his red-haired mistress, was sent off as an infant to be raised by Canadian friars. When his father sends for him after being wounded by the legendary gunman McGurk, Pierre races eight hundred miles to Martin’s side, determined to avenge his father’s attack. This Western from prolific...

No writer captured the excitement, humanity, or adventure of the American West better than Max Brand. ""Silvertip’s Roundup"" is and Old Western tale of adventure told by Max Brand, one of America’s favorite Western writers. Brand tells the story of the legendary Arizona Jim ""Silvertip"" Silver, who shoots fast, stays cook, and brings to justice killers and thieves who make a habit of taking the law into their own hands. No criminal was safe from Silvertip’s brilliant mind...

Hawks and Eagles is the author’s classic. The brand is a great storyteller who shows his enthusiasm for humans and animals, such characters as a professor, a small dog, and Mole. Joe Good, the protagonist, he’s twenty years old. His father was killed by the richest man in the city, because he wants a good ranch not to be. A good, lazy, prickly guy who lacks a sense of respect and respect for everyone in the city. The only thing he can do is to handle a whip with such skill ...

Raw frontier action is epitomized in Lee Porfilo. With a penchant for settling his problems with his fists, a penniless fighter constantly in trouble, he finds himself framed for murder by wealthy and powerful ranchers. Now he has an enemy for life. In a desperate bid to prove his innocence, flees into the wilderness, with the law and bounty hunters in hot pursuit. An interesting story written in the older style of language usage that you’ll find in other Max Brand western ...

A Novel of Adventure. A quest for a fabulous treasure. The ordeal of Sam Culver. He gets mugged and shanghaied aboard the ship Spindrift. A race for exquisite pearls belonging to a man who is about to die. Prolific in many genres Max Brand wrote historical novels, detective mysteries, pulp fiction stories and many more. "The Luck of the Spindrift" is not the usual Max Brand Western - it’s a South Seas treasure hunt adventure. The plot is well constructed with well drawn sub...

Ponad dwa miliony sprzedanych egzemplarzy pierwszego wydania!Dwadzieścia pięć lat temu John C. Maxwell opublikował książkę Bądź liderem! (tytuł oryginału Developing the Leader Within You), która zmieniła sposób myślenia o przywództwie i pomogła milionom czytelników rozwijać u siebie cechy skutecznego lidera. Teraz Maxwell odświeżył tę rewolucyjną książkę i zawarł w niej spostrzeżenia i praktyki, których nauczył się od czasu, jaki upłynął od pierwszego wydania. W nowym wydaniu...

Hordy głodnych i wściekłych zombie nadciągają! Jesteście przygotowani na WOJNĘ TOTALNĄ? Najpierw w Chinach pojawia się pacjent „zero” zarażony dziwną i nieznaną chorobą, która powoduje niespotykaną dotąd degenerację ciała i późniejszą reanimację zwłok. Wkrótce z całego świata zaczynają napływać kolejne doniesienia o podobnych przypadkach. Rządy wielu państw ignorują zagrożenie i skrywają prawdę przed obywatelami. A ta jest szokująca – po całym globie z prędkością błys...