In this story I have dealt with an extraordinary phase of modern life in London, which to the majority will come as a startling revelation. Some will, perhaps, declare that no such amazing state of things exists in this, the most enlightened age the world has known. To such, I can only assert that in this decadent civilisation of ours the things which I have described actually take place in secret, as certain facts in my possession indisputably show.

Being some Curious Records concerning the Craft and Cunning of Theodore Drost, an enemy alien in London, together with certain Revelations regarding his daughter Ella The pair had been discussing certain schemes to the detriment of the English: schemes which, in the main, depended upon the crafty old Drost’s expert knowledge of high-explosives.

The youth in the multi-coloured blazer laughed. „You’d have to come and be a nurse,” he suggested. „Oh, I’d go as a drummer-boy. I’d look fine in uniform, wouldn’t I? „ the waitress simpered in return. Dennis Burnham swallowed his liqueur in one savage gulp, pushed back his chair, and rose from the table.

”See! It’s–it’s in my kit-bag, over there! The thing–the Thing at which the whole world will stand aghast! „ The thin, white-faced, grey-bearded man lying on his back in bed roused himself with difficulty, and with skinny finger pointed at his strong but battered old leather bag lying in the corner of the small hotel bedroom.

”Yes! I’m not mistaken at all! It’s the same woman! „ whispered the tall, good-looking young Englishman in a well-cut navy suit as he stood with his friend, a man some ten years older than himself, at one of the roulette tables at Monte Carlo, the first on the right on entering the room–that one known to habitual gamblers as „The Suicide’s Table.” „Are you quite certain? „ asked his friend. „Positive. I should know her again anywhere.” „She’s very handsome. And look, too, b...

So strange, indeed, were all the circumstances, and so startling the adventures that befell me in my search after truth, that until to-day I have hesitated to relate the narrative, which is as extraordinary as it is unique in the history of any living man. If it were not for the fact that a certain person actively associated with this curious drama of our latter day civilisation, has recently passed to the land that lies beyond the human ken, my lips would have perforce sti...

„The Invasion of 1910” is a novel written mainly by William Le Queux (along with H. W. Wilson providing the naval chapters). It is centered on an invasion by the Germans, who have managed to land a sizable invasion force on the East Coast of England. They reach London and occupy half the city. A junior Member of Parliament organizes a resistance movement, the „League of Defenders” and the Germans seem unable to combat this and tighten their control of London, and suddenly f...

Our hero, Richard Scarsmere, befriends an individual (Omar) at an English boarding school who turns out to be an African prince from a kingdom called Mo. Omar receives a visit from one of his mother’s trusted advisers. His mother, the Great White Queen, seeks him to return home immediately. Omar convinces Scarsmere to return to Africa with him since there is little opportunity awaiting him in London. What follows is a tale of deceit, treachery, barbarity, and mystery....

I am a Veiled Man. Openly, I confess myself a vagabond and a brigand. Living here, in the heart of the Great Desert, six moons march from Algiers, and a thousand miles beyond the French outposts, theft is, with my nomadic tribe, their natural industry–a branch of education, in fact. We augment the meagreness of our herds by extorting ransoms from some of our neighbours, and completely despoiling others. Mention of the name of Ahamadou causes the face of the traveller on any...

Trauma może wywrócić świat do góry nogami i sprawić, że wszystko wydaje nam się niebezpieczne lub obce.Jeśli doświadczyłeś przemocy fizycznej, seksualnej lub emocjonalnej, byłeś jej świadkiem w domu lub w sąsiedztwie, przeżyłeś katastrofę naturalną lub wypadek samochodowy czy samolotowy, zmierzyłeś się z nagłą śmiercią przyjaciela czy członka rodziny lub spotkało cię w życiu coś złego, to ta książka jest dla ciebie.Życie po traumie to zeszyt ćwiczeń terapeutycznych, który pom...

Po Ragnaröku, wielkiej wojnie między bogami a siłami chaosu, zamieszkany przez ludzi Midgard stał się niebezpieczną krainą, pełną nędzy i pozbawioną magii.Szesnastoletniemu Eirikowi Halvorsenowi szczęście raczej dopisuje – jego rodzina żyje we względnym dobrobycie. Chłopak zostaje jednak oskarżony o zamordowanie matki i ojczyma i skazany. W niebezpieczeństwie jest również Liv, jego przyrodnia siostra – miejscowi patrzą na nią podejrzliwie, bo za bardzo interesuje się magią. N...

Reginn, Eirik i Liv odkrywają, że stali się pionkami w nieznanej im grze. Kiedy Eirik wymordował członków rady, otworzył Tyrze drogę do władzy. Ma ona teraz doskonały pretekst, by wszcząć wojnę przeciwko Archipelagowi. Pragnie także wykorzystać swoją dottir, Liv, jako naczynie, które wypełni niebezpieczna bogini. Reginn z kolei otrzymuje zadanie przekroczenia granicy między żywymi a umarłymi, aby zdobyć dostęp do wielkich tajemnic.Reginn pomaga Eirikowi uciec z więzienia, żeb...

We all got up from tea in the hall, made our way to the drawing-room, and thence into the morning-room, which opened out of it. There was plenty of daylight still. James came in after us, and went straight up to a framed panel portrait which stood with others on a small table in a remote corner. It showed a tall handsome, clean-shaved man of three or four and thirty, of fine physique, seated astride a chair, his arms folded across the back of the chair as he faced the camer...

We were standing together in the small shabby bedroom of the boarding-house wherein I lived in Granville Gardens, facing the recreation ground close to Shepherd’s Bush Railway Station. The stifling July day was at an end, and the narrow room was lit by the soft hazy glow of the fast-fading London sunset. Through the open window came the shouts of children at play upon the „green” opposite, mingled with the chatter of the passers-by and the ever-increasing whirr of the elect...

These strange facts would never have been placed on record, nor would this exciting chapter of an eventful life have been written, except for two reasons: first, because the discovery I made has been declared to be of considerable importance to scientists, bibliophiles, and the world at large; and, secondly, because it is my dear wife’s wish that in order to clear her in the eyes of both friends and foes nothing should be concealed, misrepresented, or withheld.

On this particular morning, about ten o’clock, the seafront was already full of men in flannels and lounge-suits, and women in garments of muslin and other such flimsy materials usually affected at the seaside, for stifled and jaded Londoners had flocked down there, as usual, to enjoy the sea air and all the varied attractions which Southport never fails to offer.

A grey, sunless morning on the Firth of Tay. Across a wide, sandy waste stretching away to the misty sea at Budden, four men were walking. Two wore uniform–one an alert, grey-haired general, sharp and brusque in manner, with many war ribbons across his tunic; the other a tall, thin-faced staff captain, who wore the tartan of the Gordon Highlanders. With them were two civilians, both in rough shooting-jackets and breeches, one about forty-five, the other a few years his juni...

An interesting classic mystery, yes, I guess I could say enjoyable but to a certain extent... At first you are dragged to the edge of your seat wondering whats going to happen next or what the hell does this unusual introduction mean, then you’re hit with a bunch of senarios that keep you wanting to just continue to the next chapter to see what will happen, then you realise that some of what you may have suspected in the beginning IS the conclusion to the plot...

Frank Burgoyne, newly rich through inheritance, falls madly and improbably in love with a beautiful but mysterious Russian and becomes unwittingly and unknowingly embroiled in an international plot punctuated by a series of murders. Burgoyne suffers several bewildering experiences, including incarcerations in Russia and England, and he is constantly questioning his love’s motivations and fealty.

„It is imperative that active steps must be taken to preserve England’s supremacy, and at the same time frustrate this aggressive policy towards us which is undoubtedly growing. I need not tell you that the outlook is far from reassuring. As a diplomatist you know that as well as I do. The war-cloud which rose over Europe at the end of the last Administration is still darkening. It therefore behoves us to avoid a repetition of the recent fiasco at St. Petersburg with regard...

“Opowiadania o Hanrahanie Rudym” to zbiór opowiadań William Butler Yeats, laureata Nagrody Nobla w dziedzinie literatury, poety, dramaturga i filozofa.“Opowiadania o Hanrahanie Rudym” to zbiór opowiadań ludowych spisanych przez Yeatsa, w których opisujące on wieś irlandzką oczami urojonego bajarza. Zbiór ten zawiera różne historie oparte na ludowych opowieściach irlandzkich, a związane z Hanrahanem Rudym, które autor opracował w stylu pięknej mowy. Widać w nich zainteresowani...

“Tajemnicza róża” to utwór William Butler Yeats, laureata Nagrody Nobla w dziedzinie literatury, poety, dramaturga i filozofa.Znakomite dzieło Yeatsa przybliża czytelnikowi nie tylko folklor irlandzki, ale także przybliża go do ezoteryki, która była czymś niezwykle ważnym w życiu tego genialnego mistrza pióra. Pikanterii utworowi dodaje szczypta erotyzmu ukazanego w formie dość nieprzyzwoitej, aby nie użyć dosadniejszego określenia.

“Poezja” to zbiór wierszy William Butler Yeats, laureata Nagrody Nobla w dziedzinie literatury, poety, dramaturga i filozofa.W skład tego zbioru wchodzą takie wspaniałe wiersze jak: Gdy posiwiejesz, Ephemera, Smutek pasterza, Szaleństwo króla Golla, Śmierć Cuhoolina, Troska miłości, W ogrodzieśmy się spotkali czy Wyspa na jeziorze w Innisfree

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