The book is full of unforeseen incidents. At the heart of the story is a guy who is much more honest and bolder than he seems. And of course there is love. Love leads this story, love strengthens it, and also corrupts it in a cunning way. This is a power struggle, a story about kindness, true friendship, sacrifice, conspiracy, and so on.

In this story, readers are introduced to Leonard Outram, a penniless British adventurer in his pocket who is seeking wealth in distant lands, having lost his family lands and estates. He is involved in the rescue of a young Portuguese woman from the largest slave camp in Africa. As a result, the main character discovered a lost race. He will not be easy, because he will face their God.

The main task of the heroes is to find the treasure. The trader heard the legend of the great treasure buried by the Portuguese party for hundreds of years before the last source tried to find it with the help of a mesmericist. The child was put into a trance and told his mesmerists details about the adventures and death of the unfortunate Portuguese men and women. With many other details, the boy so accurately described the burial of the great treasure and its exact positi...

This is another of Haggard’s eternal love stories. This novel tells of intersecting fates, the triangle: scholarly Morris Monk, inventor; his first cousin, Mary Porson; and the daughter of the new church rector, Stella Fregelius. The story at one point plays with the idea that love cannot exist between man and woman without lust, which implies a rare power to Morris and Stella’s bond. The moral of this story is: love that lives after death, and that spiritual connection is ...

Wyprawa do początków chrześcijaństwa Zwiedzanie Rzymu to nie tylko podziwianie zabytków, ale także podróżowanie po historii chrześcijaństwa. Obok monumentalnych, zachwycających bazylik w mieście znajdują się obiekty, które były świadkami życia Kościoła w pierwszych wiekach naszej ery. Niektórych miejsc w ogóle zaś już nie ma. Autorzy, znawcy świata starożytnego, opisują, jak mogły one wyglądać i jakie historie się z nimi wiązały. Przeczytaj i dowiedz się ponadto: Jak rzymi...

Chińska astrologia opiera się na dwunastu znakach zodiaku zwierzęcego oraz pięciu żywiołach. Każdy kolejny rok nosi imię jednego z dwunastu zwierząt zodiakalnych. Zakłada, że ich cechy charakterystyczne odzwierciedlają zachowania, usposobienie i duszę człowieka. Dzięki mądrości Wschodu odkryjesz tajniki swojego charakteru. Dowiesz się jakie posiadasz zalety i wady, poznasz mocne i słabe strony. Odsłonisz swoją przyszłość i główne wydarzenia, które będą miały szczególny wpływ ...

Written in the cycle of tales by H. Bedford-Jones, „The Justice of Amru” tells how fanatic followers of Mohammed stormed out of Arabia in the seventh century to slaughter the Greek troops of the Great Eastern Empire and conquer Egypt... and again the strange Sphinx Emerald came to the scene to play its part in the unrolling historic drama.

These Sphinx Emerald stories are a veritable Outline of History. „The Son of Julius Caesar” is the fifth one from the master story tell H. Bedford-Jones! Many of his works were historical fiction/adventures, about knights, pirates, buccaneers, vikings, musketeers, revolutionaries, legionnaires, soldiers, sailors, and assorted adventurers. Here the tragic young Caesarion dominates the scene.

Again the strange Sphinx Emerald came to the scene to play its part in the unrolling historic drama. This series about the Sphinx Emerald constitutes, as has been said, a veritable Outline of History – or perhaps „Highlights of History” would be more accurate. For this reason the greatest event in all history could not be left out.

„Richelieu Raids a Tomb” is the fourteenth installment about the Sphinx Emerald from a Canadian-American historical, adventure fantasy, science fiction, crime and Western writer H. Bedford-Jones. Here the malign magic of the Sphinx Emerald works its spell anew in one of the famous dramas of history. And again the strange Sphinx Emerald came to the scene to play its part in the unrolling drama.

The whole story revolves around a strong woman, the great queen of Egypt Neter-Tua, the daughter of the God Amen-Ra. She must overcome many difficulties: the murder of her father and the conspiracies of her uncle. Having overcome these difficulties, she will finally be able to rule Egypt and marry her adoptive brother, Rames. This story combines fantasy and romance, divine and human.

The adventure novel „Moon of Israel”includes everything the reader may desire. Here there is historical information, action, internal struggle with the Egyptians and Jews, as well as between Jews and Egyptians. The main story revolves around the prince of Seti, who is devoid of inheritance, because he doesn’t follow the idea of?? his father to kill Jews. It is also a love story that goes beyond the clash of two cultures between Seti and Merapi.

In this story, the already familiar hero, Allan Quatermain, tries to explain the mysteries of Africa. Here Quatermain unearths and destroys the cult of the priest, exploiting the remnants of a dying civilization. Allan proves their fraud. The main character, as always, is rational in his actions.

Historical novel during the reign of King Henry VII. The story of Peter Brom, who kills a soldier of the Spanish ambassador. The only thing Peter wants is to be with Margaret. This brings them into contact with the powerful Spanish marquis Aguilar, who falls in love with Margaret and plays conspiracies and secret kidnappings, and sends her to Spain to convince her to marry him. Margaret with all her heart loves Peter, who, together with her father, pursues them to Spain in ...

Henry Rider Haggard describes the plight of the protagonist. He loses his wife and daughter in a car accident, as he thinks through his fault. The main character goes into great depression and begins to drink. When the man was thinking about suicide, a stranger named Joren appeared and told him not to worry. He tells him about reincarnated souls and life after death. Joren teaches him to transcend his body.

This is a story about the adventures of the time of King Henry VIII and the pilgrimage of grace. This is one of the most historical adventures of Haggard, in which there are almost no elements of fantasy. King Henry and Cromwell put in appearances and evil men plot against the good guys. There is also a love story involved between Foterell’s daughter, Cicely and the man she’s loved since childhood, Sir Christopher Harflete

Lysbeth: A Tale of the Dutch – an exciting historical adventure novel. The action takes place during the Spanish Inquisition and describes some of the horrors that occurred, giving you an idea of?? what it was like to live during this time period. Follow Lysbeth, a young Dutch girl who struggles through life, experiencing times of hardship and peace, sadness and happiness, war and love. This heartbreaking story will remind you of the values?? of religious freedom.

Allan Quatermain helps his friend from Zulu Saduko win 100 cattle to buy his real love for Mameena. However, Mameena wants to marry another man – Allan Quatermain. This is a first-class adventure with increasing intrigue that will interest the reader. The story, where everything is combined: war, politics and sex.

Quatermain has lost his only son and is eager to return to the wilderness. He persuaded Captain John Good and the Zulu chief Umbopa to accompany him, they set off from the coast of East Africa, this time in search of a white race that lives north of Mount Kenya. They encounter a fierce battle with the Masai warriors, undergo a terrible underground journey and discover a lost civilization. As a result, a terrible underground journey takes place and reveal a lost civilization...

Rider Haggard, just like his main character in this story, is not indifferent to Ancient Egypt. The events of the four stories take place in Africa. Here several acts overlap: extraordinary courage and an epic clash of different cultures. The main theme remains unchanged: the theme of love, which lasts until death.

Miasto na soli to nostalgiczna powieść, w której Autor - Henryk Cyprian Konkol - po latach wraca do miejsc swojego dzieciństwa, odwiedza zakątki rodzinnego miasta, gdzie przeżywał chwile nie tylko miłe ale i trudne, spaceruje po znajomych ulicach, spotyka dawnych przyjaciół. Konfrontuje obecną rzeczywistość swojego miasta z własnymi wspomnieniami, z życiem w czasach peerelu widzianym oczami dziecka, a potem młodego człowieka szukającego życiowej drogi. Losy bohaterów chwilami...

"Tylko grajek" to przepiękna, smutna i rzewna, chwytająca za serce opowieść Hansa Christiana Andersena.

Monografia przybliża Czytelnikom problematykę związaną z inteligentnymi miastami. Zawarto w niej szerokie spektrum zagadnień teoretycznych dotyczących samych miast i rozwoju miast inteligentnych, co powinno przyczynić się do lepszego zrozumienia przez Czytelnika istoty tworzenia i wspierania nowoczesnych koncepcji zarządzania miastem. Publikacja ta to także przewodnik po dobrych praktykach w zakresie implementacji rozwiązań smart city na świecie. Celem naukowo-badawczym było ...

Jedna z bardziej fascynujących powieści przygodowych o Afryce z czasów kolonialnych. Spodoba się fanom afrykańskich podróży Henryka Sienkiewicza. Afrykańskie plemiona kultywują wiarę w bóstwa i reinkarnację. Zdarza się, że przypadkowymi ofiarami ich wierzeń stają się biali najeźdźcy. Tak było w przypadku lady Luny Ragnall. Kobietę porwali czarnoksiężnicy z plemienia Kendahów, którzy są przekonani, że ta jest wcieleniem świętej kapłanki najwyższego bóstwa, tytułowego dziecięci...