Pełna humoru i przełamująca kulturowe mity opowieść o tym, że nigdy nie jest za późno na zmianę. Barry Walker ma siedemdziesiąt cztery lata, zadziorny charakter i sentyment do garniturów retro oraz Szekspira. Urodził się w Antigui na Karaibach, ale mieszka w Londynie, gdzie prowadzi podwójne życie. Jest mężem, ojcem i dziadkiem, jednak w sekrecie, od kiedy był nastolatkiem, spotyka się ze swoim najlepszym przyjacielem Morrisem. O ich związku nie wie nikt, ...

„Mr. Mirakel” is the last novel written by E. Phillips Oppenheim in 1943. Marquis Roderigo de Cordovina is leaving his Portuguese estates in Lisbon because he is being pressured to join the German military and command a mechanical battalion. He meets Miss Anne Strangeways in the seaplane terminal. The two board an airboat for London. Shortly thereafter, they meet again at the home of Princess Rosina Di Gomez who is the niece of the Portuguese Ambassador. At this point the p...

World War I espionage thriller meets modern-day morality tale in „Mr. Standfast”, the third of five Richard Hannay novels written by acclaimed storyteller John Buchan. In this nail-biting adventure story, Hannay must outwit a foe far more intelligent than himself; muster the courage to propose to the lovely, clever Mary Lamington; and survive a brutal war. Set, like „Greenmantle”, durinig World War I, it deals Brigadier-General Hannay’s recall from the Western Front, to eng...

Zakazany romans w świecie polityki od Katy Evans!Charlotte poznała Matthew Hamiltona, kiedy byli jeszcze bardzo młodzi. Ona była córką senatora, a on synem prezydenta. Oboje dorastali w świecie wielkiej polityki. Już wtedy Matthew zrobił na niej piorunujące wrażenie.Obiecał jej, że nigdy nie będzie startował w wyborach prezydenckich, a ona obiecała mu, że jeśli zmieni zdanie, to wtedy ona będzie przy jego boku. Kilka lat później Charlotte otrzymuje zaproszenie, aby przyłączyć...

Nadciąga Mr.–Ok, na granicach Imperium Lachów pali się już kosmos. To druga odsłona serii, kontynuacja space-opery Zło–To. Tak w pierwszym jak i w drugim przypadku tytuł ma dwa znaczenia, których nie da się rozszyfrować bez przeczytania treści książki. Kronika Imperium Legendarnych Lachów (KILL) opowiada o następstwach rozpoczętej dawno temu wojny galaktycznej. Mimo że kosmicznemu państwu, leżącemu w Ramieniu Oriona, nikt wprost wojny nie wypowiedział, to obce siły zwane S...

At the core of the oldest state, civil war destroyed or wrested from them all the possessions of the town-sands. But Rosehill remained the widow of the southern general, and now she came with two children left by her war, and lived in it bitterly until the hour of her death, but retained her state of Virginia as much as she could, and in no way case without changing her lifestyle.

„To nie ona postawiła wszystko na jedną kartę, by mu pomóc”.Małżeństwo Scottów jest pełne wzlotów i upadków. Sophia zostaje dyrektorem redakcji Golden Wolf w Nowym Jorku. Bryson podejmuje się nowych inwestycji. Rodzicielstwo, trudne wyzwania i obowiązki sprawiają, że oboje mają coraz mniej czasu dla siebie.Na domiar złego, wracają sprawy z przeszłości. Sophia otrzymuje telefony od obsesyjnego, byłego partnera, natomiast Bryson ma plany związane z firmą, której dyrektorem...

 „To nie ona postawiła wszystko na jedną kartę, by mu pomóc”.Małżeństwo Scottów jest pełne wzlotów i upadków. Sophia zostaje dyrektorem redakcji Golden Wolf w Nowym Jorku. Bryson podejmuje się nowych inwestycji. Rodzicielstwo, trudne wyzwania i obowiązki sprawiają, że oboje mają coraz mniej czasu dla siebie. Na domiar złego, wracają sprawy z przeszłości. Sophia otrzymuje telefony od obsesyjnego, byłego partnera, natomiast Bryson ma plany związane z firmą, której dyr...

Haggard’s story about greed and selfishness. This is the story of the dastardly Mr. Meeson, the rich owner of the publishing house. The only brave human who wants to stop his atrocities is Augusta. However, he leaves a mark on her spine before death, which leads further to battle.

„Mr. Justice Maxell” follows the story of two business partners, Maxell and Cartwright, one of whom becomes a judge and sentences the other to prison, the woman they both marry, and their respective cousins whom they take on as their own wards. Spanning roughly a decade, the plot hinges on multiple coincidences involving mutual acquaintances meeting one another at critical points on different continents, and maintains much of its suspense by instilling most of its main char...

When Lord Wolfenden saw, in the supper-room of the Milan Restaurant, a beautiful woman and became acquainted with her by saving the life of her elderly companion, the mysterious Mr. Sabin, as they leave the restaurant, he little knew the web of intrigue into which he was entering. Twists and turns galore, enjoyable descriptions about the upper-crust and by-gone days. Mr. Oppenheim can be depended upon to give his plots that turn which is as admirable as it is unexpected, an...

At half-past eleven o’clock–Mr. Billingham was a man of regular habits–he quitted the promenade, crossed the Place in front of the Casino, and selected a table outside the Café de Paris. He selected it simply because it happened to be the nearest empty one and without even a glance at his neighbours. It was nevertheless, without a doubt, by the direction of that mysterious influence called fate that he should have chosen that particular chair and ordered his champagne cockt...

Mr. Lewisham is an ambitious young teacher who has grand plans for his future. Indeed he has written up a Plan or Schema as he calls it and has committed himself to daily study to improve himself. We follow him as he moves to London and becomes a student. He also gets married and the later part of the novel is about how his naive beliefs about himself and the world survive this transition. „Love and Mr. Lewisham” is the story of a young man who seeks to better himself and a...

Mr. Pottermack, wrongly convicted for forgery of checks, has escaped from jail, made his fortune in the US and come back to England to find his fiance. The only one who is cleverer than Mr. Pottermack is Freeman’s detective, Dr. Thorndyke. In this novel, the sympathetic, engaging and enterprising Mr. Pottermack commits the perfect crime, only to discover that a perfect crime is the last thing in the world he wants. Then Mr. Pottermack comes up against the legendary Dr. John...

Mr. Ephraim Tutt never met a hard luck story he didn’t like. The rare lawyer happy to forego his fee, Tutt specializes in defending the downtrodden against the powerful and the corrupt. In Manhattan and his hometown of Pottsville, New York, he argues cases involving murder, forgery, and theft, always finding some arcane legal point to save the day – much to the chagrin of the prosecution. In this delightful collection, Tutt brings his sharp mind and genial wit to bear on th...

Mr. Parham is a university academic of the traditional, classical sort, very much a snob and unhappy with many of the social trends of the time. Sir Bussy Woodcock is a self-made millionaire of sharp intelligence and great energy but lowly beginnings and no cultural education. This unlikely pair meet by chance and form an intermittent relationship. In an attempt to foster this acquaintance that goes on for six years, Mr. Parham finds himself involved in séances that summon ...

This story is essentially the history of the opening and of the realisation of the Great War as it happened to one small group of people in Essex, and more particularly as it happened to one human brain. „Mr. Britling Sees It Through” begins with a lighthearted account of an American visiting England for the first time, but the outbreak of war changes everything. Day by day and month by month, Wells chronicles the unfolding events and public reaction as witnessed by the inh...

R. Austin Freeman’s character Dr. Thorndyke is considered the first modern forensic scientist in literature. This is one of the oddities of detective fiction. The first part of this story is an „autobiography” of Thorrndyke’s lab assistant Polton. Polton, Dr. Thorndyke’s lab assistant and a servant has graced every Thorndyke mystery with his mechanical ingenuity, his sumptuous meals and teas, and his crinkly smile. The second part is a mystery tale, which builds on some of ...

This is a wonderful story of English school life, depicting the driving of boys and the hungry, cramped life of the masters, as well as the tragedy that captures and leads Mr. Perrin. We are set up so as not to love the school teacher Mr. Perrin, who is falling into our eyes into some kind of paranoid delusion. Nevertheless, at every step, the author deviates from the expected result, truly not letting us understand why this was not so inevitable as he drew it up to this po...

The idea behind this book is that before going to bed, Yorkshire farmer Mr. Poskitt liked to tell a little story or „nightcap”. Thus, J.S. Fletcher recorded and collected these stories in this book. There is a hilarious story, tales of robbing money and arguing over wills, orphan pigs running around the village causing havoc, broken hearts and jealous lovers, and misers and men trying to make a fortune.

This is another adventure Oppenheim thriller written in 1899. When Phillip Morton is eight years old, his father is pushed off the edge of a slate quarry. A servant from the local castle is suspected. Ten years later, by chance, Phillip meets the lord of the local castle, the scholar and adventurer Ravenor. On a whim, Ravenor offers to pay for Phillip’s further education if Phillip will befriend his wayward nephew. Phillip meets Mr. Marx, Lord Ravenor’s secretary, and is bo...

American lawyer and writer, Arthur Cheney Train, also called Arthur Chesney Train, was a prolific author of legal thrillers. His most popular work featured recurring fictional lawyer Mr. Ephraim Tutt who became „the best known lawyer in America,” particularly after the appearance of „Yankee Lawyer”, an immensely popular book that purported to be Tutt’s autobiography. Published in 1923, these short stories take place in the ethnic, racial, social melting pot of early Twentie...

Often called the father of science fiction, British author Herbert George Wells literary works are notable for being some of the first titles of the science fiction genre. „Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island” is a 1928 novel by H. G. Wells. It tells the story of a young Englishman Arnold Blettsworthy who, after being betrayed by a business partner, is advised to go travelling in an attempt to recover from his severe disillusionment. During the voyage the ship is wrecked and...

Pan Wrenn to obiecujący pracownik innowacyjnej firmy. Gdy dostaje spadek po ojcu, rezygnuje z dalszego pięcia się po szczeblach kariery biznesowej i wyrusza w podróż. Książka zawiera nowatorskie jak na swoje czasy krytyczne spojrzenie na rozkwitający amerykański kapitalizm. Rzetelne odmalowanie realiów oraz mocne uwikłanie bohaterów w problemy społeczno-ekonomiczne sprawiły, że w recenzjach książki pojawiło się porównanie autora do Charlesa Dickensa.