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.

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....

Warm, brilliant, and cloudless was the July noon. Beneath the summer sun the broad, shallow waters of the Meuse sparkled as they rippled swiftly onward through the deep, winding valley of grey rocks and cool woods on their way from the mountains of Lorraine, through peaceful, prosperous Belgium, towards the sea.

To allow so young and delicate a girl to tramp England aimlessly in search of some vague and secret information which seemed to be her erratic father’s object, was, we decided, an utter impossibility; therefore, following that night of our first meeting at Helpstone, Burton and his daughter remained our guests for a week, and, after many consultations and some little economies, we were at last successful in placing Mabel at school, a service for which we later received her ...

„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...

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.

Then it’s an entire mystery? „Yes, Phrida.” „But it’s astounding! It really seems so utterly impossible,” declared my well-beloved, amazed at what I had just related. „I’ve simply stated hard facts.” „But there’s been nothing about this affair in the papers.” „For certain reasons the authorities are not exactly anxious for any publicity. It is a very puzzling problem, and they do not care to own themselves baffled,” I replied.

A large, square wooden veranda covered by a red and white awning, above a wide silent sweep of flowing river, whose huge rocks, worn smooth through a thousand ages, raised their backs about the stream, a glimpse of green feathery palms and flaming scarlet poinsettias on the island opposite, and beyond the great drab desert, the illimitable waste of stony, undulating sands stretching away to the infinite, and bathed in the blood-red light of the dying day.

Let me gaze down the vista of the tristful past. Ah! there are things that cannot be uttered; there are scenes that still entrance me, and incidents so unexpected and terrible that they cause me even now to hold my breath in horror. The prologue of this extraordinary drama of London life was enacted three years ago; its astounding dénouement occurred quite recently.

”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 Ambassador’s office was indeed a very thankless one, while my own position as second secretary of the Paris Embassy was a post not to be envied, even though it is popularly supposed to be one of the plums of the diplomatic service. With Paris full of spies endeavouring to discover our secrets and divine our instructions from Downing Street, and the cabinet noir ever at work upon our correspondence, it behoved us to be always on the alert, and to have resort to all manne...

”Of course the transaction is a purely private one. There is, I suppose, no chance of the truth leaking out? If so, it might be very awkward, you know.” „None whatever. Your Excellency may rely upon me to deal with these people cautiously. Besides, they have their own reputation to consider–as well as ours.” „And how much do you say they offer? „ asked His Excellency in Italian, so that the English servants, if they were listening, should not understand. „If you accept thei...

Czy nasze życie przebiegłoby korzystniej? Czy dobrze wybraliśmy podążając szlakiem marzeń? Czy słusznie postąpiliśmy, racjonalnie rozważając „za i przeciw”?Czy gdzieś, „obok nas” istnieją nasze równoległe kopie realizujące inne przeznaczenia? Jeśli tak, czy odczuwamy na krawędzi percepcji ich radości i smutki?W najnowszej powieści Marcina Sergiusza Przybyłka poznajemy losy Borysa Splita, którego historia rozpoczyna się dylematem: podążyć za sugestiami rodziny, czy realizować ...

W tym celu mężczyźni zapraszają do miasta Oksanę Spielstein – młodą Żydówkę z Niemiec, rzekomo posiadającą zdolności nawiązywania kontaktu ze zmarłymi. Przyjazd dziewczyny zbiega się z okrutnym morderstwem, którego zagadkę bohaterowie zamierzają rozwiązać z pomocą spirytystki.Obraz Krakowa zawarty w powieści oparty jest na materiałach źródłowych z epoki. Jednym z wydarzeń historycznych, które wiąże się z akcją książki, są prace archeologiczne prowadzone przy kopcu Krakusa w 1...

A short but interesting detective story. Dick Martin plans for an early retirement from the police force seeking a quite life. His final job is to bring in Lew Pheeney, wanted in connection with a bank robbery. When Lew confesses to trying to open a dead man’s tomb, however, Martin has a mystery he must unravel. He races to find the connection between an attractive young librarian, a mad scientist and the vanished heir to a vast fortune, as everyone becomes entangled in a w...

An Eye for an Eye: The Untold Story of Jewish Revenge Against Germans in 1945, which states that some Jews in Eastern Europe took revenge on their former captors while overseeing over 1,000 concentration camps in Poland for German civilians. The book provides details of the imprisonment of 200,000 Germans „many of them starved, beaten and tortured” and estimates that „more than 60,000 died at the hands of a largely Jewish-run security organisation.”

Peter Parker postanawia strzelić kilka fotek swojemu pajęczemu alter ego w akcji, żeby zarobić na czynsz. Pakuje się przy tym w kłopoty za sprawą tajemniczej legendarnej tabliczki, którą pragnie zdobyć zarówno Kingpin, jak i Maggia.Peter zadziera z najgroźniejszymi przestępcami Nowego Jorku, a na dodatek ma również na pieńku ze swoimi przyjaciółmi – i z policją! Nie układa mu się też z dziewczyną, Gwen Stacy.Po latach znowu zaczyna go prześladować własna przeszłość:oto uznany...

This mystery collection, written by British author Edgar Wallace, contains the following works: „Mrs. William Jones and Bill”, „The Adventures of George”, „According to Freud”, „Bondage”, „The Society of Bright Young People”, „The King and the Editor”, „Christmas Presents”. Edgar Wallace was a prolific author of crime, adventure and humorous stories, whose best known creations include „The Four Just Men”, „Sanders of the River”, and „J. G. Reeder”. Although Wallace wrote ma...

Zero internetu. Jedna przemądrzała kuzynka. Dwa miesiące na wsi. Trzy stare ciotki do towarzystwa. A do tego chmary komarów, rower bez przerzutek i dieta warzywno-owocowa. Brzmi jak przepis na koszmar, prawda? Emil też tak uważał… dopóki wydarzenia nie potoczyły się w zupełnie nieprzewidzianym kierunku! Gdzieś na odludziu stoi opuszczona budowla, do której nikt od dawna nie zaglądał. Można tylko zgadywać, jakie sekrety kryje w sobie. Czy gnieżdżą się tu duchy, demony i w...

Otyłość to nie tylko dyskomfort psychiczny, związany z wyglądem, lecz przede wszystkim groźba poważnych chorób, takich jak: nadciśnienie tętnicze, choroba wieńcowa, miażdżyca naczyń, udar mózgu, kamica pęcherzyka żółciowego, cukrzyca, choroby kości i sta­wów, ból kręgosłupa, zwiększone stężenie cholesterolu we krwi, zaburzenia oddychania, niektóre nowotwory oraz zwiększone ryzyko zgonu. Długotrwałe utrzymanie odpowiedniej masy ciała jest o wiele ważniejsze i tru...

 Zestaw jest literackim kursem językowym i zawiera 3 ebooki: - „Wielkie nadzieje” Charles Dickens (wydanie dwujęzyczne polsko-angielskie).- „Z przygód Sherlocka Holmesa. Tłumacz grecki” Arthur Conan Doyle (wydanie dwujęzyczne polsko-angielskie). - podręcznik z ćwiczeniami: „Nauka języka angielskiego z książką dwujęzyczną” Marta Owczarek.  Pakiet ebooków jest pełnym kursem językowym łączącym przyjemność czytania z praktyczną nauką języka angielskiego. Zesta...

AGNIESZKA HOLLAND: Autorzy głęboko wyczuwają brunatne chmury zbierające się nad naszym krajem. Marek Edelman nie pozwoliłby patrzeć obojętnie na rosnące ZŁO. My też nie powinniśmy. Nasz sprzeciw lub przyzwolenie zadecydują o przyszłości. Ważny tekst.KRYSTYNA JANDA: Gorzki esej, który uzmysławia nam, jak bardzo cofnęliśmy się w czasie.ADAM MICHNIK: List do Marka Edelmana to współczesna wersja listu Woltera do Pana Boga napisanego po trzęsieniu ziemi, k...