Ta dziewczyna pokaże, że nieokrzesany książę nie może mieć każdej. Amerykanka Vivian Jones, dwudziestoletnia studentka, otrzymała szansę, o jakiej marzy wielu młodych ludzi. W ramach rocznego stażu może studiować ekonomię w Londynie. Wszystko zapowiada się wspaniale, dopóki dziewczyna nie uświadamia sobie, że życie w stolicy Wielkiej Brytanii będzie bardzo drogie.Na szczęście z pomocą przychodzi jej przyjaciółka, dzięki której Vivian dostaje pracę w kuchni – to nie byle gdzie...

„Rob Roy” to powieść historyczna Waltera Scotta wydana w 1818 roku. Akcja powieści toczy się na początku XVIII w. w Anglii i Szkocji.

This book is romance, mystery, murder, Christian and the best part of lost love. The main character listened to the often told story, kneeling in the firelight, at her aunt’s knee, a ruddy glow gently touched her light soft hair and a brighter forehead, her large blue eyes looked with love on Mrs. Tregonell’s face. „And he was a widower, Aunt Diana,” she repeated with an expression of disgust, as if something had clenched her teeth.

No manly boy ever grows tired of sea stories – there is an irresistible fascination about them, and they are a recreation to the mind. A tale of being adrift on the Pacific Ocean, with Dave discovering a mysterious cave. Full of startling incident, clever dialogue, admirable descriptions of sky and water in all their aspects, and plenty of fun. Originally written for young men, this adventure tale is great reading for the whole family. The four-volume „Deep Sea” series was ...

After escaping from the headhunters’ village, Bomba brings Casson and Sobrinini to stay at his friend Pipina’s after which Sobrinini reveals vital information to Bomba about his family and tells of a man, Japazy, who hated Bomba’s father as well as Cody Casson. She tells Bomba to seek out Japazy on Jaguar Island to learn more. He begins his journey to find Japazy... Lacking the visual element, the book focuses on vivid descriptions of Bomba’s rippling muscles and superior s...

Running an airship took nerve, steadiness of purpose, a definite, concrete way of looking at things. Dave knew in his own mind that the Drifter was each hour speeding farther and farther away from the haunts of men. He recalled the old adage, however, which says „the more haste the less speed,” and he determined to stick to the plan he had mentally outlined at the start. In „Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane”, Dave is called in to assist in the recovery of a hydro-aeroplane,...

Mężczyźni nie słuchają tego, co się do nich mówi, dlatego że są egoistami i egocentrykami.– Nie.Kobiety mają zawsze ostatnie słowo, dlatego że mówią więcej niż mężczyźni.– Nie.Mężczyźni nie pomagają w domu, dlatego że ich zdaniem kobiety radzą sobie z tym lepiej.– A to już niestety prawda.Kobiety boją się wszystkiego bardziej niż mężczyźni, dlatego że tak są wychowywane.– I to też prawda. Ta pełna humoru, a jednocześnie oparta na najnowszych bada...

Pewnego dnia, pod koniec lata roku 1642, w pagórkowatej okolicy Warwickshire pod Edgehill stanęły naprzeciw siebie dwie armie: rojaliści wierni Karolowi I starli się z oddziałami parlamentu. Wojska te miały stoczyć jeszcze zacięte bitwy pod Marston Moor oraz Naseby. Wojna szalała też w Irlandii (gdzie oblegano Droghedę ) oraz Szkocji gdzie rozegrała się decydująca bitwa pod Dunbar. Wojna domowa stanowiła punkt zwrotny w historii Brytanii. Trevor Royle, wnikliwie analizując ro...

W 1877 roku dwudziestopięcioletni Fritz Dörries wsiada na pokład parowca w Hamburgu i wyrusza do miejsca, które jest białą plamą na mapie. Przyświeca mu myśl: znaleźć motyla, którego jako dziecko zobaczył w książce. Mimo zimna oraz trudnych warunków uparcie dąży do celu. Jego wyprawa przeradza się w dwudziestodwuletni pobyt na Syberii Wschodniej podczas którego odkrywa tysiące nowych gatunków roślin i zwierząt.Fritz spędza noce w arktycznych temperaturach, przeżywa spotkanie ...

„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...

In the tradition of the Bobbsey Twins and the Hardy Boys, Dave Dashaway’s adventures continue with a race around the world! Created by the Stratemeyer Syndicate and issued under their popular house name Roy Rockwood from 1913 to 1915, „Dave Dashaway” is a five volume series of aviation adventure tales for boys. Never was there a more clever young aviator than Dave Dashaway, and all up-to-date lads will surely wish to make his acquaintance. In his very first story we find ou...

Weldon J. Cobb was a staff writer for the Stratemeyer Syndicate, a book packaging company that specialized in juvenile fiction. Under the pseudonym Roy Rockwood, Cobb authored the Dave Dashaway series of books that appeared between the years 1913 and 1915. In the tradition of the Bobbsey Twins and the Hardy Boys, Dave Dashaway continues to explore new horizons and to stay one step ahead of his nemesis! In this fourth volume of the series, Dave Dashaway and his friends are o...

Roy Rockwood was a house pseudonym used for boy’s adventure books, including „Bomba the Jungle Boy”. The Dave Dashaway series focused on aerial adventures. Dave Dashaway continues to explore new horizons and to stay one step ahead of his nemesis! In „Dave Dashaway and His Giant Airship or A Marvelous Trip Across the Atlantic” Dave Dashaway is back, this time trying to beat Jerry Dawson in an airship race across the Atlantic Ocean, avoiding armed gunmen, fire, sharks, and al...

The ongoing adventures of the courageous Bomba the Jungle Boy! In „Swamp of Death,” Bomba wants to return to Gonibobo’s camp to reclaim the pages of Japazy’s notebook that were torn out there. Bomba and Gibo had barely escaped the cannibals but Bomba is determined to retrieve the torn pages. „Swamp of Death” is a fast-moving read, an exciting narrative of Bomba’s many heroic exploits. It moves and reads like a comic book. Lacking the visual element, the book focuses on vivi...

„Bomba the Jungle Boy in the Abandoned City” is the fifth book in a series of American boy’s adventure books produced by the Stratemeyer Syndicate under the pseudonym Roy Rockwood, published in the first half of the 20th century. Various sources say the author was Howard R. Garis, or John William Duffield. Roy Rockwood is a pen name. Bomba and his native-Indian companion must descend into the bowels of a buried Inca citadel; through pitch-blackness they must negotiate steep...

This is the second book in the Bomba the Jungle Boy series following „Bomba the Jungle Boy”. It is a series of adventure books produced by the Stratemeyer Syndicate between 1926 and 1938 in a youthful imitation of the highly successful Tarzan series by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Bomba is kind of a mixture of Tarzan and Mowgli. He is an orphaned boy who lives in the jungle. A common theme of the Bomba books is that Bomba, because he is white, has a soul that is awake, while his f...

Rob Roy to powieść historyczna Waltera Scotta wydana w 1818 roku. Akcja powieści toczy się na początku XVIII w. w Anglii i Szkocji. Frank Osbaldystone – młodzieniec skłócony z ojcem, ponieważ nie chce zajmować się tak jak on handlem, wyjeżdża z Londynu do posiadłości swego stryja – Osbaldystone Hall. Drogę przebywa z bardzo strachliwym panem Morrisem, przez którego później spotyka go wiele nieprzyjemności. W Osbaldystone Hall poznaje barona Hildebranda oraz jego synów: Thornc...

A story that quite often happens in the modern world. Dorchester Gardens were filled with guests gathered in honour of the engagement between Lady Letty and Stephen Du Cros, the South African millionaire. Of course, it was a marriage of convenience – they all admitted. Earl, her father, was in need of money.

The protagonist in Rob Roy is Francis Osbaldistone not the title character! Francis a spoiled son of a rich London businessman,who would rather write poetry than work for his father. Sent to his uncle’s estate as punishment in northern England, bordering simmering Scotland. He soon becomes involved in a feud with his cousin Rashleigh (youngest and smartest of six brothers!). A woman Diana is the main reason.This being 1715 a revolt soon brakes out, Rashleigh steals importan...

Years of tough jungle living made Bomba the most powerful hunter around. At 14, he possessed the strength of three men, and could fight the most powerful jungle beasts with little more than a knife. With his extraordinary throwing arm, he could bury a knife up to its hilt in any enemy within fifty yards. His phenomenally strong arms allow him to send an arrow over impossibly long distances while still striking his targets with perfect accuracy. „Bomba the Jungle Boy Among T...

„Bomba, the Jungle Boy on Terror Trail”? 6 in the Bomba series, by Roy Rockwood, was published in 1928. Bomba is making the treacherous journey back to his home with the Araos tribe. On the way, he encounters poisonous plant life and battles snakes and alligators. Surviving these natural enemies, he is attacked by cannibals but is rescued by Spaniards in a plane. Bomba’s luck doesn’t hold out, though; he is soon recaptured and now faces a terrible death at the hands of cann...

The ongoing adventures of the courageous Bomba the Jungle Boy! In „Bomba, the Jungle Boy on the Underground River”, Sobrinini, the snake woman that Bomba rescued from Snake Island, is also undergoing treatment. During her more lucid moments, she has told Bomba of a chest that she buried in the banks of an underground river. It contains documents and records related to Bomba’s parents. Sobrinini’s disordered mind prevents her from sharing the document information herself, bu...

Misternie spleciona opowieść, cechująca się zdumiewającą siłą i oryginalnością, jednocześnie historia miłosna i prowokacja Ministerstwo niezrównanego szczęścia zabiera nas w wieloletnią podróż po indyjskim subkontynencie, ale przede wszystkim wnika głęboko w życie wyśmienicie odmalowanych postaci, z których każda szuka bezpiecznego miejsca, sensu, miłości. Ta niezwykła, pięknie opowiedziana książka, głęboko ludzka i ogromnie czuła, na każdej stronie demonstruje, jak c...

Kameralna i nastrojowa opowieść o życiu w powojennej NorwegiiPo długiej podróży przez Norwegię Ingrid w końcu wróciła do Barrøy. Życie się ustabilizowało, ale wojna nadal rzuca długie cienie na cały kraj. Wkrótce na maleńką wyspę przypływa pięcioletni Mathias. Jego ojciec znika w tajemniczych okolicznościach, a Ingrid decyduje się przygarnąć dziecko. Życie zaczyna się teraz toczyć wokół nowego mieszkańca.Tymczasem odcięta od świata Ingrid z listów od przyjaciół dowiaduje...