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Elam Harnish is by nature a player to whom his whole life seems to be a game. Skillfully and cynically playing, Harnish makes millions. A successful businessman lives by the laws of the jungle until he meets the stenographer Didon Mason. From this moment, his life under the beneficial influence of love changes, he becomes a spiritual person. Once he finds a gold mine, and the former excitement lights up in his eyes.

„Before Adam” is a striking story about our distant Neanderthal ancestors, who are just starting to become aware of themselves as people. According to the plot of the story, the protagonist has dreams in which he „watches a movie” about his adventures in prehistoric times in the person of the Big Tooth boy living with his mother in a nest in a big tree... The author tried to diversify the hero’s dreams with various adventures: problems with his mother, constantly changing h...

The novel „Adventure” in an acute, exciting form tells about the life of American and European settlers on the tropical islands of the Pacific Ocean. The main characters are no less pathos than villains who are so colorful in their villainy that they set their teeth together. Jack London, in the preface, writes that this book came out of the movie script. And truly, it is full of adventure, changing locations, colorful descriptions of snow-white beaches.

Jack London, as part of his Nordic Tales series, raises a problem that is difficult to articulate clearly. This is a situation when a person is faced with the inevitability of a terrible painful death. A choice arises before him, which is worse: to accept a painful end, clinging to life until the last breath, or to die voluntarily. The peculiarity of the story is that the main character is a citizen of the Russian Empire, a participant in the Polish uprising, exiled by the ...

The protagonist of the story – the old Imber from the White Fish tribe can cause conflicting feelings among readers – he killed many white people without much reason, at first glance. He does not hide from justice, but he himself comes to the city of Yukon and admits everything he has done. What prompted him to such an act? And does the reason that prompted Imber to kill, deserve understanding?

Love of life is not only the name of the story, but also the main quality of one of the characters. Such an acute, almost tangible desire took possession of man that he, exhausted by hunger, cold, chills, illness, dislocation, hallucinations and other troubles that can await a lonely generational man in the forest. He survived the battle with a bear, with a wolf, with his mind and body, persuading him to rise again, persuading him to survive. The story is small in volume, w...

One of Jack London’s most beloved books is about the amazing adventures of the Irish Terrier Jerry. From birth, Jerry saw from his master only care and love. But once his life changed dramatically – Jerry was on an island inhabited by some natives. The natural mind, resourcefulness and courage helped the extraordinary dog to avoid many dangers and even find a friend in a hostile tribe of natives.

Life and adventures during the Klondike Gold Rush are breathtakingly realistic. Frona Wells, the main character of the novel, is a strong, intelligent, courageous and at the same time unusually charming character – in a word, a woman who is able to think, love, fight and share trials along with the best of men. Who is worthy of the hands and hearts of a confident and independent ruler of the North?

Craving for travel, curiosity and a great desire to find his brother made the Irish Terrier Michael to get on board the ship. Friendship with a man helped Michael to survive in a sea voyage, and unusual quick wits made the terrier a welcome prey for sensational hunters. But at any twist of fate, Michael believed that sooner or later he and his brother would be together again.

The famous cycle of novels and short stories by the American writer Jack London is a peculiar and unique painting of life in inhuman conditions, where people still manage to remain human beings. The story is about a man who found the courage, courage and power to exchange the clerk’s prosperous, but dull and boring life for danger, the exciting and fascinating fate of an adventurer in the wild lands of the Northern Way. The whole North knew him under the name Smoke Bellew....

An amazing story about human hatred, an obsession with revenge. The action takes place in a circus, a young man, a fearless lion tamer, sticking his head in the jaws of the lions „laid eyes” on the wife of the juggler and sword-swallower. The heroes of the stories of London are simple, courageous people, ready to fight difficulties, boldly looking into the eyes of danger. All of them are united by a thirst for action, a desire to take an active part in current events....

„Martin Eden” is one of the most famous novels of the famous American writer Jack London. The novel is largely autobiographical – the writer, like his hero, emerged from the bottom of society and achieved outstanding success in literature exclusively by his own efforts. Martin Eden, who comes from the very bottom of the social ladder of American society at the beginning of the 20th century, falls in love with a young girl, Ruth, who belongs to the bourgeois class. Seeing in...

Over the laughter of a nearby waterfall, over a long roar the distant herds of bison that crowded the prairie, and over the oily creak of his knife on a sharp stone on his knee, his keen ear knew the sound of her light stepped as she crawled out of the pines into a sunny glade on a bluff. He didn’t turn around, he only dropped the stone, threw back the thick locks that retreated, his long black hair, and then, with his thumb, meditatively checked the razor blade his blade S...

Son of the sun – a cycle of stories. The heroes of which are honest, persistent and courageous people, romantics, adventurers who have passed through difficult physical and moral tests in their lives. Griffiths and Jacobsen decided to trick Vulture into fleeing without paying the bills. But it would be better if they did not try to deceive the Son of the Sun.

As long as the lone red-coated equestrian policemen of the Northwest, tracking cattle thieves across uninhabited prairies and fighting hordes of warriors, have something to do with the boy approaching his teens, Mr. Leighton’s frank tales will be in demand. Wolves, carbines, bags of gold and logging run through its pages, and Sergeant Silk meets them all – a combination of Sir Robert Baden-Powell and Sherlock Holmes in a red military jacket.

Asia i Maciek są przyjaciółmi. Razem pakują się w tarapaty, i razem ratują się z opresji. Zawsze są za sobą, czy to trzeba przejść przez ciemny tunel, czy obłaskawić leśnego diabełka, czy postawić się niemiłej koleżance z klasy. Są odważni, pomysłowi i prawie zawsze dobrzy! To wcale nie takie trudne, bo co dwie głowy (i dwa serca), to nie jedna!

Przyszła kryska i na Wintera – zakochał się w rudej cud-spanielce. Jest szybka, niepokorna i szalona, wołają ją Nindża. Tworzą z Winterem prawdziwie wybuchowy związek, którego wkrótce wszyscy mają dość, tylko nie psy! W dodatku kot Marian także przyprowadza do domu panią swojego serca. Henryka i jego rodzinę czeka poważna przeprawa z zakochanymi zwierzakami.

Koniec roku szkolnego już blisko. Wszystko wskazuje na to, że lato będzie całkiem zwyczajne. Piątka przyjaciół zamierza spędzić wakacje w swoim miasteczku. Czy nudne łowienie ryb w pobliskiej rzece może być początkiem fantastycznych wydarzeń? Bohaterowie przeżywają niesamowite przygody, odbywają przedziwne podróże w czasie i przestrzeni, są świadkami niecodziennych wypadków, poznają tajemnice sprzed wieków...

Und Friede auf Erden! ist Band 30 von Karl Mays „Gesammelten Werken”, ist eine Reiseerzählung. Das Buch entstand unter dem unmittelbaren Eindruck von Karl Mays großer Orientreise 1899 – 1900. „Und Friede auf Erden! „ gehört zu den interessantesten Werken von Karl May und spielt in China. In Kairo lernt der Erzähler seinen zukünftigen Diener Sejjid, den religiösen Fanatiker Waller und dessen Tochter, sowie zwei Chinesen kennen. Nach ersten Abenteuern in Gizeh beschliessen di...

Alarm pod gwiazdami zaczyna się we wrześniu 1970 roku. W dęblińskiej szkole lotniczej ogłoszono nocny alarm. W trakcie ćwiczebnych manewrów kandydat na lotnika III roku podchorążówki rozpamiętuje swoją sytuację – pragnie zostać pilotem wojskowym, lecz równocześnie trapią go dylematy dotyczące prawdy historii, gdy odsłaniane są nowe pomniki, a patronem szkoły lotniczej jest komsomolec Jan Krasicki (awansowany współcześnie do stopnia podpułkownika). Odkrywa zapomniany cmen...

This is the story of the border war during the Revolution and immediately after it. The hero is captured during the Indian raid. He respects his Indian friends even in those bitter years when he fights with them like a border ranger. In the book you can feel the spirit of the time.

From the first pages we see what light feelings the main character feels for the river and the beautiful girl. It would appear that they can bind? However, near the river he met a beautiful woman. And the beauty of the girl helped the river make it even more amazing. This story will impress with its epithets and romantic story.

Arapaho Gilroy, who was briefly loved to call Rapaho Hill. He was known by many. He was known wherever there were Indians of any tribe or white people with many years of experience to the West. Arpakho, to some extent, was a real robber. He ran across adventures everywhere. For such a hero is interesting to watch.

This is a novel that contains a mixture of romance and adventure. Events taking place in Canada. Readers can watch the life of a simple girl who, without money, went for a better life. A novel about a strong girl who, despite the obstacles, is ready to go to the end.