A power more than human, a will to absolute evil – such was he. All who had tried to save her from him perished... Must her true love also die? Max Brand, the pen name of Frederick Faust, was an incredibly proficient author who wrote many books, stories, and even poetry. Brand is generally regarded as the author of superior Westerns like his „Destry Rides Again”, but Brand also wrote the „Dr. Kildare” series, numerous detective stories and fantastic novels as well. His Wester...

First published in 1932, „Lucky Larribee” is another great read by Max Brand. Alfred Larribee likes drinking, not working. He likes gambling, too. Maybe that’s what drives him to risk his easy-going life for Sky Blue, the horse of a lifetime. When he first goes after this wild and magnificent animal, he knows about the back shooters. But no one tells him about the Indians... they play for keeps. How safe is this bet? Neatly plotted and briskly told, it illustrates Brand’s rem...

Opublikowana po raz pierwszy w 1947 roku a pisana w mrocznym okresie II wojny światowej Dialektyka oświecenia jest być może pierwszą próbą opisu stanu życia publicznego, w którym „myśl staje się nieuchronnie towarem a język jego reklamą”. To z niej czerpała większość postmodernistycznych demaskatorów nowoczesnego rozumu (od Zygmunta Baumana po Michela Foucaulta i Jeana-François Lyotarda). W zamieszczonych tu filozoficznych szkicach i notatka...

Loafer was a big dog who looked like a buffalo wolf; he was gray against one background and pale yellow against another; like a buffalo wolf, he had a great leonine body covered with a loose hide which humped in a wave above his shoulders at every lurch of his gallop. Strangers always said „Wolf! „ when they saw him, and no one said „Good dog! „ except his master.

„Young Dr. Kildare” is the first in a popular series of eight novels by writer Max Brand, beginning in 1940 and finishing in 1943. Brand this time has young Dr. Kildare take on a special case to force his beloved Gillespie to take a rest from the research job which is draining him. The case involves a fear neurosis in the daughter of a multimillionaire, and Kildaire uses unorthodox means to get to the bottom of it. He has an ingenious way of bringing her out of darkness, and ...

A collection of short stories by a popular and influential Russian author, the founder of the literary method of socialist realism and, possibly, the greatest Russian literary figure of the 20th century. He wrote short stories, plays, memoirs and novels that touched the imagination of the Russian people, and was the first Russian author to sympathize sympathetically with characters such as tramps and thieves, emphasizing their daily struggle with insurmountable difficulties....

Like Byron’s passionate sayings „sounding on the tones of a wild and completely unsophisticated melody”, this is Gorky’s crazy, unbridled, powerful voice when he sings about the „madness of the brave,” barefoot dreamers who are proud of their idleness, who have nothing and fear nothing who is cheerful in his suffering, but unhappy in his joy.

The poem in prose „Twenty-Six and One” is based on the writer’s impressions related to life in Kazan and work in Semenov’s bakery. Gorky considers the image of a tramp, revealing its negative qualities. The work tells about twenty-six bakers, attitude, feelings, the behavior of which is presented by the author as the attitude of one person. This is achieved by using Gorky a huge number of pronouns „we are all”

If you like classic animal stories you will like this one for sure. Tucker Crosden bred his dogs to be champions. Yet even by frontiersman’s brutal standards, bull terrier White Wolf was special. Tucker had great plans for the dog until it gave in to the blood-hungry laws of nature. He never thought that his prize animal would run at the head of a wolf pack one day and to be a leader among wolves in the San Jacinto Mountains or that a trick of fate would throw them together i...

This collection includes three short novels from „one of the top three Western novelists of all time” Max Brand (Frederick Faust). The stories here are character studies of outlaws, the lives they lead and the lies and myths that spring up about them. The title novel, „Peter Blue”, is an excellent character study. Blue, wounded in a gunfight, has lost the use of his gun hand and is desperately trying to learn to shoot with his left hand before his enemies realize how vulnerab...

Renowned Western writer Max Brand does it again in the eminently enjoyable novel „Six Golden Angels”. Max Brand’s action-filled stories of adventure and heroism in the American West continue to entertain readers throughout the world. Brand penned over 200 full-length Westerns in his career, including „Destry Rides Again” and „Montana Rides Again”. But in this work, we see Brand in a new role. A familiar situation in the story of the murder of a millionaire which is dismissed ...

A collection of three short exciting stories by Max Brand aka Federick Faust. Brand has been labeled „one of the top three Western novelists of all time” so western fans will be in for a treat. It includes „The Flaming Rider”, „Outlaw Buster” and „Sun and Sand”. Three western stories about men who appear to be lacking the intelligence and skills to survive on the frontier but are able to achieve success where others had failed. „Sun and Sand” is the story of a youth known onl...

Young Larry Lynmouth had been the most fabulous outlaw of them all. Now he was determined to go straight. But going straight wasn’t that easy-not with ugly leeches like Jay Cress around, who couldn’t believe any man was fool enough to be honest. Renowned Western writer Max Brand does it again in the eminently enjoyable novel „The Outlaw”. Packed with enough action, twists and turns to please even the most die-hard fans of the genre, the novel also addresses a wide range of im...

OPUS MAGNUM UKRAIŃSKIEGO PISARZAPONAD 1000 STRONNIESAMOWITA NARRACJADOGŁĘBNIE PRZEMYŚLANY, BARDZO PRAWDOPODONY ŚWIAT PRZYSZŁOŚCICHARYZMATYCZNE POSTACIINTRYGI, POLITYKA, TAJEMNICEJEDEN Z NAJWIĘKSZYCH UKRAIŃSKICH BESTSELLERÓW OSTATNICH LATKolonia to pierwszy tom serii Nowe wieki ciemne opowiadającej o świecie w XXIIwieku. To historia o tym, że człowiek mimo wszystkich osiągnięć cywilizacji wcale się nie zmienia i ani wydłużenie ludzkiego życia, ani nawet dojście do stadium gatu...

Maria Baros zakochała się w błękitnookim Remingtonie, jednym z braci Winslow, gdy chodziła do liceum. Niestety, ich ścieżki się rozeszły. Maria rozkręciła biuro nieruchomości, odnosiła sukcesy. Po jakimś czasie wszystko się skomplikowało. Dziewczyna postanowiła zostać surogatką, aby urodzić dziecko swojej siostry. Kiedy była w trzecim miesiącu ciąży, przyszli rodzice dziecka zginęli. Maria, karierowiczka z ambicjami, musiała się zmierzyć z wizją nieoczekiwanego macierzyństwa....

Heraklia Płaro i Arnold Lupę znowu na tropie!Tym razem kuzynostwo musi stawić czoła kolejnym zagadkom, aby zdobyć licencję Międzynarodowych Detektywów! Czy im w tym pomożecie?Jeśli podejmiecie się tego wysiłku, czekają Was nie lada przygody! Przemierzycie kontynenty i oceany. Być może nawet uda wam się przenieść w czasie...Jak zniknąć, wcale się nie chowając? Czy dinozaury na pewno wyginęły? W jaki sposób zważyć słonia bez wagi? To tylko część pytań, na które należy znaleźć o...

British novelist William B. Maxwell (1866-1938), the son of novelist Mary Elizabeth Braddon, wrote both plays and novels. He is well known for his drama „The Last Man In” (1910) and the satire „The Naked Truth” (1910). Maxwell wrote almost 40 novels which include „Tudor Green” (1935), „The Ragged Messenger” (1904) and „The Devil’s Garden” (1913). He also enlisted as a lieutenant in the Royal Fusiliers at the age of 50, with the outbreak of World War I. Written in 1911, „Mrs...

"Najlepsza jednotomowa historia II wojny światowej, jaką kiedykolwiek napisano." - Sunday Times Jak II wojnę światową relacjonowałyby dzisiejsze media? Czy na podstawie wydarzeń sprzed lat da się stworzyć porywającą narrację, która sprawi, że czytelnik niemal przenosi się w czasie i ląduje w samym centrum wydarzeń? Sir Max Hastings - brytyjski historyk i jeden z najwyżej cenionych korespondentów wojennych na świecie - opisał historię największego konfliktu zbrojnego u...

Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 – May 12, 1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary westerns under the pen name Max Brand. He was known for going well beyond the formulaic western. „The Long Long Trail” is an excellent example of his craft. This is a story about desperate men and the gun code they live by. Since Jess Deer avenged his father’s murder, he’d been a lone outlaw eluding Sheriff Caswell. But a woman in need of help change...

Max Brand (1892-1944) is the best-known pen name of widely acclaimed author Frederick Faust, creator of Destry, Dr. Kildare, an extremely popular fictional character, and other beloved fictional characters. Prolific in many genres he wrote historical novels, detective mysteries, pulp fiction stories and many more. His love for mythology was a constant source of inspiration for his fiction, and it has been speculated that these classical influences accounted in some part for...

Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 – May 12, 1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. This is one of his Western fiction. Raised on the tough streets of Old New York, Gregg could beat a man to death with his fists and use a pistol like an artist. Armed with these talents, he headed west to make his fortune, never realizing that herding mustangs was what he’d end up doing. He didn’t know a lot abo...

Frederick Schiller Faust penned his finest when he wrote his literary famous Westerns utilizing the pen name Max Brand. „Donnegan Gunman’s Reckoning” has a thoughtful storyline which is enough to hold your interest throughout the book. Solitary, mysterious figure Donnegan is on the run from his past. The last thing he has time for is love. But like all matters of the heart, sometimes emotions bloom when they are least convenient – as they do the first time Donnegan encounte...

1913. „The Devil’s Garden” is a popular classic work by W. B. Maxwell. The main character in this story is William Dale who is Postmaster of Rodhaven. He is introduced as an honest peasant of uncompromising temper, whose rough nature is ever softened by his pretty wife Mavis. Dale’s evening in London is transformed into a catastrophe when he learns a past secret about Mavis that threatens his marriage. Confronted with this secret, Will and Mavis struggle to make their marri...

Tate rozstał się z ukochaną Gemmą, sądząc, że go zdradziła. Dwa lata później dowiedział się, że ma z nią syna. Postawił warunek: albo Gemma zostanie jego żoną, albo on odbierze jej dziecko. Małżeństwo miało być jedynie spełnieniem obowiązku, bo już nie ufał Gemmie. Wkrótce jednak odkrył, że jego dawne pożądanie wobec niej wcale nie wygasło...