The first volume of the book composes of 2 novels („The Study in Scarlet” and „The Sign of Four”) and 3 compilation of short stories and mini adventures of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson. Each story has a completely different plot which goes on smoothly till the end. Volume 1 includes the early novel „A Study in Scarlet”, which introduced the eccentric genius of Sherlock Holmes to the world. This baffling murder mystery, with the cryptic word Rache written in blood, first ...

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was a Scottish physician and prolific writer of fiction and nonfiction. He is most well-known for his four novels and fifty-six short stories featuring the legendary and eccentric detective Sherlock Holmes. This fourth volume concludes the exciting adventures of the world’s most famous pipe-smoking detective, Sherlock Holmes, collecting works written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Included are the short story collections „His Last Bow”: „Some ...

The eighth issue features the usual assortment of stories and non-fiction. These are the next to last of the series of short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle about Sherlock Holmes. Some are set before the Great War, the last takes place in 1914. Holmes is retired and refused to take on any more cases, preferring to live out his years in a small rural village. „His Last Bow” is a collection of seven Sherlock Holmes stories (eight in some editions) by Arthur Conan Doyle, plu...

Some Stories by Henry James is a small collection of tales. The best story is considered „Brooksmith”, about a butler who descends into the depths when the master dies, whom he apparently forced to serve. After that, „The Real Thing” is published about an emaciated couple desperately trying to find a way to make a living.

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional consulting detective in London 1880-1914 created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Holmes, master of disguise, reasoned logically to deduce clients’ background from their first appearance. He used fingerprints, chemical analysis, and forensic science. This volume contains the final set of twelve Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. The stories are not in chronological order, and the only character...

This is a collection of classic Lovecraft stories. What readers like about him is how he can terribly make everything seem, a feeling of fear and foreboding that his thick prose can create. These early works of H.P. Lovecraft were originally published in the first half of the 20th century. „The Dunwich Horror’ and ’The Call of Cthulhu’”, which subsequently brought him a place as one of the most influential authors of the horrors of the 20th century.

„The Collected Short Stories” is a collection of Abraham Merritt’s shorter works, and contains eight stories and two „fragments.” Included are: „The People of the Pit”, „Through the Dragon Glass”, „The Drone”, „The Last Poet and the Robots” and others. These short stories span the entire career of the man who has been called America’s foremost adventure fantasist of the 1920s and ’30s. The collection kicks off with one of its strongest tales, „The Fox Woman,” a tale of reve...

Arthur Conan Doyle never wasted time in getting his stories moving. His plots are always direct and refreshingly lucid, and the narrative has a velocity that sweeps you along right to the end. This was no doubt a large part of his immense worldwide success. Volume 6 continues the exciting adventures of the world’s most famous pipe-smoking detective, Sherlock Holmes, collecting works written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Volume includes „The Adventure of the Gloria Scott”, „The...

The seventh issue of Sherlock Holmes Mystery is another fine selection of tales about Sherlock Holmes, or in the Sherlockian spirit. A cypher message and a horrible murder in a Sussex village begin this dark and powerful tale as Holmes battles with the forces of the criminal mastermind, Professor Moriarty. Central to the novel lies the story of a terrorist brotherhood and the hold it acquires over an American mining valley. Sherlock Holmes and his steadfast companion, Dr. W...

Stanley Grauman Weinbaum (also wrote as John Jessel and Marge Stanley) (1902-1935) was an American science fiction author. His career in science fiction was short but influential. His first story, „A Martian Odyssey”, was published to great acclaim in July 1934. Most of the stories fall into two categories: travelogue types that explore different planets, and the others with Dixon Wells and the great scientist Van Manderpootz, who invents amazing stuff that Wells manages to...

Ain is a place where the great River flows under a thousand bridges, the gardens are full of fragrant flowers, and the air is filled with the melody of silver bells. This is the place where the Moon Elder rules. The lunar elder has the right to give whatever he wants, equally he can take away whatever he sees fit. He is the creator of terrible monsters from hundreds of thousands of different bodies.

Zamówienie pizzy na wieczór filmowy to bułka z masłem. Chyba że jest się Davym Spencerem – gościem, któremu życie wciąż rzuca kłody pod nogi… No dobra – może nie jest aż tak źle, ale czy kiedyś musieliście stoczyć walkę ze sprzedawcą lemoniady? Albo ścigać ciężarówkę z lodami? Albo co gorsza – wziąć udział w skate-offie w stylu lat 80.? No właśnie, a Davy to wszystko przeżył, by ratować swój honor. I to w jakim stylu!Jeśli chcecie dowiedzieć się więcej o przygodach słyn...

Fifth book in the J.G. Reeder series. When Larry O’Ryan decides to become a burglar he attends night school to study ballistics, then secures a job at a safe-maker’s. After three successful robberies Larry is caught by Mr. J. G. Reeder. An unlikely friendship develops and on Saturdays they can be seen together at the British Museum or the Tower. One day Larry rescues Miss Lane Leonard, daughter of a millionaire. The disappearance of one and a half million pounds in gold bul...

Awakening is one of the greatest works in American literature. Brilliant beauty Edna Pontellier, together with her husband and two wonderful kids, spend the summer in the resort town of Grand Isle. Edna’s unexpected meeting with Robert, a charming young man, suddenly changes the calm and measured life of a woman. Awakening was recognized only many years later.

The collection includes the famous stories about Sherlock Holmes, the brilliant detective. Sherlock Holmes, the common man, often lying around, rereading favorite books, the best detective in England. Sherlock Holmes, possessor of an incredible mind, and strength, will surprise you not once, not giving you time to realize the complexity and mystery of the crime and the quickness of its opening. There are 4 Novels and 43 Short Stories. When Sherlock Holmes begins investigati...

Arthur Conan Doyle never wasted time in getting his stories moving. His plots are always direct and refreshingly lucid, and the narrative has a velocity that sweeps you along right to the end. This was no doubt a large part of his immense worldwide success. Not surprisingly, each time he tried to end the series, his fans would howl in protest. But, as he says in the preface to his last collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, all good things must come to an end. And so it is ...

Opuszczone miasto Anchorage osiedliło się na skraju kontynentu, który niegdyś był Ameryką Północną. Tom i Hester są szczęśliwi w bezpiecznym Anchorage, ale ich córka Wren pragnie przygód. Czarujący pirat z podwodnej łodzi jest gotów jej pomóc, ale chce czegoś w zamian.Dziewczyna musi wykraść tajemniczy przedmiot, nie wiedząc, że rozpęta konflikt, który może doprowadzić do zagłady całej planety. PHILIP REEVE, brytyjski autor kilkunastu książek dla...

Ojciec Jacques Philippe wyjaśnia, na czym polega odkryta i przeżyta przez św. Teresę „całkiem nowa mała droga” – „droga ufności i miłości”, której nauczała nowicjuszki w Karmelu w Lisieux. Obierając za przewodniczkę Małą Teresę, autor pokazuje, jak wzrastać w ufności Bogu, jak prosić Ducha Świętego o siłę wiary, by dzięki temu lepiej radzić sobie z codziennością. Znajdujemy tu istotę przesłania tej młodej, zmarłej w wieku dwudziestu czterech lat, zakonnicy, którą Jan Paweł II...

Zostań adeptem w szkole perswazji Rola podświadomości w wywieraniu wpływu Poprawianie wrażenia, jakie robisz na innych Niezawodny sposób na zapamiętywanie imion Umiejętne stosowanie konstruktywnej krytyki Mówienie właściwych rzeczy i zadawanie odpowiednich pytań Pięć kluczy do perswazji i wywierania wpływu Budowanie prawdziwej empatii Myślenie długoterminowe i osiąganie zamierzonych celów Lojalność i wynikające z niej zaangażowanie Wykorzystywanie unikalności na swoją korz...

Całe nasze życie kręci się wokół relacji: rodzinnych, romantycznych, partnerskich, przyjacielskich, ze współpracownikami i najważniejsze – z samym sobą. Jeśli uda nam się sprawić (a jest to możliwe!), że te relacje będą dobre, funkcjonalne i wspierające, wówczas trudne sprawy, którymi zaskakuje nas życie, staną się o wiele łatwiejsze do ogarnięcia.Ta praktyczna i pełna humoru książka Philippy Perry to przewodnik po lepszym życiu.Jak nawiązać dobry i autentyczny kontakt ze sob...

W Bożej inwazji przeplata się światło i ciemność, Bóg i szatan… To trochę barokowe teatrum z objawieniami, słupem różowego światła i gorejącym krzewem „Są książki, które wspomina się po latach. Są takie, które robią wrażenie. Ale są i takie, które… dosłownie wywracają świat na drugą stronę. Tę inną, tajemniczą, magiczną, a czasem lekko przerażającą. Tym była dla mnie niewątpliwie „Trylogia Valisa” Philipa Dicka, szczególnie zaś jej dwie pierwsze części – Valis i ...