Chrześcijanom trudno dzisiaj odpowiadać na zarzuty stawiane pod adresem wyznawanych przez nich zasad moralnych. Sami często rozumieją je jako listę zakazów i nakazów lub tor przeszkód, które trzeba pokonać, by dostać się do nieba. Edward Sri podkreśla, że Bóg dał nam moralność jako drogowskaz do szczęścia. Pisze, czym w klasycznym rozumieniu są cnota, wolność i tolerancja. Uczy, w jaki sposób głosić prawdę z szacunkiem i empatią.

Św. Hildegarda z Bingen była sławną uzdrowicielką, doktorem Kościoła katolickiego, a zgodnie z jej zaleceniami żywieniowymi funkcjonują w zdrowiu tysiące ludzi. Jednak ta średniowieczna mniszka to również wszechstronnie uzdolniona kompozytorka i... psychoterapeutka. Św. Hildegarda wierzyła, że ludzkie ciało i dusza są ze sobą ściśle połączone. Jeśli choruje ciało, choruje też nasza dusza. Tylko odpowiednia dieta i troska o ciało mogą skutecznie wspomóc zdrowie naszego duc...

Czy umysł można trenować, tak jak trenuje się mięśnie? Jak trzeba zorganizować trening mentalny, aby miał sens? Czy efekty takiego treningu są wydatne? Czy są długotrwałe? Czy efekty treningu generalizują się, obejmując nie tylko ćwiczoną funkcję lub sprawność, ale również sprawności ogólne, w tym – inteligencję? Czy ma znaczenie, kto trenuje – jaką ma wyjściową sprawność umysłową lub poziom inteligencji? Ludzie zawsze marzyli o ulepszeniu samych siebie. Filozofia, szczegól...

The hero, the discharged Army Captain Reginald Hex, was the prototype for Anthony Newland, whose adventures were related several years later in The Brigand (Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1927). The first two Hex stories were revised and published as Anthony Newland stories in that collection under the titles „Buried Treasure” and „A Contribution to Charity”. The stories are adventurous and well written but definitely a product of their time and place. Edgar Wallace was a ...

Książka Hayden White w Polsce: fakty, krytyka, recepcja przynosi czytelnikowi o wiele więcej, niż swoim tytułem zapowiada. Zapowiada zaś przede wszystkim monografizujące ujęcie osobistych, ideowych, po części instytucjonalnych kontaktów oraz oddziaływań jednej z najwybitniejszych i najbardziej wpływowych osobowości naukowych w światowej humanistyce II połowy XX wieku z polskimi uczonymi – zarówno personalnych (co rzadkie), jak intelektualnych (recepcyjno-krytycznych...

Colonial adventures in a 6 volume collection set on the „Dark Continent”. Sanders and Co. return to Africa (following the events in Bones in London) to bring the old Kings country under the Union Jack and to try and find what has happened to a missionary and his daughter. It is written in a delightfully humorous style. „Sandi, the King-maker” among other novels by Edgar Wallace conveys the paternal attitude that England’s officials felt toward the native tribes of Africa. P...

„The Yellow Snake” is an entertaining and breathtaking 1926 thriller by the master of mystery Edgar Wallace. Fing-Su is a graduate of Oxford and head of the dread Society of the Joyful Hands, which he leads in his quest to dominate the world. The name „Yellow Snake” was bestowed on him by his opponent, Clifford Lynne. A bit more practical than Fu Manchu, Fing-Su employs terrestrial strategies like blackmail, bribery, and kidnapping to further his own nefarious aims. Under h...

Edgar Wallace, „The Square Emerald”, originally published in 1926 and made in England. The plot involves a young gentleman, secretary to a notable politician, convicted wrongly of forging a check, now released after serving his term in prison, a group of rather sinister society ladies with their sinister butler Druze, who were involved in the check and other activities, and a beautiful young woman detective from Scotland Yard, also from a stylish society background. A femal...

Ex police officer Socrates Smith and his brother Lexington, who is also an amateur sleuth, are invited to spend a weekend at Peter Mandle’s country home. Shortly after they arrive the brothers notice many precautions taken against intruders, a message flashed in Morse code, and someone skulking across the lawn. „Come three oaks”, it spells in Morse code. Early next morning the brothers take a stroll, and there, tied to an oak branch, is a body with a purple mark where the b...

Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) was a publishing phenomenon in his day, his name being synonymous with the word „thriller,” a genre some would credit him with inventing. His popularity at the time was comparable to that of Charles Dickens – one of Wallace’s publishers claimed that a quarter of all books read in England were written by him. „The Thief in the Night” is an enjoyable easy going, fast moving mystery novella, set in England during the 1928’s. Diamond plaques are being ...

Inspector Wembury’s day turns from bad to worse when a legendary assassin who was supposed dead in Australia returns to England seeking vengeance for the murder of his sister. The detective teams up with Lomond, a police doctor, to try to find „The Ringer” who is a mysterious, revenge-driven serial killer and master of disguise. When a lawyer receives a bouquet with a note informing him that he’ll be dead in forty-eight hours, Wembury and his men embark on a frantic quest t...

„The Gambling Girl”, by Edgar Wallace is a book of short story mysteries. Bill and Mary met at a gambling casino and both are imprisoned for reasons that are murky. Bill was a former detective with the American Army at G.H.Q. Mary’s past was more mysterious. From that day forward however, neither of their lives would ever be the same again. Fast-paced, with good twists and turns, an unusual mystery scheme and a little romance. It’s all great fun and Wallace keeps the action...

Rodzina Bastablów znana była z ubóstwa, ale też i z uczciwości. Skromny nasz dom, mieszczący się przy ulicy Lewisham, wiele pozostawiał do życzenia. Toteż pragnąc rodzinie Bastablów przywrócić dawną jej świetność i chwałę, jak się mówi w książkach, zajęliśmy się poszukiwaniem skarbu. Sześcioro, a raczej siedmioro - jeżeli do poszukiwaczy zaliczyć i ojca - zabrało się do tego dzieła. Mam nawet wrażenie, że tatuś najgorliwiej pracował w tym kierunku, ale biedaczek nie umiał bra...

"Moje życie było puste i pozbawione sensu, dopóki nie poznałem Boga. Wypełniał je grzech i egocentryzm. Sprawy doczesne pochłaniały mnie bez reszty, w ogóle nie myślałem o Bogu, tylko o tym, jak sprawić sobie przyjemność. Jeśli już w moich myślach pojawiał się choćby cień Boga, ignorowałem go i skupiałem się wyłącznie na sobie. Lecz bez względu na to, jak bardzo starałem się szukać nowych wrażeń i przyjemności, stale czułem w sobie pustkę, której nic na tym świecie nie by...

Książka ukazuje ponad tysiącletnią historię polityczną, gospodarczą i społeczną Wrocławia, jak również różne oblicza tego miasta. Opowiada o jego dziejach - od archeologicznie uchwytnych początków u zarania X w. aż do współczesności.Autor skupia się na zasadniczych cechach struktury Wrocławia i najistotniejszych aspektach jego historii, przedstawiając je na przykładzie najważniejszych budowli i osobistości z danej epoki. Każdy rozdział przybliża daną epokę najpierw przez spoj...

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 many „stand alone” novels it is, perhaps, for his series based material always popular with readers that he remains best known. „The Last Adventure” is a story packed with intrigue, treachery, assassinations, and machinations, and it highlights Wallace’s unmatched skill in set...

One of the most prolific writers of the twentieth century, Edgar Wallace was an immensely popular author, who created exciting thrillers spiced with tales of treacherous crooks and hard-boiled detectives. These were largely adventure narratives with elements of crime or mystery, and usually combined a bombastic sensationalism with hammy violence. In this exciting page-turner, originally published in 1929, from the undisputed „King of Thrillers”, Edgar Wallace, we see the br...

This is an enjoyable short story by Edgar Wallace, set in England during the 1920’s. „The Green Rust”, his twelfth crime novel, is one of three books he published in 1919. It begins at the English home of the severely ill American millionaire, John Millinborn. With him are his best friend, Kitson, and a local doctor, the Dutch van Heerden. He is murdered, stabbed to death in his sick bed in the first chapter, having just left his fortune to his niece, Oliva, whom he has nev...

The setting is Nigeria a century ago, and British District Commissioner R.G. Sanders oversees the tribes. He discovers that Bosambo has been acting as chief without approval, but is so impressed with his skills Sanders allows him to remain in place, but Sanders heads to England to marry and unrest follows. The classic Commissioner Sanders stories about Africa by Edgar Wallace. This is the second collection in the series, following „Sanders of the River”. Wallace served in A...

When millionaire Rex Walton mysteriously vanishes on the eve of his wedding, a chain of strange, violent events is set in motion. Intrepid Joan Walton assists Inspector Dicker in the search for her brother. The main suspect is notorious criminal „The Panda” („The Prince of Blackmailers”). You quickly find out that Rex has his own connection to the blackmailer. This is a great example of The Golden Age of Detection. It has many more characters than the typical mystery from t...

A series of enthralling mysteries written by Edgar Wallace. They feature the enigmatic figure of Mr. J.G. Reeder who works for the Public Prosecutor’s office and has the mind of a criminal. At first glance J. G. Reeder is an ordinary, slightly shabby little man with red hair, weak eyes, whiskers, square-toed boots and a chest protector cravat. The eight short stories in this collection deal with a disappearance at sea that is less innocent than it appears to be, with a Hind...

A slick young man buys a jewel with a cheque that bounces. Then two men are searching for James Tynewood, a young tearaway: one is a police inspector, while the other is his solicitor. But Tynewood has mysteriously disappeared... „The Man Who Was Nobody” is an enjoyable lightweight murder mystery thriller that manages to preserve at least some of the characteristic Edgar Wallace atmosphere. During the 1920’s and 30’s, it was said that one of every four books read in England...

The body of a young man is found splayed out in the middle of one of the most august public squares in England. Soon it is discovered that the dead man was at the center of a beguiling web of entanglements and intrigue. Constable Wiseman is at the scene, as is the handsome Frank Merril, nephew of rich John Martin. A small, shabby man in an ill-fitting frock coat and large gold rimmed spectacles pulls a newspaper advertisement from the deceased’s waistcoat pocket. Will the i...

This novella was created by Edgar Wallace, a famous British author of mystery genre. Best remembered for penning the screenplay for the classic film „King Kong”, he was an astoundingly popular luminary in the action-adventure genre in the early twentieth century. „The Man Who Killed „X"” is a story packed with intrigue, treachery, assassinations, and machinations, and it highlights Wallace’s unmatched skill in setting a pulse-pounding pace. It’s all great fun and Wallace ke...