With „Room 13” in 1924 Edgar Wallace introduced readers to Mr. J. G. Reeder, one of the least glamorous of all fictional detectives. Mr. J. G. Reeder is neither a police detective nor an amateur crime-fighter, nor is he a private detective. In fact he is employed by the Bank of England, and acts as a kind of consultant to Scotland Yard. This time Edgar Wallace’s unassuming investigator shares the limelight with a young and vigorous ex-con called John Gray. John Gray, a mode...

Emil Louba traded profitably in human souls. When he added Jane Martin to his stock-in-trade, he won the hatred of Hurley Brown-who was soon to be a Power at Scotland Yard. And for Louba, then, the sands were running out... This one’s a fairly standard murder mystery by Edgar Wallace mold. The murder is that of the nasty Louba, who’s made and lost a fortune. He’s also made lots of enemies over the years so, when he’s bumped off with the candlestick in his swanky London apar...

Edgar Wallace was an English writer. Born into poverty as an illegitimate London child, joining the army at 21, he was a war correspondent during the Second Boer War for Reuters and The Daily Mail. During the First World War Edgar Wallace wrote a number of morale-boosting tales about the skill and derring-do of the British military and intelligence services, mostly in the form of series published under such titles as „Clarence-Private”. Several series were published in the ...

Edith Wharton’s 1913 novel is a devastating critique of American upward mobility, told through the journey of Undine Spragg from fictional Midwestern Apex City to New York to Paris. Undine Spragg is one of the most ruthless characters in all of literature, as selfishly unscrupulous as she is fiercely beautiful. As Undine climbs the social ladder through a series of marriages and affairs, she shows little concern for who she has to step on to get anything and everything she ...

In the early years of the 20th century, life on a farm in Massachusetts is not easy. The New England winters are hard; snow and ice cover the fields for months, and the nights are long and cold. For a poor farmer like Ethan Frome, life has few bright moments. He works his unproductive farm and struggles to maintain a bearable existence with his difficult, suspicious and hypochondriac wife, Zeena. But when Zeena’s young and beautiful cousin Mattie Silver enters their househo...

Originally published in 1901, „Crucial Instances” is the second collection of six short stories connected, as the title suggests, by a hinging moment in the narrative through which the plot alters dramatically. The contents included the following: „The Duchess at Prayer”, „The Angel at the Grave”, „The Recovery”, „Copy: A Dialogue”, „The Rembrandt”, „The Moving Finger” and „The Confessional”.This is a great collection of stories, where Edith Wharton shows her wide range of ...

Publikacja omawia problem przestępstwa czynnej napaści na funkcjonariusza publicznego, w tym funkcjonariusza policji, podczas lub w związku z pełnieniem obowiązków służbowych.Rozprawa ma prawnokryminologiczny, interdyscyplinarny charakter. Składa się z dwóch części: dogmatycznej i empirycznej.

Edgar Wallace is one of the most popular classics of the English detective. The unpredictable dynamic plots of his books gave rise to more than 160 adaptations! The author worked a lot with Hollywood: he was the screenwriter of the legendary King Kong and the first film version of The Baskervilles Dogs. Chases, shootings, changing clothes, luxury villas and cars are integral parts of Wallace’s stories. Mysterious murders, dizzying intrigues, dangerous investigations and unp...

Odżywiasz się w stylu vege, ale lubisz tradycyjne, polskie smaki? A może chcesz zmniejszyć ilość mięsa w diecie, nie rezygnując z klasycznych dań? To możliwe a ta książka jest właśnie dla Ciebie! Nie musisz zapominać o znanych Ci smakach rezygnując z mięsa. Weganizm jest pełen smaku, daje lekkość i szczęście.Wegańska Kuchnia Polska to 64 przepisy podzielone na 7 grup: ZUPY – KLUSKI, PIEROGI, NALEŚNIKI – ZAMIENNIKI MIĘSA – GULASZE, KAPUSTY – PASZTETY I...

W życiu jak matematyce: jeżeli idzie za łatwo, zapewne robisz coś źle. Siedemnastoletnia Caroline Prajs urodziła się w Kanadzie. W wieku dwunastu lat wyjechała wraz z rodzicami do Polski. Jest więc dość rzadkim przypadkiem emigrantki, której sytuacja stanowi odwrócenie losów znacznej części współczesnej polskiej młodzieży. „Gdy krzywe jest proste” to wartka, pełna uroku, humoru i wzruszeń opowieść o relacjach rodzinnych młodej bohaterki i jej trudnej adaptacji do odmiennyc...

Alan Mere ma wszystko: dobrze płatną pracę, luksusowy apartament na sto trzydziestym drugim piętrze, przyjaciela idealnego w postaci sztucznej inteligencji o imieniu Fred… oraz życie, którego nie znosi. Pewnego dnia spotyka piękną nieznajomą, Syntię, i od tej chwili nie może przestać o niej myśleć. Inne sprawy powoli tracą znaczenie, produktywność Alana w pracy gwałtownie spada, a jego rozkojarzenie natychmiast zostaje zauważone przez przełożonych. Podczas jednego z bezcelo...

Pacjentki mówiły o nim, że jest jak Juda Tadeusz, patron od spraw trudnych i beznadziejnych. Bo profesor Romuald Dębski nie był zwyczajnym ginekologiem-położnikiem. Raczej ostatnią szansą na macierzyństwo. Kobiety, które przez lata bez powodzenia starały się zajść w ciążę, leczyły się właśnie u niego. I rodziły dzieci. Mimo swoich chorób: endometriozy, raka, bezowulacyjnych cyklów, chorób tarczycy, wad serca czy niepełnosprawności.Ta książka to zbiór opowieści kobiet, których...

Pierwsza w języku polskim publikacja poruszająca w sposób kompleksowy problematykę terapii zajęciowej osób z niepełnosprawnością intelektualną. Przedstawia teoretyczne aspekty niepełnosprawności i terapii zajęciowej. Pokazuje obszary funkcjonowania osób z niepełnosprawnością intelektualną oraz możliwości wspierania tych osób jakie daje terapia zajęciowa. Szerzej omawia m.in. terapię zajęciową osób z głęboką niepełnosprawnością intelektualną oraz dzieci z zespo...

James Lexington Morlake, gentleman of leisure, Lord of the Manor of World and divers other titles which he rarely employed, unlocked the drawer of his elaborate Empire writing-table and gazed abstractedly into its depths. It was lined with steel and there were four distinct bolts. Slowly he put in his hand and took out first a folded square of black silk, then a businesslike automatic pistol, then a roll of fine leather... Suspense novel which takes the reader from London t...

Best remembered for penning the screenplay for the classic film „King Kong”, author Edgar Wallace was an astoundingly popular luminary in the action-adventure genre in the early twentieth century. Wallace was a very prolific writer despite his sudden death at age 56. In total Wallace is credited with over 170 novels, almost 1,000 short stories, and 18 stage plays. Wallace’s works have been turned into well over 100 films. This traditional mystery features a girl with an unu...

Dr. Beechington knew how difficult it was to live in genteel poverty. He was determined his daughter Mary should marry a wealthy man but Mary wasn’t so sure. Should she obey her father or follow her heart? Best remembered for penning the screenplay for the classic film „King Kong”, author Edgar Wallace was an astoundingly popular luminary in the action-adventure genre in the early twentieth century. „The Price a Woman Pays” is a story packed with great fun and Wallace keeps...

Załoga Nadira, promu kosmicznego klasy C, składa się wyłącznie z więźniów. Zwyrodniali przestępcy, których skazano na dożywotnią tułaczkę, nie wiedzą, dokąd zmierza statek. Nikt nie powiedział im również, w jakim celu podróżują. Nadir, pilotowany przez bezduszny komputer, niestrudzenie niesie ich ku nieznanemu. Na dolnym pokładzie znajdują się zamknięte, pancerne drzwi, broniące dostępu do tajemniczego pomieszczenia. Pewnego dnia samozwańczy przywódca więźniów zauważa ślad bu...

Few people today would recognize the name „Edgar Wallace” but before his death in 1933 he was a literary force to be reckoned with. He was both prolific and popular and his books reportedly sold at the rate of 5,000 a day. This enjoyable collection includes eight mystery stories by Edgar Wallace: „The Lady Called Nita”, „The Man Who Married His Cook”, „Mr. Sigee’s Relations”, „The Knight Who Could Not Kneel”, „Her Father’s Daughter”, „The Dramatic Butler”, „Diana Helps”, „C...

The name, „Edgar Wallace”, threads through early twentieth century crime fiction like a stream that turns out to be a lot deeper and wider than you thought. For many, Haynes, known as „Gunner”, is not an outlaw but a gentleman of unorthodox methods. For Scotland Yard, he is one of the most skilled thieves in the world. The Gunner and Luke Maddison belong to completely different worlds; Luke is a respectable banker with a charming girlfriend. But Luke has done a favor for th...

„The Great Reward” is thirteen quirky short stories from the master of mystery Edgar Wallace. Fast-paced, with good classic twists and turns, an unusual criminal scheme and a little romance. Edgar Wallace was a British novelist, playwright, and journalist who produced popular detective and suspense stories and was in his time „the king” of the modern thriller. Wallace’s literary output – 175 books, 24 plays, and countless articles and review sketches – have undermined his r...

Edgar Wallace was an English novelist, journalist and playwright, who was an enormously popular writer of detective, suspense stories, and practically invented the modern „thriller”. 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 Governor of Chi-Foo” is a rare short story collection, long out of print which contains 16 thrilling stories: „The Wit...

This decent collection presents short stories that include „The Mind-Readers”, „The Sirius Man”, „The Couper Buckle”, and many more stories featuring Chief Inspector Oliver Rater, written by a famous British author Edgar Wallace.? ne of the stories are told in the third person, but one is told by Rater himself, which is unexpected. The stories are fast-paced with some surprising twists, well written and great to read but definitely a product of their time and place. One of ...

This is an excellent collection of short stories that include „The Silk Stockings”, „Cinema Teaching by Post”, „A Gambling Raid”, and many more. „The Mixer” is a particularly cool and resourceful scoundrel who works on the philanthropic principle of robbing only the thief and outswindling the swindler. He shows unfailing ingenuity in relieving of their ill-gotten gains the successful promoters of burglaries, sweepstakes, and financial scoops. Each chapter describes, in Mr. ...

John Sands needed a bride – more than that, however, he needed somebody with a criminal mind. Luckily a female convict has escaped from prison that very morning and was sitting in his house. Romance and mystery, with classic twists and turns. As is typical with Wallace, this book includes a death, a love-affair, a kidnapping, an intrepid amateur. British author Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) was reportedly the second biggest seller after the Bible in his heyday. ...