ŚWINIA: Tradycyjna opowieść o człowieku i jego marzeniach o wielkim mieście oraz o tym, jak jeden zły układ może cię sprowadzić w sam środek lasu… na plan pornosa, w towarzystwie uzależnionych od dragów dziwek, różnej maści zboków i psychotycznych gangsterów oraz… no tak… świni.DOM: Trzydzieści lat temu w pewnym lesie wydarzyło się dużo bardzo złych rzeczy. Rzeczy, które już na zawsze naznaczyły ten dom. Teraz Melvin chce zbadać miejsce, w którego nawiedzenie nie wierzy. Ale ...

Jak na monarchę słynącego z tak bujnego życia intymnego, Henryk VIII tradycyjnie przedstawiany jest jako zaskakująco świętoszkowaty. Jednak dla kobiet, które dzieliły z nim łoże, prawda mogła być zupełnie inna. W jaki sposób z dwórek stawały się one królewskimi kochankami i żonami? I jakim kochankiem był naprawdę sam Henryk VIII?Kobiety Henryka w sposób wyjątkowy mogły doświadczać napięć, jakie budziło w nim ścieranie się ze s...

Miliony czytelników na świecie zachwyciły się magią bestsellerowego cyklu "Belgariada" Davida Eddingsa. Teraz dawni wielbiciele mogą raz jeszcze przeżyć tamten zachwyt, a niewtajemniczeni wyruszyć w niezwykłą podróż, pełną fantazji i przygód. Wszystko zaczyna się od kradzieży Klejnotu, który od tak dawna chronił Zachód przed złym bogiem. Dopóki Klejnot przebywał w Rivie, jak stwierdzało proroctwo, tutejszy lud będzie bezpieczny od niszczącej mocy. Garion, prosty ch...

„The Keepers of the King’s Peace” is another entry in Edgar Wallace’s eminently popular „Sanders of the River” series based on British attempts to bring their administration to darkest Africa. An elite crew of officers is charged with getting to the bottom of a female shaman’s seemingly miraculous powers, but bumbling new addition Bones keeps getting in the way. Will they be able to stave off a mass rebellion before it’s too late? Always with tongue in cheek, Edgar Wallace ...

There are crimes for which no punishment is adequate, offences that the written law cannot redress. The three friends, Pioccart, Manfred and Gonsalez, may be enjoying the exotic, Spanish city of Cordova with its heat and Moorish influences, but they are still committed to employing their intellect and cunning to dispense justice. In „The Just Men of Cordova”, written in 1917, the just men move into the treacherous, aristocratic world of gambling, horse-racing and high finan...

Mr. Stratford Harlow, the colossus of British Finance, was a gentleman with no particular call to hurry. By every standard he was a member of the leisured classes, and to his opportunities for lingering, he added the desire of one who was pertinently curious. The most commonplace phenomena interested Mr. Harlow. He had all the requisite qualities of an observer; his enjoyment was without the handicap of sentimentality, a weakness which is fatal to accurate judgement. Betwee...

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. During the 1920’s and 30’s, it was said that one of every four books read in England was written by Wallace, who ultimately produced 173 books and 17 plays. „The Hand of Power” is a tale about the sale of a desk designed by a butler who murdered his wife. This book has all the aspects of good mysteries from around 1930 ...

Rather different from the usual Wallace plot, here we have a tramp heading for the Canadian border who marries a girl while in a drunken stupor. Her wedding day was so fraught with danger that she and her husband were forced to flee from the deadly menace that ruthlessly dogged their every move. She learned to avoid the man with the red beard and his swarthy knife-juggling companion. Above all, she feared and avoided Gussie, whose drawl and monocle gave him a deceptive appe...

With the stealing of the fat Englishman’s wallet by Gregory Silinski, commences this extraordinary story of crime. Who are the Nine Bears? Who is Hyatt and the Man of the Eiffel Tower? And where is „LOLO” the secret rendezvous of the Nine? These are only a few of the facers that confront T. B. Smith, Assistant Commissioner from Scotland Yard, until the final dramatic scene aboard the „mad battleship”. This book is one of the most popular novels of Edgar Wallace, and has bee...

An enjoyable short work from Edgar Wallace, originally published in 1915. 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. „The Melody of Death” is a novel about a young man who starts behaving strangely upon hearing a certain melody. Fearing that he may be suffering from cancer, Gilbert Standerton asks...

„Again Sanders” is a collection of twelve short stories written by Edgar Wallace. The situation appears calm in the colonial area of the Sanders. But dark clouds are gathering on the horizon and the Captain Hamilton and the inexperienced Lieutenant Bones need to pass some exciting adventure before you can enjoy life on the power again. The tales are all loosely connected and center on Lt. Augustus „Bones” Tibbetts. Part of his famous „African novels” („Sanders of the River”...

English crime writer, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and playwright. He wrote 175 novels, 24 plays, and numerous articles. In the 1920s, one of Wallace’s publishers claimed that a quarter of all books read in England were written by him. He was known during his lifetime for the J. G. Reeder detective stories, „"The Four Just Men"”, „"The Ringer"”, and for creating the Green Archer character. He is most famous today as the co-creator of King Kong. „"A King by Night"” is...

Clay Shelton is an outstanding forger and has been capable of cheating on an entire country. One day is finally arrested, convicted of the assassination for killing a policeman and sentenced to death. His execution is performed and the case is closed. Or this is what everyone thinks, until the judge who sentenced Shelton, his prosecutor and executioner are brutally murdered by „the Terrible People”, an mysterious secret organization. The next name on their list is the one o...

Jenny Miller reist nach London, um sich von ihrem Vermögensverwalter und Onkel Harry Selsbury Auskunft über ihre Finanzen einzufordern, ist ihr doch zu Ohren gekommen, dass ihr gesamtes Erbe veruntreut worden sei. Onkel Harry kann den Verdacht zwar widerlegen, benimmt sich jedoch ansonsten äußerst merkwürdig. Harry hat ein Verhältnis mit der verheirateten Germaine de la Roche und wird auf Schritt und Tritt von einem Privatdetektiv überwacht. Um diesem zu entkommen, wollen d...

1936. „Sanctuary Island” is a crime novel by the pioneer of detective fiction Edgar Wallace (an adaption by Robert Curtis). Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was born in London, England in 1875. He received his early education at St. Peter’s School and the Board School, but after a frenetic teens involving a rash engagement and frequently changing employment circumstances, Wallace went into the military. He served in the Royal West Kent Regiment in England and then as part of t...

„The Green Pack” is a novel adapted from a successful play by the playwright Robert Curtis. Robert Curtis was the private secretary to British crime writer Edgar Wallace. Curtis and Wallace met for the first time in 1913, before parting following the outbreak of World War One, as Curtis had to do his military service. In 1916, he was discharged from the service after contracting malaria. In 1918 he was reunited with Wallace who employed him as his secretary, he had the task...

"Zgubiony pierścionek" to opowiadanie z 1868 roku autorstwa polskiego dramaturga, prozaika i publicysty Edwarda Lubowskiego.

Edward Bellamy is an American writer who wrote the novel Dr. Heidenhoff’s Process. This story is about a doctor who seemingly did good deeds. He wanted to eliminate painful memories from the human brain and replace them with good ones. But what consequences does this entail?

This novel can be called the „official report”. After all, it is known for detailed information about the uprising of Sheiss. History of the armed uprising in Massachusetts, a group of disgruntled residents spoke out against state authorities An emotional affair with a historical background.

There is a little mystery and a little romance in this novel. This is a study of a certain type of character, a type of character that is fixated on the past and not on the present. The plot is full of mysteries that the reader will want to solve. The author delves into the psychology of the protagonist.

This is a book about a man of 1887, who turned out to be in 2000. It was actually written in 1887, and author Edward Bellamy predicts certain things, such as radio and credit cards. The main character discovered that all social class differences were erased, and there is a utopian society. He wonders how in the twenty-first century all kinds of music are available at the touch of a button. Credit card replaced the money. The author compares the 21st century and 19 in the no...

Czy konkordaty należy w jakikolwiek sposób łączyć ze sferą religii? Otóż nie. Autor tej książki przekonywująco dowodzi, iż wszystkie konkordaty w historii Europy miały świecki charakter i były wynikiem ostrych sporów politycznych, w których normy etyczne stały na drugim planie. Konieczność tworzenia tego rodzaju aktów prawnych pomiędzy Kurią Rzymską a państwem pojawiała się z reguły w czasach gwałtownych przeobrażeń polityczno-społecznych w Europie i - jak dowodzi ta książka ...

Unikamy ich, nie lubimy, jesteśmy ostrożni wobec osób, które je wywołują. Wolimy mediatorów i mediatorki, którzy potrafią pogodzić skłócone strony i doprowadzić do pojednania._x000D_ _x000D_ Mimo to nasz świat jest przepełniony konfliktami. Niektóre z nich są niezauważalne, inne dostrzegają tylko niektórzy, a jeszcze inne – wywołujemy sami._x000D_ _x000D_ Dziecko doznające opresji ze strony rodzica z zaburzeniami psychicznymi. Kobieta, która w pracy doświadcza mikroagresji ze...

Obecnie najciekawsze dyskusje w tym obszarze dotyczą teorii inteligentnego projektu i jej związkom z teorią ewolucji lub szerzej – z naturalizmem. „O pochodzeniu. Ujęcie filozoficzne” pod redakcją Grzegorza Malca i ze wstępem Kazimierza Jodkowskiego to zbiór artykułów uznanych specjalistów (Steve Clarke, William A. Dembski, Taner Edis, Jeffrey Koperski, Robert A. Larmer, Stephen C. Meyer, Del Ratzsch) po raz pierwszy opublikowanych w języku polskim. Oferują refleksję nad...