Raw frontier action is epitomized in Lee Porfilo. With a penchant for settling his problems with his fists, a penniless fighter constantly in trouble, he finds himself framed for murder by wealthy and powerful ranchers. Now he has an enemy for life. In a desperate bid to prove his innocence, flees into the wilderness, with the law and bounty hunters in hot pursuit. An interesting story written in the older style of language usage that you’ll find in other Max Brand western ...

A Novel of Adventure. A quest for a fabulous treasure. The ordeal of Sam Culver. He gets mugged and shanghaied aboard the ship Spindrift. A race for exquisite pearls belonging to a man who is about to die. Prolific in many genres Max Brand wrote historical novels, detective mysteries, pulp fiction stories and many more. "The Luck of the Spindrift" is not the usual Max Brand Western - it’s a South Seas treasure hunt adventure. The plot is well constructed with well drawn sub...

Hawks and Eagles is the author’s classic. The brand is a great storyteller who shows his enthusiasm for humans and animals, such characters as a professor, a small dog, and Mole. Joe Good, the protagonist, he’s twenty years old. His father was killed by the richest man in the city, because he wants a good ranch not to be. A good, lazy, prickly guy who lacks a sense of respect and respect for everyone in the city. The only thing he can do is to handle a whip with such skill ...

Another great Max Brand western, first written in 1921. The story follows a cousin who was taken in by his uncle and his two sons. They make fun of him, and use his size and strength to do the hard chores they can’t do. The huge, lumbering outlaw Bull Hunter intends to hunt down and kill the men responsible for his uncle’s death. When he finds out that the ringleader is already behind bars, he devises a clever plot to spring his nemesis in order to dispense his comeuppance,...

Max Brand’s action-filled stories of adventure and heroism in the American West continue to entertain readers throughout the world. „"Chip Traps A Sheriff"” is one of his work. Neatly plotted and briskly told, it illustrates Brand’s remarkable gift for storytelling. One of the greatest western authors of all time. Max Brand leads the reader on a very authentic tale of the old west the way it was. Brand penned over 200 full-length Westerns in his career, including „"Destry R...

An exciting Western tale of a honorable thief who steals from crooks and ends up saving a family from the ruthless and conniving hands of a cousin who is trying to insert himself into their fortunes. There’s lots of action with good characterizations and even some political and philosophical insights that gives the story a depth of being more than just an action yarn. There’s a hired investigator, who saves him repeatedly, at risk to himself, and there is a lovely girl who ...

Frederick Schiller Faust (1892-1944) was an American author best known for his thoughtful Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. Prolific in many genres, he wrote historical novels, detective mysteries, pulp fiction stories and many more. This is one of his work. Three men, each traveling alone, head for the town of Loomis, where they will meet in a violent confrontation that will leave one of them dead by morning. The plot is well constructed with well drawn subsidiary cha...

Carrick Dunmore seemed to be nothing more than a happy-go-lucky cowboy whose main pastimes were drinking and sleeping. He wasn’t the kind of man who could challenge Jim Tankerton, the outlaw chief whose cruel violence terrorized the countryside. But Dunmore had a few tricks to outwit old Jim... One of many recommended westerns by this prolific author. Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 – May 12, 1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literar...

Max Brand (1892-1944) is the best-known pen name of widely acclaimed author Frederick Faust, creator of Destry, Dr. Kildare, and other beloved fictional characters. Orphaned at an early age, Faust studied at the University of California, Berkeley. He became one of the most prolific writers of our time but abandoned writing at age fifty-one to become a war correspondent in World War II, where he was killed while serving in Italy. This is one of his work. The plot is well con...

This fast-paced story is about a tough rebel named Destry who is sent to prison for years, serving time for a crime he did not commit. Once out, he aims to seek revenge on the 12 jury members who sent him to prison and voted for his incarceration. However, his mission isn’t to kill but to find other unique ways as punishment and to make their lives miserable. Neatly plotted and briskly told, it illustrates Brand’s remarkable gift for storytelling. One of the greatest wester...

At 30, Bill Naylor had spent half his life behind bars. Free again, and while looking for a new job, he saves a man from drowning. For Bill Naylor, there are all the others in the world, when it comes to being an outlaw, and there is Barry Christian. For Bill, Christian is the best, and the two wind up together, so Bill is all too ready to do the toughest thing that Christian has to throw his way. It involves killing Silvertip. It is Naylor’s chance to prove himself, and he...

In his last evil plan, the dying Steve Wycombe wills his land, stock, and cash to his three worst enemies, Morris Delgas, Harry Rutherford, and Jim Silver, with the knowledge that sooner or later there would be violence over the inheritance. He actually dictates his will while dying from being shot in the stomach. He makes them, one honest man and two crooked, run his ranch. He knows that it is only a matter of time before they come to blows, but that is exactly what he wan...

If you enjoy a fast moving Western dealing with vengeance and well-deserved payback, you’ll like "The Rangeland Avenger" by Max Brand. When Riley Sinclair heads into the town of Sour Creek to seek vengeance for the death of his brother, he doesn’t expect any trouble given his reputation and his skills with a gun. He is not prepared for Cold Feet, however, a man locally known for his abject lack of courage and his non existent fighting skills. A soft spoken but ruthless gunm...

The story of young, hardworking rancher John Saxon who suffers abuse from the mean-spirited Bob Witherell. With a great show of self-discipline and character, Saxon gains skill as a gunsman, and takes down Witherell in a duel ... but Witherell is not ordinary bully, he is also the brother of the notorious outlaw, The Solitaire, of national repute and a "list of dead men ... long and crowded with important names. One of many recommended Westerns by this prolific author. Fred...

Rodeo Ranch has earned its name from the rodeo that the wealthy, aged Ramon Alvarez sponsors there. An attempt has been made on Alvarez’s life, and Alvarez believes his would-be killer is a member of a secret league bent on his destruction. He approaches Duds Kobbe, winner of the rodeo’s shooting competition, and offers him a job as a personal bodyguard, promising a fabulous reward for doing the job. The only catch is that, while employed, Kobbe cannot leave the Alvarez est...

Riders of the Silences was written under the pseudonym of John Frederick. The story is a Western saga based in part on Arthurian legends. Pierre le Rouge, the bastard child of Martin Ryder and his red-haired mistress, was sent off as an infant to be raised by Canadian friars. When his father sends for him after being wounded by the legendary gunman McGurk, Pierre races eight hundred miles to Martin’s side, determined to avenge his father’s attack. This Western from prolific...

No writer captured the excitement, humanity, or adventure of the American West better than Max Brand. ""Silvertip’s Roundup"" is and Old Western tale of adventure told by Max Brand, one of America’s favorite Western writers. Brand tells the story of the legendary Arizona Jim ""Silvertip"" Silver, who shoots fast, stays cook, and brings to justice killers and thieves who make a habit of taking the law into their own hands. No criminal was safe from Silvertip’s brilliant mind...

Ambitna, pionierska próba połączenia wysiłków polskiego „filozofującego ekonomisty” i niemieckiego „ekonomizującego filozofa”, zorientowana na ukazanie głównych dylematów i wyzwań stojących przed ekonomią w konsekwencji globalnego kryzysu bankowo-finansowego i gospodarczego ostatnich lat.

Jak daleko jest w stanie posunąć się człowiek, by przetrwać? Dalej niż śnicie w najgorszych koszmarach…O katastrofie lotu 571 słyszał cały świat. Kanibalizm, wola przetrwania, niemal zwierzęce instynkty. Drużyna rugbystów oraz podróżujących z nimi osób trafiła do piekła. A potem okazało się, że to piekło ma siedem kręgów, a oni zmierzają na sam dół. Każdy kolejny dzień udowadnia, że zawsze może być gorzej.Istnieje wiele szczegółów, na które dotąd nie zwracano uwagi, a które z...

MOŻESZ WMAWIAĆ SOBIE, ŻE ŚWIAT JEST DOBRY, A ŚMIERĆ NIE ISTNIEJE.Prawdziwa historia najbardziej makabrycznego seryjnego mordercy. Psychopaty, który trafił do podręczników kryminalistyki na całym świecie. Edmund Kolanowski jest zwyczajnym człowiekiem z sąsiedztwa. Ma żonę i dzieci, niczym szczególnym się nie wyróżnia. Poza jednym – instynktem bestii. Ta cecha czyni go zwyrodniałym mordercą i kolekcjonerem trofeów. Dewiantem analizowanym przez FBI.Czy Kolanowski jest potworem, ...

Historia inspirowana prawdziwymi wydarzeniami.Thriller, który przyprawi was o dreszcze.  Czy kłamstwo zaprzeczone przez kłamcę jest prawdą?  KINGAOkrzyknięta dzieciobójczynią właśnie opuszcza areszt. Co tak naprawdę stało się przed ponad rokiem? Czy ta eteryczna kobieta, zatracona w książkach i w świecie fantazji, mogła dokonać potwornej zbrodni? A może doszło jedynie do nieszczęśliwego wypadku? Teraz musi zrobić wszystko, by odzyskać drugie dziecko. ...

ŚMIERĆ NIE POZWALA O SOBIE ZAPOMNIEĆ. NIE MOŻNA OD NIEJ UCIEC. W Krakowie dochodzi do serii wyjątkowo brutalnych zbrodni. Ktoś naśladuje jednego z najokrutniejszych morderców wszechczasów. Zabójstwa przypominają wynaturzone dzieła sztuki. Morderca nigdy nie pozwala, by śmierć jego ofiar była zbyt szybka i mało spektakularna. Słynny Mortalista, Honoriusz Mond, wierzy w fizykę oraz w biologię. Odrzuca siły nadprzyrodzone oraz wiarę w reinkarnację. Jednak czy to możliwe, ...

Rady zawarte w „Żyj jak geniusz” pomogą ci pokonać zmęczenie, niepokój i depresję. Jeśli z nich skorzystasz będziesz żyć dłużej i szczęśliwiej.Max Lugavere, autor bestsellera „Jedz jak geniusz”, wraca z nową książką, w którejprzedstawia rozszerzony program zdrowego żywienia i stylu życia.W „Żyj jak geniusz” autor zgromadził dane globalnych badań nad cyklemokołodobowym, psychologią, zapobieganiem demencji, optymalizacją poznawczą ifizjologią ćwiczeń. Na ich podstawie pokazuje ...

Historia Johanna Reichharta, człowieka, który wykonał najwięcej egzekucji w dziejach ludzkości. CZY MOŻNA GO UZNAĆ ZA ZBRODNIARZA? A MOŻE KAT ZAWSZE JEST NIEWINNY? Johann Reichhart pozbawił życia co najmniej 3165 osób. Nie interesowały go ich płeć, wiek ani powód skazania. Nikt przed nim nie zabijał tak szybko i tak skutecznie. Trudno uwierzyć w makabryczne rekordy, które ustanawiał, a jednak to wszystko wydarzyło się naprawdę. Sposoby wykonywania egzekucji, ich tempo, a ...