Ta historia jest całkowicie nieprawdopodobna, a jednak w pełni prawdziwa.„Mieszkańcy tego kraju już mnie szanują, ale teraz mają mnie pokochać. Mam być dla nich bliższy niż ojciec i matka. Mam być dla nich jak Bóg”.Inteligentne dziecko, które stało się drobnym przestępcą. Drobny przestępca, który został baronem narkotykowym i jednym z najbogatszych ludzi świata.Uważał się za Boga, pana życia i śmierci. Przypisuje mu się tysiące ofiar. Jednocześnie mieszkańcy Kolumbii modlą si...

Ta opowieść zaczyna się od zagadki. Dlaczego pisarz Max Cegielski omijał łukiem żydowski cmentarz w Ustrzykach? Dlaczego tak długo nie dostrzegał jego obecności? Żeby odpowiedzieć na to bardzo osobiste, jak się okaże, pytanie, autor wyrusza w niespieszną wędrówkę, która wiedzie przez bieszczadzką Atlantydę, przez Żuławy, Brukselę i Auschwitz. Z „Jądrem ciemności” Conrada jako swoistym przewodnikiem tropi historie mniejszości wymazanych z naszej zbiorowej pamięci, z pom...

Pełna humoru opowieść o przyjaźni Richard Gold po stracie żony pogrążył się w rozpaczy. Całymi dniami nosił smutny szlafrok i stary kapelusz i zmagał się z chorobą zwaną „życie bez sensu”.Frankie to wolna dusza, kot żyjący na ulicy, który zna dziesięć języków (nieznający języków kocur jest skończony, wszystko przez różnorodność gatunkową).Ich pierwsze spotkanie nie należało do najprzyjemniejszych. W końcu nie co dzień Frankie dostawał w...

Młody Eryk Deryło i Zagadkowi Agenci mierzą się z sekretem prawdziwego ducha!CZWARTY WCIĄGAJĄCY TOM SERII KSIĄŻEK DLA DZIECI MAKSA CZORNYJA, AUTORA BESTSELLEROWYCH KRYMINAŁÓW.Trwają przygotowania do halloween oraz dziadów. Miasteczko Strachów szykuje swoje atrakcje. Tymczasem Zagadkowi Agenci trafiają na upiorną dynię, która… mówi. Tajemnicza wiadomość to tylko początek sekretów. Czy młodemu Erykowi, jego przyjaciołom oraz szczenięciu Tosce uda się rozwikłać skomplikowaną ...

Another Sleeper story, featuring Sleeper, a gunslinger turned horse-thief, from the collection „More Tales of the Wild West”. Six action-packed stories of the Old West, filled with unforgettable characters, includes „A Lucky Dog,” in which man’s best friend helps a would-be killer and thief find salvation, along with „A First Blooding,” „Inverness,” (aka „Sleeper Turns Horse-Thief”) and „Death in Alkali Flat.” In this story Sleeper is hired to break a horse and turns horse-th...

They called him Speedy because he could outsmart bankers, outfox barkeeps, and outwit bounty hunters faster than any man alive. He arrived on an iron horse. The day he rode into Durfee, he was more than ready to use his skills to make a killing. To Speedy, Durfee didn’t look any different from a hundred other towns he’d seen before. There were fat bankers waiting for his smooth talk, and lovely young ladies ready to swoon over his smile and his guitar playing. But this time t...

Something natural or supernatural enters the soul of Andrew Creel, a commonplace and disaffected young man, and drives him into a swift game where death is a probability on the one side and love only a possibility on the other. Creel plays it to the end: an end unlike the end that seemed so sure when dusk fell on the garden of that charming mansion with its sinister residents who have taken up residence in the title’s Windon Manor after a bank failure wiped out their fortunes...

„The Face and the Doctor” is another short story by Frederick Schiller Faust (1892-1944) who was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary westerns under the pen name Max Brand. This story filled with excitement, suspense, good guys and bad, and plot twists aplenty! 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...

In „Calling Dr. Kildare”, Dr. Kildare has left his family home to work in a metropolitan hospital with the brilliant Dr. Gillespie who is slowly dying. Kildare has been chosen to work under the irascible Doctor and receive his vast knowledge. On his first case, young Dr. Kildare defies his chief-of -staff, and faces danger and scandal... It is the second in the „Dr. Kildare” series, written by Max Brand, which was the pen name of prolific author Frederick Faust. He is best kn...

Another great Western by Max Brand aka Frederick Faust, Clung is one his most memorable and intriguing characters. As a Western author, Brand did not shrink from controversial topics such as race relations in the Old West. There is a mystery about the birth of Clung, who is raised by an old Chinese man in a small Arizona town, but none about his skill with weapons. At first he shoots in self-defense, then recklessly to avenge an insult. With a price on his head, he begins a l...

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 literary westerns under the pen name Max Brand. In this short story told in the first person, Leon Porfilo, an outlaw of poor beginnings and lowly ancestry, goes up against Jeffrey Dinsmore, a gentleman outlaw born of the privileged class, in an attempt to clear his name and gain a pardon. In „His Fight ...

Doctor Kildare approached just in time to hear Meg say to the officer, „"I heard a shot outside my apartment, then a crash. When I ran out, this man was lying on the landing... „” „"Whiskey Sour"” (1938) is a Doctor Kildare story that continues the depiction of a „"gangster"” atmosphere surrounding the young doctor as he cared for East Side streets toughs and local political bosses while defying his hospital superiors. Max Brand (1892-1944) is the best-known pen name of widel...

The novel „Mother”, one of Gorky’s most popular works, was based on the mass demonstration of 1902 in the city of Sormovo. Hence, an exciting plot based on real events, with a sharp political struggle, secret gatherings, searches, arrests, and the selfless heroism of the main revolutionary hero Pavel Vlasov. However, the central image in the novel is Pelageya Nilovna Vlasova, the mother of the hero, one of the most striking and exciting characters in Russian literature, symbo...

PRAWDA JEST BARDZIEJ PRZERAŻAJĄCA OD NAJMAKABRYCZNIEJSZEJ FIKCJIPierwowzór Leatherface'a z „Teksańskiej masakry piłą mechaniczną" i Buffalo Billa z „Milczenia owiec".Jego prawdziwa historia to gotowy materiał na najmroczniejszy horror.Koszmarne znaleziska w domu Geina przyprawiają o mdłości. Meble obite ludzką skórą, zastawa stołowa wykonana z męskich kości, zasuszone kobiece głowy... A to dopiero początek. Tak jak jedynie początkiem był strój starannie uszyty z fragmentów zw...

TA HISTORIA UZALEŻNIA JAK MIŁOŚĆ. ZAKOCHACIE SIĘ W ANTONII NA ZABÓJ. BĘDZIECIE CHCIELI SPĘDZIĆ Z NIĄ KAŻDĄ WOLNĄ CHWILĘ.U stóp Antonii leży trup. I być może nie ma w tym nic niezwykłego. Komisarz policji widzi denata na własne oczy, do tego wiele świadczy, że mężczyzna zmarł nietypową śmiercią. Drzwi były zamknięte od środka, a w pomieszczeniu znajdowały się tylko dwie osoby. On i Antonia... Antonia nie zamierza owijać w bawełnę. P...

Jak sztuczna inteligencja wpłynie na świat - wojny, prawo, zatrudnienie, przestępczość, relacje społeczne i nasze własne poczucie człowieczeństwa? Czy powinniśmy się obawiać wyścigu zbrojeń w zakresie broni autonomicznych, a może tego że maszyny całkiem nas zastąpią na rynku pracy? Powstanie sztucznej inteligencji ma większy potencjał do przekształcenia naszej przyszłości niż jakakolwiek inna technologia - i nie ma nikogo o większych kwalifikacjach do zbadania tej przyszłoś...

Sixteen In Nome is narrated by young Joe May, an Arizonian who has come to Alaska to "make his stake for a ranch." Joe May, a starving, overgrown youth, had provided a small service for Hugh Massey, owner of the most famous husky in Alaska, in exchange for a monetary reward. He’d heard that Massey’s life revolved around the dog and it was a chance to murder the man he hated with an undying rage. But he never thought he would become the bait Massey needed to lure his enemy i...

The outlaws chasing Silvertip were the deadliest in the West. They wanted the famous man - and the six-shooters they carried always got them what they wanted. The story relates Jim Silver’s continuing battle of wills and wits with his arch-enemy Barry Christian, in the process of which Silver’s wolf Frosty and his powerful horse Parade are abducted. Now, with guns drawn, Silvertip and Christian faced each other to settle their old feud once and for all! We also meet the eni...

Valley of the Vanishing Men begins with Ben Trainor receiving a letter from home that tells him that his brother who was bound for Alkali Valley has been missing. Alkali Valley was a lawless desert outpost, known for its gunplay and gold. Ben Trainor rode into town searching for his vanished brother. Within twenty-four hours he had been slugged, shot at, and bushwhacked. ""Go home while you’re still in one piece"" the sheriff advised him. But Ben decided to stick it out. An...

If you enjoy a fast moving Western dealing with vengeance and well-deserved payback, you’ll like "Under His Shirt" by Max Brand (1923). Fascinating characters, action-packed adventure, skillful literary description, and a plot that keeps you guessing - Max Brand’s "Under His Shirt" offers something to appeal to every reader, whether you’re a confirmed fan of the genre or someone who is dipping into Western for the first time. Faust wrote more than 500 novels and over 400 sh...

He was the toughest cowpuncher in the Wild West, the surest shot who ever lived. Where Ronicky Doone went, trouble was sure to follow. So Doone wasn’t surprised when he rode into Twin Springs and found himself in the middle of a deadly war between two rival families. The stakes are high - honor, revenge, and rich ranch land. Though the townsmen favor the Jenkinses, Ronicky is drawn to the Bennetts - and especially the beautiful Elsie Bennett. As the struggle builds up in vi...

In "The Cross Brand", Sheriff Harry Ganton and Jack Bristol have been friends since they were young. But when Harry accuses Jack of trying to steal his girl, guns blaze and the sheriff is shot. Jack Bristol stole his horse and rode off, not into the sunset, but into the mountains. The mountain man held him captive for months and then released him. Why? And why did the girl scream with terror when she saw his face? A Western take on the story of Kane and Abel. This is Max Br...

The Streak had blasted seven vicious killers single-handedly, tamed the wildest mustangs on the range and outsmarted the sharpest dealers in Jasper Valley. The stories about the fabulous Streak were endless. BUT ... not one of them was true! The Streak was really a harmless young man named Blondy Terrance. A series of crazy coincidences had earned him a reputation for violence he never deserved. Now, the deadliest gunslingers in the territory are after him - to put him to t...

Lee Garrison, a solitary fence rider in the southwest, is entranced with stories he has read of daring medieval adventures. Then a dying Indian stumbles into his camp, telling of a magnificent wild mustang called Moonshine. Garrison pursues the elusive horse across the plains on a quest of self-discovery. The chase would lead him across thousands of miles of plains, deserts, and rivers, and before his quest had ended, Lee Garrison would learn the meaning of hope and the cos...