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The House of Pride – ebook
Jack London
“The House of Pride” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction. The House of Pride is a series of short stories by Jack London. It consists of seven moving and thrilling stories such as: The House of Pride, Good-bye, Jack or The Sheriff of Kona.Data dostępności:
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A House of Pomegranates – ebook
Oscar Wilde
”A House of Pomegranates” is the second collection of fairy tales by the brilliant writer, master of European aesthetics Oscar Wilde, author of the novel „Portrait of Dorian Gray”, plays „Salome”, „Fan Lady Windermere” and „Ideal Husband”, letters of confession „De profundis”, and also numerous short stories, short stories, poems and essays about art. The text is published in two languages, which allows...Data dostępności:
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The Honour of His House – ebook
Fred M. White
Borne Abbey – a miracle of architecture. And there is nothing more outstanding or more beautiful in the English countryside than Borne Abbey. Indeed, this place had its own atmosphere. For nearly four hundred years the Cranwallis family had lived here, lords of broad acres and suzerain of a many goodly manors. Everything changed after the brazen millionaire came to this house.Data dostępności:
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The House of the Schemers – ebook
Fred M. White
There were various rumors about house No.13. There were no lights, badly painted blinds were always lowered, windows were black over the years. The feeling of loneliness and secrecy permeated the interior of No.13. Surprisingly there lived a young beautiful lady, about 20 years old. However, she was very frightened. And all this darkness was displayed on it.Data dostępności:
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The Fall of the House of Usher – audiobook
Edgar Allan Poe
In the haunting tale of 'The Fall of the House of Usher,' Edgar Allan Poe masterfully weaves a narrative rife with melancholy, dread, and the supernatural. When the unnamed narrator arrives at the crumbling mansion of his childhood friend, Roderick Usher, he is plunged into a world of decay and madness. As the boundaries between reality and nightmare blur, the house itself becomes an echoing character,...Data dostępności:
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The House of Mammon – ebook
Fred M. White
The House of Mammon is a new puzzle for readers. John Sairson, an influential businessman, bought a house about five years ago, after Sir George Lugard, the last of his family, was found dead in the library with a gun in his hand. Theories diverged: some suspected that it was a suicide, but others claimed that he was shot. One thing is clear, John Sairson was involved in questionable business. But...Data dostępności:
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The House of Invisible Bondage – ebook
J.U. Giesy Junius B Smith
Two main assistants of our hero help their friend astrologer to solve the mystery. After all, Imer Lamb was locked in a sanatorium for killing his friend. Is he mad or the victim of a devilish conspiracy? Many secrets that readers must solve.Data dostępności:
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The Little Lady of the Big House – ebook
Jack London
“The Little Lady of the Big House” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction. The Little Lady of the Big House is a novel by American writer Jack London. It was his last novel to be published during his lifetime. The story concerns a love triangle. The protagonist, Dick Forrest,...Data dostępności:
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The House of the Seven Gables – ebook
Nathaniel Hawthorne
In the novel The House of the Seven Gables, Nathaniel Hawthorne, one of the founders of American literature, once again, after a series of short stories and the famous Scarlet Letter, addresses the Puritan past and present of his homeland, New England. Legends and legends from national and family history, animated by the author’s fantasy on Gothic themes, add up to the chronicle of the age-old confrontation...Data dostępności:
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Anne’s House of Dreams – ebook
Lucy Maud Montgomery
A chronicle of Anne’s early married life, as she and her childhood sweetheart Gilbert Blythe begin to build their life together in the little „house of dreams” in the picturesque, lonely and sometimes wild seascapes of Four Winds Harbour. A tale uniting the much-loved characters also brings a farewell to Anne Shirley and officially welcomes Anne Blythe. It also introduces intriguing and entertaining...Data dostępności:
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The House of Pride and Other Tales of Hawaii – ebook
Jack London
This is a small storybook. Events that mostly revolve around one person. All his life in Hawaii, Percival Ford lived in the belief that he was following the path of his father, and there was nothing better than missionary virtue and moderation. But his pride was hit by that knowledge of which he had no idea, although it had been with him since childhood.Data dostępności:
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The Little Lady of the Big House – ebook
Jack London
This is the story of a love triangle between Dick Forrest, a wealthy landowner and a great businessman, his wife Paola and friend Graham, who came to visit them, so to speak. A lot of people gather at Forrest Estate. Among them are vagabond philosophers who live in the land of Dick, artists, musicians, etc. And among the constant dinners, entertainment, etc., fateful events take place.Data dostępności:
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The Carter Girls of Carter House – ebook
Emma Speed Sampson
Written for young girls, this is book №4 in „The Carter Girls Series” by Emma Speed Sampson. Sampson, using the name of her sister Nell Speed, wrote 4 titles in the Molly Brown series after her sister’s death in 1913. She also wrote several volumes including the Carter Girls series and the Tucker Twins before she began publishing works under her own name. „The Carter Girls of Carter House” is a good,...Data dostępności:
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The House of Defence – ebook
E.F. Benson
Lord Thurso-Rainham is the type of vigorous man who is the victim of neuralgic headaches. He becomes addicted to the drugs he takes to counter their effects. All other attempts to cure Thurso from his addiction failed. There is one option to save his – to try Christian science, in which no one believes.Data dostępności:
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The House of the Four Winds – ebook
John Buchan
Third and final part of the Dickson McCunn trilogy, where he and the usual sidekicks fall into a plot involving an exiled prince’s attempt to regain the throne despite the efforts of bad guys to keep him from it. The novel is set in the fictional Central European country of Evallonia in the early 1930s. It concerns the involvement of some Scottish visitors in the overthrow of a corrupt republic and...Data dostępności:
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The House of the Whispering Pines – ebook
Anna Katharine Green
When a woman is found dead at The Whispering Pines, not only is everyone shocked, but murder is suspected. After all, why would such a well liked young lady put an end to things, or why would anyone want to do away with her? Her vagabond of a brother is suspected, since he has every cause to wish her out of the picture. Her fiancée Elwood Ranelagh also is suspected since he no longer wished to marry...Data dostępności:
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The Treasure House of Martin Hews – ebook
E. Phillips Oppenheim
A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue. The tiny kingdom of Theos is surrounded by Eastern European powers in this 1902 novel of politics, war, and romance. Russia...Data dostępności:
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The House of Mirth – ebook
Edith Wharton
Is Lily Bart a victim of circumstance or an agent of her own destruction? Edith Wharton’s acutely observed novel poses this question as it follows Lily’s tragic path through the country houses, card tables and drawing rooms of New York’s beau monde at the turn of the 20th century. Impoverished but well-born, Lily realizes a secure future depends on her acquiring a wealthy husband. Her desire for a...Data dostępności:
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The House of Vasa and The House of Austria. Correspondence from the Years 1587 to 1668. Part I: The Times of Sigismund III, 1587-1632, Volume 2 – ebook
Publikowana korespondencja ukazuje wymiar współpracy i wspólnoty interesów dynastycznych, politycznych, kulturowych i religijnych pomiędzy Domem Wazów i Domem Austrii. Stanowi bazę dla analizy wzajemnych relacji pod kątem powinowactwa, emulacji i rywalizacji. Edycja listów tworzy pewnego rodzaju katalog ukazujący rolę i tożsamość Wazów w rozległym europejskim kontekście kulturowym i politycznym i może...Data dostępności:
The House of the Dead – ebook
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky
Aleksandr Petrovich lives through a spiritual re-awakening that culminates with his release from the prison camp. The narrator has been sentenced to penalty deportation to Siberia and ten years of hard labor for murdering his wife. Published in 1861, „House of the Dead” is a semi-autobiographical work based upon Dostoevsky’s exile to Siberia where he was punished with „hard labor” after he was initially...Data dostępności:
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