O rosji, jakiej nie znacie. Książka burzy utrwalony obraz patriarchalnej Rosji i udowadnia, że system oparty na niewolnictwie powinien budzić wstyd i zdziwienie, a nie nostalgię. W momencie...
Lord Evelyn and a group of seven like-minded esthetes make up „The Ghosts” a cabal of social arbiters, of whom the mere mention is regarded as a faux pas. They are imbued with almost mystical power...
Z tej książki dowiesz się: • Kto powiesił szczura pod zarzutem zamachu stanu? • Dlaczego Richard Wagner rozmawiał ze swoim psem? • Jaką obsesję miał Nikola Tesla? • Jakie grzechy w wieku osiemnastu...
O skrywanej stronie przedwojennej Polski. W Drugiej Rzeczpospolitej trwa rewolucja seksualna. Kraj idealnych dżentelmenów, pełnych gracji dam i bohaterów, którzy wywalczyli o niepodległość był...
Mr. Hardross Courage is a wealthy young Englishman whose life has been carefree and uneventful. He plays cricket for his county, he attends to the management of his estates, he serves as a local...
A collection of nineteen stories, aby Edward Phillips Oppenheim, mostly from the 1890’s and early 1900’s, published in magazines, and collected in 1913. Ghost stories, bizarre adventures, strange...
A detective and very mysterious story. Mr. Sabin is called out of blissful retirement to search for his missing wife. He believes Lucille to be kidnapped by members of a secret society of...
Ta książka to historia naturalna, przekazana z bliska. Jest świadectwem zażyłości ze światem przyrody. Powstała z wnikliwej obserwacji roślin i zwierząt żyjących na ziemi uprawnej i pod nią – od...
Malcolm Gossett is a Scotland Yard detective, fed up by the endless conferences and hierarchy of The Yard, he resigns his position and establishes himself as a private investigator, specializing in...
Detective Inspector John Dickins seated himself in silence. It was not the first of such conferences to which he had been summoned, but this time everyone knew that the situation was critical. He...
Edward Phillips Oppenheim (1866-1946) was the earliest writer of spy fiction as understood today, inventing the „rogue male” school of adventure thrillers and writing over 150 novels of all sorts....
Impatient of the numerous checks which had held up his car all the way from Croydon, Gerald Jennerton let down the window and looked out. London, he realised at once, was swallowing him up. Not the...
The six stories in Part I of this book trace the early career of Peter Benskin. He is a public school graduate with a small private income who joins the police force in London. After an early...
At the corner corner in the restaurant of the Hotel de Paris in Monte Carlo, four very excellent local unforgettable enjoy the noon banquet. Host director Robert was very energetic, with strong...
Poznaniacy mają prawo być dumni ze swej przeszło tysiącletniej historii. Jednak wokół niej przez ostatnie lata narósł szereg niefortunnych mitów, uproszczeń i przeinaczeń. Dużo faktów uległo...
A mystery story that involves the revolution in Portugal. Arnold Chetwode never intended to become involved in international intrigue. Arnold, a gently born young man in impecunious circumstances,...
Uderzający i zaskakujący debiut. Nowy, pełen radości i ironii głos w świecie literatury — „Ten dziwny wiek” Kiley Reid to książka, którą czyta się na raz: otwierająca oczy opowieść o...
E. Phillips Oppenheim was a British writer known for his thriller novels. He is credited with writing over 100 novels including suspense, international intrigue, romance, parables, and comedies....
A very interesting and early novel is extremely popular in the 1920s and 1940s by the famous author E. Phillips Oppenheim. It differs from its later works, here are considered more gloomy themes...
In this novel tells about Alexander, the head of a huge movement aimed at returning to Russia a more conservative government. And also about his beautiful spy love, Anna, who works against the gang...
Julian Orden, son of a British aristocrat attends a dinner party and meets Catherine, a young woman of mixed antecedents – British and Russian. She is entrusted with important documents. When she...
Szalone lata dziewięćdziesiąte w Polsce miały ścieżkę dźwiękową i było nią disco polo. Muzyka chodnikowa królowała na targowiskach, stadionach i w mafijnych dyskotekach. Przy disco polo przeżywano...
Stirling Deane has sold the Little Anna Gold Mine which he discovered in South Africa early in his career. The sale has made him a rich man and the head of the company to which he sold the mine....
Though dated stylistically, this novel has the makings of a decent movie thriller. The story takes place between the Anschluss, the Nazi takeover of Austria, March 1938, and the invasion of Poland...