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Adventure – ebook
Jack London
The novel „Adventure” in an acute, exciting form tells about the life of American and European settlers on the tropical islands of the Pacific Ocean. The main characters are no less pathos than villains who are so colorful in their villainy that they set their teeth together. Jack London, in the preface, writes that this book came out of the movie script. And truly, it is full of adventure, changing...Data dostępności:
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White-Jacket – ebook
Herman Melville
The novel „The White Jacket” by American writer Herman Melville is dedicated to swimming on the US military frigate. The novel, which is a chronicle only in part, describes in detail the life and life of naval sailors, their colorful figures, as well as the features of ships and naval service in that era. A number of philosophical, romantic and socio-political thoughts are presented.Data dostępności:
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The Phantom Launch – ebook
Aidan de Brune
There is always a special thrill of excitement about a mystery story, especially when the main characters cover their tracks successfully. „The Phantom Launch” is an Australian story through and through, its main setting being Sydney and Melbourne, and the swiftness and sureness with which both the launch people and amateur sleuths act will keep the reader breathless. Wireless plays an important part...Data dostępności:
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Seven Footprints to Satan – ebook
A. Merritt
A jungle explorer back home in New York gets kidnapped by a part-Chinese man claiming to be Satan. „Satan” has set up a complicated game of chance, which is played by some of the most wealthy and powerful people in the world. Some have come to suspect that the game might be rigged. „Seven Footprint to Satan” is A. Merritt’s most famous mystery novel and Merritt’s Satan remains one of the most memorable...Data dostępności:
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The Kahm Syndicate – ebook
Aidan de Brune
„The Kahm Syndicate” is another breathtaking novel by the master of mystery Aidan de Brune, a colorful and prolific Australian writer whose opus is well worth saving from oblivion. Who will control the mean streets of Darlinghurst? This and another answers you can find here. The story is fast-paced with some surprising twists, well written and great to read. This genuine mystery story takes the reader...Data dostępności:
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Deadwood Dick’s Doom – ebook
Edward Lytton Wheeler
„Deadwood Dick’s Doom or Calamity Jane’s Last Adventure” is a fast-paced thriller by popular dime-novelist Edward Lytton Wheeler who wrote 33 „Deadwood Dick” novels between 1878 and 1885. His stories are well plotted adventures and his slang and dialect heavy narration is funny as hell. He wrote a lot of tales with female protagonists, maybe influenced by the New Woman of the 1890’s. Deadwood Dick...Data dostępności:
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Deadwood Dick Jr. Branded – ebook
Edward Lytton Wheeler
Deadwood Dick is a fictional character who appears in a series of stories, or dime novels, published between 1877 and 1897 by Edward Lytton Wheeler. His stories are well plotted adventures and his slang and dialect heavy narration is funny as hell. Deadwood Dick was an orphan who was adopted, mistreated and then ran away from home to become a notorious outlaw. Originally from New England, he moved...Data dostępności:
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The Cinema Murder – ebook
E. Phillips Oppenheim
Phillip Romilly is a poor art teacher in London, half-starved, both mentally and physically. His cousin, Douglas, has everything and even buys Beatrice, Philip’s fiancée. He strangles Douglas, throws him in the canal, and assumes his identity. Douglas had booked passage to America for the next day, so after a pleasant sea voyage Phillip arrives at the Waldorf Hotel in New York as Douglas Romilly. Philip’s...Data dostępności:
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The Daffodil Mystery – ebook
Edgar Wallace
Set in England at the turn of the 20th century, Wallace’s crime novel „The Daffodil Mystery” follows the mysterious circumstances under which shop owner Lyne was found dead in Hyde Park, murdered undoubtedly! The clues were numerous but contradictory... The murdered man is an unsavory character who is called on the carpet by the investigator he tries to hire to frame the girl Odette Rider. Detective...Data dostępności:
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Chip of the Flying U – ebook
B.M. Bower
„Chip of the Flying U”, published in 1906, was B.M. Bower’s first and best-known novel. The story is about a cattle ranch, run by a group of happy and hilarious young men, and owned by a crusty older man. Chip is a colorful young man who works as a cow puncher in Montana. He is the typical woman-shy cowboy, but he is also a gifted artist. Well, one day, his boss announces that his (the boss’s) sister...Data dostępności:
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