western

Nathan Everett uważa, że nic mu nie przeszkodzi w zdobyciu stanowiska dyrektora koncernu Western Oil. Nawet dawny romans z córką głównego konkurenta. Ale Ana Birch pojawia się w jego życiu ponownie, piękna jak zawsze, z dzieckiem na ręku. Nie ma wątpliwości, kto jest ojcem. Nathan musi podjąć niezwykle trudną decyzję. Czy ujawni związek z Aną i zaryzykuje utratę wszystkiego, na co tak ciężko praco...

„The Happy Average” is a novel of far more genuine merit than Mr. Whitlock’s former works. It is a realistic story of commonplace life in a small Ohio town, the realism being of that wholesome sort which portrays the every-day existence, the small joys and sorrows, of the average men and women of the average Western village. The story deals with the struggles of the hero, Glenn Marley, a young man...

The book opens shortly before Christmas, many years ago. The city of Polchester was an old rickety building on a cliff above old grass. The house was a windy, creaky, bitten rain place where three elderly women lived as tenants, including Miss Beringer, who had moved the day before. These old women are only 70 years old, but in the history of Walpole, written in 1924, they are seriously ancient, poor,...

„Heart of the West” is a collection of O. Henry nineteen short stories, all of which are set in or feature the American West at the turn of the 20th century, back before paved interstates, when cowboy culture was at its peak. This collection of short fiction from master of the form centers on tales of romantic entanglement, adventure, and lost love among the dusty trails and plains of the Wild West....