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A solitary cabin stood far away in the backwoods of Canada, outside all tracks of civilization, in a region which only the native Indians and a few daring trappers cared to penetrate. Rudely built of...

E. Phillips Oppenheim (b. 1866, d. 1946) was a British author who wrote nearly 150 novels during his career. He styled himself as the ''prince of storytellers,'' and is credited with creating the 'rogue...

The story of a gallant soldier who is dismissed his regiment, and disowned by his father, because he has been found guilty, on "false evidence," of cowardice in the field. He changes his name, and later...

E. Phillips Oppenheim (b. 1866, d. 1946) was a British author who wrote nearly 150 novels during his career. He styled himself as the ''prince of storytellers,'' and is credited with creating the 'rogue...

Klasyczna komedia omyłek, która wywoła w Tobie salwy śmiechu! Sprawdź koniecznie, jeśli podoba Ci się seria filmów "Zamiana z księżniczką"! Dwie urocze i prawie identycznie wyglądające sieroty mieszkają...

Czy warto narażać własną wolność, by chronić przypadkowo poznaną kobietę? Odpowiedź wydaje się prosta. Ale kiedy przeciwko logicznym argumentom staje kobiecy czar, wszystko się komplikuje. Jak bardzo?...

English gentleman Hardross Courage has a good life. He has all the money he needs, enjoys sports and hunting, manages the family estate, and in general leads a satisfying life. On a trip to London to...

A sweet, simple tale of how friendship and honesty triumph over money. The protagonist’s pun of a name—Ernest Bliss—foreshadows the plot in which this bored young millionaire transforms his indolent self...

The setting is the years prior to the outbreak of World War I. It is a time when Germany is outwardly preparing for war but Britain continues to believe it is invincible and that no one would challenge...

A lively adventure of a father-daughter con team enjoying themselves in Edwardian London. - Summary by Cate Barratt

This is a story about Jacob Pratt who “stood bond” for his brother and then lost all his money and was unable to pay his debts. Two years later his brother is finally able to restore him to an enviable...

Brigadier general Andrew Tallente, late of Parliament, is implicated in the death of his male secretary, the son of a classmate at Eton. Seems the younger man may have not only been having an affair with...

A beautiful, intelligent young woman – is she a traitorous spy or a patriot? An aristocratic soldier permanently injured during the war – is he a patriot or is there more to him than meets the eye? A...

I am for England and England only, John Lutchester, the Englishman, asserted. "I am for Japan and Japan only," Nikasti, the Jap, insisted. "I am for Germany first and America afterwards," Oscar Fischer,...

In "Nobody's Man," E. Phillips Oppenheim crafts a riveting narrative that delves into the tangled web of human ambition and deception within early 20th-century society. This intricately plotted novel...

Side by side with his dignified, handsome wife, Lord Bernard Clanavon, Earl of Alceston, stood receiving his guests in the spacious corridor which led into the brilliantly-lit ball-room of his town mansion....

Er befand sich in einer ihm gänzlich unbekannten Gegend, und es gab nur einen Ausweg. ... Er hatte sich schon auf dem Absatz umgedreht, um seinen Vorsatz in die Tat umzusetzen, als er, ohne ein Geräusch...

Stabsarzt Major Hugh Thomson ist mit der schönen Geraldine Conyers verlobt. Angeblich ist er für die Lazarette an der Front in Frankreich zuständig, in Wirklichkeit aber für die militärische Spionageabwehr....

Aus dem Büro von Monsieur Dumesnil, dem Kassierer und allmächtigen Financier des Sporting Club, trat ein bleichgesichtiger, schlanker und nicht unterschiedslos aussehender junger Mann hervor und schloss...

"Ich möchte mein Haus verkaufen", kündigte Mr. Britton an. Der Hausmakler schaute seinen Besucher über seine Brille hinweg mit einer gewissen Überraschung an. "Aber, Mr. Britton, ich dachte, Sie hätten...

Am Zielort verließen sie den Aufzug und stiegen die letzte Treppe hinauf. Ann öffnete die Tür des Vorzimmers zum Büro und warf beim Durchschreiten des Raumes die Innentür auf. "Mr. Windergate ist hier,...

Colonel Sir Francis Worton, K.C.B, D.S.O., der seit der formellen Einweihung seiner neuen Abteilung als Q20 unter Berufskollegen offiziell bekannt war, stand vor dem offenen Fenster von Daniel Rocke's...

Ein Mann brachte gegen neun Uhr in einer wilden, stürmischen Nacht seinen Ford-Motorwagen vor einem Schild auf dem trostlosesten Teil der Salisbury Ebene zum Stehen. Der Wind dröhnte wie eine unaufhörliche...

"Sie haben diesen Burschen zwei oder drei Mal in die Enge getrieben und ihn entkommen lassen. Windergate hätte ihn niemals durch die Finger gleiten lassen dürfen, als er ihn in diesem Haus auf der Salisbury-Ebene...

Der junge Mann starrte ihn einen Moment lang müde an. "Sind Sie verrückt?", fragte er schließlich ... "Nicht verrückt", leugnete Londe ernsthaft, "obwohl ich mich leider wegen einer kleinen Schwäche schuldig...

Judith lachte maßlos, lachte, bis die Tränen in ihren Augen standen. Londe wartete geduldig auf ihr Urteil. Als es kam, überraschte es ihn. "Und du nennst mich weich!", rief sie spöttisch aus. "Du nennst...

Ein junger Mann, der gerade erst in Monte Carlo angekommen war, schlenderte an einem strahlenden Februarmorgen gegen halb eins an der Arkade entlang in Richtung Giro's Restaurant, mit der Absicht, einen...

"Beeil dich, Joseph! Ich muss dir etwas zeigen." ... "Nun, was willst du mir zeigen", fragte er abwesend und beobachtete die Rundung von Judiths weißem Arm, als sie die Kaffeekanne anhob. Mit der anderen...

"Judith", gestand er, "ich habe schreckliche Stunden verbracht.... "Was haben wir getan? Warum verstecken wir uns? Mein Gehirn ist voll von verschwommenen Gedanken. Ich habe den Alptraum des Chirurgen...

"Was für einen Unfug wollen Sie von mir?", fragte Daniel - vergeblich versuchte er, sich aufzusetzen. "Nur um einen Blick auf Ihr Gehirn zu werfen", war die angenehme Antwort. "Mein - mein was?" Daniel...

"'There is a plot, Harry Potter. A plot to make most terrible things happen at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry this year.'" Harry Potter's summer has included the worst birthday ever, doomy...

The long-awaited explosive climax to the first arc of the Number One New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive. Dalinar Kholin challenged the evil god Odium to a contest of champions with the future...

The Thought Police, Doublethink, Newspeak, Big Brother – 1984 itself: these terms and concepts have moved from the world of fiction into our everyday lives. They are central to our thinking about freedom...

Readers love The Ingredients for Happiness! ‘A gorgeous summer read’ ‘Uplifting, funny, romantic and charming’...

A spellbinding epic tale of ambition, anarchy and absolute power set against the sprawling medieval canvas of twelfth-century England, The Pillars of the Earth is Ken Follett's classic historical masterpiece.A...

One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World' HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Winston Smith rewrites history. It’s his...

"'Welcome to the Knight Bus, emergency transport for the stranded witch or wizard. Just stick out your wand hand, step on board and we can take you anywhere you want to go.'"When the Knight Bus crashes...

‘Addictive. A first-class page-turner.’ Lisa Hall, author of Between You and Me Can the past ever be forgotten? As soon as nurse Maura Lyle sets foot inside the foreboding Essen Grange,...

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP BESTSELLER#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE'An utterly mesmerising novel..I absolutely loved this book' Bernardine Evaristo,...

WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST ALL-TIME SERIES The Foundation series is Isaac Asimov’s iconic masterpiece. Unfolding against the backdrop of a crumbling Galactic Empire,...

The hauntingly prophetic classic novel. Over 1 million copies sold in the UK. Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to burn books, which are forbidden, being...

Is it ever too late to leave the friend zone? Friends-to-lovers TikTok sensation, The Cheat Sheet, is the rom-com that has readers laughing and rooting for these lovable best friends from the first page!...

“At once a scholar’s homage to The Iliad and startlingly original work of art by an incredibly talented new novelist….A book I could not put down.”—Ann Patchett“Mary Renault lives again!” declares Emma...

OVER 12 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDENOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREA NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFor years, rumours of the 'Marsh Girl' have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina...

"There it was, hanging in the sky above the school: the blazing green skull with a serpent tongue, the mark Death Eaters left behind whenever they had entered a building… wherever they had murdered…"...

Fame. Fashion. Friendship. Hollie can't catch a break. She's broke, she's back living with her family, and her career prospects are precisely zero. So when the chance arises for her and her best friend...

Jonathan Harker, a young London solicitor travels to Transylvania to help a rich nobleman, Count Dracula, purchase an estate in England. Dracula is planning to immigrate to England, and wants Harker to...

The story of the orphan Oliver, who runs away from the workhouse only to be taken in by a den of thieves, shocked readers when it was first published. Dickens's tale of childhood innocence beset by evil...

This ebook compiles Jule Verne's complete collection, including "Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", "Journey to the Interior of the Earth", "The Mysterious Island", "Around the World in Eighty Days",...

In the vast expanse of the treacherous ocean, a legendary tale unfolds, gripping the hearts of readers for generations to come. Immerse yourself in the thrilling world of "Moby Dick," a literary masterpiece...

As the interminable case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce grinds its way through the Court of Chancery, it draws together a disparate group of people: Ada and Richard Clare, whose inheritance is gradually being...

"Turning the envelope over, his hand trembling, Harry saw a purple wax seal bearing a coat of arms; a lion, an eagle, a badger and a snake surrounding a large letter 'H'."Harry Potter has never even heard...

"One of the strangest and most wonderful books in the world." —D. H. Lawrence "‘Moby-Dick’ is the book which I put down with the unqualified thought, 'I wish I had written that'…" —William Faulkner "What...

What The Lord of the Rings is to fantasy, Dune is to science fiction. Presenting one of the most influential works of all time, which has inspired countless other stories for more than half a century,...

An enchanting collection containing the first three novels in New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn’s beloved Bridgerton series set in Regency England—The Duke and I, The Viscount Who Loved Me,...

The Brothers Karamasov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry in a series of triangular love affairs involving the “wicked and sentimental” Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov...

The series that inspired the Netflix show. This collection contains 38 Arsène Lupin stories (the biggest and greatest Arsène Lupin collection in the eBook world), including: - Arsène Lupin, Gentleman...

Mrs. Dalloway chronicles a June day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway–a day that is taken up with running minor errands in preparation for a party and that is punctuated, toward the end, by the suicide...

Mary Shelley began writing Frankenstein when she was only eighteen. At once a Gothic thriller, a passionate romance, and a cautionary tale about the dangers of science, Frankenstein tells the story of...

Pre-order Beth's epic new novel, SWEPT AWAY, now! 'Beth O'Leary is that rare, one-in-a-million talent who can make you laugh, swoon, cry and ache all in the same book' EMILY HENRYTiffy and Leon share...