The story revolves around a middle-aged bank clerk who, burdened by debt and an extravagant wife, commits murder in secret. As he grapples with the consequences of his actions, a lucrative investment unexpectedly changes his fortunes. However, the weight of his crime continues to haunt him, leading to an ironic and unexpected conclusion that highlights the themes of guilt and fate.
Na północnym Atlantyku toczy się zażarta bitwa, podczas której życie trzech tysięcy marynarzy zależy od decyzji jednego człowieka. Komandor porucznik marynarki wojennej USA George Krause dowodzi czterookrętową eskortą, która ma zabezpieczyć przed nieprzyjacielskimi atakami konwój, złożony z trzydziestu siedmiu statków, płynący z Ameryki do Anglii przez mroźny Atlantyk. Na konwój polują wilcze stada niemieckich okrętów podwodnych i, aby uchronić ważny ładunek, Krause musi rozegrać z U-Bootami grę na śmierć i życie, zmagając się przy tym ze zmęczeniem, głodem, pragnieniem i osobistymi demonami. Misja Greyhound to klasyka literatury marynistycznej i jedna z najlepszych powieści o II wojnie światowej i toczonej wówczas wojnie morskiej.
Captain Horatio Hornblower and the undaunted crew of the Sutherland set sail to rival the exploits of Napoleon's ships.
A Horatio Hornblower Tale of the Sea June, 1808 - and off the Coast of Nicaragua Captain Horatio Hornblower has his hands full . . . Now in command of HMS Lydia, a thirty-six-gun frigate, Hornblower has instructions to form an alliance against the Spanish colonies with a mad and messianic revolutionary, El Supremo; to find a water route across the Central American isthmus; and 'to take, sink, burn or destroy' the fifty-gun Spanish ship of the line Natividad - or face court-martial. And as if he did not have enough trouble, Hornblower must also contend with the beguiling charms of an unwanted passenger: Lady Barbara Wellesley . . . This is the fifth of eleven books chronicling the adventures of C. S. Forester's inimitable nautical hero, Horatio Hornblower. 'I find Hornblower admirable, vastly entertaining' Sir Winston Churchill
1805, and Hornblower is both humbled and honoured in quick succession . . . After near disaster on board a canal barge, Horatio Hornblower is given his first assignment as Captain, taking charge of the Atropos, a 22-gun sloop that will act as flagship for the funeral procession of Lord Nelson. Soon the Atropos is part of the Mediterranean fleet's assault upon Napoleon, and Captain Hornblower must execute a bold and daring salvage operation for buried treasure lying deep in Turk waters. Under the guns of a suspicious port captain and the threat of a Spanish frigate more than double Atropos's size, Hornblower must steer his ship unscathed and triumphant . . . This is the fourth of eleven books chronicling the adventures of C.S. Forester's inimitable nautical hero, Horatio Hornblower.
The African Queen is an old, dirty, ugly, unreliable steamboat. No one would expect a missionary's sister & a rough, uneducated mechanic to take a boat like that down a dangerous river through the forests of Central Africa. But Rose Sayer & Charlie Allnutt do just that. The First World War has just begun, & Rose has a crazy plan.