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Crucial Instances – ebook
Edith Wharton
Originally published in 1901, „Crucial Instances” is the second collection of six short stories connected, as the title suggests, by a hinging moment in the narrative through which the plot alters dramatically. The contents included the following: „The Duchess at Prayer”, „The Angel at the Grave”, „The Recovery”, „Copy: A Dialogue”, „The Rembrandt”, „The Moving Finger” and „The Confessional”.This is...Data dostępności:
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Just So Stories – ebook
Rudyard Kipling
“Just So Stories” are usually devoted to how a particular animal changed its initial appearance as a result of the actions of a person or a fairy creature. For example, Keith cannot swallow a person because he once swallowed a Sailor, who secured a wooden lattice inside, which prevents him from swallowing other people. The camel acquired a hump as a punishment from Gene, Lord of All Deserts, for refusing...Data dostępności:
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Narodziny gatunku FPS – ebook
Luke Chambers
FPS, czyli First Person Shooter to jeden z najważniejszych gatunków gier komputerowych. Dzięki takim grom jak Wolfenstein 3D czy Doom, gracze na całym świecie pokochali komputerowe strzelaniny z widokiem pierwszoosobowym. Jednak nie były to pierwsze gry… Gatunek ten powstał już w roku 1973. Poznaj historię rozwoju gatunku, a także przeczytaj o dwudziestu pięciu najbardziej wartych uwagi grach.Data dostępności:
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The Master-Christian – ebook
Marie Corelli
Marie’s skill lies in her powers of observation. She sees how men behave with women, how the rich behave with the poor, how power is based on political machinations, how actors bow to virtuous people, how easily every person dissolves gossip and ruins lives. How easily a man turns into a murderer, how genius is diminished if a woman possesses it.Data dostępności:
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The Blind Man’s House – ebook
Hugh Walpole
The House of the Blind is Walpole’s last book before his death. This is a psychological study of the village and people who come in contact with a blind person and his young bride. The letter is impeccable. If you enjoy in-depth character study and enjoy reading old novels, then you will really enjoy it.Data dostępności:
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Nata i czarownice – ebook
Anna Andrusyszyn
Wraz z Natą przenieś się do świata magii! Na czas wyjazdu mamy Nata miała zostać pod opieką trzech sympatycznych staruszek, Trzykrotek. Szkoda tylko, że mama zapomniała wspomnieć, że staruszki to emerytowane czarownice, a domem rodzinnym Naty zainteresują się potężni czarodzieje. To trochę komplikuje sytuację! Jak bez ujawniania mocy Trzykrotki mają poradzić sobie z przebojową ośmiolatką? Prawdziwe...Data dostępności:
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The Green Mirror – ebook
Hugh Walpole
Mrs. Trenchard’s figure contains all the jealous stubbornness of a strong parent who does not want to let go of his child. Her strength lies mainly in her ability, as she is understood to be unsympathetic, to impose creative possibilities on those whom she loves, and singles out a caring Catherine as a person whose fate she wants to control. When Katherine agrees to be engaged during the year, she...Data dostępności:
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The Tale of Triona – ebook
William J. Locke
Trion is Alexis Trion, a man with a mysterious past, a tormented hero, a man who writes his story, which instantly becomes a bestseller. It was at this moment that Olivia enters his life. Olivia is a rich, recently orphaned young woman who wants adventure to see the world, etc. to start her new life. There she reads Alexey’s book and meets him in person.Data dostępności:
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The Vintage of Yon Yee – ebook
Louise Jordan Miln
The novel is about a young woman of both English and Chinese descent, who must choose between lovers of both races, between East and West. Neither effort, nor suffering, nor experience can give perfection to any person, nor any race. Humanity, individual or herd, can only strive – never fully triumph or to fulfill. But there are separate people, there are different people: vintage masculinity, vintage...Data dostępności:
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A Group of Noble Dames – ebook
Thomas Hardy
A group of "local historians" of men comes together and tells each other stories about women from the past. All stories are connected with love, marriage to the wrong person and illegitimate children. This says a lot about how women looked at that time. Even those in abundance had very little influence and were often convicted of using it when they had a chance.Data dostępności:
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