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My Ántonia – ebook
Willa Cather
The story of a boy who grew up in a wealthy farming family, not avoiding hardships and always ready to lend a helping hand. The story of a love that didn’t happen, but rather happened, between the main character or Antonia, turns out to be more than growing up, more than just about the history of one country. This is a story about a change of mind.Data dostępności:
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A Voyage of Consolation – ebook
Sara Jeannette Duncan
This story begins with the termination of the protagonist’s engagement to his daughter-in-law. narrator with a fiancee who does not approve of the change. The protagonist decides to travel to Europe, to Italy and France. Travel provides an opportunity for witty observation of people and places, and by the end, romance has re-entered the storyteller’s life.Data dostępności:
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Traces of Crime – ebook
Mary Fortune
This is an exciting detective story. A detective tracks down a suspect in an assault and rape at the Chinaman’s Flat gold mines in Australia, hoping to gather enough evidence to convict the man. A detective goes undercover as a prospector and observes strange behavior. Can this detective get to his man, or will the murder change everything?Data dostępności:
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The Dark Road – ebook
Harold Bindloss
Once Welland wanted to be rich, but it so happened that life linked him to an officer’s position. Now he has become an avid adventurer. Welland realized that his main occupation was hunting Canadian elk and sailing on a yacht in the Great Lakes. This life seemed boring to him and he wanted to change something on his way.Data dostępności:
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Carmen’s Messenger – ebook
Harold Bindloss
Jake Foster wanted to change something in his own country with small steps. To do this, he had to marry Alice, who is ready to invest in his business, in his idea. After the signing of the contract, he feels relieved because now he can increase income of his country. But is it worth the sacrifices for which he went?Data dostępności:
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Allan and the Ice-Gods – ebook
H. Rider Haggard
Many people want to have a drug in their hands that can change our appearance. Our hero was in the hands of just such a drug. Quatermain takes the hallucinogenic drug taduki, after which he transforms into an incomprehensible creature. He falls in prehistoric times, in cave times. Such an adventure will be definitely interesting.Data dostępności:
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The Fifth Queen – ebook
Ford Madox Hueffer
The first book in the triology, „The Fifth Queen” recounts Katharine’s arrival at court and the early stages of her relationship with England king Henry VIII. Growning up far from court, she is wholly unused to the corruption and intrigue that now surround her. Soon Katharine is locked in a vicious battle with Thomas Cromwell, the Lord Privy Seal, as she fights for political and religious change. The...Data dostępności:
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The Secret of the Sands – ebook
Fred M. White
Sir Devereux’s name had stood deservedly high in the annals of the Indian Army. He was more than a soldier and a strategist, his name was known everywhere where good work was done. Sometimes he was tough and strict, his code of honor was simple and sincere. He never considered his people fighting vehicles, but treated them like members of his family. The horror that has arrived, will soon change e...Data dostępności:
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The Treasure of the Lake – ebook
H. Rider Haggard
In fact, this is one of several papers published after the death of Haggard. The Treasure of the Lake is another extreme adventure in the hidden heart of Africa. Allan Quatermain finds a village in the center of the Dark Continent, run by a man with a strange knowledge of future events. But what will the main character do with this knowledge? Can he change something? This is the last Quatermain bo...Data dostępności:
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Les Gens de Bureau – ebook
Émile Gaboriau
«Les gens de bureau» est un récit plaisant et en même temps une une très bonne satyre de l’administration du XIX siècle. Ici vous pouvez trouver les parallèles à faire avec l’actuelle ou reconnaître quelques collègues dans les descriptions des fonctionnaires. Avec le portrait d’un jeune homme, Romain Caldas, Gaboriau réalise le portrait de différents types d’employés et de leurs misères. Est-ce que...Data dostępności:
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