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The Sacred Fount – ebook
Henry James
The book is about history, but not the one that is written in dry letters in the textbook, but the one into which the time machine takes you and lets you live the days, months in the body of another person, a contemporary of the time you are reading about. It is about religion, but not about what they preach in churches, without the right to question, but about its origins, causes, development, problems,...Data dostępności:
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A Second Home – ebook
Honoré de Balzac
In a dark, narrow street in Paris lives an old widow and her pretty young daughter, sit by the window most days. They share a poor but contented existence, supporting themselves through embroidery work. They see a gentleman in a brown coat pass by in the mornings and return in the evenings. The mother always remarks that he appears either over-worked or in delicate health. The daughter ignores most...Data dostępności:
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On a bicycle across the Sahara and beyond – ebook
Jacek Herman-Iżycki
A report from a journey through Africa in 1980. Dear “Przekrój” magazine, In the early days of July this year, we welcomed a visitor, a young printer from Warsaw, Jacek Herman-Iżycki , who, whilst carrying around 15 kilograms of luggage (a tent, supplies, a 3 litre water canister), successfully cycled on his bicycle through Algeria, Niger, Nigeria and northern Cameroon to reach us – the Polservice...Data dostępności:
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Najsławniejsi hotelarze wszech czasów – ebook
Robert Woliński
"Najsławniejsi hotelarze wszech czasów" to chyba najbardziej kompleksowa na świecie pozycja książkowa dedykowana osobistościom hotelarstwa, mającym wkład w rozwój profesji jak i całego przemysłu gościnnego. W trzydziestu sześciu rozdziałach opowiedziano niezwykłe historie czterdziestu jeden hotelarzy: budowniczych, konstruktorów, deweloperów, właścicieli i menedżerów hoteli, szefów kuchni i gastronomii,...Data dostępności:
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The Most Famous Hoteliers of All Time Vol. 1 – ebook
Robert Woliński
The hotel industry has a rich history and a future yet to be discovered. Centuries-old, it evolved over the years, adopting the traditional concept of a “home away from home” to the needs of modern life. This history was written by hoteliers of different nationalities, not only by Americans and the Swiss. The Most Famous Hoteliers Of All Time is a series of books dedicated to prominent...Data dostępności:
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The Most Famous Hoteliers of All Time Vol. 2 – ebook
Robert Woliński
The hotel industry has a rich history and a future yet to be discovered. Centuries-old, it evolved over the years, adopting the traditional concept of a “home away from home” to the needs of modern life. This history was written by hoteliers of different nationalities, not only by Americans and the Swiss. The Most Famous Hoteliers Of All Time is a series of books dedicated to prominent...Data dostępności:
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Albert Savarus – ebook
Honoré de Balzac
Wonderful tale set in the provincial town of Besançon, and focusing on the de Watteville family – the fiercely religious and independently wealthy wife, the ineffectual husband, who absents himself, spending his days working his lathe and 19-year-old daughter, Rosalie. She falls in love with the mysterious stranger who took up residence a few yards away from her family’s home. Through her maid, herself...Data dostępności:
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A House to Let – ebook
Charles Dickens Wilkie Collins Elizabeth Gaskell Adelaide Ann Procter
„A House to Let” is a novella originally published in 1858 by Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell and Adelaide Anne Procter. Each of the contributors wrote a chapter (stories within a story, and in the case of Adelaide Anne Procter, as a story in verse) and the whole was edited by Dickens, making it fit together seamlessly as a whole. This novella is a composite tale of mystery and intrigue...Data dostępności:
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Dolina niesamowitości – ebook
Anna Wiener
"Diabeł ubiera się u Prady" w Dolinie Krzemowej, czyli centrum nowych technologii oczami szeregowej pracownicy start-upa. Anna Wiener - wiecznie spłukana, pozbawiona perspektyw na rozwój zawodowy, szukająca sensu życia dwudziestokilkulatka - rzuca pracę w branży wydawniczej i skuszona obietnicami cyfrowego raju przeprowadza się z Nowego Jorku do San Francisco. Tam szybko znajduje zatrudnienie...Data dostępności:
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