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Private Selby – ebook
Edgar Wallace
As a prophecy of modern warfare, this book, written before the Great War, is distinctly remarkable, as well as having the genuine Edgar Wallace sense of thrilling narrative. The centre of the plot is the invasion of Britain in 1909. It could be a crime story, as it opens in the mean streets of working class Deptford in the opening years of the 20th century, and includes criminals petty and not so petty....Data dostępności:
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Circumstantial Evidence – ebook
Edgar Wallace
Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) was an English crime writer, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and playwright, who wrote 175 novels, 24 plays, and numerous articles in newspapers and journals. One of the most prolific writers of the twentieth century, Edgar Wallace was an immensely popular author, who created exciting thrillers spiced with tales of treacherous crooks and hard-boiled detectives....Data dostępności:
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The Canterville Ghost – ebook
Oscar Wilde
A family of flag-flaunting United States acquire an historic English mansion from the thoroughly prim, thoroughly British Lord Canterville. Throw in a murderous, aesthetically-minded ghost with a penchant for high drama and theater, and you have a classic, joy-inducing tale of clashing cultures, progress vs. tradition, and Wilde’s self-mockery of his own philosophy of decadent aestheticism. Wilde emphasized...Data dostępności:
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Zatrutka – ebook
Ewa Przydryga
Te pytania wkrótce będzie musiał zadać sobie Piotr, mąż cierpiącej na depresję poporodową Anny. Kobieta pewnego dnia wychodzi na spacer, z którego nie wraca, a znalezione na plaży rzeczy jasno sugerują, że popełniła samobójstwo. Piotr nie przyjmuje jednak tej wersji zdarzeń do wiadomości, tym bardziej że w materacu ich wspólnego łóżka znajduje netbook - dowód na to, że Ania nigdy nie była tą, za którą...Data dostępności:
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Real Dramas – ebook
Fred M. White
Frederick Merrick White (1859–1935) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name „Fred M. White” including the six „Doom of London” science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include „The Four Days’ Night”, in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; „The Dust of Death”, in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers;...Data dostępności:
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