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Letters from Europe (and Elsewhere) – ebook
Ruth Ellen Gruber
Award-winning American writer Ruth Ellen Gruber contributes regular Letters from Europe (and sometimes elsewhere) to the U.S. magazine „The New Leader”. Mixing travelogue with social and cultural commentary, she delves under the skin of European society to provide a closely observed, uniquely personal take on topics ranging from politics to pop music, from architecture to local cuisine. This volume...Data dostępności:
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Heritage and Environment. The 5th Heritage Forum of Central Europe – ebook
The 5th Heritage Forum of Central Europe, organised in September 2019, was dedicated to the links between cultural heritage and environment , as well as their mutual engagement. In recent years, and especially very recently, we have become increasingly aware that the environmental context is of paramount importance to the complete understanding of values and the very meaning of cultural heritage, which...Data dostępności:
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The Barbarians – ebook
Robert W. Chambers
This is the story of what happened to a dozen malcontents who could no longer tolerate dirty business in Europe and politicians at home. This is an exciting story that will keep you in suspense until the end of the story.Data dostępności:
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A Daughter of To-day – ebook
Sara Jeannette Duncan
This is a short novel about Elfrida, a young girl who gets her art education before being forced to realize that her talents may lie elsewhere instead. She runs away to Europe hoping to find a career in journalism. She read in many magazines.Data dostępności:
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My Strangest Case – ebook
Guy Boothby
A novel about a trio that robs some jewels, one of them escapes with them. This is followed by a whirlwind trip in Europe and Asia in pursuit of blood feud. Writing and plot points (despite the fact that they are more than a hundred years old) don’t feel obsolete.Data dostępności:
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Heartbreak House – ebook
George Bernard Shaw
“Heartbreak House” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Heartbreak House is a play written by George Bernard Shaw. According to A. C. Ward, the work argues that "cultured, leisured Europe" was drifting toward destruction, and that "Those in a position to guide Europe to...Data dostępności:
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Historical Mysteries – ebook
Andrew Lang
Andrew Lang (31 March 1844 – 20 July 1912) is known for being a Scots poet, novelist, literary critic, and student of anthropology. He is most famous for his folk stories and fairy tales. The majority of these essays appeared in „The Cornhill Magazine” in 1904. The table of contents includes „The Case of Elizabeth Canning”, „The Murder of Escovedo”, The Campden Mystery, „The Case of Allan Breck”, „The...Data dostępności:
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The Innocents Abroad – ebook
Mark Twain
The Innocents Abroad is one of the most prominent and influential travel books ever written about Europe and the Holy Land. When you dive into Mark Twain’s The Innocents Abroad, you have to be ready to learn more about the unadorned, ungilded reality of 19th century „touring” than you might think you want to learn. This is a tough, literary journey. It was tough for Twain and his fellow „pilgrims”,...Data dostępności:
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Death Comes for the Archbishop – ebook
Willa Cather
The novel tells about the life of a French missionary in the southwestern United States. In the center of the novel are two Frenchmen, Bishop Jean Latour and Father Joseph Veillant, who left Europe and devoted their entire adult lives to creating a new Catholic parish in Santa Fe after the Mexican War.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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