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God’s Good Man – ebook
Marie Corelli
The plot takes place in England. Pastor John Walden, a forty-year-old „man of worship”, is presented as having a cheerful, optimistic personality, athletic build, and strong character. He owns one of the smallest „living quarters” in England, an old relic from a medieval church. The ending is unpredictable and keeps you in suspense until the last words.Data dostępności:
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The Provincial Lady in Russia – ebook
E.M. Delafield
Written in the style of a diary, it tells the story of woman living in 1930s Russia who finds herself toiling on a collective farm, battling with public transport, and generally struggling with life in Soviet Russia. Although the style and humor are slightly different than the others in the series, it manages to be on itself a thoroughly interesting book about one woman’s experiences in Communist ...Data dostępności:
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The Joyful Delaneys – ebook
Hugh Walpole
Hugh Walpole skillfully weaves these plot threads and half a dozen others into this increasingly exciting saga. His characters leave the page in a living, breathing color; his descriptions are better than photographs, including sounds, smells, tastes and emotions, as well as vivid visual descriptions; he skillfully plays on our feelings, including us as good colleagues, sharing the views of his fantastic...Data dostępności:
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The Glory of Clementina Wing – ebook
William J. Locke
The best novel that Mr. Lock has written since he created his masterpiece. He put all his strength into it... history is a real story with a real plot, real people, real human emotions and real character development. History keeps you from beginning to end. You cannot lay it down. And over this story there is a constant play of that light humor and fantastic fun, which Mr. Locke alone among the living...Data dostępności:
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David Blaize and the Blue Door – ebook
E.F. Benson
To forget about the real world – the dream of every person. There are times when you want to feel something fantastic. A little boy had this dream. In a dream, he wanted to see his living parents and enjoy this time. The boys began to experience drowsiness around the time when they were ten years old, although they could still have random waking moments, and soon after that they would fall asleep and...Data dostępności:
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The Road to Wigan Pier – ebook
George Orwell
“The Road to Wigan Pier“ is a book by George Orwell, an English novelist, essayist, and journalist. He is best known for the allegorical novella Animal Farm and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. The Road to Wigan Pier is a book by the English writer George Orwell, first published in 1937. The first half of this work documents his sociological investigations of the bleak living conditions...Data dostępności:
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Niepocieszony – ebook
Kazuo Ishiguro
Jedna z ważniejszych powieści zdobywcy Literackiego Nobla, Laureata Nagrody Bookera, w 2023 roku nominowanego do Oscara za scenariusz filmu Living . Ironiczny portret oderwanego od świata artysty. Groteska i absurd w kafkowskim stylu. Atmosfera kojarząca się z Alicją w Krainie Czarów , a czasami ze Strefą mroku . Ryder, światowej sławy pianista, przybywa do nienazwanego miasta w Europie...Data dostępności:
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The Fruit of the Tree – ebook
Edith Wharton
Published in 1907, this little novel by the author of „The Age of Innocence” was considered controversial for its frank treatment of labor and industrial conditions, drug addiction, mercy killing, divorce, and second marriages. Clever, idealistic and poor John Amherst, the assistant manager of the cotton mill, is fed up with the deplorable working and living conditions of the workers in his charge....Data dostępności:
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Szczera prawda o nieuczciwości – audiobook
Dan Ariely
„Wybitna” – „New York Times” Autor bestsellera „New York Times”, Potęga irracjonalności powraca ze skłaniającą do refleksji książką, która podważa nasze przekonania na temat uczciwości i zmusza nas, byśmy byli ze sobą szczerzy. Czy ryzyko wpadki wpływa na naszą skłonność do oszustwa? W jaki sposób firmy torują drogę oszustwu? Czy współpraca czyni nas bardziej czy mniej uczciwymi? ...Data dostępności:
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