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Sea Warfare – ebook
Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling, acting as a kind of proto-rooted journalist, spoke about aspects of the Royal Navy in World War I that usually do not receive so much attention. In sections on minesweepers, a merchant marine, submariners, and destroyers, he gave a brief account of the important backstage work they did. Through an interview and a summary of the combat reports, he presented an idea of the „culture”...Data dostępności:
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Miss Mapp – ebook
E.F. Benson
Miss Mapp came to the village of Tilling to expose many of the inhabitants there. Mappa must defeat the small and sad curious villagers. People have many questions about the Royal Family. Though there are superstitions that only young people can live in Tilling. However, our main character breaks these stereotypes. After all, she is old, but very smart.Data dostępności:
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Cymbeline – ebook
William Shakespeare
There are two main lines: the story of the lovers of Postum and Imogen and the story of lost and found royal sons. All this, like a silver frame, is framed by sufferings, oaths of loyalty, amazing coincidences and other tasty Shakespearean curlicues. Postum was simply naive and blind, like most of the heroes of Shakespeare. And Imogen, in my opinion one of the most intelligent and clever heroines of...Data dostępności:
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Sergeant Michael Cassidy, R.E. – ebook
H.C. McNeile
Cassidy is a loyal and legendary soldier in the Corps of Royal Engineers. He is brave, proud, and even his elders are afraid of him. Cassidy meets the narrator, a high-ranking officer in Flander. They talk about life at the front. Indeed, a spiritual story, the reader himself will be able to feel all those spiritual moments of life.Data dostępności:
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The Human Touch – ebook
H.C. McNeile
Shorty Bill the sniper is a fun type, but with a cool head. He cuts a new tag on his rifle with each new kill. Herman Cyril McNeile despised the Germans. He was a soldier, a member of the Royal Engineers. This story is about simple guys who became real soldiers in the war.Data dostępności:
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Heritologia 2: Pokusa miejsca. – ebook
Joseph Rykwert
Współczesne miasto jest miejscem sprzeczności; zamieszkiwane przez wiele grup etnicznych, przedstawicieli wielu różnych kultur, warstw społecznych, wyznawców rozmaitych religii. Jest pełne kontrastów i tarć, a więc ma wiele twarzy, bo jedna nie wystarczy. Co ważne, miasta nieustannie się zmieniają, a na ich kształt mają wpływ na przykład rozwój technologii informacyjnej, zmiany społeczne, ale także...Data dostępności:
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Long Live the King! – ebook
Guy Boothby
Located in the imaginary country of Pannonia, the irresistible novel by Guy Newell Boothby „Long Live the King” gives readers a place in the front row of the hectic life of royalty. From decisions on the battlefield of life or death, which must be made in seconds, with thousands of soldiers hanging in the balance, to intense political negotiations in which every word and expression is important, and,...Data dostępności:
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Pericles, Prince of Tyre – ebook
William Shakespeare
The king Antioch was a beautiful daughter. All the fiancés who came to Antioch were given one condition: to guess the difficult riddle; otherwise they will lose their head. No one could guess. Then one day young Pericles from Tire arrived at the king’s court... Having solved the royal riddle, Pericles dares to flee in terror not only from Antioch, but even from his own country. This flight leads to...Data dostępności:
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The Shadow of the Vulture – ebook
Robert E. Howard
So thay brought the envoys, pallid from months of imprisonment, before the canopied throne of Suleyman the Magnificent, Sultan of Turkey, and the mightiest monarch in an age of mighty monarchs. Under the great purple dome of the royal chamber gleamed the throne before which the world trembled– gold-paneled, pearl-inlaid. An emperor’s wealth in gems was sewn into the silken canopy from which depended...Data dostępności:
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Ocean Indyjski 1942 – ebook
Michał Piegzik
Tematem książki jest japońska ofensywa na Oceanie Indyjskim i w Zatoce Bengalskiej w pierwszej dekadzie kwietnia 1942 r. Zmagania te stanowią epizod początkowej fazy drugiej wojny światowej na Pacyfiku, podczas której Japończycy rozbili główne siły aliantów i opanowali olbrzymie obszary Azji Południowo-Wschodniej i Oceanii. Plan całkowitego zniszczenia Royal Navy na Dalekim Wschodzie i przerwania brytyjskich...Data dostępności:
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