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The Royal Life Guard – ebook
Alexandre Dumas
„The Royal Life Guard – A Historical Romance of the Suppression of the French Monarchy” is a historical romance of the suppression of the French monarchy. France had been changed to a limited monarchy from an absolute one, and King Louis XVI had solemnly sworn to defend the new Constitution. But it had been remarked by shrewd observers that he had not attended the Te Deum at the Paris Cathedral, with...Data dostępności:
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Rose in Bloom – ebook
Louisa May Alcott
Opening several years after the close of „Eight Cousins”, we find Rose coming home fresh from a voyage overseas, to find much changed about her. Suddenly, she is surrounded by male admirers, all expecting her to marry them. But before she marries anyone, Rose is determined to establish herself as an independent young woman. Besides, she suspects that some of her friends like her more her money than...Data dostępności:
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Tregarthen’s Wife – ebook
Fred M. White
Another fantastic story from Fred M. White. The island of Tregarthen is a long green succulent piece from the mainland, about eight miles long and five wide. It is protected from the east and north by granite walls, rising a thousand feet up and dark, and its music is the Atlantic thunder and the cry of countless sea birds. Where is it? What matters it? Not so many leagues from Tintagel, for they tell...Data dostępności:
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The Malefactor – ebook
E. Phillips Oppenheim
This 1907 novel was one of the early popular novels of society by E. Phillips Oppenheim. The story revolves around the conflict between a gentleman’s obligation to defend the honor of a lady, and his responsibility to his own feelings, family, and freedom. Sir Wingrave, imprisoned wrongfully for killing a man, finishes his sentence and plans his vengeance against those who would not tell the truth...Data dostępności:
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Of Royal Blood – ebook
William Le Queux
„It is imperative that active steps must be taken to preserve England’s supremacy, and at the same time frustrate this aggressive policy towards us which is undoubtedly growing. I need not tell you that the outlook is far from reassuring. As a diplomatist you know that as well as I do. The war-cloud which rose over Europe at the end of the last Administration is still darkening. It therefore behoves...Data dostępności:
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Nobby – ebook
Edgar Wallace
Edgar Wallace’s humorous tales of British Army life, centered around the characters of „Smithy” and „Nobby”. The stories, collected in 1905, are supposed to tell us about the every-day life of the soldiers and are supposed to be, in turns, funny, moving, or even sometimes tragic. This substantial collection of the Smithy stories finds our incorrigible hero and his scurrilous band of confederates malingering,...Data dostępności:
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The Law of the Just Men – ebook
Edgar Wallace
Written in 1905, this is the first of Edgar Wallace’s adventures to feature the Four Just Men, a collective of European men of position who see it as their duty to execute those criminals that, for whatever reason, the law cannot or will not touch. In this adventure, the Four Just Men set their hand against the British Foreign Secretary. Concerned that an extradition bill about to be passed into law...Data dostępności:
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Riders of the Purple Sage – ebook
Zane Grey
„Riders of the Purple Sage” is Zane Grey’s best-known novel. Originally published in 1912, it was one of the earliest works of Western fiction and played a significant role in popularizing that genre. The story uses a third person narrator to tell the story from the point of view of two main characters Bern Venter and Jane Withersteen and a few minor characters. Jane Withersteen, Mormon-born Utah native,...Data dostępności:
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Bleak House – ebook
Charles Dickens
Money often changes people’s lives. If you inherited a substantial amount of money would it change yours? Would you work or quit your job? Would you feel entitled to various privileges because of your wealth? Would you behave differently? These and other issues are the subject of the English novel Bleak House by Charles Dickens. Bleak House, like many of Dickens’ writings, is about various social issues....Data dostępności:
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Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean 29/2 – eprasa
Iwona Zych Aleksandra Zych Agata Czamara Ewa Czyżewska-Zalewska Anna Południkiewicz Malwina Piorun Jan Kurzawa
Polska archeologia na Morzu Śródziemnym 29/2. Prace terenowe i badania. Tom jest przeglądem najnowszych polskich badań archeologicznych w północno-wschodniej Afryce, basenie Morza Śródziemnego oraz na Bliskim Wschodzie.. Wśród artykułów ułożonych chronologicznie od okresu predynastycznego w Egipcie (III tys. p.n.e.) po okres Królestwa Funj w Sudanie (XVI w. n.e.) znajdują się rozszerzone prezentacje...Data dostępności:
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