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The Crouching Beast – ebook
Valentine Williams
It is 1914, but war has not yet broken out. Olivia Dunbar, a young English woman, is working in Germany as a private secretary. She obtains secret military information, and becomes entangled in a British secret agent operation, and encounters the terrifying Dr. Grundt, head of German counter-intelligence: the „crouching beast” of the title. „The Crouching Beast” by Valentine Williams is an example...Data dostępności:
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The Ecclesiazusae – ebook
The game begins with Praxagora leaving the house on the Athenian street before dawn. She wears a fake beard and men’s clothes, and she carries a cane and a lit lamp. A chorus of Athenian women enter one on one, all dressed in a similar costume. In order to be more convincingly courageous, some women developed tans and stopped shaving armpits. One woman brings a full basket of yarn in order to get the...Data dostępności:
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Riddles Read – ebook
Dick Donovan
Written by James Edward Preston Murdock (1843–1934), an author of mysteries, thrillers, and horror stories. For a time, his popularity rivaled that of Arthur Conan Doyle – and he was certainly more prolific than Doyle. This collection of short stories dates from 1896: 1: In the Shadow of Sudden Death, 2: The Doom of the Star-gazer, 3: The Strange Story of Some State Papers, 4: The Problem of Dead Wood...Data dostępności:
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The Glenlitten Murder – ebook
E. Phillips Oppenheim
Glenlitten Manor is the home of Andrew, Marquis Glenlitten, and his lovely, tiny, vivacious French wife, Felice. On the night of a small game hunt, the unsavory Baron de Bresset is murdered and the priceless Glenlitten diamond is stolen. Who stole the necklace and killed de Bresset? The subplot around the origins of Felice, who was orphaned in a French chateau at a very young age, form an interesting...Data dostępności:
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Burning Daylight – ebook
Jack London
Elam Harnish is by nature a player to whom his whole life seems to be a game. Skillfully and cynically playing, Harnish makes millions. A successful businessman lives by the laws of the jungle until he meets the stenographer Didon Mason. From this moment, his life under the beneficial influence of love changes, he becomes a spiritual person. Once he finds a gold mine, and the former excitement lights...Data dostępności:
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The Maverick Queen – ebook
Zane Grey
After his partner was killed during a card game, Link Bradway travels to South Pass, Wyoming to find the killer. But South Pass is awash with players and gunsmiths, and Bradway’s quest leads him directly to a bloody battle when he discovers that he will need much more than a gun to stay alive.Data dostępności:
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The Spy Paramount – ebook
E. Phillips Oppenheim
A wonderful old fashioned spy story set in the 1930’s. Like other Oppenheim romances of diplomacy, intrigue and espionage, this latest one poses a critical situation in the relationships of European powers which threatens the immediate out-break of war. „The Spy Paramount” takes us to Rome, 1934. American Martin Fawley, a former secret service agent, is recruited as a spy by General Berati, the most...Data dostępności:
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The Fourth Plague – ebook
Edgar Wallace
„The Fourth Plague” is an intriguing crime novel that was published in 1913, during the early years of Wallace’s career as a novelist. Here again pits a master detective against a powerful crime syndicate, this time with an Italian background. An Italian secret society, burglary, kidnapping, detectives, mysterious artefacts, remarkable coincidences! This is a tale of the Red-Hand, a criminal organization...Data dostępności:
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Iluzja a realizm – ebook
Antoni Ziemba
Pierwsze w języku polskim panoramiczne opracowanie sztuki holenderskiej XVII wieku, uwzględniające najwybitniejszych artystów tego okresu: Hendricka Goltziusa, Hendricka Vrooma, Rembrandta i Johannesa Vermeera. Autor ukazuje integralny związek między grą iluzji a realistyczną reprezentacją. Kluczem interpretacyjnym w jego badaniach jest koncepcja obrazu otwartego na widza, bezpośrednio odwołującego...Data dostępności:
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The Adventures of a Suburbanite – ebook
Ellis Parker Butler
A city man moves to the suburbs with humorous results – gardening, automobiling, and golfing become new avocations. The book „The Adventures of a Suburbanite” includes two chapters on golf: „The Royal Game” and „Advanced Golf.” The subjects of humor in this book are mostly the two neighbors’ opposing opinions about all aspects of domestic and rural life, the gardening, and a variety of slapstick troubles...Data dostępności:
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