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Tender Is the Night – ebook
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Set in the South of France in the decade after World War I, „Tender Is the Night” is the story of a brilliant and magnetic psychiatrist named Dick Diver who marries one of his patients, a wealthy schizophrenic, Nicole Warren; as she slowly recovers, she exhausts his vitality until he is, in Fitzgerald’s words, un homme épuisé („a used-up man”). The novel explores how love can be won, lost, and perverted...Data dostępności:
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court – ebook
Mark Twain
A chance meeting in the Warwick Castle leads to an unusual acquaintance. An American who was born and raised in Connecticut shares his diary, which describes in detail his journey to England in the VI century. Darkness and horror, hunger and poverty – the main companions of the time. Wild laws, the incredible power of the church and the nobility, unlimited faith in words. Absolutely implausible, but...Data dostępności:
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Tess of the d’Urbervilles – ebook
Thomas Hardy
This story of temptation, love and betrayal formed the basis of the scripts of several film adaptations. The young beauty, the daughter of an impoverished descendant of an ancient aristocratic family, seemed to be created for happiness. But suffering persecutes Tess, she becomes a victim of the words of the voluptuous bourgeois, loses her child, experiences the betrayal of her husband... „Once a victim...Data dostępności:
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Poppy Ott and the Tittering Totem – ebook
Leo Edwards
A number of boys are ambitious to form a career for themselves in journalism and its various industries, and trusting friendship and willingness to give advice as the protagonist began this work. In other words, the main characters must have a great desire to do this. If they have a „desire”, naturally, they will continue to try. Boys travel to Wisconsin very often with their elders. These adventures...Data dostępności:
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The Gods of Bal-Sagoth – ebook
Robert E. Howard
...Shipwrecked on a mysterious island, two sailors find traces of a lost civilization – and memories of their own impossible part in it! ...The „last words” of an operatic tenor bring the music of hell to the man who destroyed him....Turlogh O’Brien, mighty Gaelic warrior who serves no master but gold and blood, battles for a kingdom against the fearful ancient gods of Bal-Sagoth. All together for...Data dostępności:
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Christmas Carols and Hymns of All Time – ebook
The songbook contains favourite Christmas carols and hymns with melody, words and chords. The generous selection of songs from old carols to new tunes makes this the perfect book for you this Christmas. The accessible arrangements of lyrics, melody, and chords in this sheet music mean that you don’t have to spend too much time practising before family and friends can gather around the piano for a Christmas...Data dostępności:
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Słownik gwary łemkowskiej wsi Wysowa – ebook
Ołeksandr Hojsak Madina Aleksiejewa Janusz A. Rieger
Słownik wyrazów i zwrotów łemkowskich zebranych przez Ołeksandra Hojsaka pochodzącego z Wysowej. Wśród ok. 3000 haseł Słownika jest wiele wyrazów potocznych, w większości związanych z życiem codziennym społeczności wiejskiej i pracą na roli, często nienotowanych w innych słownikach. W aneksie znalazły się m.in. leksyka specjalistyczna (części wozu, pługa, krosien, uprzęży), dziecięca, porzekadła, zagadki,...Data dostępności:
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The Jackson Trail – ebook
Max Brand
One of the most prolific writers of all time, he wrote more than 500 novels and nearly 15 million words under the pen name of Max Brand and seventeen others. Alongside Zane Grey, the western section of any bookstore is usually packed with Max Brand titles. „The Jackson Trail” is another outstanding western that demands your attention. In it, Jesse Jackson is riding where the law feared to go... Packed...Data dostępności:
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Sleeper Turns Horse-Thief – ebook
Max Brand
Another Sleeper story, featuring Sleeper, a gunslinger turned horse-thief, from the collection „More Tales of the Wild West”. Six action-packed stories of the Old West, filled with unforgettable characters, includes „A Lucky Dog,” in which man’s best friend helps a would-be killer and thief find salvation, along with „A First Blooding,” „Inverness,” (aka „Sleeper Turns Horse-Thief”) and „Death in Alkali...Data dostępności:
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A Personal Record – ebook
Joseph Conrad
”A Personal Record” is the story of the design and manuscript of „Caprice Olmeyer,” Conrad’s first novel, as well as the story of his dream about the sea, and the story of his cousin who ate a dog, and the story of a beloved dog presented to his son, but above all, – the story of the novel „The Olmeyer Caprice”, and the strange prototype of the hero of this novel, and a few more words about the man...Data dostępności:
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