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Flaw(less). Opowiedz mi naszą historię – audiobook
Marta Łabęcka
Ta dziewczyna. Ten chłopak. Nie ten czas... Dwoje licealistów z małego miasteczka nieopodal Londynu: Josephine, wzorowa dziewczyna z tak zwanego dobrego domu, oraz Chase, chłopak, o którym można powiedzieć wiele, ale nie to, że jest ideałem. Dom rodzinny Chase'a też trudno byłoby nazwać dobrym ― jego matka od zawsze więcej uwagi poświęcała narkotykom i alkoholowi niż synowi. Josephine za chwilę wyjedzie...Data dostępności:
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The Planter of Malata – ebook
Joseph Conrad
This is both mystery and romance; the latter creates one of the recurring difficulties in Conrad: it preserves the Victorian histrionic element, which sometimes may seem a little attractive. But overall, it is well read and much less burdensome than some of his novels.Data dostępności:
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Votes for Men – ebook
Mary Cholmondeley
‟Votes for Men” by Mary Cholmondeley, a tribute to the famous suffragist play „Votes for Women”. It begins with „in two hundred years, maybe less,” which tells you everything you need to know about this suffrage era suffrage allegory.Data dostępności:
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Swords of Shahrazar – ebook
Robert E. Howard
Kirby O’Donnell is a Howard hero less familiar to most readers. Howard only wrote three stories about O’Donnell’s exploits, of which only two actually saw print during his lifetime -- „The Treasures of Tartary” and „Swords of Shahrazar” -- neither in Weird Tales.Data dostępności:
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The Rover – ebook
Joseph Conrad
This is both mystery and romance; the latter creates one of the recurring difficulties in Conrad: it preserves the Victorian histrionic element, which sometimes may seem a little attractive. But overall, it is well read and much less burdensome than some of his novels. The Rover was Conrad’s last book and probably one of his most accessible stories.Data dostępności:
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The Case of Oscar Brodski – ebook
R. Austin Freeman
A suburban train runs over a man lying on the rails. Passengers at the nearest station recognize the famous gem dealer Oscar Brodsky as the deceased. Was it an accident, suicide or murder? In less than half a day, Dr. Thorndike, known for his scientific method of solving crimes, solves the mystery.Data dostępności:
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Precious Bane – ebook
Mary Webb
Precious Bane is also the story of Gideon, the doomed brother of Prue, no less decisive, but with different motives. Determined to defeat the poverty of their farm, he devotes all his strength to making money. The only thing that distracts him from these ambitions is that he abandons her for a stronger attraction to his money.Data dostępności:
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Secret Sharer – ebook
Joseph Conrad
This is a story of less than 100 pages, but in it Conrad demonstrates how many great writers do it, the simple and elegant power of short work. Here, a writer can briefly convey a compelling message in an economic way. The situation is in the southern seas, and we see that our narrator takes his first command near the Gulf of Thailand. A strange young captain finds refuge and harbors another man, and...Data dostępności:
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Burmese Days – ebook
George Orwell
”Burmese Days” is an early novel by Orwell, in which the future great English writer enters into a kind of literary confrontation with his no less brilliant predecessor, Kipling. The life of the British colonists in Burma, united in a sense of superiority over the natives, but internally divided, exhausted by snobbery and petty strife. The fate of the local inhabitants, who seem to have become Europeanized,...Data dostępności:
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Practical Conversations in Portuguese – ebook
Culture Corner
Practical Conversations in Portuguese are designed for people who pay special attention to the practical aspect of the language. They are perfect for all those who plan to travel to a Portuguese speaking country and urgently need specific vocabulary. The conversations are based on everyday life — they are full of phrases and questions that will help you communicate in public places and in less formal...Data dostępności:
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