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One Night’s Mystery – ebook
May Agnes Fleming
”The Secret of One Night” tells about the life and love of three young women: Cyril Hendrick, daughter of a handsome, beggar, bastard; her best friend Sidney Owenson, a naive heiress; and Dolly De Courcy, an energetic actress. Both Cyril and Sidney are engaged, although everything is not as it seems in any case. Sydney’s gold miner is stupefied by Dolly, and Cyril is satisfied with her aunt, whom Cyril...Data dostępności:
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The Gambler – ebook
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky
Inspired by Dostoevsky’s own gambling addiction and written under pressure in order to pay off his creditors and retain his rights to his literary legacy, „The Gambler” is set in the casino of the fictional German spa town of Roulettenburg and follows the misfortunes of the young tutor Alexei Ivanovich working in the household of an imperious Russian general. He begins gambling to win enough money...Data dostępności:
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Lady Eleanor – ebook
Robert Barr
„Lady Eleanor: Lawbreaker” is a love story pure and simple from a British-Canadian short story writer and novelist Robert Barr, born at Glasgow, Scotland but emigrated with his parents to Upper Canada at age four and was educated in Toronto at Toronto Normal School. Here, the heiress conceals the will so that her cousin, the disinherited son of the house, may come to his own. His first thought is to...Data dostępności:
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A Second Home – ebook
Honoré de Balzac
In a dark, narrow street in Paris lives an old widow and her pretty young daughter, sit by the window most days. They share a poor but contented existence, supporting themselves through embroidery work. They see a gentleman in a brown coat pass by in the mornings and return in the evenings. The mother always remarks that he appears either over-worked or in delicate health. The daughter ignores most...Data dostępności:
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Spinster of This Parish – ebook
W.B. Maxwell
The romance story of a hearty well-known explorer, who finally, at the age of 62 crosses the Antarctic and the spinster who accompanies him on his journey to the Andes in 1895. Here we have a young Victorian woman’s unconventional romance with a man, who was already married, had various adventures, was disowned by her family, etc. So, what happened in between? Did their romance end when he left for...Data dostępności:
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Kot Zombi – ebook
Sara Ejersbo Frederiksen
Przeprowadzka na wieś nie brzmi super. Tobiasz nikogo tam nie zna, a mieszkanie obok upiornego cmentarza jest do bani. Pewnej nocy słyszy niepokojące odgłosy za oknem. Okazuje się, że to sprawka kota zombi! Chłopak uwielbia czytać opowieści z dreszczykiem, ale tym razem sam staje się bohaterem jednej z nich. Koniec końców Tobiasz sam musi rozwikłać mroczną tajemnicę. To jedyna szansa na odzyskanie...Data dostępności:
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Treasure Island – ebook
Robert Louis Stevenson
The most popular pirate story ever written in English, featuring one of literature’s most beloved „bad guys,” Treasure Island has been happily devoured by several generations of boys–and girls–and grownups. Its unforgettable characters include: young Jim Hawkins, who finds himself owner of a map to Treasure Island , where the fabled pirate booty is buried; honest Captain Smollett, heroic Dr. Livesey,...Data dostępności:
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Planeta Korporacja – ebook
Maciej Balcerzak
Planeta Korporacja - Jak przetrwać, zrobić karierę i zostać Prezesem? to poradnik opisujący świat korporacji, działających w polskich realiach, widziany oczami korporacyjnego niewolnika. Poradnik w sposób praktyczny opowiada, jak pracować w korporacjach, jak budować karierę i pozycję, na co uważać i gdzie szukać swoich szans, tak by zostać Prezesem. Odpowiada na wiele istotnych pytań - jak pisać CV,...Data dostępności:
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The Mill on the Floss – ebook
George Eliot
If you had to choose between the love of a lifetime and your relationship with your family, who would you pick? In „The Mill on the Floss” by George Eliot, the author draws on her own experiences when writing the tale of the complicated relationship between a young woman Maggie and her brother Tom Tulliver during a time when women had limited choices. Maggie’s often tormented battle to do her duty...Data dostępności:
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Lost Illusions – ebook
Honoré de Balzac
„Lost Illusions” is a serial novel, written by the French writer, Honoré de Balzac, between 1837 and 1843. It consists of: „Two Poets”, „A Distinguished Provincial at Paris”, „Eve and David”, starting in provincial France, thereafter moving to Paris, and finally returning to the provinces. The story of Lucien Chardon, a young poet from Angouleme who tries desperately to make a name for himself in Paris,...Data dostępności:
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