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The Bishop and Other Stories – ebook
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
One of the last stories of Chekhov. This is the tragedy of a representative of the intelligentsia, whose pursuit of a very successful church career cuts him off from real human intercourse. Until he faces death, the bishop does not understand that something important is missing in his life, namely, love and respect for himself, and not for his title.Data dostępności:
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The Judgment Books – ebook
E.F. Benson
The poet’s career is always full of pitfalls and difficulties. On the one hand, there is a danger of gaining popularity too easily, and on the other, the discouraging effect of a lack of audience. Mrs Greenock is in danger. Some of her poems, which from time to time appeared in a local newspaper, attracted a lot of undeserved attention. The book is about high art.Data dostępności:
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The Stone Frigate. The Royal Military College's First Female Cadet Speaks Out – audiobook
Kate Armstrong
A memoir from the first female cadet admitted to the Royal Military College of Canada. Kate Armstrong was an ordinary young woman eager to leave an abusive childhood behind her when she became the first female cadet admitted to the Royal Military College of Canada. As she struggled for survival in the ultimate boys’ club, she called on her fierce and humourous spirit to push back against the whims...Data dostępności:
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Wasted Time – audiobook
Edward Hertrich
A stark and honest memoir of thirty-five years spent in Canada’s prison system. Born and raised in Toronto’s Regent Park, Edward Hertrich left high school in grade eleven to start working. A year later, he started dealing drugs in earnest, beginning a criminal career that resulted in him being incarcerated for thirty-five of his next forty years. In Wasted Time, Hertrich describes his time behind bars....Data dostępności:
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The Eternal Feminine – ebook
Carolyn Wells
A collection of short sketches by the prolific American author which was first published in 1913. Carolyn Wells was an early 20th century poet and author best known for mysteries like „The Gold Bag” and „Fleming Stone Detective Stories”. During the first ten years of her career, she concentrated on poetry, humor, and children’s books. After 1910, she devoted herself to the mystery genre. The book contains:...Data dostępności:
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Glorious Apollo – ebook
Elizabeth Louisa Moresby
E. Barrington is a pseudonym of Elizabeth Louisa Moresby, a British-born novelist who became the first prolific, female fantasy writer in Canada. She wrote very quickly, attributing her productivity to her sparse vegetarian diet and Buddhist habits of mental discipline; her best-selling fictional biography of Byron, „Glorious Apollo”, took only one month to complete. A bestseller in the 1920s, „Glorious...Data dostępności:
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Collected Short Fiction – ebook
Stanley G. Weinbaum
Stanley Grauman Weinbaum (also wrote as John Jessel and Marge Stanley) (1902-1935) was an American science fiction author. His career in science fiction was short but influential. His first story, „A Martian Odyssey”, was published to great acclaim in July 1934. Most of the stories fall into two categories: travelogue types that explore different planets, and the others with Dixon Wells and the great...Data dostępności:
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Men Like Gods – ebook
Herbert George Wells
Towards the end of his career, Wells write this book, in which he outlined his vision of Utopia. This is the story of a Mr. Barnstaple, an everyday man, who finds himself propelled into a parallel universe with a group of famous politicians, aristocrats, and their chauffeurs. The world they find themselves in has abolished all disease, and everyone only works at what takes their fancy. The inhabitants...Data dostępności:
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Angielski na mp3. Konwersacje dla średnio zaawansowanych – audio kurs
Dorota Guzik
Chcesz rozwinąć słownictwo i swobodnie rozmawiać po angielsku w różnych sytuacjach? Ucz się z kursem „Angielski. Konwersacje dla średnio zaawansowanych”, którego głównym celem jest pokonanie „bariery” w mówieniu oraz opanowanie słownictwa pozwalającego na swobodne prowadzenie rozmowy na różne tematy w sytuacjach prywatnych i zawodowych. To efektywna nauka, łatwa i dostępna...Data dostępności:
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A Tangled Web – ebook
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery, justly famous for her „Anne of Green Gables” series, wrote two novels in her career that were explicitly intended for adults. „A Tangled Web” centers around a community consisting mainly of two families, the Penhallows and the Darks whose collective lives are thrown into chaos by the dying wish of matriarch Aunt Becky Dark. For several generations everyone in the...Data dostępności:
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