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The First Lie – ebook
Jessica Foks
Siedemnastoletnia Rosalie Watson od zawsze jak magnes przyciągała kłopoty, więc gdy wróciła do rodzinnego miasta, postanowiła, że zrobi wszystko, by ich unikać. Udawało jej się to aż do pewnej deszczowej nocy. Gdy wracała z pracy, jej samochód zepsuł się na samym środku pustej drogi. Niewiele myśląc, dziewczyna postanowiła zatrzymać pierwsze przejeżdżające tamtędy auto. Prowadził je miejscowy chłopak....Data dostępności:
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The First Lie 2 – ebook
Jessica Foks
Rosalie w końcu wyznaje Sharpowi swoje sekrety, które okazują się mroczniejsze, niż chłopak przypuszczał. Jednak to nie jedyne karty, które zostają odsłonięte: na jaw wychodzą nowe fakty związane z morderstwem Samanthy Johnson. To sprawia, że Rosalie znowu zaczyna interesować się tą sprawą. Niestety jej ciekawość i upór zwracają uwagę mordercy Samanthy. Mężczyzna ma ją na oku i nie zawaha się przed...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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The Greatest Athlete (You've Never Heard Of). Canada's First Olympic Gold Medallist – audiobook
Mark Hebscher
Canada's first Olympic gold medallist couldn't walk until he was ten, and became the greatest runner of his generation. Who was the first Canadian to Win an Olympic Gold Medal? When Mark Hebscher was asked this simple trivia question, he had no idea that it would lead him on a two year odyssey, researching a man he had never heard of. Paralyzed as a child and told he would never walk again, George...Data dostępności:
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Up and Down – ebook
E.F. Benson
This is another work of art from Benson. The novel describes many events in England: the First World War, the mentality of that time, the life of the British and visitors there. The first half of the book describes reflections on war. The denouement we can see more sentimental.Data dostępności:
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Summer – ebook
Edith Wharton
Considered by some to be her finest work, Edith Wharton’s „Summer” created a sensation when first published in 1917, as it was one of the first novels to deal honestly with a young woman’s sexual awakening. Seventeen-year-old Charity Royall is desperate to escape life with her hard-drinking adoptive father. Their isolated village stifles her, and his behavior increasingly disturbs her. When a young...Data dostępności:
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Captain of the Steppe. Tales from the Last Days. Book 1 – audiobook
Oleg Pavlov
Deep in the desolate steppe, Captain Khabarov waits out his service at a camp where the news arrives in bundles of last year’s papers and rations turn up rotting in their trucks. The captain hopes for nothing more from life than a meagre pension and a state-owned flat. Until, one Spring, he decides to plant a field of potatoes to feed his half-starved men... This blackly comic novel shows the unsettling...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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Michael – ebook
E.F. Benson
There has never been a city that would be so inimitable. Most trains, too, completely ignore its existence and pass through it on the way to more useful stops. The story was supposed to strengthen many people during the First World War. The book is full of sentimentalism, but it describes well the different scenes of everyday life.Data dostępności:
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Brother Jacob – ebook
George Eliot
First published in 1860, „Brother Jacob” is a short story about deception, imperial venture, and self-interest by George Eliot in which she explores the relationship between the selfish, self-centered, and ambitious David Faux and his simple-hearted and naif brother, Jacob. It is Eliot’s literary homage to Thackeray, a satirical modern fable that draws telling parallels between eating and reading.Data dostępności:
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