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The Lure of the Dim Trails – ebook
B.M. Bower
Take a trip along the dusty byways of the Old West in this book from renowned author B.M. Bowers. Phil Thurston was born on the range where the trails are dim and silent under the big sky. It was the place his father loved, the place he had to be. After the death of his father when he was five, his mother brought him back to the city, where he grew up and became a writer. To revive his stale writing,...Data dostępności:
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Łódź Celebrates the 450th Anniversary of Shakespeare's Birth – ebook
Krystyna Kujawińska Courtney Magdalena Cieślak Agnieszka Rasmus Monika Sosnowska
This online catalogue chronicles the exhibition entitled “Łódź Celebrates the 450 th Anniversary of Shakespeare’s Birth,” which took place at the University of Łódź Library from 7 April to 1 May 2014. The idea for the exhibition was put forward by the International Shakespeare Studies Centre, and realized by the representatives of the Faculty of Philology and the Faculty of International and...Data dostępności:
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The Last Vendée – ebook
Alexandre Dumas
The scene takes place in 1832, just 40 years after the fall of the royal family and about 15 years after the fall of Napoleon. There are we have characters who are designed to fight, perhaps for the last time, to ask the royal family again. This book focuses on a specific area in France, not in France as a whole.Data dostępności:
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The Golden Key – ebook
T.C. Bridges
Four years of hard work under the tropical sun, a young American invested in this place. He, Dick, had been on it for a whole year. He knew how Dudley liked it, and knew perfectly well that it would be unpleasant for him to refuse him. What was his business when Dudley so quietly perceived all this?Data dostępności:
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Wild Horse Mesa – ebook
Zane Grey
This novel takes place in southeastern Utah in the late 1800s. The main character, Chance Weimer, is a debater of wild horses. His greatest conquest would be to capture the great wild stallion Pankitch, whose refuge is the wild horse of Mesa. Naturally, the book is full of Indians, thieves, chases, wild river crossings and amazing love. After all, this is a love story.Data dostępności:
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Sapphira and the Slave Girl – ebook
Willa Cather
The action takes place in Virginia five years before the Civil War. The story shows the impact of slavery on Saphira Colbert, a woman of spirit and common sense who is frighteningly capricious in dealing with the people she „owns”. The heroine Sapphira lacks moral qualities, she does not cause sympathy. However, the book was critically acclaimed and was a commercial success.Data dostępności:
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I Say No – ebook
Wilkie Collins
This is a typical English Victorian novel. The action takes place in a women’s closed boarding house, the main characters are girls, one of them will turn out to be of aristocratic origin, the other will have a passionate affair with an unrecognized artist.. in a word, everything we expect from Victorian novels is passion, moralizing, trials, censure of vices and exaltation of virtues.Data dostępności:
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The Clue of the Dead Hand – ebook
Dick Donovan
”The Clue of the Dead Hand” novela features detective Peter Brodie and has a Scottish setting. It tells of a murder and a simultaneous mysterious disappearance at Corbie Hall, „a strange, weird sort of place...” that has „an eeriness about it... calculated to make one shudder.” As much a rationalized ghost story as a detective story, it also involves male impersonation.Data dostępności:
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Wyandotté, or, the Hutted Knoll – ebook
James Fenimore Cooper
The action of the novel refers us to the events that took place on the eve of the struggle for the independence of the North American colonies. The heroes of the novel will have to face the distrust of their compatriots, survive their betrayal, withstand the pressure of a gang of Indians, courageously overcome all hardships.Data dostępności:
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Thelma – ebook
Marie Corelli
A love story written by someone who was touched by the beautiful scenery of Norway, as evidenced by the detailed descriptions of the place. It’s very fast paced, and while you’re afraid of a tragic end, it’s not like that at all. It folds magically and you put the book down with a sigh, thoughtful, as love stories always do.Data dostępności:
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