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A Diversity of Creatures – ebook
Rudyard Kipling
Despite the fact that, as the name implies, they are diverse in nature, most of these stories are affectionate satires with the participation of the social strata into which he belonged and who knew best of all – a class of officers from a public school. The „Honor of the War” was a funny story of „hooliganism” in which Kipling seemed to fully endorse this practice; Regulus removes the lid from the...Data dostępności:
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The American – ebook
Henry James
The story of a glorious American who, through hard work, made a fortune and went to learn how to relax and laze in the open spaces of the Old World. In particular, he came to Paris, and this city, as is known, is a rather romantic place, according to the public. And, ironically, the practical Newman in this city was smitten by a certain widowed Madame de Center.Data dostępności:
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C.I.D. – ebook
Talbot Mundy
Author Hulbert Footner (1879-1944) brought the excitement of the 1920s and 1930s to Madame Storey’s cosmopolitan adventures, moving away from Edwardian and Victorian flavors of the mystery genre. Beautiful and aloof. Her secretary/narrator/companion is Bella Brickley. Rosika lives near Gramercy Park in NYC and has a pet monkey. She seems to solve cases by use of good guesswork, „practical psychology”...Data dostępności:
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The Three Crosses – ebook
George Owen Baxter
No writer captured the excitement, humanity, or adventure of the American West better than Max Brand. And nowhere was Brand’s talent more evident than in this classic short novel. Prolific in many genres he wrote historical novels, detective mysteries, pulp fiction stories and many more. In „The three crosses”, a practical joke gets out of hand and turns an earnest cowboy into a hard-riding yahoo....Data dostępności:
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The Boss of the Lazy Y – ebook
Charles Alden Seltzer
The story concerns a complicated, angry, daredevil son, Calumet Marston, who returns to his boyhood homestead to find his hated father dead and a stranger, a woman named Betty, in charge. Her family had aided his father, and now she is „"the boss"”. He also left a testimony which states that Calumet must give a practical demonstration of reform in character if he wants to inherit his father’s money,...Data dostępności:
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Black Light – ebook
Talbot Mundy
Madame Rosika Storey was one of the most celebrated fictional female private investigators during the Golden Age of the mystery (1920-40). The Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection calls her, „a stunningly beautiful young woman who describes herself as ’a practical psychologist – specializing in the feminine.” This one is the best private detective of England, but her stories are international. Her...Data dostępności:
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Under the Tonto Rim – ebook
Zane Grey
Over 30 million Zane Grey paperbacks sold since 1954. Lucy Watson has finally escaped from the town where she grew up. She takes a job as a state welfare worker and travels to distant Cedar Ridge to help „primitive” backwoods families improve their lives. She quickly overcomes their fears, and achieves popularity by the practical results of her work. From the grandeur of the old forests, loomed over...Data dostępności:
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The Victors – ebook
Robert Barr
This greatest political novel of Robert Barr’s most beloved books has been written in years. Barr was a Scottish-Canadian author who relocated to London in 1881 where he founded the magazine „The Idler” in 1892 in collaboration with Jerome K Jerome. In 1895 he retired from its co-editorship and became a prolific novelist. „The Victors: A Romance Of Yesterday Morning & This Afternoon...” is a stirring...Data dostępności:
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