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In New York with the Tucker Twins – ebook
Emma Speed Sampson
„In New York with the Tucker Twins” is a sixth book in the Tucker Twins series, written by an American author of juvenile fiction and a movie censor Emma Speed Sampson and published between 1915 and 1924. Nominally it’s a boarding school series, but actually only two of the books are set at school. Our heroine is 15 year-old Page Allison, a doctor’s daughter, raised in a rural Virginia community where...Data dostępności:
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Keep The Aspidistra Flying – ebook
George Orwell
“Keep The Aspidistra Flying“ is a novel by George Orwell, an English novelist, essayist, and journalist. He is best known for the allegorical novella Animal Farm and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. Keep the Aspidistra Flying, first published in 1936, is a socially critical novel by George Orwell. It is set in 1930s London. The main theme is Gordon Comstock's romantic ambition to defy worship...Data dostępności:
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Dominie Dean – ebook
Ellis Parker Butler
Humorous novel set in Riverbank, a fictionalized Muscatine, in a Mississippi River town. Pastor David Dean and his wife take up residence in this town, Iowa in the 1850s and learn how unaccepting a small town can be of new residents, even after a stay of decades. An interesting social history of mid nineteenth century life, emphasizing the dominance of crass commercial interests in the vicissitudes...Data dostępności:
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The Terrible Twins – ebook
Edgar Jepson
The twins are living in relatively straightened circumstances, as their father has died, and get up to all kinds of mischief, while being governed by their own set of values. The children, however, have little dread of poverty, for when ever they desire a luxury, such as a bicycle, or a fur stole for their mother’s Christmas present, they devise some means to raise the necessary funds, and they stop...Data dostępności:
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Czerwona piramida. Tom I. Kroniki rodu Kane – ebook
Rick Riordan
Od śmierci matki Carter i Sadie są sobie niemal obcy. Dziewczyna mieszka z dziadkami w Londynie, jej brat natomiast podróżuje po świecie z ojcem, wybitnym egiptologiem doktorem Juliusem Kane. Pewnej nocy doktor Kane zabiera Cartera i Sadie na „eksperyment naukowy” do British Museum, w nadziei że uda mu się z powrotem połączyć rodzinę. Zamiast tego jednak uwalnia egipskiego boga Seta, który skazuje...Data dostępności:
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The Scarecrow of Oz – ebook
L. Frank Baum
The ninth book the action of which takes place in the wonderful Land of Oz is indeed a masterpiece. The mix of Oz and non-Oz characters into one story was the result of the request made by Baum’s readers and a great invention that gave birth to a story that captivates any reader, child and adult alike. This was published in July 16, 1915 and has been on record as being Baum’s personal favorite of his...Data dostępności:
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The Marvellous Land of Oz – ebook
L. Frank Baum
The sequel to „The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”, set shortly after the events in the first book. A fantastical tale of endless imagination, „The Marvelous Land of Oz” follows the adventures of a young boy named Tip, who, for as long as he can remember has been under the guardianship of a witch named Mombi in the Land of Oz. When Tip’s prank, in creating a pumpkin-headed man to frighten Mombi backfires,...Data dostępności:
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The Boy Fortune Hunters in China – ebook
L. Frank Baum
The fourth in a series, „The Boy Fortune Hunters in China” appeared in 1909, published by Reilly & Britton under Baum’s pseudonym, Floyd Akers. Unlike most of L. Frank Baum’s work, the series is told in first person narrative by the protagonist, 16 year-old Sam Steele. Sam’s father is a sea captain who was reported killed in a shipwreck. After being cheated of his inheritance, he finds his uncle and...Data dostępności:
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The Lost Princess of Oz – ebook
L. Frank Baum
Who is stealing almost all of the magical treasures of Oz – including the Magic Picture, the Wizard’s black bag, and Glinda’s Book of Records? Dorothy and her friends set out to comb all of Oz, not only for magic stolen from Glinda and the Wizard, but also for the kidnapped princess, Ozma. Along the way, they explore regions never seen in other „Oz” books, meeting strange and interesting people and...Data dostępności:
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz – ebook
L. Frank Baum
In the first of L. Frank Baum’s time-Honoréd „Oz” novels, country girl Dorothy Gale and her little dog Toto are caught in a tornado, they and their Kansas farmhouse are suddenly transported to the fantastical Land of Oz where Munchkins live, monkeys fly and Wicked Witches rule, wild beasts talk, silver shoes have magic powers, and good witches offer protection with a kiss. Desperate to return to her...Data dostępności:
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