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National Geographic Extra – e-wydanie – 1/2024 - 25 najpiękniejszych miejsc na świecie
Magazyn National Geographic Extra to specjalne edycje popularnonaukowego miesięcznika, wydawanego przez National Geographic Society. Poszczególne wydania poświęcone są jednemu tematowi przewodniemu.Data dostępności:
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Tono-Bungay – ebook
Herbert George Wells
Considered one of Wells most successful attempts at a social novel in the vein of Charles Dickens and William Makepeace Thackeray, Wells’s tale is a panoramic view of an unravelling society. A semi-autobiographical satire of Edwardian advertising and patent-medicines. The story follows the life of a young man, George, and his Uncle Edward. Edward invents an elixir called TONO-BUNGAY and hires his nephew...Data dostępności:
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Kipps – ebook
Herbert George Wells
Arthur Kipps, an orphaned draper’s assistant of humble means, unexpectedly inherits a large sum of money and that is when all his troubles begin. After being left a fortune by a rich uncle, Kipps finds himself in a position to marry Helen Walshingham. His main problem is that he is uneducated, knowing next to nothing of the world of books or the manners of the society he aspires to join. Helen, together...Data dostępności:
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National Geographic Numer Specjalny – e-wydanie – 2/2024
Magazyn National Geographic Polska Numer Specjalny to tematyczna wersja polskiej edycja popularnonaukowego miesięcznika, wydawanego przez National Geographic Society. Każdy numer szeroko traktuje o m.in. najnowszych odkryciach archeologicznych i paleontologicznych, niezwykłych kulturach, przyrodzie, historii, medycynie. Porusza także tematy społeczne i polityczne, opisuje konflikty, problemy ekologiczne...Data dostępności:
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The Cause of It All – ebook
Leo Tolstoy
Alcoholism then and now caused endless quarrels, domestic violence, senseless violence, disintegration of families, and a decrease in the life expectancy of men. So, we see that Tolstoy’s message is deeply appropriate, and his strategy to convey this tale of morality for most people was to make it simple, short, with an emphasis on the destructive effect of alcohol. This is truly a moral story – and...Data dostępności:
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Love’s Labour’s Lost – ebook
William Shakespeare
King of Navarra, Ferdinand, with three close associates, vows to spend three years in an unceasing study of scholarly works. In the name of science, the monarch vows to limit himself in sleep and food, as well as spend the entire long term without communicating with women. Ferdinand is sure that only mortification of the flesh can lead to significant discoveries and conclusions. The king issues a decree...Data dostępności:
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Little Dorrit – ebook
Charles Dickens
Little Dorrit, by Charles Dickens, is the story of Amy Dorrit, a kind and compassionate young woman who is born impoverished and becomes wealthy, but retains her goodness and strength of character throughout. Little Dorrit is a novel of family loyalty. The story of a girl who is taking care of a large family and her love for the rich young man, and at the same time sarcastic description of English...Data dostępności:
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Sanditon. The Watsons – ebook
Jane Austen
These two short works show Austen experimenting with a variety of different literary styles and exploring a range of social classes and settings. Written in the last months of Austen’s life, the uncompleted novel Sanditon is set in a newly established seaside resort, with a glorious cast of hypochondriacs and speculators,and shows the author contemplating a changing society with a mixture of scepticism...Data dostępności:
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Jane Eyre – ebook
Charlotte Brontë
Orphaned into the household of her Aunt Reed at Gateshead, subject to the cruel regime at Lowood charity school, Jane Eyre nonetheless emerges unbroken in spirit and integrity. She takes up the post of governess at Thornfield, falls in love with Mr. Rochester, and discovers the impediment to their lawful marriage in a story that transcends melodrama to portray a woman’s passionate search for a wider...Data dostępności:
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Daisy Miller – ebook
Henry James
A short story which deals, as many other novels by James, with the changing role of women in Society and the differences that begun to arise between the old stiff Europe and the America at the end of the XIXth century. It portrays the confused courtship of the eponymous American girl by Winterbourne, a compatriot of hers with much more sophistication. His pursuit of her is hampered by her own flirtatiousness,...Data dostępności:
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