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A Secret Society – ebook
Talbot Mundy
William Hulbert Footner was a Canadian writer of non-fiction and detective fiction. He was once described as ‘one of the most charming men who was ever on earth.’ His love for his family, travelling and writing is reflected in his stories, many of which are in the crime fiction genre. At the same time Footner began to write detective fiction; his first series detective character being Madame Rosika...Data dostępności:
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Andersen’s Fairy Tales – ebook
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
"Andersen’s Fairy Tales" is a compilation of 12 magnificent fairy tales created by Hans Christian Andersen. Table of content: THE MERMAID THE FLYING TRUNK THE RED SHOES THUMBELISA THE GIRL WHO TROD ON A LOAF THE NIGHTINGALE THE GARDEN OF PARADISE THE WIND'S TALE THE SNOW QUEEN WHAT THE MOON SAW THE MARSH KING'S DAUGHTER THE TRAVELLING COMPANIONSData dostępności:
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Chinese Hunting – ebook
Anni Kylemehr
The story reminds a Hong Kong action movie. It starts from a Chinese policeman coming to Prague, Czech Republic, to arrest an international Russian hitman, Kalina. He meets an Interpol agent, who tries to catch a Japanese terrorist. Complications make them co-operate, recruiting into that team the Chinese policeman's partner, ex-hacker, who stayed in China. Travelling all over Europe the couple discovers...Data dostępności:
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Courier to Marrakesh – ebook
Valentine Williams
Perhaps Valentine Williams’ finest mystery thriller. Set in WW2, folk singer and guitarist Andrea Hallam gets caught up in a Nazi spy ring while travelling alone in Morocco. Kidnapped by Nazis who believe she holds a dossier on Hitler, the tale travels from entertaining wartime banter to sinister suspense and back again. She is swept into a plot to destroy or blackmail Hitler with some secret documents....Data dostępności:
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Kilo – ebook
Ellis Parker Butler
Beloved humor writer Ellis Parker Butler hits it out of the ballpark with his first full-length novel, „Kilo: Being the Love Story of Eliph’ Hewlitt, Book Agent”. The plot centers around Eliph’ Hewlitt, a travelling book salesman of the horse-and-buggy era who finds the love of his life in Kilo, Iowa and he decides on the spot to marry her and settles down there, peddling books to the locals, but Sally...Data dostępności:
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The Lost Ambassador – ebook
E. Phillips Oppenheim
Captain Austen Rotherby is on a mission of revenge in Paris and chances upon Louis, the head waiter of his favorite restaurant. Bored, he follows Louis to a shady café where he spots a pair he’s long been intrigued by – a South American gentleman and a young girl. Because of certain complications, Captain Rotheby finds himself forced to leave Paris, only to find himself travelling with the aforementioned...Data dostępności:
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W podróży po Europie – ebook
Wojciech Tygielski Anna Kalinowska
Publikacja zawiera wybrane teksty z dorobku Profesora Wojciecha Tygielskiego, dotyczące najważniejszych zagadnień, jakimi Autor zajmuje się w swojej pracy naukowej, poczynając od kwestii patronatu, poprzez historię podróży i dyplomacji, aż po relacje polsko-włoskie w epoce wczesnonowożytnej. Publikowane wcześniej w periodykach naukowych i wydawnictwach zbiorowych, podzielone zostały na cztery części:...Data dostępności:
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The Sign of the Black Ace – ebook
Edgar Wallace
The Companions of the Ace High are a group of aviators, each of whom has his own reason to hate Germans. The group’s founder, Dexter, whose wife was driven mad when a German submarine attacked a liner on which she was travelling, dedicates himself to the destruction of Germany. He uses his wealth to establish a base of operations in the small republic of San Romino on the northern border of Italy....Data dostępności:
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Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat – ebook
Ernest Bramah
The Kai Lung books are really short-story collections, whose disparate, rambling tales are knitted together by framing narratives featuring the eponymous travelling storyteller. The third in Bramah’s Kai Lung series of fantasy novels. „Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat”, like the others in the series consists of thinly connected stories related by Kai Lung, concerning the adventures of the storyteller and his...Data dostępności:
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Mr Blettsworthy on Rampole Island – ebook
Herbert George Wells
Often called the father of science fiction, British author Herbert George Wells literary works are notable for being some of the first titles of the science fiction genre. „Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island” is a 1928 novel by H. G. Wells. It tells the story of a young Englishman Arnold Blettsworthy who, after being betrayed by a business partner, is advised to go travelling in an attempt to recover...Data dostępności:
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