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Becoming bell hooks: A story about the self-empowerment of a Black girl who became a feminist – ebook
Aneta Ostaszewska
Stając się bell hooks. Opowieść o samoupodmiotowieniu czarnoskórej dziewczyny, która została feministką Niniejsza książka to opowieść o Glorii Jean Watkins (1952-2021), czarnoskórej kobiecie z małego miasteczka w Kentucky, która stała się bell hooks – ikoną feministyczną, jednym z najbardziej znaczących i odważnych głosów współczesnej debaty na temat dyskryminacji rasowej, feminizmu oraz praw kobiet...Data dostępności:
The Song of the Lark – ebook
Willa Cather
Young and ambitious Thea Kronborg leaves Moonstone, a fictional city in Colorado, for Chicago to pursue her dream of becoming a pianist. The music teacher hears her voice and realizes that the girl has a gift for singing. He encourages her to continue studying vocals instead of piano.Data dostępności:
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The Adventures of Wojtek the Soldiers – ebook
Marcin Niedopytalski
The main character is Wojtek, a kind and brave boy who has dreamed of becoming a soldier from a young age. The book narrates the adventures of young Wojtek, a soldier who is wise, courageous, and cunning. The series is a limited children’s series consisting of 4 books that the author will write.Data dostępności:
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Aá. poems – ebook
Anna Chomik
MAGIC. INTUITION. POETRY. Wiersze. Wydanie w języku angielskim. A remarkable collection of magical and courageous women’s poetry. It will certainly appeal to those admirers of poems who like strong expression, innovative form, exotic nuances. Intense, original, female voice. Emotional and lively. It touches on existential aspects, the themes of searching for identity, the long path to becoming a whole...Data dostępności:
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Thorley Weir – ebook
E.F. Benson
This story is about becoming an artist. A surprisingly joyful path to this goal. Too much information in one direction. However, for the attentive reader, it will be useful and interesting. All actions take place in England at the beginning of the 20th century. This novel contains everything: luxury and poorness, romance and art.Data dostępności:
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Frank Merriwell’s Athletes – ebook
Burt L. Standish
The main character shows that in athletics, strength and skill win, regardless of money or family; it so happened that the poorest person at the university became a demonstration of becoming an idol for all young people. This story proves that in spite of its origin or on the income of its family. You can still achieve everything in this life. The main thing to believe in it.Data dostępności:
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The Pool of the Black One – ebook
Robert E. Howard
The Pool of the Black One is one of the original short stories starring the sword and sorcery hero Conan the Cimmerian, written by American author Robert E. Howard. It is set in the pseudo-historical Hyborian Age and concerns Conan becoming the captain of a pirate vessel and encountering a remote island with a mysterious pool that has powers of transmutation.Data dostępności:
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The „Genius” – ebook
Theodore Dreiser
The hero of the novel is a talented artist Eugene Vitla overcomes a thorny path to his goal of becoming a recognized artist. Experiencing ups and downs, Eugene gives an assessment of the life of a creative person in a capitalist society. Describes the life of the American elite and ordinary workers, whom the hero has to face on the path of life, against the backdrop of difficult family relationships....Data dostępności:
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The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras – ebook
Jules Verne
„"The Forward Brig"” sailed from Liverpool Port with eighteen crew members on board. But neither during the sailing, nor even for a long time after him, none of them knew the purpose of the voyage, nor even the name of the captain. And only having plunged far into the Arctic waters, the sailors learned that the famous navigator John Hatteras, who set the ambitious task of becoming the first person...Data dostępności:
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Genghis Khan – ebook
Jacob Abbott
The most amazing thing about this story is that we can feel the life story of Genghis Khan. Starting from being the son of a minor chieftain in Mongolia to becoming the ruler of arguably the largest empire in history. His name itself caused so much terror in the minds of the countries he invaded, that most of them just gave him the keys to their kingdoms hoping that he won’t kill them all.The book...Data dostępności:
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Rogues in the House – ebook
Robert E. Howard
Rogues in the House is one of the original short stories starring the fictional sword and sorcery hero Conan the Cimmerian, written by American author Robert E. Howard and first published in Weird Tales magazine in January 1934. It is set in the pseudo-historical Hyborian Age and concerns Conan inadvertently becoming involved in the power play between two powerful men fighting for control of a city....Data dostępności:
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The Crimes Club – ebook
William Le Queux
I sometimes despair of the country ever becoming alive to the danger of the unpreparedness of our present position until too late to prevent some fatal catastrophe. This was the keynote of a solemn warning made in the House of Lords by Earl Roberts. His lordship, whilst drawing attention to our present inadequate forces, strongly urged that action should be taken in accordance with the recommendations...Data dostępności:
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Shirley – ebook
Charlotte Bronte
The novel is set in Yorkshire in the period 1811–12, during the industrial depression resulting from the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. The novel's popularity led to Shirley's becoming a woman's name. The title character was given the name that her father had intended to give a son. Before the publication of the novel, Shirley was an uncommon – but distinctly male – name and would have been...Data dostępności:
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Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie – ebook
Andrew Carnegie
Delve into the captivating life of one of history's most influential figures with "The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie." Through the pages of this timeless ebook, Andrew Carnegie, the visionary industrialist and philanthropist, unveils the remarkable journey from his humble beginnings in Scotland to becoming one of the wealthiest individuals of his era. Carnegie's candid narrative offers invaluable...Data dostępności:
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The Witch and Other Stories – ebook
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
A short story about an unhappy involuntary marriage. Family quarrels, like bad weather in the Russian wilderness: there is nothing worse than becoming an involuntary captive of a blizzard of someone else’s spousal abuse. The main character of the story is an ordinary woman with an unfortunate fate. All its features consist only in youth and attractive appearance, and in the still alive soul, which...Data dostępności:
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Near Death. Power of the Blood World. Book 2 – audiobook
Nancy Kilpatrick
The second book in Kilpatrick's Power of the Blood World, NEAR DEATH is the story of the vampire David Lyle Hardwick - a poet who for over a century has lived in the unholy world of the undead, resisting his thirst for blood. Zero, a beautiful, wounded mortal, is sent to destroy him but falls for his seductive power and together they set out in search of his enemies. As their torrid love affair grows,...Data dostępności:
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The Efficiency Expert – ebook
Edgar Rice Burroughs
“The Efficiency Expert“ is a novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, an American fiction writer, who created such great characters as Tarzan and John Carter of Mars. One of a small number of Burroughs' novels set in contemporary America as opposed to a fantasy universe, The Efficiency Expert follows the adventures of Jimmy Torrance as he attempts to make a career for himself in 1921 Chicago. The book...Data dostępności:
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Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective – ebook
Ellis Parker Butler
A hilarious parody of the detective genre – Philo Gubb dreams of becoming a detective like Sherlock Holmes and quitting his job as a wallpaper-hanger. He enrolls in a correspondence course which offers lessons and various disguises. He soon gets involved in several cases and much to his surprise – and those around him – proves to be rather adept at solving crimes. Amazingly, he solves many puzzles...Data dostępności:
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer – ebook
Mark Twain
Tom Sawyer is the story of a young, mischievous boy and his comrades in the antebellum south. Tom (and Huck Finn, who you’ve also probably heard of before reading the books) gets himself into all sorts of shenanigans before ultimately becoming the most popular boy in town after accidentally witnessing a murder and finding a bunch of stolen money. He has a love interest, gets into some fights and annoys...Data dostępności:
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The Greatest Athlete (You've Never Heard Of). Canada's First Olympic Gold Medallist – audiobook
Mark Hebscher
Canada's first Olympic gold medallist couldn't walk until he was ten, and became the greatest runner of his generation. Who was the first Canadian to Win an Olympic Gold Medal? When Mark Hebscher was asked this simple trivia question, he had no idea that it would lead him on a two year odyssey, researching a man he had never heard of. Paralyzed as a child and told he would never walk again, George...Data dostępności:
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