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Ostatni szef. Prawdziwa historia najpotężniejszego przywódcy rosyjskiej mafii w Ameryce – ebook
Douglas Century
Historia ostatniego szefa prawdziwej rosyjskiej mafii w Ameryce. „Nie powinienem dziś żyć” – zaczyna swoją opowieść Borys „Biba” Nayfeld , twórca przestępczego imperium, które swoim zasięgiem obejmowało niemal cały świat. Opuszczony przez rodziców nastolatek z Homla w Związku Radzieckim trafił za chuligaństwo do kolonii karnej na Syberii. Nikt nie mógł przypuszczać, że właśnie tam zacznie się droga,...Data dostępności:
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Spartan symmachy in the VI and V century BCE – ebook
Aleksander Wolicki
The book contains systematic critique of the traditionalist model’s historiographical assumptions concerning the Spartan alliances in the VI and V century BCE. First chapter is devoted to the critique of the sources. In the second chapter we look at three areas where the original impulse for the creation of a coherent, uniform alliance around Sparta has been sought: Sparta’s helot problem, relations...Data dostępności:
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Terrorism in the 21st century in the light of law – ebook
Dominika Dróżdż
This book explorers the most recent trends in terrorism in the 21th century. A central theme of this book is the in-depth analysis of the West with the risk from the Islamic State and Al-Quaida that could be seen for example in Paris and Brussels attacks; their strength is also seen in the ISIS territory. The Islamic State and Al-Quaida can loose their role in the war, but it seems that Al Quaida and...Data dostępności:
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Sanditon And Other Miscellanea – ebook
Jane Austen
Sanditon And Other Miscellanea contains: Plan of a Novel Sanditon The Watsons Cancelled Chapter of "Persuasion" Jane Austen was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage in the pursuit of favourable social standing...Data dostępności:
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Ninety-Three – ebook
Victor Hugo
The historical novel of the famous and my beloved French writer, a fiery patriot of his homeland, a convinced democrat and great humanist. Hugo, in his novel, imbued with the spirit of freedom and humanity, shows the greatness of the revolutionary coup of the end of the 18th century, the fearlessness and heroism of the French revolutionary people, who staunchly defended their homeland from counter-revolutionary...Data dostępności:
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Les Misérables – ebook
Victor Hugo
One of the best classic novels in world literature. Jean Valjean, Cosette, Gavrosh – the names of the heroes of the novel have long become common nouns, the number of its readers for a century and a half since the publication of the book has not been reduced, the novel does not lose popularity. A kaleidoscope of people from all walks of life in French society in the first half of the 19th century,...Data dostępności:
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The Blithedale Romance – ebook
Nathaniel Hawthorne
A group of people is a powerful mixture of competing ambitions, and its idealism finds little satisfaction in agriculture. Instead of changing the world, Blithedale community members individually follow selfish paths that ultimately lead to tragedy. Hawthorne’s tale simultaneously mourns and saturates a rural idyll, not unlike the history of America in the 19th century as a whole.Data dostępności:
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Mystery of the Haunted Castle – ebook
Krystyna Gerlach
The Haunted Castle portrays vicissitudes of a noble family inhabiting an ancient castle, struggling throughout long years with reverses of fortune, because of a cruel curse cast on the entire line. Visits of the vindictive ancestors’ spectres seeking redress for the old-time wrongs, the past unsettled conflicts, disclose grim secrets of the mansion’s former proprietors. Chance discovery of the 17th...Data dostępności:
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Free Air – ebook
Sinclair Lewis
“Free Air” is a book by Sinclair Lewis an American writer. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. “Free Air” is a road novel about Claire Boltwood, who, in the early days of the 20th century, travels by automobile from New York City to the Pacific Northwest, where she falls in love with a nice, down-to-earth young man and gives up...Data dostępności:
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The Gilded Age – ebook
Mark Twain Charles Dudley Warner
The book reflects the state of 19th-century society in the United States – votes in the Senate and Congress are bought and sold, all this is carefully hidden and masked. The curse of the „Tennessee” land, which could but did not enrich the young people who are the heirs of this land, is largely activated by the heirs themselves – typical Americans of that time, who want to quickly make a fortune.Data dostępności:
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