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- Glennard had never thought himself a hero; but he had been certain that he was incapable of baseness. The central character, Stephen Glennard, sells for publication the private letters of a former, deceased lover, who had become a famous writer, so that he can finance his marriage to the girl he loves. The letters are a success, and he is able to be married. But when the guilt becomes unbearable and...
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- Nowhere else has Shakespeare demonstrated his gift to turn the chronicle into a drama so vividly and visibly as in the third part of Henry VI. In the previous two plays, battle scenes are also reproduced: in the first part, the battle in France is displayed especially vividly and vividly, but only in the last play of the trilogy the playwright managed to show almost the entire course of the Rose War...
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- The action revolves around three characters: a young and beautiful maiden who travels around America with fiery speeches about the importance of women; her mentor, a lonely and cold lady who despises the whole male race. Different ideals are presented by the rivalry of Olive Chancellor and her cousin Basel Ransom for influencing the young girl Vera Tarrant, who has a strong oratorical gift. The social...
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- Settle in for a whimsical, thoroughly enjoyable whirlwind tour through the prodigious imagination of American short-story master O. Henry. When he wrote the following, he may have discounted his own creativity. „Whirligigs”, comprised of 24 short stories and published in 1910, is evidence of this. O. Henry writes of love and loss, of mystery and drama, of journalism and murders and trials. He creates...
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- This is a solid, basic cowboy story from B. M. Bower, an early work of hers on the standard ranching setting she writes many more times. This is one of her stories. This follows the life of a boy from very early youth until he finds his own way and establishes his name. Through hazards, difficulties and dangers, Bob sets out to discover life for himself. With awfully wild terrain and red-Indians around...
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- B.M Bower had a gift for writing Westerns, weaving tales of adventure, intrigue, mystery, and romance – often with surprise endings. They are historical reminiscences of pioneers among the sage and bush, clearing the way for a new America. She wrote about working cowboys usually on western ranches, with the occasional visit of an eastern types. Her books were known for their factual attention to detail...
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- Silvertip had meant to kill the cold-hearted Bandini, but it was a kid wearing Bandini’s cape who came out the saloon door and met Silvertip’s bullet. Now, Silvertip has taken an oath to take care of the kid’s business first, then track down Bandini and put the sidewinder six feet under - for good. An urge for roaming and a chance meeting with the bandit Bandini put Silvertip on the trail that leads...
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- One of Max Brand’s greatest gifts as a storyteller is his ability to create unforgettable, larger-than-life characters. Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 - May 12, 1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. This is one of his novels. "The Power of Prayer" (1922) is an unusual and vexing Christmas story in which Gerald Kern,...
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- This fast-paced story is about a tough rebel named Destry who is sent to prison for years, serving time for a crime he did not commit. Once out, he aims to seek revenge on the 12 jury members who sent him to prison and voted for his incarceration. However, his mission isn’t to kill but to find other unique ways as punishment and to make their lives miserable. Neatly plotted and briskly told, it illustrates...
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- Dombey and Son, Charles Dickens’s story of a powerful man whose callous neglect of his family triggers his professional and personal downfall, showcases the author’s gift for vivid characterization and unfailingly realistic description. Mr. Dombey, a wealthy London merchant, puts all his hopes in his sickly son Paul to succeed him in running the firm, and ignores his good daughter Florence. The firm...
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- Forget the erroneous title, the central figure of this particular slice of Balzac’s lifelong gift to literature is a woman of character, Madame Veronique Graslin. Honoré de Balzac (20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) is considered to be one of the fathers of realism in fiction and has crafted a vivid picture of Europe during the end of the Bourbon Monarchy. The first characters presented are the shopkeeper...
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- Hamilton Cleek, once known to Scotland Yard as „The Vanishing Cracksman” is a reformed crook turned detective. He has a gift for both deduction and impersonation, a curious combination of Sherlock Holmes and Peter Sellars, which he uses to solve mysteries. After a long Channel crossing, Cleek drives a lady home only to discover her aunt has been murdered. But the mystery has only just begun. It leads...
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Can love escape from the darkness into the light? When Catriona Drouot, a young music therapist, honours an opera diva’s dying request to help her son, Umberto Monteverdi, recover his musical gift, she knows it will be a difficult assignment. She had shared a night of passion with the once-celebrated composer ten years before, with unexpected consequences. The extent of her challenge becomes apparent...Data dostępności:
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- A fictional biography of Rudolf „Rud” Whitlow, who builds a political party that slowly becomes a world dominant dictatorship. Wells wrote the work just before World War II as Hitler was consolidating his power in Germany. Rud, is a baby boy, and later, grew to be a young man who had a remarkable talent of oratory: the gift of gab. He is eventually encouraged to perform public speaking, lecturing and...
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- Chesterton again allows us to accompany Father Brown, preternaturally-unbiased master of human nature, as he stumbles across another series of murders and mysteries. These stories in this series are not as compact as those in other books, notably „The Innocence of Father Brown,” but they have the same magnetic power to draw the reader in. As ever, Chesterton is interested not only in delivering first...
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- Archibald Hunter was spending his annual vacation in Cruden Bay, Scotland when he sees two women and a man walking abreast. Suddenly, he has a vision of the man carrying a coffin and the two women walking behind. Just as suddenly, he sees the three walking normal again. As this was happening, Archie was being watched by an old woman, Gormala. She had seen Archie’s shocked look at what he had just seen...
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- Poradnik do gry Fable: The Lost Chapters to prawdziwy almanach wiedzy, zawierający informacje o wszelkich sekretach, kluczach czy też legendarnych broniach a także opis wszystkich zadań wątku fabularnego oraz questów pobocznych. Skrócona wersja spisu treści: -Wstęp -Budowanie bohatera -Interakcja ze światem -Walka -Demon Doors -Srebrne klucze -Srebrne skrzynie -Legendary Weapons -Złote Questy -Birthday...
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- Poradnik do gry Dragonshard, ambitnego dzieła będącego połączeniem strategii czasu rzeczywistego oraz gier fabularnych czyli RPG. Materiał zawiera opis dwóch kampanii z uwzględnieniem zadań głównych jak i pobocznych. Skrócona wersja spisu treści: -Wprowadzenie -Struktura wojsk -[Lizardfolks] Budynki -[Lizardfolks] Armia -[Order of the Flame] Budynki -[Order of the Flame] Armia -[Lizardfolks] Rozdział...
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- Niniejszy poradnik to zbiór porad, tłumaczących dokładnie, co i jak należy wykonać, aby ukończyć każdą dostępną w grze misję oraz wyjaśniających prawa rządzące w grze. Spis treści: -Podstawy -Misja 01: Black Nest -Misja 02: Cobra Stroke -Misja 03: Cobra Stroke (kont.) -Misja 04: Cobra Stroke (kont.) -Misja 05: Cobra Stroke (kont.) -Misja 06: Scorpion Tail -Misja 07: Wings of Death -Misja 08: A Hearty...
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- W książce przeprowadzono analizę wątków chrześcijańskich w poezji T.S. Eliota z perspektywy II wojny światowej, Zagłady oraz współczesnego kryzysu chrześcijaństwa w kulturze zachodniej. Omówiono dwa najistotniejsze motywy twórczości poety: kwestię Wcielenia Słowa oraz koncepcję miłości miłosiernej – agape. ********* The book offers an analysis of Christian threads in T.S. Eliot’s poetry from the perspectives...
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