islands

Victor Hugo wrote many of his works while in exile, which lasted 19 years. He spent most of this exile on the English islands. The story begins with the description of the islands... Letyerri has two loves in life – his ship Durand and his niece Deryushetta. Letyerri, due to the machinations of his companion Kleben, is losing the ship. The ship is destroyed, but the steam engine itself is intact. Deryushetta’s...

A young woman’s journey of discovery takes her to a world of forbidden passion, savage beauty – and revenge. Spring, 1950. Alexandra de Falla, a half-English, half-Spanish youngwriter abandons her privileged but suffocating life in London and travels to Spain to be reunited with her long-estranged family. Instead of providing the sense of belonging she yearns for, the de Fallas are riven by seething...

Mozart wyprawił pogrzeb, kiedy odszedł jego ulubiony szpak. Gdyby nie wróbel, nie byłoby ani Jacka Sparrowa z Karaibów, ani Edith Piaf z Paryża. Emily Dickinson w jednym ze swoich wierszy napisała, że nadzieja to „to coś z piórami”. Z ptakami łączy nas ponad 50 genów odpowiedzialnych za mowę, muzykowanie i śpiewanie. Nasze włosy i paznokcie zbudowane są z tego samego białka, co ich...