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- The pioneering creator of the inverted detective story, R. Austin Freeman was a popular Edwardian author of novels and short stories featuring Dr. Thorndyke, a pathologist-detective. Freeman’s detective and mystery tales offered an innovative approach to the genre, selling thousands of copies on both sides of the Atlantic. Robert Hawke is a man on the run. After returning from business in London, he...
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- Na przełomie lat 60.i 70. XX wieku przez społeczeństwo Stanów Zjednoczonych przeszło tornado zmian. Zamieszki w Detroit, wojna w Wietnamie, hasła „ make love not war” czy „ flower power” podczas hipisowskich wieców, panoszące się rasizm, homofobia i szowinizm. Odpowiedź Nowego Jorku na wszystko, co działo się w tych latach, mogła być tylko jedna – awangardowa, wulgarna, pozbawiona zasad i zdrowego...
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- Minęło już dziesięć lat od rześkiego kwietniowego poranka, kiedy we Frederick w stanie Maryland zniknęła bez śladu szesnastoletnia Sara Parcell. Zdarzenie znalazło się w centrum uwagi amerykańskiej opinii publicznej, szokując ją i dzieląc. Ale jak było naprawdę? Choć zbadano wszystkie możliwe wersje wydarzeń, ta historia nigdy wcześniej nie została opowiedziana w pełni. Aż do teraz, kiedy jej główni...
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- Jedna z trzech książek serii „Ulica Strachu” powiązana z cyklem filmów o tym samym tytule. Produkcje dostępne na platformie Netflix od lipca 2021 roku. Los drużyny chearleaderek z Shadyside wisi na włosku ze względu na brak funduszy. To nie najlepszy start dla Gretchen, która właśnie przeniosła się ze starej szkoły, gdzie była prawdziwą gwiazdą. O wolne miejsce w zespole walczy również bogata i...
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- The book tells about the Neanderthal tribe: life, hunting, customs, their relationship. The life of ancient people is difficult and full of hardships, but they are happy. Their happiness is in unity. There is a clash with others. Neanderthals are at a lower stage of development, but they recognize themselves as people: they have a language, they care for the elderly and children, maintain fire, bury...
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- Poradnik do gry akcji ShellShock: Nam'67 rozgrywającej się w realiach wojny wietnamskiej. Zawiera szczegółowy opis przejścia jedenastu misji, poprzedzony cennymi radami dotyczącymi rozrywki. Skrócona wersja spisu treści: -Wstęp -Cenne rady -Misja 01 -First Kill (1) -First Kill (2) -First Kill (3) -First Kill (4) -Baza -Misja 02 -Hearts and Minds (1) -Hearts and Minds (2) -Hearts and Minds (3) -Misja...
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- Twelve-year-old Tommy is left to fend for himself. Thanks to endurance, ingenuity and a wonderful union with the grizzly bear, whose mother he helped, the boy survives. When Tommy gets older, he and the bear set off for the valley, where they prevent the killing of an indestructible horse. The horse, bear and Tommy become legend – and the expedition is about to capture or kill Tommy.
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- The protagonist of the story – the old Imber from the White Fish tribe can cause conflicting feelings among readers – he killed many white people without much reason, at first glance. He does not hide from justice, but he himself comes to the city of Yukon and admits everything he has done. What prompted him to such an act? And does the reason that prompted Imber to kill, deserve understanding?
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- It began as a dark crime story. It was Christmas Eve, and most people celebrated except Madge Oranmore. She and the good doctor Wiseman were planning to kill a daughter-in-law and her young child. That night before Christmas, two children remained on the beach.
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- Heroes of the work are ready for terrible deeds for the sake of power. Richard is a model of canonical evil, almost a fairy-tale villain, in whom there is nothing light. The main character goes to power through numerous crimes and deceptions. He does not spare underage nephews, ordering to kill them in the Tower, and then dies in a battle with another claimant to the throne.
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- ”Great trump cards” – a novel, brilliantly built on the basis of an ancient deck of tarot cards. This novel is filled with secrets, there are various signs, symbols, riddles. Everyone has different opinions about these secrets, no one can come to a common opinion. Witchcraft can still kill, and the supernatural must be defeated by the supernatural.
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- Shorty Bill the sniper is a fun type, but with a cool head. He cuts a new tag on his rifle with each new kill. Herman Cyril McNeile despised the Germans. He was a soldier, a member of the Royal Engineers. This story is about simple guys who became real soldiers in the war.
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- Henry Rider Haggard combines romance and travel in his story. This is a story about how Allan Quatermain met his first wife, Marie. Two dangerous criminals are trying to kill the main character and take away his wife. This story captures the reader from the first pages, because first we see the greatest battle. However, in the end, readers will witness the emotional ending of this story.
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- “The Night-born” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction. The Night-born is a series of short stories by Jack London. It consists of ten moving and thrilling stories such as: The Night-Born, The Madness of John Harned, When the World was Young or To Kill A Man.
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- Summary: You are in England, the 19th and 20th centuries. You witness a murder, you would witness. But first of all you should know who, and why had to kill an innocent person: a young woman with a child. When every suspicion is incriminating her husband, a former soldier, he becomes fated to go through his own ordeal. However, in the end, is he truly guilty? Or maybe their torments were all in va...
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- Amazingly conveyed the characters of the era and characters, suffering and atonement, sin and clogging of society. The plot of the story is simple – a married woman, whose husband has been absent for two years, gives birth to a child. In Puritan society, where the concept of „"personal life"” does not exist, the people are in deep shock from what happened, but mercifully decides not to kill the woman,...
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- The House of Mammon is a new puzzle for readers. John Sairson, an influential businessman, bought a house about five years ago, after Sir George Lugard, the last of his family, was found dead in the library with a gun in his hand. Theories diverged: some suspected that it was a suicide, but others claimed that he was shot. One thing is clear, John Sairson was involved in questionable business. But...
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- The adventure novel „Moon of Israel”includes everything the reader may desire. Here there is historical information, action, internal struggle with the Egyptians and Jews, as well as between Jews and Egyptians. The main story revolves around the prince of Seti, who is devoid of inheritance, because he doesn’t follow the idea of?? his father to kill Jews. It is also a love story that goes beyond the...
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- Abdul Omar was a psychologist, mystic and astrologer who worked as a private detective. He believed that astrology would help predict the exact actions of a person. Based on the time of birth, he can accurately predict what and when a person will do. He was devoted to protecting women and their honor. He fell in love with and married Lotis, a former assassin of the Black Brotherhood who was sent to...
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- 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...
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