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The Shadow of the Wolf – ebook
R. Austin Freeman
This novel is an excellent example of the inverted detective story, a modern form that R. Austin Freeman is credited with inventing. You know from the beginning who the guilty party is, but watching Dr. Thorndyke figure it out is amazing. And watching the perpetrator think that he is getting away with his crime, while watching Dr. Thorndyke close in on him is well-done literary irony. The fun comes...Data dostępności:
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The Jacob Street Mystery – ebook
R. Austin Freeman
R. Austin Freeman’s mysteries are often divided into two parts, the first dealing with events leading up to a murder, followed by Dr. Thorndyke’s investigation. In this case, the first part, about a beautiful woman who poses as a serious artist, then disappears, is delightful. It details the friendship between Thomas Pedley and Loretta Schiller. The second part is written in the first person with Jervis,...Data dostępności:
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The Call of Cthulhu – ebook
H.P. Lovecraft
”The Call of Cthulhu” is the story of a man who uncovers evidence of otherworldly beings residing in a state of hibernation deep beneath the surface of the Earth’s oceans. Though the image of Cthulhu is by no means original, as it is heavily borrowed from Scandinavian lore among other sources, Lovecraft’s descriptions–in this case of a basrelief carved in its likeness–are still nothing short of chilling....Data dostępności:
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The Napoleon of Notting Hill – ebook
G.K. Chesterton
Meet Auberon Quin. He is a man to whom the world is a punchline; a dangerous man, for he cares for nothing but a joke. And meet Adam Wayne – to whom the joke is quite serious. When Quin is appointed King of England, he decides to turn London into a medieval carnival for his own amusement. When Adam Wayne is appointed Provost of Notting Hill, he proposes to be patriotic about it and takes the new order...Data dostępności:
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Collected Short Stories Vol. 8: Collected Short Stories. Volume 8 – ebook
Arthur Conan Doyle
The eighth issue features the usual assortment of stories and non-fiction. These are the next to last of the series of short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle about Sherlock Holmes. Some are set before the Great War, the last takes place in 1914. Holmes is retired and refused to take on any more cases, preferring to live out his years in a small rural village. „His Last Bow” is a collection of seven...Data dostępności:
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The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’ – ebook
Joseph Conrad
The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’ was written in 1896 and is loosely based on Conrad’s own experiences as a sailor; in 1884, Conrad made a voyage on the real Narcissus from Bombay to Dunkirk as a Second Mate, and some of the events described in his novella may be based on adversities Conrad and his fellow-sailers had to contend with. And yet, Conrad’s third novel is much more than „just” an accout of adventures...Data dostępności:
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Night and Day – ebook
Virginia Woolf
„Night and Day” by Virginia Woolf is her second novel and was published in 1919. But the novel is very forward-looking in its examination of relationships under the stress of the culture shift was occurring in the early 20th century. The story takes place in pre-war England and involves four characters and their relationships. Kathryn Hillbery the „middle class” privileged girl whose idea of success...Data dostępności:
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The Pathfinder – ebook
James Fenimore Cooper
In the third installment of the Leatherstocking Tales, Cooper takes his main character, here called the Pathfinder (Natty Bumppo) and examines his role as an explorer for British/Colonial forces in the forests and islands around the Great Lakes. The story is a classic historical adventure/romance and Bumppo falls in love, for the first and only time in the five novels, only to see his choice fall in...Data dostępności:
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Nie-pieskie życie Kulki / A non-dog's life of Kulka – ebook
Ewa Suchecka
Książka dwujęzyczna – z jednej strony czytasz po polsku, z drugiej po angielsku. Wszystko wskazywało na to, że Kulka nigdy się nie urodzi. Bezduszni właściciele jej mamy postanawiają pozbyć się bernardynki oczekującej potomstwa. Pod osłoną ponurego jesiennego wieczoru wywożą ją w głąb lasu i tam bezradną porzucają. Resztką sił bohaterska mama rodzi swoje maleństwo, przypłacając to życiem. Kolejny...Data dostępności:
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Secrets of the Sands, Book #2: The Desert Prince – audiobook
Alisha Sevigny
Ancient Egyptian healer and scribe Sesha is ready for another role: spy. Be sure to read Sesha’s first adventure, The Lost Scroll of the Physician. Forced to flee Thebes or face death, Sesha and her friends, Paser and Reb, travel up the Nile and into the desert in search of a hidden oasis. Led by a freed spy, they plan to rescue Pharaoh’s daughter Princess Merat, given to a Hyksos chieftain...Data dostępności:
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