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Ancestor Jorico – ebook
William J. Locke
The „Ancestor Jorico,” the man who wants this, was in his prime a slave owner and a pirate, and yet in his older years lived a supposedly quiet, pious life of modest means. So what happened to all his wealth? And what does the hidden treasure map from Trinidad mean?Data dostępności:
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The Duel and Other Stories – ebook
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
The center of attention was a small group of people, but everything was spinning around Ivan Laevsky, self-confident and selfish 28-year-old. He escaped with the wife of another man and lived in sin. Perhaps there is not even a duel in the literal sense, but a duel with the contradiction of the main character. He realized that love was not so, and did not know what to do, what to say.Data dostępności:
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The Swindler and Other Stories – ebook
Ethel M. Dell
„The Swindler and Other Stories” is a collection of stories first published in 1923 by the hugely successful English writer of popular romances Ethel May Dell. „The Swindler”: As a young girl Cynthia holds a professional swindler in admiration, since he cleverly swindled her out of five hundred pounds. On a voyage she meets a private detective called West who is bent on capturing this swindler called...Data dostępności:
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The Provincial Lady in America – ebook
E.M. Delafield
No one could have been more surprised than our Provincial Lady to receive an invitation from her American agent to travel transatlantic and embark upon a programme of lectures and signings. What follows after she sets foot on American soil is a series of whirlwind tours about the continent, and also including a trip to Canada. This is book 3 in the Provincial Lady series by English author E. M. De...Data dostępności:
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The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories – ebook
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
There is a trial of the bare and thin peasant Denis Grigoriev. He is accused of unscrewing the nut, which rails are attached to the cross ties. „The little man” does not deny this, but does not see his guilt. The investigator finds out that Denis, like other men, unscrews the nuts in order to make them sinkers. The defendant sincerely does not understand that such unscrewing can lead to train accidents...Data dostępności:
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The Angel of Pain – ebook
E.F. Benson
This early work is a novel by Edward Frederick Benson. The author focuses on an unusual landscape. Sometimes it refuses to reality and we can see really something fantastic. In this story, only well-provided people will be able to survive in the conditions in which the author put them. And what about those who are just „trying to stand up”? Many questions, but as always few answers.Data dostępności:
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The Rubicon – ebook
E.F. Benson
”We must judge people by their best qualities, not their worst; by their capabilities, and not by their limitations” – the protagonist of the novel had such an opinion. He sat at the hotel and wrote his next work. The next day, after rereading what he had written, he was surprised because he had already seen something like this somewhere with another professor. A large number of people show false love...Data dostępności:
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WWJD Jego śladami – audiobook
Charles M. Sheldon
„WWJD Jego śladami” to historia parafii w małym amerykańskim miasteczku, której duchowny zachęcił parafian do zadawania sobie pytania „Co zrobiłby Jezus?” przed podjęciem każdej życiowej decyzji. Prowadzi to do wielu niespodziewanych konsekwencji. Książka „WWJD Jego śladami” to międzynarodowy bestseller, który rozszedł się na świecie w nakładzie przekraczającym...Data dostępności:
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Desperate Remedies – ebook
Thomas Hardy
Once upon a time there lived in the 19th century a charming young lady from a poor but proud family and a young ambitious gentleman in spirit, but not in origin. And now the boundaries of estates and welfare were ready to be erased under the pressure of the couple’s feelings and understanding of the girl’s parents that it’s not the age of her daughter to attract men and we need to work with what we...Data dostępności:
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Charles Rex – ebook
Ethel M. Dell
A romance originally published in 1922 that holds up very well into the 21st century. „Charles Rex” is a sequel of „The Hundredth Chance” written by Ethel May Dell (1881-1939) who was a British writer of popular romance novels. Her stories are often full of passion and love and are set in India and other British colonial possessions. Not being a family man, Charles Rex travels widely and to some point...Data dostępności:
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