africa
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Łosoś à la Africa! – ebook
Michał Krupa
„Łosoś a la Africa” Michała Krupy to kontynuacja wcześniejszych losów bohaterów: Macieja, Agaty, kapitana Zbigniewa Lisieckiego i majora Karola Nowaka przedstawionych w pierwszej powieści autora - „Łosoś norwesko - chiński”. Wśród pozostałych istotnych bohaterów są także: Sobieski - podkomendny kapitana, Kunegunda - asystentka i prawa ręka kapitana, następczyni Jakubiaka, wódz...Data dostępności:
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Glass bead trade in Northeast Africa – ebook
Barbara Wagner Joanna Then-Obłuska
Strings of colorful glass beads were a popular commodity traded throughout ancient Nubia in the earlier half of the first millennium AD. Combining macroscopic examination with laboratory analyses, the author breaks new ground in Nubian studies, establishing diagnostic markers for a study of trading markets and broader economic trends in Meroitic and post-Meroitic Nubia. Archaeometric results, lucidly...Data dostępności:
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The Ivory Child – ebook
H. Rider Haggard
Another compelling and well-written story by H. Rider Haggard! It all starts quite gradually, in England, where the great hunter Allan Quatermain is making one of his rare trips outside of Africa. The story returns to Africa, and Quatermain talks about the unsuccessful speculation at the gold mine. Meanwhile, events that began many years ago in England are developing, and other heroes arrive in Africa...Data dostępności:
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King Solomon’s Mines – ebook
H. Rider Haggard
King Solomon’s Mines is the first English adventure novel, which takes place in Africa. Allan Quatermain – the protagonist of the story, an ambitious and courageous guy who is ready to give a helping hand to difficult times. He recruits the same adventurers as his assistants and the group advances in search of the missing brother of one of the detachments. As a result, readers can watch not only the...Data dostępności:
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Queen Sheba’s Ring – ebook
H. Rider Haggard
All events take place in Africa, in the imaginary kingdom, or perhaps one should say queendom of Mur, ruled by Maqueda, a descendant King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. This time Rider tells about two more lost tribes of Africa. Due to the contradictions between them, one of them faces death. The ring of Queen Sheba given to Dr. Richard Adams is a sign of well-deserved reward for the salvation of...Data dostępności:
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Heu-Heu – ebook
H. Rider Haggard
In this story, the already familiar hero, Allan Quatermain, tries to explain the mysteries of Africa. Here Quatermain unearths and destroys the cult of the priest, exploiting the remnants of a dying civilization. Allan proves their fraud. The main character, as always, is rational in his actions.Data dostępności:
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Przemiany kulturowe w Afryce – ebook
Maciej Ząbek
Autorzy publikacji opisują dzieje Afryki – począwszy od czasów pradziejowych poprzez okres wczesnych i późnych europejskich penetracji tego kontynentu aż po współczesne problemy polityczne – oraz przedstawiają zagadnienia dotyczące historii podróżowania i odkrywania, a także zdobywania i kolonizacji. Tom zawiera również tekst poświęcony metodologii badań afrykanistycznych. Część artykułów została napisana...Data dostępności:
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Sandi the Kingmaker – ebook
Edgar Wallace
Colonial adventures in a 6 volume collection set on the „Dark Continent”. Sanders and Co. return to Africa (following the events in Bones in London) to bring the old Kings country under the Union Jack and to try and find what has happened to a missionary and his daughter. It is written in a delightfully humorous style. „Sandi, the King-maker” among other novels by Edgar Wallace conveys the paternal...Data dostępności:
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Bones – ebook
Edgar Wallace
This collection of episodes in the Commissioner Sanders series continues Wallace’s subtly humorous look at colonial Africa. In „Bones”, Wallace spins an engaging yarn about the adventures of an intrepid lieutenant as he travels through Africa on a series of life-or-death missions. When Commissioner Sanders goes on leave, the trusty Lieutenant Hamilton takes over administration of the African territories....Data dostępności:
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The River of Stars – ebook
Edgar Wallace
During 1907 Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) travelled to the Congo Free State, to report on atrocities committed against the Congolese under King Leopold II of Belgium and the Belgian rubber companies, in which up to 15 million Congolese were killed. Isabel Thorne of the Weekly Tale-Teller penny magazine, invited Wallace to serialize stories inspired by his experiences. These were published as his first...Data dostępności:
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