empire
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The Seed of Empire – ebook
Fred M. White
Fred M. White wrote a story on a historical basis. Belgium is just a pawn in a game of chess, in which Germany has played continuously for the last 40 years. And now England was waiting. Black Monday was overtaken. Germany violated its solemn promise to Belgium, and England was at war with Germany, and the greatest conflict in the history of the world began.Data dostępności:
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Dark Empire – audiobook
Kinga Litkowiec
Choć Valentina Gilardi urodziła się w potężnej rodzinie mafijnej, to jednak nie żyje w świecie przemocy i nielegalnych interesów. Przynajmniej do dnia pogrzebu ojca. Valentina dowiaduje się, że zgodnie z jego ostatnim życzeniem, ma przejąć władzę nad mafijnym imperium. Trzy lata później jest już zupełnie inną kobietą: silną, niezależną i budzącą postrach. Doskonale radzi sobie w nowej roli, ale...Data dostępności:
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L’Argent des autres – ebook
Émile Gaboriau
C’est une histoire d’une famille typique de la bourgeoisie du Second Empire qui vive la vie tranquille. Un fois, pendant un dîner avec plusieurs de leurs amis, le banquier Thaller fait irruption chez eux et l’accuse publiquement le père (qui est un caissier principal du Comptoir de Crédit mutuel dont il est le directeur) d’avoir détourné une grande somme d’argent. Quelle obscure machination se cache...Data dostępności:
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Monsieur Lecoq – ebook
Émile Gaboriau
Deux cadavres dans la première page, troisième dans la suivante... Sans doutes, ce sont les meurtres violentes: pistolet et poison sont les instruments. «Monsieur Lecoq» est vraiment le grand chef-d’œuvre de son père, Emile Gaboriau, qui est un peintre authentique de l’époque du Second Empire. L’auteur nous entraîne à voyage dans le temps pour découvrir cet ancêtre des polars, un complot entre deux...Data dostępności:
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Requiem for a Soldier. Tales from the Last Days. Book 3 – audiobook
Oleg Pavlov
In the vast Kazakh steppes of the crumbling Soviet Empire, Alyosha has finished his army service and is promised a gift from his deaf commander: an everlasting steel tooth. As he waits for it in the infirmary, he agrees to help out a medical officer, and they set out on a journey that takes them all the way to the kingdom of the dead. Oleg Pavlov's kaleidoscope of a tale is peopled with soldiers and...Data dostępności:
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The Profiteers – ebook
E. Phillips Oppenheim
A novel of crime and conscience by Edward Phillips Oppenheim (1866-1946), the self-styled „prince of storytellers.” „The Profiteers” was written about the stock market post-World War I and pre-1929 crash. The tale of the Bechtel family dynasty is a classic American business story. It begins with Warren A. Bechtel, who led a consortium that constructed the Hoover Dam. From that auspicious start, the...Data dostępności:
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The Mischief Maker – ebook
E. Phillips Oppenheim
This story takes place before WWI and follows the adventures of a disgraced English politician who hasn’t given up on his country in her hour of need. His nemesis is a suave but evil German prince who is plotting the downfall of he British empire. The only thing that stands in his way is our hero... and two beautiful women. „The Mischief-Maker” presents a fascinating picture of the political mindset...Data dostępności:
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The Man Who Bought London – ebook
Edgar Wallace
Fleeing unfavorable regulation at home, American millionaire King Kerry and other American „robber barons” begin buying up London real estate and important London-based businesses, much to the dismay of their competitors and the people of the city. As his empire expands, Kerry is bedeviled by a mysterious enemy troubled by a dark secret from a past romance. Along the way we meet some good, honest people...Data dostępności:
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The Man from Morocco – ebook
Edgar Wallace
James Lexington Morlake, gentleman of leisure, Lord of the Manor of World and divers other titles which he rarely employed, unlocked the drawer of his elaborate Empire writing-table and gazed abstractedly into its depths. It was lined with steel and there were four distinct bolts. Slowly he put in his hand and took out first a folded square of black silk, then a businesslike automatic pistol, then...Data dostępności:
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A Lodge in the Wilderness – ebook
John Buchan
John Buchan (1875-1940) was a Scottish novelist and historian and also served as Canada’s Governor General. His 100 works include nearly thirty novels, seven collections of short stories and biographies. But, the most famous of his books were the adventure and spy thrillers, most notably „The Thirty-Nine Steps”, and it is for these that he is now best remembered. „A Lodge in the Wilderness” (1906)...Data dostępności:
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