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The Cross Brand – ebook
Max Brand
In "The Cross Brand", Sheriff Harry Ganton and Jack Bristol have been friends since they were young. But when Harry accuses Jack of trying to steal his girl, guns blaze and the sheriff is shot. Jack Bristol stole his horse and rode off, not into the sunset, but into the mountains. The mountain man held him captive for months and then released him. Why? And why did the girl scream with terror when she...Data dostępności:
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John Macnab – ebook
John Buchan
Written in 1925, the novel opens with three gentleman friends – lawyer Sir Edward Leithen, banker John Palliser-Yeates, and Cabinet member Charles Lord Lamancha – discovering that they all suffer a common and debilitating malady, a loss of zest for life, all desperate to relieve the ennui that has engulfed them. The solution can only be something devilish, with a dash of daring. Enlisting the aid of...Data dostępności:
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The Pickwick Papers – ebook
Charles Dickens
This novel demonstrates Dickens experimenting with building his own voice. The Pickwick Papers is a series of linear adventures, unlike the convoluted plots of Dickens’s later novels. In other words, we follow our heroes from one stop to the next and meet interesting characters, rather than unraveling a mystery. The novel is a late example of the picaresque, a style of story in which we follow a rough,...Data dostępności:
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Trzej muszkieterowie - Les Trois Mousquetaires - The Three Musketeers – ebook
Aleksander Dumas
Akcja powieści jest osadzona w pierwszej połowie XVII wieku we Francji i Anglii. Jest jedną z najsłynniejszych powieści Aleksandra Dumasa oraz powieści płaszcza i szpady. Została wielokrotnie zekranizowana i przetłumaczona na wiele języków. Francja, rok 1625. Krajem rządzi Ludwik XIII, ale faktycznym władcą jest żądny władzy kardynał Richelieu. Osiemnastoletni Gaskończyk d'Artagnan opuszcza rodzinne...Data dostępności:
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The Dancing Floor – ebook
John Buchan
Vernon Milbourne, orphaned since childhood and haunted by a recurring dream, is friends with the protective lawyer and MP Sir Edward Leithen. An Aegean cruise takes them to the mysterious island of Plakos, where Vernon is fascinated by the island’s myths. Local superstitions turn to menace as Vernon’s encounter with a beautiful woman results in obsession and adventure. „The Dancing Floor” centres on...Data dostępności:
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Sick Heart River – ebook
John Buchan
„Sick Heart River” is the fifth book in the Edward Leithen series. This is Buchan’s last novel, about a man who is dying, and it must reflect Buchan’s own efforts to come to terms with his looming demise."Sick Heart River” finds Leithen now in his late fifties facing a terminal diagnosis of turberculosis. Leithen has enjoyed a dazzling career as eminent barrister, member of Parliament, Cabinet minister,...Data dostępności:
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