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Quo vadis? Powieść z czasów Nerona - Quo vadis? A Narrative of the Time of Nero – ebook
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Tytuł książki to łaciński zwrot, oznaczający: Dokąd idziesz? Odwołuje się on do słów Quo vadis, Domine? (Dokąd idziesz, Panie?), wypowiedzianych według legendy, przywołanej również w powieści, przez apostoła Piotra do Chrystusa. Akcja rozgrywa się głównie w Rzymie, podczas końcowych 6 lat panowania Nerona (63-69 n.e.), akcja epilogu - ok. 68 r. Wydarzenia pozwalające określić czas akcji to: przybycie...Data dostępności:
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History of Julius Caesar – ebook
Jacob Abbott
This is a story about a historical figure written by Abbott. The author describes in detail the youth of Caesar nd his role in the Sylla and Marius conflict. Readers learn a lot of interesting facts. One of which is revealed at the end of the book, namely the murder of Caesar on the day when he was going to be crowned King of the Roman Empire.Data dostępności:
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The Forged Coupon and Other Stories – ebook
Leo Tolstoy
At the beginning of the story, walking along an incline, some of Tolstoy’s characters lie, commit robberies and even killings. The author allows his heroes to experience feelings of satisfaction and complete impunity, after they have committed terrible atrocities. Pelageyushkin, going to the massacres, is content with one own impunity. Tolstoy conducts his heroes in hellish circles: all terrible crimes...Data dostępności:
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Tanglewood Tales – ebook
Nathaniel Hawthorne
This is a fun collection, the second of Hawthorne, Greek myths slightly rethought and retold for children. These are famous stories with a rather friendly perception. Antey has some friends who are called „pygmies”, but it seems that their height is about six inches. But they are going to avenge him after Hercules killed him, and Big X good-naturedly accepts the loss. Theseus still kills the Minotaur,...Data dostępności:
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Lady Eleanor – ebook
Robert Barr
„Lady Eleanor: Lawbreaker” is a love story pure and simple from a British-Canadian short story writer and novelist Robert Barr, born at Glasgow, Scotland but emigrated with his parents to Upper Canada at age four and was educated in Toronto at Toronto Normal School. Here, the heiress conceals the will so that her cousin, the disinherited son of the house, may come to his own. His first thought is to...Data dostępności:
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The Wealthy Renter. How to Choose Housing That Will Make You Rich – audiobook
Alex Avery
A National Bestseller! Why be house poor when you can rent rich? “Why rent when you can buy?” More than any other, this phrase captures the overwhelmingly unanimous promotion of home ownership to Canadians. Real estate agents, mortgage brokers, family, friends, and even the government promote ownership as a safe, attractive, and sure-fire path to personal wealth. This one-size-fits-all advice ignores...Data dostępności:
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Beatrix – ebook
Honoré de Balzac
This novel opens in the old town of Guerande which still enclosed by mighty walls and possesses moats still full of water. The houses have not changed and the streets are as they were one hundred years in the past. It is the family seat of the de Guenics. The old society of the town gather here to play cards and gossip, often about the younger generations. The son of the house, Calyste, is going to...Data dostępności:
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It takes time to find yourself – ebook
Annabelle Copenhay
On September 1, 2009, after talking to a psychiatrist, I decided to go to a psychiatric hospital in the neurotic disorders ward of my own free will. After many years of treatment, which still didn’t bring the expected results, I came to the conclusion that the hospital was my last hope. I went there because I suffered from eating disorders - bulimia nervosa and anorexia. Then it turned out that it...Data dostępności:
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Antygona / Antigone / Antigonè / Антигона – ebook
Sofokles / Sophocles / Sophocle / Софокл
Tekst dramatu starogreckiego w czterech językach. Antygona - tragedia Sofoklesa z roku 442 p.n.e. Po śmierci Edypa, Polinik i Eteokles podzielili się władzą. Jednak wbrew umowie Eteokles po roku rządów nie przekazał tronu bratu. Polinejkes sprowadził obce wojska, aby odzyskać tron. Między braćmi rozpoczęła się walka o władzę, w której obaj zginęli. Władcą został ich wuj Kreon. Kreon uznał Polinejkesa...Data dostępności:
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