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Billy Angel, Trouble Lover – ebook
Max Brand
Max Brand (1892-1944) is the best-known pen name of widely acclaimed author Frederick Faust, creator of Destry, Dr. Kildare, and other beloved fictional characters. Orphaned at an early age, Faust studied at the University of California, Berkeley. He became one of the most prolific writers of our time but abandoned writing at age fifty-one to become a war correspondent in World War II, where he was...Data dostępności:
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Reset – audiobook
Bartłomiej Basiura
Misterna intryga zapoczątkowana w powieści Waga zatacza coraz szersze kręgi. Po oddaniu się w ręce policji do aresztu na Montelupich w Krakowie trafia Tomasz Ryglewicz. To posunięcie stanowi część nakreślonego z Antonem Danielewiczem planu, wynik transakcji wymiennej, gdzie stawką jest ludzkie życie oraz wolność. Gdy do gry wchodzi polityka i zanika granica pomiędzy tym, co słuszne, a tym, co niegodziwe,...Data dostępności:
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Laws – ebook
Long understudied, Plato’s „Laws” has been the object of renewed attention in the past decade and is now considered to be his major work of political philosophy besides „The Republic”. In his last dialogue, Plato returns to the project of describing the foundation of a just city and sketches in considerable detail its constitution, laws and other social institutions. In it, Plato describes in fascinating...Data dostępności:
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The Lily of the Valley – ebook
Honoré de Balzac
Autobiographical and exceptionally romantic, „The Lily of the Valley” is an 1835 novel about love and society by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) and is one of his personal favorites among his innumerable novels. The creator of the „Human Comedy” brings his creative insight to a portrait of a lady and a love affair set in the Loire valley. It concerns the affection – emotionally...Data dostępności:
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The Stray Lamb – ebook
Thorne Smith
In „The Stray Lamb”, author Thorne Smith draws inspiration from his most famous works, the beloved Topper series. It follows mild-mannered investment banker, cuckold, ordinary, faithful, and dipsomaniac T. Lawrence Lamb. He is given a new perspective on life through the eyes of many different animals as he assumes the shape of many including a stallion, goldfish, dog, lion and many others. Mr. Lamb...Data dostępności:
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Lonesome Land – ebook
B.M. Bower
Pioneering Western writer Bertha Muzzy Bower was herself the wife of a Montana rancher for a time, so she brings a wealth of personal experience and psychological insight to this gripping narrative that follows protagonist Valeria as she enters into marriage and struggles with the often-harsh reality of rural life. Val is cast into circumstances that test her temper, strength, and sanity. One of her...Data dostępności:
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The Boy Who Found Christmas – ebook
George Owen Baxter
Renowned Western writer Max Brand does it again in the eminently enjoyable Adventure Classics "The Boy Who Found Christmas ". Packed with enough action and romance to please even the most die-hard fans of the genre, the work also addresses a wide range of important themes with insight and sensitivity. This classic’s appeal extends far beyond the core audience for Westerns - give it to a yet-to-be-won-over...Data dostępności:
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Stolen Gold – ebook
George Owen Baxter
Renowned Western writer Max Brand does it again in the eminently enjoyable novel "Stolen Gold". Packed with enough action and romance to please even the most die-hard fans of the genre, the novel also addresses a wide range of important themes with insight and sensitivity. No one knew - or wrote about - the West like Max Brand, as shown brilliantly in the this classic short novel. In this novel Reata,...Data dostępności:
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The Seventh Man – ebook
Max Brand
Renowned Western writer Max Brand does it again in the eminently enjoyable novel "The Seventh Man". Packed with enough action and romance to please even the most die-hard fans of the genre, the novel also addresses a wide range of important themes with insight and sensitivity. This novel by Max Brand, tells part of the story of the larger-than-life western character, Dan Barry, known as "Whistling...Data dostępności:
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The Soul of a Bishop – ebook
Herbert George Wells
H.G. Wells is an English author best known as a sci-fi writer, though he is also a prolific writer in many other genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary, but in this 1917 novel, H. G. Wells weaves a more intuitive tale, about a bishop haunted by strange dreams and visions that challenge his faith. Lyrical, poetic, and verging on stream-of-consciousness in places,...Data dostępności:
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