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Louisa May Alcott created some fascinating short stories here. „A Modern Cinderella: or The Little Old Shoe And Other Stories” contains four short stories by Louisa May Alcott, the author of „Little Women”: „A Modern Cinderella”, „Debby’s Debut”, „The Brothers”, and „Nelly’s Hospital”. Like her more famous novels, Alcott tells stories of young women interacting with people and events from the late...

This story begins with a summer vacation in the small town of Tutter, Illinois, where the protagonist was born and raised. These are the adventures of the boys during their summer holidays. Many events revolve around the Woodlawn Bay Hotel and the old Windmere House, which stood side by side on the south bank of the river, each with about fifty acres of forested land around it. It was a new hotel,...

Audio Kurs Angielski Discover Great Britain dla średnio zaawansowanych i zaawansowanych Prawie wszystko, co musisz wiedzieć o Wielkiej Brytanii! Seria Discover to wyjątkowe kompendium wiedzy o Wielkiej Brytanii i USA. Opracowano ją specjalnie z myślą o osobach, które chcą doskonalić rozumienie ze słuchu oraz poznać i poszerzyć słownictwo związane z życiem codziennym, stereotypami, tradycją, polityką...

Personal adornments, modern and ancient, are often perceived as merely decorative objects used for embellishing body or robe. This book refutes this simplified opinion by showing that jewelry carries a load of information regarding the social and financial status, gender, ethnic affiliation and religious beliefs of its wearers. Investigations into the function and meaning of personal adornments have...