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The Birds – ebook
Pisfeter manages to convince the birds that their mission is to rule the world. According to his idea, the bird city of Tucekukuyshchyna is being built between heaven and earth; birds give wings to Pisfeter and Evelpid, Pisfeter becomes the ruler of the new city and puts into effect a plan whose goal is to take power from the Olympic gods. Birds intercept the smoke from the sacrifices that the gods...Data dostępności:
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Lysistrata – ebook
A woman named Lysistrata, determined to stop the senseless war, gathers women from all over Greece in the square in front of the Acropolis of Athens. She offers them „until the men make peace – do not sleep with them, do not give them, do not touch them! „. With difficulty and after much debate and bickering, women agree. They take refuge in the Acropolis and do not admit anyone to themselves. The...Data dostępności:
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The Second Part of King Henry the Sixth – ebook
William Shakespeare
The play of W. Shakespeare „King Henry VI” was written in 1590-1592. Its events take place during the war of England with France and at the beginning of the war of the Scarlet and White Roses, which led to a feudal anarchy and untold misfortunes. The limp, unable to rule the country, King Henry becomes a toy in the hands of his power-hungry wife – Queen Margarita and her lover – the Duke of Suffol...Data dostępności:
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Across The Dark Continent – ebook
Kazimierz Nowak
English edition of the bestseller “Rowerem i pieszo przez Czarny Ląd”. A solitary traveller moves tirelessly forward. His path leads him through breathtaking landscapes, past picturesque waterfalls, smoking volvanoes, countless herds of wild animals reigning over boundless spaces, through desert sand, the barren savannah and overgrown forest trails. He stops from time to time to take a photograph...Data dostępności:
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The Man Who Knew Too Much – ebook
G.K. Chesterton
This is a detective story collection of Gilbert Keith Chesterton. Most of the stories in the collection are about the hermit of society, Horn Fischer, who has the talent to solve crimes. Journalist Harold March was walking around the outskirts of Turnbull and met the bizarre Horn Fisher, whom he immediately made friends with. No sooner did they get to know each other when they became witnesses of the...Data dostępności:
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The Winter’s Tale – ebook
William Shakespeare
This play is not just a fairy tale by its name, everything in it is amazing and unbelievable, and it would be ridiculous to look for likelihood here! But, as you know, a fairy tale is a lie, but there is a hint in it, because among the wonderful fairy-tale accidents of the play we learn about what actually happens. That there are jealous husbands, rejected wives, abandoned children, as well as good...Data dostępności:
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Letters from Europe (and Elsewhere) – ebook
Ruth Ellen Gruber
Award-winning American writer Ruth Ellen Gruber contributes regular Letters from Europe (and sometimes elsewhere) to the U.S. magazine „The New Leader”. Mixing travelogue with social and cultural commentary, she delves under the skin of European society to provide a closely observed, uniquely personal take on topics ranging from politics to pop music, from architecture to local cuisine. This volume...Data dostępności:
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Baśnie japońskie. Tom 1 – audiobook
Yei T. Ozaki
Zbiór 22 najpopularniejszych japońskich baśni i legend, takich jak „Momotarō - chłopiec zrodzony z brzoskwini”, „Zbieracz bambusa i księżycowe dziecię”, „Przygody Kintarō, »Złotego chłopca«” czy „Demon z bramy Rashōmon”. Są to opowieści, które zna w Japonii każde dziecko, ale ich lektura okaże się pouczająca także dla dorosłych. Dla osób...Data dostępności:
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A Chicago Princess – ebook
Robert Barr
„The Chicago Princess” is a historical novel with a romantic line, written by Robert Barr. Robert Barr (1849-1912) was a British-Canadian short story writer and novelist, who published the first Holmes parody, „The Adventures of Sherlaw Kombs” in 1892. A novel „The Chicago Princess” first published in 1904. After working several years in foreign affairs, and after winning and then losing a fortune,...Data dostępności:
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Vendetta – ebook
Honoré de Balzac
Fans of Romeo and Juliet will delight in the novella „Vendetta”, Honoré de Balzac’s unique take on the timeless theme of star-crossed lovers. This short novel is a story of love and revenge, dealing with the vendetta between two families of Corsican origin, set in early 19th century Paris just after the fall of Napoleon. It relates the tragic fate of Ginevra Piombo, the daughter of proud Corsican immigrants,...Data dostępności:
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