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The Man of the Street – ebook
Katarzyna Lisowska
Opowiastka filozoficzno-poetycka wydana w j. polskim i w tłumaczeniu na j. angielski. Jest szkicem o bezdomności, także egzystencjalno-duchowej.Data dostępności:
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The Deerslayer – ebook
James Fenimore Cooper
The Deerslayer is an exciting story about the adventures of the woodsman known as Deerslayer and his Delaware Indian friend, Chingachgook. The novel presents the violence and unpredictability of life in a place where only a few white hunters and hunting parties of Indians have ever set foot. The interface between the wilderness and civilization, the pristine life of nature and the impact being made...Data dostępności:
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The Ambassadors – ebook
Henry James
The novel comes from what is called James’s ‘late period’. The writing is mannered, baroque, complex, and focused intently on the psychological relationships between his characters. There is very little ‘plot’ here in the conventional sense. Much of the interest in the narrative is centred on the limitations of the principal character, from whose point of view the story is told. Lambert Strether is...Data dostępności:
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The Pathfinder – ebook
James Fenimore Cooper
In the third installment of the Leatherstocking Tales, Cooper takes his main character, here called the Pathfinder (Natty Bumppo) and examines his role as an explorer for British/Colonial forces in the forests and islands around the Great Lakes. The story is a classic historical adventure/romance and Bumppo falls in love, for the first and only time in the five novels, only to see his choice fall in...Data dostępności:
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The Professor – ebook
Charlotte Brontë
Written two years before Jane Eyre, The Professor was Charlotte Bronte’s first novel and was based on her experiences in Brussels. The story is one of love and doubt, as the hero, William Crimsworth, seeks his fortune as a teacher in Brussels and finds his love for the good Anglo-Swiss girl, Frances Henri, severely tested by the sensuously beguiling and manipulative headmistress, Zoroaïde Reuter. On...Data dostępności:
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The ONE – ebook
Estera Wiśniewska
Każda sława ma swoją cenę… O tym, że w show biznesie nie ma miejsca na słabości czy skrupuły, Katie przekonała się już pierwszego dnia konkursu. Największe muzyczne show Stanów przyciągnęło tłumy kandydatów oferując momentalny sukces, międzynarodową sławę, a przede wszystkim ogromne pieniądze. Nikt jednak nie mówi o drugiej stronie programu. Czy może być coś gorszego niż ciągła inwigilacja życia prywatnego,...Data dostępności:
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The Adventures of Wojtek the Soldiers – ebook
Marcin Niedopytalski
The main character is Wojtek, a kind and brave boy who has dreamed of becoming a soldier from a young age. The book narrates the adventures of young Wojtek, a soldier who is wise, courageous, and cunning. The series is a limited children’s series consisting of 4 books that the author will write.Data dostępności:
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The Confidence-Man – ebook
Herman Melville
A post-modern masterpiece; a century ahead of its time. The novel portrays a Canterbury Tales-style group of steamboat passengers whose interlocking stories are told as they travel down the Mississippi River toward New Orleans. The novel is written as cultural satire, allegory, and metaphysical treatise, dealing with themes of sincerity, identity, morality, religiosity, economic materialism, irony,...Data dostępności:
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The Secret Places of the Heart – ebook
Herbert George Wells
H.G. Wells is best remembered as a central figure in the development of the science fiction genre. However, much of his literary output was more conventional in nature, and he published a number of novels dealing with interpersonal relationships and social themes. H.G. Wells was so charmed by Margaret Sanger that he based „The Secret Places of the Heart” on his time with her. The novel is a thinly-veiled...Data dostępności:
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By the Light of the Soul – ebook
Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
Mary’s mother was from New England and her conscience was abnormally active. Her father was from New Jersey, and his conscience, although no one would dare to say that she was flawed, did not prevent him from enjoying life in the least.Data dostępności:
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