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Wessex Tales – ebook
Thomas Hardy
Wessex Tales contains seven stories, the first two of which are really very short – the rest are much longer. In this collection, Hardy explored the familiar themes of marriage and rural life that we see in his novel. The Three Strangers is surprisingly atmospheric, with a delightful little twist, although, in short, this is a perfectly thought out little story, a small isolated cottage filled with...Data dostępności:
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On Liberty – ebook
John Stuart Mill
Readers are invited to a book by an outstanding English philosopher, psychologist, sociologist and economist John Stuart Mill, which explores the problem of civil liberty of the individual. According to the author himself, the subject of the work is „not the so-called free will”, namely civil, or social, freedom, that is, „the properties and limits of that power, by the power of which society fully...Data dostępności:
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The Touchstone – ebook
Edith Wharton
Glennard had never thought himself a hero; but he had been certain that he was incapable of baseness. The central character, Stephen Glennard, sells for publication the private letters of a former, deceased lover, who had become a famous writer, so that he can finance his marriage to the girl he loves. The letters are a success, and he is able to be married. But when the guilt becomes unbearable and...Data dostępności:
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The Rocks of Valpré – ebook
Ethel M. Dell
First published in 1913, „The Rocks of Valpré” is a novel by the British writer Ethel M. Dell. While readers adored Ethel M. Dell’s novels, critics hated them with a passion; but she did not care what the critics thought. She considered herself a good storyteller – nothing more and nothing less. Ethel M. Dell continued to write novels for a number of years. „The Rocks of Valpré” novel is set in the...Data dostępności:
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The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman – ebook
Herbert George Wells
„The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman” is a novel set in the era surrounding the days of women’s suffrage. The story revolves around the wife of a baking magnate who goes into hiding after his female employees go on strike. Although the hero of this novel Sir Isaac Harman didn’t think much of the suffragette movement, his female employees certainly did, and he thought it prescient that he too should do his...Data dostępności:
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Przeciw śmierci – ebook
Prentice Mulford
„Im dalej człowiek posuwa się w tak zwanym ulepszaniu ras i gatunków oraz wytwarzaniu nowych, tym większe przeszkody stawia na jego drodze Natura. Choroby i epidemie, nieznane w początkowym okresie jego bytowania na Ziemi, szerzą się pośród zwierząt domowych i gospodarskich, a pola uprawne są pustoszone przez chmary żarłocznych owadów. Hodowla rasowych koni staje się coraz trudniejsza i wymaga więcej...Data dostępności:
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Ann Veronica – ebook
Herbert George Wells
First published in 1909, it focuses on feminist issues from the point of view of a young woman entering adulthood and enduring prejudice about her place in the world. And this novel, „Ann Veronica”, tells the story of a middle class young woman who is fed up of being expected to be purely decorative. Her father and her boyfriends really are incapable of understanding why she should want to study science,...Data dostępności:
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Dynamics of Team Engagement: DISC D3 as the key to effective recruitment, relationship-building and competence development – ebook
Anna Sarnacka-Smith
Compendium of knowledge on engagement Team's engagement does not just appear out of nowhere. It does not just appear out of thin air, nor does it disappear without any reason. It is the result of our working in the DISC D3 spirit - that requires everyone in the team to make an effort, with the leader in particular. Significant engagement, taking personal responsibility for individual and team goals,...Data dostępności:
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