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The Dark Road – ebook
Harold Bindloss
Once Welland wanted to be rich, but it so happened that life linked him to an officer’s position. Now he has become an avid adventurer. Welland realized that his main occupation was hunting Canadian elk and sailing on a yacht in the Great Lakes. This life seemed boring to him and he wanted to change something on his way.Data dostępności:
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A Pulpit in the Grill Room – ebook
E. Phillips Oppenheim
In 1914, after seven years of service in the most famous room in the Grill Room in London, he dropped his very favorable position and went to France. In 1919, he came from a war with two crutches and many medals. He came to Paris and looked enviously at the funny scenes in the cafe, and thought that it was all over for him.Data dostępności:
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Benita – ebook
H. Rider Haggard
The main task of the heroes is to find the treasure. The trader heard the legend of the great treasure buried by the Portuguese party for hundreds of years before the last source tried to find it with the help of a mesmericist. The child was put into a trance and told his mesmerists details about the adventures and death of the unfortunate Portuguese men and women. With many other details, the boy...Data dostępności:
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Her Majesty’s Minister – ebook
William Le Queux
The Ambassador’s office was indeed a very thankless one, while my own position as second secretary of the Paris Embassy was a post not to be envied, even though it is popularly supposed to be one of the plums of the diplomatic service. With Paris full of spies endeavouring to discover our secrets and divine our instructions from Downing Street, and the cabinet noir ever at work upon our correspondence,...Data dostępności:
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The Crimes Club – ebook
William Le Queux
I sometimes despair of the country ever becoming alive to the danger of the unpreparedness of our present position until too late to prevent some fatal catastrophe. This was the keynote of a solemn warning made in the House of Lords by Earl Roberts. His lordship, whilst drawing attention to our present inadequate forces, strongly urged that action should be taken in accordance with the recommendations...Data dostępności:
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The Prince and the Pauper – ebook
Mark Twain
Tom Canty is a poor boy in the London slums. His birth only brings more poverty to his already dirt poor family. Edward VI is the long awaited heir to the English throne. They are born on the same day and look so alike they can’t believe it. They exchange clothes and Edward VI ends up being thrown out of the palace by guards who think he is the poor boy he looks to be. Both boys have difficulty fitting...Data dostępności:
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Birmańskie dni – ebook
George Orwell
"Piękna powieść opowiadająca o zmierzchłych czasach kolonializmu. Jej trwałą wartością pozostaje obraz dalekiego, egzotycznego kraju o starej kulturze i tradycji, obcego i niezrozumiałego dla garstki białych pracowników małej placówki w dżungli, zmuszonych do życia w zabójczym klimacie, w całkowitej izolacji, pozbawionych widoków na przyszłość. Główny bohater ulega wprawdzie urokowi Birmy, jest z nią...Data dostępności:
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The Nine Unknown The Red Flame of Erinpura – ebook
Talbot Mundy
This is the first story in which Chulunder Gon takes a leading position, and previously acted only in the company of other Mundi heroes. The story is about a corrupt Indian ruler who is looking for hidden wealth on his land and has formed a background for the curtains of the gods of Manda. „The buried treasures” are in fact oil deposits. The inspirational author had his own interest in oil in Mexico...Data dostępności:
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The Mystery Road – ebook
E. Phillips Oppenheim
„The Mystery Road” an antique book written by E Phillips Oppenheim follows the heroine on her journey to true love and independence from family pressures. An orphan French girl, Myrtile, who is living with her stepfather horrifies at the prospect to marry to a local barkeep and runs away from the farm. Struck by Myrtile’s desperation and beauty, two Englishmen rescue her and bring her to Monaco with...Data dostępności:
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The Interloper – ebook
E. Phillips Oppenheim
Oppenheim was famous for his hundreds of spy and espionage novels. This is not one of them. It’s billed as a novel of social intrigue and as a story of revenge without violence and moves quickly. Duke Henry Chatfield with his family, and family lawyer Sir Stephen are riding through central Italy when the car breaks down in Pellini, where, 20 years earlier, the Duke’s brother had a mistress and illegitimate...Data dostępności:
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