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A Kiss From the Heart (Barbara Cartland’s Pink Collection 48) (EN)
Barbara Cartland: “I do not wish to be the Earl! I would much rather go back to London. ” On his return from India, Lord Robert Templeton is distraught to find his family home, Ledbury Hall, plunged into mourning. His father, the Earl, has just died and he is the new Earl
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Rivals for Love (Barbara Cartland’s Pink Collection 47) (EN)
Barbara Cartland: The beautiful Lady Elva Chartham had returned to her family home in the country from her Season as a debutante as she had become disenchanted by the endless balls and empty-headed young suitors. She much preferred to be with her horses. Her father was a
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In Hiding (Barbara Cartland’s Pink Collection 46) (EN)
Barbara Cartland: Lady Tamina Braithwaite is excited and happy to be secretly engaged to the handsome politician, Edmund Newson. However she is devastated when she discovers he is already betrothed to another girl. Determined to flee the country to heal her broken heart,
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Follow Your Heart (Barbara Cartland’s Pink Collection 45) (EN)
Barbara Cartland: After Della had been orphaned she came to live in the country with her uncle, Lord Lainden, who rented a delightful house on the estate of his great friend the Duke of Marchwood. She was blissfully happy with her uncle and rode the Duke‘s horses every
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A Perfect Way to Heaven (Barbara Cartland’s Pink Collection 44) (EN)
Barbara Cartland: Elvina Carrisford, has known little love and affection in her life. She is invited to be a companion to her cousin Delphine, who is to be engaged to the nephew of a French Prince. En route to her new home she meets an enigmatic and handsome stranger, wh
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Danger to the Duke (Barbara Cartland’s Pink Collection 43) (EN)
Barbara Cartland: Major Michael Moore has been playing a very dangerous part in the Great Game in India where he foils a plot to kill the Viceroy who tells Michael he is now a marked man and that he must return to England immediately. To his astonishment on his way home h
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The Waters of Love (Barbara Cartland’s Pink Collection 42) (EN)
Barbara Cartland: Francis, the Marquis of Wimborton needed an heiress. Lexia had money and her father wanted her to marry a Lord. But she was a spirited girl, raised in America and she wanted to choose her own husband. The Marquis was too proud to court her, especially
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Entering Couplehood…and Taking Leave of It (EN)
Kirsten Ahlburg: A user’s guide to establishing couplehood and taking leave of it; deals with the problems that may arise in the process of finding the right partner, making a relationship work and recovering from a split or losing one’s spouse. Most of us want to fi
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The Fate of the Elves 4: The Enchanted Flute (EN)
Peter Gotthardt: A mighty enemy has arrived in the land of the Elves. He wishes to enslave everyone who lives there. If the Elves are going to survive, they will need both courage and hope. Silktongue, the Witch, has captured Daisy and the entire army of the Elves. Ev
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The Fate of the Elves 3: The Forgotten Tombs (EN)
Peter Gotthardt: A mighty enemy has arrived in the land of the Elves. He wishes to enslave everyone who lives there. If the Elves are going to survive, they will need both courage and hope. Somewhere deep inside the mountain is the divining rod which can defeat King Va
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The Fate of the Elves 2: The Heart of Stone (EN)
Peter Gotthardt: A mighty enemy has arrived in the land of the Elves. He wishes to enslave everyone who lives there. If the Elves are going to survive, they will need both courage and hope. Bramble wants to help in the fight against the enemies of the Elves. But Daisy
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The Fate of the Elves 1: The Ironclad Warriors (EN)
Peter Gotthardt: A mighty enemy has arrived in the land of the Elves. He wishes to enslave everyone who lives there. If the Elves are going to survive, they will need both courage and hope. The Elves are fleeing the army of their enemy, and are forced to hide in the fo
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Klasická literatúra
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (EN)
Washington Irving: “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” is a short story by Washington Irving contained in his collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. , written while he was living in Birmingham, and first published in 1820. With Irving’s companion piece “Rip Van Win
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Klasická literatúra
Can such things be? (EN)
Ambrose Bierce: 24 short stories in fairly typical Bierce fashion ghostly, spooky, to be read (or listened to) in the dark, perhaps with a light crackling fire burning dimly in the background. Stories of ghosts, apparitions, and strange, inexplicable occurrences are pre
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The Grey Woman (EN)
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell: Anna, a German mill-owner‘s daughter, marries a French aristocrat and moves to France. She discovers that her husband killed his previous wife and that he is trying to kill her as well. Quick, intriguing, and with an extremely interesting plot, `The G
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Klasická literatúra
A Christmas Carol (EN)
Charles Dickens: One night at Christmas, Ebenezer Scrooge, a mean and greedy man, gets a visit from the ghost of his dead business partner. The ghost warns him about the awful punishment that awaits if he continues to live his life selfishly. The next three nights, Scro
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Klasická literatúra
The Great Stone Face and Other Tales of the White Mountains (EN)
Nathaniel Hawthorne: A collection of four short stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the common theme of which is New Hampshire’s White Mountains. Consists of: The Great Stone Face, written in 1850 and revolves around the ‘Old Man of the Mountain (Cannon Mtn. ) in New Hampshire w
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The Book of Dragons (EN)
Edith Nesbit: A princess is locked away on a remote island guarded by a dragon. Many suitors try and fail to save her, but one day a clever boy arrives. So begins `The Island of Nine Whirlpools`, one of Edith Nesbitt‘s eight dragon stories in `The Book of Dragons
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The Enchanted Island of Yew (EN)
L. Frank Baum: Three young girls wander into an enchanted forest at meet a fairy woman, who is bored with her perfect, immortal life. She convinces them to turn her into a human and decides to become a prince because boys have more fun. His/her new existence exploring
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A House of Pomegranates (EN)
Oscar Wilde: Oscar Wilde supposedly said that these fables were “intended neither for the British child nor the British public”. A follow-up to his first popular fairy-tale collection (`The Happy Prince and Other Tales‘), `A House of Pomegranates‘ (1891) is indee
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A Little Princess (EN)
Frances Hodgson Burnett: Sara Crewe is devastated when the news of her beloved father‘s death in India reaches her at her boarding school in London. Miss Minchin, the heartless and greedy headmistress, immediately moves Sara to the attic and forces her to become her servant.
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Klasická literatúra
The Green Rust (EN)
Edgar Wallace: A millionaire is taken suddenly ill, and sensing his mortality, he asks his attorney to do him one last favor – to find and secretly watch over his missing niece, the daughter of his profligate deceased sister. This niece at the appropriate time would be
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A Princess of Mars (EN)
Edgar Rice Burroughs: A Princess of Mars (1912) is a science fantasy novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the first of his Barsoom series. Full of swordplay and daring feats, the novel is considered a classic example of 20th century pulp fiction. It is also a seminal instance of t
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The Millionaire Baby (EN)
Anna Katharine Green: Five thousand dollars is offered in reward to whomever finds the six-year-old heiress, Gwendolen Ocumpaugh, who has disappeared mysteriously from her home. Mr. Trevitt, a private detective, is on the case and when he discovers two lost shoes in the surr