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audioknihaJames Fenimore CooperKlasická literatúra
The Last of the Mohicans (EN)
James Fenimore Cooper: The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 is a historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in February 1826. It is the second book of the Leatherstocking Tales pentalogy and the best known. The Pathfinder, published 14 years later in
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audioknihaWilliam F. Cody
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The Life of William F. Cody – Buffalo Bill (EN)
William F. Cody: The life and adventures of Honorable William F. Cody-Buffalo Bill-as told by himself, make up a narrative which reads more like romance than reality, and which in many respects will prove a valuable contribution to the records of our Western frontier his
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audioknihaJules Verne
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The Mysterious Island (EN)
Jules Verne: The Mysterious Island (French: L’Ile mystérieuse) is a novel by Jules Verne, published in 1874. The novel is a crossover sequel to Verne’s famous Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and In Search of the Castaways, though thematically it is vastly diff
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audioknihaJames Fenimore Cooper
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The Pioneers (EN)
James Fenimore Cooper: The Pioneers: The Sources of the Susquehanna; a Descriptive Tale is a historical novel, the first published of the Leatherstocking Tales, a series of five novels by American writer James Fenimore Cooper. While The Pioneers was published in 1823, before a
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audioknihaAnthony Hope
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The Prisoner of Zenda (EN)
Anthony Hope: The Prisoner of Zenda is an adventure novel by Anthony Hope, published in 1894. The king of the fictional country of Ruritania is drugged on the eve of his coronation and thus unable to attend the ceremony. Political forces are such that in order for th
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audioknihaAugust Strindberg
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The Red Room (EN)
August Strindberg: The Red Room (Swedish: Röda rummet) is a satire of Stockholm society, it has frequently been described as the first modern Swedish novel. While receiving mixed reviews in Sweden, it was acclaimed in Denmark, where Strindberg was hailed as a genius. As
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audioknihaLeo Tolstoj
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Father Sergius (EN)
Leo Tolstoj: The story begins with the childhood and exceptional and accomplished youth of Prince Stepan Kasatsky. The young man is destined for great things. He discovers on the eve of his wedding that his fiancée Countess Mary Korotkova has had an affair with his
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audioknihaJack London
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The Call of the Wild (EN)
Jack London: The story takes place in the extreme conditions of the Yukon during the 19th century Klondike Gold Rush, where strong sled dogs were in high demand. After Buck, a domesticated dog, is snatched from a pastoral ranch in California, he is sold into a brutal
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audioknihaVirginia Woolf
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The Voyage Out (EN)
Virginia Woolf: The Voyage Out is the first novel by Virginia Woolf, published in 1915 by Duckworth; and published in the U. S. in 1920 by Doran. Rachel Vinrace embarks for South America on her father’s ship and is launched on a course of self discovery in a kind of mo
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audioknihaCharles Kingsley
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The Water-Babies (EN)
Charles Kingsley: The Water Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby is a children’s novel by the Reverend Charles Kingsley. Written in 1862-1863 as a serial for Macmillan’s Magazine, it was first published in its entirety in 1863. The book was extremely popular in England d
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audioknihaKenneth Grahame
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The Wind in the Willows (EN)
Kenneth Grahame: The Wind in the Willows is a classic of children’s literature by Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. Alternately slow moving and fast paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animal characters in a pastoral version of England. The novel is nota
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audioknihaArnold Bennett
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The Grand Babylon Hotel (EN)
Arnold Bennett: Theodore Racksole, a rich American multi millionaire, buys the Grand Babylon Hotel, a luxurious hotel in London, as a whim – and then finds out there are strange things going on – a German prince is supposed to arrive but never turns up, someone is found
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audioknihaLaura Lee Hope
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Bunny Brown and his Sister Sue (EN)
Laura Lee Hope: This book follows the adventures of Bunny Brown, a 6 year old lively little boy, and his Sister Sue, a happy 5 year old little girl. You will enjoy learning of their adorable antics and delightful chatter. The Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue series were
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audioknihaArnold Bennett
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Tales of the Five Towns (EN)
Arnold Bennett: This is a selection of short stories recounting, with gentle satire and tolerant good humour, the small town provincial life at the end of the nineteenth century, based around the six towns in the county of Staffordshire, England, known as the Potteries.
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audioknihaHenry Rider Haggard
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Heart of the World (EN)
Henry Rider Haggard: This romance set in Mexico tells of the journey of a native and a white man in search of the fabled Golden City of the Indians.
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audioknihaG. K. Chesterton
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The Trees of Pride (EN)
G. K. Chesterton: Three trees, known as the Peacock trees, are blamed by the peasants for the fever that has killed many. Squire Vane scoffs at this legend as superstition. To prove them wrong, once and for all, he takes a bet to spend the night in the trees. In the mor
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audioknihaVictor Appleton
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Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout (EN)
Victor Appleton: Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout, or, The Speediest Car on the Road, is Volume 5 in the original Tom Swift novel series published by Grosset & Dunlap. Tom Swift enters an upcoming race with his specially designed prototype electric race car. But as h
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audioknihaSigmund Freud
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Totem and Taboo (EN)
Sigmund Freud: Totem and Taboo: Resemblances Between the Mental Lives of Savages and Neurotics is a book by Sigmund Freud, published in German in 1913. It is a collection of four essays first published in the journal Imago (1912-13), employing the application of psycho
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audioknihaEdith Wharton
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Summer (EN)
Edith Wharton: Wharton’s 1917 novella Summer, like her more famous work Ethan Frome, is set in a very small rural New England town. Charity Royall longs to escape the claustrophobic confines of North Dormer and the inappropriate advances of her guardian Mr. Royall, wh
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audioknihaHenry James
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What Maisie Knew (EN)
Henry James: `What Maise Knew‘ (1897) should perhaps have been titled `Divorce for Dummies` instead. In this tense and clever novel, Henry James lays out with perfect clarity what not to do when your child becomes one of divorce, as in do the absolute opposite of e
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audioknihaAugusta Huiell Seaman
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The Slipper-point Mystery (EN)
Augusta Huiell Seaman: When fourteen year old Sally Carter decides to share the secret she has discovered on Slipper Point with her new friend Doris Craig, she couldn’t possibly imagine where the solution to this intriguing mystery will lead them!.
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audioknihaG. A. Henty
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On the Irrawaddy, A Story of the First Burmese War (EN)
G. A. Henty: With the exception of the terrible retreat from Afghanistan, none of England’s many little wars have been so fatal in proportion to the number of those engaged as our first expedition to Burma. The Burman policy of carrying off every boat on the river, l
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audioknihaJoseph Conrad
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Youth, a Narrative (EN)
Joseph Conrad: Youth’ is an autobiographical short story by Joseph Conrad. It was written in 1898, first published in Blackwood’s Magazine, and included as the first story in the 1902 volume Youth, a Narrative, and Two Other Stories. The volume also included Heart of
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audioknihaErich Maria Remarque
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Jiskra života
Erich Maria Remarque: „Teď nesmíme prohrát. Konec je na dohled…“ Někdejší odbojný novinář, kterého vězní v německém koncentračním táboře Mellern, už léta nevyslovil své jméno. Slyší pouze na číslo 509, což tomuto zbídačelému třicetikilogra
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