2020
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Barbara Cartland
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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Barbara Cartland
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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Barbara Cartland
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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Barbara Cartland
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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Kirsten Ahlburg
Náboženstvo
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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Peter Gotthardt
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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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Peter Gotthardt
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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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Washington Irving
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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Ambrose Bierce
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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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Detektívky
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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Charles Dickens
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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Nathaniel Hawthorne
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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Edith Nesbit
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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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L. Frank Baum
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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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Oscar Wilde
Iné
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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Frances Hodgson Burnett
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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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Edgar Wallace
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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Edgar Rice Burroughs
Klasická literatúra
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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Anna Katharine Green
Detektívky
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
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Edgar Wallace
Klasická literatúra
The Secret House (EN)
Edgar Wallace: A stranger and foreigner arrives at the offices of a small publication in London only to be faced by the “editor” whose face is completely swathed in a veil. Nothing is as it seems, and it quickly becomes evident that both are bent on more than lively go
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Detektívky
A Study in Scarlet (EN)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Returning to London from war, an injured Dr John Watson is in acute need of a place to live. An acquaintance introduces him to the eccentric “consultant detective” Sherlock Holmes, and Watson soon finds himself pulled into an alluring world of crime solv
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Charles Dickens
Klasická literatúra
A Tale of Two Cities (EN)
Charles Dickens: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,” writes Charles Dickens in the opening of this dark and meaningful classic novel. It is the year 1775 and Jarvis Lorry is tasked with a secret mission for his employer. 17-year-old Lucie Manette join
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George MacDonald
Klasická literatúra
Phantastes (EN)
George MacDonald: A young man named Anodos experiences dream like adventures in Fairy Land, where he meets tree spirits, endures the presence of the overwhelming shadow, journeys to the palace of the fairy queen, and searches for the spirit of the earth. The story conveys
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Mark Twain
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (EN)
Mark Twain: When Huckleberry Finn (Huck) runs away from his abusive father with his companion, the runaway slave Jim, he begins a long and frequently interrupted expedition down the Mississippi River on a raft. During the journey Huck encounters a variety of charact