2020
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audioknihaL. Frank BaumDeti a mládež
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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audioknihaOscar Wilde
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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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audioknihaFrances 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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audioknihaEdgar 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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audioknihaEdgar 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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audioknihaAnna Katharine Green
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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
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audioknihaEdgar 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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audioknihaSir Arthur Conan Doyle
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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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audioknihaCharles 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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audioknihaGeorge 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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audioknihaMark 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
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audioknihaLewis Carroll
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Alice s Adventures in Wonderland (EN)
Lewis Carroll: “Off with her head!” yells the Queen of Hearts, one of the many peculiar creatures Alice encounters after falling down a rabbit hole and into an absurd fantasy world of Mad Tea Parties, nonsensical trials, and talking animals. Published In 1865, Alice’s
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audioknihaAllan Pinkerton
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The Expressman and the Detective (EN)
Allan Pinkerton: “All history proves that no one can hug a secret to his breast and live (. ) This is especially noticeable in persons who have committed criminal acts. ” When a trusted employee is suspected of stealing from the Adams Express Company in Alabama, the organ
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audioknihaHenry Rider Haggard
Klasická literatúra
Allan Quartermain (EN)
Henry Rider Haggard: Allan Quatermain is the protagonist of H. Rider Haggard’s 1885 novel King Solomon’s Mines and its various prequels and sequels. Allan Quatermain was also the title of a book in this sequence. H. Rider Haggard’s Quatermain, adventure hero of King Solom
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audioknihaJames Baldwin
Klasická literatúra
Four Great Americans (EN)
James Baldwin: An engaging introduction to four of the greatest Americans George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Daniel Webster, and Abraham Lincoln. Their lives are set forth in a simple manner, yet with many interesting details, and a glimpse is given of the trials an
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audioknihaLucy Maud Montgomery
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Anne of Green Gables (EN)
Lucy Maud Montgomery: Anne of Green Gables is a children‘s classic by Canadian author L. M. Montgomery and recently adapted by Netflix in the hit series Anne with an E. 11-year-old Anne is mistakenly sent away from her orphanage to live on Prince Edward Island with brothe
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audioknihaSigmund Freud
Klasická literatúra
Reflections of War and Death (EN)
Sigmund Freud: Anyone, as Freud tells us in Reflections on War and Death, forced to react against his own impulses may be described as a hypocrite, whether he is conscious of it or not. One might even venture to assert – it is still Freud’s argument – that our contempo
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audioknihaJules Verne
Dobrodružné romány
Around the World in 80 Days (EN)
Jules Verne: Phileas Fogg is English exactitude personified. He eats breakfast at 8:23, shaves at 9:37, and leaves for the Reform club at 11:30. He reads, eats, and doesn‘t travel. But one day, after getting into an argument over an article in the Daily Telegraph
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audioknihaJoseph Conrad
Klasická literatúra
Heart of Darkness (EN)
Joseph Conrad: Before its 1902 publication, Heart of Darkness appeared as a three part series (1899) in Blackwood’s Magazine. It was classified by the Modern Library website editors as one of the ‘100 best novels’ and part of the Western canon. The story centres on Ch
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audioknihaAnne Sewell
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Black Beauty (EN)
Anne Sewell: Told from the perspective of a horse, Black Beauty (1877) dives into the topic of animal rights like no other novel. Black Beauty is raised by a caring mother on an idyllic farm, not knowing that he will never be as free again. Tossed from owner to owne
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audioknihaRudyard Kipling
Klasická literatúra
Captain Courageous (EN)
Rudyard Kipling: Captains Courageous is an 1897 novel, by Rudyard Kipling, that follows the adventures of fifteen year old Harvey Cheyne Jr. , the arrogant and spoiled son of a railroad tycoon. The novel originally appeared as a serialization in McClure’s, beginning with
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audioknihaElizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Klasická literatúra
Cranford (EN)
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell: The humour in `Cranford‘ (1853) is so sly it is can be difficult to believe it was written over 150 years ago. Originally published in instalments and edited by Charles Dickens, the novel follows a delightful group of women in a small town who are unit
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audioknihaL. Frank Baum
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Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (EN)
L. Frank Baum: “There is no doubt they intend to kill us as dead as possible in a short time,” said the Wizard. “As dead as poss’ble would be pretty dead, wouldn’t it?” asked Dorothy. ” During an earthquake in California Dorothy and her friends are swallowed up by cra
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audioknihaSir Arthur Conan Doyle
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (EN)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Arguably the best compilation of mystery stories ever, `The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes‘ (1892) is for any lover of intrigue and sophisticated humour. Sherlock‘s talent for solving cases based on things only he notices never disappoints, and everyo
