2020
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audioknihaJacob AbbotKlasická literatúra
Margaret of Anjou (EN)
Jacob Abbot: Margaret of Anjou, wife of England’s Henry VI, played a key role in launching the storied War of the Roses – the 30 year civil conflict fuelled by the Lancasters and the Yorks, each vying for the British throne in the 15th century. Margaret of Anjou is o
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audioknihaMary Shelley
Klasická literatúra
Mathilda (EN)
Mary Shelley: On her deathbed, Mathilda writes a letter to her only friend, revealing the dark secret of her past, a secret so shameful, she can only manage it now because her time is running out. Written between 1819 and 1820, author Mary Shelley unfortunately never
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audioknihaWilliam Blake
Klasická literatúra
Milton, a poem (EN)
William Blake: Milton is an epic poem by William Blake, written and illustrated between 1804 and 1810. Its hero is John Milton, who returns from Heaven and unites with Blake to explore the relationship between living writers and their predecessors, and to undergo a mys
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audioknihaG. K. Chesterton
Klasická literatúra
Eugenics and Other Evils (EN)
G. K. Chesterton: Most Eugenists are Euphemists. I mean merely that short words startle them, while long words soothe them. And they are utterly incapable of translating the one into the other, however obviously they mean the same thing. Say to them “The persuasive and
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audioknihaJohn Kendrick Bangs
Klasická literatúra
Ghosts I have Met and Some Others (EN)
John Kendrick Bangs: New York born John Kendrick Bangs was associate editor and then editor of Life and Harper magazines, eventually finding his way into the Humour department. Here he began to write his own satire and humour. Ghosts I Have Met and Some Others is a delightf
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audioknihaNatalie Sumner Lincoln
Klasická literatúra
The Red Seal (EN)
Natalie Sumner Lincoln: Nothing is what it seems to be as events unfold in this entertaining mystery by Natalie Sumner Lincoln. Red seals and red herrings abound and will keep you guessing all the way through the final chapter!.
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audioknihaMyrtle Reed
Klasická literatúra
Old Rose and Silver (EN)
Myrtle Reed: Old Rose and Silver is a novel by Myrtle Reed first published in 1909. The novel follows the lives of Rose and her widowed Aunt, Madame Francesca Bernard, along with young visitor and cousin Isabel, whose lives are changed by the return of an old friend
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audioknihaCharles Dickens
Klasická literatúra
Oliver Twist (EN)
Charles Dickens: “Please, sir, I want some more,” Oliver says, holding out his bowl for more gruel, a Dickens scene recognisable to most. A young orphan, Oliver Twist has only ever seen the tough side of life and having to suddenly live on the streets does not make survi
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audioknihaAnna Katharine Green
Detektívky
The Amethyst Box (EN)
Anna Katharine Green: On the night before his wedding, Sinclair finds that his precious amethyst box containing a tiny flask of deadly poison is missing. And he knows it can only have been taken by either of two people: his soon-to-be wife or her cousin. Together with his fr
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audioknihaHenry James
Roderick Hudson (EN)
Henry James: Originally published in 1875 as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly, Roderick Hudson is a One has the money but not the talent. One has the talent but not the money. It would seem that Rowland Mallet and Roderick Hudson were meant to meet. A rich and sens
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audioknihaHenry James
Washington Square (EN)
Henry James: Catherine is well on her way to becoming a spinster. She‘s 21 and part of New York‘s upper-class society, but she has never had a flirt and is plain-looking without the sparkling personality to make up for it. Or so her father thinks. Because when
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audioknihaL. Frank Baum
Deti a mládež
Ozma of Oz (EN)
L. Frank Baum: Good news for those who found themselves missing the original heroine of Oz in the second book because in `Ozma of Oz‘ (1907), Dorothy is back! Traveling to Australia with her uncle, Dorothy is once again caught up in a natural disaster – a huge storm
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audioknihaWilliam Blake
Klasická literatúra
Poems of William Blake (EN)
William Blake: Poems of William Blake includes; Songs of Innocence, Songs of Experience and The Book of Thel. All three are books of poetry by the English poet and painter, William Blake. The Book of Thel is a poem by William Blake, dated 1789 and probably worked on i
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audioknihaKatherine Mansfield
Iné
Prelude (EN)
Katherine Mansfield: “There was not an inch of room for Lottie and Kezia in the buggy. When Pat swung them on top of the luggage they wobbled; the grandmother‘s lap was full and Linda Burnell could not possibly have held a lump of a child on hers for any distance. ” The se
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audioknihaJane Austen
Pride and Prejudice (EN)
Jane Austen: It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. ` So opens Jane Austens second novel Pride and Prejudice, which was first published in 1813. It follows the story of Mr and Mrs Bennet an
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audioknihaSir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sci-fi, fantasy, horory
The Poison Belt (EN)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: “Bring oxygen – Challenger. ” The gang from `The Lost World‘ is back together, but the reunion is much more dramatic than they had hoped. As Professor Challenger has predicted, the Earth is moving into a belt of poisonous ether and their only chance
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audioknihaSigmund Freud
Klasická literatúra
Psychopathology of Everyday Life (EN)
Sigmund Freud: Psychopathology of Everyday Life, is a book which passed through four editions in Germany and is considered the author’s most popular work. With great ingenuity and penetration the author throws much light on the complex problems of human behavior, and c
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audioknihaRobert E. Howard
Klasická literatúra
Red Nails (EN)
Robert E. Howard: Red Nails is the last of the stories about Conan the Cimmerian written by American author Robert E. Howard. A novella, it was originally serialized in Weird Tales magazine from July to October 1936. It is set in the pseudo historical Hyborian Age and c
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audioknihaFrances Hodgson Burnett
The Shuttle (EN)
Frances Hodgson Burnett: Smart and intuitive, Bettina is not fooled by Sir Nigel, the English aristocrat, who has come to New York to marry her sweet and naïve older sister Rosalie. And rightly so: Sir Nigel is cruel and selfish and only marries Rosalie for her money. But stil
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audioknihaAnthony Hope
Klasická literatúra
Rupert of Hentzau (EN)
Anthony Hope: Rupert of Hentzau is a sequel by Anthony Hope to The Prisoner of Zenda, written in 1895, but not published until 1898. This story commences three years after the conclusion of Zenda, and deals with the same fictional country somewhere in Germanic Middle
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audioknihaLaura Lee Hope
Klasická literatúra
The Moving Picture Girls (EN)
Laura Lee Hope: Ruth and Alice DeVere and their father Hosmer struggle to make ends meet in New York City – times are hard, even for a talented actor like Mr. DeVere. Just as he successfully auditions for a new play, an old voice affliction renders him terribly hoarse
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audioknihaSarah Orne Jewett
Klasická literatúra
Deephaven (EN)
Sarah Orne Jewett: Sarah Orne Jewett is best known for her clean and clear descriptive powers that at once elevate common place daily events to something remarkable, and lend dignity and grace to the most humble and homely human character. In Deephaven, go with her on vaca
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audioknihaJane Austen
Sense and Sensibility (EN)
Jane Austen: Sense and Sensibility (1811) was Jane Austens first published novel. When their father dies the Dashwood sisters and their mother find themselves destitute and soon, under the influence of his greedy wife Fanny, their half-brother John forces them out of
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audioknihaGeorge Eliot
Klasická literatúra
Silas Marner (EN)
George Eliot: “I thinkSilas Marnerholds a higher place than any of the author’s works,” said Henry James of this classic George Eliot novel. When a little girl wanders into a random house one cold night, the lives of two different men are about to change dramatically.
